In the wilderness, the sound of horses' hooves seemed to be absent, and more than a dozen knights scattered in the field spread a full distance of several miles, climbing high to explore the forest, and the staggered landing. On the surface, these dozen people are different in posture and speed, but there seems to be an invisible net connecting them, each person acts as a node in the net, and the lack of one is not coordinated.

A qualified scout is not just a simple way to gallop and come and go quickly, scouts are not only the eyes of the army, but also the fingers, their role is not only reflected in the search of enemy traces, but also needs to have a good ability to identify celestial phenomena, geography, hydrology and many other aspects.

And even if it's just a seemingly simple ride, it's full of technical details. Because scouts often have to travel great distances, and the routes are intricate to uncover valuable clues to the greatest extent, horses are their most important means of transportation, which requires a good understanding of horse nature.

This understanding is not only reflected in the mastery of horsemanship, but also in horse control rather than horse riding. They not only need good speed, but also ensure that the horses have sufficient physical strength and explosive power at all times, and they can withdraw as soon as possible when danger comes.

Therefore, a truly good scout is definitely the best choice in a thousand, and it is the most high-end and scarce talent in the army. For example, the dozen or so people in front of them, they seem to be lazy and wandering aimlessly, but in the eyes of those who really know how to do it, they are fierce and vigilant wolves, whether it is to avoid their tracking or round them up, it is an extremely difficult thing.

Of course, even in the Kahu army, such excellent scout candidates are quite scarce.

After passing through a densely vegetated slope, the scattered formation gradually contracted, gathering in a low-lying meadow below the slope, and there were still four horsemen wandering outside, while the remaining knights dismounted on the grass to drink and eat, and others loosened the saddle belt, and their big hands regularly patted the slightly stiff muscles of the horse's body to relax the force.

Scouts are boring and heavy, but they are irreplaceable, and they are always in a dangerous environment, and when there is a change, it often means a catastrophe, such as the present.

The people on the grass were talking in a low voice and summarizing what they had searched, and suddenly there were a few inconspicuous noises in one direction, which ordinary people often ignored, but for these scouts who wandered on the edge of life and death all day long, these strange noises were no less than thunder.

Within a few breaths, everyone turned over on their horses, and the bows, knives and arrows that had been concentrated on the backs of a few horses in order to save horsepower were also passed into everyone's hands. Then he looked in the direction where the strange noise came, and saw that the scout in that direction was gone, and only a horse was left lying limply on the grass.

Seeing this scene, everyone felt even more in their hearts, and being able to solve a scout so quickly showed that the other party must have been an experienced and premeditated ambush.

"Withdraw!"

The leader of the scouts let out a low roar, and then a dozen horses formed a sharp arrow and rushed straight in the direction of his companion's death. They are not for revenge, but no matter what the scale of the ambush, the first place to attack must be the weakest place, and there is the greatest hope of breaking through from this direction.

Sure enough, by the time the scouts began to charge, the rest of the parties had already heard the neighing of horses and the sound of horses' hooves, and a total of more than twenty horsemen rushed out of the grass, stabbing out diagonally from the left and right.

The distance between the two sides is still more than ten zhang, but the ambusher's arrows have broken through the air, and the battle between the two sides has changed from extremely static to extremely moving, even if it is just a stray arrow, once it hits, it will inevitably be pierced.

And in this critical moment, it is not suitable to swing the knife and slash the arrows, once the knight's range of action is too large, the horse's charge will be greatly affected, once there is no speed, it will definitely die!

Therefore, the dozen or so knights immediately crouched on the horse's back, and at the same time drew the bow and pulled the string, and within a few moments, they rushed out of a distance of several zhang, and the three people in front of them shot in the direction of their charge, and the horse's speed soared to an extremely terrifying speed for a while, almost following the arrows!

But the other party's ambushers are also very experienced, there are two people in front of them, and it seems that they can't resist the impact of the scouts, but these two people have a full sense of courage, instead of retreating, they slapped the back of the knife on the horse's buttocks with their backhand, and stably controlled the reins with one hand, and collided directly with them!

The distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, and the two ambushers took advantage of the galloping of their horses and suddenly flew out of their horses. Falling off the horse at such a high speed, it can be a broken tendon or a broken tendon, or a life.

However, the two of them were as light as nothing, and their limbs suddenly contracted through a short period of stagnation, and at the moment they landed, they grabbed the turf with both hands and pulled it hard, and then rolled out several feet away from the back, just in a thickest growing grass, their bodies shook, and they quickly drowned in it.

It turns out that since the beginning of the attack, every action and effect has been carefully calculated, and it is still without destroying the surrounding environment! You must know that those scouts are also experienced, and once they leave any traces of attention, it is impossible for them not to be discovered.

The speed of the two ownerless war horses had climbed to the extreme, and it was impossible for them to change direction in such a short period of time, and the dozen or so scouts were also dumbfounded when they saw this scene.

Especially the first few in the line, it is true that they were able to avoid the two galloping horses in the shortest time, but the comrades who charged behind would subconsciously follow them, and that was the direction in which the ambushers were coming.

The more critical it is, the more it can show the strength of the elite soldiers. At this moment, the rear team suddenly shot two feather arrows, directly piercing the neck of the galloping horse in front, and the huge momentum directly stopped the crazy galloping horse's speed, and then the horse's body was thrown horizontally.

"Up!"

The scouts roared in their mouths, and the galloping war horses under their crotches suddenly rose into the air, like a flying dragon out of the water and directly stepped over the two horse bodies, the knight clamped the horse's belly with both knees, and lifted the reins of the horse in his hand, and the great impact of the war horse after landing was slow, and the speed was almost unaffected and galloped forward.

It would have been a shame if only one or two people had done this amazing operation, but the entire squad, especially the knights in the rear, had no vision to refer to at all, and only relied on the judgment of their companions' behavior, which showed the elite of this scout team.

But this exquisite skill is destined to be unapplauded, after all, the ambusher has the first mover advantage, the greatest significance of the sacrifice of the two war horses is to buy them time for the second arrow, another wave of arrows rain broke through the air, and at this time, this scout team in order to avoid the oncoming war horses, but still did not fire, and even the previous preparation to draw the bow was abandoned.

A small group of elite cavalry faced each other in a narrow way, one side had already fired two arrows, but the other side had not fired a single arrow, and there was no need to guess what the result would be. This second wave of arrows directly knocked down seven or eight scouts, and the fall of these seven or eight scouts and war horses dragged down the tacit understanding of the entire team, and they were soon embellished by the charge of the ambushers.

The two sides kept moving at high speed, and made all kinds of difficult tossing and turning movements in the confined space on horseback, Rao was in this extremely unfavorable situation, and the carrot scouts still killed four or five of the ambushers.

From the beginning to the end of the battle, it was only a hundred breaths, but the final battle ended more than a mile away, which shows the fast pace and fierce process of this battle!

The final result of the battle was that the Karma Scout Squad was completely wiped out. And the ambushers also paid the price of three lives, so in this bloody environment, curses frequently sounded.

"Don't gossip, quickly cut and evacuate!"

The leader of the ambushers interrupted the curses and grumblings of the crowd with a low roar, and ordered in a low voice.

So the group of people sped up, turned up the corpses of the scouts from the pool of blood, stripped them of all kinds of valuable items on their bodies and horses, and then easily cut off the calloused fingers of these scouts because of the reins, and then gathered all kinds of loot in one place, and quickly evacuated the place, leaving only a cruel and bloody killing scene.

Similar scenes are not alone, especially in the past few days, they have been frequently staged in the fields between Yecheng and Fangtou. Those hunters and the hunted may not be clear, but Ma Qiu, the main general of the town guarding Ye City, is dripping blood in pain.

"In just four or five days, more than 400 scouts were expelled! Tell me, why is this happening? ”

In the tent of the military camp in Yecheng, which was still a little shabby, Ma Qiu's face was pale, his eyes were bloodshot, and he had a vicious expression that was about to be devoured. Scouts are scattered all over the world, and it is normal to be intercepted and hunted, but to concentrate and lose so many elite scouts in such a short period of time is even more unbearable than losing a big battle!

Although there are many elite soldiers in the middle of the horse and the string, it is precisely because of this that the elite of the elite who can be selected as scouts are the elite of the elite, each of whom is a pawn who can be a ten. Even among these hunted scouts, there are two Xiaoshuai of the Qianghu among them, they are in the background of the Qiangzhong, and even Ma Qiu, the henchman of Shi Hu, is jealous.

And in addition to the loss of personnel, more importantly, the state of Karma no longer has the advantage of monitoring the various situations in the south. In other words, what action the southern thief is brewing at the moment, Ma Qiu has no way of knowing.

You must know that before this, due to the strong advantage in cavalry, although the country was in a weak defense, it was able to know the dynamics of the southern thieves well. In terms of confrontation and investigation of the enemy's situation, the southern thief is not the opponent of the country at all!

So in the face of such a situation, Ma Qiu was really distressed and flustered, and his anger was inclinating towards his generals without reservation.

And those generals are also not lacking in grievances: "If you really face the battle, the southern thieves are weak and weak, and they will definitely be the opponents of our army!" But at present, the southern thieves are collaborating with the surrounding bandits, and the huge goods are buying scouts for people's lives, and those bandits are all wandering ghosts, and they are not inferior to our army in all aspects, really, really, ......really."

"What a joke! I have tens of thousands of soldiers, do I have to be restrained by these thieves and ants? Whatever method you use, be sure to find out what the thief wants! ”

Ma Qiu roared irritably, although there was no lack of slander against those bandits in his words, but in fact, he also knew in his heart how difficult these bandits were, because even before he served as a guest of Shihumen and did not officially command the army, he was also reused because he was a bandit who committed crimes in Hebei and collected goods for Shihu.

"The southern thief is only the wealth! In vain, they are overwhelming, but they do not dare to fight a decisive battle with our army in the field, and even this kind of trick must be used. Quickly contact the thieves who are close to our army, and tell them that if they help me fight back, I will show their name to the Lord, and I will be able to rule the county! ”