Hu Di led more than 1,000 cavalry troops to arrive in Simi in fact, it only took half a day to arrive, if it wasn't for the grain cart, they would only need a few hours to arrive, and the speed was slow after carrying the grain cart, this was just an empty car, if a large amount of grain and grass was transported, I am afraid it would take a day to rush back to the coalition camp from Symi.

At dinner time, all the grain trucks were loaded with grain and grass, and they could leave for the coalition camp after dinner, and the centurion on duty came to ask: "Captain, are we going to leave for the camp overnight after dinner?" ”

Woody thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "No, we're not leaving tonight!" ”

"What, not leaving? The food and grass in the battalion can only last for two days, and the sooner we go back, the less pressure on the general will be, and if we go back late, in case the soldiers mutini because of the lack of food and grass, it will be our culpability, Wing Commander, please take the overall situation first! The centurion on duty hurriedly persuaded.

Woody's face changed, and he scolded, "Do you think I don't want to go back sooner? Do you think I don't know how to focus on the big picture? Do you think I'm deliberately postponing my departure until tomorrow because of the hard work of traveling overnight? You are wrong, of course, you can return to the camp earlier if you rush over overnight, but don't forget, there are also Hun cavalry near the grain road, we march at night, our vision is affected, it is easy to be raided by the Huns, it doesn't matter if we die, but there are still 10,000 soldiers in the camp, without us to transport grain and grass, what do they eat? ”

"This ...... Captain, I was wrong, maybe you're right! The centurion on duty apologized ashamedly.

Woody patted him on the shoulder and said, "I know you're worried about the situation in the camp too, but it's too dangerous to march at night. We are only delaying for one night, and tomorrow it will be much safer during the day, and our brigade will escort the grain and grass. Then arrange a small group of cavalry to patrol and reconnoiter in front and back, left and right, as long as there is a wind and grass, we can get the news in advance, and we can deal with it calmly, the number of Hun cavalry is not much, and we have more than a thousand horsemen, they want to defeat us but I am afraid that it is not so easy, do you understand? ”

"I see!"

Night. Woody and his 1,000 cavalry camped at the grain and grass hoarding station in the town of Symi, where the wagons were filled with bales and bags of grain, except for the grain. There are also some barrels and jerky.

It was getting dark, and Tolon, who was resting on the hillside, was woken up by the sentry cavalry, "My lord, just now the sentry reported that the grain transport team did not set off after loading it with food. It seems that he is preparing to spend the night in the town of Symi. They must be worried that they will be attacked by us on their way overnight, so they are prepared to go back tomorrow during the day! ”

Toron got up and tidied up his leather armor and helmet, and said: "I guess they don't dare to leave and return overnight, if they rush overnight, I really don't know whether to raid the grain transport cavalry first or the grain and grass hoarding point first, and now they are spending the night at the grain and grass hoarding point, just in time to give us a chance to wake everyone up." Let everyone eat and drink to their heart's content, and wait for my command to do it! ”

"Yes. My lord! ”

The five hundred cavalry continued to rest after eating at Tolon's order, and about midnight Tolong sent someone to wake everyone up, and all the men got on their horses, sorted out their equipment, and hurried to the town of Simi, forty miles away.

Although it was late at night, it only took an hour for Tolong to lead his troops to arrive at the outskirts of Simi Town, and the sentry captain reported to Tolon: "My lord, two miles ahead is Simi Town, there are more than 300 households in the whole town, there is a checkpoint at the south intersection of the town, and there is also a checkpoint at the north entrance of the town, the number of people is only about a dozen, and the others are all in the town, according to our observation, the grain and grass hoarding point of the coalition army is in the southeast corner of the town, plus the grain transportation cavalry, there are about 1,600 people in it, Everyone else is scattered elsewhere in town! ”

Toron called his five centurions over to explain the situation, and after introducing the situation, he said: "The third team of archers, you are responsible for taking down the checkpoints at the entrance of the town in the north, and you must quietly kill all the soldiers who are guarding the sentry so that no one else can find them, and then you control the checkpoints to hold it until we succeed in coming out. ”

The centurion of the third squad of the archers said: "Understood, my lord! ”

Tolong then said: "The first and second teams of the light cavalry, your task is to set fire to all the food, the first and second teams of the archers, your task is to cover the first and second teams of the light cavalry with me, do everyone understand your mission?" ”

"Got it!"

"Okay, follow me and go!" Toron waved loudly.

Walking horses, this is not something that ordinary people can do, they must go through strict training to walk horses well, walking horses are different from running horses, horses do not have the action of taking off when walking horses, and running horses have the action of taking off, the speed of walking horses is slower than the speed of running on horses, but it is much faster than walking slowly on horses, similar to race walking in sports, but people are riding on horses and walking fast instead of slow.

There are many advantages of walking horses, first, the sound of walking horses is very small, fast and steady, second, walking horses can greatly save the body of horses, riding horses and galloping consume a lot of horses' bodies, or a few hours, horses will be tired and foaming at the mouth, but walking horses can gallop all day without resting, walking horses are the killer of long-distance rapid marches in the era of cold weapons, many nomads will walk horses, and later Mongolians are Mongolian bantam horses with super endurance, super environmental adaptability, Riding and archery and walking horses are a few skills and sweep the world. Thirdly, not all terrain is suitable for horse running, and many terrains are easy to damage the horse's legs and hooves when running horses, so if you want to be fast at this time, you must give up running horses and adopt the way of walking.

It is difficult for an untrained knight to use the skill of walking a horse well, and the horse is prone to messy steps when riding, and it is easy to run as he walks. Toron was tasked with raiding the allied army's grain and grass hoarding grounds, and when he marched at night, he could just use the skill of walking horses, but fortunately, the cavalry he brought out this time were all veterans, and they were all cavalry with strict training.

When Toron arrived with the first and second teams of the archers and the first and second teams of the light cavalry, the third team of the archers had already removed the Roman military sentry card at the entrance of the town, and the throats of more than a dozen Roman soldiers were all killed, none of them were alive, and the corpses had been carried aside, and the centurion of the third team stepped forward and reported: "My lord, the sentry has been occupied by our side, and there are no casualties on our side, all the sentries have been killed, and no one has escaped!" ”

"Good, stay here until we come out!" Toron commanded, and then said to the other four centurions beside him: "Enter the town and advance towards the grain and grass hoarding point, be careful not to make a big move, be fast, break into the hoarding point and set fire to it before the defenders react, go!" ”

The town is not big, the grain and grass hoarding point in the southeast corner is not far from the town entrance, it will not take two minutes to arrive, a few dismounted sentinels dodged out of the darkness and shot with their bows, and a few sentries walking back and forth at the door were shot in an instant, the sentinels quickly ran over and pushed the camp gate open, and Tolong immediately waved his hand when he saw it: "The first and second teams of light cavalry, the first team set fire to the grain and grass, and the second team found the stables of the opposing cavalry grain transport team, let go of all the horses, and rushed in!" ”

After the large force of cavalry moved, the movement on the ground was greater, but the distance was too close, the first and second teams of light cavalry quickly lit torches and rushed into the grain and grass hoarding point, they held torches in their left hands and swords in their right hands, and after rushing into the camp, they killed people when they saw them, and many Roman soldiers ran out of the house in disheveled clothes before they could figure out what was going on, and their heads were cut off by the whistling cavalry.

Woody slept very alertly, and woke up after Toron led people into the camp, he ran out of the barracks with a big sword and saw two groups of Hun cavalry, one left and one right, rushing towards the stables and the grain and grass warehouse, and knew that he was going to suffer, he shouted in a hurry: "Get up, everyone get up, the Huns are coming, guy!" ”

Woody's voice didn't attract much attention from the roar of the cavalry, and he stood there with his sword in his hand and shouted a few times, but no one answered.

The first group of light cavalry quickly found the grain storehouse, and the Roman soldiers standing guard and patrolling at the door of the warehouse put up a defensive position, but were shot by the archers behind the light cavalry, and the light cavalry rushed over and threw the torches into the grain and grass storehouse, and threw them through the doors and windows, which immediately caused a fire.

On the other side, the second team of light cavalry also found the stable, more than a thousand war horses of the grain transport team and the mules and horses carrying the grain were all tied here, there was no one to guard here at all, the second team of cavalry rushed over, the first few people jumped off their horses and rushed into the stable, waved their knives to cut all the reins, and cut the guardrail, the horses rushed out of the stables in turn and crashed everywhere in the camp, and soon found the exit, and the herds of horses rushed out, and at this time the panicked Roman soldiers had no time to care about so much, they only thought about how to escape, By this time, however, the first and second teams of the light cavalry, which had completed their mission, had begun to charge back and forth in the camp, and the archers took cover nearby, constantly shooting at the scurrying Roman soldiers.

"Damn it, damn it, I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you all!" Woody swung his great sword and cut down a cavalryman who had just run past him on horseback, but his actions immediately attracted the attention of the other Hun cavalry, and two arrows immediately shot at him, he swung his sword and knocked one away, but he couldn't dodge the second, the arrow hit his chest armor, and pierced the skin and flesh deep into it, but fortunately the arrow did not pierce the chest cavity and hurt the internal organs.

Several Hun light cavalry saw that Hu Di was a Roman general, and wanted to ride his horse to kill him, but at this time the horn of retreat sounded, and the Hun cavalry was reluctant to quickly beat their horses and left, the Hun cavalry came and went quickly, but the damage they caused was too great, at this time the grain and grass warehouse had been completely burned, and the stables were destroyed, all the horses escaped, the place was in chaos, and the surviving Roman soldiers were panicked, just thinking about hiding safely, Hu Di could not organize enough manpower to extinguish the mouth, And at this time, it is too late to put out the fire, and it is a foregone conclusion that the grain and grass will be burned, and it will be in vain.

Woody sat down on the ground limp and muttered to himself as if he had lost his soul, "It's over, it's all over!" (To be continued......)