Until Niu Gao led 20,000 horses to the city of Yangzhou, he didn't know where this group of people and horses came from.

It's no wonder that he put all his attention on the river, and it is reasonable that he didn't know about any movements in Jiankang Mansion in time, but 20,000 horses is not a small number, so many people have crossed the river, he doesn't even know at all, which makes no sense.

Luzhou, Yangzhou, Jiankang three places are distributed in a triangle, and Niu Gao's men and horses killed Yangzhou, Zong Han's men and horses set off from Luzhou to reinforce the garrison along the Yangtze River, the two teams happened to have a time difference, otherwise they had to collide head-on.

In fact, with the airship high into the clouds as a detection weapon, it is not difficult to beat this time difference.

Niu Gao's army slaughtered under the city of Yangzhou, leaving only 10,000 horses to besiege the city, but the other 10,000 horses went back to kill. The reason is also very simple, Tatar is too focused on the enemy situation at the mouth of Zhenjiang, most of the men and horses have been sent there, and there are not even 10,000 defenders in Yangzhou City, and among them, there are also temporarily recruited people, not to mention the combat effectiveness, the defense of the city is still insufficient, and the retreat from the enemy is not even a thought.

Xiao Tong was originally a member of the Great Liao State, and after the Jin State destroyed the Liao, he voted for the new master, and now he is the most powerful general under the Tatar Army.

At this time, he had just received an urgent military order from Tatar, ordering him to take his men and horses back to Yangzhou City as soon as possible. Xiao Tong was not good at water warfare, he was dizzy when he saw the endless river, and he received the order of the whole army to return to help, he didn't think about it, and walked back with more than 20,000 people under his command.

But after walking a few miles, there was a sound of people shouting and neighing horses in front of him, and he grabbed the reins and looked, and out of nowhere rushed out a group of more than 2,000 Song soldiers, armed with maces, and rushed into his ranks with a shout, and hit the horses on the legs.

What is a mace? It's a lot of barbed poisonous weapons on a big stick, what are the legs of horses? The two met, and the results can be imagined.

Because it was an unsuspecting surprise attack, and it was a war horse that fell, this mess was out of control.

And those people came and went like the wind, each of them was responsible for breaking a horse's leg and then quickly withdrew, and by the time Xiao Tong stopped the chaos and organized people and horses to line up to pick up their bows, those people had already run away without a shadow.

"I'm mad!!" Xiao Tong shouted, he had never suffered such a loss, and he even thought that the people who attacked him were not Song Bing, but bandits and robbers on which mountain.

In desperation, he had to order someone to drag away the injured horse that fell to the ground and continue to move forward.

But another problem came immediately, originally his 20,000 people were cavalry, but now nearly 2,000 people have lost their horses, and the spare horses have been left in Yangzhou City and have not been brought out, and their two legs can not catch up with the four legs of the war horse. Xiao Tong had no choice but to let them fall behind and move forward in batches.

With the lesson just now, Xiao Tong became cautious, and every mile of the road, he first sent someone to the front to investigate, and only after making sure that it was safe did he dare to continue to move forward. But in this way, he has no way to "return to help quickly" according to Tatar's request.

The dismounted cavalry became infantry, which was tantamount to a tiger without teeth for the golden men who were better at riding and shooting, so they were more cautious and advanced more slowly, so that they quickly distanced themselves from the cavalry brigade in front.

After about half an hour, the cavalry could only see the flags, and the dismounted men were a little frightened.

The battlefield may be able to cultivate people's alternative sensitive nerves, they sense the danger, and the danger is really coming.

A group of masked men surrounded them.

Do you need a mask to fight on the battlefield? The golden soldiers didn't understand, but they didn't need to think too much, the mace in the hands of the masked men told them that these people were "acquaintances" who had just dealt with them!

Thus, a hand-to-hand battle without fancy began.

Veiling the face would indeed make the enemy have a psychological fear of the unknown, so as soon as the Song soldiers rushed up, the Jin soldiers began to retreat.

However, it was an encirclement, and it was useless to retreat anywhere.

"Go back home!"

"Head Stay!"

"Die!"

“……”

A low curse rang out from every masked mouth, but it was also heard clearly in the ears of every enemy they attacked.

The mace flew up and down, bringing up a canopy of brightly colored blood, and the brief resistance of the golden soldiers quickly melted away under the wind-swept leaf-like attack.

The battle ended when the head of the last golden soldier was smashed to pieces by two maces that arrived at the same time.

"How?"

"We wounded four hundred, and no one was killed!"

"Oh!" The masked warriors cheered, for them, against the golden soldiers, zero deaths were something that had never happened.

"You still have the face to cheer?!" A masked man retracted his mace and reprimanded, "In the face of a herd of little sheep, you can still be injured by others, if General Niu knows, you will inevitably be whipped!" ”

Everyone was silent and looked at each other, but they couldn't hide the joy in their hearts.

"Let's catch up!" The masked man pointed ahead.

The masked man whispered yes and galloped forward.

Of course, Xiao Tong couldn't have known that in such a short period of time, the 2,000 people he left behind had become corpses, and it was even more impossible to know that someone was targeting him behind his back.

Niu Gao has few cavalry in his hands, and his goal is the war horse of Jin Bing, which is also a last resort. With his character, the most enjoyable way to fight is face-to-face, but that was when he was alone, now he has 20,000 men under his command, and there are only 1,000 cavalry, and the little emperor once said that 20,000 people are all the capital of his cattle general, and if he doesn't fight, he will be gone, and if he doesn't replenish it, there is no place to replenish it.

So Niu Gao also started "resourcefulness".

The first wave of sneak attacks is just to put psychological pressure on the enemy and slow down the pace of their reinforcements, otherwise they will all go to the city, and let people come together inside and outside, and it will be a big trouble to make dumplings.

Therefore, the appearance of the second wave of 2,000 people is also a sneak attack. On the road from the river to Yangzhou City, there are dense woods and bushes everywhere, at this time the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River is also coming, a rain in the morning and evening is thunder and can't move, so the road is muddy and slippery, and the war horse can't get up quickly.

Xiao Tong was very depressed, he didn't know how Song Bing appeared around him, at this time it was almost difficult, there were constantly cold arrows shooting from the surrounding woods and grass, how many people were injured was still second, the key was to make people have great psychological pressure, as if they were going to face death at any time.

"General Xiao, let's speed up and rush over, there is Rabbit Ditch in front, and after Rabbit Ditch, you can see Yangzhou City." The deputy general Ye Heqi is also surnamed Wanyan, and he is a little disdainful of this general who was thrown by the Liao State.

Xiao Tong said, "Okay, then ask General Ye He to bring 5,000 men and horses as the vanguard of the army and take the lead in rushing over." ”

Ye Heqi was stunned for a moment, rolled his eyes and said, "Obey!" ”

Ye Heqi ordered five thousand men and horses to leave, and Xiao Tong showed a disdainful look at his back, "Pass the order, the army will speed up and follow...... Two miles behind General Yeh! ”

Rabbit ditch is only called rabbit ditch, mainly because the terrain here is more than ten miles high on both sides and low in the middle, although there is no tall wood, but the dwarf vegetation is thick, the hare is on the ground, and occasionally there are foxes and wild wolves.

When Yeheqi came here, he ordered his men to divide into three teams, two thousand people went up the slope, and the rest passed on the official road in the middle of the rabbit ditch.

He's not stupid, but he's a little stupid.

He did this to prevent people from ambushing on the slopes on both sides, which was not bad, but since it was a hillside, it could not be flat, and the ground that had just been flooded by rain was not a horse, and people could not stand on it steadily. So after falling down several times with men and horses, Yeheqi had to give up this "smart" idea, so that the road that was originally intended for 3,000 people to pass immediately became congested.

After a long period of chaos, the distance between the teams was widened, and they could finally walk, Ye Heqi breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that there was no one in ambush here.

Niu Gao did not send people to ambush here, the road was slippery, and his soldiers were also not easy to walk, so he left the biggest meeting gift at the end of Tu'er Ditch.

When Ye Heqi walked out of Rabbit Ditch with his men and horses, saw Yangzhou City in the distance, and passed through with joy, a thunder exploded in his ears in the flat ground, "General Niu has arrived!" ”

"General Niu? Which bull general? Yeheqi froze instinctively, and then heard the piercing sound of the wind breaking, and a sharp arrow pierced through his chest and peeked out of his back, tearing his tall body straight off his horse's back.

The shouts of killing were everywhere in his ears, and the Jin soldiers, who were caught off guard, saw the tide of Song soldiers rushing over, and turned back one after another, but collided with the people and horses behind, and instantly blocked the exit of the rabbit ditch.

Ye Heqi spurted blood from his mouth, his ribs had been broken after being trampled by several war horses, and the ensuing chaos made him completely merge with the ground below him, and it was no longer possible to distinguish between them.

Song Bing rushed up brandishing knives and guns, chopping the panicked Jin Bing off his horse like chopping melons and vegetables, and then ...... Chopped into minced meat!

"War horses stay!" Niu Gao's angry shouts spread throughout the battlefield.

So, a battle for war horses began again.

"Let it go!" A Song soldier snatched the reins of the horse from the hands of the Jin soldier who had just fallen off the horse, and shouted loudly.

"Don't let it go!" The golden soldier also knew that without the war horse, he had only one way to die.

"Tell Lao Tzu about the conditions? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu slashed you with a knife? Song Bing blew his beard and glared at him, looking very good.

"Don't let it go!" Jin Bing was also very persistent, but when a sharp knife peeked through his chest, he had to let go.

"Just cut it off, what nonsense are you talking to him?" Jin Bing fell, and another Song soldier appeared behind him.

"Didn't I want to accumulate some yin virtue? lest you kill too many people, and give birth to a son without an asshole in the future. Song Bing triumphantly pulled the reins of the horse, turned over and stepped on. (To be continued.) )