Soon after the tactics were set, the entire escort army moved, and after the preparation of various materials, the entire escort army left 5,000 people to guard the base camp just in case, and the remaining 20,000 people and so on marched towards the target location.

The target point this time is a small lake, although the lake is not large, it is the only water source within a hundred miles of the southern grassland entering Yunzhou County.

By the time the army arrived at its destination, it was already the sixth day of the news.

According to the intelligence, the Hegel Department will lead a large army to invade Yunzhou County early tomorrow morning, and according to the calculation of the distance, they will be able to reach here the day after tomorrow.

After having the entire terrain of this water source explored, Ding Hongguang ordered all the infantry to find another place to station, leaving only the cavalry troops to garrison here.

This is not a suitable place for defense, and they are already small in numbers, so as long as they leave a cavalry unit that is mobile enough, they can still run if they can't fight, and the opponent can't catch up.

In this way, all the 9,000 cavalry of the 10th Army were left 7,000 to be stationed nearby, and the remaining 2,000 left with the army.

The remaining 13,000 troops erased all traces of themselves and found a place to hide.

If it's really hard to hide on weekdays, there is nowhere to hide on the open grassland, but when it is snowing, there is a white expanse everywhere, this time they came out to hide with a white cloth, find a remote place to cover the white cloth, if you don't go forward to check carefully, no one can find them.

Time passed, and the day after the escort army arrived at this water source, the Hegel Division, which had completed the assembly, came towards Yunzhou County with 50,000 cavalry.

and the next day they arrived near the water source.

Gebatu Hegel frowned at the white scenery in the distance, turned his head to a man next to him and asked, "Gesang, are you sure there is a water source nearby?" ”

The army must have been dispatched to familiarize itself with the road section on the way to facilitate the supply of the army, so Gebatu found a "local" who was once the closest tribe to Yunzhou County to be his guide.

This guy's tribe had secretly traded with the four major families of Yunzhou County before, and he was quite familiar with the surroundings.

When Gesang heard this, he immediately patted his chest and promised: "The great Gebatu Khan can rest assured that everything Gesang said is true, and he can swear to the Immortal Heaven!"

The water source must be nearby, but now it is snowing heavily, so it is difficult to find, if it is in normal times, the pearl-like lake has already come into our eyes! ”

Gesang swore that he swore that Gebatu also believed it, he also thought that the other party would not dare to deceive himself, looked around, identified it with many years of grassland experience, and asked Gesang next to him for some details, and finally Gebatu set the direction, and the army marched in the southwest direction.

It is true that the direction of the water source is the direction of the people, who lives on the steppe all the year round, and in only a quarter of an hour, the army can already see the surface of the lake reflecting the crystal light in the distance.

And the movement of the 50,000-strong army had already alarmed the 7,000 guards stationed nearby, and they had quietly circled to the rear......

Seeing the surface of the lake, Gebatu, who confirmed the real existence of the water source, breathed a sigh of relief, no wonder he brought a full 50,000 people, and all the combat power of the tribe came out, if he died of thirst on the road because he couldn't find the water source, then he would really laugh and be generous.

As for the freezing of the lake, it's not a big deal, just knock the ice open.

This boundary has not yet entered Yunzhou County, so Gebatu is not very vigilant, after seeing the lake, even if he let the army lean towards the lake and start to camp to prepare to replenish the water bladder, and it is already late, it looks like he is going to camp here tonight.

When nearly 50,000 cavalrymen dismounted one after another, smashing ice and ice, setting up camp tents, and replenishing water sources, they did not notice that the hunters who had been waiting for a long time showed a hideous smile.

A cavalry of 7,000 men crept out and launched a surprise attack on them when they were unprepared!

In the camp, Gebatu looked at the ground around him with a puzzled expression, looked down, squatted down and twisted up a touch of black ash to look at it.

This is a trace left by someone who has cooked something here, and it seems that this trace was left recently, otherwise it would have been blown away a long time ago.

Buzz, an incredible thought appeared in his mind, Gebatu's face changed instantly, and he turned his head to see that the soldiers around him had already dismounted and began to prepare to station, even if they wanted to shout for everyone to get back on the horse, but at this time it was too late!

Thundered! Thundered! Thundered!

In the originally silent distant horizon, a roar sounded, and anyone who was familiar with this sound could immediately hear that it was the sound that only a large horse could make when they galloped together.

At this moment, not only Gebatu realized that something was wrong, but also the Hegel cavalry, who were doing something else, realized the danger, and immediately remounted their horses when they were close, and quickly ran towards their horses when they were far away.

But time was running out.

In such an emergency, only a few people returned to their horses, and before most of them could return their horses, the cavalry of the escort battalion had already rushed towards their camp!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Launched! Launched! ”

The whole Hegel camp was in disarray, and those who got on the horses quickly approached Khan Gebatu, who was shouting loudly, and the others who had not yet got on were desperately looking for horses.

They knew that in the face of cavalry, if they couldn't get on the horse, then they and others could only become fish and meat on someone else's sticky board and be slaughtered by others.

I really couldn't find my own war horse, and some people directly grabbed a random horse to use, which also led to the chaos of the already chaotic camp.

In the midst of this chaos, the cavalry of the convoy sliced into their camp like a hot red knife cut into cheese!

Bang bang bang!

Ahhh

The powerful momentum of the war horse knocked the objects blocking the front one by one, and where the war horse passed, the one-meter-long open-bladed cavalry knife in the hands of the cavalry of the guard battalion only needed to tilt the blade outward and put it on the side of the horse.

Whether you wear leather armor or iron armor, all beings are equal in front of this cavalry sword forged of steel, and only to be cut open in a burst of fine iron.

Usually the angle at which the cavalry places the cavalry knife corresponds to the neck position where a normal person stands, and the defense here is already weak, which also leads to the terrifying scene where the cavalry passes and scatters their heads everywhere!

"Rush!"

This time the commander of this cavalry is the deputy commander of the escort army Guan Ning, after his own side pierced the camp of the Hegel department, Guan Ning led the cavalry around a semicircle to change direction, and the command knife issued an order to the Hegel department that was regrouping!

Immediately after that, the cavalry of the escort battalion followed him again and chiseled towards the camp of the Hegel Division!

After they had cut through the Hegel division again, the Hegel division had gathered a part of the cavalry of about 3,000 men and rushed towards them.

Guan Ning looked back at the camp behind him that was once again chiseled by his own troops, although he had suffered heavy losses, he had gradually restored a certain order and knew that there was no chance, so he gave the order to retreat.

The cavalry of the 7,000 Guards retreated at a gallop into the distance.

He left the Hegel Department with corpses and countless casualties and a mess.

Seeing that they were about to run, Gebatu was also in time, and even if he led a 10,000 cavalry under his command to chase after the three thousand cavalry that had been reorganized, even if he couldn't entangle the other party, he had to figure out where these thousands of cavalry had landed, so that he could counterattack.

The other is to prevent the other party from going and returning, and then give them another raid.

And he himself stayed where he was, and continued to reorganize the camp and gather warriors.

In this way, under the leadership of 10,000 households, the 3,000 Hegel cavalry that had just gathered chased in the direction of the departure of the cavalry of the guard battalion.

Although there are few people, they are not trying to annihilate the enemy and fight the enemy head-on, but just to monitor, and they are still confident in this point.

Guan Ning soon noticed the cavalry coming behind him, and after a little thought, he came up with a plan, called one of his subordinates to give a few words, and immediately turned around and led a group of subordinates to lead the "guests" behind him in a circle......