The thief Li Benshen is the nephew of Gao Jie, the "mountain harrier". Like his uncle, Li Benshen is also a fierce general, and he has also learned Gao Jie's combat skills.

After he invaded the Eighteen Fangs, he did not stay in the village for too long like Takami and Wu Shengzhao. After a lot of looting, more than 200 cavalry under his command had regrouped and began to advance towards Mihara County. As for the infantry and dependents, they hurried unhurriedly behind. Anyway, there were no officers and soldiers nearby, and even if there were, with the rapid reaction ability of the cavalry, it was completely too late to return to the army to protect itself.

It stands to reason that Li Benshen's troops were already on the march, and compared with Gao Jie and Wu Shengzhao's troops who were blocked in the village and raided, his room for maneuver was much greater.

But not far after departure, I suddenly heard a sparse sound of birds behind me, and then a pawn hurried up to report: "Someone in charge of the plate, someone sneaked up on the old camp!" ”

Li Benshen immediately widened his eyes and asked, "How many of them are there?" Is it an officer or a soldier? ”

The pawn pondered and replied: "It doesn't look like an official soldier, but it looks like a village warrior." They hid in the woods and fired cold guns at the old battalion's chariots, the exact number of people is not clear, it should not be too many. ”

Hearing that there were not many enemies and that they were not regular officers and soldiers, Li Benshen relieved himself and said with a cruel smile: "His grandmother's, as the saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, Lao Tzu didn't go to them for trouble, they even dared to take the initiative to provoke!" Come on, go back with me, and kill these villagers without leaving a piece of armor! ”

However, he led more than 200 cavalry to join the old battalion. I saw that there were many corpses of infantry lying in the vicinity of the chariot battle, but not even the shadow of an enemy could be seen. Li Benshen hurriedly asked, "What about people?" ”

"They're all running into the woods!" The leader of the infantry said angrily, "These guys are so accurate with their bird guns that they can almost knock out a brother with a single shot!" The little one wants to chase it, but he is afraid that the old camp will lose, so he doesn't dare to move..."

"Fuck off!" Li Benshen whipped this little leader off his head with a whip, and said angrily, "Aren't you just greedy for life and afraid of death, and don't dare to go into the forest to pursue?" Get out of the way, I'll chase it myself! ”

With that, he raised his sword and galloped into the woods. And the more than 200 cavalry followed closely and plunged headlong into the dense forest.

Cavalry is extremely mobile in the plains, but when it enters the jungle, it is impossible to use it. The natural trees are not as horizontal and vertical as the modern street trees, but are disorganized, with different heights and thicknesses. Between the trees, there are also plenty of shrubs and thatch, which completely hide the potholes in the ground. Not to mention the tall horses, even the ordinary infantry are struggling here.

Li Benshen looked forward through the dense bushes, and sure enough, he saw that there were more than a dozen or twenty people in front of him, who were retreating into the depths of the dense forest.

Li Benshen was originally a brave and ruthless person, today the old battalion was attacked by a sneak attack, and more than a dozen infantry were killed, but he didn't even touch the corners of the enemy's clothes, how can he be willing to give up. Therefore, he desperately urged the war horse and chased forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Although his cavalry also struggled to catch up, their speed was greatly affected, and the formation inevitably scattered.

While he was chasing, he suddenly heard a big chaos behind him, and another pawn ran panting to report: "The old camp has been attacked again!" ”

"What!" Li Benshen was shocked, and cold sweat broke out in his head. He hurried back, and when he rushed out of the woods, he saw more than twenty corpses near the chariot, all of which, of course, were all his own men.

Now he somewhat understood that the enemy was by no means only a dozen people, but at least two of them, playing a trick for himself. Fortunately, I came back quickly, otherwise the old camp would have been served by others. He immediately made up his mind, and after gathering the team, he immediately covered the chariot battle and retreated, and first joined his uncle Gao Jie.

But left and right, more than 200 cavalry only returned two-thirds, and the remaining sixty or seventy people were nowhere to be seen.

Now Li Benshen's heart is even more furious. These cavalrymen are the flesh and soul of his heart, not only are there many people who are related to him, but he can also gain a foothold among the thieves because of these old backgrounds. Even if he didn't want his dependents, he couldn't throw away these cavalry, so he only divided half of the cavalry to stay in place to protect the old camp, and the rest followed him back to the forest to look for it.

But after walking in the forest for a long time, I saw a large amount of blood occasionally appearing on the ground, but I couldn't even see a ghost. Li Benshen was in shock, and suddenly heard the sound of breaking the sky above his head. Almost instinctively, he subconsciously raised his knife to block, only to hear the sound of "dang", a sharp arrow slammed into the back of the knife and popped out far away.

Almost at the same time, there was a sudden cry of screams all around! It turned out that the enemy army was hiding in a big tree with lush foliage and suddenly launched cold arrows, and Li Benshen's cavalry fell in an instant! No wonder the first time he went into the woods and found nothing, he was so focused on chasing after him that he didn't expect the enemy to dare to hide in the trees!

Almost at the same time, in the direction of the old camp outside the woods, there was another sound of birds. This time, it was not sporadic gunshots, but as dense as bursting beans, non-stop, and it was impossible to guess how many birds the enemy was!

At this time, Li Benshen already knew that he was in the middle of the scheme. It's not just a trick, it's just letting the opponent play in the palm of your hand! He was so angry that he couldn't bother to rescue the old camp, and immediately ordered to attack the enemy on the tree.

But the cavalry rode only war horses, not giraffes. It's a bit difficult to attack a target a few feet high on a horse. Not long after, many thieves were shot and killed.

At this time, Li Benshen saw that the defeat was decided, so he had no intention of fighting, so he simply abandoned the old camp and fled directly from the dense forest.

This was beyond Li Dingguo's expectations. Except for Li Benshen's escape, the entire battlefield is like a movie directed by Li Dingguo, almost completely according to his vision!

He ambushed his cavalry and most of his birdmen, while he himself led his infantry into the woods. The first attack on the chariot was purely to lure the enemy. When Li Benshen went deeper, the bird-gunners outside shot again to attract the attention of the thieves.

When Li Benshen hurriedly withdrew from the forest, Li Dingguo asked the archers hidden in the trees to open their bows and shoot all the rogue cavalry that fell behind. These archers are either the old foundations of the Qi family's army, or they are newly cultivated marksmen, and their archery skills are very good. At this time, the arrows were fired over the heads of the enemy, and the distance was so close that not only did the arrows not miss, but they were either shot in the throat or the temple, so that the thieves did not even scream.

At that time, Li Benshen was in a hurry to rescue the old camp, and the forest was in chaos, and he didn't find that there were dozens of cavalry missing. While he was out, Li Dingguo immediately ordered people to clean up the battlefield and carry the dozens of corpses away on their war horses. Therefore, when Li Benshen entered the woods again, he still did not find the ambush until he was finally attacked.

After several tosses, the forces of the thieves became more and more dispersed. At this time, there was no need for suspicious soldiers, and the cavalry and bird-stalkers immediately launched an attack on the old camp of thieves. Under the devastating blow of the bird's multi-stage attack, most of the 100 thief cavalry were killed on the spot, and the rest were chased and beheaded by the cavalry, except for a few who fled back to Meijiaping. This is the reason why Li Dingguo's cavalry did not suffer casualties, because they fought enemies who only cared about fleeing and were unable to fight back!

And the rogue cavalry left in the woods was like falling into a pit, unable to get out of the way, unable to run fast if they wanted to, and the whole army was wiped out in a short time.

After listening to Li Dingguo's account of the battle, Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed and said: "Good fight!" This is the conscious application of the 16-character policy! ”