"All army gathered!" With the shouts of the commanding soldiers, the five hundred cavalry under Cao Qi immediately jumped up, put on their helmets and ran out. They were wearing leather armor, so they didn't have to take off at night. The horses were also beside the tent, so they rushed out and jumped onto the horses to gather outside.

Cao Qi had already rode his horse to the nearby hills at this time. It was already bright, but the sun had not yet risen. He raised his telescope and looked at the north horizon. He had been awakened by the vibrations from the ground before. After all, his two-year military career has also made him develop an extremely alert habit, even with one eye open when he was sleeping.

Of course, Cao Qi was still unable to compare with the veterans in the cavalry battalion. There were quite a few people who woke up earlier than him. Moreover, some experienced veterans could tell the approximate number of people and the direction of running from the vibrations on the ground, etc. Cao Qi was far from mastering these.

"General, the number of the opponent is no less than 5,000, so it is definitely not our cavalry. It should be the direction of attacking Baima City!" At this time, someone came forward again to report that the Song cavalry sent by Baima City is generally based on battalions, and there are no large tribes nearby, so there are no need for several battalions to cooperate, so the cavalry that came this time is definitely not the Song army.

"Five thousand!" Cao Qi was also shocked when he heard this. If the other party had only one thousand people, he might still have the confidence to leave a battle, but if the other party had five thousand people, then his number of people was not enough for the other party to get stuck in the teeth. Therefore, Cao Qi immediately turned his head and shouted: "Feither the direction of Baima City!"

With Cao Qi's order, the cavalry battalion immediately left the camp and ran towards the south. They all knew that there were cavalry coming from the north, and there must be a large number of people. Otherwise, Cao Qi would not have fled directly without even seeing the enemy.

Cao Qi and the others ran in front, and the enemy scouts behind quickly discovered their traces. An army of about a thousand people was dispatched to speed up the pursuit of Cao Qi and others. Most of the Dangxiang people had one person, two horses or even three horses. They could change horses while running, which was very conducive to long-distance raids, which also made the distance between them and Cao Qi and gradually narrowed.

"The greedy Man of Dangxiang actually wants to keep me, just dream!" Cao Qi looked at the pursuers who were getting closer and closer, but he sneered without any hesitation. Then, at his order, the entire cavalry battalion deliberately slowed down. To outsiders, it seemed that horsepower was insufficient, which was very common for cavalry, especially sometimes horses could not get effective rest when used continuously, and horsepower could easily decrease.

Seeing that the Song cavalry in front of him decreased, the Dangxiang cavalry behind him also chased him even more vigorously, shouting and waving the mace in his hands. This was also the most commonly used weapon by the Dangxiang people. After all, their weapons were not as sharp as the Song army and they could not break the Song army's armor at all. However, heavy weapons like the mace can directly kill or injure the Song army, which is worse than weapons such as swords and guns.

As the Dangxiang cavalry in the rear got closer, the atmosphere became more and more tense. The Dangxiang people in the rear were fearless. They just needed to bite the tail of the Song cavalry to reduce the speed of the opponent. The large troops in the rear could directly surround the Song cavalry and then completely eat the cavalry.

However, when they were about to catch up with the Song cavalry and the two sides were even only a hundred steps away, Cao Qi only heard a loud roar: "Take it!"

Then the Song cavalry threw black balls behind them, although they did not throw them into the Dangxiang cavalry team, and most of them were only thrown into the open space between the two armies, but the Dangxiang cavalry behind them changed their faces, and some people shouted in horror: "It's the Song army's firearm!"

It was not the first time that the Dangxiang people fought with the Song army, and they were naturally very familiar with the Song army's firearms. When they saw the black ball emitting blue smoke, many people had already recognized it as the Song army's grenade. The cavalry in front wanted to turn the horse's head so that they would not rush into the grenade. However, it was very difficult to adjust the direction under high speed. Moreover, there were more cavalry sprinting behind, so they had no time to react and directly hit the cavalry in front who was slowing down due to turning around.

As a result, before the grenade exploded, the Dangxiang cavalry behind them were in chaos, and they could not avoid the grenade in front. Many people rushed into the ground full of grenades. Then, the explosions of "boom boom boom boom~" sounded one after another, accompanied by the screams of the Dangxiang people.

In fact, the lethality of grenades is not very high, especially for cavalry riding on horses. When grenades explode on the ground, due to the barrier of war horses and the protection of leather armor, few cavalry are directly killed by grenades. What is really fatal is their speed and the trampling of cavalry in the rear when the horse is injured and falls to the ground.

Only about a hundred people in the front were affected by the explosion, but their falls blocked the cavalry in the rear and caused greater casualties. Until nearly half of the cavalry fell to the ground, the cavalry behind were divided into two and bypassed from both sides, but at this time their speed also decreased. Looking at the Song army in front, they accelerated and ran away again.

"Hahahaha~, Dangxiang Manzi follows us to eat shit!" The Song army in front saw the tragic situation of the Dangxiang people in the rear, and then many people turned around and shouted that they had seized many war horses during this period, and they could also rotate, but they could not be able to change horses when the Dangxiang people ran wildly, but the horsepower was guaranteed to be enough.

Faced with the clamor of the Song army, the Dangxiang people behind them were also scolded one after another, and cavalry immediately chased them. However, this time they did not dare to get too close, and they didn't even dare to speed too fast, for fear that the Song army would throw grenades to the ground again. After all, this thing was simply terrible to them.

Cao Qi had already seen that the Dangxiang people's troops should be about 6,000, and it seemed that they should be the vanguard. Because he had not seen a large number of cattle and sheep behind the Dangxiang cavalry to make food, there must be more Dangxiang people carrying supplies in the rear.

Thinking of this, Cao Qi immediately understood the Dangxiang people's plan. They must have wanted to take advantage of this time to raid Baima City. He was also lucky to camp on the other party's march route and discovered the other party in advance. Now his only task is to preserve his strength and then run back to Baima City to report the news.
Chapter completed!