Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1025
In the wilderness, the sound of horseshoes seems to be there, but a dozen knights are scattered in the wilderness for a distance of several miles, climbing high and exploring the forest, in a patchwork manner.On the surface, these dozens of people have different postures and speeds, but there seems to be an invisible net connecting them. Each of them acts as a node in the net, and the lack of one seems uncoordinated.

A qualified scout is not just as simple as knowing how to gallop on horseback and travel quickly. Scouts are not only the eyes of the army, but they can also be said to be fingers. Their role is not reflected in the search for enemy tracks. Hydrology and many other aspects have a good ability to identify.

And even if it's just a seemingly simple ride on the road, it's full of a lot of technical details.Because scouts often have to run to extremely long distances, and the routes are also intricate, in order to dig out valuable clues to the greatest extent, horses are their most important means of transportation, which requires a sufficient understanding of horse nature.

This kind of understanding is not only reflected in the superb riding skills, it is not so much riding a horse as it is controlling a horse.They not only need good speed, but also ensure that the horses have sufficient physical strength and explosive power at all times, and get out as soon as possible when danger comes.

Therefore, truly excellent scouts are definitely the best choice among thousands of elites, and they are the most high-end and scarce talents in the army.For example, the dozen or so people in front of us, they seem to be walking lazily and wandering aimlessly, but in the eyes of those who really know how to know, they are vicious and vigilant wolves, whether they want to avoid their pursuit or round them up , is an extremely difficult matter.

Of course, even in the Jiehu army, such excellent scout candidates are quite scarce.

After the dozen or so people passed through a slope with dense vegetation, the scattered formation gradually shrank, and they gathered in a low-lying grassland below the slope. There were still four cavalry wandering outside, and the rest of the knights were walking up and down the grassland. The horses drank and ate, while others loosened the girdle of the saddle, and patted the slightly stiff muscles of the horse with big hands regularly for relaxation.

The work of a scout is boring and heavy, but it is important and irreplaceable, and they are always in a crisis-ridden environment. Once a change occurs, it often means disaster, such as the present.

Everyone on the grass was talking in low voices and summing up their search results. Suddenly, there were a few inconspicuous abnormal noises from one direction. Ordinary people tend to ignore them, but for these scouts who are always on the edge of life and death, these few The noise was like thunder.

Within a few breaths, everyone got on their horses, and the bows, knives and arrows that had been concentrated on the backs of a few horses to save horsepower were also delivered to everyone.Then he looked in the direction where the abnormal noise came from, and saw that the scout in charge of guarding in that direction had disappeared, leaving only a horse lying softly on the grass.

Seeing this scene, everyone felt even more crisis in their hearts. Being able to deal with a scout so quickly showed that the other party must be an experienced and premeditated ambush.

"withdraw!"

The leader of the scouts let out a low growl, and then dozens of horses formed a sagittal shape and rushed straight to the direction where his companion died.They are not out for revenge, but no matter what the scale of the ambush, the first place to launch an attack must be the weakest part of the arrangement, and the hope of breaking out from this direction is the greatest.

Sure enough, when these scouts started to charge, horses neighed and hooves sounded from other parties. A total of twenty riders rushed out of the grass and stabbed diagonally from left to right.

The distance between the two sides is still more than ten feet, but the ambusher's arrows have already pierced through the air, and the battle between the two sides has changed from extremely quiet to extremely dynamic. Even if it is just a flowing arrow, once it hits it, it will definitely be pierced.

And at such a critical moment, it is not suitable to swing a knife to chop the arrows. Once the knight moves too much, the horse's charge will be greatly affected. Once the speed is lost, it will undoubtedly die!

So the dozen or so knights immediately leaned on their horses' backs, drew their bows and drew their strings at the same time, and rushed several feet away in an instant. The three people in front of them shot in the direction of their charge, and the speed of the horses also soared for a while. At an extremely terrifying speed, it almost followed the arrow!

But the ambushers on the other side are also very experienced. There are two people in front of them, seemingly unable to withstand the impact of the scouts. However, these two people have a full of courage. Hold the rein steadily with one hand, and hit him head-on!

The distance between the two sides was shortened rapidly, and the two ambushers took advantage of the horse's gallop, and suddenly flew out from the horse's back.Falling off a horse at such a high speed can range from broken tendons and bones to severe death.

However, the two of them were as light as nothing, with their limbs contracted suddenly while they were in the air for a short period of time, they grabbed the turf with both hands and pulled it hard at the moment they landed, and then rolled over and rolled several feet away, just growing in one place In the densest grass, his figure flickered, and he was quickly submerged in it.

It turns out that since the start of the attack, they have carefully calculated every action and its effect, and it is still without damaging the surrounding environment!You must know that those Jiehu scouts are also experienced, and once they leave any traces, it is absolutely impossible not to be discovered.

The speed of the two unowned horses had climbed to the extreme, and it was impossible to change direction in such a short period of time, and the dozen or so scouts saw this scene with eyes wide open.

Especially the few people in the front row. It is true that they can avoid the two galloping horses in the shortest time, but the comrades charging behind will subconsciously follow them and turn, and that is the direction in which the ambushers are charging.

The more critical it is, the more it can show the strength of the elite soldiers.At this moment, the rear team suddenly shot two feathered arrows, which directly pierced into the neck of the galloping horse directly in front. The huge momentum directly stopped the frantic galloping horse, and then the horse swung out horizontally.

"rise!"

The scouts roared in their mouths, and the galloping horses under their crotches suddenly soared into the air, like flying dragons out of the water, and directly stepped over the two horses. Slow down, the speed is almost unaffected and gallops forward.

It would be fine if only one or two people completed this astonishing operation, but the whole team, especially the knights in the rear, had no visual reference at all and just relied on the judgment of their companions' behavior, which showed the elite of this scouting team.

But this kind of exquisite skill is destined to be unapplauded. After all, the ambushers have the first-mover advantage. The greatest significance of the sacrifice of the two horses is to buy them time for the second arrow. Another wave of arrows came through the sky. At that time, in order to avoid the oncoming horses, the scout team hadn't fired a single arrow, and even gave up their previous preparations for drawing their bows.

A small group of elite cavalry confronted each other on a narrow road. One side had already fired two arrows, but the other had not fired one arrow. There is no need to guess the result.This second wave of arrows directly shot down seven or eight scouts, and the fall of these seven or eight scouts and horses dragged down the tacit understanding of the whole team, and was soon overwhelmed by the charge of ambushes.

The two sides kept advancing at a high speed, and made all kinds of difficult tossing and moving movements in the confined space on horseback. Even in this extremely unfavorable situation, the Jiehu scouts still surrounded the ambushers. Five people fought back and fell off the horse.

From the beginning of the battle to the end, it took only a hundred breaths, but the end of the battle was already more than a mile away. This shows that the pace of this battle is fast and the process is intense!
The final result of the battle was that the Jiehu scout team was wiped out.The ambushers also paid the price of three lives, so in this bloody environment, there were frequent curses.

"Don't gossip, hurry up and evacuate!"

The leader of the ambusher interrupted everyone's cursing and complaining with a low growl, and ordered in a low voice.

So the group of people sped up their actions, turned over the corpses of the Jiehu scouts from the pool of blood, stripped off all the valuable items on their bodies and horses, and then cut off the heavy scouts who were worn out because of the control of the reins. Calloused Fingers then collected all kinds of loot in one place, and quickly evacuated here, leaving only a cruel and bloody killing scene.

Similar scenes are not isolated cases, especially in the past few days, they have been frequently staged in the field between Yecheng and Fangtou.The hunters and the hunted may not be clear, but Ma Qiu, the chief general guarding Yecheng in the Jie Kingdom, is bleeding from the heart.

"In just four or five days, more than 400 scouts were chased and killed! Tell me, why is this happening?"

In Yecheng's rudimentary military tent, Ma Qiu's face was livid, his eyes were bloodshot, and he had a ferocious expression of about to choose someone to eat.It is normal for the scouts to be scattered outside and be intercepted and hunted, but losing so many elite scouts in such a short period of time is even more unbearable than losing a big battle!
Although there are many elite soldiers in Capricornus who control horses and strings, it is precisely because of this that those who can be selected as scouts are the elite among the elite, and each of them is a fierce soldier who can stand up to ten.Even among the hunted scouts, there were two Jiehu Xiaoshuais among them. They had a background in Jiezhong, and even Ma Qiu, Shihu's confidant, was afraid of them.

And in addition to the loss of personnel, the more important thing is that the country of Jie no longer has the advantage of monitoring various situations in the south.In other words, Ma Qiu had no way of knowing what the South Bandit was planning to do.

You must know that before this, due to the strong advantage in cavalry, although the country of Jie was in a weak defense, it was able to know the dynamics of the various ministries of the southern thieves.In terms of confrontation and investigation of the enemy's situation, the southern bandits are no match for the country of Jie!

So facing such a situation, Ma Qiu was really both distressed and flustered, and his anger was unreservedly tilted towards the generals.

And those generals, each had their own grievances: "If you really face the battle, the southern thieves are weak cavalry, and they will definitely not be our army's opponent! But at present, the southern thieves are using a lot of goods to collude with the surrounding bandits, and the huge goods buy the lives of scouts. Those bandits They are all wandering ghosts, and they are not inferior to our army in every way, really, really..."

"What a joke! I have an army of tens of thousands. Do I want to be restrained by these thieves and ants? No matter what method you use, you must find out exactly what the southern thieves intend to do!"

Ma Qiu roared furiously, although there was no lack of slander against those bandits in his words, but in fact he knew how difficult these bandits were, because even he himself was a guest of Shihumen before he formally led the army. The bandits fled around Hebei to collect property for Shihu and got reused.

"The southern thieves rely on only wealth! They are powerful, but they dare not fight our army in the wild. Even this kind of trick is used. Quickly contact the thieves who are close to our army and tell them if Help me fight back, and I will report my name to the lord, and it is no problem to be named Marquis Zhijun!"

(End of this chapter)