In the era when cavalry represented the strongest attack power, whether it was the current Western Xia or the Liao State. Even the Jin State, which appeared later, selected the elite from its own cavalry and formed elite cavalry with stronger attack power.

Even the tiger and leopard riders in the Three Kingdoms period, the black armor army of the Tang Dynasty is known to the world. And now in the country of Fanbang, which is now the enemy of the Song Dynasty, Western Xia also has a strong Iron Harrier, and the Liao State has a Tielin heavy armored cavalry.

Faced with this situation, Cho Hyo-seok was forming a cavalry army. I thought about forming an elite cavalry that could fight against these two cavalry armies. The cavalry who are now selected for the pro-guard army are doing this screening.

According to Zhao Xiaoxi's idea, enter his cavalry, which is intentionally named the 'Ghost Cavalry Army'. In addition to being able to fight as a skilled cavalry, they must also have more technical combat abilities than ordinary ones.

Whether it is archery or combat effectiveness, it must far surpass that of ordinary cavalry officers and soldiers. As far as the current composition of the pro-guard army is concerned, more people are also selected from the martial guards, and martial arts people who have practiced martial arts serve as cavalry.

Such cavalry, even in special circumstances, can be used as infantry to make the enemy fearful. These black cloaks and grimace masks were all deliberately prepared by him, and a total of 3,000 sets were prepared.

But at present, there are less than 1,000 ghost cavalry troops that can be selected. With the principle of preferring lack to abuse, the cavalry that can enter the ghost cavalry must be the elite of the elite. Mastering the skills of cavalry is the minimum threshold for entering this ghost cavalry army.

For a long time, the cavalry army, including the current several thousand cavalry generals, are aware of the strength of Zhao Xiaoxi's army of less than 1,000 guards. also knows that this county prince intends to build an elite of the cavalry.

This time, I saw Zhao Xiaoxi leading the troops to the battle, and the grimace mask that could only see cold eyes, as well as the black cloak. It really made several thousand cavalry also full of envy, and they couldn't wait to join them in person.

Before the ghost cavalry army set out for the first time, the Western Xia scouts who were responsible for patrolling this direction. In addition to two cavalrymen who were also patrolling on horseback. The rest of the cavalry were drinking water from their skins and sacks, and they were cooking with some dry food to satisfy their hunger and thirst.

It's just that what they would never have imagined was that in the seemingly flat grass a few meters in front of them, after every breeze blew. There was always a wave of grass that seemed a little abnormal, but it didn't cause them to be alarmed.

Plus in this condition without moonshine. How could they know that someone was groping their way forward on the turf?

With the two cavalrymen patrolling on horseback, they suddenly saw a few glowing things flying out of the grass around them. Just when he felt that something was wrong, a sharp pain came from his throat and the vital point on his body at the same time, and the two cavalrymen immediately fell to death under their horses.

Almost at the same time, those scouts who were still giggling and talking about what they could grab when the army entered the Song Dynasty this time. Suddenly, I saw several fast black shadows in the grass in front of me.

A Western Xia scout had just shouted 'Be careful'. He was quickly shot with a crossbow by these very fast people. As for the Western Xia scout who didn't die in the first round, he didn't even have time to take the scimitar at hand, so he was ruthlessly killed by the black-clothed man who rushed to his side.

After someone in this group of black-clothed people made a few gestures, these sneak attackers moved skillfully. Clean up the scene, cut off the heads of these scouts, take away the horses that have no owner, put out the fire and leave quickly.

When this group of people met Zhao Xiaoxi, who left the camp overnight. Zhao Xiaoxi quickly said: "Good job, go back and make a big contribution to you." Ghost Cavalry, out! ”

These Zhao Xiaoxi can be described as well-trained special operations reconnaissance cavalry, looking at these grimace cavalry soldiers who are almost identical in the night, there is also a feeling of blood boiling. It is clear that the goal they will strive for in the future is to become a member of the Ghost Cavalry.

Compared with the usual speed of horseback riding, Zhao Xiaoxi marched with the ghost cavalry army tonight. It's a bit slower. Especially when you can see that the Western Xia is arranged in the camp outside Lanzhou City.

Almost as much as the leading Zhao Xiaoxi's war horse advances, the rest of the cavalry advances. With this kind of riding tactics in unison, even the Western Xia people would never have imagined that there would be such an elite cavalry in the Song army.

Cho Hyo-seok riding on a brown war horse. He took out the clairvoyant mirror he was carrying, and kept looking at the situation in the distance. At the same time, he observed every move of the Western Xia camp from time to time, waiting for the moment to give these Western Xia people a deadly attack.

Blowing a cool breeze at night, the entire ghost cavalry army did not make the slightest sound except for the war horses that snorted from time to time. They all waited quietly, and Zhao Xiaoxi, who was beyond their distance, gave orders.

By the time Zhao Xiaoxi saw the Xixia camp, there were very few people moving, except for those patrols who could see clearly. There are also cavalrymen who throw rockets under the city of Lanzhou from time to time, and they also understand the plans of these Tanguts.

I want to rest well, so that the defenders of Lanzhou City are tired and running, this abacus is really good. It's a pity that they don't know that the praying mantis catches cicadas, and his big yellow finch is behind. Let them feel the power of the ghost cavalry tonight.

Knowing that there are tens of thousands of cavalry in the Western Xia army in front of him, Zhao Xiaoxi believes in the strength of the ghost cavalry. But he will not risk heavy losses and use this ghost cavalry army that has not yet formed a legion to fight the other party.

When he saw the dozen or so tents guarded by infantry in this big camp, Zhao Xiaoxi knew. Those tents were stacked, I am afraid that they were the grain and grass materials of the Tangut people, and what he had to do at night was to burn all these materials.

Since the Western Xia cavalry didn't sleep in the middle of the night, they also went to Lanzhou City to play with rockets. Then Zhao Xiaoxi simply let the whole army get up and play a bigger bonfire. As for killing the enemy, Cho Hyo-seok felt that there was an opportunity.

Put away the clairvoyant mirror Zhao Xiaoxi beckoned back, and one person in the team immediately stepped forward, Zhao Xiaoxi said sideways: "Order all the troops to follow me and attack the grain depot on the left side of the enemy."

Each person must throw all the rockets and arrows they carry into the opponent's granary at half a pillar of incense. No one was allowed to fight, so he obeyed my orders to complete the task and quickly retreated back to the camp in the mountains. ”

'Order! ’

The grimace officer who received this order was Zhao Da, who is currently the captain of the pro-guard team. Pulling the horse's head, Zhao Da patted the horse, and quickly passed Zhao Xiaoxi's order to the army, until after the order was delivered, he returned to Zhao Xiaoxi's back again.

When Zhao Xiaoxi began to clamp his legs and urged the war horses under him to move forward in small steps, the cavalry behind also moved forward in unison. When Zhao Xiaowan took out his longbow and drew an iron arrow, the rest of the cavalry also repeated the action.

When he was less than a mile away from the Western Xia camp, Zhao Xiaoxi slapped his horse and accelerated the impact, and the rest of the cavalry followed. This black torrent of night, like a black giant beast under the night, rushed towards the Xixia camp in front of him.

The Western Xia cavalry, who was in charge of guarding at the gate of the camp, watched as the black torrent hit. I thought I was dazzled, wiped it and saw the other party's black appearance, and immediately shouted at the top of my voice: "Enemy attack!" ”

As soon as the voice came out, a sharp arrow burst into its chest, nailing it directly to the fence behind it. The rest of the Western Xia defenders, who realized that the enemy cavalry was coming, naturally shouted at the top of their voices.

For a while, the Xixia camp, which was originally sleeping peacefully, became like a messy porridge. Everywhere there were fleeing patrols, struck by deadly iron arrows.

The wooden fence built in the afternoon, with the leading knight with a silver dangling spear, directly swept away the thousands of troops. Those wooden fences were directly cracked and scattered, and this gap was also expanded with the arrival of the follow-up cavalry.

Ignoring the fleeing Tanguts, the leading knight put his spear down again and replaced it with an iron arrow that was also soaked in grease. As he ran, the fire broke the rocket and ignited it and went straight to attack the defenders of the grain depot who were unable to resist.

A sky-high flame shot into the tents, and as soon as it fell, it ignited the fire. As the first rocket fell, then there was a black knight like a gust of wind, and the division of labor was clear about killing people.

All the rockets that will be carried without killing will be thrown towards the tent along the road at the fastest speed. By the time the black knights had passed, it had turned into a fire.

The black-clothed army, who did not pause at all, followed the black-clothed man in front of him who raised his gun and continued to wreak havoc in the Xixia cavalry camp along the line. Shoot the deadly arrows they carry at moving objects.

Until the leading knight of the silver lance, when he suddenly saw the stable behind him, immediately rushed there. Knock over all the makeshift stables with a single shot, and order the cavalry to follow.

Rockets were thrown into those war horse sheds, and suddenly those frightened war horses fled in a hurry, filling the entire Xixia camp with the sound of people roaring and roaring.

Lu Dazhong, who was cursing these Tangut people at the head of the city for being too shameless and harassing them with this tactic, was also very curious when he saw the huge chaos coming from the Xixia camp.

It didn't take long to see a raging fire burning behind the Xixia camp, and during the day, he also observed Lu Dazhong who was camped by the Xixia people through the clairvoyant mirror. He also joked with Zhang Tingguang that if someone burned the grain and grass of the Tangut people, then there would be almost no need to fight this battle.

As a result, a joke came true, and the Xixia people, who were tired of their lives in the first half of the night tonight, now really feel what it means to 'play with fire and self-immolation'. Their cavalry set fire to the city of Lanzhou, and as a result, their own camp lair was set on fire.

When Lu Dazhong shouted 'retribution', he immediately understood that this masterpiece must be the handiwork of the county prince! When this kind of person is the most tired, suddenly attacking the camp in one fell swoop is really deadly!

Wait until Lu Dazhong took out the clairvoyant mirror he borrowed tonight to observe. Seeing that in the Xixia camp, there were constantly war horses scurrying around, and he shouted as happily as a child.

And this scene also made the defenders of the city applaud loudly. Tossing them for the first half of the night, now the Tangut people have no intention of sleeping in the second half of the night. What a retribution! (To be continued......)