Lu Zhongjie, who was bored looking at the stars, fell asleep in a trance, until the next day, the charge of the party cavalry woke him up.

Lying on the carriage and looking out, Lu Zhongjie almost laughed, the party iron harrier was wearing a heavily armored war horse that couldn't pull out his legs on the muddy grass, and the slow speed was simply a living arrow target, "Are these people crazy? Or my eyes are glazed." Lu Zhongjie thought for the first time, he looked left and right, and the sergeants of the Lingbo battalion were all staring at the enemy horses struggling in the mud.

"All on alert, load your crossbows. Lu Zhongjie ordered, although he felt that the enemy's actions were a little strange, he still did not dare to slack off. Seeing that the enemy cavalry of the brigade had reached a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, he ordered: "Release the arrows!"

Hundreds of crossbow arrows flew out, and immediately shot down a group of enemy horses, and the iron harriers who fell off their horses crawled out of the muddy water in embarrassment, drew their scimitars and attacked them with great difficulty. The iron harrier, who did not fall off the horse, did not seem to see the tragic situation of his companion, and still desperately beat the horse forward.

Seeing that the enemy fell to the ground solidly, Lu Zhongjie put his mind at ease and pouted his lips with disdain, you want to die, the uncle didn't stop him, and said in a deep voice: "Release the arrow!" Hundreds of crossbow arrows flew out again, this time the enemy cavalry was closer, and the experienced crossbowmen began to greet the cavalry directly, and the crossbow arrows penetrated the heavy armor at such a close distance, and the iron harrier suddenly turned into a dead harrier.

The head man slept on the mud shore and rushed up with the other iron harriers, but his helmet was in the style of the Western Regions, and most of his face was covered by the mask.

At this time, the party Xiang Qiang is still a loose alliance of various tribes, the tribal warriors are scattered for the people, the war is for the soldiers, the most can not see this kind of tug-of-war battle, yesterday a drum failed to take the Han car formation, has long been a little deflated, get up in the morning to see, the grass nest has all become muddy ground, suddenly the nest was blown up, and the noisy shouting said that this battle could not be fought, it seems that today Changshengtian does not want to let the Dang Xiang Qiang people move the knife, the Dang Xiang Qiang people still go back to give birth to cattle and sheep.

The tribal leaders didn't know what was going on, and they couldn't suppress these lazy bones full of complaints in time, and when they reached Cai Jifeng's ears, the future owner of Xiazhou was immediately furious. He first suspected that Cai Kexian and Cai Keshun had contacted some of the leaders, deliberately challenged his authority, and made himself unable to get off the stage, so he immediately summoned all the leaders, starting from the Tuoba ancestor Sigong who led the party to lay this foundation, and talked about the kindness of Cai Guangrui to the tribes of the land and Jinze in the last generation, and pulled out the knife, and asked which person present had a black heart, forgetting the great kindness of the Tuoba clan to the party Xiang Qiang in the past dynasties, and actually disobeyed the order and incited the military to mutiny. Cai Kexian and Cai Keshun didn't know why, they all watched coldly, and all the tribal leaders ate this meal, and they all bowed down to listen to the order. Cai Jifeng was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so he urged the iron harrier nobles of all departments to lead the charge, relying on their numerical superiority, overcoming the mud and conquering the Lanzhou army in one fell swoop.

"It's not tiring to watch people carry their burdens, and they don't get tired of carrying their own burdens. Why don't you come up and give it a try?" Sleeping mud bank muttered dissatisfied, be careful not to step into the mud pit under the crotch mount, this place is full of mud ponds, the speed of cavalry and infantry is not much different, if it is not for the fear of losing the dignity of the head, sleep mud bank is unwilling to hunch his back on the horse to do this live target, one is not careful, a wild goose arrow with a strong wind to the face, sleep mud bank is vigilant in his heart, too late to dodge, snapped, stretched out a big gun next to him, knocked this strong arrow away, he looked up and looked, it was Ma Jing, a descendant of the Han people in the tribe, glanced at him coldly, and seemed to blame the old man for not even taking care of himself。 Sleeping on the mud bank was a little weak to avoid his knife-like eyes, and there was some indignation in his heart, little dog, you said I don't know the abacus in your heart, this little favor and small favor, I want to deceive me to sleep on the mud bank The pearl in the palm of the hand, Ina is going to Xiazhou to be a lady.

Ma Jing followed behind the sleeping mud bank unhurriedly, there was a little fire in his heart, this old man didn't know what evil he had fallen into, he was still rushing in front of him when he was old, didn't he see so many strong men falling under this steady and accurate rain of arrows? He looked up at the car formation in Lanzhou, a large flag was almost cut in half by yesterday's fight, and the upper half of the flagpole was tied to the spear with strips of cloth, and the flag was written with a large seal "Han" character.

"After the Ma family is the great Han General Fubo, Jing'er, you have to remember your ancestors. Father's dying instructions seemed to sound in his ears, Ma Jing's heart couldn't help but tremble, was in a daze, suddenly the front of the crossbow shot like a locust, the front of the dozen warriors shot like a hornet's nest to the ground, the surrounding tribe Qiang soldiers saw this posture, the courage suddenly can no longer support, coaxing birds and beasts scattered, only hated that the father and mother had two legs, the tide retreated, the speed of retreat was a few points faster than the charge, Ma Jing also protected the sleeping mud bank and retreated, looking back at the mighty Han flag, anxious in his heart。

"My lord, it's so muddy that it's not easy to fight, so let's wait for the scorching sun to dry the grassland before attacking. Cai Jifeng's henchmen looked at the embarrassed Qiang soldiers who retreated, and said. He is the eldest son of the head of the party clan, and he has been friends with Cai Jifeng since he was a child, and he dares to speak out at this time.

"Po Chao, have you seen the wolf smoke lit by the enemy?" Cai Jifeng pointed to the wolf smoke released in the Lanzhou military vehicle array with a gloomy face, the grassland sky after the rain was clear and transparent, and the straight black smoke went straight to the sky, even if it was dozens of miles away, it could be seen clearly.

"If the enemy ignites wolf smoke, it means that there must be reinforcements around, if we don't hurry up and attack this cart array, I'm afraid that the grass has not dried up, and the reinforcements from Lanzhou will come. Cai Jifeng's heart was full of frustration and frustration, and he remembered the punishment of the grassland tribe by the Lanzhou cavalry not long ago, the outlaw.

The Lanzhou cavalry, which was concerned by Cai Jifeng, also struggled to advance in the mud, and the carriages carrying grain and grass fell into puddles from time to time, and several horses needed to pull together to get out, which greatly affected the speed of the march. Wu Yingying frowned and watched, the horse-drawn people picked up a big cart, and it actually took half a stick of incense.

"Throw away all the carts, forage and baggage, and give to the sergeants what can be carried away, and throw on the carts what cannot be carried away. Wu Yingying ordered.

"Yes," the captains of the battalions, who had long been tortured by the cart and were about to collapse their nerves, went to give the order as if they had been amnestied, and no one felt sorry for these abandoned carts and baggage, only Yu Furenliang questioned softly: "General, the war horses of our army are not as good as the grass horses of those tribes, if the concentrate is insufficient, I am afraid that less than half of the war horses can go back alive." ”

"I know that if I can meet with Xiao Jiu and support the entire army with the grain and grass carried by the baggage battalion, it is a big deal to go back and transport a batch of grain and grass to the tribe of the hussar battalion. Wu Yingying watched the sergeants like ants to share the grain and grass on the baggage cart as much as possible to their own horses, and all the sergeants chose to bring as much concentrate and water as possible for the horses.

"If we can't meet Xiao Jiu's troops in time, these thousands of horses are nothing compared to the lives of my two thousand soldiers in Lanzhou. Wu Yingying added coldly. The army abandoned its baggage, and it was difficult to ride on horseback in the mud anyway, and the sergeants all led their horses and fought their way forward, all of them, all the way to the west.