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"General, this person is too arrogant, if it weren't for the general's timely arrival, I'm afraid he would have died here. He is very repulsive to the general, and the people in Linrong City are all his subordinates, and we don't have a single soldier, if he doesn't obey the general's dispatch, what should we do? Wang Shuang saw the back of Pang De's departure, and he was upset for Ma Chao.

Ma Chao raised his head, glanced at the blue sky, sighed, and said, "People are under the eaves, how can they not bow their heads?" Since I have already attached myself to the Huaxia Kingdom and made an order, if I can't sweep away the first Lingqiang this time, my Ma Chao will not be able to gain a foothold in the Huaxia Kingdom. However, once I have military merits in Huaxia, I will be able to gain a foothold here, and as for what others think, I don't care anymore. ”

After Wang Shuang heard this, he felt that Ma Chao had changed too much for a while, he was a high-ranking prince in the past, as long as anyone dared to resist him, he would disobey his will, and beat that person into a cripple if he didn't kill him. But now, being so confronted by Pound, he didn't get angry.

Wang Shuang didn't understand and couldn't guess.

Ma Chao dared to make a military order this time, it is no accident, instead of being locked in a cage every day, it is better to gallop between heaven and earth, the vast field, the vast sky, the iron-blooded battlefield, this is what he should go. If he doesn't want to be a caged bird, he has to make himself a fierce beast between heaven and earth, so that others can see his power.

"Let's go! Follow them to Linrong City, and those bison will also be brought to Linrong City. As soon as Ma Chao's voice fell, he shouted "driving" and galloped down the hill.

"General...... How do you bring these bison? Checkmate...... The general ......" Wang Shuang was worried. Let him take this herd of bison to Linrong City, oh my God, how can hundreds of bison listen to him? Before, he had learned the sound of a tiger to scare the herd of bison galloping through the forest, and now hundreds of bison stopped at the bottom of the hillside. Youzai is eating weeds, how can he drive them away?

"Learn to bark again? No, no, in that case, once this herd of bison panics, they will run away, I really don't understand, what does the general want this herd of bison to do? Wang Shuang looked at the more than 100 bison below, and became worried, thinking hard. I never knew how to take the bison.

Suddenly, he saw the largest bison grazing there, and the other bison within two meters of him did not dare to approach, thinking that the bison was the leader of this group of bison, he patted his thigh, smiled, and then noticed and jumped off the horse. He drew the long sword hanging from his waist and went down the hill.

……

Pound with the remnants of his men. Carrying the dead soldiers, he slowly returned to Linrong City.

When the captain in charge of guarding the city saw Pound returning, he immediately opened the city gate, went out of the city to greet him, rode his horse to Pound's side, and arched his hand: "General." You're hurt? What's going on? ”

"Don't mention it, I was ambushed, and I was blamed for being too careless. Bury all the soldiers who died in battle, write a list of the dead, and send someone to submit it to the military department. Pound looked ashamed. This was the first time in his history that he had failed, and he had lost to the Qiang.

After the group entered the city, the soldiers guarding the city were about to close the door, and when Pound saw it, he hurriedly said, "Wait! Don't close the door yet, the general Zhengxi appointed by the emperor has already arrived, just behind, leaving the door for the general Zhengxi. ”

After saying that, Pound went into the city to treat his wounds.

In a short time, the soldiers defending the city saw a knight coming from the wilderness, silver helmet, silver armor, and white horse, in this empty field, it was very eye-catching, and a spear in his hand was also very eye-catching, the spear was blood-gold, and the head of the spear was divided into three, like a burning flame, and from a distance, it looked like a fire in the hand of the knight.

When the captain guarding the city saw it, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "This person should be General Zhengxi, but why is General Zhengxi alone?" ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone saw the dust behind the hillside two or three miles away from Ma Chao, like the traces of a large force of cavalry, but when they saw a herd of bison turning out from behind the hillside, they suddenly fell into a daze.

A man rode on the bison that was rushing at the front, with a long pole in his hand, and a rope tied to it, and a bright red object tied to it, and was hurrying towards this side.

After a while, Ma Chao arrived at the city, and did not enter the city in time, but reined in the horses, stopped at the city gate, and looked at Wang Shuang riding on the back of a bison, galloping over with more than a hundred bison, so he took a deep breath and shouted: "Slow down and let the bison stop outside the city!" ”

After Wang Shuang heard Ma Chao's voice, he nodded, and when he threw away the long pole he was holding, he took off the bright red object, clamped the bison's belly with his legs, and miraculously slowed down the speed of the bison, and the more than 100 bison behind him also slowed down, and when they arrived at the city, a group of bison all stopped there, panting.

Ma Chao glanced at what Wang was holding in his hands and asked, "What are you holding?" ”

"It's nothing, it's a blood-stained stick, and I heard that cows go crazy when they see red, so I went and cut down a stick, and smeared the whole stick with the blood of the Qiang people, and then the herd of cattle was brought over." Wang Shuang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said slowly.

"It's hard for you, now, drive this herd of bison into the city." After Ma Chao finished speaking, he turned the horse's head and rode the horse into the city.

The captain standing on the city wall heard this, hurriedly got down the city tower, came to Ma Chao's side, and paid homage first: "The last general knocks on the general!" ”

"Hmm." Ma Chao ignored it and continued to ride his horse towards the city.

"Does the general have to drive this herd of bison into the city?"

Ma Chao reined in the horses, heard the voice, turned his head and asked, "So what?" ”

"There are only people living in this city, but you can't accommodate these beasts, if these beasts really want to enter the city, they can only be sent to the house, slaughtered and eaten!"

"These are the soldiers I brought, they are my subordinates, you dare to call my subordinates beasts. Dare to kill them to eat? How daring! Ma Chao's face suddenly changed color and said angrily.

Seeing that Ma Chao was angry, and hearing Ma Chao say that this group of bison was his subordinate, he was immediately confused, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Please forgive the general, the last general does not know this group of animals...... This herd of bison is the general's men. How offensive! It's just that there are only barracks in the city, no cowsheds, and General Pang will not tolerate a herd of bison scurrying around in the city......"

"I am the general of Zhengxi canonized by the emperor, let me control all the soldiers and generals of Shuofang Mansion, do you want to disobey my orders when you talk to me like this?"

"The last general will not dare!"

"Then don't be nosy, there is no cowshed in the city, who said my subordinates should live in a cowshed?"

The lieutenant asked suspiciously, "Don't live in the cowshed." Where to stay? ”

"They're my men, of course they live in the barracks!"

"Live...... Staying in the barracks? The lieutenant was surprised.

"Don't be wordy, go and make a barracks for my subordinates, the best forage is served, if they are hungry and thin, I only ask!" Ma Chao said sharply.

The lieutenant did not dare to offend, and immediately said: "No! The end will understand! ”

Ma Chao turned his head to Wang Shuang and said, "After arranging these subordinates, come to the prefect's yamen to find me!" ”

Wang Shuang didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Ma Chao's gourd. Let him drive the herd over, he thought he had come to comfort the soldiers here. Who knew that he actually regarded this group of bison as subordinates. He said "no", and immediately hurried the bison into the city one by one, and then followed the captain to arrange a barracks for the herd of bison.

The news soon spread among the soldiers, and when Wang Shuang drove the cattle away, the soldiers began to talk and even snicker. In the end, I don't know who it is, I jokingly called Ma Chao the king of the cow, and called Wang Shuang the general of the cow. Later, there were many troubled people who felt that the Ox King was not very good. added a magic word in the middle, Ma Chao instantly became the Bull Demon King, and Wang Shuang was also called the Mad Cow General. Such a title spread among the soldiers.

Ma Chao rode his horse to the prefect's yamen, turned over and dismounted, went straight in, and just entered the hall of the yamen, he saw that the military doctor was bandaging Pang De's wounds, so he said: "General Pang, I want you to tell me about the situation of the first Lingqiang people under Helan Mountain. ”

"I heard that you are known as the general of Shenweitian by Xiqiang, and you should know a lot about the Qiang people, why did you ask me instead?" Pound said unhappily.

"You don't want to say?"

"What?"

"Hehe, General Pang's temper is not small, don't forget it, the emperor's holy decree is clearly written, let you be controlled by me, if you don't cooperate with me like this, you are disobeying the holy decree."

Pang De snorted coldly and said: "I only saw the emperor's edict, but I didn't see the holy decree, besides, the general will not be subject to foreign military orders, you let me listen to you, why do you?" According to the official rank, you and I are in the same position, and no one is subordinate to anyone, and the emperor just said that I will assist you, but he didn't say that I must listen to you! ”

Ma Chao sneered, and immediately took out a holy decree from his arms, opened it, hung it in front of Pang De's eyes, and said sharply: "General Pang, you can see clearly, this is a real holy decree, what is written on it is clear, I want you to be controlled by me!" ”

Pang De glanced at the holy decree, nodded, and said: "Well, I won't disobey the decree, but I am injured now and can't visit the shrine, and I ask General Zhengxi to forgive me!" Also, I have asked General Zhengxi's room to be prepared, just in the east wing, come on, take General Zhengxi down to rest. ”

One of Pang De's relatives walked in outside the door, walked to Ma Chao's side, paid a respect, and said, "General Zhengxi, please!" ”

Ma Chao snorted coldly and threw his sleeves away.

When Pang De saw Ma Chao leaving, he was also angry in his heart, and shouted in his heart: "A slave who died in the country, what's the big deal!" If the emperor hadn't brought you back, you would have died in Guanzhong. The emperor asked me to act according to the decree, only to give him 500 cavalry and seven days of rations, and I will act according to the decree, and the holy decree is nothing but false. ”

After Ma Chao returned to the room, Wang Shuang also followed, and the two of them saw that the people around them were not treating them, so they were inevitably a little uncomfortable.

"General, why do I think the people here are so repulsive to us?" Wang Shuang walked into Ma Chao's room and said immediately.

"The upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, Pound is very repulsive to me, so the people under him are naturally the same." Ma Chao said lightly.

He took off his armor and weapons, sat down on the edge of the bed, and asked, "Is the herd of bison arranged?" ”

"It's all arranged. It's just that the general doesn't understand, what does the general want those wild cattle to do? Wang Shuang asked.

"Don't ask, you'll know tomorrow, you've been tired all day, and you've finally got here. Rest early, I'm going to go tomorrow. ”

"So fast? Don't you want to rest for a few more days? ”

"And it's good to rest above, haven't I rested long enough in Jicheng?"

Wang Shuang stopped talking, knowing that Ma Chao would inevitably show his strength when he came this time, he slowly withdrew from the room, retreated outside the room, and said to Ma Chao: "General, it's time to eat in a while." I call you! ”

"Well, go ahead."

……

Wumeng Hu returned with the Qiang people in vain, and he could have killed Pang De today, but who knew that a Ma Chao suddenly came out in the middle of the way, and he had to retreat because he was afraid.

In the Lingwu Valley, the Qiang King Wuerde, who was the first to Lingqiang, was feasting the envoys from the Wei State in the cave, and a whole sheep was roasted in the cave. The leaders of the surrounding Xian Lingqiang all sat around and ate meat. Drinking in a big gulp, it seems so lively.

However, the man sitting next to Ould looked out of place, wearing an inky gown, his hair tied up in a bun, and a scarf on his head. Although he was also smiling, a discerning person could see at a glance that this person's smile was so far-fetched that his face began to twitch.

He sat there, tearing off a small piece of meat from time to time and chewing it in his mouth. seems to be polite and extremely gentle, it is Liu Ye who is the Shangshu of Wei State.

Originally, it was not his turn to do the things of the envoy, but when the Wei State was employing people, and the enveloping Xian Lingqiang also needed an intelligent person who could speak well and speak skillfully, because whether the envelopment was successful or not directly involved whether the foundation of the Wei State was stable in the future, so Cao Cao sent him to come in person.

Ould squinted at Liu Ye, raised the mare's milk wine in his hand, and asked with a smile: "Isn't your envoy a vulgar person who dislikes me?" ”

Liu Ye hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, I definitely didn't mean that." ”

Ould smiled, "Very well, envoy, let's have a drink!" ”

As he spoke, Ould raised the wine glass in front of Liu Ye.

Liu Ye was helpless, so he had to pick up the mare's milk wine, which was extremely unpalatable for him, and reluctantly took a sip, and his face suddenly showed a look of pain.

After seeing it, Ould laughed and said: "It seems that Mr. has not been able to get used to it, Mr. has been here for more than a month, in fact, for us Qiang people, these are the most delicious." Mr. may wish to drink a little more every day, so that he will gradually get used to it. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, I'll definitely try to find a way to adapt here." Liu Ye said against his will.

It's been a month since I came here, and every day is like a year for Liu Ye, eating, drinking, and living are far from the Central Plains. But this is a last resort, the Wei State was first built, Guanzhong was exhausted, and the people were ten rooms and nine empty, which can be described as a hundred wastes to be lifted, in such a situation, the high-level of the entire Wei State hated the Qiang people to grit their teeth, and had to think about it. Because the reason why Guanzhong has reached this state is because of the Qiang people.

However, they had to rely on the fighting power of the Qiang people to defend against foreign enemies. Needless to say, the combat effectiveness of the Qiang people is that they can win over one Qiang person and defeat ten new recruits, on the one hand, they must be guarded, and on the other hand, they must be appeased.

After Liu Ye drank a sip of mare's milk wine, he stopped drinking it and said to Ouerde: "King, if the Wumeng Tiger Qu Marshal can kill Pang De this time, then we can gather a large army to storm Linrong City." ”

"Hahaha...... Thanks to Mr.'s clever plan, after Wumenghu returns, we only need to rest for one night, and we can go to Linrong City, and this king will personally lead the army and set foot on the Shuo Fang! Ould said happily.

While he was talking, people reported that Wumeng Tiger had returned, and Ould immediately asked people to send Wumeng Hu to see him.

After a short time, Wumenghu entered the cave, and when he saw the happy atmosphere in the cave, he lowered his head.

As soon as Liu Ye noticed Wumenghu's expression, he frowned, knowing that Wumenghu must not have been able to successfully kill Pang De. Because, once the Qiang people are happy, they will be very excited, but Wumenghu does not, and they come back dejected.

Ould also noticed Wumenghu's expression, and he was originally smiling, but now he straightened his face and asked loudly, "What's wrong?" ”

At this time, the leaders of all sizes in the cave were silent, focusing all their eyes on Wumeng Tiger's body, quietly waiting for Wumeng Tiger's answer.

In the entire cave, nothing could be heard except for the crackling of firewood burning on the bonfire. It's a bit quiet.

Wumenghu walked to the bonfire step by step, knelt there, and said slowly: "King, I failed, I failed to kill Pang De, let him escape!" ”

"Bastard!" Ould overturned a small table in front of him. The wine and meat on the table, and the pots and pots on the table, fell to the hard stone floor. He pointed at Wumenghu and scolded loudly: "You are the first warrior of my first Lingqiang, and Mr. Liu's strategy is also very exquisite, how could you let Pang De run away?" ”

"I'm willing to accept the punishment!" As he spoke, Wumenghu took out a short knife and made a long cut on his left cheek with the blade, and the blood flowed from the spot, but he didn't seem to feel a trace of pain, and he didn't even frown.

When Liu Ye saw this kind of punishment, he thought it was a bit too much. Although he offered a strategy, it was difficult to guarantee that the strategy would not be cracked, or he miscalculated something halfway and miscalculated Pound's strength. He was a little unbearable to see Wumeng Tiger suffering, at least he needed such a warrior to deal with Pound. Immediately, he stood up and hugged his fists and said, "King, my plan may not be perfect. I must have underestimated Pound and let him escape......"

"Nope! There was nothing wrong with the gentleman's plan. It's on us. I had commanded several times Pound's ambush soldiers to surround him, but Pound was also wounded and couldn't raise his left arm, so it was the best time to kill him. How do you know that a person came out of the middle of the road, and rushed left and right behind us, and my subordinates couldn't resist it. The sand and dust were billowing in the direction he came from, the ground shook, presumably he brought reinforcements, and I ordered my subordinates to retreat! ”

"Bastard!" Ould scolded, "One man will scare you away." Why are you so useless? ”

Liu Ye was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Who is here?" ”

"Yes...... It's General Shenweitian......" Wumenghu replied.

When Ould heard this, he couldn't help but tremble with his legs, and he collapsed directly on the seat, asking, "You...... Who is the person you just said? ”

"General Shenweitian...... Ma Chao......"

"It's over, this battle can't be fought, one day the general is here, Shuofang is in a hurry......" Ould was like a deflated ball, and after hearing Ma Chao's name, he directly deflated and sat there with a long breath.

Liu Ye was also embarrassed when he saw such a situation, he knew Ma Chao's status in the minds of the Qiang people. I thought that after Ma Chao returned to Lin Nan, Lin Nan would take precautions against Ma Chao and would not let Ma Chao go to the battlefield to lead the troops alone, but he didn't know that Ma Chao would come so quickly.

He saw that everyone was discouraged, and immediately said: "The myth of Ma Chao's invincibility has long been broken, and my country's tiger general Xu Chu is Ma Chao's nemesis. As long as I use a little trick, I can surround Ma Chao, and when the time comes, I will attack and kill Ma Chao with a crowd of 100,000 people, and if I am not killed, I will also be exhausted to death, and I can be captured in one battle. ”

When everyone heard this, they were still indifferent.

Liu Ye had an idea, and immediately said: "I will write a letter now, send it to Chang'an, and let Xu Chu come as soon as possible, and when the time comes, Xu Chu will resist Ma Chao and drag him to exhaustion, and everyone will attack and kill together, and Ma Chao will be killed by us without much effort." When the time comes, the king killed Ma Chao, it will inevitably become a new legend in the minds of the Qiang people, and then I will ask His Majesty to officially canonize the king as the king of Xiqiang, so that all the rest of the tribes of the Qiang people will be unified under the king's disposal, what a glory this is! ”

Ould was itched by Liu Ye's words, and immediately slapped his thigh and said angrily: "Yes! No matter how powerful Ma Chao is, he is only one person, there are more than 30 people in this king, even if he stands there and lets him kill, he can also be tired to death! Cheer me up, this king wants to drink Ma Chao to fight to the death! ”

Liu Ye was also very relieved to see that his agitation method had worked. However, he was worried about another thing, he didn't know if Xu Shu would be able to convince Zhong Cunqiang, if he could entrap Zhong Cunqiang to serve the Wei State, then it would be an infinite force. You must know that Zhong Cunqiang's current strength is enough to destroy the entire Wei State and the rest of the Qiang people, and this kind of strength must not be underestimated.

After hearing this, Wumenghu also stood up, licked the blood on the tip of his knife, his eyes were red, and said angrily: "This time, I want to make Pang De my soul." ”

In the early morning, the first rays of sunlight shone on Linrong City, and Ma Chao had already gathered outside the city with Wang Shuang and more than a hundred bison, waiting for Pang De to allocate 500 cavalry to him.

In a few moments, five hundred sturdy wolf cavalry poured out of the city. Under the leadership of a school captain, he came to Ma Chao's side.

The Huns, all of whom wore helmets with two wolf tails on both sides, looked very mighty.

It was the first time Ma Chao had seen someone dressed like this, and he didn't know that in the entire Linrong City. Except for Pang De, the rest were all wolf cavalry composed of Huns, each of whom was brave and good at fighting, and only during the expedition, he would dress up carefully, and he would undoubtedly dress up with ordinary Han people.

The captain was originally Zhang Liao's subordinate, and he followed Zhang Liao for a long time, and since Zhang Liao was transferred to the Central Plains, he shouldered the burden of Linrong City with several other captains. He is also a first-class warrior among the Xiongnu tribes.

Although Pound was not convinced by Ma Chao, it was a matter between individuals, and he would not abolish the public for personal reasons.

After everyone paid homage to Ma Chao, they were ordered by Ma Chao to drive the herd of bison and leave Linrong City.

The Huns were very experienced in herding horses and sheep, so it was not a problem to deal with this herd of bison. As soon as a few trumpets were shouted, everyone waved their horsewhips with ease. drove this herd of bison on the road, and simply let the baggage and water source carried on the bison's back as a tool for transporting grain and grass.

Of course, it was for this reason that Ma Chao drove this herd of bison on the road together, but. The main reason was that he was going to do something amazing with the help of this herd of bison.

Ma Chaohao went on the road in a mighty way, with the Huns who were familiar with the terrain in this area as a guide, and headed towards Helan Mountain, which was one or two hundred miles away.

As soon as Ma Chao left, Pang De boarded the head of Linrong City and looked at Ma Chao's distant back. I secretly thought in my heart: "I hope Ma Chao's trip will not have the above situation, otherwise, I will be greatly offended." ”

After Ma Chao and the others completely disappeared without a trace, Pang De turned his head and said to the captains behind him: "The three of you, each with two thousand horsemen, follow Ma Chao, bring enough food and water for ten days, and be ready to support General Zhengxi at any time." ”

After hearing this, the three lieutenants under his command were a little puzzled, but they didn't dare to disobey, and they all agreed respectfully. Immediately, the three lieutenants went to light up the men, prepare sufficient food and water, and set out in a stepwise manner, and every quarter of an hour a cavalry team of 2,000 men set out from the city of Linrong, and after three consecutive times, the gates of the city were closed.

Pang De was wounded, unable to personally go to the battlefield, for more than a month, Xian Lingqiang's cunning guerrilla tactics gave him a headache, this time Ma Chao personally led the army to the expedition, he also hoped that Ma Chao could win more with less, and pacified Xian Lingqiang in a battle. There is only so much he can do for Ma Chao.

Ma Chao was driving the bison, the first day of the march was only fifty miles, and the group was stationed on the nearby high slope, the second and third days were still fifty miles, very regular, but on the fourth day, his marching speed slowed down suddenly, because he had to pass through a short section of desert on the way, so after crossing that section of the desert and re-entering the loess plateau with thousands of ravines, he stopped advancing.

Ma Chao climbed the highest slope alone, looked out from afar, in the empty field, he could vaguely see Helan Mountain, he looked around the nearby terrain, carefully remembered it in his mind, and then went down the high slope.

Returning to the crowd, he instructed Wang Shuang: "You drive fifty bison and a hundred cavalry to the south, and you go five miles to the south, and you use the old way to tie the tail of the ox and the tail of the horse to the branches. If you hear me blow the trumpet here, light the branches of the ox that are tied to the tail, and you will drive them from that side. The bison are in front, and you are behind, and a hundred cavalry are lined up. Also, if it's at night, don't light a fire. ”

After hearing this, Wang Shuang immediately nodded in response, and chose a cavalry to drive fifty bison away.

Next, Ma Chao arranged for a tun chief to take the remaining fifty bison and a tun of troops to ambush five miles to the north, and let them use the same method.

After the order was completed, Ma Chao turned to the Hun lieutenant and said, "You all follow me and march forward for ten miles." ”

Everyone couldn't figure out what Ma Chao was going to do, but they didn't disobey, so they all responded and went with Ma Chao.

Just after noon, Ma Chao led three hundred wolf cavalry to run wildly, advancing ten miles forward, and temporarily set up a camp, and this place was only fifteen miles away from Lingwu Valley under Helan Mountain, which was already the sphere of influence of Lingqiang.

But strangely. Along the way, I didn't see any of the people who were in Lingqiang.

Ma Chao, who knew the habits of the Qiang people, felt it from the time Pang De encountered an ambush. For him, he is not afraid that the Qiang people will be able to do martial arts, but he is afraid that the Qiang people are educated. The last time I saw the Qiang people actually play a small trick, although it is said that ambushes are a very common thing on the battlefield, for him, this matter reveals an ominous information, that is, there must be a wise man who has gone deep into the tribe of the first Lingqiang and made suggestions for this first Lingqiang.

At this point, he felt even more deeply that something was very unusual. According to the habits of the Qiang people in the past, as long as someone dared to break into their sphere of influence, they would resist the enemy thousands of miles away. Dead or alive will not let you enter the hinterland. Because the Qiang people are strong and capable, every time they go on an expedition, they are selected to be strong and able to fight warriors, and those who stay in the rear are some old and weak women and children, and once the garrison is attacked, the loss is property, for the Qiang people who are greedy for money. This is extremely undesirable.

After setting up the makeshift camp, Ma Chao had some traps dug around the camp. It doesn't need to be too big, just a small one can trap the horse's hooves, and it's super irregular, intricately scattered, digging one, scattered like a dense net.

I was busy for most of the day. In the evening, when the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the loess slopes with thousands of ravines, Ma Chao asked the wolf cavalry to pile up the dried cow dung collected along the way, and a huge bonfire was raised in the camp to shine around. It is also particularly eye-catching at night.

As the saying goes, eating a trench grows wise, it is undeniable that Ma Chao is indeed smarter than before and knows how to think about things with his brain. In addition, the purpose of his doing this is precisely because he is familiar with the habits of the Qiang people, which is the so-called brine tofu, one thing and one thing. Ma Chao can't beat Lin Nan, he can't beat Cao Cao, this is not to say that his combat ability is not good, but he lacks resourcefulness, but he has his own set of ways to deal with the Qiang people who have always been straightforward.

When night fell, Ma Chao gathered three hundred wolf cavalry together, and said loudly: "Along the way, we get along day and night, and we are all familiar with each other. Although I was appointed as a general of the expedition to the west, don't treat me as a general, treat me as your brother. I'm a person who likes to go straight, and you fit my temper. ”

"I know that you were all the old subordinates of Zhang Liao, the general of Huya, and everyone was a carefully selected Xiongnu warrior. The Qiang and the Xiongnu are the same nomads on the grassland, when the Xiongnu dominated the grassland, the Qiang people were just your affiliated tribes, but now they have developed into a very large tribe, I expect that the Qiang people will inevitably come to attack at night tonight, I only hope that you will take out the courage of your Huns, although we have few people, but they are all a hundred elite soldiers, even if the Qiang people come to him tens of thousands, with my Ma Chao leading you, I am not afraid of them! ”

"Now, I will replace wine with water, toast all the warriors, and when we win the battle, after we go back, we will drink happily and drink him for three days and three nights!" As he spoke, Ma Chao raised the water bladder in his hand and shouted to the three hundred people in front of him, "Come on, let's do it!" ”

After hearing the mobilization words, the three hundred Xiongnu warriors felt their hearts surge, and at the same time raised the water bladder in their hands, shouted "dry", and drank a big sip of water.

So they all gathered their armaments, fed their horses, and waited quietly for the battle to come.

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In the Lingwu Valley, the Qiang King Ulde had already prepared a qiē, from the moment Ma Chao came out of the desert, there was a report from Ma Chao, and Ma Chao's movements were reported little by little, and he learned that Ma Chao led three hundred cavalry to set up a camp fifteen miles away and divided two hundred people to drive fifty cattle to ambush, so he prepared here.

Liu Ye made a reasonable deployment from the information reported, and immediately said to Urde: "King, Ma Chao did this just to lure the enemy deep and then ambush us. I thought that when the army was divided into three ways, the king led the army to attack Ma Chao's station, and sent two partial troops to detour from the flank, first solve the two hundred cavalry and more than 100 bison arranged by Ma Chao behind, and then surround Ma Chao with the victorious division and the king, and Ma Chao could be captured in one battle! ”

It stands to reason that Liu Ye's strategy is the best strategy, but Urde, the king of Qiang, doesn't think so. In his opinion, Ma Chao only brought 500 cavalry and more than 100 cattle, and he besieged it with 100,000 people. Even if Ma Chao ambushed the soldiers, it was only 200 people, which was not enough to stuff his teeth.

He immediately waved his hand and said: "You Han people just like to beat around the bush, only 500 people and more than 100 bison, why be afraid? My army of 100,000 besieged it, and dealing with that little bit of people is as easy as pinching an ant to death! Mr. stayed here, I found a beautiful woman for Mr. to enjoy, and when the king came back, he would inevitably carry Ma Chao's head. ”

When Liu Ye heard this, he sighed, stopped speaking, and said in his heart: "The Qiang people like to go straight, and the 100,000 people deal with Ma Chao 500 people, and my strategy is indeed a bit redundant." ”

"Wumenghu, pass the order, the whole army set off!" Ould immediately exclaimed.

The stars in the sky are shining, as if they were used by people to make a general sowing of those bright particles to the infinite space, the last quarter of the moon, in the center of those sown particles to the sky to hang its sickle-like silhouette, Ma Chao and others waited in battle, waiting quietly, each gearing up, looking forward to the coming of the battle.

At this time, it is the beginning of autumn and the end of summer, and the wind is still blowing at night on the Loess Plateau, and the wind is not too strong, but on this plateau with thousands of ravines, it has become the only voice in everyone's ears.

Occasionally, there would be the roar of some beast, but in a blink of an eye, only the sound of the wind remained.

The silver-gray moonlight sprinkled all over the earth, putting a hazy coat on Ma Chao and the others.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, Ma Chao and the others heard the sound of thunderous horses' hooves, which were everywhere in all directions, looking at them with great eyes, but they saw endless cavalry under the moonlight driving into everyone's eyes one after another.

Ma Chao's chosen station was on a high slope, the slope was relatively steep, and defensive measures had been prepared, so he could hold on temporarily. Hearing such a shocking sound of horses' hooves, Ma Chao could conclude with his own experience that the Qiang people who came should be about 100,000.

He sneered and said to the people around him: "Xian Lingqiang also thinks too highly of my Ma Chao, there are only 300 people, and 100,000 people have been dispatched, it seems that my Ma Chao is still prestigious in their minds!" ”

When they heard this, they all laughed, and with their bows and arrows, they circled the camp and prepared to meet the enemy.

The Qiang cavalry in all directions suddenly ran to the bottom of the high slope, Ma Chao and others did not fire an arrow, the cavalry of the Qiang people rumbled a piece of people on their backs, and they fell to the ground, and the hooves of many horses all fell into the narrow trap pit, don't break the horse's legs, and the cavalry overturned to the ground one by one, because the distribution of those trap pits is not regular, so it fell densely and a large area, but blocked the road of the cavalry behind, some cavalry did not have time to restrain the horses, and trampled directly from the cavalry who fell to the ground in front.

"Shoot the arrows!" Ma Chao shouted at the right time, and he and his subordinates shot arrows one after another, and the Qiang people fell in response.

Wumenghu rushed from behind, and when he saw the cavalry in front of him fall to the ground, he was angry, took off his bow and arrows, and shouted: "Release the arrows, release all the arrows for me, shoot them!" ”

At the sound of an order, the Qiang people took off their bows and arrows one after another, and began to release arrows on the surrounding high slopes.

Ma Chao and the others only released three waves of arrows, and when they saw the Qiang people release arrows, they had already taken out defensive measures, and they took out wooden shields and erected a short protective wall.

The shield is double-sided, and each side is covered with a layer of cowhide, with a slight interval between the hide and the plank, to remove the impact of the arrows, so that the arrows do not penetrate the shield, but injure the person holding the shield. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)