Ma Chao led the troops to go out this time, first swept away the few Qiang tribes in Helan Mountain that had close contacts with the Qiang of Zaodang, on the one hand, to train the troops, strengthen the tacit understanding with these people who control the strings, and on the other hand, to cut off future troubles in the future.

Although the mountains are covered by heavy snow at this moment, once the connection with the outside world is restored, it is very likely that these tribes will cause losses to Lu Bu's allies in the future, and even put Ma Chao's lone army in danger.

After more than a month of hard work, Ma Chao overturned three relatively large Qiang tribes one after another, and at this time, the snow outside Helan Mountain also melted a lot, and Ma Chao's next target was Lian County, which was not far from Helan Mountain.

It has become one of the largest settlements of Qianghu and an important economic center under Han Sui's rule, and he even sent his henchman Cheng Yin to garrison here.

Ma Chao put up a pergola and looked at the county seat of Lianxian County in the distance, the county seat is five miles long and wide, presenting a square, with a population of more than 100,000 people, almost all of whom are Qiang people, and there are many Han businessmen and other foreign races who come here to beg for a living.

Lian County originally also had a solid and heavy city wall, but after several Qiang uprisings and the bloody suppression of the Han Dynasty army, the city wall became dilapidated, the Han Dynasty was weak and unable to repair, and after the Yellow Turban Uprising, there was no time to take care of it, and successive officials were also unable to repair it, so now the city wall of Lian County is almost useless.

Ma Chao put down his hand, gently stroked the mane on the back of the neck of the flying sand under him, and said: "Lord Ghost God, the city wall of this Lian County is dilapidated, and the thief army can't defend the city, but our army is all cavalry, and the siege of the city is a weakness, and the enemy is outnumbered, so I think that I should divide the troops to lure him, and then annihilate the enemy in the wilderness." ”

After listening to Ma Chao's words, the ghost god on his side nodded and said, "The general's strategy is very good. ”

After getting along during this time, Ma Chao and the ghosts and gods are also teachers and friends, Ma Chao is more casual to others, but he is extremely respectful when facing Lu Bu and the ghosts, because these two people are very admired by Ma Chao in terms of martial arts and tactics, and now when he hears the praise of the ghosts and gods, Ma Chao is very happy in his heart.

"The defenders of Lian County should be about 10,000 people, if our army pours out, the thief army will definitely not dare to come out. In a moment, I will lead 500 men to fight the battle, and ask the adults to lead the others to ambush here. ”

"Good!" The ghost god said, turned around and took the special forces and fifteen hundred string control men behind him to find a place to ambush.

Ma Chao tightened the tiger head Zhan golden gun in his hand, and looked at the tiger eyes in the county seat of Lian County, revealing a bloodthirsty light.

Above the head of Lianxian County, a big drum flutters in the wind, the big Korean character is embroidered on it, there is a slightly smaller flag next to the big Xu, and a Cheng character in the middle is hunting in the north wind.

Ma Chao led the troops to dozens of steps away from the city, and shouted: "The thieves in the city have heard clearly, your grandfather Ma has come to collect debts!" ”

The defenders of the city were surprised when they heard the words, and the people with the spirit quickly went to the county office to report.

The murderous aura on Ma Chao and others made many people near the city gate feel that something was wrong, and they all accelerated their pace and hid in the county seat, and the broken gate was slowly closed.

After a while, a general suddenly appeared on the head of the city, it was Cheng Yin, Cheng Yin naturally recognized Ma Chao, and was surprised when he saw the other party, but after seeing that there were only five hundred people behind the other party, he looked carefully and saw that there was no sign of ambush soldiers nearby, and couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, Huangkou Xiaoer, you dare to come to Liangzhou, I really don't know whether I am alive or dead, but I want to try the big knife in the hands of your grandfather Cheng." ”

"Oh, the thief will be daring! You and other shameless villains, treacherous, I, Ma Mengqi, are here to clean up today! Wow, dare you go out of the city and fight me! Ma Chao seemed to be angry and scolded Cheng Yin.

"Hahahaha, you wait, see how I take your head!" After Cheng Yin finished speaking, he turned around and walked down the city.

Not long after, the gate of Lianxian City opened again, and the three thousand Xiliang cavalry slowly walked out, Ma Chao's name in Liangzhou even surpassed his father, Cheng Yin knew that he was not Ma Chao's opponent, of course he would not go to death single-handedly, his decision was to lead the superior forces to defeat Ma Chao in one fell swoop, if he could kill Ma Chao, it would naturally be a great achievement.

Cheng Yin pretended to fight with Ma Chao, and after the cavalry behind him was completed, he waved the big knife in his hand and shouted: "The whole army charges, take off the head of the Ma family's child with me!" ”

"You bastard, you really don't want to be ashamed, and you make such a despicable method." Ma Chao hurriedly turned the horse's head and said eagerly: "Withdraw, withdraw quickly, protect me!" Hurry up and protect me! ”

Due to the previous battle, Ma Chao and the soldiers behind him were at a distance, and they were a little slow to escape at the moment, and those soldiers were even a little hesitant.

Cheng Yin laughed loudly when he saw this, and said that Ma Chao was brave and unscrupulous, and when he saw it today, more than 500 people dared to come to Lian County to fight, and there was no doubt about him at the moment, and the troops rushed over.

Both sides are Xiliang horses, although there is still a lot of snow on the ground at this time, but it can't affect the charge of the war horses, and the two sides ran out of a distance of hundreds of steps in an instant.

Although the war horses on both sides are also Xiliang good horses, but after all, the people who control the strings are carefully selected warriors of various tribes, so the horses they ride are also of the highest quality, Ma Chao led these people not to gallop with all their might, but just hung Cheng Yin's part behind him, and when the other party slowed down slightly, he then turned around and shot a bow to harass.

Cheng Yin was provoked and shouted, before he started to attack, he subjectively thought that Ma Chao had no other soldiers and horses here, and at this moment, he was furious and threw away the previous caution out of the clouds.

With his legs clamped around the horse's belly, Cheng Yin roared angrily: "Kill, hurry up and rush up for me to kill this group of bastards!" ”

"Hahaha, Cheng Yinxiaoer, you're just like that, just follow your grandfather and eat ashes!"

"A sharp-toothed little bastard, dare to turn around and fight your grandfather!"

Ma Chao stood still, and reprimanded softly: "Just such a faceless and skinless goods like you, grandpa is standing here, do you dare to step forward alone?" ”

Cheng Yin saw that Ma Chao was really standing in place, his breath couldn't help but suffocate, and then he was overjoyed, thinking that the other party couldn't stand his teasing, and urged the war horse to speed up again.

The three thousand cavalry behind him also accelerated and rushed up, this chase not only did not get a profit, but was shot by the other party dozens of people, although they were numerous, but the skill of riding and shooting against the wind was not as good as those of the Qiang people, so they had been pressed and beaten by the other party, and they were already angry at the moment.

At this time, the two sides still ran out of the tea kung fu and approached the ambush place where the ghosts and gods were before.

Ma Chao stood calmly in place, took out the strong bow hanging next to the horse, held his breath and concentrated on his arms, and the ten-stone strong bow suddenly looked like a full moon, slowly aiming at Cheng Yin.

The distance between the two sides is only two hundred paces, and the distance is still rapidly shortening, Cheng Yin is moving against the wind, his vision is not good, but he still found the bow and arrow that Ma Chao was about to shoot, and he was shocked in his heart, and unconsciously slowed down the speed of the war horse, and at the same time, with a wave of his right hand, the speed of the cavalry behind him did not slow down to protect him in the middle.

Ma Chao saw Cheng Yin's movements from a distance, the sneer at the corners of his mouth became stronger, and with a loud shout in his mouth, the arrows from the string came in an instant like a rainbow through the sun.

Before a cavalryman who rushed to the front could see clearly, he was shot in the center socket by Ma Chao with an arrow, and the huge force immediately took the cavalry backwards and flew up, and knocked down a war horse behind him, and immediately turned to the ground with a man and a horse behind him, and the cavalry behind him couldn't dodge, and suddenly made a mess.

Ma Chao stood proudly in place, and said loudly: "Cheng Yin Xiao'er, grandpa is here, you are here!" ”

The previous power of an arrow made Cheng Yin's troops a little frightened, and at this time, being provoked by Ma Chao like this, the three thousand cavalry suddenly had some commotion, and Ma Chao's troops laughed when they saw this, and shouted loudly: "General Shenwei Tian is mighty!" ”

Cheng Yinjiu was in the Liangzhou territory, so he naturally recognized that the five hundred people behind Ma Chao were all elite Qiang people, so he was even more eager to keep these people here, but at this time, he was also frightened by the momentum of Ma Chao and others.

If it weren't for the quick way he saw the opportunity, I'm afraid that the person who was trampled in the snow at this moment would have become himself.

The spirit of the spirit shuddered, and the speed of the war horse galloped again and again.

Ma Chao saw Cheng Yin slow down, and knew that the other party was already afraid, but he knew that Cheng Yin was the most insulted because of his short temper, so he turned the horse's head and didn't even look at Cheng Yin and his three thousand cavalry behind him.

The actions of Ma Chao and the others extremely despised Cheng Yin and his subordinates, which suddenly made the hearts of these Northwest men who originally had some fear in their hearts burn with anger. The number of the other party was far less than his own, but he dared to despise himself so much, which made Cheng Yin's anger burn away the fear in Fang Cai's heart.

"Wow, little bastard Ann dares to bully me! Give it all to me! Hurry up! Cheng Yin held the knife in his right hand, and slammed the horse's body with the knife with his backhand, and the war horse sighed in pain and neighed, letting go of the four hooves and galloping with all his might.

The cavalry behind them also had angry faces distorted, when had their group of proud soldiers been insulted like this, and the speed of the troops' march increased sharply.

At this time, there was still some snow on the ground, although Xiliang's tall horse was able to charge, but after all, it had an impact, and when Cheng Yin's troops increased their speed again, it was not as smooth as they imagined.

Hearing the angry roar behind him, Ma Chao laughed happily and said in a low voice: "These reckless people, continue to be angry, and let this anger burn yourselves to death." Then, he led the team to rush towards the ambush place of the ghosts and gods.

The ghosts and gods and others were ambushed in a mountain forest on the side of Helan Mountain, and the angry Cheng Yin and the others had long forgotten the warning of Fenglin Mo at this moment, and their only thought was to cut Ma Chao under the horse, so that they could vent their hatred.

Just when the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, suddenly there was a whistle in the distance, Cheng Yin's heart was terrified, he sat on his horse and looked around, and a cavalry suddenly appeared in the rear of the side, with a number of about two thousand.