In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 73 Scared and hugging each other desperately
The Tian family's convoy escaped. Lin Rui and the others were indeed unable to take action, but Ha Beier led the cavalry to kill them immediately.

However, because the distance between the two convoys was too close, only three to four hundred steps, Hubbell and his cavalry only shot and killed the one or two hundred coachmen and horsemen running at the rear, while the others successfully escaped into the Liang family. convoy.

At this time, the battle in the Huang family's motorcade was coming to an end. More than 100 guards were basically killed, and more than 800 of the more than 100 coachmen and horsemen were killed. The others chose to kneel down and surrender, not daring to run away.

"Report, sir, the convoy next door took people and ran directly to the convoy in front. We did not block it, but shot more than 100 people..."

A Mongolian boy hurried to Lin Rui's side to report.

"No problem, keep shooting and tell the fourth lady not to charge directly with the other person on horseback."

Lin Rui waved his hand and then ordered.

He had anticipated this situation. It didn't matter if the people ran away, as long as the carriage and supplies couldn't escape.

After all, there were too few cavalry, and the opposing team's fleets were too close together. It was normal for them to focus on one thing at the expense of the other, and to be overwhelmed.

If there are a thousand cavalry, they can be divided into two or even three teams, and the result will be very different.

Even if the other party abandons their vehicle and supplies, just mounting a horse and choosing people to join them, they still have to shed a layer of skin.

"Rui Lang, in the battle just now, our army killed 13 people, wounded 35 people, and captured more than [-] people in total. What should we do with them?"

Just as the Mongolian boy who reported the news left, Mrs. Niu ran over again on horseback.

"Tie all the hands and feet of the prisoners, leaving 50 people and the wounded to guard them. The others immediately gathered and mounted their horses."

Seeing that the total number of casualties was less than fifty, Lin Rui breathed a sigh of relief. He did not plan to count the loot at all, and decided to win one more house quickly and slowly.

After all, the other party has been frightened and ran away directly. If there is any further delay, the other families will also give up their supplies and join together. In the end, it will be difficult for the remaining ones to fight.

So this time he decided to attack the one at the front, catching them off guard and taking them by surprise.

Although the family in front had the largest number, he had already figured out the combat power of these caravans. Except for the guards who dared to fight, the coachmen and horsemen were completely vulnerable.

As Lin Rui's order was issued, everyone immediately stopped cleaning the battlefield. After tying up the prisoners, they got on their horses and gathered in front of Lin Rui.

From the issuance of the order to the completion of the assembly, it only takes a few cups of tea, which shows how important the daily queue discipline training is.

"go!"

With Bei'er and the others in charge of surveillance, Lin Rui didn't worry about the other party daring to come out to counterattack, so he just led his men and horses forward to kill them.

As for the carriages abandoned by the Tian family, he didn't even look at them. They all belonged to him anyway and there was no way he could run away.

Seeing the horse bandits coming to kill, the families passing by were all nervous. It was not until the horse bandits moved forward that each family breathed a sigh of relief.

The Fan family at the front was complaining terribly. Seeing that the horse bandits were coming towards them, Fan Yongdou was even more angry and cursed.

Apparently, they were caught off guard by this group of horse bandits who acted out of common sense. They immediately called on the troops to prepare for defense and stop getting food.

Although there were a large number of people in the opponent's convoy, close to two thousand, Lin Rui still just shouted "surrender or avoid death", and after revealing his identity as a Han, he hurriedly ordered the attack.

"Kill!" After the battle just now, the morale of the more than 1000 soldiers in the two war camps has greatly increased. Under the cover of the female soldiers' bows and arrows, they all screamed in excitement.

On the other hand, as for the Fan family's motorcade, after learning that the Huang family's motorcade had been destroyed and even Mr. Huang was dead, whether it was the guards, the coachman or the head of the family, Fan Yongdou, looking at the horse bandits charging up, they felt sad from the bottom of their hearts. A fear arose.

In the end, the two sides only fired a round of arrows at each other, and the soldiers rushed to the carriage and killed dozens of people. The Fan family's convoy collapsed, and the coachman and grooms desperately ran for their lives toward the Wang family's convoy next door.

The defeat was faster than that of the Huang family's convoy. The main reason was that Fan Yongdou was afraid of death. Before the opponent could even rush to the carriage, he got on the horse and left more than 50 guards beside him.

With this attitude of running away at any time, how can anyone still have the determination and confidence to resist a deadly battle?
Habeier also had experience this time and had already taken precautions. As soon as the Fan family's convoy collapsed, a hundred cavalry came over to kill them.

Fan Yongdou rode his horse and rushed to the Wang family's motorcade easily under the protection of fifty guards.

But those coachmen and grooms had no time to ride horses, and most of them chose to run on foot. As a result, those who were charged by the cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and they all turned around and returned, choosing to run to the carriage circle before surrendering.

In the end, only 400 people in the entire Fan family's convoy successfully escaped to the Wang family's convoy. More than 400 people were killed by the cavalry, and the remaining 1200 or so people were all made prisoners.

"Brother Fan, if you had listened to my advice and come over to join me, how could you have ended up like this? Alas!"

Wang Dengku looked at the embarrassed Fan Yongdou and couldn't help but complain.

He had previously advised Fan Yongdou to abandon the supplies and vehicles and bring people to join the Wang family's motorcade, but unfortunately he didn't listen. Now it was better. Not only were all the supplies lost, but only 2000 of the nearly [-] men and horses escaped.

"I didn't expect that this group of horse bandits would suddenly turn around and attack my Fan family. Hey, I regret that I didn't listen to my wise brother's advice!"

Fan Yongdou said this, but he was cursing in his heart. If Wang Dengku had been willing to listen to his advice earlier, abandon the supplies and vehicles, and bring people and horses to the Fan family's motorcade to join him, how could they have been defeated so quickly?
Wang Dengku did not chat with him, and immediately shouted to the other family next door. The Zhai family next door. Hearing that the Fan family did not block the attack of the horse bandits, after passing the news on, he decisively chose to fight with him. The Wang family gathers.

The remaining families did not dare to hesitate any longer. They all took advantage of the horse bandits before they could take action, abandoned their vehicles and supplies, and chose to huddle with nearby people to keep warm.

Even though Hubbell rushed left and right and tried his best to intercept, he only shot some people and horses, and still could not prevent the remaining families from joining together.

Two of the eight families were wiped out. The Tian family and another Wang family chose to join the Liang family, while the Zhai family and the Jin family chose to join Wang Dengku and Fan Yongdou.

Although there are six teams left, two teams have been combined at once, and their strength has been greatly enhanced. However, the distance between them has suddenly widened by three miles, making it difficult to reunite, and even sending messages to each other has become difficult.

After learning that the remaining six convoys had signed up, Lin Rui did not continue to attack, but chose to rush the prisoners and the carriage supplies to one place first.

Hubbell still led the cavalry to monitor. When Lin Rui directed the troops to move the vehicles of the six caravans to a place seven or eight miles away, it was already approaching dusk.

"Rui Lang, if you don't take advantage of the opportunity to capture another family, once it gets dark and the remaining two teams gather together, it will be difficult to fight!"

"Yes, sir, I think we will fight the team to the south. That team seems to have fewer people."

"Don't underestimate the enemy. It's not that simple. The remaining two families have no way to escape and have become trapped beasts. If we attack now, they will definitely fight to the death. We must consider the long term!"

Lin Rui waved his hand. He knew that the reason why the two battles during the day were easy was because the opponent was too weak in the first battle. In the second battle, the opponent wanted to escape to the next door and had no intention of resisting.

But now the remaining two groups are too far apart, and the number of each group is between three and four thousand. In this case, the other party's determination to resist will definitely be very strong.

However, what everyone said did not make sense. Once the two groups of people met again at night, there would really be no room for escape. The only option was to fight to the death or surrender.

(End of this chapter)