The group set off from Rongzhou, and after only two days of walking, the Song army really appeared again. However, this time the Manichaean army was also prepared, and as soon as they saw the Song army come out, Zhao Cao immediately led the cavalry to meet it.

Yang Yan saw that the Manichaean army also sent cavalry to deal with him this time, and immediately ordered that all the Song troops should turn their horses, turn around and leave. Seeing this, Zhao Cao hurriedly ordered Zhang Xingjiang and Lu Qi to continue to escort the large camp in Renxiu County in front of the vehicle, and led the cavalry to pursue the Song army. Because since the Song army has been discovered, it cannot be easily let go, and it is always a danger to keep them in the Manichaean army, and it is best to eliminate this Song army and never suffer in the future.

Two armies of cavalry galloped across the wilderness, one after the other. In fact, the quality of the Song army's horses and the horseman's riding skills were far above the Manichaean army, but Yang Yan deliberately asked the soldiers to control the speed, so he did not throw the Manichaean army away, and the two armies always maintained a distance of fifty or sixty paces. And from time to time, the Song army turned around and shot arrows, and the Manichaean army behind continued to have people hit arrows and fell from the horses to the ground, and they were immediately trampled into pulp by the war horses rushing up from behind.

Although there were also soldiers of the Manichaean army who fired arrows at the Song army, there were too few people in the Manichaean army who could shoot arrows on horseback, and the sparseness did not pose much of a threat to the Song army. Although the losses of the Manichaean army were not large, the fact that they could only be beaten and could not fight back still greatly affected the morale of the Manichaean army.

Zhao Cao was so angry with the Song army's style of play that it was close to Yuan Lai, but he was helpless, and he was reluctant to give up this opportunity to pursue the Song army. But the quality of the horses and the horsemanship of the soldiers cannot be compensated for by the power of faith. The chase between the two sides ran for more than thirty miles in one go, and at least more than 100 soldiers in the Manichaean army fell off their horses because they could not drive the horses running at high speed. Not only that, but even in a fast run, the Song army was able to maintain a basic formation, while the Manichaean army had long since become an army. However, Zhao Cao was only concerned about pursuing the Song army at this time, and he had not yet discovered this situation.

However, the change in the situation has not escaped Yang Yan's eyes, seeing that the time has come, Yang Yan immediately ordered, and the formation of the Song army suddenly split into two and became two teams. Then the distance between the two Song armies became wider and wider. Zhao Cao couldn't help but be a little strange: What is Song Jun planning to do? Is it to run separately? So what should you do, whether to separate and chase or just one of them. If you only chase one of them, then you should chase that one?

Before Zhao Cao could figure it out, the formation of the Song army was separated again, from two to four, and from four to eight, and each dispersed.

At this time, Zhao Cao suddenly discovered that the Manichaean army chasing the Song army did not know when, and Jing was also dragged by the Song army and divided into several groups of men and horses to chase after him. However, the Song army was divided into eight teams, and each team was equal in size, between two and three hundred, while the Manichaean army pursued in separate numbers, with the largest number of six or seven hundred men and the smallest only a hundred or hundred. Unconsciously, the Manichaean army had been led by the nose by the Song army, and completely entered the pace of the Song army.

Zhao Cao was taken aback, knowing that something was wrong, he hurriedly ordered to stop the pursuit of the Song army, and all the horses gathered and regrouped. But it was too late, because the Manichaean army was also dispersed into seven or eight teams, and except for the soldiers who followed Zhao Cao, his orders could not be passed on at all. At this time, the Song army turned around and killed, and the Song army continued to flee, causing the Manichaean army to continue to stay away from the battlefield.

The quality of the cavalry of the Manichaean army was originally inferior to that of the Song army, and now there is no formation, a mess, where the counterattack of the Song army is blocked, and the two small Manichaean armies have just engaged the Song army, and they are suddenly rushed by the Song army. Zhao Cao still had six or seven hundred people around him, which was the largest number of Manichaean troops after being dispersed, and at this time he also hurriedly stopped the chase and rushed over to rescue another Manichaean army that was attacked by the Song army. But when he arrived with his men and horses, the Song army did not entangle with them, immediately stopped fighting, turned and ran away.

Zhao Cao was so angry that he gritted his teeth and was about to give the order to pursue, when suddenly there was a big chaos behind him, and when he looked back, it turned out that there was a Song army that was carrying their rear team to kill at some point. Zhao Cao's rear team was defenseless, and was killed at once. Zhao Cao hurriedly led the army back to meet the Song army, but when they all turned their heads, the Song army also stopped attacking, turned around and ran away. Zhao Cao was about to catch up, and suddenly another Song army came up on the left side, and Zhao Cao was suddenly busy, and he didn't know how to attack the Song army along the way.

And the eight teams of men and horses scattered by the Song army were divided and merged in this way, advancing and retreating, or the right army rushed to the left, or the left army rushed to the right, just changing strangely, galloping back and forth. For sporadic squads, they used three or two Song armies to encircle and annihilate them together, and when the large groups of men and horses attacked, they scattered and fled, never confronting the Manichaean army's brigade head-on. After a few rounds of shocks, he elbowed the Manichaean army into confusion and was powerless to fight back. In less than an hour, the Manichaean army lost most of its ranks, and the rest of the defeated remnants fled one after another.

After Zhao Cao realized this, he saw things too simply, thinking that organizing a cavalry army could fight against Yang Yan's cavalry. But they did not know that the tactical organization and command of the cavalry army was far more complicated than that of the infantry army. The tactics of the Song army seemed simple and easy, but this not only required the soldiers to have good training quality, but also required the commanders of the whole army to have a cool head, an excellent view of the overall situation, and a keen sense of observation and judgment, both of which were indispensable.

Thinking that Yang Yan led a group of rabble to defend the city in Hengshan, it had already made Manichaeism have nothing to do, and now it is the most elite Sanya forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty who is guarding Renxiu County, plus a general with excellent command ability like Yang Yan, Zhao Cao finally realized that what Lai Wenzheng said was not wrong, and attacking Jingjiang Mansion was indeed a mistake.

Yang Yan saw that the Manichaean army had retreated, and he did not chase after him, but just gathered the whole army and counted the losses, and there were less than 200 soldiers killed in the battle. After the whole army rested briefly, and after bandaging the wounds, he led the men and horses to pursue the food convoy of the Manichaean army.

Although there were 5,000 men and horses escorted this time, and although Zhang Xingjiang and Lu Qi led the Manichaean army to resist desperately, they were still unable to guard against it under the repeated impact of the Song army's scattered five or six teams of men and horses, moving left and right, and moving forward and backward. One by one, the vehicles were set on fire, and the soldiers were getting fewer and fewer. However, Zhao Cao's cavalry finally won a lot of valuable time for the transportation team, and the Manichaean army fought and retreated, and finally ushered in the men and horses that met in Pingdan. Yang Yan saw that the brigade of the Manichaean army had arrived, so he ordered the army to retreat.

This trip to the Manichaean army finally delivered half of the grain, grass, and supplies. The loss of men and horses escorted by the improper escort reached 3,000 people, of which Zhao Cao's cavalry suffered the greatest loss, and only more than 800 people remained in the camp.

Zhong Shi, Zhao Cao, and Lai Wenzheng sat in the camp, looking at each other and saying nothing. Even Zhongshi is gone, and the flying god when he first sent out the army came. This time, half of the grain and grass supplies were delivered, so what about next time? Without the cover of the cavalry, can the next grain and grass be delivered again?

Moreover, in the past few days, the siege of the Manichaean army has also been very unsmooth, although the moat has been filled in with the scriptures, and there are such equipment as kicking ladders and crashing cars, but the Song army's defensive strength is far from being comparable to the rabble of Hengshan. After several days of siege of the city, under the strict and layered defense of the Song army, the Manichaean army lost more than 10,000 troops, but it did not even stare at the wall of Renxiu County.

When the three on the right were at a loss, the Manichaean leader Zhong Ziyu had already captured the entire Yongzhou region, and after learning that the war in Renxiu County was unfavorable, he left Chen Ziming and Zhong Zhenxian to deal with the aftermath in Yongzhou, and personally led 10,000 horses to Renxiu County to reinforce them.

"Yang Yan, it's Yang Yan again." After listening to the three of them introduce the unfavorable situation of the Manichaean army's attack on Renxiu County during this period of time, Zhong Xiaoang couldn't help but sigh at the sky, he didn't even see it when he was in Guizhou, and now this person has become a big trouble for Manichaeism. These few times the use of soldiers was bad in his hands.

But it's useless to say anything now, Zhong Ziang said: "Now there is news in Lin'an, the Song Dynasty plans to mobilize a large army to Guangnan again, and it will send troops in about a year." Now that it's December, we can't capture Renxiu County, what should we do next? Whether to continue the attack on Nyoxiu, or to withdraw the troops. If the attack on Renxiu County continues, can Jingjiang Mansion be captured before the Song Dynasty sends troops, and if the troops are withdrawn, then what should be done about it? If you have any ideas, you may wish to speak directly, and everyone will refer to them together. ”

There was silence in the big tent for a while, and Lai Wenzheng saw that Zhong Ziyu was signaling himself with his eyes, so he coughed lightly and said, "My subordinates have a little shallow opinion, and I don't know if it's appropriate." ”

Zhong Ziang smiled and said, "Mr. Lai has something to say, even if he says it directly, yes or no, everyone will discuss it together." ”

Lai Wenzheng said: "Now it seems that the Song army is quite tightly guarded in the area of Jingjiang Mansion, and it is difficult to capture it for a while. And it will also hit the morale of my holy religion and the morale of the army. ”