Empire

The fierce Black Cavalry destroyed countless bandit strongholds, inflicting heavy losses on the bandits and basically clearing the area around the official road.

However, when the Black Cavalry was preparing to return victorious, their grain transport team was attacked again when they camped in a village at night.

After receiving the report from the patrol, the Black Cavalry battalion commander was stunned. The bandits had been defeated or annihilated, and they could no longer cause any trouble. The escort force of the grain transport team was also strengthened, but they still encountered organized attacks, which made the Black Cavalry battalion commander realize that their opponents did not seem to be the bandits, but someone else. The

Black Cavalry battalion commander led the cavalry to the place where the grain transport team was attacked at lightning speed.

The cavalry patrol that arrived first had blocked the surrounding farmland and woods and conducted a search, but found nothing.

Seeing the arrival of the Black Cavalry light cavalry, the patrol officers quickly came to meet them.

"What's the situation?"

The battalion commander saw the patrol officer coming over and asked with a dark face.

"Reporting to the lord, the situation is similar to the previous times. This group of people are ruthless and ruthless. None of the guards of the grain transport team survived."The patrol officer said solemnly

"Where are the civilians?"

"The civilians fled at night. We have found some of them and found out through interrogation that the enemy came at midnight and was dressed as bandits."

"Damn it! Don't let me catch you, or I'll tear out your tendons and skin you alive!"

Seeing the burning cottages and the carriages that were reduced to skeletons, the Black Riders cursed fiercely.

"Which direction did they flee to?"

"Sir, please forgive me, they didn't leave any clues, they are very professional......"The patrol officer lowered his head in shame.

"What a bunch of good-for-nothings!"

The Black Cavalry commander, who was in a bad mood, couldn't help cursing, which made the patrol officers feel indignant, but they didn't dare to speak out.

The Black Cavalry commander sent out his best cavalrymen to track around, but still found nothing.

"Damn, did they fly away with wings?"

When Zhou Ba and his men retreated, they easily cleared the traces they left behind, causing the Black Cavalry to be unable to find the direction of their retreat and had no way to pursue them.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

Now they are passively beaten everywhere, and they can't even catch the shadow of the enemy, which makes these usually unruly Black Cavalry feel very frustrated.

Their front-line military rations can no longer hold up. If the food cannot be transported to the front line, they will lose their heads.

They thought this was a fairly easy task, but the Black Cavalry camp only now found that their opponents were quite powerful. They underestimated the enemy before.

"We must find them and destroy them!"

The Black Cavalry camp commander knew that they didn't have much time. He looked around the ravines and woods around him, his eyes becoming fierce.

"Sir, we are not familiar with this area. We are afraid that we are not strong enough to find them with our current military strength."An officer looked hesitant.

Someone suggested:"Should we send someone to ask His Highness for help? Send us more manpower?"

""You have pig brains. If we ask His Highness for help now, won't it show that we are all incompetent?" The general of the Black Cavalry Camp could not help but scold.

If they leave a bad impression in front of the Fourth Prince, then they will not be able to get promoted in the future.

So although they are facing many difficulties now, they can only bite the bullet and complete the task by themselves. Once they ask for help, it means the failure of their mission.

"When will the next batch of grain transport teams arrive?"

Fortunately, the Black Cavalry commander was no mediocre person and quickly came up with a way to lure the snake out of its hole.

"Reporting to the Lord, we will pass through this area tomorrow morning."

"Tell the brothers to have a good rest tonight. If the bandits dare to attack the grain team again tomorrow, I will make sure they never return!"

They have been taking the initiative to attack and suppress the bandits in the areas around the official roads, but the grain team still encounters frequent attacks.

This time, the Black Cavalry camp decided to change its tactics, that is, to wait for Zhou Ba and others who attacked the grain team to show up.

As long as Zhou Ba and others dare to show up, with the speed and strength of their Black Cavalry, they will definitely be able to wipe out the enemy.

In order to lure Zhou Ba and others to show up, the Black Cavalry deliberately swaggered towards the direction of Qingyang Prefecture in the afternoon, giving people the illusion that they had already evacuated.

After dark, these Black Cavalry returned to the area quietly under the cover of night and hid.

"Sir, those black cavalry are back again."

The black cavalry thought they were doing it secretly, but they still underestimated their opponents.

As the saying goes, the devil is always stronger than the saint. Zhou Ba was able to get away with it under the nose of the Qinghe Army without being discovered because he was cautious. Zhou Ba was born a bandit, and he had to be on guard against other bandits and the Dynasty Army at all times. Therefore, he was extremely cautious. Even if he wanted to intercept the road, he would send a lot of people to monitor the surrounding areas before taking action to ensure his own safety.

Now in many hidden places around the official road, there are sentinels sent by Zhou Ba, who are watching every move of the black cavalry.

Now the black cavalry leaves during the day and comes back quietly at night. Zhou Ba can naturally guess the opponent's intention. The idea was to hide in the dark, and as soon as they appeared, suddenly rush out to destroy them.

The Black Cavalry had made arrangements, and Zhou Ba also took advantage of the situation and adjusted his own deployment immediately.

Zhou Ba gathered the bandits in the surrounding areas, and now he has more than 3,000 men under his command. The villages of these people were burned down by the Black Cavalry, and they have long hated the Black Cavalry.

Moreover, these people are all ruthless and brave. Although their battle formation ability is not good, their individual ability is not weak. As long as they are well organized, they will be a powerful fighting force.

Nothing happened overnight. At dawn the next day, more than 3,000 people under Zhou Ba's command acted according to the deployment.

At noon, a grain transport team with more than 100 carts set out.���On the official road.

Because the grain transport team was frequently attacked, no grain had been transported to the front line in the past few days.

Because of the shortage of food, the Dynasty Army on the front line of Qingyang Prefecture has implemented a food rationing system, and the troops that did not go to war could only eat porridge.

Under the urging of the Fourth Prince, the Jingji Province had to send more people to transport food, and the escort of the grain team was greatly enhanced. The grain transport team was very vigilant along the way, because the experience of the previous grain transport teams made them feel uneasy.

Although the grain transport team was cautious, when passing a river, dense arrows poured down on them, and dense heads emerged from the surrounding weeds like bamboo shoots.

Seeing these fierce people, the guards of the grain transport team were gathering in panic, and people were constantly shot and fell to the ground.

When Zhou Ba and his men attacked the grain transport team, the cavalry of the grain transport team had already rushed away.

Soon, the Black Cavalry, who had been chasing the grain team from a distance, came galloping over with a rumble, because the fish had taken the bait.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

Seeing the smoke and dust in the distance and the large group of black cavalry rushing over, Zhou Ba glanced at them with a sneer and immediately ordered a retreat.