ps: Thanks to Bakumatsu Renka for the tip
"Quick, quick, the horse bandits are coming. Go and notify Mr. Zhao and Captain Ma." Chen Wu shouted as he approached the convoy.
"Be alert!" shouted the Tiger Flag soldiers patrolling around the convoy.
Chen Wu rode straight towards the convoy. He found that the people in the convoy were already wearing armor and holding weapons. The cavalry team also looked like everyone was wearing breastplates, holding reins in their hands, and was ready to go.
"Horse bandits, there are horse bandits five miles ahead. The deputy captain and others are leading people to resist those horse bandits." Chen Wu shouted loudly.
Ma Yunjiu's face darkened and he said: "Everyone in the cavalry team gets on their horses and follows me to rescue the deputy captain and the others."
While the convoy was resting on the spot, all the sentry riders were let out. A team of horses suddenly appeared on the grassland, which naturally attracted the attention of the sentry riders. The sentry riders had already brought the news back, so even if Chen Wu did not come back to deliver the message, the convoy would still be prepared. Prepare to defend against the enemy.
When Chen Wu returned, Ma Yunjiu was preparing to lead the cavalry to attack.
Zhao Yutu came over and asked solemnly: "How many horse bandits are here?"
"There are probably more than a hundred horse bandits, but the deputy captain and others went to stop the horse bandits. I'm afraid it's already..." Chen Wu didn't finish what he said, but everyone present could understand his meaning.
Zhao Yutu's face suddenly became very ugly.
"Mr. Zhao, I will lead the cavalry to rescue Lao Wu and the others." After Ma Yunjiu finished speaking, he walked quickly to his horse and got on the horse.
A hundred cavalrymen left the convoy and galloped in the direction of the horse bandits.
Zhao Yutu called Zhang Hong and said: "Tell our people to be on guard immediately. Bring out the squatting cannons. Horse bandits may attack the convoy at any time."
Zhang Hong did not dare to delay and notified several squadrons to prepare to defend against the enemy.
The carts formed a circle, and the baffles of several four-wheeled carts were pulled open, revealing the muzzles of several squatting tiger cannons.
The firecrackers were holding firecrackers and hiding behind the carts. The firecrackers were exposed. In the gap between the carts, there were also firecrackers holding firecrackers squatting on the grass.
Several groups of gunners also stood in front of the Crouching Tiger Cannon, waiting for the horse bandits to come over before firing the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
After Chen Wu returned, he did not leave with Ma Yunjiu and the cavalry to rescue Lao Wu and the others. It was not that he did not want to go, but that Zhao Yutu kept him behind.
Chen Wu returned to Chen Wen.
Chen Wen asked in a low voice: "If the people of the Tiger Character Flag really cannot resist the horse bandits, remember to escape with me. Don't think about staying and die with the people of the Tiger Character Flag."
"I won't leave." Chen Wu said, "There are only over a hundred horse bandits, and there are also more than a hundred horse teams with the Tiger Flag. There are hundreds of convoy guards here. Just now I saw the tiger crouching Cannon, with the strength of the horse bandits, they are no match for the Tiger Character Banner."
Chen Wen said: "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. We are just guides sent by the general. There is no need to accompany people like Tiger Flag to die."
"I want to stay and join the Tiger Flag, and I don't think the horse bandits are the Tiger Flag's opponents." Chen Wu emphasized again.
Seeing that Chen Wu was not getting enough oil and salt, Chen Wen snorted coldly.
He decided in his heart that no matter what Chen Wu thought, if the horse bandits really wanted to break the tiger flag car formation, he would not let Chen Wu stay and die even if he forcibly dragged Chen Wu away.
In the distance, Ma Yunjiu and his cavalry appeared in the sight of the horse bandits.
At the same time, they also saw a team of more than a hundred horse bandits surrounding Lao Wu and the others.
"It's not good, boss, there is a horse team coming from behind us, and they are coming towards us. The number of people is not less than ours." A horse bandit next to the horse bandit boss said nervously.
The leader of the horse bandit frowned and said: "His grandma, I didn't expect that there were so many cavalry in this convoy. How did this idiot Hubase find out the information before, and there was such a big mistake."
The horse bandit on the side said: "Master, the other party is already on guard. Let's retreat first! If we are really caught up by that horse team, even if we win, many brothers will be killed and injured. It's not worth fighting. They fought tooth and nail.”
"No, I can let their team go for the time being, but I must kill all those people in front of them." The leader of the horse bandit said viciously.
As soon as Ma Yunjiu and the cavalry appeared, Lao Wu and the tiger-shaped flag cavalry beside him had already discovered it.
"Deputy captain, it seems that the captain and the others are here. Should we continue to attack the bandits' team?" said a cavalryman next to Lao Wu, with a look of desire for survival on his face.
Previously, a dozen people tried to attack the horse bandits, just to delay the horse bandits rushing to the Tiger Flag convoy. Everyone knew that it would be difficult for them to survive from the hundreds of horse bandits. Now seeing Ma Yunjiu with The arrival of the cavalry showed that the convoy was already on guard, and there was no need for them to delay the situation any longer.
Lao Wu and the others were still more than a mile away from the horse bandits. As long as they turned their horses' heads, they would most likely avoid the horse bandits' team and go around to their own cavalry team.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat, don't let the horse bandits bite us." Lao Wu made a decisive decision and took a dozen tiger-shaped flag cavalry around him in a circle, fleeing towards Ma Yunjiu and the tiger-shaped flag cavalry.
The leader of the horse bandits did not give up the pursuit because Lao Wu and the others retreated. Instead, he led hundreds of horse bandits to pursue Lao Wu and the others.
Although Lao Wu went around in a circle, the distance between the two sides only narrowed by more than a hundred steps, and there were still hundreds of steps between them.
Someone among the horse bandits advised: "Master, we can't pursue anymore. If we continue to pursue, we will catch up to the opponent's cavalry."
The distance between the two sides, which was hundreds of steps away, never narrowed.
The leader of the horse bandit hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Damn it, their fortune is good, tell the brothers to retreat!"
Following his order, the horse bandit gave up pursuing Lao Wu and others, made a circle from the side, and galloped away deep into the grassland.
Lao Wu and his men met Ma Yunjiu and the others, and when they got together, they breathed a sigh of relief.
If Ma Yunjiu hadn't arrived in time with the cavalry team, he would have fought for his life with the horse bandits, and now he can be regarded as saving his life.
"The cavalry stops advancing and everyone returns to the convoy." Ma Yunjiu ordered.
Lao Wu said from the side: "No more chasing. I brought a dozen people with me before, so I am no match for those horse bandits. Now that our entire horse team is dispatched, we will definitely be able to deal with this group of horse bandits."
Ma Yunjiu shook his head slightly and said: "Our mission is to escort the convoy to the grassland outside Zhangjiakou. There is no need to fight with the horse bandits here."
When Lao Wu saw that Ma Yunjiu really had no intention of chasing down the horse bandits, he stopped persuading him. Moreover, he understood that with the current strength of the cavalry team, it would be impossible to catch up with the horse bandits who had been living on the grassland for many years. impossible things.
Without the threat of horse bandits, Ma Yunjiu led the cavalry back to the convoy.
Zhao Yutu, who had been waiting anxiously in the motorcade, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the horse team had returned safely.
"What's going on? Where are the horse bandits?" Zhao Yutu asked Ma Yunjiu eagerly.
Ma Yunjiu said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, the horse bandits have retreated."
"That's good." Zhao Yutu patted his chest and said immediately, "We can't stay in this place anymore. Inform the convoy and set off immediately."
No one in the convoy objected.
The highest-ranking person in the convoy that Tiger Flag sent to the grassland was Zhao Yutu, the department director. Even Ma Yunjiu was half a level below him.
