Horse droppings were left on the road, while the remnants of the white-horse cavalry were nowhere to be found. According to the locals, it is common to see cavalry entering and exiting this forest, but at this time they found nothing.

Yuan Xi and a few other people on horseback did not dare to break away from the large army, and most of them ran on two legs, which was destined to go fast.

When Yuan Xi discussed with Zhao Yun before, he also said that the cost of pure cavalry was too high, but the combat effectiveness was not so strong, and the people's army was still dominated by infantry. But at this time, I really wish I had a flexible cavalry that could search in the direction of the other party's escape.

Yuan Xi said to Lu Fang: "No, I must think of a way to get some horses from those rich people when I go back." The cavalry unit should be formed, numbering about 500 people, and it should be responsible for issuing orders and reconnaissance in peacetime, and covering and chasing the enemy in battle. ”

Tian Chou said: "Your idea is very strange, others use cavalry to lead the charge, but you use it to do miscellaneous, it's really a tyrannical thing." ”

Yuan Xi said: "If you don't need money to raise horses, I also want to ride all the horses." When the time comes, I can fight a few blitzes for you to see. Even if it is to form mounted infantry. ”

Tian Chou said: "If you take down all the territories of the Huns and Xianbei people, it is not impossible......

This is a joke, with the strength of the whole Han Dynasty, he may not be able to take down these grassland nomads, not to mention that he only has an unstable foundation in Youzhou. Others cross with a technology tree, and they have to rely on their hands for everything. When the time came, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry would come over, and his infantry would not even be able to run far. How nice it would be if there was an internal combustion engine.

Lu Fang asked, "Second son, are we still chasing?" ”

Yuan Xi said: "Chase, why don't you chase." ”

Lu Fangdao: "But which way to chase it?" ”

Yuan Xi said: "Looking for horseshoe prints on the ground, you have to leave some traces." ”

After a while, Xu Dayan reported: "I found that there are two obvious traces, one to the north and the other to the south, each with more than ten horses." ”

Yuan Xi said: "It's not good, they are divided into two groups, which is troublesome." Two legs are not as good as four-legged walkers, they can divide the army, and we people can divide the army, but we can't echo it. ”

Xu said with big eyes: "Why don't the first company and the second company act separately?" ”

Yuan Xi said: "It's okay, you take the brothers of the company to the north, and the rest of the people follow me to the south." ”

They quickly divided their forces in two places and went in pursuit. Yuan Xi led the men and horses to the south, and when they reached a fork, someone in front of them reported: "They left two more obvious footprints, and they went towards the fork in the road." ”

Yuan Xi said angrily: "This is clearly going to go their separate ways, and the whole thing is broken into zero." Do they think we're going to let one of them go? Chasing, we also continue to divide our forces. ”

Tian Chou said: "It's not proper, if we divide the troops again, our people can't withstand the power of these cavalry." Or might it be safe and just chase one of them? ”

Yuan Xi said: "You don't know, how is the horse market in Youzhou now?" A horse in Ji County can be sold for several thousand, and when it arrives in Jizhou, it is calculated in gold. These white horses are all good horses carefully selected by Gongsun Zhan, if we can catch them, then we will have dozens of gold for nothing. And let these remnants escape, when they will cause trouble to the township, we will have to organize people to encircle and suppress. It's better to chase it to the end this time. ”

He commanded: "The men of the second company are divided into two groups, and they divide the troops, and we divide the troops, and we must always outnumber them." I don't believe it, just a few cavalry, what threat can they pose to us? ”

So, Yuan Xi divided his troops again, and he led a large group of men and horses towards a branch road. Then came to a fork.

Yuan Xi stopped in front of the fork and couldn't help frowning, "They won't be separated again, right?" ”

The man under his hand said: "Not this time, but this time I didn't even see the horseshoe prints." These people seem to have disappeared all of a sudden. ”

Tian Chou said: "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, I think we have to go back immediately." Although it is still in the woods, we will soon get out of the woods and go to the flat ground, and the terrain will be open at that time, and if the other party attacks on horseback, we will be in danger. ”

Yuan Xi said: "Even if the opponent's cavalry raids, but they also disperse their forces, what is the threat of just a few people?" ”

It's all here, and he doesn't want to give up. The other party had run so many miles on horseback, and he had to come down and rest for a while, and he never imagined that he would be able to catch up. Wait until you let your guard down and suddenly appear on your own before you can be taken by surprise.

"Everyone gritted their teeth and worked harder, they are resting in front of them, and we will catch up as soon as possible. When we get to the open, it's not good for us to sneak up on them. ”

Yuan Xi continued to lead the people forward, and sure enough, he came to an open field, and when he looked up, there were four or five white horses grazing with their heads down. Yuan Xi's eyes lit up, as if he saw a pile of gold: "Great, go up and snatch the horse down." ”

He was sending people forward, and Lou Jingshu, who had been silent next to him, suddenly said, "Wait, be careful." ”

"What's wrong?"

Yuan Xi cautiously stopped his horse.

I saw a flower in front of me, and several white horses suddenly turned around, and people suddenly appeared on the horses. It turned out that they had just hid behind the horse, blocking their view with their huge horse bodies, trying to tempt them to think that there was no one, so they easily ran up and then counterattacked by surprise.

Seeing that Yuan Xi stopped, they all got on their horses, shouted loudly, and killed them.

Yuan Xi hurriedly retreated, and Zhao Yun led his own team to block forward, and was about to kill head-on. Suddenly, there was a shout of killing behind them. I saw more than ten white-horse cavalry coming from the woods behind them, attacking them back and forth, and surrounding them in the center.

Fortunately, the people's army was well-trained, and there was no chaos under this pressure, but quickly took Yuan Xi as the center of the circle, formed a circle, and formed a circle, with everyone facing back and looking at each other nervously.

The two groups of white-horse cavalry quickly converged and ran in a circle around them.

Yuan Xi counted, and it was exactly in his early twenties. Could it be that the division of troops in front is all an illusion, why were there more than 20 people at the beginning, and after a few forks in the road, it was still more than 20? However, he quickly figured it out, these cavalrymen must have deliberately left horseshoe prints, making them think that they had divided their troops, but in fact, they still cooperated. can interpret escape to this extent, which can be regarded as clever. I don't know who led the soldiers on the other side.

The cavalry did not seem to have any intention of attacking, but only ran around them a few times, roared demonstratively, and then gathered into form at a distance. The first man said in a deep voice: "We are just some remnants of the defeated army, I don't know why Your Excellency persevers with us?" Please come back. ”

Then he turned his horse's head and returned.

Yuan Xi saw it clearly at this time, and exclaimed: "Mustache? ”

The man was stunned and stopped.

Yuan Xi laughed, clamped the horse's belly, and wanted to ride the horse out. Zhao Yun and Lou Jingshu each pulled his reins with a tacit understanding, leaving him in place to avoid any accidents. This second son is often used to messing around, and he has to be reminded of his safety by others.

Yuan Xi didn't care, and said to the man: "Mustache, don't you remember me?" At the boundary bridge, I was shot off my horse by you. ”

That person has a national face, horizontal eyebrows and cold eyes, and two mustaches, it is the guest general under Gongsun Zhan, Tian Yu Tian Guorang. I didn't expect Yi Jing to fight, and it was great to be able to see it here.