Chapter 66: An Ambush in the Open

The 800 troops of the Xia tribe walked on the ice of Daxia Lake, and because people were separated by a certain distance, the line was stretched for a long time.

Xia Qi rode lightning and walked at the front of the team, and beside him was a green sheep riding a white horse, like a mountain of meat. The bear is not here because he has to carry an axe and shield to break off his hand.

Xia Qi wore wolf skins and was fashionable, riding leisurely on the back of a lightning horse, and from time to time took out some snacks such as nuts and dried meat from his arms, which didn't look like a march to fight, but more like an outing.

His series of behaviors caused Qingyang to frequently turn his attention to him.

"What are you looking at?" Feeling the other party's gaze, Xia Qi asked.

Qingyang said: "I didn't expect the patriarch to be a master of horsemanship. ”

Xia Qi smiled and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

"Before I could walk, my father took me to the back of the lamb and learned how to ride. But even if this is the case, it can't be as leisurely as the patriarch. Qingyang's tone was full of admiration.

Xia Qixin said, doesn't this mean that I don't take my trip seriously and desert?

He said truthfully: "The Qingyang Commander has misunderstood, in fact, I have just practiced riding, and the time adds up to less than a month. ”

Hearing this, Qingyang's face revealed: I don't want to lie to me, I don't read much, and said: "Patriarch, you are really joking, I have never seen anyone who can practice such riding skills in a month." ”

Xia Qi saw that she didn't believe it, so he explained: "Actually, I can have such riding skills because of the assistance of horse harness. ”

As he spoke, Xia Qi introduced him to Qingyang.

He patted the bottom of his butt and said, "This is called a saddle, which can effectively prevent the danger of people falling off the horse's back, and it is stuffed with soft objects to reduce the impact and fatigue caused by long riding." ”

"It's called stirrups." Xia Qi pointed to his feet and said: "It can not only help people get on the horse more conveniently, but more importantly, it can support the rider's feet when riding, so as to maximize the advantages of the rider, and at the same time can effectively protect the safety of the rider." ”

"This is the reins that can control the direction in which the war horse is going." Xia Qi finally pointed to Lightning's head and said.

Qingyang was surprised: "With these, can people's riding skills increase?" ”

"Of course." Xia Qi nodded and said to Qingyang: "When this battle is over, I will ask the Ordnance Department to make you a set of horse harnesses, and then you will know if you try it?" ”

Wait a minute!

That's right, harness!

Xia Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, didn't he say that he couldn't ride well? Then use harness to reduce the gap.

In this era, horse harness or anything has not yet appeared, and when the war horse is sprinting, the cavalry can only hold the horse's belly tightly with his legs and lie on the horse's back. And because there is no reins, you can only charge in a straight line.

He can match the tribe's war horses with a full set of horse harnesses, what saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes are all matched, and when the time comes, as long as the one named Silan dares to come, he will guarantee to beat out all his poops.

This is called - ability is not good, technology to make up.

As soon as he thought of this, Xia Qi's thoughts began to diverge.

With harness, can you equip your cavalry with a short bow that can be drawn on horseback? After training, they formed the archers.

You must know that the Mongolian army at that time relied on the archers and cavalry to sweep most of the Blue Star.

β€œhia,hia,hia......”

As soon as he thought that his Xia tribe army swept the world and topped the player list, Xia Qi couldn't help but smirk.

"Patriarch? Patriarch? ”

"Well, what's wrong?" Xia Qi came back to his senses and subconsciously wiped the corners of his mouth.

This patriarch can't be a fool, is he?

The corners of Qing Yang's mouth twitched a few times, and he regretted joining the Xia tribe for the first time.

"I mean, I really want to see how amazing that harness the patriarch is talking about."

Xia Qi nodded and said confidently: "Don't worry, I won't let you down." ”

Previously, the five deer had been gliding on skis on the lake for two days and one night before reaching the other side of the lake, and this time the army marched only to take longer.

But it's all worth it, and the importance of salt is self-evident.

And the importance of the Dushan tribe is far more than that, it is like a nail, firmly nailed to the opposite shore of the Great Xia Lake, and when the Xia tribe fully stretches its tentacles, it will become a bridgehead, which can be attacked and defended.

That night, after eating some jerky, Xia Qi got into his tent, but even with the thick animal skin, he still felt a little cold. A steady stream of cold air came from the ice beneath the hides.

Xia Qi was like a pancake, he couldn't fall asleep over and over, and without the Earth Dragon, it was really difficult to adapt in a short period of time.

Outside the tent, it was pitch black.

Even though the ice surface of Daxia Lake had become very thick at this time, Xia Qi did not dare to let people make a fire, and the distribution of tents was a little scattered, which was to prevent too many people in one place, causing the ice to fall apart because it could not bear it.

If the ice shatters, then they must not fall into the lake and become crushed ice?

That's really, dying before leaving the school, which makes the hero cry.

There was no word for the night, and they were not attacked at night.

After hastily eating some food and feeding the war horses fodder, the group continued on their way.

At the front were the cavalry, followed by spearmen, archers, and bears with a hundred axes and shields at the rear.

The army had been marching on the ice for almost five days before reaching the opposite shore.

The journey went very smoothly and there were no attacks. After all, neither humans nor beasts are stupid, and so many people will be sent to death if they go.

When the army rested, Xia Qi began to arrange combat missions.

"According to the plan, White Wolf, you take a hundred axes and shields and Moshan to call for battle, be sure to lure the people on the opposite side out, and when the people on the other side come out, you will pretend to be invincible and lead them to the lake. The bear lay in ambush in the mountains and forests with 200 spearmen and 200 archers, while the commander of the green sheep led the cavalry to hide in the shadows. When the enemy arrives, the archers are ready to shoot, and when the opponent is disorganized, the cavalry can attack, the spearmen follow, and the axe and shield bearers take advantage of the opportunity. Do you understand? ”

"Understood." Those whose names were called nodded their heads.

Xia Qi said: "In this case, everyone go and prepare." ”

Later, Xiong and his archers and spearmen disappeared in a mountain forest, while Qingyang and his cavalry found a slope less than two miles from the Dushan tribe, and the cavalry rushed to it in a short time.

The white wolf took a hundred axes and shields and Moshan and swaggered to the camp of the Dushan tribe.

The shield axe man is under the command of Xiong, and the reason why Xia Qi arranged it this way is just to prevent the fierce bear from coming down to the opposite side, and he dare not leave the camp alive or dead. Although the strength of the Xia tribe is only easy to destroy a Dushan tribe, it is still better not to increase casualties.

In this way, the white wolf arrived not far from the camp of the Dushan tribe with the axe and shield hand, and at this time, rows of human heads appeared behind the camp wall of the Dushan tribe.

With so many people, if the Dushan tribe still doesn't react at all, then they deserve to be wiped out.

A bald man looked at the white wolf, and he knew that the other party must be the leader of the group.

"Why did you come to me to leave the tribe alone? Get out of here quickly, or we're welcome! ”

As soon as the bald man's voice fell, Mo Shan immediately jumped out and scolded: "Leave you shameless villain alone!" You launched a rebellion and killed your own brother, and changed the Dushan tribe to the Duli tribe, are you worthy of the leader's trust in you! ”

Duli, that is, the bald man, immediately understood the purpose of this group of people.

"Dushan has caused heavy losses to the tribe, and I have been seriously injured, I just took the right to be the leader from him, as for why he died, but he was too seriously injured and died, what does it matter to me? It's you, as the priest of the Dushan tribe, not only escaped with the inheritance treasures of the tribe, but now you are bringing people from other tribes to attack. Priest of Moshan, are you worthy of the trust of the leaders and clansmen of the past generations? ”

Duli looked like it was none of my business, and he chose himself out in three or two sentences, and poured a basin of dirty water on Moshan by the way.

"You, you...... Shameless! Mo Shan was so angry that his body trembled, so that a mouthful of old blood spurted out.

Compared to Duli, his rank is still too low.

"The priest of Moshan has betrayed the tribe, listen to my orders, slinger attack!" Duli didn't bother to talk nonsense with Moshan anymore, and directly attacked.

The dense stones smashed into the white wolf's party like hail, and the axe and shield men immediately raised their shields to defend. When the Xia tribe was in the Xia tribe, various arms often competed, such as slings, bows and arrows, which were important training items for axe and shield hand training.

This was also the reason why Xia Qi didn't let the white wolf lead his spearmen over, but came with axes and shields.

Although no one was injured, the white wolf still pretended to be invincible and shouted to retreat.

"Retreat! Evacuate! ”

"Give me all chase!"

Seeing the other side fleeing, Duli immediately took the lead in chasing and killing, and everything was going smoothly according to the plan.

Unlike the Xia tribe, this tribe did not dig trenches, not even drawbridges, so a group of people quickly chased after the white wolf and the others.

However, the army of the Xia tribe has also been trained for a long time, even if they are wearing bamboo armor and holding shields and axes in their hands, they are not able to catch up.

"Don't run! Coward, don't run! ”

Duli chased and scolded at the same time, trying to make these people stop fighting against him.

The white wolf turned his head and looked at Duli coldly, if it weren't for the patriarch's plan, like this kind of goods, he would be able to cut it down with an axe.

After running for a while, a forest appeared in front of me, which was the previously agreed ambush location.

"Speed up!"

The white wolf gave an order, and the axe and shield men immediately accelerated their running speed, if they hadn't hung on the other side before, they would have been thrown away long ago, how could there be a chance to eat farts behind them now?

The axe and shield hand immediately threw Duli and the others off again, and in a few breaths, they got into the woods.

"No more... I can't do it anymore..."

As soon as the axe and shield man stopped, Mo Shan sat on the ground and gasped.

He has old arms and legs, if he hadn't been held up before, he wouldn't have been able to run a long time ago.

Xia Qi bullied Duli and never learned the art of war, and set up an ambush in the woods openly, this kid is also sincere, he really fell for it, and when he saw the white wolf and others getting into the woods, he rushed inside with people.

Although it is winter, there are countless birds in the woods, and now these birds are fluttering in the sky and returning to their nests, and you can tell that something is not normal at a glance.

If he had a little military common sense, he would not be so stupid.