Chapter 207, the night march is looking for the enemy, and the Kip Road is hit hard by the enemy

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Ma Chao ordered the whole army to rest, Qi Han shouted luck in his heart, if he galloped like this, he would not be stunned by the poisonous sun, and he would be so tired that he would fall off the horse. Along the way, he was with the captives, with no water to drink or food to distribute, and he was very hungry and thirsty. Not far away, the cavalrymen were taking a sip, he pulled the saddle and put it on the hot sand, sat by the roadside, dying, couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick his chapped lips, looked at the water bladder in the hands of the cavalrymen, and shook his throat a few times.

Ma Chao, who came to inspect, happened to see this scene, and his eyes couldn't help but rise a little surprised.

He looked at Ma Tie beside him inquiringly, frowning, Ma Tie's strange eyes rolled, and suddenly shouted: "Big brother, it's not me, I didn't snatch his water bag!" I saw with my own eyes that this kid gave the water bladder to an old man and a young man for nothing!"

In this desert, there is no water, it is tantamount to a dead end, it is far more terrible than the lack of food, this black boy must have never been to the desert, and he actually gave water to others for free! Ma Tie thought as he grinned his sallow skin and smiled very happily.

Ma Chao listened, looked at the young man not far away, snorted, and strode away.

Ma Tie's voice was very loud, Qi Han listened to it, he was already dizzy and hot, and after listening to his sarcasm, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. As soon as he looked up, he happened to see Ma Chao glancing at him coldly, turning around and leaving, as if looking at himself more was also a waste and disdain. Qi Han snorted secretly, and thought in his heart: "It's best to meet the ambush quickly and see how long you can drag ......"

He will be the first to drop his horse, dodge, and then take the opportunity to escape. And these cavalrymen, who have always treasured their own mounts, cannot react in time to abandon their horses and leave, and they will surely suffer greatly.

Half an hour later, Ma Chao ordered to hurry, and everyone cheered up and walked for another half a day, until dusk, when it was about to be dark, and still did not encounter any ambush. The nerves of the soldiers were tense for a day, and they couldn't help but relax, and all kinds of buzzing and noisy sounds began to be made in the ranks, which showed that the military discipline was not strict.

Qi Han lay on the horse, already a little shaky, and gritted his teeth and persisted. Fortunately, at night, the ground cooled down, and it was still unbearably hot during the day, and in the evening, it suddenly cooled down. It's just that the temperature drops too quickly, but it's a little unbearable.

The mountains and rocks on both sides are craggy, thorns cover the road, there is no end in sight, the moon is dark and the wind is high, only a few sparse stars hang overhead, marching in the dark, it seems more and more windy, and the danger is everywhere.

Ma Chao gave a low order, ordered the cavalry to stop for a while, and he asked everyone to wrap the horses' hooves in flannel, so as to reduce the movement of the march.

Qi Han saw that the terrain was getting more and more dangerous, a layer of cold sweat gradually appeared on his back, his right hand couldn't help but tighten the horse's reins, and his legs clamped the horse's belly hard, extremely vigilant, ready to jump off the horse at any time.

A quarter of an hour later, although it was dark and dark in front of me, and I could not distinguish the terrain, I felt the horses below me make a noise, and they all snorted and moved, as if they smelled grass. The cavalry at the forefront hit their horses and returned, and reported to Ma Chao and Ma Tieyu excitedly: "General, there is a large grassland and a wide canyon ahead!"

Ma Tie's eyes lit up, and he was about to speak, but Ma Chao suddenly stopped his horse and shouted: "Be careful——!!

At the command, the cavalry grabbed the reins of their horses in unison, but the horses under them were all frightened, and they kicked and neighed!

But see the dark night, on both sides of the vulture suddenly lit up countless fires, the pre-prepared rolling stones with thick ropes, the enemy gave an order, then cut the rope reins, in the dark night only heard the bones, rumbling muffled, the moment the rope broke, countless big rolling stones fell from the sky!

There was a sound of the enemy laughing loudly from above, and the mountains and valleys were very crazy, and they were more and more thrilling. The morale of the soldiers in the valley plummeted, and in an instant there was chaos, and the cavalry controlled their horses, fled in all directions, and ran around, but they could not be used at all, and they could not escape at all. Ma Chao had already made a lot of preparations, but he never thought that the enemy could prepare so many rolling wood boulders on the bald peak of a sand mountain where he couldn't even find a few stones, all of them the size of a grinding disc, more than 100 catties, and I don't know how long it took to prepare, how much manpower and time it took to push these to the mountain!

The rocks fell like a torrential rain and smashed on his elite cavalry, and for a while, the man turned on his back and let out a burst of neighing and screaming, and the wounded and dying cavalrymen struggled and rolled on the ground, and suddenly the bloody atmosphere overflowed, and the shape was miserable.

Ma Chao's eyes were cracked, and he shouted: "Don't mess up! Two or four are teams, form a formation, and defend each other to avoid rolling stones and arrows!"

As he spoke, he hurriedly gestured to Ma Tie on horseback.

After Ma Tie got the order, he immediately announced the order loudly: "The rear team will become the front team, retreat quickly!"

The herald waved his banner and raised his trumpet, and the cavalry received the order, and hurriedly turned their horses' heads, formed a formation, and desperately pushed aside the rolling stones, blocked the arrows that rushed into the sky, and rushed back the way they came.

Ma Chao didn't have time to give orders again, he rode his horse and leaped up, like a heavenly general, flying past several cavalry, and rushed to the most marginal boundary at once. His riding skills have reached the peak, his body is steady and floating, and where the white robe flies, it is like a powerless white cloud, steadily climbing a lonely hill!

His horse, which was also very spiritual, also ran up after him, and when the man arrived, his hand was still holding the reins, and his white horse was already up to the dune. Ma Chao this time, the rabbit rises and falls, moves and flips in the air, the beauty of the posture, the majesty of the posture, and the exquisite skills, it has really been perfected, but it is a pity that in such darkness, no one can see and appreciate, including himself who is anxious.

After Ma Chaoce rode up to the sand dunes, he quickly lit a few torches and threw them into the gorge, but when he saw the firelight, his cavalry had already suffered heavy casualties, but they were still struggling to avoid the rolling stones, dying and struggling.

Ma Chao gritted his teeth, only felt a chill all over his body, looked at both sides, and was suddenly stunned - but seeing that on the Kip Mountains on both sides, there were densely packed with enemies, and there were so many that Yan Xing deployed all his troops here, just to lure himself here and kill him in one fell swoop!

However, this is not the most terrifying, Ma Chao looked around, and his whole body was like falling into an ice cellar: I saw that the flat ground on the east, west, and south sides was also full of enemies, and groups of soldiers lined up in a neat phalanx, waiting silently outside the narrow road, waving flags like clouds, standing quietly. Among these three groups of men and horses, there was no lack of heavily armored cavalry, apparently Yan Xing's most elite team, waiting there, waiting for his cavalry to break out, once they rushed out from the rear or on both sides of the fork, they would rush up and annihilate their own cavalry.

The enemy on Kip Mountain soon spotted the conspicuous white-robed commander, and when they saw him standing on the sand dunes of Lone Peak, they shouted and raised their bows and arrows and fired at him, and the archers in the formation on the right below also shot upwards at him. Ma Chao was not afraid of this, and immediately galloped down from the hill, at this time he had no time to think carefully, and shouted urgently: "Don't retreat any further, everyone rush forward with me!"

There are ambushes on three sides, so it looks like there is only a canyon ahead.

Before Ma Chao's order was completed, the enemy reacted quickly and had already begun to launch a general attack. The green flags of the three parties were unfurled, the wolf smoke rose up, and the three brigades all rushed towards the Kip Road, and before the soldiers arrived, the arrows fell like locusts and rain, forcing Ma Chaojun to press in a square inch, and it was difficult to move. Ma Tie and the others saw that there were enemies in the east, west, and south, and only a gap was left in the north, so they believed Ma Chao's words more and more, and kept shouting: "Rush forward, and fight a bloody road with me!"

The moment Qi Han discovered the ambush, he jumped off the horse and flew to hide in the recess of a strange rock.

At the moment when he hid his body, a rolling stone fell from the mountain, and all the leaders of the captives beside him were smashed to death, and even the horses he was riding fell to the ground, neighing and bleeding. Qi Han looked at everything in front of him, his already numb neurites were throbbing, and he almost wanted to gause. The cavalrymen who were still alive and well were knocked down, and the horses that were originally very precious also fell in the dust with a sigh, which was really miserable.

In fact, thanks to his reminder, Ma Chao was on guard, and the cavalry had been nervous in their hearts, compared to being caught off guard and the whole army was annihilated, this level of casualties was already few. After all, after hearing the order, these cavalrymen also knew to form a team with each other, hit each other with rolling stones, dodge with their teammates, and retreat together.

But Qi Han soon noticed that something was wrong.

The number of ambushes on the mountain roads on both sides was completely beyond his imagination. And the enemy troops who copied from the three breads were even more green flags, and the sound of shouting and killing was like thunder, mixed with the earth-shattering neighing of horses, and the momentum was really amazing!

Qi Han pondered for a moment, and he had already guessed that Yan Xing was probably the whole army dispatched, painstakingly setting up this ambush circle, vowing to kill Ma Chaojian here! It seems that this Yan Xing and Ma Chao both have the same mind, wanting to kill each other. Just imagine, as Han Sui's most powerful arm, how many soldiers Yan Xing himself should have, plus Han Sui's supporting troops, the number of enemies here tonight is only afraid to far exceed 10,000 166 reading network