The Shu army chased very quickly, and looked like it was unwilling to give up, but its horsepower was not as good as that of the Han cavalry, and it always fell behind, and the pursuit was ineffective, but it was "kited" by the Han army for several miles, and more than 20 horsemen were shot, which provoked the anger to rise.

The generals of Nan Zhenglai have not fought with the Han army, and the advantage is that they still have the courage to dare to fight with them, but the disadvantage is that they don't know the depths, they chase recklessly, and they die clean of Li Tingjue's advice.

Until approaching the Han camp, seeing that under the cover of the hills, attacking from both sides, the Han cavalry who wanted to outflank him was sober up and fast. Looking at the Han cavalry that was twice as large as his own, no matter how ignorant he was, the Shu generals did not have the confidence to be outnumbered. recalled Li Tingjue's confession, and shouted: "The Han army is cunning, if there is an ambush, withdraw!" ”

Then he quickly took his subordinates, turned his horse, and returned along the same road. The pursuit was too deep, and I enjoyed the pleasure of the pursuit, and experienced the pain of death again. The more urgent the chase, the more eager the escape.

"Give me a copy of it, and you can't let go of Shu Qi!" Ma Renyu rode in front, taking the lead, shouting at the top of his voice, his face full of excitement.

The Han cavalry around him are all elite, and they are very proficient in the division and plagiarism operations. Ma Renyu rushed ahead, and he was even more warlike and murderous.

After the reorganization of troops from Guanzhong and the establishment of the Southwest Battalion, Ma Renyu was transferred from the Fengchen Battalion by Liu Chengyou to support Xiang Xun. As a strong general who came out of the Fengchen camp, the young man is handsome, with his bravery, plus the person favored by the Son of Heaven, Xiang Xun naturally attaches great importance to training.

However, in this Shu Han War, Ma Renyu participated in the war as a cavalry general. However, since the start of the war, the two sides have fought fiercely and confronted each other between the mountains, and it is basically a battle of city defense and walling. At most, when Liangquan, Guzhen, Shunzheng and other walled cities attacked and defended, they led people to cover and watch the battle.

As a young general with strong blood and high spirits, this feeling of not being able to fight and can only sit and watch success or failure is really uncomfortable, and Ma Renyu is also suffocated, it is rare to have such an opportunity to kill the enemy with his life, even if the target is relatively small, it still makes him excited.

The long-term pent-up of war intent, once it broke out, what was presented was a dry and hungry, like a wolf like a tiger and a man riding, iron hooves vertical and horizontal, hot pursuit, endless, riding crossbows in bursts, javelin throwing, skilled rushing and killing techniques, almost let the Shu cavalry collapse.

Entangled and strangled all the way, and in front of Xicheng Pass, when Li Tingqi saw that the situation was not good, he ordered people to lead his troops out of the city to stand in formation, and cooperated with the remaining Shu cavalry to resist and counterattack. Ma Renyu was also bold, seeing that the city gate was open, and there was some gap between the Shu army formation and the drawbridge, he bypassed it directly, making it look like he was going to rush into the city.

directly caused the Shu army's formation to waver, and Li Tingqi no longer had the confidence, and he would not let the Han army be so arrogant, and break through with a thousand horsemen. directly used his supervising team, planted a shield and set up a spear under the city, and arrows rained down on the city, blocking the Han cavalry.

The available space under the city is not large, after the loss of dozens of horses, Ma Renyu decisively ordered to turn to the battle, towards the weak place of the Shu army's formation, fiercely chiseled it, killed and injured hundreds of people, broke away from the battle circle, and left.

What was left for the Shu army was a mess, fragmented, and full of wounded soldiers. For the retreating Han army, he was also more afraid than angry, although he repelled the arrogant Han cavalry and captured more than a dozen horses, but the morale was not high, and he was hit again.

And Li Tingqi could only suppress the cheap sense of humiliation, gritted his teeth, held his breath, contained the defeated soldiers, treated the wounded, appeased the army, and readjusted the city defense.

The thick city gate of Xixian County was slowly closed, and after suffering this loss, Li Tingqi did not plan to open the city gate again.

Compared with the depression and defeat that began to spread among the Shu army in Xixian County, the Han cavalry, under the leadership of Ma Renyu, gradually returned to the camp as a whole, and by the way, checked the battle damage and results, and sheltered the remaining and lost horses.

"The Shu army is still so vulnerable!" On the way back to the camp, one of the subordinate battalion generals laughed loudly, and his face trembled: "If it weren't for the lack of preparation, we would have taken down the city, and we wouldn't have needed the army to attack the city step by step." ”

"It's just a small victory, and you are so arrogant, no wonder Du Shuai has been cracking down on the arrogant soldiers in the army recently!" Although Ma Renyu reprimanded, his young and heroic face was also full of smiles: "Don't you understand the truth that arrogant soldiers will be defeated?" ”

"It's not that we are arrogant and underestimate the enemy, it's just that the combat power of the Shu army is like this, and since the war against Shu, our soldiers have been acting as foils, high-headed horses, but sitting and watching other armies kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. In the hearts of the soldiers, they can hold their breath, and this battle can be regarded as relieved! The battalion general sighed.

As he spoke, he paid attention to Ma Renyu's expression and muttered, "Besides, the siege of the city just now, it was the general who took the lead in rushing up......"

Hearing him say this, Ma Renyu also grinned, but quickly gathered up and said a little seriously: "But I think the morale of the Shu army has recovered, and the resistance is much more fierce than when it was in Chengzhou and Xingzhou!" ”

"In a short period of time, it actually damaged my sixty-three horses!" Ma Renyu's face was painful, and he turned his head to look at the battalion general: "After returning to the camp, remember all the brothers who died in battle, and if you have the opportunity, you should also contain their corpses......"

"Yes!" There's not much to say about it.

Glancing around, Ma Renyu sighed and said: "The geographical situation here is really not conducive to my Han Iron Cavalry, or we have to wait to enter the Shuzhong Plain, which is the place where we can gallop!" ”

"The general is right! In my opinion, if we continue to fight at the current pace, our army will be able to celebrate the New Year in Chengdu next year! "The battalion will say.

Ma Renyu shook his head, although he was fierce and confident, he was not conceited to that kind of Chengdu, not to mention the strange and dangerous roads of Shuling, this winter, it was not so easy to pass. In addition, although the imperial court continued to attack Shu, its support for the front line did not look like it was going to swallow Shu in one bite.

When he was the younger brother of Pan Mei in his early years, Ma Renyu was basically obsessed with honing his martial arts, practicing riding and archery, and asking more questions and listening to Pan Mei in everything. However, after entering the Fengchen camp, in addition to exercising his physique and practicing combat skills, he also had an indispensable education in culture, the art of war, and combat examples.

Unconsciously, in the midst of constant observation, General Pony has his own independent thoughts and opinions on the situation and development of the war.

The sky gradually darkened, and after a day of marching, camping, and fighting, men and horses were exhausted. The winter wind blew coldly, whirring, and between the roads, you could see the corpses of the dead soldiers when they were chasing and fighting from time to time, like road signs, guiding the soldiers back to the camp. When they encountered a small number of corpses of Han soldiers, they were brought back to the camp for cremation.

At the time of the return, the Han army camp on the east bank of Fushui had been completely built, and the efficiency of the elite army was often staggering. The layout of the camp wall is reasonable, the garrison is tight, and the sound of people and animals can be heard.

In the tent, Xiang Xunzheng and the Han generals studied the enemy situation, and dictated the defense of the western city in the evening, and there were painting marks in the military record room. Don't care about being tired, and the evening meal is just a few bites.

The cavalry who attacked returned to the camp, which caused some cheers, and after the report, they entered the account, and Xiang Xun raised his eyes and asked, "How about General Ma's capture?" ”

"The last general pursued all the way to the west city, beheaded nearly 300 Shu horses, and captured 168 war horses. The Shu army in the city went out of the city to respond, and the last general saw the gap, led people to impact, and wanted to break the city in one fell swoop, but was desperately blocked by the Shu army. I had no choice but to attack the Shu army that responded, break its formation, and return ......with hundreds of casualties," Ma Renyu reported.

"Good!"

"What a result!"

"General Pony is so brave!"

The Han general in the tent smiled a lot and praised and congratulated Ma Renyu. Although Ma Renyu is young, he is not yet 22 years old, but with his generosity and open-mindedness of Hebei heroes, he has a good reputation in the army, and many generals and schools have a good relationship with him.

"It's bold! With your thousand horses, you dare to rush to its closed city! Xiang Xun also smiled and asked, "How is the Shu army's resistance?" ”

Ma Renyu responded: "Its morale has been restored, if the city is defended, it will not be easy to break it!" ”

Listening to his answer, Xiang Xun's face was even more satisfied, and he commented objectively that he did not underestimate the enemy.

"Ben Shuai personally investigated the city defense of the Shu army, Xixian County was indeed built solidly by Li Tingjue, the pool is wide and the wall is solid, the preparation is sufficient, and there are almost no loopholes in the layout, it seems that Liang Quan and Shunzheng will fight down, it is almost impossible!" Xiang Xun got up, looked around, and said calmly: "However, no matter how strong the city is, it must be defended by people, and the commander does not believe it, with those defeated soldiers, new troops, and rabble in the city, they can stop my army!" ”

"I want to listen to the handsome deployment!" Immediately, someone took the lead in speaking out.

"Didn't Li Tingqi want to live and die with Xixian? Ben Shuai fulfilled him! Xiang Xun clenched his fists and said coldly: "Order, for a period of five days, let the three states of Feng, Cheng, and Jie, recruit 10,000 people, and come to the army to help in the war!"

Tomorrow, pull out the camp and start the village, move forward to the next village in front of the pass, and the generals will complete the army and soldiers, build siege equipment, and prepare to break the city! ”

"Yes!"