Chapter 191: Collision

After a while, the official road intersection at the foot of Scorpion Mountain was silent, leaving only large messy footprints and rut marks on the snow.

A quarter of an hour later, suddenly from the official road in the direction of Dengzhou, six war horses, immediately the cavalry galloped and couldn't help but look back, came to the intersection where the enemy hunting division had just stopped, immediately six people reined in the war horses and looked around a little, and then turned their horses to gallop in a straight line along the official road in the direction of Yantai.

A thousand paces behind the six horses, a cavalry team of nearly two hundred men shouted and chased the six horsemen in front.

The six horsemen galloping in front were naturally hunting the enemy Si Niu'er, Jiang Yu and a few others, and they fell behind the official road in order to create some obstacles for the officers and soldiers who were chasing and slow down the pursuit of the officers and soldiers.

Seeing that the Dengzhou military camp had sent a large number of cavalry to pursue, several people did not care about setting traps, and quickly mounted their war horses and retreated in the direction of Yantai according to the prior agreement.

The Dengzhou military camp sent cavalry to pursue, and the people of the Hunting Division also expected that although the soldiers of the Hunting Division were brave, there were only more than 40 people, and they would definitely not choose to confront them head-on unless they had to.

Niu Er, Jiang Yu and the other six people knew that the thistles scattered on the ground and the traps that had not yet been built would not cause much hindrance to the pursuers, and they had to quickly inform Shen Xiaoshan of the news of the arrival of the pursuers......

After another quarter of an hour, the cavalry of the Dengzhou battalion pursuing from behind came to the fork of the Dengzhou official road, and the Dengzhou cavalry battalion commander Zhang Shanle had a war horse, observing the two official roads extending in different directions.

He looked at the scene and found that many soldiers' footprints and horseshoe prints were left on the snow, among which the footprints and some horseshoe prints and rut prints went straight to Yantai; However, there are many other horseshoe prints that turn right and run in the direction of Longkou and Zhaoyuan.

Obviously, this gang of thieves who robbed the foreigners and craftsmen fled in two ways!

Zhang Shan hesitated for a while whether to divide his troops to pursue. Several henchmen around him felt that these thieves were already few people, and now they fled separately. It was a good time to pursue and annihilate them, so they persuaded Zhang Shanmo to miss the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Soon the cavalry of the 200 Dengzhou battalion was divided into two teams equally. The horse's hooves stepped on the snowflakes under their feet and galloped towards both sides of the official road, and the fork in the road began to become silent again.

Niu Er and Jiang Yu rode forward at a gallop of about three miles, and were discovered by the soldiers of the Enemy Hunting Division in front, Shen Xiaoshan turned his head and looked at the six people who were galloping, and knew that the pursuers of the Dengzhou battalion had arrived without asking.

Niu Er galloped to Shen Xiaoshan and said, "Boss, the cavalry sent by the Dengzhou battalion is all one color cavalry, there are about two hundred cavalry, and they may have reached the intersection of the official road at this time. ”

Shen Xiaoshan muttered: "The Dengzhou battalion sent all cavalry, which is not all beneficial to us. The Earthquake Mountain Battalion Bird Soldiers have entered the pine forest from here, and now they have overturned all five carriages on the official road, and all the soldiers of the Enemy Hunting Division are going with me! ”

After speaking, he took the lead in galloping forward, and more than 20 horsemen roared behind him.

Galloping for a distance, Shen Xiaoshan suddenly pulled the reins of the war horse to reduce the horse's speed, and before the war horse of the enemy hunting division soldiers stopped, Shen Xiaoshan said urgently: "All the brothers dismount and follow me into the pine forest, before the Dengzhou cavalry finds the clues." Get behind them, hurry! ”

More than 20 people from the Enemy Hunting Division quickly dismounted and led the war horse to follow Shen Xiaoshan into the pine forest. When you enter the pine forest, you will find that the scene inside the pine forest is very different from the snow-capped scene outside. Due to the blocking of pine branches and leaves, there is not much snow falling in the pine forest. This made Shen Xiaoshan and his entourage, who were walking in it, hurry up a lot.

But walking in a pine forest, there is no certain reference, and it is easiest to get lost. Shen Xiaoshan led the way with the head of the war horse, and his eyes were always fixed on the position of the official road outside the pine forest.

I walked about a mile forward in the forest. I saw the Chinese and British cavalry galloping past on the official road, and the columns galloped by.

After the Dengzhou cavalry passed, Shen Xiaoshan immediately ordered all the soldiers of the Enemy Hunting Division to follow him and lead the horses back to the official road.

Shen Xiaoshan looked at the more than twenty enemy hunting soldiers around him. Said: "Now our enemy hunting division has successfully rounded the back of the Dengzhou cavalry, and the Dengzhou cavalry is passive. Next, we will lead it to the ambush of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion, I know that the brothers are very nervous and excited at this time, in the face of several times our cavalry, the brothers must cheer up all their spirits to ensure their own safety. ”

Seeing that more than 20 people had a resolute look on their faces, Shen Xiaoshan nodded secretly and said, "Prepare the bow and crossbow, and rush with me!" ”

More than 20 horsemen of the Hunting Division trampled on the snow all over the ground, and gradually accelerated towards the cavalry of the Dengzhou battalion.

The cavalry of the Dengzhou battalion was divided into two roads, and Zhang Shan led a hundred cavalry to chase in the direction of footprints and rut marks, galloping forward for about two miles, and suddenly saw five carriages in the middle of the official road.

Looking at the official road in front of the carriage, it was white, and the footprints and horses' hoof prints were divided into two parts, and the footprints of those soldiers turned and walked towards the pine forest next to the official road, while the hoof prints of those war horses extended towards the front of the official road.

Zhang Shan ordered his cavalry to dismount and push the carriages that were blocking the middle of the official road to both sides of the official road, hesitating whether he should send some men and horses into the pine forest to search for them.

Shen Xiaoshan and his party of more than 20 horsemen suddenly came out of the official road behind, and Zhang Shan, who was riding on a war horse, and other Dengzhou cavalry soon found out.

Zhang Shan was taken aback, when did these thief cavalry arrive behind him? He shouted loudly for the cavalry who was pushing the overturned carriage to jump onto his horse, and then ordered the cavalry on his horse to line up and prepare to meet him.

The cavalry pushing the carriage on the ground tried to jump on the horse, and the cavalry on the horse grabbed the reins and turned the horse's head to meet the incoming thief, and the whole cavalry team was in confusion.

Zhang Shan saw these cavalrymen who were trained on weekdays, and they were like headless flies, shouting and scolding again and again, waving the whip in his hand and constantly whipping those panicked cavalrymen.

Jiang Yu followed Shen Xiaoshan and rushed towards the Dengzhou cavalry, and when he was far away, he saw that the entire queue of Dengzhou cavalry was in a mess, without any rules, and secretly despised it in his heart, these Dengzhou battalion cavalry had never experienced actual combat at a glance, and their combat power was probably not as good as the combat power of the Daqingfeng cavalry of Daze Mountain, where they were originally located.

Shen Xiaoshan and more than 20 others came very quickly, and just when the cavalry of the Dengzhou battalion on the opposite side stabilized the queue, more than 20 horsemen had already reached a distance of 100 steps opposite the Dengzhou battalion.

Organize your queue. Zhang Shan shouted loudly to his cavalry: "The thieves attacking on the opposite side are only more than 20 horsemen, and there is no one in sight. All the soldiers will come with me to kill these thieves! Rush! ”

Slowing down his horse slightly, Shen Xiaoshan looked at the Dengzhou cavalry who were gradually accelerating and sprinting. Aiming the bow and crossbow in his hand at the opposite cavalry, ninety paces, eighty steps, shouted: "Bow and crossbow fire!" ”

"Snort, snort, snort" The crossbow arrows fired by more than 20 bows and crossbows whistled and flew towards the cavalry of the Dengzhou battalion brandishing swords and guns on the opposite side.

On the official road, only more than a dozen cavalry could be placed to rush forward at the same time, and the crossbow arrows of the soldiers of the enemy hunting division all greeted these dozen cavalrymen.

Suddenly, several cavalrymen in the front of the Dengzhou battalion screamed and fell off their horses, three or four galloping horses were shot by crossbow arrows, their front hooves fell to the ground with a soft knee, and the Dengzhou cavalry riding on horseback with armor all over their bodies fell to the ground one by one, and suddenly their heads broke and they were unconscious.

Cavalry on several horses following closely behind. Suddenly, even the men and horses were tripped and fell on the ground by the front rollover, and rolled down on the snow.

A round of crossbow shooting caused more than ten casualties of the Dengzhou cavalry at once, Shen Xiaoshan was very satisfied, seeing that the purpose of attracting the Dengzhou soldiers to pursue had been achieved, Shen Xiaoshan pulled the reins of the war horse and shouted: "Retreat!" ”

More than 20 horsemen turned their horses and turned their heads to gallop towards the ambush of the Zhenshan Battalion, and the head of the Dengzhou Cavalry Battalion saw Zhang Shan, the head of the Dengzhou cavalry battalion, watching the opponent's more than 20 horsemen unscrupulously shoot and injure more than 10 of his subordinates, and he wanted to pull out his horse and flee under his nose, which was simply too deceitful!

Zhang Shan looked at his subordinates who were a little stunned, and shouted angrily: "Chase." Give me the fuck chase! ”

Shen Xiaoshan kept an eye on the Dengzhou cavalry chasing behind, and heard the other party's general shouting in his ears, and after the Dengzhou cavalry accelerated to catch up, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. A urged war horse to speed up and rush to the ambush place of the Earthquake Mountain Camp Bird Gun.

The two sides chased on the snow-covered official road, and soon returned to the three-way intersection of the official road between chasing and fleeing.

The distance between the two sides was always more than 100 steps apart, and Shen Xiaoshan and his party were more than 20 people. Beyond the range of Yang Eighty's demarcation of the bird's fire, he directly controlled the horse's speed to slow down.

Zhang Shan, the commander of the cavalry of the Dengzhou battalion, who was desperately chasing behind, shouted: "The thieves and horses in front are no longer able to gallop. All the soldiers rushed up and killed all these bastards! ”

Yang Ba Eighty led the Zhenshan Battalion Bird Gun Soldiers to arrive in the pine forest opposite the three-way intersection in advance, knowing that the Dengzhou Battalion pursuers would arrive at any time. Yang Eighty ordered one hundred bird soldiers to divide into two columns. Because the cavalry of the Dengzhou battalion is telling the gallop, after a round of bird guns, the cavalry will gallop a long distance, and divide the bird guns into two to shoot them, which can kill and injure the opponent's men and horses to the greatest extent.

As soon as he finished forming a formation, he saw more than 20 horsemen galloping on the official road, and Yang Eighty would never have thought that it would be more than 20 people from Shen Xiaoshan and his party galloping.

Previously, the three of them discussed, and it was most likely that the cavalry of the Dengzhou battalion found that there was no trace of foreign craftsmen on the official road ahead, and returned from the original road, and now saw more than 20 horsemen suddenly rushing over, Yang 80 immediately shouted in a low voice: "Ignition!" ”

His eyes were fixed on the twenty or so horsemen who were rapidly approaching the range of the bird's gun, and he suddenly found that the cavalry that was speeding quickly had many familiar faces, and they were closely following the hundred and ten cavalrymen of the Dengzhou battalion wielding swords and spears at a distance of one hundred and ten paces behind them.

Yang Eighty felt a "groan" in his heart, and almost injured his own people by mistake!

Don't wonder why Shen Xiaoshan and the others suddenly ran behind the Dengzhou cavalry, hurriedly waved their hands and said loudly: "Attention, let the brothers of the enemy hunting division in front of them, aim at the cavalry pursuing behind them, and be ready to raise at any time after listening to my command." ”

The bird soldiers led by Yang 80 had fought with the Daqingfeng cavalry, and they had been more accustomed to the tense atmosphere of the battle, and after hearing Yang 80's order, the bird soldiers in the first column naturally turned their guns to the cavalry chasing behind.

Seeing that the Dengzhou cavalry entered the range of bird guns, Yang Ba held the bird guns in his hand and shouted: "Open the fire door, aim at the Dengzhou battalion cavalry!" ”

When the words landed, the continuous sound of "tom tom tom" sounded in the pine forest, and bursts of gunpowder smoke rose in front of the bird soldiers.

The cavalry of the Dengzhou battalion, which was galloping and pursuing on the official road, was suddenly blinded by the lead shot from the side!! (To be continued......)