Horse on the World

Chapter 630 Fierce Battle

Wang Qi is not well-known among the generals of the Dingzhou Army, but he is well-known in the special service industry. Yao Changfeng is unknown in both the army and the special service, but he can sit in the position of Wang Qi's deputy. , naturally not an incompetent person, otherwise Wang Qi would not let him lead the team alone, echoing himself from afar.

It has been fifteen days since I entered the grassland, and as far as I can see, except for the blue sky, white clouds and green grass, I can only see one or two small tribes occasionally, and some tribes even have only tens or hundreds of people. When such caravans came, they were pleasantly surprised to take out a lot of furs and cheeses that had accumulated in their tents in exchange for some necessities. In the past six months, almost no caravans entered the grassland.

From the nervousness when they entered the grassland, the soldiers began to relax. Seeing these extremely poor herdsmen, the soldiers even wondered how Qin Ming and others survived in such a place. something. For a team of more than 1000 people, if they want to maintain their livelihoods and maintain their combat effectiveness, the cost is not a small amount, especially the war horses under their crotch. It is not enough to only have grass. There is no food to make them fat. Skinny and unfit for a fight.

The soldiers relaxed, but Yao Changfeng didn't dare. He was always cautious every day. He deeply knew that if he was not careful when facing a general like Qin Ming, his body would be crushed to pieces.What's more, I am still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength.

The long convoy stepped up a small hill, which is only a few dozen meters higher than the flat ground. The soldiers suddenly burst into cheers. A meandering river is like a jade belt, entangled in the grassland. In the center, like a pearl inlaid in the green grass, it shines brightly under the sunlight, making people feel refreshed when they see it.On the other side of the small river, a few herdsmen were washing their horses by the river. Hearing the cheers from the other side, they looked a little panicked when they saw such a large group of people and horses. , and fled away in a panic, the embarrassing posture made everyone laugh again.Yao Changfeng frowned, looking thoughtfully at the direction the other party was fleeing.

"Ada!" Yao Changfeng called out.Ada is a soldier of the Bai nationality. He used to be a captain of Yingyang in the Hanwei camp, and now he is the captain of a small team in the special brigade.

"Captain Yao!" Ada galloped to Yao Changfeng's side.

"How are these people's equestrian skills?" Yao Changfeng asked.

Ada squinted his eyes, looked at the few riders who were gradually going away, and said: "It's very good. It seems very casual to be able to maintain such a speed on a bare-backed horse. There is even Yu Ya looking back at us. The horsemanship is quite good. If you In the past, he should have been a good fighter in our clan."

"Then why did they run away when they saw us? Did they look so flustered on purpose?" Yao Changfeng asked.

"Xu Shi, Xu Shi was scared of being beaten!" Ada was a little ashamed. In the past few years, the barbarians were indeed beaten to death by the Dingzhou Army.Seeing the performance of the clansmen, he couldn't hold his head up.

"That's not the case." Yao Changfeng shook his head, turned around and pointed to the flags on the long convoy, and the Qiyu Trading Company's flag was fluttering in the wind, "If they run away when they see the flag of the Dingzhou Army, then a mere trading company's Banner and they will be scared away too?"

Ada's upper body straightened all of a sudden, his military accomplishment was not bad, and he was not incompetent to be Captain Yingyang in the Wei Wei camp.

"Captain, you mean?"

"They are spies, and someone is trying to trick us." Yao Changfeng said calmly.

"Qin Ming?" Ada became nervous.

"I don't know, these people are grassland people, not palace guards. It's easy to tell the difference, but Qin Ming has been on the grassland for so long, so it's not difficult to recruit some wandering soldiers on the grassland!" Yao Changfeng said.

"what should we do?"

Holding a horsewhip, Yao Changfeng pointed to the front and said, "If they are really spies, I'm sure there must be a trap waiting for us ahead. Hmph! Hmph! Let them wait somewhere, and we set up camp."

Abei's eyes lit up, "Lieutenant, we are here waiting for them to fight."

Yao Changfeng smiled and said: "Yes, let them wait for a few hours, hehe, there is a saying in the military law, one drum beats, and then declines, and three times exhausted. I am afraid that the morale of the ambushes in front is now high. Let's let them Vent the fire, castrate, when they can't bear their temper, they will definitely raise troops to come, then we will wait for work with leisure."

"The captain is brilliant!" Ada laughed.

"Get off the horse, set up camp, and get ready to eat!" Yao Changfeng jumped off the horse with a smile.

The caravan stopped on the hill, and the carriages were connected together to form a circular formation. The camels lay behind the carriages to form a second line of defense. The soldiers quickly began to dress and put on Armor, now they are not wearing simple leather armor, but a set of Dingzhou refined steel armor, which is light and strong in protection.

More than a dozen crossbows were quickly assembled and supported in several gaps above the defense line. This extremely fast-firing crossbow uses box-type filling of crossbow arrows. There are ten pieces in a box. They are made by Dingzhou craftsmen The latest product of the battalion has not yet been equipped with troops.

All the armor-piercing arrows of Yipin Bow were inserted on the ground in front of him one by one, and the hand crossbow filled with crossbow arrows was placed in a very handy place.And the most secret weapon of this caravan is the carriages still covered with oil paper. Most of those carriages are indeed loaded with tea bricks, salt, and daily necessities, but among these goods, there are still several hundreds of crossbows sandwiched between them.

As the sun gradually set to the west, Yao Changfeng's team stayed alone on this small hill. It seemed that they planned to camp here. Within a few hours, a few groups of prairie herdsmen with little costumes passed by. When Xiao He saw this huge caravan, he ran away like a frightened rabbit.

After seeing so many spies in a row, Yao Changfeng became more convinced of his thoughts.

At dawn, his idea was verified, but Yao Changfeng's expression changed again when he saw the incoming enemy. Damn it, it wasn't Qin Ming, but a nomadic tribe on the grassland, but the number of them was too many One point, men and women, add up to thousands of people.

"When did such a large tribe appear on the grassland again?" Yao Changfeng bit it, bitterly, after the battle on the grassland, the slightly larger tribes were ordered to move to the upper forest, and the remaining capitals on the grassland It was some stragglers, or some small tribes whose numbers were not enough to arouse Dingzhou's vigilance.

"Lieutenant, it's not a tribe, it's more than a dozen tribes united." Ada, who was familiar with the grassland situation, leaned on the carriage, looked at the situation on the other side, and turned to Yao Changfeng.

Yao Changfeng took a closer look, and understood a little bit. His caravan has been going deep for so long, and most of the grasslands probably know that the small tribe can't eat such a huge monster, so they thought of uniting to attack him.Seeing the guys on the opposite side who were eager to try, Yao Changfeng scratched his head in frustration, "Get ready to fight!"

When the sun was about to set, the first attack was finally launched.

Hundreds of cavalry shouted and launched an attack on the small hill. Judging by their uniforms, it was obvious that they were not from the same tribe.But the fighting power is not bad, everyone can shoot easily and freely on the horse, all of a sudden, the arrows rained down on the small hill and took the position.

Picking up a falling feather arrow, Yao Changfeng shook his head, "It's really poor. I can't even make an iron arrow." The feather arrow in his hand turned out to be a bone arrow.

Without Yao Changfeng's command, the special forces members leaned out from behind the carriage, opened their first-grade bows steadily, and with a sound of collapse, the armor-piercing arrows shot out with a whistling sound, immediately shooting down dozens of people running in front.

Compared with the elite soldiers of the Special Forces, the attackers' weapons were too crude. The bone arrows they fired could not pose a threat to the team members at all, and the battle was one-sided from the very beginning.

Yao Changfeng relaxed, this kind of combat power is really not worth his trouble.

The attackers did not back down from the opponent's powerful blows, but instead launched attacks wave after wave with even greater ferocity. When a scorpion cannon landed on the carriage position, it knocked a carriage apart, and the tea bricks scattered all over the ground The attackers became even more vicious when they were killed. Obviously, these things made them more sure that this was indeed a caravan, and it was also a caravan with a lot of wealth.

"Mother of the day, there are scorpion cannons!" Yao Changfeng was surprised.

He found that he had obviously underestimated the fighting desire of this group of guys who were probably extremely poor and crazy.

Seeing the attackers swarming up like ants regardless of life and death, seeing the horses slamming into the carriage heavily, knocking the line of defense to the brink of collapse, seeing the casualties of one's team members at last, seeing the red eyes on the other side, desperately fighting Attacking desperately, Yao Changfeng finally changed his face.

"Light up the smoke and notify the general!"

"Hundred crossbows are ready!" Yao Changfeng shouted.

On the hill, a raging fire was ignited, and around the hill, countless torches were lit, and the flames illuminated a radius of several miles. Heidongdong's crossbow arrows were ready to go, Yao Changlin carried his sword and patrolled the position, the carriages in many places had been smashed, tea bricks, salt, and countless daily necessities were scattered all over the place.

After the continuous attack was frustrated, the horse thief on the opposite side was obviously a little surprised. In the light of the fire, Yao Changfeng could clearly see several leaders who looked like leaders gathered together, discussing something.

"If they go up again, use a hundred-shot crossbow!" Ada was wounded in several places, and walked in front of Yao Changfeng bloodstained.

Yao Changfeng gritted his teeth, "Don't use it if you can. Once you use a hundred-shot crossbow, damn it, the other side will know that we are not a caravan. When they turn around and run away, the news will spread. With Qin Ming's shrewdness, how can we I don’t know what the purpose of such a Dingzhou army disguised as a caravan entering the grassland, he will run away immediately, and it will be difficult for us to find him again.”

(End of this chapter)