Chapter 385: Someone is actually immune to the little Li horse? [Thanks! Thanks again!]

Three days after the Chuihuan Division received the news about Xu Zaijing,

August 22nd

Strong wind

North of Keyi Gate,

West of the Yellow River,

Great Zhou army station,

On the high flagpole in front of the Marquis of Yongyi's main army tent, the battle flag embroidered with the character "Zhou" fluttered in the wind.

Inside the main army tent,

In front of the huge sand table,

Zhang Fangyan, eldest son of the Duke of Ying, and Xu Zaizuan stood to the side, surrounded by many military generals.

"Zaizuan, what do you think the Bai Gao Kingdom is doing with their intense actions on the east bank of the Yellow River these two days? The scouts we sent out as ears and eyes on the east bank have been wiped out quite a few! There aren't many people left in this area."

Xu Zaizuan took a thin wooden pole and pointed at the sand table: "Listening to the reports of the sons, the elite scouts of the Bai Gao Kingdom crossed the Yellow River and rushed very fiercely in both north and south directions!"

"I feel, are they trying to bypass to our rear from the opposite bank during the decisive battle?"

Zhang Fangyan shook his head: "Then how many pontoon bridges would they have to build to transport troops over? I don't think so!"

After Zhang Fangyan finished speaking, the military generals around nodded in approval.

Zhu Qinghu to the side looked at the sand table and said:

"I think these actions of the Bai Gao Kingdom scouts look more like they are providing cover for something else."

"Could it be that they want to figure out the reality of our army on the east bank? But there is a desert to the east..."

The generals continued to discuss the possible plans of the Bai Gao Kingdom.

At this moment,

Marquis of Yongyi Xu Minghua walked over from the back tent.

"Marquis!"

"Commander!"

The generals bowed and called out one after another.

Xu Minghua nodded and said: "Just received a letter sent by General Cao Lao, there was also some unusual movement from the Bai Gao Kingdom cavalry in General Cao Lao's area these past two days."

"Marquis, has it been figured out why they are like this?"

Xu Minghua shook his head and said: "A large number of Bai Gao Kingdom cavalry just circled around several military strongholds before dawn, and before our cavalry could attack, they withdrew to the camp!"

"General Cao Lao said that this action of the Bai Gao Kingdom might be harboring some bad ideas! Let us be more vigilant."

When the Great Zhou main army tent was discussing this matter,

East bank of the Yellow River,

Desert to the east,

In the sandstorm raised by the strong wind,

A fierce cavalryman held a long spear in his hand,

The "Zhou" battle flag hanging on the top of the long spear fluttered in the strong wind.

Under the flag were Great Zhou cavalrymen in red clothes and black armor, wearing face masks to block the sandstorm,

Each cavalryman had three horses, and although there were only fifty people in one full unit, there were more than a hundred horses.

A group of people moved rapidly from west to east against the sandstorm.

After dark,

This group of cavalry skillfully found a shelter from the wind in the desert and began to feed their mounts water and fine feed.

In the middle of the night, the strong wind stopped.

After resting for a night,

The second day,

The sky was slightly bright,

This group of cavalry continued to mount their horses and ran toward the east.

When the sky turned dark again, this group of cavalry had already arrived on the only road from Yulin Stronghold to Shengzhou.

Along the way,

After leaving the desert, they also encountered Great Zhou troops on the road.

When questioned and checked, the answer was always: The Marquis of Yongyi sent them to take a shortcut to welcome and protect the Fifth Young Master of the Marquis's mansion.

The third day

Early morning,

On the official road from Yulin Stronghold to Shengzhou,

"Ha! Drive!"

In the mist far away, the shouts of knights and the sound of horse hooves came.

Before long,

A Great Zhou postman rode out of the thick fog.

This postman looked at the road ahead with concentration, his clothes and face were somewhat wet, obviously having run in the fog for a while.

Suddenly,

Dozens of figures riding horses appeared in the postman's vision,

When crossing with the knights, the postman turned his head and looked at these people carefully.

"Hey! Please stay!"

The knight opposite the postman shouted fiercely!

"Hee-haw~"

The postman's mount was reined in, and the postman bowed and said: "Are you calling me?"

Soon, the leader of the cavalry unit trotted over.

Seeing the postman, he smiled and said: "Little brother, greetings! We are cavalry under the Marquis of Yongyi, and this time we received a military order to come and welcome the Xu family's Fifth Young Master!"

"Don't know if you have seen the Xu family's Fifth Young Master?"

The postman looked carefully into the fog, seeing part of this cavalry unit he could vaguely see, looking fierce and capable.

The postman hesitated and didn't speak, then looked toward the direction everyone came from.

The cavalry leader holding the long spear didn't urge him, just said: "We received news that the Xu family's Fifth Young Master should be riding an exceptionally divine black fine horse, don't know if little brother has an impression?"

Hearing this,

The postman's vigilance disappeared, and he bowed and said: "Officer, since you put it this way, this subordinate has an impression! The Xu family's brother is at the nearest post station!"

Saying this, the postman pointed behind him: "Officer, go find him yourself! This subordinate still has letters to deliver, so I will take my leave first!"

The cavalry leader smiled: "Little brother, go!"

The postman turned his horse's head and slowly accelerated to prepare to leave.

Beside the cavalry leader, a tall and long-limbed cavalryman from the same group leaned over, drew his bow and arrow, and aimed at the postman's back, who was about to disappear into the fog, with murderous intent.

Just as he was about to release the bowstring, a long spear appeared in front of the cavalryman who was drawing the bow.

Looking at the owner of the long spear shaking his head at him, the cavalryman drawing the bow gritted his teeth and put down the bow and arrow in his hand.

Afterward, this cavalry unit sent out forward scouts and continued to walk toward the direction the postman said.

On the road, the cavalryman who drew the bow just now said: "Officer, this little one has been asking you all the way!"

"We only knew before setting off that this assassination mission was originally the business of that person called Zhaojue Zhejue Zhongding! Why did it fall on our heads?"

The cavalry leader holding the long spear said: "No why! It's just that Zhaojue Zhejue Zhongding got drunk and said some nonsense!"

"What nonsense?" asked a cavalryman to the side.

The cavalry leader's mouth was full of disdain, and he replied: "Pfft, saying that coming to assassinate this youngest son of the Marquis of Yongyi is courting death!"

A cavalryman to the side said hesitantly: "Hiss! This... this is cowardice, no wonder he wasn't allowed to come!"

"Heard that this one from the Zhaojue family, just because one mission failed, his mind was destroyed?"

The cavalry leader nodded: "These children of noble families, their lives are too smooth, they can't take it when they suffer a little setback."

"Officer, do you know what the mission he failed... was?"

The cavalry leader nodded and said: "Heard from the Ren Duo family, it was when assassinating the Li family royal clan in Great Zhou, the mission had problems, fell into the Imperial City Division's ambush, and many experts died."

The subordinate was somewhat disdainful, and just as he wanted to curl his lips, the cavalry leader continued: "Heard that the Li family royal clan was living in this Marquis of Yongyi's mansion."

The subordinate cavalryman's mouth twitched.

The cavalry leader looked at his subordinate and said: "The great battle outside Keyi Gate and the garrison of Xingqing Prefecture, the mobilization and feint attacks of hundreds of thousands of infantry and cavalry on both sides, were just to open a gap for us fifty people to drill in!"

"Such a grand opportunity is not something anyone can encounter!"

Hearing this, the other fierce cavalrymen following along looked at each other with pride.

"Quick battle and quick decision later! Cut off the head of the Xu family's little dog, and when sending it back, don't spare the horses' strength!"

"I trust your archery, ambush to the side later, when encountering Great Zhou people, don't worry about others, just aim at the head of the Xu family's little dog and shoot! You few follow him!"

Several fierce cavalrymen to the side bowed and agreed.

The cavalry leader holding the long spear pointed at another person and said: "Later, when you squad leader shoot people, you must shoot the whistling arrow into the sky for me the first time! Once the whistling arrow rings, I will lead them to charge!"

"Two trips back and forth, the matter should be over!"

Everyone nodded one after another.

In the thick fog,

Xu Zaijing, who had left the post station for a while, rode the little Li horse in the very front,

On both sides were He Guan and Qingyun,

Followed by Alan,

And behind them were several carriages from the Xu, Zhang, and Cao families carrying things.

Because they were still within Great Zhou territory,

So the four of them were not wearing heavy armor, only light leather armor over their clothes.

The mounts were also not wearing horse armor.

Their respective bows, arrows, spears, and steel maces were all on the horses.

Listening to the sound of horse hooves coming from the fog in the distance, Xu Zaijing and the two beside him looked at each other.

Before long, a knight dressed as a Great Zhou cavalryman rushed out of the fog.

Seeing this person, Xu Zaijing nodded very friendly toward him.

This knight was perhaps in a hurry, didn't return the salute, and didn't even look at Xu Zaijing's group, disappearing into the fog behind the crowd a moment later.

He Guan beside Xu Zaijing said:

"Whose knight is this, so rude! However, it's quite strange!"

Xu Zaijing looked over with a surprised expression.

He Guan said: "Coming all the way from Bianjing, who doesn't look at Jing Ge'er's little Li horse twice?!"

After He Guan finished speaking with a smile,

Xu Zaijing looked back at the direction the knight disappeared: "Maybe in a hurry! When a person is in a hurry, how can they look around!"

Thought to himself: The person disappeared into the fog, but the sound of horse hooves seems to have disappeared too!

Qingyun interjected at this time: "Young Master, I think the more anxious a person is, the more they will look at the little Li horse! Because they wish the little Li horse was their own mount."

Looking at Xu Zaijing, who didn't say anything but just looked back, Qingyun also looked back.

"Young Master, what's the matter?"

Qingyun asked.

Xu Zaijing said somewhat suspiciously: "The knight who passed by just now seems to have stopped!"

Hearing this, He Guan glanced at the several carriages following behind that were making noise, and then looked at Xu Zaijing, his eyes full of confusion of "how did you hear it".

Alan, who was at the very back, turned his horse around and walked toward the back along the carriage team.

After a while, Alan caught up and said after slowing down his horse's speed: "Young Master, I asked the carriage driver at the end of the team, the knight did stop! After getting off the horse, he was fumbling on the saddle, as if looking for something!"

After Alan finished speaking, Qingyun said: "Could it be that he forgot or dropped something?"

Xu Zaijing lifted his chin: "Go ask, did he lose anything important! If he needs our help to keep an eye out, tell us!"

Alan responded and rode his horse back toward the way they came.

After a while,

Alan caught up again, slowed down his horse's speed and said: "Young Master, I asked that knight, the knight didn't speak, just waved his hand, looking like he wasn't in a hurry."

Xu Zaijing looked at He Guan to the side with some confusion.

Before the two could say anything, the sound of horse hooves came from behind again.

The knight they had just seen passed the crowd again at high speed, still not looking at Xu Zaijing's little Li horse.

Seeing this scene, He Guan frowned and said: "Qingyun, you just said, the more anxious a person is, the more they will look at Jing Ge'er's mount, right?"

Qingyun nodded.

He Guan continued: "Then, is this person anxious or not anxious?"

While He Guan was talking, he saw that Xu Zaijing had already stopped his horse and was looking at the surroundings full of fog.

Looking at Xu Zaijing's eyes, He Guan said somewhat hesitantly: "There shouldn't be Bai Gao Kingdom scouts... right! We are six hundred miles away from the front line!"

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Elder Brother He is right! But being careful is never wrong!"

"Jing Ge'er is right! Let's put on armor and go to the front!"

After speaking,

He Guan held a bow and arrow in the front to be vigilant,

Xu Zaijing and the other three turned their horses around and walked toward the carriages behind.

With Alan and Qingyun there, Xu Zaijing had put on armor in less than a quarter of an hour.

The little Li horse was also put on horse armor by the carriage drivers.

Xu Zaijing rode the little Li horse and replaced He Guan's position.

Qingyun and He Guan also put on armor, while Alan was still in light armor.

After having the carriage drivers behind surround the carriages in a circle and wait in place, the armored Xu Zaijing and the other three rode toward the front.

At this time,

The morning fog was still quite large

The distance they could see was no more than three or four zhang.

The three walked forward in battle formation, but nothing happened.

"Young Master, could it be that we are too suspicious, just a false alarm..."

"Clang! Slap!"

"Chirp!"

Before Qingyun could finish his words, Xu Zaijing's arm shield on his left arm and the strong bow in his right hand blocked the powerful arrows shot at his face from the left and right sides!

The "Clang" sound was the arm shield;

The "Slap" sound was the bow arm.

Another whistling arrow sound came from the fog!

At the same time, the horse armor of Qingyun and He Guan, who were guarding Xu Zaijing's sides, made collision sounds, and the mounts also made uncomfortable snorts.

When Xu Zaijing blocked the arrows,

He Guan's reaction was also extremely fast, drawing his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow into the fog on the left: "Thief bird! Dare to shoot my horse!!!"

"Boom!"

"Hee-haw!!!"

After the sound of the bowstring vibrating, a miserable cry of a horse came from the fog!

Instantly, a warhorse with a feathered arrow stuck in its body and carrying a knight rushed out of the fog in pain, kicking its hind legs.

"Boom!"

He Guan's second arrow nailed into the knight's face!

At this moment,

Xu Zaijing also extremely quickly pulled three feathered arrows from the quiver,

The little Li horse and he began to accelerate toward the fog on the right with tacit understanding.

Just these few steps,

In the process of rushing over,

The appearance of the enemy became much clearer.

Xu Zaijing tilted his head,

Dodged the feathered arrow shot at his face!

The strong bow in front of him knocked away the second feathered arrow shot at the position he dodged his head to, which had a predictive nature.

At this time, the two enemies dressed as Great Zhou cavalry in his field of vision, one had an expression of disbelief, and the other was somewhat flustered and drew his bow and arrow again.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two bow sounds,

Two figures flew backward from their horses, and one could vaguely see that the sharp feathered arrows had already pierced through their backs!

After solving the threat on the right,

Xu Zaijing once again pulled the strong bow in his hand wide open,

The third sharp feathered arrow shot out like electricity,

And disappeared into the fog directly ahead.

Inserting the strong bow into the bow bag,

Xu Zaijing reached out his right hand behind him,

Years of training allowed him to take the refined steel long spear fixed on the saddle in his hand at once, holding the position, which was still the center of gravity slightly toward the back of the refined steel long spear.

Afterward,

Xu Zaijing leveled the long spear,

Lightly tapped the horse's belly,

The little Li horse accelerated and rushed toward the cavalry that came out of the fog.

The knights on the first two horses that entered his eyes, one was clutching his neck that had been pierced, spraying blood foam, and the second one still had Xu Zaijing's feathered arrow stuck in his neck.

At the moment of crossing,

Xu Zaijing's long spear picked up a knight and smashed him into other enemies.

After a waving action,

The knight closest to him sprayed blood as if struck by lightning!!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 386 =====