There are a total of three cottages of horse thieves, divided into two small and one large, two small cottages each stationed about 500 people, and the big cottage stationed nearly 1,000 people, the two leaders of the horse thieves Zhao Ping and Ma Yu generally live in the big cottage. But the horse thieves who caught only knew about two of the small cottages, and the largest one was also the most closely hidden, and there were not many horse thieves who knew that the largest cottage was hidden there.

However, Li Yinghong didn't care, because in those two small cottages, he could always find a few Gu from the big cottages that he knew, even if no one knew, but it was a good result to exterminate the two small cottages. In addition, the location of the big cottage cannot be too far from the small cottage, it is estimated that it is within a radius of tens of miles, so after the two small cottages are exterminated, the two small cottages can be used as the core to search, and the scope is much smaller.

Although Li Yinghong is not good at tracking clues and collecting intelligence, he has quite a good talent in military ability, although he is a horse thief with more than 2,000 people, but because the other party is familiar with the terrain and is good at escaping, it is still necessary to concentrate the absolute superiority of the troops to encircle and annihilate the cottage, even if it is to kill chickens, it is necessary to use a knife, and a certain number of infantry must be equipped.

So Li Yinghong dispatched a cavalry corps and two infantry corps, plus more than 4,000 soldiers from the affiliated tribes living outside the Yanmen Pass, totaling about 20,000 troops, and the total strength was ten times that of the horse thieves.

At the same time, Li Yinghong divided the whole army into two groups and attacked two small cottages at the same time, and agreed that the horse thieves of these two small cottages should be captured alive as much as possible, so as to find out the location of the big cottage, and once the location of the big cottage was discovered, he would immediately notify the other side, and then march together in both directions to encircle and suppress the big cottage.

Because Li Yinghong led the army to attack very quickly, the horse thieves of the two small cottages were surrounded by the Dai army before they received the news. There were only more than 500 horse thieves in each small cottage, of course, it was impossible to withstand the attack of 10,000 soldiers, and as a result, the two small cottages were broken by the Dai army without much effort, and only a few horse thieves escaped, and the others were either killed or captured.

And after the interrogation of the captive horse thief, sure enough, someone confessed the location of the big cottage and drew a map. However, the big cottage is far away from the small cottage that Li Yinghong attacked, and it is closer to another small cottage. The other two small cottages have a few horse thieves who escaped, and it is inevitable that they will not send letters to the big cottages.

Therefore, Li Yinghong ordered that the representative army of another small cottage attack immediately and attack the big cottage, while he led the army to attack from the other side, if the horse thief refused to defend in the cottage, he would cooperate with the representative army of the other road to besiege the cottage. And if the horse thief abandons the village and flees, then he will ambush him halfway, while the representative army of the other road will then pursue and flank the horse thief in front and rear.

Sure enough, two escaped horse thieves fled back to the big cottage and reported to Zhao Ping and Ma Yu that the two small cottages had been attacked by the Dai army. After hearing this, the two of them couldn't help but be taken aback, they didn't expect that the Dai army's movements would be so fast, and they found out the location of the two small cottages without knowing it, and broke the two small cottages in one fell swoop.

At this time, the two admired Zhao Xin's foresight, because it was Zhao Xin who insisted on the three caves of the cunning rabbit at the beginning, and he must build three cottages and garrison them separately, and the two of them still felt that it was a bit excessive, and now it seems that if it were not for Zhao Xin's insistence, he would have been arrested by the army now. And it is precisely because there are two small cottages in front of me that I have a little buffer time.

As soon as the two discussed, in the two small cottages, there were still some people who knew the location of the big cottage, so the location of the big cottage must not be hidden. And the fight will definitely not be able to defeat the representative army, after all, the disparity in strength between the two sides is too great. And Zhao Xin also left a message, once the Dai army called, don't fight hard with the Dai army, you can flee to the north and hide in the territory of the Huns, as long as you show your name, the Hun tribe will take them in.

So the two of them immediately ordered to pack up their things immediately, give up all the stupid things, and bring only a few light and small and jade wall gold, and a small amount of dry food, not even copper coins. This is also Zhao Xin's repeated telling them that when they escape, they must travel lightly, try not to bring anything they can, as long as the person is still there, they can grab back as much as they give up. Now the two of them are obedient to Zhao Xinji's words and act completely according to Zhao Xin's orders.

And the two were just getting ready, when the patrolling horse thieves reported to them that an army was marching towards their cottage. So the two immediately ordered, immediately abandon the cottage, flee from the other side, and then dismantle back to the north, flee into the territory of the Xiongnu, and talk about the future after finding Zhao Xin.

Because it was lightly traveled, it was very fast, and after escaping from the cottage, it ran out of more than ten miles after a while, and looking back, the Dai army had not yet pursued it, and Zhao Ping and Ma Yu were also slightly relieved.

At this time, there is a mountain road ahead. The two of them have lived here for nearly a year, and they are very familiar with the terrain in this area, and they know that after passing through this mountain road, it is a wilderness, and then they can break down and flee to the territory of the Xiongnu. Therefore, Zhao Ping shook the reins of the horse and said, "It's not safe yet, everyone hurry up and cross the mountain road." ”

Saying that, he took the lead in rushing into the mountain road, and the other horse thieves also urged the war horses to follow him, and Ma Yu and the other teams were almost gone, so they rode their horses to catch up and charge behind the team.

The mountain road is not long, only six or seven miles, Zhao Ping took the lead, and after a while, he was about to run out of the mountain road, and the road surface was getting wider and wider, and the mountains on both sides were getting lower and lower.

Zhao Ping looked back, and it seemed that the army had not caught up yet, so it seemed that his nearly 1,000 people had basically escaped.

But just when Zhao Ping hadn't turned around, he only heard the sound of "whooshing" breaking the sky in his ears, and then the sound of screams sounded one after another around him.

A few arrows almost flew past Zhao Ping's body, but Zhao Ping's luck was good, not a single arrow hit, and at this time, dozens of horse thieves had been shot off the horse, and on the slopes on the left and right, there were countless arrows shooting down at the horse thieves, the sound of breaking the air was endless, the flesh fell to the ground, the war horse neighed, and the human voice screamed, and it suddenly sounded.

Zhao Ping's heart sank, it seems that the Dai army has set up an ambush here, and he may not be able to escape. And at this moment, only the sound of killing was heard, and behind the hillside on the left and right, countless cavalry troops were killed, and they came to the left and right sides of the horse thief, and in the blink of an eye, they were in front of them.

After being a horse thief for a few years, Zhao Ping's personality has also changed a little, and compared with before, he is a little more ruthless as an outlaw, so Zhao Ping gritted his teeth and said, "Brothers, rush with me and fight a bloody road." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Ping's feet clamped the horse's belly, raised the halberd in his hand, and rushed towards the Dai army. Behind him, dozens of horse thieves also followed him, each raising their weapons and killing the Dai army.

Zhao Ping saw that he was facing a white horse, and the knight on the horse held a sword and a sword in each hand, although it was a helmet and armor, but the body was relatively slender, obviously a woman. Zhao Ping's heart was a little surprised, and then he remembered that he had heard that Gao Yuan had indeed formed a female army in Dai County, led by Gao Yuan's wife, and he was still laughing at Gao Yuan at that time, and he actually relied on women to fight. I didn't expect to really let myself encounter it today.

However, these thoughts flashed in Zhao Ping's mind, and the two war horses were almost head to horse. Because Zhao Ping still used old-fashioned horse furniture and did not have horse shoes, he could only pull the reins with one hand and raise the gun with the other hand and stab the other party fiercely.

Li Yinghong rode his horse and swung his sword, setting aside a shot that Zhao Ping stabbed at him, and the saber in his other hand swung out along the momentum of the war horse, the two war horses staggered, Zhao Ping's head rolled and flew into the sky, and blood gushed out from his neck.

Then Li Yinghong entered the group of horse thieves, and the swords were swung together, only to kill the horse thieves one after another, and none of them could stop Li Yinghong. Li Yinghong killed six or seven horse thieves in a row, and Han Xiurong and Wu Hongyan also led other soldiers to fight with Li Yinghong and started a fierce battle with the horse thieves.

Although the horse thieves are all accustomed to killing and poking, the soldiers of the Dai Army are all strictly trained, even if they are female soldiers, they are all composed of steppe nomads, and their riding skills are not inferior to men. And the soldiers of the Dai army are well armed. In contrast, horse thieves are much shabby, the horse furniture is old-fashioned, only a few have armor, and even fewer wear bronze armor. Therefore, of course, it is not the opponent of the substitute army, and after the war horses gallop by staggered, almost all of those who fall to the ground are horse thieves.

However, the team of horse thieves was drawn into a long line, and after the horse thieves in front were scattered by the Dai army, the horse thieves in the back saw that the situation was not good, and they turned their horses' heads and fled back. Fortunately, the mountain road is not too narrow, and you can still turn around.

Of course, Li Yinghong would not let the horse thief escape, and immediately led the Dai army, and then pursued, and shot with a bow and arrow, so there were constantly horse thieves who were shot by bows and arrows, fell to the ground, and were trampled into meat by the cavalry of the Dai army in a blink of an eye.

Originally, Ma Yu was in the back, but after turning around, he became the leader. And Ma Yu also knows that now the shape is critical, in the Jiashan Road, the room for maneuver is too small, there is nowhere to escape, only by rushing out of the Jiashan Road, there is the possibility of escaping, so Ma Yu also regardless of the danger of falling from the horse, desperately urging the war horse, galloping towards the other end of the Jiashan Road. And behind him, the screams of his companions were constantly heard.

The Jiashan Road was not long, so after a while, Ma Yu ran to the end of the Jiashan Road, and at this moment, he saw the dust and smoke rising in front of him, and another army rushed towards him.