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Chapter 1316 Ambush Battle

No one reported the situation to the wing team. Firstly, the situation was unknown, and secondly, the journey was far away. When they arrived at the wing team headquarters, the food was cold.

Under the night, densely packed cavalry marched blatantly, holding torches.

"We're not sneak attacking, we're attacking, so don't be afraid of being discovered, show me the majesty of our shepherd flag!"

That's what their banner owners said.

The young leader of the Shepherd Banner Merchant Group who had traded with Zhao Hu last time was riding behind a husky middle-aged man. His face was full of excitement. When he was looking in the direction of Kulong Town, his heart suddenly moved. With a whip, he approached the middle-aged man.

"Father, let me take a team to take Kulong Town?"

Before the middle-aged man could speak, a young man beside him had already spoken.

"Brother, are you overly excited? There is nothing in Kulong Town, and you want to occupy it? I really don't know what you think!"

And the several knights beside the young man immediately smiled with mockery on their faces.

Being ridiculed by his younger brother like this, the young leader of the business group had a flash of anger in his eyes. He kept a calm tone and reported to his father.

"The second lieutenant knight the elder mentioned is in Kulong Town."

Hearing this, the middle-aged shepherd's flag owner, who had been expressionless all this time, immediately had a pensive look on his face.

The young man who mocked his brother just now was puzzled for a moment, and then an angry look appeared in his eyes. Just as he was about to say something, the middle-aged banner shepherd who had thought about it for a while nodded his head.

"Murtie, you take 2000 people to destroy that second lieutenant knight. If you don't catch up with the rear troops before dawn, go back to the grassland."

The young leader of the business group called Murtie was overjoyed when he heard the words, while his younger brother's face was full of frost.

Two thousand cavalry to attack a town with only more than 600 people is almost sure, so the order "complete the task before dawn, or go back to the grassland" is simply superfluous.

Although the opponent has only about [-] people, they are all organized by a brigade. It is a great achievement to eliminate an established regular army brigade of the August Empire.

With the order from the shepherd of the banner, Murtie named the names of the two thousand commanders, and then waved his hands proudly. Under the command of the thousand commanders, centurion commanders, and ten commanders, the two thousand cavalrymen reined in their horses. Reins, the horses turned their heads, and each took a spare horse, quickly separated from the main force, and ran towards Kulong Town at high speed.

After several months of confrontation exercises, the fifth brigade is only one step away from the elite brigade, that is, it has not gone through actual combat.

However, although the actual combat capabilities are not yet clear, as scouts, the cavalry troops are still very capable. They discovered the movement of the two thousand cavalrymen of Murtie from a long distance away.

After observing the direction of the large troop of the Shepherd's Banner Cavalry, the captain of the Scout Cavalry waved his hand, and the scout cavalry rushed back to Kulong Town immediately.

At the entrance of the brigade, Locke and Luo Fei were slashing with machetes in their hands, their faces full of ferociousness.

Dio and Sun Jie grabbed the sword with apprehension on their faces.

Zhao Hu and Zhou Wen's expressions remained unchanged, watching the soldiers who gathered towards the brigade headquarters square.

The soldiers who were going to gather in the brigade square heard the shout of "Scout urgent report! Make way quickly!", and immediately made way for the scout cavalry to pass quickly.

The captain of the scout cavalry rushed to Zhao Hu and reported before he could stop.

"Sir, most of the enemy soldiers are heading towards the provincial capital, and three or four thousand cavalry are attacking the town."

The squad leader has no way to confirm the detailed enemy situation. It is pitch black outside now. If the opponent is not rampantly marching forward with torches, I am afraid that even this approximate figure will not be known.

Three or four thousand!
Hearing this number, except for Locke and Luo Fei, the expressions of everyone around Zhao Hu changed, especially the squad leaders who were waiting for orders.

The number of enemy soldiers is more than six times that of our own, and all of them are cavalry!
I only have one cavalry squadron, plus some miscellaneous cavalrymen who can ride horses from other squadrons and brigade headquarters, the whole brigade has at most two hundred cavalry, how can I fight this?
You know, cavalry is the king of the land!
escape?

Please, run away from the cavalry?

It's better to stay where you are and fight to the death!

You know, the pursuit of nomadic cavalry usually follows behind to make you exhausted, and then steps forward to torture you to death.

Everyone who didn't know what to do, all set their eyes on Zhao Hu.

Zhao Hu didn't panic. When he knew the number of enemy troops attacking, he immediately rejected the possibility of escaping, so he gave the order directly.

"The infantry hide behind the house, the archers go up to the roof and hide themselves, the cavalry lie in ambush outside the town, and the logistics follow behind the cavalry."

Hearing this order, everyone was stunned for a moment, and suddenly obeyed.

Although the squad leaders usually acquiesced to Zhao Hu's leadership under Zhao Hu's various means, they felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts. After all, Zhao Hu was a logistics officer, but the situation is different now.

According to the military law of the empire, during wartime, Zhao Hu, the highest rank in the brigade, has automatically become the commander of the brigade.If his subordinates disobeyed orders, they could definitely be executed on the spot. This is a power that Zhao Hu would never have in normal times.

So although the squad leaders had different ideas in their hearts, they still chose to obey.

The soldiers who received the order were automatically grouped immediately.

They have practiced this kind of hide-and-seek skill in the past few months, not only hiding well, but also hiding quickly, so it didn't take long, the originally noisy town was immediately silent, only the torches that were lit during the dinner not long ago , was blown "whoosh" by the wind.

Sun Jie, who followed Zhao Hu and hid behind the house, asked in a low voice.

"Sir, why don't we hide inside?"

Zhao Hu didn't speak, just knocked on the thick mud wall.

Before Sun Jie could figure out what was going on, Zhou Wen had already knocked Sun Jie on the head.

"Stupid, this town is full of mud houses, hiding inside the houses, as long as the enemy blocks the door, we can't escape

"Sir, sir, can we, can we, can we win?"

Dio, a middle-aged man, was so nervous that he stuttered.

Zhao Hu looked at Dio, then at the Locke brothers who let go of their weapons from time to time and were gearing up for fisting, and then at the soldiers around him, he couldn't help smiling confidently.

"Don't be nervous, the enemy is all cavalry. As long as they charge in, the cavalry will be useless. Under our ambush, victory will definitely belong to us."

Hearing Zhao Hu's affirmation, the mood of the surrounding people was slightly calmed down, but a soldier murmured "But they have 4000 or [-] people", which made everyone's hearts lift up again.

Zhao Hu smiled again.

"Three to 4000 people are not many, isn't that what we can solve with ten knives each?"

"The officer is right! Each of them can be dealt with with ten knives. Compared with the thousands of knives we usually spend every day, it's so easy!"

The two Locke brothers echoed loudly.

Recalling the hard training over the past few months, the soldiers regained their self-confidence, and the thought that "these thousands of people are nothing special" surged in their hearts.

Just when the soldiers calmed down and even joked with each other, there was a whistling sound in the distance.

Everyone's heart tightened, and they gathered up their weapons.

The fight is coming.

Murtie led two thousand cavalry, roaring into the town, and did not send out the vanguard.

From his point of view, the opponent only had about [-] soldiers, most of whom were infantrymen, and they were no match for his [-] cavalrymen at all, so they just rushed in and fought.

But when he saw the town, he spat and cursed.

"Damn it! Let them go!"

Anyone who sees the messy dining table, the open door, the clutter, and the silence will think that people have already left.

"Send the order, give me chase! I don't believe how far the infantry can run!"

The cavalrymen who rushed into the town first arrived at the square. After seeing the mess, they subconsciously stopped their horses, and they couldn't keep going. The tables and benches all over the floor would trip them up at any time.

They couldn't help feeling annoyed, they didn't even get the head of an enemy this time, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

Just as they were about to encourage their superiors to give an order to continue chasing, Murtie gave the order. They were so happy that they immediately prepared to pursue, but because they stopped for a while, the cavalry behind were blocked, and shouting and cursing immediately sounded from behind.

This is also impossible, who told the cavalry to be fast?
Moreover, when these herdsmen were born, when they saw the town, they swarmed in to see what good things they could loot. In addition, these cavalry were equipped with two horses. This series of habits made them 2000 people, four Thousands of horses are crowded on the road across the entire town of Kulong Town.

Seeing the team stop, Murtie was a little puzzled, but he couldn't help cursing when he saw a cavalry dismount and enter the mud-stone house to search for things.

"Idiot! This is just a broken town, what good things can there be? Hurry up and kill the imperial army, and then turn around and chase the main team! All valuable things are in the provincial capital, idiot!"

Murtie's words made some cavalry who wanted to dismount to find something to stay on their horses, while the cavalry who had dismounted but found nothing ran back quickly.

At this time, the cavalry who wanted to kill Zhao Hu and his group immediately and catch up with the main team to go to the provincial capital to make a fortune began to get impatient with the lingering of their comrades in front, and their yelling and cursing became louder.

Just when there was a lot of noise, there was a sudden shrill scream, which shocked Mu Ertie and others.

The continuous screams that followed, and an arrow that shot down Murtie's mount made him understand what was going on.

In order not to be suppressed by the mount, he turned over in embarrassment, then relied on the mount to block the sharp arrows shooting from all directions, and finally yelled angrily.

(End of this chapter)