Although the barbarian invasion came suddenly, it was not so unexpected. Because the season is approaching autumn, the barbarian invasions will gradually become more frequent.

This is not just due to the historical factors between the two countries and the grievances of past conflicts, but there is a very important practical issue, and that is - food!

Unlike the Tang people, although their land is not particularly barren, the barbarians rarely farm, and they are better at grazing.

Almost all barbarians can ride horses, and this seems to have become their instinct, something imprinted in their bones. The skill of horseback riding was originally used to facilitate grazing.

Their staple food is not ordinary grains, but meat from cattle and sheep, which also makes their people exceptionally strong, even the children have a strong physique.

However, grazing is seasonal, and even the most fertile pastures cannot be covered with grass all year round. Except in spring and summer, it is difficult for these barbarians to find suitable pastures for grazing.

As a result, food became extremely scarce, and the ruling class turned the conflict to the outside in order to avoid a popular uprising.

There is not enough food on my side, but there is a rich Tang country, and there are many more. And it's not just food, the Tang Kingdom has everything they yearn for, gold and silver, cloth and women, these are all grabbed!

Once they get used to robbing, they become more and more addicted, and they don't even think about labor, and even some people don't even care much about grazing, they just want to join the barbarian cavalry and go to the Tang Kingdom to loot, how fast it comes!

Therefore, every autumn and winter, the Tang side will focus on strengthening its defense to resist the attack of the barbarians, which seems to have become a common practice.

However, passive defense is only a strategy after all, if these barbarians can be truly subdued and frightened, so that they will never dare to invade the border again, the common people on the border of the Tang State can truly achieve peace.

But the fact is that the barbarians are fierce and abnormal, and their movements are flexible and unpredictable. In recent years, on the contrary, the strength of the Tang army has been consumed in this wave of invasion.

It's like you've punched the cotton with all your strength, but you're aggrieved but helpless!

Captain Yang Dayan attacked the whole army during this barbarian invasion, and he also had the idea of being able to severely damage these barbarians. After all, these barbarians are a pack of wolf cubs, and if you don't let them know that it hurts, they'll bite your throat when you let your guard down!

Under the leadership of Zhang Wu, more than 40 cavalry cavalry quickly headed towards a place in the east, and the group was mighty, and the war horses galloped past, leaving only smoke and dust on the ground.

"Pick up the speed, the team is in front, we need to catch up!" Zhang Wu said loudly.

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

The whip flew, and the war horse neighed under the crotch, pushing the speed to the extreme.

On the battlefield, time is of the essence! This is not a nice word, but an unbreakable truth!

They were cavalry and played a pivotal role in the battle against the barbarians. Without these forty or so people, it is likely that they will fall into a disadvantage in dealing with the barbarians, which will affect the layout of the entire battlefield.

In fact, after the two tigers sent out the signal flare before, the team was able to separate Zhang Wu to bring people to help, which was already a great risk!

You must know that after Zhang Wu left with his people, all he could mobilize was only a hundred cavalry, while the barbarian cavalry had more than 200 people, and the gap was quite obvious.

Although there are more than 750 people in a battalion in Cangzhou Prefecture, most of them are infantry, and the shortcomings are very obvious when dealing with cavalry. If the opponent does not engage you head-on, it will be difficult for the infantry to influence the tide of battle, which is the advantage of cavalry between the classes.

If you were a cold-blooded commander, you might not have divided your forces to rescue at all. On one side was a large army of barbarian cavalry, and the threat was great; On one side is a team of ten people waiting for rescue, which is more important and easy to choose.

Fortunately, although Wu Qi is like a "stuffy gourd" on weekdays, and he is still a little unkind, he can't be so indifferent to his subordinates, which is also the "luck" of Lao Ma!

Under the non-stop gallop, Zhang Wu finally led everyone to catch up with a figure, which was the herald soldier left by Wu Qi on purpose.

Seeing Zhang Wu leading people to come, the herald said: "The team is ordering me to wait for Captain Zhang here, the barbarians have been divided into three teams, each acting separately, please Captain Zhang quickly lead people to the southeast to pursue, be sure to intercept!" ”

Zhang Wu arched his hand and said, "Yes!" ”

Of course, this herald is not qualified to let him salute, but the herald represents the team Zhengwu Qi, and he still has to show enough respect.

With that, the herald handed Zhang Wu a small note with a simple mark on it, representing a location, and he said, "The captain said, catch up with the barbarians and take them here!" ”

Zhang Wu has been in the army for many years, and he knows the terrain of this border very well, and he can recognize the place marked on the note at a glance.

There are naturally considerations on it, and this is not something he should ask. However, with years of experience, he guessed that the key to this operation might be here.

He nodded, indicating that he already knew.

After the order was delivered, the herald quickly drove his horse away, and he needed to pass the news back so that Wu Qi could accurately grasp the situation on the battlefield at this time.

"Brothers, go!" Zhang Wu shouted, then turned his horse's head and pursued to the southeast, followed by the rest of the group.

They had just galloped all the way, but at this moment they could not afford to stop for a moment, and if they delayed for a moment, the barbarians could cause even more damage.

The barbarians don't know why they suddenly divided their troops, which caused their own combat power to be forced to disperse, I don't know if it's good or bad!

While the cavalry team was chasing the barbarians, Yang Dayan had already commanded the rest of the team to make arrangements. These barbarian cavalry are agile and difficult to intercept in the event of a sudden attack.

However, it is impossible for these people to live in the territory of the Tang Kingdom after the looting, they always have to go back, and this is the opportunity for these arrangements to play a role.

The border between the two countries is very long, but as far as the area of Cangzhou Prefecture is concerned, there are only a few places suitable for large-scale cavalry travel.

But Yang Dayan has only one battalion under his command, and it is impossible to adopt the strategy of "casting a wide net and catching more fish", because the combat power is too scattered, not only will it not play the role of ambush, but it will become a target for others to slaughter, he is not so stupid.

Therefore, the key to the matter is whether the cavalry team led by Wu Qi can bring those barbarians who dare to enter and plunder here. As for whether to drive away or seduc, or to take some other means, this is Wu Qi's freedom.

The process is not important, what he wants, is just the result!

The chase between the cavalry teams continued, and among the three scattered teams, there were already teams and barbarian cavalry fighting each other. But the strange thing is that these barbarian cavalry did not love to fight, but fought and retreated, and even when they had an advantage, they did not take the initiative to attack, but tried to distance themselves from the Tang army as much as possible.

This is really a strange thing, when did the barbarians become so cowardly? They all dared to enter the border of the Tang Kingdom to plunder, but they didn't dare to fight when they encountered it, not to mention that they had never encountered such a thing, even if they had never heard of it.

The so-called: "When things go wrong, there must be demons!" "There must be some reason for these strange actions of the barbarians, they may be secretly planning some unknown conspiracy!

Wu Qi's brows furrowed, the information he had in his hands was still too small to allow him to judge the abnormal behavior of these barbarians.

In any case, he could not let these barbarians ride their horses unscrupulously within the borders of the country, which was tantamount to slapping all their Tang soldiers in the face.

"Scattered left and right, encircled!" Wu Qidao.

At this point, the most important thing is to restrain the actions of these barbarians first, and not let them gallop like this again!

His cavalry divided into two groups according to the order, drove their horses forward, and surrounded the barbarian cavalry, and soon stopped the barbarians from continuing to advance.

They had already prepared for a fierce battle, but even in such a situation, the barbarian cavalry was at a touch of a touch with them, and they turned around and ran elsewhere.

"Bastard! What do these southern barbarians want to do? Wu Qi scolded angrily, even with his character, he was stimulated by the strange actions of these barbarians.

What do you mean? Is this monkey play?

At this moment, Wu Qi felt that he was like a fool who had been chasing them, these barbarians were just running hard, and after catching up, they symbolically hit a few times, and continued to run after paying a few lives, just not fighting them head-on.

Wu Qi has fought for so long, and he has never encountered such a time of grievance. Did these barbarians suddenly change their sex, or did they take the wrong medicine? The intent of this tactic is unknown, but it's too reckless and disgusting!

In fact, it was not only his side that encountered such a situation, but also the other two Tang troops who were ordered to pursue, and they were walked around like monkeys by the barbarians.

"It can't go on like this!" Wu Qi thought so in his heart.

Now that the initiative on the battlefield is not in your own hands, then the next plan will not be able to go smoothly. After a few more laps with them, once the horse's physical strength is exhausted, the situation may become extremely bad.

Wu Qi ordered the soldiers beside him to set off the message fireworks, and in an instant, the cavalry who saw the signal quickly converged towards this place.

Instead of covering everything, it's better to attack a little bit!

With the convergence of the other two cavalry teams, the barbarian cavalry here was instantly encircled. They reacted and wanted to break through, but all the more than 100 Tang soldiers gathered here, which was absolutely crushing for them.

However, it was not so easy for Tang Bing to deal with these barbarians in a short period of time. However, Wu Qi didn't think so, he and the other two cavalry teams were surrounded on three sides, forcibly driving the barbarian cavalry towards a certain established direction.

The other two barbarian cavalry who rushed to support followed closely behind, trying to flank the front and rear, breaking the encirclement of the Tang army. However, the group of barbarian cavalry sandwiched between the Tang army was in the formation, and it was impossible to echo at all.

So there was a situation in which the cavalry of the Tang Army was surrounded by a group of barbarians, and two barbarian cavalry teams followed closely behind.

"Come on, there's a big gift bag waiting for you in front!" Wu Qi thought so, feeling the cold wind whistling in his ears, and involuntarily said: "The autumn cold is so good!" ”