Chapter 198 First Goal

As the horse was circling around, Xue Bing looked at the corpse on the ground and felt a little happy. But in a blink of an eye, he saw a few war horses being shot like hedgehogs, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart!

Looking back, the cavalry under his command were sorting out the battlefield. He led the horses of the unowned Cao army aside and then pulled them into his cavalry. He gathered up the arrows and piled up the bodies of the Cao soldiers together.

Of course, it is inevitable to get some useful things.

Just as he was watching, he suddenly heard Mi Fang's voice beside him, so he turned his head and asked, "Have you calculated the results of the battle?"

Mi Fang tied the horse and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Return to the general, the final general has completed the results of the battle. There were 206 cavalrymen in Cao's army, of which 136 were shot and killed by arrows, and the other 54 were dropped and trampled to death by the war horse.

Sixteen other people were not dead when they found out, and I have ordered the soldiers to kill them."

Xue Bing nodded and asked, "Where is the war horse?"

Mi Fang replied after hearing this: "Cao's army's 206 horses were killed. Seventy-four of them were shot and killed by our army in the melee."

When Xue Bing heard this, the muscles on her face couldn't help but twitch, and sighed in her heart: "Seventy-four horses, how great it would be if these seventy-four horses could be left behind!" This is because the horse of Cao's army is a good horse in the north, which is most suitable for cavalry combat.

Not to mention that Xue Bing is now pursuing a horse's foot power. One more horse is equivalent to one more effort.

Turning his head, seeing Mi Fang sitting on the horse straight, he ordered him: "Tell me to order the intact horses into our army, and the dead horses were killed on the spot. When I find a safe place, I will make a fire and make food. Today.

We eat horse meat!”

Mi Fang was happy when she heard this and hurriedly said, "Get orders!" But he had been following Xue Bing for so many days, and he had been inspecting the hinterland of Guanzhong, and he always used dry food to fill his hunger, but he had never touched meat for a long time.

Afterwards, the 700 cavalry led by Xue Bing buried the bodies of Cao's soldiers on the spot, carrying the spoils - the horse meat of seventy-four dead horses, and one hundred and thirty-two war horses ran down the east and south.

According to Xue Bing's speculation, these 200 Cao army cavalry are likely to be the vanguard of the Cao army. Since the vanguard of the horse is here, the vanguard of the Cao army should be not far away.

According to Mi Fang's previous statement, the Cao army's local vanguard troops were composed of a large group of cavalry. Then, this vanguard troops pose a greater threat to their cavalry unit with less than a thousand people than the team behind them.

Therefore, Xue Bing now sent a siege to carefully investigate the location of Cao's army. While hoping that his troops could bypass this Cao's vanguard.

Originally, if Xue Bing had planned, even if his cavalry encountered the cavalry of the Cao army, he wouldn't have to be too afraid. Because the cavalry and shooting troops were just fighting and running, and they were comparing who had the stronger endurance. At this point.

On average, each person is equipped with 700 cavalry with three war horses. They should not be afraid of Cao's army at all.

However, after the small-scale battle just now, Xue Bing knew that the combat effectiveness of his cavalry was not enough to engage in a head-on battle with the elite Cao army cavalry.

Recalling the small-scale battle just now, Xue Bing's original intention was to treat it as a training for practicing tactics.

Therefore, as soon as both sides discovered each other, Xue Bing immediately ordered the seven hundred cavalry to be divided into two teams, scattering towards both sides of the Cao army's cavalry in a fan-shaped formation.

This action made the Cao army's cavalry stunned for a moment.

Originally, when this cavalry found a large group of cavalry appeared in front of him, his heart suddenly sniffed and he shouted inwardly: "My life is over!" It was because although Xue Bing's cavalry had only 700 people, they had more than 2,000 war horses.

From a distance, I can't tell which of the empty horses were. Therefore, these Cao soldiers rushed towards the opposite side of the army.

When the number of opponents was found to be much higher than that of our own, the Cao army immediately divided the cavalry, turned around and prepared to flee to the rear so that the brigade could notify the situation behind.

However, in this moment, the cavalry on the opposite side suddenly divided into two teams and ran toward him. "Are they going to surround our army?" This was the first thought that arose in the mind of the cavalry of Cao's army.

But this idea had not yet disappeared, and dense arrows had already fallen down like a huge swath. These Cao soldiers looked at the arrows like locusts in the sky, and had no time to take any protection.

Countless cavalrymen were shot into hedgehogs.

I don’t know if Xue Bingdi’s luck was so good. This first suppressive attack actually shot all the cavalrymen who were preparing to report the news. But when Cao’s army wanted to send others again, it was too late.

Because Xue Bing's seven hundred cavalry had completely rushed to both sides of the two hundred cavalry, and was moving in a circular shape, constantly shooting sharp arrows in his hands into the Cao army's cavalry formation.

However, this was the first actual combat of this army, and the accuracy of the arrow was a little bit worse. Xue Bing held a war horse and hid in the cavalry formation, observing the performance of his army coldly.

When he found that many arrows did not hit a Cao soldier and then fell to the ground with all his strength, his frown became tighter and tighter.

"It's not possible to continue like this. If you are so accurate, how can you cause enough damage to the Cao army? If you encounter a large number of Cao army, you may have shot all the arrows and the Cao army has not lost more than half of it!" However, this archery technique can't be practiced overnight, and there is no way at the moment. You have to let these soldiers practice more to improve accuracy.

However, this tactic that has not yet appeared in history has initially shown its extraordinary qualities.

I saw that the team of Cao's cavalry was sandwiched between these 700 cavalry, and the left and right could not conflict, because the arrows shot from the left and right kept making it impossible for them to attack on both sides.

If you want to rush out of the clamp with the power of the cavalry, the side of the baiting team is also a cavalry, and the opponent has not been attacked at all. It is much more convenient and faster than the one on your side in movement.

I saw the cavalry going to the left, right, forward or turn toward the direction to escape, but they were always sandwiched between the two cavalry teams, but they maintained a certain distance during this period, and the two cavalry teams kept firing the sharp arrows in their hands at the Cao army in the middle.

The battle lasted for more than half an hour, with the final result of the destruction of Cao's army.

Although Xue Bing was dissatisfied with many things in the process, his side destroyed a Cao army cavalry of 200 people without losing one man and one horse, which also gave him more confidence in his future actions.

Sitting on the horse and thinking about the battle situation just now, Xue Bing said to himself: "From the lonely Cao army to explore the horse in the future, let the soldiers practice more. I think that within half a month, it will be able to form enough combat power!"

After making up his attention, he happened to find a large forest in front of him. Xue Bing turned his head and said to Mi Fang: "Do you know the forest ahead?"

Mi Fang looked up and smiled and said, "Go back to General, that forest is where you got lost when you were last general. This forest is lush and extremely vast, it is a good place to hide!"

When Xue Bing heard this, he thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, I will be ordered. The entire army entered the forest, so we will use this as a temporary place to live.

"But he saw that the forest was extremely dense, and even if he raised the fire inside, he could not see the fire outside, so he made this decision.

But as soon as this said, Mi Fang said, "General, it has been said in ancient times that no one should come in a forest. This is true for people, let alone the army calls me?"

Xue Bing said, "However, there is no place to hide here. If our army camps on the plains, it is inevitable that Cao's army will find it, so they have to go into the forest to rest."

Mi Fang was speechless when she heard this, but she couldn't think of any place nearby for the army to hide. She had to shut her mouth and quietly follow Xue Bing to the dense forest...

After a few days, seven hundred riders rested in the forest for a full three days. Of these three days, the seven hundred riders ate horse meat, animals hunted in the forest, or some wild vegetables. The dry food she carried with her didn't move much.

In the past few days, the horse exploration also roughly understood the movements of the nearby Cao army, and finally gave Xue Bing an impression of the general distribution of Cao army. He no longer ran around this area like a blind man with his eyes open, for fear that he would encounter Cao army's brigade by accident.

Looking at the map, simply marking the distribution of several large armies of Cao's army on it, Xue Bing was thinking about where his cavalry should be.

While thinking about it, Mi Fang hurriedly came and said, "General, I'll report to the Ma Ma, and found the supply route of Cao's army!"

Xue Bing was shocked when he heard the news and hurriedly said, "Is what Zi Fang said true?"

Mi Fang hurriedly said, "Returning to the general is only the supply route of the Cao army's vanguard! Not his brigade!"

Xue Bing was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then smiled and said, "No matter which army he has to offer, please tell me quickly!" Mi Fang then told all the reports from the horses.

It turned out that during these days, Xue Bing's horse exploration had already found the distribution of Cao's army's troops. The vanguard troops were composed of 10,000 cavalry and a few infantry, and now they have reached the east of Jingyang. However, they did not attack Jingyang.

First, because the cavalry is not suitable for siege. Second, because a team of horses suddenly disappeared a few days ago, so they dare not act rashly.

The main force of the Cao army was stationed in Gaoling, with about 25,000 people. In addition, Feng Sa also stationed nearly 10,000 troops, but in order to ensure supply from the rear of the Cao army.

As for what Mi Fang said now, it is because the vanguards of the Cao army are all cavalry and their mobility is strong, but because they cannot carry a large amount of food and grass, the food and grass need to be continuously transported by the follow-up troops.

What the explorer found was this grain transport force.

After hearing this, Xue Bing said to Mi Fang: "Can you know how many soldiers and horses are there? Where are you now?"

Mi Fang said: "There are about two thousand Cao soldiers accompanying him, all of whom are infantry. Now, more than one hundred miles away, you can reach the location where the Cao army's vanguard is stationed in about three days."
Chapter completed!