Hanyang County, Liangzhou, on the banks of the Lingshui River.

The barracks are built along the valley, with a high wooden wall enclosing the mouth of the valley, and on each of the eight lookouts, there are soldiers standing with bows but mostly talking.

The gate was wide open, and several soldiers could be seen walking around, and military discipline was lax.

A group of people and horses crossed the river, with fierce colors on all sides, and the yellow-faced man with a strong leader sat proudly on the horse.

"Brothers, the military discipline in that barracks a thousand steps away is scattered, and there are not many soldiers left, we can break it with one blow, and then rob him of hundreds of horses enough for me to be happy, everyone, charge with me!"

With the roar of the yellow-faced man, more than 100 cavalrymen straddled their horses and raised their swords, and the back of 500 people also drew their swords out of their sheaths and strode towards the barracks.

The distance of a thousand steps is almost instantaneous for the cavalry, watching a few weak arrows flying from the lookout, the leading big man sneered, the Han army in these battalions has been frightened, and they don't even know how to close the camp door, which can save a lot of effort for their own family.

If the Han army closes the camp gate, it will take some effort to storm the barracks, but if the camp gate is not closed, it can reduce many casualties for their own home, although entering the barracks is equivalent to the cavalry giving up mobility and engaging with the Han army, but as long as they hold on for a while and wait for 500 foot soldiers to rush in, the Han army will only be defeated.

The military camp was only twenty miles away from Longxian, and he had to break it as soon as possible to snatch the horses and escape, otherwise thousands of soldiers in Longxian would be in danger of escaping.

More than 100 horsemen rushed into the barracks, thinking that there was no one in the camp, but when they saw that the camp gate was full of Han soldiers holding Changge, the yellow-faced man knew that it was not good, and shouted in a panic: "Exit out!" Get out of here! ”

It's a pity that it's too late, Peng Tuo stood in the camp, and with a wave of the flag, some soldiers rushed out to close the gate, and hundreds of Han soldiers held three meters long to trap the more than 100 thieves in the camp, and dozens of crossbowmen on the periphery fired together to trap the 100 thieves to death.

The five hundred foot soldiers outside the camp were even more anxious when they saw the camp gate closed, and they all rushed to the gate with all their strength to eat milk in a hurry.

At this moment, the horse's hooves roared behind, and a hundred Han horsemen galloped out of the forest, and in an instant, a hundred sharp arrows were shot.

A young general of the leader held a strong crossbow, shot an arrow, and then took out an arrow from the quiver again, and then shot again, shot three arrows in a row, and pulled out the head knife, "Gentlemen, follow the horse to kill all the thieves!" ”

Ma Yue led the team in the Zhangjiachuan forest after seeing these hundreds of horsemen and hurriedly took a shortcut back to the camp, on the way he set a strategy to separate the thief army with a gate, if his team of elite soldiers in the camp although it is possible to annihilate the cavalry, but then will face the crazy counterattack of the 500 infantry army outside the camp, even if it can resist the fear of heavy casualties.

Although this team of people is only a few hundred, it is the hard work of his Ma Yue. He watched these hundreds of people from weak people to current tigers and wolves, he had paid too much energy, and the soldiers were all his siblings, and there was no room for loss.

Therefore, Peng was ordered to enter the battalion to command the soldiers, and he took Guan Yu and a hundred cavalry to lie in the forest, and when the camp gate was closed, he led the troops to rush out and break the enemy.

Liutao Youyun: The art of military victory, secretly observing the enemy's opportunity, and quickly taking advantage of it, and recovering its surprise.

The so-called plan to spy on the enemy is that I know the enemy and do not know. Ma Yue understands the situation of the thief, but the enemy has fallen into Ma Yue's strategy of confusing the enemy, although there are many people, but the horse is separated, and the speed is not reached, which is only by Ma Yue to take advantage of the loophole, one by one to break.

Cavalry vs. infantry, since ancient times, can be played with more and fewer blows. The strong mobility and impact of cavalry are also the basis for the strength of the frontier aliens. Now the foreign clan is weak, just because the armor and weapons are almost an era behind the smelting technology of the Han Dynasty, even so their strength is still not to be underestimated, not to mention that Ma Yue's team is equipped with a regular army.

The cavalry shot nearly 300 arrows at a distance of 1,000 paces, and the thief infantry army was already suffering heavy casualties, and it was even more tiger into the flock when they rushed into the crowd, and under the leadership of Ma Yue and Guan Yu, the thieves lost their armor and abandoned their armor, ignoring the leader trapped in the camp, but they collapsed in a moment and fled in embarrassment.

Ma Yue blocked the pursuit of his subordinate cavalry, and the battle in the camp was almost over at this time, the more than 100 thieves were different from Ma Yue's cavalry, trapped in the camp and made a mess, there was a round formation of Changge inside, and there were bows and crossbows sniping outside, and the strong mobility advantage of the cavalry was almost completely lost, but it was a battle of trapped beasts, and it was quickly killed.

When Ma Yue entered the camp, the battle was over, and the corpses in the camp were all over the field, although the recruits in the camp were protected by leather armor, the thieves still caused great casualties to the recruits when they were dying.

Moreover, several horsemen rushed out of the encirclement and entered the horse farm, abandoned their horses and climbed the mountain to escape.

However, Ma Yue did not order people to pursue along the way, most of his soldiers saw blood for the first time, and they saw such a scene of corpses all over the field, at that time the life and death struggle was not felt, and now the battle is over, many soldiers are bent over and gagged.

I don't have the strength to chase and kill again.

After the battle, the casualties were counted, and Ma Yue's team of two horsemen died in the melee, and one person's horse was cut down in the melee and his leg was broken. Fifty-three of the two teams in the battalion were killed, and most of the rest were wounded. Both teams of recruits suffered heavy casualties. In this battle, three hundred and seventy enemies were killed, thirty-seven were captured, and the rest of the thieves were scattered in hundreds.

More than 400 steel knives and spears, as well as more than 50 horses, can be described as a great victory.

While the victory is uplifting, the death of a comrade is even more sad.

Now that there are mourning in the camp, Ma Yue's mood is not happy. Paoze, who has been getting along day and night for months, has lost two deaths, and he also sees the other two teams suffering heavy casualties.

The aftermath is not only Ma Yue is doing it alone, the assassin Shi Lianghu received the news that hundreds of thieves attacked the horse farm, so he immediately led thousands of troops out of Longxian County, and when he arrived at the horse farm, he learned that the thieves had been killed by Ma Yue until they were scattered, and the thousand troops could only do some aftermath work.

The soldiers placed the corpses in the Lingshui River, and the fifty-five corpses of robes were lying on a raft made of huge trees, and the grass and trees were broken in between, and the surviving soldiers stood on each other's sides, as well as the families of the soldiers who rushed to hear the news, and the 1,000 reinforcements brought by Liang Hu were also among them.

Ma Yue stood on the shore with a strong bow, and Peng Tuo held the torch at his side, watching the raft slowly flow away with the current. The whispered sobs of the families of the fallen soldiers in his ears, and the sad eyes of the soldiers around him were all in his eyes.

In such a situation, he said in a low voice: "At the beginning of August, thanks to the favor of Lord Thorn Shi, I was the first team leader, and assigned a hundred soldiers to my name, and allocated me money and food. I was ordered to take you and wait for training, and it was slightly effective. In November, I went out of Longxian County and entered Jincheng, and when I came back, there were 200 more brothers in the camp. I relied on the sword in my hand to make a name for myself, and the brothers respected me so much, although I did not take you with training, but I had a lot of contacts, I remember, remember the name of every brother who died! ”

Ma Yue recalled the smiling faces of the soldiers, as if they were laughing in their ears: "The team leader is good!" ”

When the nose is sore, tears will go to the eyes.

"Now in the first war, the horse thieves are fierce, killing so many brothers, and when they leave the camp at noon, their voices and appearances are still remembered in my mind. Now they are separated by yin and yang, and they, they can never go home. ”

A tear crossed his cheek, but Ma Yue did not reach out to wipe it away.

"Gentlemen, come with me to give my brothers a ride!"

The raft had swam a hundred steps down the river, and Ma Yue set fire with an arrow, and the rocket crossed the sky and shot on the raft.

"Whew!"

The flames engulfed the raft, and the green smoke in the distance drifted away like the soul of a fallen soldier.