Chapter 512: This World Is Too Crazy

After Gao Yuan received Cao Tianci's report, he felt like a piece of cake had fallen from the sky. He was worried that the Qin army would hibernate in Shannan County in the cold winter, and it would be a big problem to lure them out. He never expected that the Qin army would come out for training in this season.

This made him think of himself in Fufeng City and Curie Pass, when he often dragged soldiers out of the warm barracks for a series of training in the snowy and biting cold season.

No wonder the Qin army was so brave and good at fighting. With emotion, he felt a little cold in his heart. But this is indeed a good thing for him.

"It seems that our plan needs some small changes!" Looking at the infantry around him, Helan Xiong and Bai Yucheng, he smiled. "Maybe it will be less difficult than before."

He Yangguang is hardworking, but the early bird does not necessarily catch the worm, because they may also encounter early hunters.

Several messengers rushed out of Gao Yuan's army, and they were heading to the Zhao army led by Feng Fayong.

It was another morning, and the heavy snow that had been raging for many days finally stopped, but the biting cold wind did not subside. After a night of wind, the originally fluffy snow was frozen solid, but Cao Tianci felt refreshed. Last night, the soldiers who went to report the news returned with Gao Yuan's new order. The curtain was about to be opened, which made him very excited. The cold wind blew on his face, bringing him refreshing instead of cold. He looked back at Ma Li and couldn't help but sneered at the corner of his mouth.

Ma Li was proud. In his heart, the Qin army was invincible in the world, and the Qin cavalry was enough to defeat any cavalry in the world. In the last war, they defeated the Xiongnu. Prince Yingying led 20,000 cavalry to track for thousands of miles and killed the Xiongnu king Ye Mang in front of the battle, which made them even more confident.

Cao Tianci flattered naturally, but sneered in his heart. He wanted to tell Ma Li. The cavalry he brought, which he said was enough to fight ten with one, was far from being the best in the world. If the two sides clashed now, Cao Tianci could easily take down Ma Li and his men even if he only sent out the same number of people as the other side.

But why was it necessary? Cao Tianci thought to himself that these Qin soldiers were just prey in the net of the Eastern Expedition Army after all. Let him have some fun first!

It wasn't snowing anymore. Although there was no sun, the sight was much better than yesterday. However, looking out, it was a completely white field, and even the undulating terrain could not be seen at all. It made people feel panic for no reason.

And in this white field, several black spots suddenly appeared, which were extremely eye-catching in the white snow. The other side was slowly approaching the convoy.

"Horse bandits!" Cao Tianci's eyes shrank.

He shouted loudly, and with his angry shout, two hundred Eastern Expedition Army cavalry drew their swords almost at the same time and formed a circle along the carriage.

It was indeed horse bandits. The two sides were only a few miles apart at this time. Although they could not see each other's faces, they could clearly see each other's dress. Ma Li had followed the Qin army's many attacks to eliminate horse bandits on the grassland, so he was naturally very familiar with the other side.

The other side had only a dozen cavalrymen, but facing this cavalry of hundreds of people, they strangely did not run away, but stopped to watch, and even pointed at them.

"It's the scouts of the horse bandits!" Cao Tianci's face was a little ugly, "Captain Ma, it's the scouts of the horse bandits, they found us." As he said, he looked back at the Qin** flag fluttering in the team. This look was strange, but Ma Li understood what the other party meant. He had just said yesterday that the horse bandits on the grassland would flee as soon as they saw the Qin army's flag, but now, the horse bandits really came, but they seemed to have not seen their flag.

Ma Li was angry, thinking that if there were hundreds of Qin army cavalry here, the other side would naturally flee, but now, he only had dozens of cavalry.

However, a few dozen riders were enough to deal with the daring horse bandits on the opposite side.

He snorted, "It's better if they don't run away. We Qin people count our military merits by the leader of the bandits. Since they don't run away, it's just right to add a few smiles to my merit book."

Waving his hand, the cavalry behind him drove their horses and came up. Ma Li pointed at the horse bandits not far away, "See, they are probably bandits who have fled from somewhere and don't know how powerful we are. Go ten people and take them down for me." The weather is cold and snowy now. It's hard to survive on the grassland. Maybe these are some horse bandits who are crazy with hunger and poverty. Since they don't know how powerful we are, let's show them some of our power.

Ten Qin soldiers rode out of the line excitedly, shouted, tapped their horses' bellies with spurs, and rushed straight towards the horse bandits in the distance. Cao Tianci glanced at these Qin soldiers, all holding lances, with a batch of sabers hanging beside the saddles. Judging from their postures of riding out, they were good at riding, but it depends on who they are compared with. Compared with the Central Plains countries, their riding skills are indeed good, and can even be said to be excellent, but compared with the Xiongnu and Donghu people, they are still far behind.

The Xiongnu was defeated not because their soldiers were not good at fighting, but because of the overall strategy. If the soldiers are incompetent, the generals will be incompetent.

The ten riders jumped on their horses to attack, and just as they came out of the line, they formed a semi-arc attack radius. Judging from their actions, they first circled the horse bandits on the opposite side and then attacked.

The horse bandits on the opposite side seemed to panic for a moment, then turned their horses around and ran away deep into the snowfield. Behind them, ten Qin soldiers shouted and chased after them. The horses of both sides were very fast. In Cao Tianci's eyes, they were getting smaller and smaller. After turning around a snowfield, they suddenly disappeared without a trace. Cao Tianci knew that it was a small hill covered with snow.

"Will it be dangerous?" Cao Tianci looked at Ma Li and asked worriedly. "They are just scouts of the horse bandits. If we chase them, will we encounter the opponent's large force?"

"Don't worry, the opponent can't run far!" Ma Li said confidently: "They are all experienced soldiers. Within a certain distance, they can't catch up with these horse bandits and will come back. Don't worry about them, let's go, they will catch up in a while."

Cao Tianci raised the corners of his mouth, as if he wanted to laugh, but he didn't laugh in the end, "I admire you, I admire you!"

He recognized the leader of those horse bandits. It was Hengdao, one of the horse bandit leaders who once dominated the Donghu.

This small episode did not delay the team's progress. With Ma Li's full confidence, they set off again. After a stick of incense, the sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance. It was not the ten Qin soldiers that Ma Li hoped for, but the bandits who appeared in everyone's sight.

Ma Li's pupils shrank, and Cao Tianci also blinked and looked at him. At this time, there were only five bandits on the opposite side. After losing one, the knives in their hands were still dripping with blood, dyeing the snow beside the horse hooves red.

But none of the ten Qin soldiers came back. Doesn't this mean that the other side only paid the price of one person and wiped out the ten Qin soldiers.

"Captain Ma!" Cao Tianci shouted dryly.

Ma Li was immediately angry and embarrassed. Cao Tianci would have been silent at this time, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Bu Di slapped the carriage loudly.

"Go twenty people and take their heads back." Ma Li shouted fiercely.

The twenty Qin soldiers were not afraid of the loss of their ten companions. Instead, they seemed more excited. They pulled the reins and went out.

"Captain Ma, the enemy is fierce. I will send some brothers to follow as backup." Cao Tianci waved his hand and called a cavalryman beside him. He whispered a few words. The cavalryman nodded, drew his saber, and shouted: "First team, follow me."

Thirty cavalrymen of the Eastern Expedition Army immediately followed the twenty Qin soldiers.

Seeing dozens of people rushing here, the horse bandit whistled, turned around and fled. Just like before, after running for a while, he disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Will there be a large force of the enemy hiding somewhere?" Cao Tianci suddenly became a little worried and approached Ma Li and asked.

"Impossible. We had already detected this area before we came here. There were no large numbers of horse bandits. This place is very close to Shannan County. Large-scale horse bandits appearing here are simply seeking death. And General Cao, you are also a cavalryman. If there are large-scale horse bandits approaching, don't you feel it?"

"Yes, yes." Cao Tianci nodded.

He reined in his warhorse with his sword and coldly watched the Qin army approaching him rapidly. This Qin general was quite interesting. He actually did it again. Looking at the cavalry of the Zhengdong Army following the Qin army, he laughed and looked around, "What do you think, what expressions will these Qin soldiers have when they start fighting later?"

"Die with your eyes open." Another horse bandit beside him said. Everyone laughed.

Hengdao also laughed a lot, his face shaking with laughter, "Remember, when the fight starts, stop the horses, don't let them run away. If the number of horses running back is not enough, the Qin general will be smart enough to see the flaw."

"Understood." Several horse bandits around him roared in unison.

The twenty Qin soldiers who rushed to kill were surprised to see that the horse bandits in front of them did not run away. They turned around and killed them, but this was exactly what they wanted.

The two sides approached quickly, with swords and guns raised in their hands, and fierceness burst out.

But the attack came from the rear first. The Zhengdong Army was also roaring, and they raised their sabers high. Suddenly, they accelerated and caught up with the Qin soldiers in front. The sabers in their hands fell, and a burst of blood spurted out.

Hengdao laughed very proudly.

Just as the horse bandit said before, these Qin soldiers died with their eyes open. The battle was over in a few moments, and all 20 Qin soldiers were wiped out.

Thirty soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army jumped off their horses, hugged several horse bandits enthusiastically, and laughed loudly. Then they quickly took off their Eastern Expedition Army uniforms and changed into the clothes brought by Hengdao. In a blink of an eye, the Eastern Expedition Army soldiers just turned into horse bandits.

"This world is too crazy!" Hengdao looked at the new horse bandits, "In a blink of an eye, the soldiers turned into bandits!"

Everyone laughed in unison.