In the army, whether it is the Central Plains army or the border guards, scouts are the most dangerous groups of troops. As the eyes of the army, they often need to go deep into the enemy territory. Without protection, they are basically using their lives to find out the enemy's direction for the army.

They have no support to save their lives. They are alert and quick-witted, and often they are not as good as luck.

Most of the time, the scouts would die quietly. Even if they discovered the enemy's location, they would not be able to send back the information in time. Only scouts with good luck and good strength could have the honor to bring their military information back to the camp.

Such scouts are undoubtedly heroes in the army.

Therefore, even if the military commanders see them, they will show more concern and trust.

The first person to discover Khitan's racquet was Ergouzi who acted as a lookout on the low slope of the horse. When his clamored and anxious shout came into Niu Dan's ears, the latter's first reaction was not fear, but ecstasy.

The ecstatic Niudan abandoned the grassland in front of him, got up and ran towards the grass slope, looking in the direction pointed out by Ergouzi. Not far from the east, a cavalry team of four or five hundred people was walking around a gentle slope and galloping towards them.

"Du Tou, we only have one hundred people, and they have four or five hundred people. What should we do?!" Ergouzi asked anxiously. He wanted to say whether we should run away, but he felt that this was too timid, so he changed the words temporarily.

Niudan ignored Ergouzi, put his hands on his forehead and looked carefully, carefully identifying the opponent's armor and weapons, and even the tall and short breeds of war horses under his seat. Because the distance was a little far, Niudan struggled to see it.

Ergouzi didn't know what Niu Dan was looking at, and wanted to ask, but it was inconvenient to urge him. He was so anxious that he was like an ant on a hot pan. Although he was a recruit, Ergouzi also knew that once his side did not escape in time and was bitten by the other party, their 100-man team would be in danger.

With the shouts of the old soldiers, the other rangers gave up on their continued observation of the traces on the grass, and quickly got on the horse one after another, and adjusted their formation, making preparations for the battle and retreat.

Compared with these soldiers, Zhang Zai and Liu Dahe and the three Confucian scholars were somewhat weaker in constraints. They immediately followed Niu Dan to the grass slope and looked like him in the direction of the Khitan Ranger.

However, in terms of understanding military affairs, they were not even as good as Ergouzi, a new recruit who had been trained, so naturally they could not see anything.

"Du Tou, what are you looking at? The barbarian is almost rushing over!" Zhang Zai couldn't help asking.

Five hundred cavalrymen galloped rapidly on the grassland, and their power should not be underestimated. Although there was no scene of the earth shaking, the sound of horse hooves was still like thunder, and they kept exploding in their hearts. It was a lie to say that they were not panicking at all.

The key is that you have few people and have no chance of winning, which is the most fatal thing.

When Zhang Zai was in Huainan, he looked down on the fighting man and even the war. He always thought that it was just a barbaric collision between a group of vulgar people. Mobilizing the hearts of the army and the people before the war, dispatching food, fodder and supplies during the war, and managing the local Confucian scholars after the war were truly important events.

Therefore, he is a complete new recruit on the battlefield.

"Du Tou! They rushed through a safe distance!" At this moment, Ergouzi finally couldn't help but scream.

"These barbarians are wearing leather armor, sabres, and longbows. The war horses are neither scouts fast horses nor pony known for their endurance like ordinary cavalry... This is not a scout who is far away, but a rare elite cavalry in the army!"

When Niudan retracted his gaze, his eyes were filled with ecstasy. "This can only show one problem: the Khitan army is nearby!"

Turning the reins of the horse, under Ergouzi's admiration and Zhang Zai's blank gaze, Niu Dan took the lead in rushing down the grass slope and shouted loudly: "Go away!"

Since the location of the Khitan army has been discovered and the core military information that he has come out to detect on his own, Niu Dan has no reason to delay any further.

But now, the situation is already very dangerous. Although the Khitan Rangers are still a long way away, when their cavalry speed increases, the distance between the two sides will be very close.

However, since Niu Dan dared to set off now, she would not be seeking death. There is no doubt that the scout was quick.

The facts were as Niu Dan expected. Before the Khitan spirit cavalry caught up, their speed increased. Although on the vast grassland, five hundred spirit cavalry chased hundreds of racial cavalry without having to worry too much about the formation, the speed would be very fast, but there were always hundreds of steps between the two sides.

Zhang Zai turned around several times, and finally confirmed that the Khitan spirit cavalry should not be able to catch up with him, and he felt relieved. If he did not really face the threat of death, he would never know what the fear of death was. Now that he saved his life, Zhang Zai was very lucky.

At this time, Zhang Zai was already very impressed by Niu Dan's calm military orders, bold actions and meticulous responses. They had already discovered the approximate number and location of the Khitan army and made extraordinary contributions to the border army. In this situation, Zhang Zai felt that his image was a little taller.

Even though he didn't do anything along the way, he took risks after all, and worked hard for many days, which no one could erase. After this, Zhang Zai felt that he had made great progress in the military.

However, Zhang Zai's gratitude did not last long.

After they turned a bubble, they found another Khitan cavalry team running towards them!

Obviously, the Khitan spirit cavalry will chase them, and even though they know they can't catch up, they still bit them, and they are not without support.

After the Khitan discovered their scouts, he sent people to notify the nearby rangers in advance and cooperated with the elite cavalry in front of him to intercept them!

"Tu Head, there is a Khitan barbarian in front of you!" Zhang Zai's heart was relieved and immediately hung in his throat.

Niu Dan turned around and looked at him coldly, and was very dissatisfied with his yelling behavior. "How many are you panicking for more than twenty scouts?"

Scouts are different from elite cavalry. In order to reduce the burden on brisk horses, pursue the ultimate speed, facilitate escape in the face of danger, and bring back military information, their armor and soldiers are simple and generally do not have armor. Such an opponent is not difficult to deal with.

Niu Dan and others were just wearing the lightest leather armor to guard against arrows in the distance. When two horses were running against each other, the swords, spears and weapons stabbed at extremely high speeds were not much different from a layer of paper.

Scouts are not originally a military force that exists for combat.

"Kill!" Niu Dan pulled out the horizontal knife.

Screamingly, the metal friction sound of the long sword being unsheathed turned into pieces, causing Zhang Zai's hair to stand up. Although the Confucian scholar was not good at fighting power, as a Confucian scholar, he also had some combat power and immediately pulled the horizontal sword around his waist.

However, his hands were a little trembling and were not very obedient. He pulled them several times but didn't pull out the knife.

At this time, both sides had already begun to make mistakes.

The sound of warriors and wars hit each other one after another, mixed with the sound of long swords entering the flesh. Then, by the shrill screams of death, Zhang Zai couldn't help but feel clever all over, almost fell off the horse's back, and quickly held the reins tightly with both hands.

Suddenly, a blood fountain burst out from his side, and warm blood spilled on his face. When he turned his head in shock, he saw a soldier who had lost his head falling from the horse's back with blood spraying on his neck.

Zhang Zai recognized the military soldier and said a few words to each other, knowing that the other party was a simple man and loved to laugh, which made him quite fond of him. Unexpectedly, he was beheaded by the Khitans.

Before Zhang Zai could scream, his forehead suddenly suffered a sharp blow, and his eyes went dark.

Thinking that he was hit by a Khitan scout and was about to die. Zhang Zai could no longer control his fear, and his screams were even more unbearable than killing a pig.

He didn't fall, but the one who hit his forehead was just a broken arm.

Zhang Zai didn't know how his side rushed past the Khitan cavalry team, and his mind was blank.

The scholar always thinks that he is invincible in his passion and blood. Even if he breaks into the army and takes the general's head, he will not be timid. Even if he is surrounded and killed by the enemy in a desperate situation, he can still shout to serve the country and fight to the last moment.

I don’t know how hard it is to be obedient to the sword and sword forest that is suddenly facing on the battlefield. I don’t know how hard it is to be able to twist the knife, spear and sword, and use the usual training techniques to cut the opponent’s key points.

"Take them away!"

Because of a loud roar, Zhang Zai finally came to his senses. He looked around and found that there were fewer people in his team. Although there were not many, there were indeed fewer people.

The one who shouted this sentence was Dutou Niudan. After yelling this sentence, he took half of the rangers to leave the brigade, turned a corner, and faced the four or five hundred Khitan elites who were catching up with him.

Although the battle with the Khitan scout just now did not cause much damage to the cavalry team, the speed of the team still slowed down a little, and the Khitan spirit cavalry behind had already caught up.

At this time, Zhang Zai ignored the fact that he was wet his pants, and his heart was trembling, which made him unable to help but shouted in a hoarse voice that changed tone: "Du Tou, there are many savages, you will die when you go back!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zai's whole body shook.

Dozens of cold eyes fell on him together.

"Shut up!" The deputy shouted in a deep voice.

Zhang Zai opened his mouth and could no longer speak.

Of course Niu Dan knew that he would definitely die if he turned around and faced him.

But only in this way can we slow down the opponent's horse speed and win the opportunity for others to bring back the military reward.

When Zhang Zai saw Ergouzi and others, although he was red and gritted his teeth, he did not mean to look back and take a look. He just tried his best to urge the horse speed. He instantly realized that it was obvious that the scouts were mentally prepared for such a situation.

This is the fate of the scout.

Looking back, his eyes passed through his comrades behind him, and he vaguely saw the resolute backs of more than 40 cavalrymen, rushing towards the surging crowd of Khitan spirits without hesitation. Zhang Zai felt his throat as hard as a rock in an instant, and tears burst out from his eyes.

Of course he knew that if Niu Dan turned around and died, he would definitely not be able to survive, no one would survive, and military information would not be able to be sent to the border.

Zhang Zai, Liu Dahe and others, who were just entering the army, no matter how unbearable they were, at least at this moment, they had experienced what a comrade was. How could they say that they were together with their comrades? These are the simple eight words, but the heroic spirit and tragedy contained in it were so profound that those who were involved could not appreciate it deeply.

Zhang Zai withdrew his gaze, his eyes were blurred by tears, his heart was ashamed, and he was blaming himself and his body was hot, clenched his teeth tightly.

He used to look down on the soldiers in the army.

But now, he found that he was not even qualified to be a warrior.

"Ergouzi, take people back!"

Suddenly, the deputy head shouted in a deep voice.

On the front of their right, another team of Khitan scouts appeared, and there were a large number of people.

They were too far away from the border and too deep into the grassland. When they came, relying on their experience and cleverness, they avoided many Khitan scouts; but now, when they fled desperately, they could no longer cover up their journey.

When they encounter enemies who have the strength to hinder the entire team's progress, their only way to survive is to keep people behind and cut off their backs again and again.

Until there is only one person left.

Or, none of them remain.
Chapter completed!