It was moonless, windless, silent, and the whole land was shrouded in silence, pitch blackness.

Suddenly, the silence was broken by the sound of horses' hooves.

Two cavalry armies of very different sizes, one after the other, appeared on the field where they could not see their fingers.

The group in front of the assault was a little smaller, about fifty or sixty men, and if you approached, you would find that these cavalry looked rather embarrassed.

The armor and stomach of the vast majority of people have been mutilated, and there are several holes in the cloak of the first person, and some people still have one or two white feather arrows stuck in their bodies or war horses, almost all of them are bloody, and all of them are wounded, and the fur of some war horses has even been soaked into black and purple by the dried blood.

In fact, it is not only the cavalry that is embarrassed, but also the war horse under the crotch of the cavalry, if you gently touch the body of the war horse, you can feel that the body temperature of the war horse has far exceeded the ordinary temperature.

Even so, their "masters" continued to drive them to speed up with whips, spurs, and even daggers.

Compared with the former, which is extremely embarrassed, the team behind is at least 300 people in number, equipped with long soldiers, short soldiers, bows and crossbows, and light armor, and more importantly, they are all one person and two horses, both in size and state are much stronger.

Although they have an absolute advantage, at this moment, they are unhurriedly following behind, always maintaining a distance between two and three miles.

In this way, the two sides maintained a tacit understanding, and kept moving forward until the distance, and a faint light appeared, and if you looked closely, you could see that it was a continuous fire.

From the moment he saw the fire, one of the people in the front team shot a ringing arrow behind him, and then the two cavalry, one in front and one behind, suddenly began to accelerate, the tacit understanding was broken, and the distance between the two sides began to close rapidly.

In less than a hundred breaths, the distance between the two sides has been shortened to less than a mile.

Not only was the distance narrowed, but at the same time as the acceleration, someone in the rear chaser had already taken out the bow and arrow, and as the distance between the two sides was further reduced, the scattered arrows in the rear began to move forward continuously, and the team that seemed to be running for its life was desperate.

Although there was a faint light in the camp in the distance, this weak light could only serve as a guide, and it was no different from reaching out and seeing five fingers on a moonless night.

Those who dare to open their bows and arrows in this kind of night chase are all those who are superb horsemen, excellent archery, and surprisingly good eyesight.

Therefore, the number of arrows shot is not too much, but under the continuous progress, people keep being hit by arrows, and the galloping war horses are not spared.

While chasing, while moving forward, under the arrows of dozens of archers, the small team in front of them was soon wounded, and the body of the war horse was also full of arrows, and after being continuously shot by the armor-piercing arrows of the three-edged arrow, the neighing of the war horse in pain was very penetrating and lethal in this dark and silent night.

It seems that the team being pursued, although it is also doing its best, although under the spur of the war horse at any cost, the speed can no longer be improved, and even the forward has become very difficult, and the way forward is crumbling one by one.

Soon, a war horse that had galloped all the way with injuries and blood was running dry, finally exhausted its physical strength, and fell down with a bang only a little more than a mile away from the camp in front, and the horse-looking defenseless cavalryman on horseback was directly crushed under the fallen war horse.

Immediately afterward, another cavalryman let out a terrible scream and fell directly from his horse, followed by the second, and then the third......

In a short distance of less than two miles, there were more than ten people who either fell from their horses because they were injured by an arrow, or fell because of exhaustion of physical strength, or were crushed under them by the fallen war horses.

It's just that the attention of the team chasing behind is all on the people in front, and they don't pay attention to these unlucky people who have fallen off their horses.

The dozens of people in the front opened their bows and arrows from time to time to throw forward, and as for the people who followed, Cong carefully threw down the corpses that had been carried all the way on the spare horse, anyway, they couldn't see their five fingers, unless they had the fiery eyes of a monkey, no one could see these movements.

They didn't carry many corpses, but they were enough to hide a dozen people in the cover of more than a hundred corpses.

Of course, for the team that seemed to be on the run, it was not without good news, because the flames were not one or two, but continuous.

To be more precise, the place where the fire was located was a large stretch of endless military camps, to be precise, from the military camps of the Hebei rebels in the three towns of Lulong, Weibo, and Chengde.

In such a silent night, whether it is the sound of horses' hooves or the sound of chasing and shouting and killing, the penetrating power is too strong, and the chase is too eye-catching, as long as they are not deaf or blind, they can see this chase in front of their eyes.

The rebels in the Hebei rebel camp are naturally neither deaf nor blind, and the moment the sound of horses' hooves came from the distance, the Lu Long Military Academy and the guards who were in charge of guarding the camp gate had already discovered the situation.

If it were in peacetime, these guys who don't pay much attention to military discipline and rules might not pay attention to it, but during the day today, they have just suffered a big loss, otherwise they should still be safe and secure under the city of Bianzhou.

Even the Hebei Domain's army, which is unscrupulous and careless on weekdays, does not dare to take military discipline lightly.

If you change to an inexperienced or timid military academy, there is a high probability that you will directly shout about the enemy attack, but the one on duty tonight is the henchman sent by the general of the Lu Long Army who led the attack.

After many years in the army, Lao Cheng will naturally not panic, because of the night, the sound of horses' hooves is particularly clear, and in just a few breaths, the cavalry on duty at the military academy on duty is definitely less than a thousand horsemen from the sound of horses' hooves.

It is not clear whether the comer is friend or foe, what the situation is, with the scale of less than 1,000 cavalry, the military academy on duty instantly calmed down.

He then ordered all the soldiers to be on guard, and no one was to open the camp gates without his orders.

At the same time, he quickly notified the patrolmen on duty in the battalion, supported the camp gate, prepared to deal with the surprise attack or other unexpected situations that may occur at any time, and sent someone to inform Tan Zhong, the general of the Lu Long Army who was leading the pursuit at any time.

The reason why the military academy on duty gave such an order, rather than issuing an early warning of an enemy attack on a large scale, was because he knew very well that the success of such a thing as a night attack depended on suddenness.

In the current situation of good defense, as long as the camp gate is guarded, it is absolutely impossible to enter by relying on cavalry alone, even if they do come in, the losses that can be brought by the cavalry of a few hundred people are limited, not to mention whether it is an enemy attack is difficult to say.

However, it is not so simple to issue an alert of an enemy attack.

You must know that the cavalry army that suddenly came during the day today brought a huge shock to the more than 300,000 Hebei rebels under the city of Bianzhou, although it will not cause panic in the people's hearts, but it is inevitable that the people's hearts will be unstable.

In this case, if there is little wind and grass, it is extremely easy to cause a large-scale howling camp, and once the howling camp occurs, the loss is not comparable to that of a few hundred cavalry.

If there is only Lu Longjun's family, it would be a big deal if there is really a Xiao camp, but the problem is that it is not only 30,000 Lu Longjun who attacked.

On both sides of the several camps of the Lu Long Army, there were two teams of soldiers and horses from Wei Bo and Chengde with a scale of 10,000 people in the south and one in the north.

Tan Zhong, the leader of his own family, said very clearly, these two soldiers and horses are nominally here to help, to protect the flank of the lone army of Lu Longjun, in fact, what are they here for, who can tell, they are all thousand-year-old foxes, and no one should play with anyone.

The military academy on duty believed in the words of his own general, but once something changed, the devil knew what would happen.

The orders on duty at the military academy were decisive and swift, and it was rare for these Lu Longjun, who were usually in charge, to be serious.

From the time the order was issued, in less than ten breaths, the long soldiers got started, the bows were loaded with arrows, and the crossbows were wound, and they were ready for battle at the fastest speed.

Seeing the swift movements of the soldiers under his command, the military academy on duty also nodded with satisfaction, although the sergeant Lu Long of the Fanzhen Army was rotten, but it was not rotten, and the training and instinct were still there.

Then, the general on duty stood quietly in front of the camp gate with a horizontal knife in his hand, waiting for the order of his own general while observing the situation outside.

On the surface, it looks calm, but the pressure of the military academy itself is not small, after all, it is he who decides to suppress the enemy attack, and if something really goes wrong, his head will probably be hung on the camp gate.

As time passed, the sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer, and gradually even the slight vibration brought by the galloping horses' hooves could be felt at the camp gate.

About sixty breaths from the sound of horses' hooves appeared, with the help of the fire in the camp, the Lu Long Military Academy, who was in charge of guarding the camp gate, had already faintly seen the figure of the cavalry at the front, and just as the military academy squinted his eyes and observed carefully, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"Zhen Bingliang, how's it going?"

The lieutenant, who was carefully observing, was stunned for a while, and when he turned around and saw his familiar figure, the pressure in his heart was completely relaxed.

"General!"

"It's okay, don't be surprised, I happened to be patrolling the camp, and it just so happened that you sent someone to arrive, so I came with the patrol, how is the front?"

"About six or seven hundred horsemen, speeding towards the camp, as for who exactly is not certain, because I am worried about accidents, and I am even more worried that there may be ...... on the other two sides So I ......"

Tan Zhong gently patted Zhen Bingliang on the shoulder, interrupting his words.

"You're doing a great job! But Wei Bojun and Cheng Dejun are now our allies against the imperial court, and we should try not to clash if we can. ”

On the surface, he is encouraging his confidants, but even Tan Zhong, who is Mr. Liu's confidant, can only say himself as much as possible in his heart.

Your own Xiaoying can be suppressed, but what if the other party also Xiaoying, will you help or not help when the time comes?

If the other party is not implicated, and their own camp is in the camp, if the other party comes, should they refuse or welcome?

Hell knows what those guys are thinking......

While encouraging his henchmen, Tan Zhong turned his head to look behind him, belonging to the camp of Wei Bojun and Cheng Dejun, although his boss had reached an agreement with Tian Ji'an and Wang Chengzong, but Tan Zhong was always suspicious of these two allies!

It has been more than a month since Wei Bojun and Cheng De's more than 200,000 troops crossed the river, and they have besieged Bianzhou City for a whole month!

In more than a month, what can the entire twenty-five major armies do?

Enough for them to fill in the moat of Bianzhou!

It is enough for them to collect millions of stone grains and grass in the rich Bianzhou, Songzhou, and Chenzhou!

Enough for them to build hundreds of catapults, rushing carts, ladders, rakers, wooden curtains, and tens of thousands of stone bullets in stock!

It's enough for their scouts to figure out within a few dozen miles around Bianzhou!

It is enough for them to set up a complete set of defense systems on the periphery of Bianzhou City, at least an early warning system!

If they want, they can even make Bianzhou City pay at least 10,000 people!

One month is enough time for them to get ready for everything!

However, in fact, when Tan Zhong followed Lu Longjun's rear army to the city of Bianzhou, he found that they had not done anything for a whole month!

On the contrary, it was after a long journey that Lu Long's army arrived and set up camp, filled the moat, built siege equipment, and accomplished everything they did not do, and then there was the Meng attack launched by the coalition army on Bianzhou City.

Forget these things, at least Wei Bojun and Cheng Dejun still have an excuse, that is, the Xuanwu Army in the direction of Songzhou and Chenzhou is desperately attacking in order to rescue.

However, there was an inexplicable sneak attack from the enemy during the day today, and today's strange battle situation......

It's only been a few days since Lu Longjun crossed the river!

It's only been a few days since the Lu Long Army was encamped!

It has only been a few days since Lu Longjun's large amount of baggage was transported across the river!

It's only been a few days since Lu Longjun's baggage was transferred to the new camp!

It is recognized that it was attacked from the flank, and the problem is that there are dozens of camps in the three towns of Lulong, Weibo, and Chengde outside Bianzhou!

Why did the raiding cavalry so accurately discover the baggage camp of the Lulong Army that had just been stored for three days and concealed in camouflage!

Why did the raiding cavalry know that there was a large amount of tung oil in the materials of the Lu Long Army, and they happened to use the tung oil prepared by the Lu Long Army to burn the entire baggage camp of the Lu Long Army into white ground, and they didn't even leave a chance to rescue!

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With so many things, Zhang Shaozhang and Zhong Xianjun, two dog thieves, dared to lick their faces and say that it was all a coincidence and accident!

If there is no one to lead the way, and there is no mole to report the ghost, I don't believe it!

There are so many accidents and coincidences in this world!

If these were all accidents, was it also an accident and coincidence that he sent two people to cut off the heads of Zhang Shaozhang and Zhong Xianjun and hang them on the gate that night?

"General, look!"

When Tan Zhong had nowhere to vent his grievances, he was suddenly awakened by Zhen Bingliang beside him, and when he raised his head, Tan Zhong found that a small group of cavalry had protruded from the endless darkness and was rushing towards the direction of the camp gate at high speed.

"Everyone, hold the bow and wait for the order!"

It's just that the next moment Tan Zhong gave the order, the voice of the cavalry at the front shouted through the darkness and into Tan Zhong's ears.