"Whoosh~~Horn!"

A sharp arrow roared in, and with a wave of the long knife in Zhao Bonian's hand, he pushed the powerless arrow aside; Zhan looked at the black-armored knight more than a hundred steps away, and his eyes couldn't help but show envy.

Zhao Bonian is now the squad leader of the second company and third platoon of the cavalry battalion, and his eleven brothers were divided into two groups, taking turns to guard the chariot with a hot air balloon a mile behind him.

In front of him, there was a reconnaissance and warning curtain within a radius of ten miles spread out by many combat teams of the second company, but none of them could stop the night team led by the black-armored knight - the other party had one person and two horses, and could run and survive, but they were interspersed through the gaps, and it seemed that the target was a hot air balloon rising high!

Lowering his head and checking the short fire gun on his waist, Zhao Bainian felt a little more at ease; This black-armored knight has rushed in four times this morning, and he and his night-time guards can be seen to be old fritters, and their sense of smell on the battlefield is very keen-no matter how Zhao Bainian lures them, they can't be fooled, the first few times Zhao Bainian contacted through bamboo whistles and other combat groups, trying to encircle and annihilate the other party, but was recognized by the black-armored knight and jumped out at the last moment.

Needless to say, the equestrian skills of the black-armored knight are quite good, but Zhao Bainian thinks that he is not worse than him, and he envies the former's archery skills - he can shoot more than a hundred steps on horseback, which is not something that ordinary riding bows can do, at least it has to be a two-stone stepping bow!

I can't help but be envious of Zhao Bainian, he and the descendants of the Song people who joined the cavalry battalion, equestrianism is not a problem, and now what they lack is precisely this riding and archery kung fu - in the past, grazing could not practice bows and arrows.

"Squad leader, they stopped, do they want to play any tricks again?" A soldier beside him reminded softly.

Zhao Bainian's gaze stopped at the black-armored knight, and replied in a low voice, "I see...... See...... They don't ...... Don't move, I'm ...... We are also ...... Nor moving. After a few months of getting along day and night, Zhao Bainian can not only understand Liaodong dialect now, but also stumble to speak, but the tone is still very strange.

The black-armored knight and the night-clad knights seemed to be discussing something, and soon they switched into the horse they were leading, and drew their long knives and lances.

Seeing them act like this, Zhao Bonian couldn't help but chuckle in his heart - they were going to rush into battle!

"Attention! Firebolt! Hand crossbow! Zhao Bonian uttered three short sentences in his strange tone, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the six brothers on his side bowed their heads to check the equipment, and his heart tightened - these brothers were all from Liaodong, but they were no better than him growing up on horseback, and his riding skills had yet to be tempered; And although the number of the other party is less than one, but at a glance, you can see that it is riding an old horse, which is really hedged, and you can't stop it at all!

In a hurry, Zhao Bonian took out the bamboo whistle in his arms, and blew two long and three short "drip-yo", which was to tell the combat group behind him that there was an enemy attack-Zhao Bonian had already thought clearly, and he desperately wanted to stop these few nights and buy time for the brothers behind.

This mentality of his represents the majority of the descendants of the Song people - they cannot afford to be defeated compared to the Liaodong exiles, because if they fail, they will return to the life of cattle and horses, or even worse!

Freedom is also addictive, and once it is aroused, it can never be curbed!

What Zhao Bonian didn't expect was that as soon as his bamboo whistle fell, there was no movement behind him, but in front of him, that is, behind the black-armored knights, there was a bamboo whistle one after another.

"Squad leader! You see, flags are hung over the balloons...... All assembled! Before Zhao Bonian could wonder why this was happening, a brother next to him shouted.

The black-armored knight on the opposite side was obviously also stunned by the sudden sound of the bamboo whistle, and after a moment's pause, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards the way he came to the west.

It wasn't until their figures disappeared into the rolling yellow dust that Zhao Bonian breathed a sigh of relief, put away the short fire gun and turned his head to look, and sure enough, under the hot air balloon a mile away, there were three groups of big black flags, which were the flag slogan of "all assembled" - this hot air balloon was the second company, and the whole assembly was to let all the people of the second company gather under the hot air balloon.

"Let's go!" Zhao Bonian's hand was slightly hard, and at the same time, his waist sank into his hips, and the heel spur lightly touched the three-year-old war horse under him, and the horse turned around, jumped lightly, and trotted in one go.

Under the envious eyes of the brothers, Zhao Bonian galloped towards the direction of the hot air balloon, the hooves rumbled on the ground around him, and the yellow-brown smoke and dust rose everywhere - it was the brothers of the second company who were rushing back.

Rushing through a small forest, Zhao Bonian's eyes lit up when he could see the chariot tied to the hot air ball—he saw his battalion commander riding the charcoal-like fire dragon horse galloping from the north, and next to the chariot was the most eye-catching jade lion, on horseback, needless to say, of course, Chu Fan, the commander of the Fuliao army.

"Xiao Fu'er, why did you order the troops to be withdrawn?" After the fire dragon horse galloped to the jade lion's side, Liu Zhongwen asked softly.

"You didn't get into the balloons?" Chu Fan smiled faintly and said, "They have changed their tactics!" ”

"I saw it," Liu Zhongwen frowned lightly and nodded, "They all came out as a whole team this morning...... I'm thinking about it, let's see if I can gather the whole camp and bite him...... Or bring in a battalion, set a position, and clean them up with barbed wire! "His previous position was in the North Company, where there were also hot air balloons to observe and command.

"There's no need," Chu Fan still had that breezy look on his face, looking to the west and muttering, "If you really want to talk about fighting, it's not a problem for us to eat his hundreds of cavalry together...... But have you thought about it, Izumi Zhinan is already cautious and serious, let's kill his eyes and ears again, when will he delay his dispatch? ”

Liu Zhongwen nodded thoughtfully and said, "I didn't expect this...... However, I see that this surnamed Quan does have a hand in using troops, he only arrived yesterday, and today's change of formation of their cavalry makes us unable to find a chance to start. ”

"Yes!" Chu Fan's smile was even bigger, "We've almost touched the bottom line, what we should do now is to be a turtle!" Shrinking turtle! …… Shrink, show weakness, hide strength, don't let Izumi Tomo pay attention to us...... That's why I decided to retreat the entire cavalry battalion and retreat to the small village in Shangdaoli to cover the right flank of Yingzhou City...... Not only that, but the water division should also gradually reduce the intensity of the attack, don't beat Old Man Quan to the bone all at once, I don't want to turn this battle into a protracted war of attrition. ”

Speaking of this, Chu Fan squeezed his eyes at Liu Zhongwen mischievously, "Don't forget, our big gift is prepared for Old Man Quan outside Yingzhou City!" ”

Liu Zhongwen was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed with Chu Fan in understanding, laughing inexplicably at the soldiers around him. (To be continued.) )