The direction of their flight was northwest, and by this time, the sound of crackling horses' hooves could be heard in the distance, and smoke and dust were rising in the distance. An intruder glanced back, and then quickly turned around, frantically kicked the war horse under his crotch, and scolded: "Fuck it, these officers and soldiers are coming so fast!" Don't you let people live, they don't sleep? ”

A soldier next to him who seemed to be a small officer glared at him fiercely and scolded: "As long as you talk a lot, it is only right to close your bird's beak to Lao Tzu and hurry up!" If you let those dog officers and soldiers catch up, you know what will happen! ”

The intruder was reprimanded by him, and immediately obediently didn't dare to speak, closed his mouth and just hit the horse forward.

The panicked team hurried forward, and in front of them was the town of Hutou.

They left the camp they had just set up last night in a panic, and some of their belongings were even thrown here directly, because they couldn't bring them in a hurry, and if they wore them, they might be delayed and chased by Cao Wenzhao's men. Because these things cost their own lives, it's not worth it.

After they left here, about a little more than a cup of tea, a large group of soldiers and horses came here. The number of soldiers and horses in this team is as many as two or three thousand, and when you look at it from a distance, it spreads out on the entire field as far as the eye can see, covering the sky and the earth, and people are trembling at the sight of it.

All of them are cavalrymen, and all of them are quite elite, with battle armor on their bodies, weapons in their hands, and double inserts on their waists. Look at the flag, they are the Ming army.

And in this team, there is another exceptionally elite team, not only the people are wearing battle armor, but even the war horses are wearing them. However, the people are not wearing heavy armor, but green cloth iron armor, and the war horses are wearing cotton armor. The weapons in their hands were not waist swords like the other cavalrymen, but spears. It's just that this spear has changed a little compared to the spear commonly used by the Ming army. The length is longer, reaching as much as five or six feet, and the thickness has also increased by one circle, which looks quite terrifying, and the power must be not small. This group numbered about one hundred and twenty or thirty men, and it was evident that they were somewhere between light cavalry and heavy cavalry.

If you want to talk about heavy cavalry, then the defense and armor solidity and impact power are not up to that level, but in terms of armor solidity and short-range impact power, it is much stronger than light cavalry, and at the same time the mobility is better than that of heavy cavalry.

Even the war horses they rode were not Mongolian horses, but Hequ horses, which were slightly larger. Generally speaking, the Hequ horse is a little taller than the Mongolian horse, and it is also larger and has a better weight-bearing capacity. The armor and iron armor on their bodies were heavier than the cotton armor on the other cavalry, and the weight of the horse armor made the weight of these war horses forty or fifty catties more than that of other war horses.

This cavalry is Cao Wenzhao's trump card, every time he fights with the enemy in the field, if the cavalry is mostly strong and presses, he will use light cavalry to entangle, and then use this cavalry to attack the enemy's flank. And if the enemy is mostly foot soldiers, forming a formation and defending tightly, he will first use light cavalry to shoot from a distance to kill and wound the enemy, and if the enemy is confused, he will take advantage of it. If the enemy is not chaotic, use this team, which is almost like heavy cavalry, as the vanguard, to form a huge front arrow formation, and use them as arrows to pierce the enemy and crush the enemy.

When this team was first formed, there were as many as 300 people, and after a series of battles with the rebels, now only these few people remained. However, the ones that have survived are all elites, all of them are extremely strong, and they are all characters who can fight with one enemy, three enemies, and five enemies.

These men were the most elite cavalry under his command, and they were also his own soldiers.

Surrounded by them in the middle was a tall and burly man, who was Cao Wenzhao.

Cao Wenzhao is about two or three Chinese New Year's Eve today, tall and thin, with a fierce complexion, with a sense of anger between his eyebrows, as if he is going to pull out a knife and kill someone if he disagrees. was glared at by him, and it made people shudder in their hearts.

His expression was also full of tiredness that could not be concealed, his eyes were bloodshot, his face was dark and thin, and his wind and dust were simple. But there was a glint of excitement and excitement in his eyes, because the distance between him and the rebel army in front of him was getting closer and closer. Seeing that with a little more strength today, you should be able to catch up with the other party.

There were thousands of rebels, and they were all cavalry, so it can be seen that they were the elite of the rebels, and if they were all wiped out, it would be a great credit.

Cao Wenzhao beckoned: "Bring the map." ”

"Yes!"

A pro-soldier answered, took out the map from his bosom, and respectfully sent it up.

Cao Wenzhao unfolded the map, looked at it with a twisted brow, and suddenly laughed, patted his thigh, pointed to a point above and said: "Fuck it, these damn traitors, in front of them is Hutou Town, Zhenning County!" Sons, follow me to kill the traitors, and we will be able to rest in Hutou Town today. ”

The order was passed on by the herald, and the three thousand cavalry roared, and the wind and clouds changed color.

The standard-bearers in the army waved their huge banners, and the three thousand cavalry continued to move forward like half of the rolling iron.

And they don't know what awaits them yet.

An hour later, Cao Wenzhao led his soldiers and horses to arrive at Hutou Town.

The town is built on the side of a small river, the river stretches, and it is not very wide, and from a distance, you can roughly judge that the width of the river is about one zhang. The amount of water does not seem to be very large, and in some places it has even bottomed out, and the town of Hutou was built on the west side of the river. If you want to reach Hutou Town from the location of Cao Wenzhao and the others, you have to cross this river.

Hutou Town is a very large town, one of the best in the entire Zhenning County. It is located at the junction of the three regions of Qingyang, Yan'an and Xi'an, and is a traffic artery, with a lot of business and travel, so it has created a prosperous place.

The terrain here is not dangerous, but because the geographical location is too important, it has always been an important place for soldiers to fight for when fighting.

During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, under the panic of the last days, there were wars everywhere, especially in Shaanxi, which was in chaos for many years. In such a panicked and chaotic world, the squires and people of Hutou Town were also very worried about their own safety, so they also took certain measures to protect themselves. For example, outside of the town, they built a wall to protect themselves.

The height of this town wall is about one zhang and five feet, and the thickness of about five feet encircles the huge town. And the town wall to the east is behind that creek.

There is a castle gate tower built on the location of the gate, and next to the castle gate tower are two arrow towers about two feet high, which are covered with shooting holes, and if they encounter an enemy, the archers can go inside and shoot.

Maybe he saw these rebels outside, and he couldn't tell their identities, but at this time, several gates in the entire town were all tightly closed, and Cao Wenzhao saw from a distance that there were still figures shaking on the town wall. Those people seemed to have weapons in their hands, and Cao Wenzhao smiled at a young man beside him: "This town is still a little interesting. ”

Cao Wenzhao's young man looked at the smoke and dust rising from both sides of the town, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, I think those thieves fled here, and seeing that they couldn't beat this town in a short time, they fled around both sides of the town, can we chase after it?" ”

This man is dressed in mountain armor, and he looks like he should be a general with a high status. He is not very old, that is, in his twenties, and his appearance is somewhat similar to Cao Wenzhao, he is also very tall, even a little taller than Cao Wenzhao, and very strong, a lot thicker than Cao Wenzhao. He had a big iron spear in his hand, yes, an iron gun! The iron spear was dark and gloomy, and it turned out to be made of fine iron from the head to the tail of the gun, and I was afraid that it would weigh thirty or fifty pounds!

But he was holding it in one hand, as if he was carrying a straw in his hand, and it didn't take much effort to mix it lightly.

This person is Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Bianjiao is Cao Wenzhao's nephew and his deputy general, and he is Cao Wenzhao's most important subordinate. Cao Bianjiao is also a martial artist, extremely strong, and when it comes to bravery, he is not inferior to his uncle, or even better.

Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, known as the big and small Cao generals, speaking of which, they are also famous figures.