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The two hundred Hange cavalry, who had already been ready to go, jumped forward and pulled their bows and arrows in unison, tense and tense! Arrows rained down.

The Karasuma people had already received the order to wait for the opportunity to do something, but the five hundred Karasuma cavalry had already made up such a picture in their minds in advance: the two warriors of the king's tent, the black brothers, captured the Hange commander alive, and slowly retreated, and the Hange cavalry must be panicked and robbed by horseback. At this time, the 500 elite cavalry of the headquarters immediately intercepted, and all the arrows were fired, inflicting heavy damage on the enemy. Next, it's time to chase the Han sheep.

But the current scene is completely different from the imagination: the black brother who sees the enemy as if he was selling his head is killed in an instant by the unremarkable Hango chieftain; Their left marquis crawled to the ground and fled for their lives; Far from being chaotic, the Hange cavalry rushed close to forty or fifty paces like chickens, and the arrows rained down.

Karasuma people are too confident in their own overwhelming strength, and they are too trusting, thinking that once they come out, they will be able to catch it. As a result, the opportunity was missed and he was hit hard.

By the time Puffou fled, more than 20 of his horsemen had rushed out to rescue him. When Ma Gang killed Shuang Zhen and was about to chase Puff Lu, Karasuma escort galloped his horse and opened his bow and shot at Ma Gang in a volley.

The horse had no choice but to give up the pursuit, grabbed the body of the black man in front of him, and quickly retreated. Hei Zhen's body is a circle larger than Ma Hao, and he is quite qualified as a meat shield. The sound of puffs was endless, and the flesh and blood were splashed, and in the blink of an eye, they were full of arrows, like a straw man target on a shooting range.

When Karasuma's guards were about to pursue, a large number of Hango cavalry swarmed in. The Karasuma guards hurriedly reined in their horses, hastily picked up Pufforo and fled.

Just then, a rain of arrows struck.

The first to suffer a fatal blow was the nearest Pufferu escort cavalry, more than 20 horsemen, most of them were shot into hedgehogs, and the men and horses were bloodied and mourned everywhere. The Karasuma cavalry, who was rushing to kill, also fell dozens of people, and the cavalry was in chaos.

Ma Tyrant threw the meat shield in his hand, jumped on the white horse, shook the reins of the horse, and shouted: "Withdraw!" ”

The horn sounded, and the two hundred Hango cavalry, with rare neatness, at the same time retracted their bows, lifted their horses, and roared away - the cavalry of the Hange cavalry may still have a certain gap with the Karasuma people, but in terms of organization and discipline, the Han people are naturally stronger than the Hu people, and the trained Hango cavalry is especially obvious.

It was only then that Karasuma reacted, and in the midst of the sky-high roar of Pufforo, who had narrowly escaped with his life, a hundred horsemen thundered and pursued furiously.

So, on this flat plain with undulating hills and dense weeds, the two cavalry launched a frenzied pursuit.

Yan Rou and his thirty horsemen, at the very beginning of the conflict, wisely whipped their horses back away from the lixu, so as not to get involved in the middle of it and suffer from the fish in the pond. At this moment, more than 30 horsemen were leaning on their horses and watching the chase of the two cavalry.

A close rider asked Yan Rou in a low voice, "According to what Mr. Big has seen, what are the odds of the Karasuma people?" ”

Yan Rou groaned slightly, and raised three fingers: "Thirty-seven points, the Hange department accounts for three, and the Karasuma people account for seven, now it depends on how much time the Karasuma people take...... Well, the Karasuma people have divided their forces. ”

After the Karasuma people chased after the tail for a while, they saw that the Hange cavalry was not weak in riding skills and had abundant horsepower, so if they chased it like this, they would not be able to catch up at all before the opponent's horsepower was exhausted. So more than 450 horsemen (dozens of horsemen had been shot, less than 500 of them), divided into two, one continuing to drive, and the other going around the flank, ready to outflank the front and rear.

Due to the fact that the cavalry led by Ma Han started early and was far away from the Karasuma people, even the cavalry that fell at the back of the line was more than eighty paces away from the Karasuma cavalry at the forefront, which was more than twenty paces beyond the conventional range. Except for a few Karasuma cavalry cavalry who were confident in their superior arm strength and did not shoot indiscriminately, most of the Karasuma cavalry could only chase after them with their heads bored and could not do anything.

Similarly, the Hango cavalry could not use the Unique Return Arrow, because the bow power of both sides is similar, and the range is basically the same, you can shoot the opponent, and the opponent can also shoot you. Cavalry archers can be called the nemesis of infantry and heavy cavalry, and they can also gain the upper hand against light cavalry, but they lose their advantage when they are against the same archers.

However, Ma Han had already thought of this, after all, when he established the Hange cavalry, the imaginary enemy was Hu Cai, and most of the Hu cavalry were bow cavalry. Archers vs. archers, if you want to win, there are only two ways: one is to have more advanced weapons and equipment, and the other is to use the terrain.

"It's almost there, give the order, everyone prepare." Ma Han was originally in the lead, but at this moment he slowed down his horse's speed, took off the leopard bow next to the saddle, and turned his head to order the black chasers who followed closely on the left and right.

Wu Chai responded loudly, pulled out a small red flag from the flag pot behind him, and turned around and waved it. Immediately, the leaders and commanders of each team pulled out their flags and shook their flags, and at the same time loudly reminded the knights on the left and right to prepare. However, with a cup of mare's milk tea, all the Hango cavalry were ready to fire with bows and arrows.

Actually, it was most convenient to use horns to convey orders, but in order to avoid arousing the alarm of the Karasuma people, orders were given in a relatively slow manner.

Thundered!

With trembling hooves, the two hundred Hango cavalry rolled up a furious rush and rushed up a low hill, and when the last horse disappeared for a moment, the tide of Karasuma cavalry rushed in—the blow came suddenly.

Whoa-whoa-whoa-who

The arrows are like flying locusts, screaming like weeping, the arrows are splashed with blood, and the people are turning on their backs.

The Karasuma people were furious, and if they had taken the enemy too lightly and suffered a small loss before, then no one should blame them. At this time, he was fully prepared, and whoever splashed the blood of the Karasuma warriors would be asked for it tenfold.

Just as the Karasuma people wanted to "reciprocate" the hospitality of the Hango cavalry with a furious rain of arrows, the scene in front of them made the Karasuma people dumbfounded.

Yellow dust, the yellow dust in the sky, like smoke and fog, within ten steps, it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe. Looking down from the low hill, you can faintly see the shadows of horses in the smoke and dust, and then disappear like a illusion. Damn! I can't even see the shadow of the enemy clearly, how can I fight back?

Pufforo almost gritted his steel teeth with hatred, the Hango cavalry was so cunning that they rushed into a moraine, stirred up a cloud of yellow dust, hid themselves in smoke and dust, and then launched a surprise attack. If a person is in the smoke and dust, it is not an obstacle to shoot at a clear target in the outside world, but if the person outside wants to shoot the enemy inside the smoke and dust, he can't see clearly, and he can't fight back at all.

"Collect your bow and draw your sword, rush in, and hack these hateful Hannu to death!" Puffou yelled as the first to draw his long knife and descend from his prancing horse, a series of swords and axes clanged behind him.

But when the Karasuma people rushed into the yellow fog and dust, the Hango cavalry had already broken away from Yuanyang, leaving only the Karasuma people behind them to scold like thunder. Soon, though, the roar of the Karasuma people turned into a shout of excitement. In the distance, another group of Karasuma cavalry was rapidly approaching, intercepting the path of Hano's cavalry.

Before the Karasuma cavalry intercepted, he led the entire cavalry team to turn a huge arc and run towards a hill 100 zhang high on the right.

Seeing it from afar, Puffou was overjoyed, and the halberd pointed at the long line of Hango cavalry and laughed: "The enemy is exhausted, cornered, the whole army presses up, slaughter the Han slaves!" ”

The roar of the Karasuma people shook the sky and reached the ears of Yan Rou and his party far away.

Yan Rou was full of regret, and sighed repeatedly: "This Hange cavalry is really not lazy, it actually beat the Karasuma people with almost no losses of their own, killing nearly a hundred enemies, it is really hard to believe that they were just a group of slaves two months ago...... It's a pity that they have embarked on a dead end. ”

The rider behind Yan Rou muttered: "What Mr. Big said is very true, although the small branch mountain is not high, it is full of rocks, and their horses are ...... finished."

The other said, "The horses of the Karasuma people are also finished." ”

Xiaozhi Mountain is a stone mountain, the mountain is gentle, and you can ride a horse up, but the mountain road is more gravel, and the damage to the horse's hooves is strict. The Karasuma people knew this very well, so when they saw the Hango cavalry rushing up the mountain, they were all overjoyed, and they just waited for a while to see the joke.

Strangely, the scene of the Hango cavalry falling due to cracked hooves did not appear, except for a few horses' hooves that stepped into the rocks and were broken. It wasn't until the Hango cavalry galloped halfway up the mountain, then stopped and turned around to release arrows, and shot down more than a dozen Karasuma cavalry in a row, that Karasuma woke up from his shock and fought back angrily. At this time, the Karasuma people discovered a sad reality: the same bow and arrow, the range of which is condescending enough to extend to seventy or eighty paces, is not even sixty steps when attacking from the back. Because the opponent occupies a favorable position, the power of the weapon is invisibly increased.

The only way is to rush up and shoot closely. But what troubled Pufforo was that they could not attack on foot, but could only charge on horseback, otherwise the enemy would only have to withdraw their bows and change their swords, and dive on a fast horse, and the cavalry would kill the infantry.

But such a rocky mountain road, when the war horse stepped on it, the hooves were scrapped, these are all good horses in the tribe......

No matter how sorry Puffou felt for the horses, he also knew that the most important thing in the current battle situation was to defeat the opponent, and the loss of horses was no longer in the table. Well, the hooves of the Hango cavalry must not last long, and when everyone fights on foot, there are many Karasuma people, and the odds of victory are still very good.

Under Puffru's strict orders, the Karasuma people also began to ride their horses up the mountain, just like the Hango cavalry.

This scene was fully watched by Yan Rou and his entourage, who were miles away, so he said the words "Karasuma's horse is also finished".

The Karasuma horse's horse is indeed finished. The previous half-hour-long chase, especially the sand moraine, was more severe in the wear and tear of the horses' hooves, and at least a dozen Karasuma cavalrymen had withdrawn from the pursuit due to the cracked hooves of their horses. Now forcibly drive the war horse to climb the rocky mountain, the gravel is everywhere, the edges and corners are sharp, and there are more gaps of different widths between the stones, and the horse's hooves are accidentally stuck, and it is a broken hoof. No matter how careful the Karasuma people are, they can't avoid the worn-out horses' hooves being pierced and cut by hard and sharp gravel, and from time to time the war horses can be seen trembling on all fours, kneeling suddenly, and the blood marks on the mountain road are shocking.

Every prairie rider is a horse lover, especially his own mount, and he regards it as a partner. Seeing their beloved companions fall apart like this, the Karasuma cavalry wept and dismounted one after another, ignoring Puffro's strict orders, and marched in one after another.

The Hango cavalry, on the other hand, continued to retreat to the top of the mountain, retreating and shooting, always maintaining a distance of more than sixty paces from the Karasuma people. Occasionally, several Hango cavalrymen were shot over by the Karasuma people's strong archers, but it was the Karasuma people who fell more often.

This scene was seen by Puffou, and he was even more dumbfounded. How did the Hango cavalry manage to return their horses and fire arrows on a sloping hillside?