After a while, Liu Zongdao rushed over panting and said, "The two thieves are very alert. The people I sent out are difficult to get close to, but it can be roughly estimated that their cavalry will be half an hour away from us."

Jiang Yan asked, "How many cavalry do they have?"

"Xiang Batian has about 200 people, and there are more tripods in the room, about 300." Liu Zongdao calmed down and said, "What should we do now?"

Jiang Yan sighed and said, "According to the news from Duba Villa, there are 2,000 people on the other side, and the remaining 1,500 people are not unexpectedly just waiting for us to go to Xiangyang or turn back.

Fortunately, the brothers are already full. As long as Deacon Wu finds a suitable position, we will only hold on for a day or two and the ranch will come to help, so we will not be afraid."

He knew nothing about military affairs, and he would not lead the cavalry to charge forward. He could only choose some conservative methods. With his martial arts, he could choose a good position and defend for a while.

Liu Zongdao has always traveled around the world and just did business for the ranch. If you do business, it is extremely powerful. Even if you encounter ordinary bandits, you can still deal with it with your personal force and the ranch brothers.

However, this time, Xiang Batian and Fang Jianding were bandits, but their subordinates were not much worse than ordinary troops, which was far beyond the scope of his ability to solve.

After a while, Wu Zhaoru hurried back and said, "I found a good location, everyone, come with me."

Liu Zongdao quickly asked the people in the ranch to lead the horses, followed him for a quarter of an hour, and came to a river bend.

The tributaries of the Han River are circling here, in a shape of a few, with the river surface about thirty or forty feet wide. Wu Zhaoru said excitedly: "Look at the three sides of this place, the opening is less than fifty feet, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there is no shortage of water source..."

"Are you going to fight with your back?" Jiang Yan interrupted: "With such a big opening, the terrain is flat, and there are only 200 cavalrymen on the other side, so don't talk about rushing into the formation. Even if a bow and arrow is shot, what can you do to resist?"

"Then where do you think you should look for?" Wu Zhaoru was a little dissatisfied.

Jiang Yan stood on the horse, looked out from a distance, pointed to the undulating mountain peaks in front of him, and said, "What's the terrain over there?"

"It's not surprising that the low hill is only more than a hundred feet long. I didn't go to see it." Wu Zhaoru said with a mockery on his face, "You don't want to occupy the mountain and defend it, right? Have you never heard of the story of 'Ma Su losing Jieting'? Being trapped in the mountains is afraid that it would not be repeated and defeated by lack of water."

Jiang Yan looked at him calmly and said, "Ma Su will only encounter water shortage only if we lead 20,000 troops. We only have 200 people. Even if we kill horses and drink blood, we can endure for a few days."

Wu Zhaoru was stunned and Liu Zongdao hurriedly asked, "Then do we need to transfer faster now?"

"It's too late. When I saw the vanguard of the thief coming, Deacon Liu quickly arranged the defense. At this time, don't be stingy with the horse, hold the horse in front and guard against the opponent's bows and arrows."

Jiang Yan said as he picked up a bow next to him, gently pulled a full moon, took a few quivers, put it beside him, and waited quietly.

After a while, before he was ready, the horse's hooves sounded, and the enemy had already reached a mile away and stopped.

Sitting on the horse was a short man with a short body, short, short hands and feet, and a belly that was wide open. He didn't stretch his body while sitting on the horse. His flat head seemed to grow directly from his fat shoulders and had no neck.

Liu Zongdao whispered beside him: "This is Xiang Batian's 'no grass grows'."

Jiang Yan nodded gently and said, "When the cauldron did not appear in that room and the river surface was not wide, maybe he was going to attack from the other side, so please be careful.

But this is an opportunity. As long as the two sides do not meet in time, we may be able to rush forward once."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone came over and said, "Second Deacon, a team of cavalry came from the other side of the river. It looked like there were more than 300 people, and it seemed that they wanted to cross the river."

"Oh, there's no chance." Jiang Yan sighed and said, "The enemy is coming too fast. Even if we can rush to Xiang Batian, we will suffer a lot of losses. When the room behind us sees the tripod chasing us, we will rush directly to the formation, even if we grind us."

"Then try your best. Let me leave it to Mr. Jiang." Liu Zongdao gritted his teeth and pulled Wu Zhaoru, who was a little lost, and went to the back together.

As soon as we passed, there was a noise coming from front and back. Behind were the bandits crossing the river, and more than 200 infantry soldiers came in front.

Xiang Batian waved his short hand and rushed out more than fifty cavalry first. He immediately arrived in front and shot.

Jiang Yan said loudly: "Hide!" The ancestors of the ranch behind him were also soldiers, so they naturally knew some precautions and hid behind the horses. A rain of arrows fell, and several horses died immediately. The people were fine.

The horses began to get a little turmoil, but fortunately everyone was a skilled person who drove horses and controlled them, so they comforted them.

Several arrows also fell towards Jiang Yan. He reached out to take them and held them one by one in his hand. His heart sank: These arrows are much better than those in the ranch!

Arrows are not shoddy and messy. If there are no one secretly supporting them, the other party has the ability to capture the Sui court armory.

Besides, the strength is not light, and if he is not prepared, he will be injured. Obviously, the thieves have been trained at least, and if they are all like this, more than 500 soldiers who know how to ride and shoot on the battlefield are also a strong force.

"The method of riding and shooting in the grassland!" Jiang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, recognized the combat skills he used by the other party, snorted lightly, drew out the arrow, and shot it.

He had learned archery in Pegasus Ranch, and practiced many times in the grassland. Even if he was not the best in the world, he was more than enough to deal with the thieves with Xiaoyao's internal skills and Tianshan Zhemei Hand techniques.

Arrows were like beads, one arrow after another. In a blink of an eye, a quiver twelve arrows were shot in the air, and twelve people fell down on the opposite side.

When he took another arrow pouch, the remaining thieves would have escaped long ago.

Xiang Batian looked surprised, and held a pair of silver light in his hand, with sharp teeth on the edge, and the horse took the lead in rushing forward.

"It's a courageous person." Jiang Yan raised his bow and shot the thief's head. The arrow fell in front of the opponent. Both times, Xiang Batian knocked away.

The opponent's riding skills are very powerful. The speed of the horse is not reduced even when it swings.

At the same time, the 200 bandits no longer had any reservations. During the journey, they shot an arrow, covering the sky.

Although the ranch people were well-trained, there were no concealment and more than ten casualties were still injured.

Jiang Yan reached out to tact, separated the arrows, and only had time to shoot two or three arrows, and the enemy rushed to the front.

He hung his bow on the back of the horse, pulled out a spear, and rushed towards Xiang Batian.

Xiang Batian was very cunning. When he saw the enemy coming, he didn't know how good his martial arts were, but more than a dozen people on his side lost the opponent's hands, which seemed to be very powerful.

He took the reins, the war horse turned around, and walked around the other side from afar, and rushed into the Pegasus Ranch formation. The two of them were the first to intercept him, and as soon as they stepped forward, he was knocked away.

"Hahahaha! Then you know how powerful my 'deadly tooth ring' is." Xiang Batian laughed unrestrainedly, and his hands were still not stopping, killing another person.

Jiang Yan's face became extremely heavy, and his spear shook, instantly killed the three bandits surrounding him, jumped onto the war horses, and chased after him.

Along the way, spears danced, stabbed, pricked, and tarted, like dragons. Whenever he made a move, a man fell off his horse and soon gave him a bloody path.

Xiang Batian smiled and slashed at a Pegasus Ranch disciple with a steel ring. A long spear came from the oblique, blocking the ring, and then another wave of force came from the docking point of the weapon. He couldn't sit steadily and leaned back and flipped off the horse.

Jiang Yan defeated the enemy with one move, and did not hold back. He chased after him and shook several guns, and hissed twice. The opponent's wrist was stabbed open and the steel ring weapon landed on the ground.

Xiang Batian was shocked. Jiang Yan's martial arts skills were so high that he was beyond his expectations. He quickly lowered his body and didn't even care about picking up weapons. He rolled on the spot, dodging away like a ball.

He got up, stepped on his short legs, and ran back frantically. After only a few steps, a spear tip emerged from his throat with a squirting sound.

Then he soared into the air and was hung on the tip of the gun, and a sound spread far away:
Chapter completed!