The east first turned white, and at some point, a ray of sunlight sprinkled through the chaotic sky like an arrow to the earth, and then the red sun broke through the clouds.

It was dawn, and the long night finally retreated to the howl of wolves in the distance.

Tian Ainu climbed out of his sleeping bag, stretched, moved his muscles, and began to pack his bags and prepare to wash.

The ashes that burned at dinner were far away from her lodgings, and the bones of the pheasant that were left to gnaw were buried deep in the ashes.

The little woman, who has a lot of experience in the wild, knows that even a little grease can attract ants, and ants will attract lizards, and lizards will attract snakes. There are all kinds of poisonous snakes in the grasslands of Hexi, and when shepherds are grazing, it often happens that livestock are bitten to death by poisonous snakes.

Although Tian Ainu sprinkled sulfur powder around the lodging, he was afraid that there would be any alien poisonous snakes that were not afraid of this smell, so he was still careful when he was alone.

After brushing his teeth and washing, re-disfigured, and confirming that it was correct, Tian Ainu carried the Zen staff and got on the horse again, just like Tang Sanseng, who traveled west to learn scriptures, and embarked on the journey again.

The bonfires in the camel city were extinguished at dawn, and people came out of their tents to pack their bags, and the whole camel city began to get busy. The sacks and cages were put back onto the ox carts and tied to the camelbacks, and those who made breakfast and arranged the bags were each responsible for their duties.

By the time they had finished their breakfast, the dew on the prairie had almost dried out of the sun, and the huge caravan continued its journey, while the men who had been in charge of the sentry guard last night lay down on the cart and slept with their heads covered.

It seemed that everything was still as usual, Yang Fan thought that he would still spend his time in peace today, but when it was almost noon, the sentinel in charge of the guard in front of the right suddenly rushed back at full speed, and the horn of the guard sounded from afar. Then there was a dull sound of horses' hooves, and a black line appeared at the end of the vast grassland, which quickly turned into a rolling tide.

"Ready! Copy guys! ”

'Little Flying General' Zhang Yi shouted happily, not caring at all that the sound of horses' hooves trembling like a torrent of horses' hooves. This is the sound of horses' hooves that can only be seen when the countless cavalry marching in groups.

Gao She Chicken and Xiong Kaishan nervously clenched the saber under their ribs, and Gao She Chicken used a narrow single knife. The tall and strong Xiong Kaishan used a machete, the back of the knife was extremely thick, weighing more than 30 catties, not to mention cutting people, it was more than enough to smash people. The knife has a hollow grip and can be turned into a long-handled machete when inserted into a wooden handle.

The two men clutched their steel knives, and just as they were ready for battle, they saw a scene that stunned them.

'Little Flying General' Zhang Yi's people are also preparing. They came from horseback, from ox carts. He took out longbows and hard crossbows, all of which were brand new bows and crossbows.

As the main long-range weapon, the bow and crossbow were equipped with the vast majority of the Tang Dynasty's army. The bow is one hundred percent equipped, the crossbow is one fifth, and there are always strong nomads around China. But they have never seen the heavy cavalry as the main force, this is no accident, the Chinese nation since the Warring States period invented a powerful crossbow, in such a powerful bow and crossbow equipment rate, the heavy cavalry is simply a group of live targets.

However, it was the army after all, and the current group of people ......

Gao Sheji and Xiong Kaishan watched as a crossbow was skillfully wound by those men, and the bow had a longbow and a horned bow, and the longbow was used for foot combat. The horned bow was used in cavalry, while the crossbow was a light crossbow used by a single person, such as the arm tension crossbow and the horned bow crossbow.

At the sight of this kind of equipment, Gao Sheji and Xiong were relieved when they climbed the mountain. Although they were scouts, they were not ignorant of the tactics of the army, and there were more than 700 people present, and the enemy rolling in the distance was about 2,000 people, but this place had already entered the actual control area of Tibet. The cavalry that suddenly appeared here must have been a member of the Tibetan tribe or a horse bandit composed of Tibetan people, and the Tibetan people were not good at shooting.

Due to the effect of the range, the crossbow requires the enemy cavalry to rush within one hundred and fifty paces before it can be fired, such a short distance, according to the reloading speed of the crossbow. The enemy cavalry rushes in front of you and enters hand-to-hand combat, which is only enough for you to shoot three arrows. Therefore, there is a saying that "there are no more than three arrows in battle", but that is only a theoretical statement.

In fact, since the Warring States period, the Qin and Han dynasties, the bow and crossbow have played an important role in the Chinese battlefield, for thousands of years, the generals have long thought of ways to make up for this fatal flaw in actual combat, one is batch shooting, the other is frontal, side, direct fire, projectile cross shooting, as well as the use of terrain and artificial obstacles to delay the speed of the enemy's approach.

In such a situation, only the heavy cavalry equipped like a tin box can barely rush to the front under the dense rain of arrows, but the other side is not only the crossbowmen, Gao Sheji and Xiong Kaishan are now watching those people equip their bows and crossbows, and draw out the steel guns from the ox carts, and quickly assemble them into sharp spears that can stop the cavalry.

In this case, although the opponent is numerous, it will not be able to bargain, if the situation is really unfavorable, as long as the baggage is temporarily abandoned and Li Ling's method of cavalry and archery warfare is used, the two thousand enemy troops will not be enough at all.

At that time, the Han general Li Ling led 5,000 men to meet the 30,000 cavalry of the Xiongnu, shot and killed thousands of people, and fought and retreated. The Xiongnu were shocked, and transferred more than 80,000 horsemen to chase and kill together, these 5,000 people relied on the crossbow that was far superior to the other party, and fought and walked, every hand, they would shoot and kill thousands of enemies, until Zuihou arrows were exhausted, and the army was defeated and captured.

At this time, the 5,000 Han cavalry had been chased and killed by more than 100,000 Hun cavalry for more than ten days, shooting and killing tens of thousands of enemy chieftains, and there were still more than 3,000 people alive and wounded, and the casualties were only more than 1,000 people. After Li Ling was captured, he looked up to the sky and sighed, saying that as long as he gave each of him a few dozen arrows, it would be enough to get rid of the pursuit and return to the Han realm.

Judging from the familiarity of these fierce guards like horse bandits with bows and crossbows, they must all be men who are good at riding and shooting, and they are not good at riding and shooting.

By this time, the men had already rushed closer and closer, and saw nearly two thousand cavalry, galloping and coming from all over the field, judging from their uniforms and the messy weapons they wielded, it was clear that they were not regular troops, either horse bandits or some tribe that wanted to rob the caravan.

Seeing this scene, Shen Mu frowned, and ordered: "Prepare for a cavalry battle!" ”

This armed force is to escort him, the sect master of the Hidden Sect, and naturally has enough financial resources to arm these hundreds of people to the teeth, but such an armed force cannot be used unless it is at the juncture, because once these weapons are used, they will immediately be mistaken by the other party for the secret infiltration of the Tang army.

It is impossible to annihilate all this cavalry, once the news spreads. It will cause them a lot of trouble, so they have a weapon in their hands, and they can't use it until they are at the critical moment of life and death.

"Third brother?"

Zhang Yi carried a knife and ran to him with a circle horse, Shen Mu whispered a few words in a low voice, as if to share the benefits and disadvantages with him, Zhang Yi nodded and said, "I know, a bunch of local chickens and dogs." Don't use these crossbows. Pack them up the same. ”

Zhang Yi rushed to the front of the defensive front composed of camel caravans, and said loudly: "Niu Gong, the people with you are protecting the third brother." Other brothers, follow me! ”

Come and ride like a tide, the momentum is violent. Zhang Yi raised his sharp long knife, raised his head to the sky and howled wildly, and led five hundred horsemen to meet him brazenly.

Gao Sheji and Xiong Kaishan both looked at Yang Fan eagerly, they were also brave soldiers in the army before they became scouts, and when they saw this scene, they wanted to rush up and fight. Yang Fan rode on his horse and glanced at Shen Mu.

Shen Mu smiled: "Why use a knife to kill chickens!" Jiro, you can't go! ”

Yang Fan smiled. Of course he knew why Shen Mu didn't let him go, in Shen Mu's eyes, his value was more than just a warrior, he had no eyes for swords and guns, and Shen Mu was reluctant to let him have some accidents. He also wanted to see how powerful Shen Mu's private army was, so he only shook his knife at Gao Sheji and Xiong Kaishan, and said in a low voice: "Be safe." I'm here to be a scout. ”

Gao Sheji and Xiong Kaishan had no choice but to let go of the reins of their horses and join the team that was on guard in place.

Five hundred men, like a cluster of sharp arrows, plunged straight into the incoming procession. Meanwhile. A large flag was also raised in the rear team, a large white flag. There is only one black arrow in the flag, which is the banner of the 'Little Flying General' Zhang Yi, which means that once this battle is detected by others, it is just a horse thief against a horse thief.

"Roar, roar, roar, ......"

Zhang Yi led the horse thieves to roar into the enemy formation, in recent years, his team in Longyou, in the Turks and Tubo territory wandering around, notoriously difficult, the unknown horse thieves team once saw their rear of the flying arrow banner, they knew that this time 'stepping on the plate' made a mistake, mistaken the thief ancestor as a fat sheep, but at this time there was no way to retreat, can only grit his teeth and rush up.

"Sonorous and sonorous", a burst of sour teeth piercing the sound of weapons colliding, waving sharp sabers like snowflakes, stabbing like thunder spears, as soon as the two sides clashed, countless people screamed and fell under the horses. The two sides were entangled like a pack of angry beasts, people shouted and neighed, blood gushed out, and the killing was not tragic.

When Yang Fan was in Nanyang, he once assisted his senior brother to quell the rebellion, but that kind of battle was closer to mountain warfare, and that kind of small country, the army that could be dispatched, and the rebels that needed to be dealt with were all very few in number, and it was the first time he had seen such a fierce horse battle and such a large number of battles.

Zhang Yi's people have wandered around Longyou in recent years, fighting with officers and soldiers, fighting with the Tubo people, fighting with the Turks, fighting with other horse thieves, and fighting the elite soldiers tempered in blood and fire.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

Yang Fan is good at the art of technical attack, and he can see the ingenuity in it at a glance, he observes it carefully, and his eyebrows are dancing.

This combination is ingenious, but thanks to long-term cooperation, it is very effective in fighting, often causing the opponent to lose sight of one or the other, and kill him with a single sword. And this whole process is just a matter of moments, and then the three of them will switch to attack another opponent nearby, and as the positions of the three are different, the main attack and defense can change at any time.

The other party originally wanted to divide his troops to attack the camp where Shen Mu and Yang Fan were, but when they saw that these five hundred people were so brave, they were simply overwhelmed, and there were nearly two hundred people waiting in front of those goods, and their leader did not hesitate.

Shen Mu stood in the middle of the formation, seeing that the opponent's formation was a little shaken, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Xiao Fei will really succeed, they are going to lose!" ”

Before he could say anything, the trembling of the ground suddenly became more obvious, and the dust was flying in the distance, and the black pressure was like a big net that had been spread, and it swooped down on this side!

Shen Mu's face changed suddenly, and he shouted: "Bow and crossbow guard!" ”

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