Chapter 893 [Killing the King]
The two men walked in the opposite direction, raising their swords and guns together, and after less than three rounds of fighting, they saw a Xiliang cavalry galloping from the pass, and the Xiliang cavalry said in a thick Liangzhou accent: "The assassin is attacking, General Zhang can't resist it, His Majesty is in danger, General Zhang specially sent me to ask the general to jointly flank the assassins." ”
When Wang Shuang and Guan Hai heard this, the two of them had two different expressions, Wang Shuang was surprised, and Guan Hai was happy.
Wang Shuang was surprised that Zhang Xiu's force was the best one among the four generals under Ma Chao, the spear of the hundred birds and the phoenix was incisive, and the marksmanship was smooth, even he was a little not an opponent, although he was unwilling to admit defeat, but he was very admired, how could there be more than 100 cavalry, even the 1,000 garrison ironclad guards led by Zhang Xiu could not resist, so the enemy's strength was not a little too amazing.
Seeing the joy on Guan Hai's face, he suddenly understood something in his mind, first shook a knife, and after avoiding Guan Hai, his left hand immediately let go of the horse's reins, and he took out his waist knife and slashed at Guan Hai's back.
Guan Hai was taken aback, and hurriedly returned his gun to resist, and after the sound of "Zheng", the two of them separated.
Wang Shuang tried his best to fight quickly, but he couldn't kill Guan Hai, and he had to wait to pick up Zhang Xiu, for fear that Liu Wei would be snatched away, otherwise, he would not be able to explain to Ma Chao if he died.
At this time, as soon as he was separated, he had a plan, abandoned the knife on the ground, and rushed over with one hand holding the big knife, but the other hand was behind his back, and he felt out a flying knife and secretly clasped it in his hand.
Guan Hai didn't want Wang Shuang to go, and wanted to delay as much time as possible, but seeing that Wang Shuang did not retreat but advanced, he fell into his arms, and immediately rode his horse and galloped to meet him.
The two men walked in the opposite direction. Seeing that the weapons were about to collide together, who knew that Wang Shuang suddenly threw the big knife in his hand.
Guan Hai was taken aback, who would have thought that when the two of them were fighting, the other party would suddenly throw away their blades and come over. He hurriedly changed his tactics and pushed away Wang Shuang's big knife. He had just pushed the big knife away, but he saw that Wang Shuang's hands had already buckled four flying knives in each of his hands. Shot straight at him.
"Ding! Bite! Bite! Guan Hai's spear trembled, and he unswiped three of the throwing knives.
"Poof! Burst! Burst! Burst! Burst! In such a short distance, it was a sudden situation, Guan Hai was not able to remove all the flying knives, five of them hit the vital parts of his body, one of the flying knives directly hit his eyes, the severe pain made him unbearable, clenched his teeth tightly, not flinching. Instead, he raised his gun and continued to face Wang Shuang, scolding: "Despicable! ”
Wang Shuang was also taken aback when he saw this state, there was no weapon available in his hand, and it was already impossible to shoot the flying knife, seeing that Guan Hai's spear was about to be stabbed, he saw that he couldn't dodge, so he stubbornly deviated a little bit and directly protected the vital parts.
A streak of blood in the depths. Wang Shuang's right arm only felt a hot pain, and he actually hadn't been stabbed in Guan Hai's dying state. I really feel very incredible, and at the same time, I also admire Guan Hai.
"Boom!"
With a muffled sound, Guan Hai finally couldn't hold on, and after the horse ran out of a distance, Guan Hai, who had lost too much blood on horseback, fell off the horse.
As soon as he fell, more than 20 Xiliang soldiers armed with spears surrounded him. There was a burst of stabbing at Guan Hai's body, the flesh and blood of the stabbing were blurred, and he vented his hatred to the fullest.
"Go ahead!" After Wang Shuang picked up the broadsword again, he moved the broadsword forward, and immediately led the troops towards Liu Wei's line.
In the line of the Tiger Prison. Liu Wei hid in a panic in the corner of the side hall, more than a dozen warriors in iron armor were guarding him with swords, and there was chaos outside.
In the courtyard of Xingyuan, Zhang Xiu was fighting with Zhao Yunhan with the silver snake gun, but he was suppressed by Zhao Yun, only parrying, not fighting back, and the two of them are the most familiar marksmanship moves, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner in a short time.
Pang De and Lu Heng gathered together, and after a fierce battle, they rushed into the side hall and killed the dozen or so ironclad warriors who protected Liu Wei as quickly as possible.
"You ......" Liu Wei looked frightened, and saw a person wearing a hideous mask and black clothes breaking in, very nervous, "What do you want to do?" I...... I am ......"
Without waiting for the words to finish, Pang De jumped up with an arrow, grabbed Liu Bian's wrist, threw Liu Bian directly to Lu Heng, and said loudly: "Take Your Majesty away!" ”
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a loud bang came, and a huge figure broke through the window, and two jet-black iron halberds were thrown directly at Liu Wei.
"Ah......" Liu Wei had no talent to dodge at all, and Pang De, Lu Heng and the others were caught off guard, watching the two black iron halberds penetrate Liu Bian's heart and lungs.
At this time, the person who broke in through the window rolled twice on the ground, full of white hair and covered in blood, so that all the soldiers of the Flying Feather Army recognized him, it was the crazy Dian Wei.
Dian Wei rolled to Liu Wei's side, easily pulled his double iron halberd out of Liu Wei's body, and then broke out of the window, the whole action was crisp and neat, without a little mud and water, which surprised Pang De, Lu Heng and others present.
As soon as he arrived in the courtyard of Xingyuan, he opened his mouth and shouted loudly: "The Feiyu Army under the Yanhou tent assassinated the Son of Heaven, and His Majesty died!" Majesty Xià died! Yan Jun assassinated the Son of Heaven ......"
As soon as he shouted twice, the whole person jumped, climbed over the wall, and disappeared into the line.
The shouts completely shocked the nerves of everyone present, especially Zhao Yun, Pang De, Lu Heng and other soldiers of the Feiyu Army, who fought bloody battles and fought hard here, in order to complete the task assigned by Lin Nan, take away the current Son of Heaven Liu Bian, and then send them back to Yan State, so as to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes.
However, there were loopholes in this perfect plan, especially a fatal one, and that was Dian Wei was among them.
Although Dian Wei's madness made Lin Nan and even all the generals of the Yan Army feel incredible, after everyone tried their best to verify it, everyone came to the conclusion that Dian Wei was really crazy, and what he did was basically the same as a madman, making it impossible to doubt that he was not a madman.
Just now. Dian Wei proved his own existence zài, and Tong Guò's practical actions proved it, and he was not crazy. From the time he broke away from Zhao Yun and the others in the Tiger Prison Pass, until he reappeared, there was about an hour in between, and no one had seen him. No one cared where he was, it was the people who ignored his existence.
In the side hall of Xingyuan, there were corpses, Pang De and Lu Heng saw that Liu Wei had been killed, and hurriedly withdrew from the side hall with their subordinates, and as soon as they went out, they saw Zhao Yun forcing Zhang Xiu away and walking towards them, with a trace of panic in their eyes.
Zhao Yun walked to the door of the side hall and glanced inside. Seeing Liu Wei lying in a pool of blood, coupled with the familiar voice that could not be more familiar, he seemed to understand something, looked around at the people around him, and there were more than one hundred and ten of the two hundred people left, so he immediately made a decision and shouted loudly: "Retreat!" ”
At the sound of a voice, more than a hundred people first ran to the back garden. Then he jumped over the wall with dexterity, and then set fire all the way. The barracks, arsenals, and houses of the city guard mansion were all set on fire, so that the Xiliang soldiers who followed them had no time to care about them, and disappeared directly into the gray sky.
At this moment, the east showed the white belly of the fish, Wang Shuang rushed to Xingyuan with the infantry cavalry, and saw Zhang Xiu hanging his head as soon as he went to the palace. The other soldiers were all sad, and the Flying Feather Army was long gone, the enemy was dead, and the blood was flowing like a river, and the original luxurious decoration was gone. All that remained was the post-war desolation, and the smell of blood that permeated the air.
"What about people?" Wang Shuang walked to Zhang Xiu's side and asked.
Zhang Xiu first sighed, and then said, "Ran away." ”
"Then why don't you chase it?"
"Your Majesty has died......"
"What do you say? You repeat! Wang Shuang couldn't believe his ears, his eyes widened in horror, and he asked.
Zhang Xiu hung his head and said dejectedly: "Your Majesty has died!" ”
Wang Shuang didn't say a word, and immediately walked to the side hall, and saw Liu Wei lying in a pool of blood, his face was full of horror, which showed how uncomfortable he was before he died, and how much he didn't want to die.
"陛xià...... 陛xià...... 陛xià......"
Situ Wang Yun, Taiwei Yang Biao, and Taifu Ma Riyan heard that the assassins had entered Xingyuan, and hurriedly rushed over with their own personal blades, and as soon as they entered the courtyard of Xingyuan, they heard Zhang Xiu's words, which were like a thunderbolt from the sky to them.
The three of them looked panicked, and ran to the side hall in a panic, and after seeing Liu Wei's death and body, the three of them collapsed to the ground.
"Three adults......" Seeing this, Zhang Xiu hurriedly came over to comfort.
"Damn Zhang Xiu! How did you protect Your Majesty, you derelict your duties, the crime is extremely heinous, come on, push Zhang Xiu out and behead him on the spot! When Wang Yun saw that Liu Wei was dead, he was stimulated, his face was full of anger, he had forgotten the environment he was in, and said loudly.
However, although the words fell, no one moved, and Zhang Xiu's face was even more contemptuous.
"What are you all doing there? Why don't you get your hands dirty yet? Wang Yun pointed to the soldiers and said.
"Lord Wang, I think you have overlooked a very important issue, right? These people are not from your Situ Mansion, but my subordinates, the subordinates of King Qin. Do you think, can you command them? Zhang Xiu sneered and said slowly, "Also, you have ill intentions, secretly rebelled, and wanted to borrow Yang Feng's troops to deal with King Qin, your wishful thinking is very good......
"You...... How do you know? Wang Yun was surprised and hurriedly asked.
Ma Riyan and Yang Biao were also very surprised, why did Zhang Xiu know their secrets.
Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "If you want people not to know, unless you don't do it." His Majesty's death must have been caused by your collusion with foreign enemies and collusion with Yanhou Linnan......"
"You are talking nonsense, you are spewing blood, how can this mansion do something unfavorable to His Majesty?"
"In fact, you have already done it, and the majesty lying in a pool of blood is the best example of this! Come on, take Wang Yun down, push him out, and rectify the Fa on the spot! Zhang Xiu's face changed abruptly, and he shouted loudly.
"No!"
A group of soldiers immediately surrounded Wang Yun, and before Wang Yun could react, the soldiers took Wang Yun's saber and directly pushed Wang Yun out with a reverse cut, no matter how Wang Yun called, he didn't stop.
"Ah......h
Then, Wang Yun's scream came from outside the Xingyuan, and a soldier walked in with Wang Yun's head in his hand, threw him on the ground, and said to Zhang Xiu: "General, Wang Yun has been corrected on the spot. ”
"Zhang Xiu. You indiscriminately killed princes and ministers without authorization, do you still have the royal law in your eyes? "Taifu Ma Riyan has a strong personality, and he was unable to extricate himself from grief because of Liu Wei's death, and he came back to his senses when Wang Yun's head was thrown to the ground. He immediately stood up from the ground, pointed at Zhang Xiu's nose and scolded loudly.
"Wang Fa? Where there is the King of Qin, there is the Law of the King, here, the King of Qin is the Law of the King, and I am the Law of the King! Master Taifu, it seems that you and Taiwei Yang are also involved in the conspiracy, right? Zhang Xiu said.
"So what? You rebellious ministers and thieves, you must have killed Your Majesty, but what assassin did you say, I think it was King Qin who wanted to usurp the throne. You guys...... You guys...... I'm going to kill you......"
As soon as Ma Riyan's voice fell, he picked up his sword from the ground, and as soon as he stood up, he raised his sword and slashed at Zhang Xiu.
"Presumptuous!"
Seeing this, Wang Shuang waved the big knife, shouted, and the knife fell in his hand, and Ma Riyan's head was detached from his body. It flew straight into the air, and finally fell to the ground and rolled far away.
"Boom!"
There was a muffled sound. Ma Riyan's body, which was bleeding profusely, fell to the ground.
Yang Biao was by Ma Riyan's side, his body was splashed with Ma Riyan's blood, and there was blood stains everywhere on his head, face, and body, he was born in a family of ministers, where has he seen this kind of bloody scene, even if he has seen it. It was just a long way to watch, when there was such a close contact, I couldn't help but feel fear in my heart, and I was paralyzed on the ground and trembled all over.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiu squatted down. Chong Yang Biao smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, Lord Taiwei, Wang Yun and Ma Riyan are both traitors who want to murder King Qin." Although Lord Taiwei also has a share, it should be bewitched by the two of them, we will not hurt Lord Taiwei at will, not to mention, His Majesty died, and Lord Taiwei died as one of the three princes, so he should be acting as Taichang to preside over the ceremony. However, the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, so I first wronged Lord Taiwei to stay in the cell for a while, and hoped that Lord Taiwei would write a letter to Yang Feng, summoning him to the Tiger Prison Pass in advance, saying that the assassin assassinated me and Wang Shuang last night, and the dragons in the Tiger Prison Pass were leaderless, and asked him to preside over the overall situation in the Guannei. I wonder if Lord Taiwei is willing to write? ”
Yang Biao sat there and didn't answer, but his thoughts were flying, he was low-key and calm, not as impulsive as Wang Yun and Ma Riyan, and he had been in the officialdom for a long time, so he naturally understood that he was in danger at this time. He saw that Liu Wei had died, Wang Yun and Ma Riyan were already dead, and Zhang Xiu and Wang Shuang had already mastered the matter of collusion with Yang Feng, and knew that the general trend was gone, so after thinking about it for a long time, he nodded and agreed to write a letter to Yang Feng.
After Zhang Xiu saw it, he smiled and said: "Lord Taiwei is really a person who understands current affairs, since this is the case, then ask Lord Taiwei to write a letter to Yang Feng, and the pen and ink will be served." ”
As soon as the voice fell, someone sent a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and Yang Biao waved his pen and wrote a letter freely, which was taken away by Zhang Xiu, and someone was sent out of the tiger prison and delivered to Yang Feng.
After that, Zhang Xiu said: "Lord Taiwei, you also participated in the planning of Wang Yun and Ma Riyan, but how to convict, and ask King Qin to fall, I don't have that power." So, now I ask you to be grieved for a few days and stay in a cell for a while. ”
Yang Biao had long expected this result, so he was expressionless and didn't say anything.
"Come on, take Lord Taiwei into the cell, and wait for him, and there is no slackness." Zhang Xiu commanded.
After Yang Biao was taken away, Wang Shuang took the initiative to come up and asked: "My brother handles things smoothly and has the style of a general, which really makes my younger brother admire." However, how do we explain the death of His Majesty to the king? ”
"Naturally, he confessed truthfully, and said that Wang Yun and Ma Riyan colluded with Yanhou Lin Nan and Yang Feng to seek to usurp the throne. The king also had the intention of killing His Majesty and establishing King Liang as the emperor, but he was afraid of causing dissatisfaction in the world, so he never did it. Now that His Majesty is dead, he omitted some things about the king, and directly pushed this matter to Lin Nan, so that Lin Nan was pointed out by thousands of people, and then the king had the name of being a teacher, and he could crusade against Lin Nan and seize the land of Jizhou. Zhang Xiu said.
"Yang Biao is also an accomplice, why didn't my brother kill Yang Biao?"
"Yang Biao is different from Wang Yun and Ma Riyan, Yang Biao's ancestors have been the ministers of the world, since his grandfather Yang Zhen and below, his father Yang Ci, together with him, are all people who have been the third dukes, and there are many protégés, and Yang Biao's son Yang Xiu is quite talented, and he is a good friend with the military advisor Chen Qun, and he is very close to the Chen family, so he can't be killed. As for Yang Biao's complicity. There is no need to report it, just lock Yang Biao for a few days as a punishment. ”
"The elder brother is high, and the younger brother is very impressed." Wang Shuang knew at this time that the gap between himself and Zhang Xiu was not only in martial arts, but also in his mind. If it weren't for Zhang Xiu's eyes just now, he kept glaring at him. It is estimated that he had already slashed Yang Biao to death with a knife.
"Newspaper—" a soldier quickly ran in, shouting loudly, "the assassin has stormed the door, we can't stop it, we're out of the gate." ”
Zhang Xiu and Wang looked at each other, frowned at the same time, and waved their hands, signaling that they didn't need to pay attention to it, because they both knew that the other party's strength was amazing. Even if you catch up, you will suffer.
However, what made Zhang Xiu most concerned was the Zhao Yun who wore a mask when he fought with him, and he was sure that there were only three people in the world who could make a hundred birds and phoenix spears, one was his master Tong Yuan, and the other was his junior brother Zhang Ren. Master has already passed away. Zhang Renren was in Shu Kingdom, and Zhao Yun couldn't help but become an unsolved mystery in his heart. I thought to myself, "Who is that person?" Could it be that before his death, the master had accepted a closed disciple? ”
After thinking about it, he didn't think about it, he firmly believed that he would meet it next time. He and Wang Shuang cleaned up the mess of the Tiger Prison together.
At noon, Yang Feng, who learned that the Tiger Prison Pass was leaderless, broke away from the army with dozens of relatives and rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass non-stop, but as soon as he entered the Tiger Prison Pass, he was immediately blocked. Zhang Xiu killed from inside the city, Wang Shuang killed from outside the city, and he killed Yang Feng and others under the horse.
After that, Zhang Xiu cut off Yang Feng's head, took a thousand cavalry to the front of the army brought by Yang Feng, summoned the leaders of the various departments, showed Yang Feng's head to show them, and then pacified the 70,000 infantry-based army with the prestige of his own gun king in the north, and took them to the Tiger Prison Pass, ready to go to support Ma Chao in Guandu.
At the same time, Zhao Yun, Pang De, and Lu Heng took the more than 110 people who had been left from the fierce battle at Tiger Prison Pass to a small forest where they could hide, and took a rest.
In the woods, Zhao Yun, Pang De, Lu Heng and others were all depressed, all of them had a sense of sadness, Guan Hai, Li Tie and more than eighty other brothers were killed, and the most depressing thing was that Dian Wei actually deceived everyone by pretending to be crazy and stupid, and did a very critical thing at the most critical moment. The crime of killing the monarch is probably going to fall on their heads, and it will definitely bring a big disaster to the Yan Kingdom. Everyone didn't know how to face this qiē, to face the lord who trusted them the most.
"Dian Wei ...... I, Zhao Zilong, swear, no matter where you hide in this life, I will find you and kill you with my own hands! Zhao Yun, who was extremely depressed, couldn't hold back any longer, and went against the cool image of an ordinary handsome guy and a man, and let out a cry in his heart.
Just as the incident on the side of the Tiger Prison Pass had just ended, on the frontal battlefield of Guandu, a battle broke out again between Ma Chao and Cao Cao.
The bitter and hot air seemed to have stagnated, the fiery face was waiting for the wind sadly, the sun was shining hotly on the earth in the blue and dark sky, and on the battlefield that had turned into a blood-colored swamp, Ma Chao took the lead, and the ghost cavalry of his descendant troops was chasing the defeated Wei army.
On the left, it was Ma Chao's general Suo Xu, and on the right was Qian Hu, each of whom led more than 2,000 cavalry to cooperate with Ma Chao in battle, and chased forward fiercely, vowing to catch up with the disgusting Cao Mengde, and then cut off his head with a knife.
"Cao thief leave!"
Cao Cao, under the escort of the tiger and leopard riders led by Cao Chun and Cao Xiu, galloped quickly, and Xu Chu waited for the opportunity to resist Ma Chao's pursuit behind.
This is already the sixth battle between Ma Chao and Cao Cao, in just a few days, the smoke of gunpowder filled the entire Guandu battlefield, and it is often seen that ghost cavalry wearing white cloaks and white helmets and cherry blossoms clash back and forth on the Guandu battlefield, and the Wei army killed fell into disarray.
Since Ma Chao led 30,000 ghost cavalry to attack the Yan army camp and forced back the Yan army's 100,000 army, Ma Chao was even more invincible, first let Zhang Xiu and Wang Shuang escort Liu Wei back to the Tiger Prison Pass, and then invited his father Ma Teng to watch the battle, only to deal with Cao Cao's infantry cavalry with the ghost cavalry of his headquarters.
Later, there were four more battles of different scales between the two people, and basically Ma Chao took the offensive. Cao Cao took a defensive position, and on two occasions Cao Cao used clever tactics to defeat Ma Chao, but did not let Ma Chao hurt his vitality, and this time Ma Chao had to attack again and attacked Cao Cao's camp. Cao Cao was forced to retreat.
Ma Chao held the Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear, rode a white horse from Dawan, and chased Cao Cao proudly, as if he was chasing his prey, he liked this feeling of conquest. However, between him and Cao Cao, there will always be a familiar figure looming, and that figure also makes him very annoying, and he wants to kill but can't. I wanted to skim it, but I couldn't get rid of it, like a dog skin plaster, tightly glued to my body.
"If Xu Chu doesn't die, he can't catch Cao Cao, six times in a row, and at the most critical moment, Xu Chu suddenly killed him, this damn fat man. It's outrageous! Ma Chao looked at Xu Chu who was sandwiched between him and Cao Cao, and couldn't help but scold.
Cao Cao galloped through the retreating crowd. Seeing Ma Chao and the other ghost cavalry following closely, not only did he not feel a trace of danger, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
After galloping for almost five miles, Cao Cao and the others got into a forest in a blink of an eye.
When Ma Chao saw it, he sneered and said, "Cao Apu." Do you think I can't help you if I run into the woods? ”
He saw that the last cavalry of the Wei army was hiding in the woods, and he was still some way away from the woods, so he immediately ordered: "Chase it!" Kill Cao Cao's head, reward a thousand gold, and seal ten thousand households! ”
Spurred by huge economic benefits. Ma Chao's subordinates all rushed towards the woods, and for a while, the speed of the horses actually overtook Ma Chao. Although it is not a good horse from Dawan, the endurance of these Xiliang horses is excellent, plus Ma Chao just had a big battle with Xu Chu today, and the body of the war horse under the seat is consumed too much, so that the Xiliang horse overtook the Dawan horse, and most of the ghost cavalry that rushed in front surpassed Ma Chao, and drilled towards the woods, dreaming of killing Cao Cao and getting a reward.
"Thief, mother!" After Ma Chao saw it, he scolded in his heart, "Why didn't you see you so crazy when you charged just now, as soon as you heard that there was a reward, you ran faster than anyone else......"
"The king, the poor Kou Mo chases, the enemy does not go to the plains, but hides in the woods, there must be something strange, please order the king to stop immediately, don't chase anymore, I'm afraid it's Cao Cao's tricks." Seeing this, Suo Xu hurriedly shouted.
Ma Chao now trusts Suo Xu, and if Suo Xu hadn't reminded him in time for the first two times, he would probably have suffered a greater loss. Now when I hear Suo Xu's scream, I am also a little stunned, after all, Cao Cao is a cunning person to him, who often ambushes halfway and sneak attacks from behind, which makes him sometimes dizzy.
"The whole army stops advancing!" Ma Chao screamed with palpitations, and the ghost cavalry who were running hurriedly reined in their horses and stopped in the open space far away from the forest, all looking at Ma Chao with strange eyes, waiting for the next order.
Ma Chao sent ten cavalrymen into the forest to take a look, and after the cavalry saw it, he came back and said that Cao Cao was still in the forest. He glanced at this huge forest, if he wanted to go back in time, he was afraid that he would delay the time to catch Cao Cao, but he didn't dare to attack rashly, and he was hesitating.
"King, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, according to Cao Cao's previous two small conspiracy, if there is really an ambush, now that we are so close to the woods, we must be ten thousand arrows, but now that the wind is calm, my subordinates think we can pursue." Qian Hu made meritorious service and said.
Suo Xu hurriedly retorted: "No! Cao Cao is scheming, if he doesn't attack us at this time, it doesn't mean that he won't ambush in the forest, in case he ......"
Qian Hu said: "I think you are scared by Cao Cao, where are there so many conspiracies and tricks, the king is invincible in the world, Cao Cao has been chased and fled for his life, what tricks can you come up with?" King, attack, if you hesitate, Cao Cao will run away, and you won't be able to get your head! ”
Ma Chao felt that what Qian Hu said was right, and immediately said: "The whole army obeys the order and advances!" ”
Suo Xu wanted to persuade him, but he didn't know that Ma Chao didn't wait for him to speak, so he rushed into the woods with people, and Qian Hu followed closely behind. He originally wanted to leave some people to guard outside the woods, but the price offered by Ma Chao was too big, and everyone squeezed their heads into the woods for the sake of the ten thousand households, and in just a short time, he was left alone with more than 15,000 ghost cavalry.
He looked around and saw that there was no unusual behavior around him, so he had no choice but to follow in.
The woods were overgrown with thorns, making it unsuitable for cavalry to walk, and more than 15,000 ghost cavalry had to disperse. Walking slowly forward in the woods, although he was very dissatisfied with the road conditions, he was relieved to see Cao Cao not far ahead.
Qian Hu saw that he was riding too slowly, so he immediately jumped off the horse and moved forward on foot. Running forward quickly, seeing Cao Cao and a group of soldiers not far in front, and getting closer and closer to him, great joy appeared on his face, and he secretly thought: "Wanhu Hou is mine......"
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, the faster he ran, and he didn't care about anything, and saw Cao Cao and the others standing motionless over there, as if they were being slaughtered by others. He let his guard down, and rushed over with his sword, first cutting down two soldiers, and his happy face immediately showed a look of great surprise, for it was not a soldier at all, but a scarecrow in a soldier's clothes.
He hurriedly looked around and saw that all the people arranged in the dense forest, including Cao Cao, were just scarecrows with clothes on. And. At the same time, he smelled a pungent smell, and the boots under his feet felt damp. He hurriedly looked down, and found that he was standing in a large pit full of fierce fire oil, which had already flooded his ankles, and there was a chasm in the ground, and the fierce fire oil was flowing down the chasm towards him.
"Not good! Hit the trick again! Qian Hu immediately realized something and hurriedly shouted. Retreat, my lord, we have fallen for Cao Cao's tricks again......"
As soon as he finished shouting, a fire bolt was shot down from a tree, and the fire oil sparked. It immediately burned, and the fire expanded rapidly, directly burning Qian Hu standing in the oil pit.
"Ah......h
Qian Hu's body was on fire, the scorching flames burned his skin, and the strong burning sensation made him suffer, and he hurriedly jumped out of the oil pit and began to roll on the ground.
However, how did he know that the ground was already covered with flammable hay, and the fire on Qian Hu's body quickly ignited the hay, and the oil pit also divided into many trickles, and the fierce fire began to spread quickly along the ditch filled with fierce fire oil to all around, only to see the two fires on the ground quickly spread to the edge of the woods, and then converged on the way from the ghost cavalry, directly cutting off the way back.
At this time, in a large circle of fire, eight walls of fire were lit on the ground from eight different directions, which began to converge in the middle from all directions, and finally concentrated in the middle, forming a huge fireball, directly dividing the huge forest into eight parts.
The fire broke out, and the horses under the ghost cavalry were all out of control, and they began to stumble in a rage, and some soldiers who did not have time to grasp the reins were jolted off their horses, and many soldiers began to catch fire on their bodies, and they suddenly fell into a panic, people turned over on their backs, groans of pain, and screams were endless.
"Don't panic, don't panic, retreat, retreat!" Ma Chao couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw such a situation, he didn't expect that he had entered a crematorium set up by someone else in advance, and he saw that his subordinates were flustered, so he shouted loudly.
However, the wall of fire was blocked, except for the soldiers who followed Ma Chao who calmed down a little for a while, the rest of the soldiers in different fire circles were constantly shouting, and the neighing of horses made the whole forest seem to explode.
"King, come with me!" Suo Xu squeezed out of the crowd and said to Ma Chao.
Ma Chao looked ashamed, regretted that he didn't listen to Suo Xu's words at that time, and said: "Suo Xu, this king ......"
Suo Xu directly interrupted Ma Chao's words and said: "King, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, the minister saw the Wei army at the very edge of the Wei army is surrounding here, whether the others can escape or not, let them have their own destiny, but I must save the king out, please come with me, I have used soil to extinguish the ring of fire at the rear, and the soldiers behind have left." ”
Ma Chao was deeply moved, he relied on his excellent martial arts, he had always been to save others, and he didn't expect that he would be so depressed today that he would ask others to save him. Without saying a word, his life was at stake, and he quickly followed Suo Xu out of the woods with his subordinates.
The fire rose to the sky, and the huge forest suddenly became a purgatory on earth, except for more than 1,000 cavalry such as Ma Chao and Suo Xu who escaped from the fire in time, the rest of the people were all engulfed in the fire, stranded in the woods, and the conflict could not be released.
The screams of pain suddenly resounded through the heavens and the earth, and out of the sea of fire kept running out of the people, the whole body was on fire, and the horses were already rushing indiscriminately.
"Damn Cao Cao......" Ma Chao looked at the vast sea of fire, and the heat wave also rushed towards him, making him feel the threat of the fire.
"King, I can't care about so much, before the Wei army is not encircled, please rush out, reorganize the troops, and then fight Cao Cao to the death." Suo Xu glanced around at the Wei infantry emerging from all directions, and immediately said.
After hearing this, Ma Chao hurriedly turned the horse's head, and rushed out of the encirclement set by the Wei army with Suo Xu and more than a thousand remnants of the army before the Wei army could close the siege.
Behind a hillside in the southwest, Cao Cao took Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Xu Chu and more than 100 tigers and leopards to show his face, seeing that the forest had been engulfed by raging fire, his face raised an expression of joy.
"The king's strategy to lure the enemy deep is really high, he almost burned Ma Chao to death at once, but it's a pity that he let him run away, and he brought more than a thousand remnants of soldiers, this time Ma Chao should have tasted the king's power." Cao Chun said happily.
Cao Cao smiled but did not answer, watching Ma Chao flee with the remnants, but he was quite happy in his heart.
It wasn't until Ma Chao disappeared from his field of vision that he spoke and said lightly: "Pass the order, and the whole army will retreat thirty miles." ”
Cao Chun felt very strange and asked: "King, Ma Chao has been newly defeated, and the main force has been destroyed, so our army should take advantage of the victory to pursue it, why don't you advance and retreat?" ”
Cao Cao said: "Although Ma Chao's ghost army was defeated, but his father Ma Teng's 100,000 Xiliang iron cavalry is still there, our army has fought with Ma Chao six times in a row in the past few days, with three wins and three losses, and the troops and grain and grass are all depleted, and before Xiahou Yuan arrives, he can't attack rashly." The strength of the Xiliang army is still there, and our army is still passive, so we must be cautious. Ordered to go down, the whole army retreated thirty miles, and stationed in the area of Niujiatun. ”
"No!"
After that, Cao Cao just wanted to turn the horse's head, but suddenly found a white-haired knight galloping from the horizon, covered in blood and a burly man, the man's appearance and figure were so familiar. He saw the man galloping towards this place at a rapid pace, and the dark clouds that had shrouded his face just now immediately disappeared.
"King, it's Wei Ge! Brother Wei is back......" Xu Chu also saw the man at the same time, pointed to Dian Wei in the distance and said to Cao Cao.
He couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, and before he finished speaking, he had already slapped his horse out and galloped wildly, just to welcome Dian Wei's return.
Dian Wei's mysterious disappearance made Xu Chu feel quite depressed, the two of them were good brothers who talked about everything, and suddenly disappeared from his life, he was really not used to it, it was more uncomfortable, because in his heart, Dian Wei was the one who knew him best.
"Viagra...... Brother Wei ......" Xu Chu was extremely happy, waving his arms and shaking towards Dian Wei.
Dian Wei saw Xu Chu coming to greet him, only a faint smile appeared on his face, and once they met, they exchanged a few words of greeting, and then galloped towards Cao Cao's side together.
After a while, Dian Wei came to Cao Cao's side, reined in the horse, rolled the saddle and dismounted, knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed: "My subordinates are fortunate not to be dishonored, and have completed the task entrusted by the king, and now I come back to report to the king!" ”
Cao Cao looked at Dian Wei's white hair, there was a fishy smell all over his body, and his face was extremely tired, even the clothes on his body were not covered, he jumped off the horse, and helped Dian Wei up with his own hands, his eyes were full of affection, he only patted Dian Wei's shoulder gently, and said lightly: "It's good to come back...... It's good to be ...... back" (to be continued......