Looking on both sides of the official road, except for the frozen canal, there were fields, low trees and paths, and the snow had melted away a few days ago, and the ground was like a dirty rag, one yellow and one white, and it was very ugly.

Wang Tong and Tan Bing were behind a bush of low trees, their royal blue cotton robes now turned earthy yellow, and their mounts were covered with a piece of felt, which was also earthy yellow.

Looking at it from afar, you can't see anyone in a trance, and it's very simple to achieve this effect, just roll on the sandy ground.

The sun was about to set, and the horse stopped behind the two of them, stretching out his mouth to chew hard material in a pocket, while Wang Tong and Tan Bing stood quietly behind.

"As long as the state can be sent to Xianghe County, if the county order is not accepted, he will lose his position, and he will definitely report to the rescue of troops, but the gates of all the cities in Layue are closed early, see if he can catch up."

Tan Bing looked at the official road not far away, and said to Wang Tong in a low voice.

Wang Tong nodded, but there was no interface, they were on the side of the official road about three miles east of the convoy, and it was almost certain that the Sky Shaking Tiger would definitely come from this side, and the surname Suo himself would take a look at it as a probe first.

The light of the setting sun was extremely brilliant, and the heavens and the earth seemed to be dyed with a layer of color, and at this time, a team appeared on the east side of the official road.

It can indeed be said that it is a team, the cavalry of this team is far inferior to those thieves in Fangcai, that is, about fifty horsemen, but the arrangement is very neat, there is no horse galloping, small steps are running in front, no matter the foot, they are wearing black cloth or brown cloth semi-old cotton jackets, and there is a very strange place, that is, the foot soldiers behind their faces are covered, the outside are sword and shield hands, and the inside is the person holding the long soldier, although the team is a little scattered, but this is in the trot, the formation can be maintained, Even from a distance, you can roughly see the original arrangement, which is not easy.

In addition to the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps, only the leader whispered orders to restrain the soldiers, and a team of about 500 people marched quickly on the official road, which actually gave people a kind of pressure.

Wang Tong took a slow breath and said in a low voice:

"If this is a thief, I'm afraid our Daming will turn the world upside down...... You guys are so ruthless, I don't know what you did, you actually sent troops to kill me. ”

As he spoke, he retreated, and when he reached the horse, he removed the felt, and the two men turned over and got on their horses, and with a whip of the whip, the horses hurried towards the way they came. The sound here, the team on the official road must have seen it, but they just stopped looking, but no one paid attention to it, just continued to move forward.

Wang Tong and Tan Bing galloped wildly, and their speed was naturally much faster than that of the enemy who had to maintain the formation, and they left these enemies behind in a short time.

When he rushed back to his convoy, he was already nervous and began to get busy, on this great plain, Tan Gong stood on a high place, and it was smooth, and he could see the large group of people and horses clearly from a distance.

Seeing Wang Tong and Tan Jiang coming, the blacksmith of the workshop and a few Zhuang guests shouted to move the cart blocking there and let Wang Tong and Tan Bing ride in.

In just three miles, the horse was almost running at the speed of a sprint, and after entering the range of the car formation, the horse was already covered with sweat, and the bankers hurriedly pulled it.

General Tan hurried up, and after talking to Tan Bing for a few words, he approached Wang Tong and whispered:

"Master, now let's ride a horse to the wilderness, and we can bypass the soldiers and horses in front of us and go to Tianjin Sanwei, and it will be safe at that time."

Wang Tong looked back at the old and young in the car formation with a calm face, there are only fifty people who can ride horses among these people, his own close people, the teenagers in the martial arts hall and the money he has accumulated so hard cannot be taken away, if he runs away from safety, what should he do.

Regarding General Tan's proposal, Wang Tong shook his head and said in an astringent voice:

"I'm going to walk away like this, and who will be loyal to me in the future."

After a pause, Wang Tong's question interrupted Tan Gong's persuasion and said:

"The Jinyi pro-army is different from other soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, what can General Tan's brothers' bow and horse skills be counted in the army?"

In response to Wang Tong's question, although General Tan was surprised, he still showed a proud look on his face, and said loudly:

"Don't tell the adult, there is no one in a hundred."

Wang Tong nodded, and before he could speak, Tan Gong, who was on the sentry above, had already shouted:

"Here, put it up everywhere, and keep an eye on those with weapons."

When Wang Tong went to watch the enemy just now, Tan Jiang and the others had already made arrangements here, and the villagers who released the horses were divided into two teams, all holding bows and arrows on standby, while the family and the teenagers were divided into several teams with long and short weapons to guard in various directions.

Sun Dahai and Zhang Shiqiang, as well as the Jinyi guards who followed, together with the blacksmiths in the workshop, protected the panicked women and children.

The sun was hanging above the horizon, and it looked like it was getting bigger, and the enemy force had already reached the front of the convoy, almost a hundred paces away.

The cavalry in front stopped first, and the infantry immediately began to deploy, and without much effort, they formed a group of five squares of 100 people, which made the people in the car formation feel more pressure.

"I don't know if it's the soldiers and horses of Tianjin Sanwei, but I see that this posture has also been on the battlefield."

General Tan said with emotion.

After running all the way over, this side also needed time to breathe and rest, except for the cavalry on the front side, the rest of the four infantry groups were scattered in other directions.

After forming an encirclement posture on the side of the car formation, he did not rush to attack, but gathered the formation there and temporarily repaired.

The defensive circle surrounded by this cart looks tight, but it is only a temporary defense, if these four hundred people exert their strength at the same time, the defense inside will definitely not be able to take care of it, such an isolated and helpless small stronghold, break a point, and the entire defense will be completely opened.

While it was being repaired, the cart that had been used as the entrance was moved away from the side of the thief cavalry, and more than 20 horsemen rushed out of the cart formation.

The cavalry standing still on the opposite side was slightly scratched, attacking on all sides, to fight more and less, and their cavalry was only used to pursue and intercept those who escaped.

But even so, they were more numerous than the cavalry in the convoy, and they never expected that the other party would rush out so openly.

Could it be that looking at the people outside who want to run, but looking at this posture is not like it, is it looking for death, some of the people on horseback shouted a few words, and the cavalry who had just stopped for a short time immediately moved, shouting and beating their horses out of battle.

Wang Tong held a large shield in front of him, and the hand holding the shield also held the reins to control the horse, and the movement was also quite awkward. But he was at the forefront of the team, everyone in the Tan family had already come out on horseback, and the Zhuang Ke had the most accurate archery, Ma Sanbiao, Sun Dahai and several family members were also riding horses in the team.

Now the commanders in the car formation are Sun Xin and Li Tao to be in charge, if it weren't for Li Hutou and Ma Pozi also staying inside, I'm afraid many people thought he was going to escape.

Wang Tong rushed to the front, and more than 20 horsemen were in the shape of a regular triangle, and the other party also had a good way to deal with it, and the cavalry outflanked it on the left and right wings.

At a distance of more than 100 steps, the two sides had already run dozens of steps against Wang Tong, and a cavalryman in front of him shouted and raised the spear in his hand and stabbed straight towards Wang Tong.

With a sharp roar, an arrow shot out from Wang Tong's side, hitting the cavalryman in the chest, and the cavalryman fell directly from his horse.

Wang Tong kicked his horse's belly with both legs, causing his mount to spend, and every cavalryman in front of him was shot off his horse by those who were behind him, and those who shot arrows didn't even care about themselves, but only single-mindedly shot arrows to cover for Wang Tong.

In the battle of less than a hundred horsemen, after more than a dozen people were shot down, everyone knew that they should not stand in front of Wang Tong, and there were only the people who gave the order and a few guards around Wang Tong in front of him.

Wang Tong dropped the shield, took out the copper pipe fire medium and lit the fire rope, then removed the paper ball from the muzzle, rammed it with a strip a few times, and raised the muzzle upward.

The light of the setting sun shone from behind Wang Tong, and the person on the opposite side couldn't see what Wang Tong was holding in his hand, only when he raised a stick, although the other party was masked, Wang Tong still clearly heard the laughter of the person who gave the order, and even heard the contemptuous words clearly:

"Every little cub who grows up in Maodu, and he also learns from others to rush into battle, whoever goes up and results in him, the silver Lao Tzu over there will give him two hundred taels more."

The guards on the side also laughed, and one of them took his spear from the saddle and drove the horse, and Wang Tong had already come to a place twenty paces away from them, but he suddenly reined in his mount, and everyone was stunned.

Wang Tong flattened his arm, aimed at the person who gave the order in the middle, hooked the trigger, and the burning end of the fire rope ignited the primer of the medicine pool, and there was a loud "bump".

At this distance, the short fire gun also had enough accuracy, and there was a bang, and the smoke of gunpowder dispersed, and the man in the middle grabbed the placket tightly, and let out a cry in his mouth, and immediately fell from his horse.

"Master Zhang!!"

Neither Wang Tong's horses nor the other party's horses were accustomed to the huge roar of the firebolt, and both sides were struggling to control their mounts, and the cavalryman who came out of the battle saw the man who gave the order falling, and roared, but instead chased Wang Tong with his spear, and ran towards the field as soon as he pulled the reins.

He took out the short gun hanging on the other side, and tamped it through, and reined in the horse, and the horse stopped, and Wang Tong turned back, and the man's spear was no more than ten steps away from Wang Tong.

Wang Tong hurriedly aimed and pulled the trigger.

After the loud bang, the pursuing knight leaned back sharply, and the spear fell to the ground, but the other squares were a little restless, not knowing whether to help the cavalry or attack, Wang Tong gasped a few times, put his hands to his mouth, and shouted in a terrible voice:

"Lord Zhang is dead, Lord Zhang is dead, let's go back to the camp quickly!!"

When he shouted, everyone in the convoy shouted, "Master Zhang is dead" and "Go back to the camp"

(To be continued)