It's a pity that heroes often have bad luck when they meet scoundrels. The cavalry behind had just rushed to within two hundred meters of the chariot formation, and as if they had fallen into an evil spirit, their horses kept falling. At first, no one paid attention, but after more and more horses fell down, they all had to stop the momentum of the charge, and when they turned around, they saw that another batch fell.

There was something strange on the ground, and the panic lasted only a moment before someone noticed something strange. It's not that the enemy knows how to do magic, but that the ground is covered with sharp iron thorns.

It's so cloudy that these iron thorns less than two inches tall are really invisible when they are thrown on dirt roads and grass, but they are not ambiguous at all when they tie up horses' hooves and people. It's a, think about how to get out of this area full of iron thorns.

The Suzhou cavalry on the right did not have the interference of the thistle, but they were greeted more warmly. Giant crossbows about the same height as a man suddenly shot over, cutting through several large gaps in the forward formation of the charge.

With these terrifying giant crossbows, they finally rushed to within 100 meters, and a black thing flew out of the car formation. Some of them burst into the air suddenly, and small pieces of broken iron slag rained down on them, not necessarily killing people, but they had to be bloody.

Most of them exploded after they hit the ground, and the sound was crisper than thunder, louder than a whip whistle, and it would kick up a cloud of dust and mixed with the hurtful iron slag.

The Uighur horses had never heard such a frightening noise, and many of them were startled and ran and jumped around. Anyone who approaches the formation will be shot down by a crossbow arrow, and those who are busy controlling their mounts will also be targeted by a siege crossbow. More than 1,000 horsemen dispersed before they could get close to the engagement distance, and more than 30% of them suffered casualties.

Seeing that the two partial armies were frustrated one after another but did not hurt the car formation at all, the Suzhou generals on the front were finally able to assess the situation of the battlefield more objectively, and soon sounded the horn of retreat, and ran westward at a speed similar to that when they came.

But the hundreds of horsemen who were dragging behind couldn't escape, and they were intercepted by the Qingtang soldiers who came out of the car formation. Just now they were outnumbered, but now they can finally bully more and less, Tsering Gongduo and his subordinates held their stomachs, and even forgot to capture more prisoners and exchange benefits for Lord Shuaisi, and the Tribulus District couldn't take care of it, and chased and killed for more than half an hour before gradually closing the team.

Hong Tao didn't pay attention to Tsering Gongduo's madness, and he needed to vent on the battlefield. As for whether the Qingtang soldiers will have big losses, it's none of their business, anyway, they don't treat people very seriously, this is culturally doomed, and it is difficult to change.

Taking advantage of this time, Hong Tao looked around on the battlefield, wanting to see what was the difference between the Suzhou soldiers and the Liangzhou soldiers, and maybe he could find some useful information from them.

As a result, the equipment of the Suzhou soldiers was different from the Western Xia army encountered in Liangzhou and Ganzhou. They rarely wore heavy armor, and a few pieces of iron on the leather armor were considered to be of general rank.

They also don't use a recurve bow, but use a wooden bow made of tree branches, using a horsetail as a bowstring, which is shorter than the English longbow, and the effective killing range is only tens of meters. No wonder they were so brave but couldn't defeat the Tanguts, it should be due to the gap in equipment.

War is a contest of comprehensive strength, and it is necessary to have mental strength, equipment support, and the support of the national economy, and it is only possible to win a war with reasonable command, and it is useless to only one-sidedly emphasize a certain strong point.

"How far is it from Suzhou?" The Uighur soldiers in Suzhou were indeed fierce, and they were wounded and had their arms cut by a scimitar. If it weren't for the sturdy armor, his shoulders would have been chopped to pieces.

"Thirty miles...... My lord, the last general ...... "After the madness, Tsering Gongdo also calmed down, hundreds of prisoners were gone, and he lost the battle, for fear that Lord Shuai Si would be guilty."

"Go to the front highlands and camp for a night, and then go to Suzhou tomorrow. Gondo, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and it takes a trench to grow a wisdom. It's better to be careful in the future, and don't underestimate the enemy. ”

Lesson Tsering Gondo? Hong Tao really doesn't have this leisure. I don't want to plot against Xi Luosa's younger brother, it's too risky to do that, and I haven't gained anything yet, so I can't get it.

"Official, it's just over yet, why don't you go to Suzhou City for the night." Wang Da didn't quite understand Hong Tao's order, this noon, only thirty miles to Suzhou, how good it is to be in one go, why do you have to drag it.

"This place is not as good as Liangzhou, they have not suffered too many losses, and they have enough troops to fight. Let the soldiers go to the streets and alleys of the city to fight, it is better to wait for the rabbit to consume first. ”

From the encounter just now, Hong Tao saw the combat effectiveness of the Suzhou soldiers, not that they couldn't beat them, no matter how brave they were, they couldn't stop the rocket. But combat is about cost, so why waste it if you can save some money.

If you rush to attack Suzhou City now, the resistance you encounter must be very tenacious, and maybe you will have to engage in street fighting. That is really not the combat method that the Huangzhou New Army is good at, and it is a taboo for soldiers to overcome the enemy's strengths with their own shortcomings, and they must not do it.

Waiting for the rabbit is just a guess, the ancients didn't like to engage in night raids, but the weaker side often took risks. This point has been confirmed in Mawei City and Liangzhou, and Hong Tao wants to see if the Suzhou guards will also gamble.

If he did bring his troops to attack at night, he would take the opportunity to consume some of their troops, and at the same time it would be a serious blow to their morale. When we go to attack Suzhou tomorrow, we will use more thunderbolts and fire oil bombs to make the scene as shocking as possible, and maybe we will be able to crush the last straw in the hearts of the defenders of Suzhou.

As long as the morale is weak, in the face of the new army in Huangzhou, which is more advanced in equipment and tactics, the defenders of Suzhou are likely to collapse in advance, and it is much more comfortable to play pursuit warfare than street fighting.

“…… The officials are waiting for them to come and attack at night! Wang Da was only a little slower than her adoptive father and master, and she quickly thought of this.

"If you can fight safely, why bother with your life? Gondo, you first take your subordinates to rest and rest, and send more horses out, and no one is allowed to approach within five miles. After sunset, quietly take the cavalry of the headquarters to ambush here, wait for the camp rocket to be launched, and then come out to wait for the enemy's necessary place to wait, and wait for the sneak attack enemy to retreat to intercept and kill, do not chase too far. ”

Hong Tao patted Wang Da's head, turned around and took out the map from the wasp bag, pointed to a circle in the northwest and explained to Tsering Gongduo. He has been a special forces soldier for more than half a year and can read contour maps.

If the map is correct, the circles should be a large depression. According to the climate and environment here, there must be no shortage of water in the depression, so there must be plenty of bushes around it to hide.

Hong Tao planned to use the Huangzhou New Army as a bait to attract Suzhou soldiers to attack at night, when they could not retreat, the Qingtang cavalry came out to intercept and kill, and at the same time the Huangzhou New Army would also chase and kill, and the two sides would attack a group of defeated troops, and the hope of annihilating most of them was still very large.

It's summer, but it's not high after dark. Hong Tao deliberately did not let all the lights in the camp go out, and there were gas lamps on the two corners. In the dark grassland, these two gas lamps are as dazzling as the North Star.

The sneak attack came as scheduled, and the Suzhou guard was also a layman, and asked the soldiers to change into dark clothes, and dismounted two miles away, tiptoeing over.

What they didn't know was that the new army in Huangzhou had slept all afternoon, and now they were waiting for them with round eyes. Sneak attack is an activity, even if the other party is not prepared, it cannot succeed again and again, not to mention that there are already preparations, which is not called a sneak attack, but an ambush.

When the two sneak attack troops from the west and north were more than 30 meters away from the box truck, they were subjected to intensive fire from rockets and crossbow arrows.

Seeing that the charging infantry had suffered a loss, the cavalry that followed behind was quite righteous, and immediately urged the horses to reinforce, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to rush into the chariot formation to fight in close quarters, as long as they could get close, the long-range weapons would be invalid, and they believed that their scimitars must be more powerful than the Han Chinese.

It's a pity that the rocket doesn't need to be wound or manpower, it is launched when it is ignited, and it is replaced after launching.

In just over a quarter of an hour, silence fell back around the camp. The frightened little animals and bugs waited for a long time to make sure that there was no more storm, and then timidly resumed their chirping, and their voices were trembling.