Hsu Fengnian patted his horse and dragged his spear forward. Just as he and his horse were about to cross the battlefield, a young Beimang cavalryman fell at the edge of the battlefield. His neck had been cut by a cold saber during the charge, and blood was flowing out. The dying young cavalryman raised his arm and tried to lift the Beimang saber. Hsu Fengnian glanced at him lightly. He did not hand over his spear and continued to urge his horse forward. But soon, not far behind him, two Phantom cavalrymen nocked their bows and shot arrows at the same time. One arrow pierced through the Beimang cavalryman's saber-wielding arm, while the other pierced the young barbarian's cheek from the side. The dozen or so cavalrymen who came with Hsu Fengnian were all wearing armor, but their styles were messy. They did not look like they were from the regular border army. Most of them had a strong bandit aura that could not be concealed. The leader of the cavalrymen was still shocked when he saw Hsu Fengnian up close. He climbed down the mountain and dismounted, not daring to reveal Hsu Fengnian's identity. He knelt respectfully and said, "I, Hong Piao, am late. I cannot atone for my late arrival!"
Hsu Fengnian nodded and said, "Get up."
Hong Piao stood up and said in a low voice, "Song Diao 'er is already on his way. He has more than 1,200 cavalrymen under his command. Before he came, there was a setback and more than 300 people were purged. Among them, four of the Beimang spies were dug out."
Hsu Fengnian did not comment. He smiled playfully and said, "Dug them out?"
Hong Piao did not dare to speak. This middle-aged man, who was not very tall and honest, lowered his gaze. He did not even dare to breathe loudly, but his eyes were burning.
Hong Yuu was once the second guest minister who had trained the private cavalry of Mount Hui. Later, he parted ways with the first guest minister, Huang Fangfo. The latter was still a wild swallow who was unwilling to fly into the palace of the emperor and minister. Hong Yuu, who was more ambitious, joined Beiliang's army and hoped to make a name for himself on the battlefield in the northwest. Unfortunately, he was never put in an important position. Later, under Huangfu Jin's instructions, he infiltrated Song Diao 'er's thieves' lair. He was both an assistant and a surveillance officer. Hsu Fengnian's realm dropped greatly, but his eyesight was still there. Hong Piao and Huang Langfo had been stuck at the door of Master Realm for many years, but they couldn't break through the barrier and couldn't improve. Then, like Mi Fengjie, they were lucky enough to meet the "Great Year" of the Jianghu and finally reached the First Grade. Hong Yuu was now a true First Grade Vajra Realm martial artist. He was only one step away from the Finger Xuan Realm where one could ask for immortality with a light tap of the finger. However, it was not accurate to say that it was a great year for the emergence of dragons and snakes in Jianghu, because too many Great Grandmasters had died in the past few years. Just in the Liyang Dynasty alone, there was Wang Mingyin, who was ranked eleventh in the world, Li Chungang, the Sickly Tiger Yang Taisui, Song Nianqing of the Sword Pool, Han Shengxuan of the Human Cat, Liu Hao of the Capital, the Dragon Tree Monk of the Two Zen Temples, Xie Lingzhen of the Spring Invitation Cottage, and so on. These outstanding top masters left the banquet one after another. It was not as simple as making room for others. There were many mysterious changes that involved fate and fate, such as Wang Xianzhi's generous gift to Yu Dilong and someone in Western Shu's "usurpation" after the death of the Dragon Tree Monk.
Someone from the group of horse bandits behind Hong Yuu clicked his tongue and said in a strange tone, "Chief Hong, I just found out that your name is not Hong Biao but Hong Yuu. You still treat your brothers as outsiders, don't you think you've lost your place as a hero? Why, are your knees weak after seeing Beiliang's General Yu? "
One of the leaders of that Song Tribe mounted bandit clearly mistook the young military general on the back of the horse to be Underworld Cavalry's main general Yu Luandao. After all, for such a young border army general to be able to command ten thousand men, regardless of whether it was in Northern Mang or Northern Liang, even if he couldn't be said to be extremely rare, he could still be counted on one's fingers. For most of the horse bandits around Song Diao 'er, they only found out about the inside story after the unexpected and bloody incident. They were not disgusted by the fact that their mother's family was part of the Northern Liang Army. When they became horse bandits, who would not recognize their own family when they killed? It did not matter if you were surnamed Xu from the Northern Liang or Murong from the Northern Mang or Yelu from the Northern Mang. Whoever gave them money and good horses, whoever was generous, would be the boss. But if it was said that they had some good feelings, it was pitifully little.
Hong Yuu, who was very utilitarian, was willing to be Hsu Fengnian, the leader of the Beiliang cavalry. During this period of time in Song Diao 'er's bandit lair, he put the big picture first and endured everything silently. He had long suppressed his anger. When he heard the small leader who was not even Song Diao' er's confidant talking in his ear, his killing intent rose. Just as Hong Yuu was about to smash the poor guy's skull with one palm, Hsu Fengnian stretched out his iron spear and patted Hong Yuu's shoulder. He smiled and shook his head at him. Hsu Fengnian looked into the distance. Song Diao 'er's cavalry was about to arrive. At this time, Yu Luandao, Shi Yulu, Fan Fen, and Liulong's four horsemen also rode their horses over. They did not pay much attention to these Horse Gang bandits even though they were wearing armor and carrying swords. On the contrary, Fan Fen, who used to be a scout, was somewhat ashamed. Previously, he had only focused on killing in the battle formation and had actually missed these motley crew of riders. The Senior Commandant with evil intentions stared at these guys with gloomy eyes. Who was the best at cheating on others at the border? It was not a large group of Horse Gang swallowing up a small force, but the Beiliang Frontier Army used these Horse Gang bandits as training targets. This was similar to the Beiliang scouts going to the refugee land to kill people to train and become crossbowmen. This was especially true for the Rouge Army, which was a terrifying heavy cavalry once they put on armor. Usually, when they had nothing to do, they would go out of the pass with light armor and light cavalry. They liked to scatter into groups of a hundred to search for Horse Gang bandits outside the Great Wall. They did not carry cold swords or crossbows, but all carried iron spears. That was not all. The other Wei Xiong Army had a popular catchphrase even in the Southern Beimang Dynasty. It was called, "Fatten up and then kill until the end of the year." It meant that every time the Wei Xiong Army received information from the Beiliang crossbowmen, if there were not more than a thousand Horse Gang bandits, they would not pay attention to them and would deliberately "raise a tiger to invite calamity." However, once they received information that there were more than a thousand Horse Gang bandits, they would randomly pick a day before the end of the year and march straight in to kill all of them.
When Hsu Fengnian appeared alone, the few Horse Gang bandits behind Hong Yuu did not feel much and dared to put on airs. However, when Yu Luandao and his four horses stood side by side, the natural gap between the Horse Gang and the Beiliang Frontier Army was immediately revealed.
Hsu Fengnian said softly to Yu Luandao, "There will be 1,200 Horse Gang bandits appearing soon. Although we are allies in name, it is hard to say if there will be any accidents. Bring 1,000 Ghost Riders over first, and we will plan for the worst. "
Fan Fen was eager to try and secretly swallowed back the honorific "Prince" that was at the tip of his tongue. He shouted with all his might, "The 400 men I have are enough. It was not easy to kill in the first place. My brothers are itching to kill!"
Yu Luandao did not act on his own. He looked at Hsu Fengnian and the latter smiled and nodded.
Fan Fen did not need to give any orders. When he raised his arm high and made a gesture of gently clenching and unclenching his fist to the west, the 400 scouts immediately surged forward like a tide.
This clearly showed that he was showing off his strength, causing the dozen or so Horse Gang bandits outside of Hong Yuu to involuntarily retreat.
Yu Luandao glanced at these Horse Gang bandits, who were fine in small scale battles, but would be difficult for large scale cavalry. He came to Hsu Fengnian's side and gave him a questioning look.
Hsu Fengnian explained, "The Horse Gang is very familiar with the territory outside the mouth of the gourd. They can provide a place for our army to rest and reorganize."
Yu Luandao heaved a sigh of relief and said happily, "If these bandits can really succeed, I dare not say anything else, but even against the ten thousand Rouran cavalry, our three thousand two hundred cavalry will not only be able to recoup our losses, we will definitely have a surplus."
An hour later.
More than a thousand cavalry came whistling from the distance. With the arrival of the main force of Song Diao 'er's Horse Gang, the dozen or so cavalry behind Hong Yuu grew bolder. Among them, the more impetuous and violent ones even dared to glare angrily at the 400 Youzhou scouts.
Of course, this was already the greatest boldness they could muster. As for actually drawing their swords against the scouts, that was something they would not dare to do even if they were given a few more guts. In this period of time, the entire Liang Mang border was rumored to be crazy and valiant. The Horse Gang, who paid the most attention to their keen sense of smell, naturally would not miss out on this matter. They set out from Youzhou to the northern part of Jizhou, and finally rushed all the way to the north of the mouth of the gourd. The young Generals called Yu Luandao had beaten the 10,000 Rouran cavalry of Beimang down to only three to four thousand. Among the enemies they had already fought, there were the two senior generals on the eastern front of the Beimang, the Huguan, Changyu and Binglu, which were the three major military towns on the border of Longyao Province. Moreover, they were about to face the hunting of the two "Jabo" generals in autumn and winter. Hong Jingyan would personally lead 10,000 Rouran cavalry north to intercept them, and they would also have to deal with the "Chun Jabo" urgently rushing from the west to the mouth of the gourd. Of the four "Jabo" generals, other than Xia Jabo, who was still on the grasslands, and Yelu Yuhu, a member of the imperial family, the other three were all people who had the potential to become Beimang Great Generals. It was just a matter of who could reach the top first. All of them had come for Yu Luandao's head. There was also a rumor that whoever could wipe out the Youzhou cavalry would be able to bring Yu Luandao's head to the western capital of the southern court to have an audience with the Emperor, becoming the second Beimang Great General after Dong Zhuo to be able to raise an unlimited number of private armies!
When the thousand-some Horse Gang saw the four hundred Youzhou scouts in front of them, they quickly reined in their horses and cursed out one after another.
Hsu Fengnian said to Hong Yuu, "You and I will go together."
As the two rode forward, Hsu Fengnian calmly asked, "Mount Qingliang sent a total of six experts. You only know the identities of three. Of the three, how many died?"
Hong Yuu replied, "Only one died in battle after falling out with the Spiderweb spies. This general received orders from Youzhou's General Huangfu not to reveal my identity too early, so I did not act. But this general secretly intercepted and killed sixteen riders who snuck out of the Horse Gang's lair. They were all Beimang barbarians. "
Meanwhile, Yu Luandao had quietly returned to the battlefield.
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