After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 4
Suddenly a horn sounded in the barracks, and after a while, the barracks gates opened wide, and groups of cavalry rushed out, separated and galloped away in all directions.

"Are these scouts?"

"Yes."

"A lot of scouts, Brother Meng, what should we do next?"

"Wait, that's not right."

Horns sounded again in the barracks, continuously.The tent that had been quiet before suddenly came alive, and people neighed on their backs, and suddenly became extremely lively.

"This is?" Meng Di looked at the sky, it was already approaching dusk, "Is this going to set off?"

Something must have happened, and the commander-in-chief of the Wu army would choose to march at night. At this moment, the Wu army's scouts and cavalry are everywhere, which greatly interferes with his plan.

Wu Jun Barracks.

The two generals strolled forward amidst the noise, very leisurely.The gray-haired veteran looked at the busy soldiers and asked, "Why did Changqing (Sun Wu) pull out the camp overnight?"

"My lord Zixu, soldiers are precious and fast."

"Changqing has made a clever plan to transfer the Chu army to Cai Guo. The hinterland is empty, so why be so anxious?"

"There is a small team of Chu army escaping during the day, so we must guard against it. Our army goes deep alone, we must take Yingdu in one fell swoop before the main force of the Chu army recovers, otherwise we will fall into a dilemma."

"So that's how it is. It's a blessing for Wu Guo that Changqing is well versed in the art of war!"

At this time, a soldier came to report: "There is still a batch of grain and grass that has not arrived."

Sun Tzu pondered for a moment and asked, "How many cavalry are still in the battalion?"

"There are also fifty scouts."

"The army marched out on time, and ordered twenty cavalry to look for a food delivery team, and another official was left behind to meet them." One official is ten cavalry.

Meng Di stood quietly on the mountain peak, watching Wu Jun quickly integrate the team, and started to set off after the sound of the horn.

At the beginning is the line of chariots, with two chariots in each row, each with a team of disciples. It seems that the line is extremely long, with a scale of hundreds of times.

Followed by a huge team of apprentices.Behind the disciples are all kinds of transportation vehicles and civilian husbands, which look a bit noisy, in stark contrast to the disciplined front army.

The scout cavalry roamed around the front and back of the team, keeping a close distance.

Commander Wu Jun is a man who knows soldiers!Meng Di nodded secretly.

At this time, dozens of riders suddenly turned around and galloped back after leaving the gate of the camp.

Meng Di thought, the opportunity has come.He tilted his head, motioning for Little Five and Little Six to follow, and the three of them galloped around the hill.

Night fell quickly, Mengdi went around the barracks, followed the hoofprints to a forest, and completely lost the trace of the cavalry.It seems to have passed through the forest.

That's it.Meng Di asked Xiao Wu to prepare the torch and tie the horse to the tree trunk.

"Xiao Liu, can that tree be climbed?"

"No problem, I'm the best at climbing trees, my brother is not as good as me." After saying that, Xiang Xiaowu made a face.

"Okay, you climb to the highest point, and if you find cavalry approaching, call the police."

"Understood, Brother Meng."

Meng Di let the horse under him eat the grass roots at will, and sat down with his eyes closed and waited quietly.

"Brother, will the cavalry really come back?" After a while, Xiao Liu seemed to be unable to bear the loneliness, and softly called out to the tree.

"Hush..." Xiao Wu glared at the tree, only to realize that Xiao Liu couldn't see at all, so he quickly stopped him softly.

The moon is in the middle of the sky, and a little coolness is sprinkled from the gaps in the branches and leaves.According to the method Mengdi taught, Xiao Liu picked some leaves and chewed them in his mouth, "It's really bitter, what kind of tree is this?" But the effect was really good, and the drowsiness disappeared without a trace.

"Here we come." A black shadow appeared in the distance, "Brother Meng, brother, we are here!"

Meng Di jumped up, asked Xiao Wu to light the torch, and then hid far away.

After a while, there was the sound of "de" horseshoes, which was very clear in the silent night.

The sound of hooves approached and suddenly stopped.Meng Di could see clearly that there were five riders in total, they seemed to be attracted by the flames and surrounded them.

One dismounted, checked the horse tied to the tree trunk, and said to the leader-like rider: "Commander, it's a chariot horse with a mark on its hip."

All the riders were surprised and moved closer.

Meng Di hid in the night, drew out three feathered arrows, and took advantage of the moment when everyone approached the fire, he drew his bow and shot.

The three sounds of "嗖嗖嗖" sounded almost simultaneously, and the three riders fell on their backs.

The corporal reacted quickly, bent down, whipped his horse and rushed out.

A random arrow knocked down the bewildered knight, and Mengdi urged his horse to chase after the corporal.

The corporal leader was an old hand, so he leaned his body very low, and under the moonlight, he ran all the way towards the barracks.

Meng Di observed for a while, turned the horse's head, hugged the horse's neck lightly, cut across the steep slope, and got in front of the corporal leader after a while.

The corporal prided himself on his superb riding skills, and was proud of his decisiveness, when he suddenly found out that the pursuers had rushed to the front, he couldn't help being horrified.When he got ruthless, he simply stopped his horse and raised his bow to aim at the person coming.

Meng Di rode his horse and swept across the front far away. He raised his hand casually, and the arrow was like a shooting star.

The corporal leader only felt a pain in his throat, and the hand that raised the bow dropped weakly.Before losing consciousness, You Zi was puzzled, how could there be such a powerful arrow in this world?
Back at the edge of the woods, Little Wu and Little Liu had gathered the horses together wittily.

"Brother Meng, a team is coming over there, lighting a torch."

"withdraw"

In the cold morning wind, Peng Ji rubbed his hands and walked back and forth non-stop.Everyone practiced riding for a whole day yesterday, and they were all sore and moaning. Seeing this, they were even more upset.

It was still Mo Cheng who could hold his breath, "Don't worry, with Brother Meng's archery skills, nothing will happen."

Suddenly there was a loud sound of hooves, and under the worried eyes of everyone, Sanqi rushed into the woods with a group of horses behind him.

"It's amazing!" The crowd cheered, fighting back the pain to welcome them.

"One, two, three... eight horses!"

"This is not a chariot horse, but a cavalry horse! Could it be that Brother Meng robbed Wu's scouts?" Mo Cheng still had a good eye.

"That's right, brother Meng shot down three with one arrow!"

"No, it's Three Arrows, I can see it clearly from the side."

"One arrow!"

"Three Arrows!"

Meng Di waved his hand, stopped Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu from arguing, and asked, "How is your riding practice?"

"They all have a foundation. Except for Gan Ying, the rest of them will be able to try to hit the road in one day."

Gan Ying blushed at the side, and muttered: "Brother Meng, I'm too stupid."

"It's okay, I'll teach you, everyone will rest here for a day and start tomorrow."

In addition to riding horses, Meng Di began to teach everyone how to archery. The bows he got from Wu Jun's scouts were small and had a short range, which was good for beginners to practice.

Mo Cheng also listened to the lecture with a shy face. When he learned that Meng Di could shoot the enemy with a bow on a galloping horse, he secretly clicked his tongue.Both Chu State and Wu State have few cavalry soldiers, and they have never heard of such riding and archery skills. If they are apprentices from the countryside, they cannot be believed even if they are killed.Could it be that they are descendants of aristocratic families from the north?

(End of this chapter)