—156 A.D.——

Although due to the rush of time, only the rangers near the restaurant got the news of the crusade against the horse thieves and the rescue of the caravan, and the men gathered outside the city gate half an hour later still numbered about 700 cavalry, including the 300 cavalry provided by the results.

However, compared to the "cavalry" who knew that they could fight on horseback at a glance, these more than 400 stragglers could only be called "horsemen", and most of them rode on low-quality pack horses, and there were even more than 100 people riding in pairs—were they already scheduled to be able to grab horses?

"Master Dong, do you think it's almost time to go?" Cheng Hu asked Dong Junya, who was sighing secretly.

Cheng Hu and Cheng Leopard are the two hundred commanders sent by the results to lead the three hundred cavalry, but because they are not in the army, they can only be called family members or guardians.

This is also the proper meaning, although Dong Junya has some friendship with the Cheng family, but it has not yet reached the level of casually entrusting hundreds of soldiers and horses, if there is an obvious mistake in command, these two people may refuse to carry it out.

"Wait until my child is screened." Dong Junya signaled to Dong Zhuo, who was inspecting in the crowd, although he didn't have much hope for his son's combat effectiveness, but after he had been mixed with the Qiang people for a long time, his judgment of the cavalry was quite old-fashioned, and there was naturally no problem in screening out a group of indiscriminate fillers.

Contrary to what his father thought, Dong Zhuo was not shaving those rangers who came to fish in troubled waters at this time, but was doing his best to let them stay on the horse smoothly and not fall behind.

"Don't pull the reins or tug on your mane as soon as you are nervous, that will only make the horse lift you off," Dong Zhuo carried a simple knife and walked among the rangers who did not form a queue: "If you feel unstable on the horse's back, bend down, hug the horse's neck, and clamp the horse's belly between your legs, so that unless the horse rolls on the ground, don't try to lift you down." ”

This knife was specially sent by the blacksmith Ma Su after he learned that he was going out of battle, even if Dong Zhuo wanted to point out the difference between the Pu knife and the prison knife, he couldn't deal with a ten-year-old child, not to mention that Ma Teng was entangled by that drunken maniac after sending the knife.

"Why should the Dong family Xiaolang be so troublesome, if they fall behind, it's good if they don't go, and we can share more goods." A rough ranger shouted impatiently.

"Hey, all of you who dare to participate in this night battle, even if you are not good at controlling horses, your skills must not be far behind," Dong Zhuo said: "The horse thieves who are still on the horse have their own officers and soldiers to deal with, if you go into the mountains and forests to ask for thieves, it is better to have more companions around you than less, and you can't say that the extra person will block a knife for you." ”

"That ......makes sense," the rangers nodded, but they had different opinions on whether the "blocking a knife" was a weapon or a body.

After this incident, Dong Zhuo rode back to his father and said: "Father, there are a total of 648 people on this trip, and they all have the strength to fight immediately, even if they move quickly, there will be no more than 30 people left behind." ”

"Good." Dong Junya nodded, and after signaling to Chenghu Chengbao, he commanded the cavalry to march south.

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Three hundred cavalry played the vanguard, Dong Junya, Cheng Hu Cheng Leopard and some rangers with very good horse skills were in the center, and behind were scattered rangers in formation.

This is naturally not the case during regular marches, even if there is no need for ordnance baggage, it is necessary to carry a corresponding amount of military rations according to the specific itinerary, and arrange corresponding food escorts.

Dong Zhuo rode a yellow horse to his father's side, and after listening to some specific information about the caravan, he was even more sure that these horse thieves were definitely not Qiang.

The caravans that came to Xiliang to do business generally carried tea cakes, salt, copper and iron tools, clay utensils, silk and other things that could not be obtained outside the plug but were missing but were very troublesome, and after bringing a lot of taxes to Wuwei through some exchange, they brought back cattle, sheep and horses, fur and medicinal materials, dyes and herbs and even large pieces of dog's head gold, until they returned to the Central Plains and exchanged them for silver, so that they could determine the profit and loss compared with the cost of purchasing the things they brought - of course, based on the eyes of the merchants, it was almost impossible to lose money.

If it was a Qiang horse thief, it should have robbed the caravan before it arrived, and when the caravan left, it was all the things that the Qiang people had sold, so what was the point of snatching it back?

Therefore, there is only one origin of the horse thieves who can do such stupid things - the Huns on the side of Bingzhou, they probably don't know what it means to call rabbits not to eat the grass by the nest, but this move of robbing the caravan in Liangzhou from afar is exactly what it means.

"Stop—fire extinguisher!" Dong Junya suddenly shouted.

It was already nightfall, and although none of the people in this group were blind, it would be very difficult to walk without lights at all, so every five or six men made a torch to see the road clearly and not to be noticeable from a distance.

The three hundred cavalry, under the command of Cheng Hu Cheng Panther, quickly stopped and extinguished the torches, and the following rangers scattered for a while before quieting down.

About two or three miles away on the official road, there was a cavalry contingent of almost everyone with torches, about several hundred people, who were patrolling back and forth, all of them with fierce faces, dressed in messy animal skin clothes, and with weapons in their hands, and many horses under their crotches, although they looked in poor condition, they were not pack horses.

In the distance, a caravan that had deviated from the official road, leaned against a steep mountain wall, and surrounded many freight vehicles as a barrier, was being besieged by hundreds of "Qiang people" armed with torches, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

"You know, when you hold a torch in your hand, you can hardly see beyond the light range, especially if you are suffering from finch blindness," Dong Junya said to the cavalry around him, "so we can detect this horse thief in advance, and they are completely unaware." ”

"Then Master Dong, should we assault directly?" Cheng Hu asked.

"No," Dong Zhuo replied this time: "Hundreds of war horses are galloping, and you don't need sight to notice, we should quietly approach within a mile, and then suddenly assault - Father, am I right?" ”

"That's right," Dong Junya's battle was originally to find some "merits" for her son, and she would not refute: "But if the other party has not found out, it is not a 'surprise attack', but a 'surprise attack'." ”

"Everyone!" Dong Zhuo thought for a while, and then said to those stragglers: "We and the other soldiers divided into two ways, went around to the sides of that team, and then made a loud noise, so that they ignored the cavalry, if the 'surprise attack' is achieved, this battle can be fought in one drum." ”

Even the 300 cavalry engaged in a frontal battle were quite in favor of the "surprise attack" that could attack the enemy unscathed.

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Dong Junya led the cavalry to completely extinguish the torches and quietly approached the patrolling horse thief team for a mile, and could almost see a few arrows in the quiver on the back of those horse thieves, but they were still confused and unaware, which made many cavalrymen who had no finch blindness have the idea of eating more fish, shrimp and vegetables in the future.

Seeing that they were about to turn around and return, there were suddenly many noisy noises in the darkness around them, and the official dialect was mixed with the local dialect of Liangzhou and even the Qiang dialect, which made the formation of the horse thieves scattered for a while, even if the leader shouted loudly, it would not help.

Seeing this opportunity, Dong Junya raised his saber and shouted: "Assault! ”

The well-trained cavalry of the Cheng family instantly set out, raising their spears and rushing towards the horse thieves in confusion like a torrent of embankments, and, in the process of running, there was a dark mist around the cavalry, so that their movements were completely silent.

"Dong Ye actually mastered the 'surprise attack' combat technique?" Cheng Leopard exclaimed, his tone revealing admiration that he had not yet seen.

"This kind of small skill with many prerequisites is not enough to worry about," Dong Junya shook her head: "If the other party has someone who also masters the 'combat technique' to lead the army, it will be difficult to use it." ”

Puff puff - During the conversation, the cavalry of the Cheng family had already passed through the hundreds of horse thieves, and the broken arms were scattered in all directions, and a few lucky ones avoided the spur, but they had to face the siege of the rangers led by Dong Zhuo from both sides, and the whole army was wiped out in less than a moment.

It was only at this time that the dark mist wrapped around the cavalry of the Cheng family after the "surprise attack" disappeared and was able to move again.

Dong Junya shook her head and said: "If a second army attacked them before, the consequences would not be better than those horse thieves, if I comprehended the 'Wushuang', then there would be no such troubles." "I won't be forced to leave office – of course, that's not going to happen.

Dong Junya was about to command three hundred cavalry to attack the horse thieves besieging the convoy, but saw Dong Zhuo leading a group of rangers to finish off the remaining horse thieves and cavalry in three or two, and then rushed directly to the encirclement.

I only heard Dong Zhuo shouting from afar: "The caravan guards inside listen!" Lord Cheng led 2,000 elites to come to the rescue of you, and quickly joined forces with the outside and cooperated with us and others to 'attack together'! ”

The so-called "joint attack" is also a kind of regimental combat technique, which requires the cooperation of two troops to jointly flank the enemy between them, and the attacked troops will suffer great damage when they are under the enemy.

But with more than 300 people and a caravan escort of up to 100 or so, how dare they "attack" more than 700 horse thieves? Even if they are bullied and blind, they falsely claim two thousand......

Cheng Hu Cheng Leopard was still suspicious, but he saw that Dong Zhuo and the horse thieves led by him retreated as soon as they touched each other, and when the horse thieves were confused and reflexively went to deal with the caravan guards, they killed them again, and ran away again when the other party turned the spearhead, and if this was the case several times, they simply killed all the horse thieves besieging the caravan.

"This kid, there is no truth," Dong Junya laughed: "That's not a 'joint attack' at all, it's a 'chaotic war', most of it was learned from the Qiang people." ”

The words of "Qi Attack" and "Two Thousand People" deceived the leader of the caravan guards, if it weren't for their military strength, they were afraid that they would be pitted by Dong Zhuo, and if the leader of the horse thieves could understand, they would be even worse.

"Chaotic warfare", such as low-frequency and many times, is generally used when superior forces are used against multiple weak and small troops in peacetime, but now it is used by Dong Zhuo to deal with a single and powerful force that is flanked, and it seems to have a good effect.

"Tiger fathers have no dogs." Cheng Hu praised.

"I don't think your name is appropriate for that." Cheng Leopard squinted at him.