After the snow, the earth was covered with silver, and the trees were covered with white velvet snowballs. The breeze blew through the branches and trembled slightly. The snowball fell into the gurgling water and drifted southwest along the clean water.

Dozens of Sui army cavalry galloped on the field. As the rangers sent by the camp, their mission was to attack all small groups of Zhou troops that could be attacked, creating favorable conditions for the main force to siege Fangcheng.

Fangcheng is the eastern gateway to Jingzhou, Shannan, and is the main road to enter and exit the Nanyang Basin, just like Hulao Pass to Luoyang and Tongguan to Chang'an. In order to prevent the Zhou army in Shannan from going east to Fangcheng and threaten the boundaries of Yuzhou, the Sui army took the initiative to attack again.

The Zhou and Sui army confronted Fangcheng, while the Sui State sent a large army from the direction of Luoyang to cross Funiu Mountain and enter the boundary of Jingzhou, and attacked Fangcheng Zhou army from the north. Although there were Zhou troops blocking this direction, they could not stop it.

Because more than half of this Sui army were cavalry, the elite cavalry that attacked the Turkic army on the grasslands for several years.

"There are Zhou cavalry ahead!"

"The number is almost the same, intercept them!"

The Sui army cavalry quickly dispersed, like hunting wolves, surrounding the sheep in front of them. Although the forces of both sides were similar, they did not think they would lose.

They fought against the Turkic cavalry for several years on the grassland. They were all skilled in cavalry and shooting, which was not comparable to those of the cavalry of the Zhou army in Shannan. How could they train strong cavalry in the water towns and ze countries in Jingxiang?

The two sides met unexpectedly, and the Zhou cavalry did not panic. Not only did they turn their horses and flee, but instead bravely approached them and scattered to the left and right, as if they thought they were also wolves.

"Good come! I don't know the importance of it, everyone..."

Before he finished speaking, the Sui soldier was shot into the front with an arrow and fell down. Both sides began to shoot with their bows. After one round, people were shot at each other, but because of the armor, it was not a big deal.

Just as both sides abandoned their bows and picked up the horse spear and were about to confront each other, the Zhou cavalry suddenly dispersed to their wings. Seeing this, the Sui cavalry thought something was wrong and was about to pull the reins, but it was too late.

The war horse under his crotch was tripped by the squat rope hidden by the weeds on the ground. These squat ropes were set up several layers, with a long width and no way to hide. Dozens of Sui army cavalry lost most of them, and a few of them were lucky enough to die, but were waiting for the Zhou army to stand by.

He slowed down and turned sideways, and he was facing the enemy sideways. These Sui cavalry had no power to resist and were quickly killed.

The field soon returned to peace. Zhou cavalry cleaned the battlefield. A Sui soldier who was pretending to die wanted to counterattack, but was manipulated by a horse and kicked the head out of the way.

"Cut off the head, peel off the armor, take away all the horses that can go away! Also, collect all the tripping ropes!"

"Kaifu, where are those horses with broken legs?"

"Put a knife around the neck and give it a good time."

Seeing that his subordinates were a little reluctant, Shi Wansui laughed: "You are not afraid of killing people, why are you afraid of killing horses!"

......

Twenty miles northwest of Fangcheng, the Sui army camp.

The Marshal of the Marshal of the Southern Expedition and King of Guards, Yang Shuang, was checking the map, and moved from the familiar vast grassland to the hilly areas in the south of the mountain. Yang Shuang, who was accustomed to cavalry fighting, became more and more cautious.

It is easy to get lost on the grassland. Once you cannot find the water source, you will die. These two problems do not exist in Jingzhou, Shannan, but the undulating terrain has some hindering the cavalry's combat.

It’s not that war horses cannot run, but that there are more small hills and many trees, and their vision is somewhat obstructed. If you are not careful, the enemy ambushing behind the hills can make you suffer a big loss.

For Yang Shuang, her eyes are always blocked by something, which makes her feel uncomfortable. The way to get rid of these things is to send more rovers out to detect the enemy situation around her, just like fighting on the grassland.

The cunning Turkic cavalry was erratic, and the movements of their main forces were even more confusing. If you want to prevent falling into the opponent's ambush circle and want to bite the opponent's main force, you have to rely on the ranger to constantly strike. In fact, this is the case no matter where you fight.

Since crossing Funiu Mountain and entering the boundary of Jingzhou, Yang Shuang approached Fangcheng as planned and supported the advance westward from Yuzhou. He was facing the friendly troops of Fangcheng. All his army had to do was to harass Fangcheng's food route and force the Zhou army to divide the troops to fight with him.

Let the enemy unknowingly fight on the battlefield he chose and the time he chose was Yang Shuang's trick to win. The erratic main force of the Turks was that he was constantly oppressed and pursued by him, and was irritated and rushed over, and was waiting for the Sui army's elite cavalry.

However, this tactic is a bit unhealthy now, because all the rafts sent by Yang Shuang are going but not returning.

To be precise, the rangers sent to Bowang were all gone and no one came back.

Bowang is located twenty miles northeast of Shangwan and thirty miles southwest of Fangcheng. It is an important place for the official road between Shangwan and Fangcheng. The grain transport team set out on Shangwan will pass by Bowang first and then go to Fangcheng after crossing the water.

Yang Shuang's camp is located east of the Jingshui River, more than 20 miles north of Bowang, the southern foot of the remnants of Funiu Mountain, and to the east is Fangcheng. He was like a thorn stuck in the throat of Zhou army, waiting for the other party to "pull out" and then break it with one battle.

As a result, the movements and stills on Bowang were completely unaware of, and that area became a blind spot, which made Yang Shuang sense the danger.

The reinforcements of Zhou's army arrived!

This was the conclusion he came to discuss with the generals. One of the main forces of the Jingzhou Army was in Shangwan and would not move easily. The other arrived outside Fangcheng and was confronting the Sui Army.

Those who can reinforce will definitely be the Xiangzhou Army or Anzhou Army in the south. This is what Yang Shuang hopes to mobilize the opponent's troops, and then there will be more and more flaws.

He has many cavalrymen, and when both sides move, they will only have more and more flaws. When the right time comes, they can break through with one blow, but the premise is to figure out the opponent's reality and reality.

At least we have to figure out the campsite, but now we just can’t figure it out!

I only knew that it was near Bowang that the ranger sent out should have been intercepted and killed by the opponent's cavalry. The killing was so clean and thorough that Yang Shuang felt energetic, because this showed that the opponent's cavalry was very strong, and only Yuwen Liang, the main station of Zhouguoshan South Road, had such powerful cavalry.

If you can seize the opportunity, you will defeat it in one battle...

"Master! Come back, come back!"

The personal soldiers came into the tent and reported that the rafter who was heading to the Bowang Explosion was finally back, but only one came back.

"One? There are hundreds of cavalry who are sent out!"

Yang Shuang felt a little heartbroken. The rangers he sent were all elite, and they were not at a disadvantage in fighting against the Turks on the grassland. As a result, the casualties were so heavy, and these were all powerful soldiers in a hundred battles!

A soldier covered in blood was carried in. According to the outside of the camp, the man was shot like a hedgehog when he came back, and lay on the horse's back and was dying, trying to report military information to the commander in a tone.

"It's okay! I asked the military doctor to bandage your wound first!"

"Master! Don't...brothers are injured...seriously...seriously."

Blood was overflowing from the wounded soldier's mouth, and he was obviously seriously injured and his life was not long ago. He struggled to report the military situation to Yang Shuang: "Zhou Army, set up a trap to kill our rangers... We... we can find out clearly, and Bowang has come to a large group of soldiers."

"The camp station...changes and confusing whereabouts, and there are many cavalry ambushing around. Once they explore, the brothers will die..."

"Their...their garrison is moving north, I... saw the word "Yuwen" in the banner of the central army..."
Chapter completed!