The Xiliang in winter is really desolate, the post road is full of dust, obviously few people step on it, a foot on it, you can clearly feel the dust on the ground, the howling cold wind blows, and the mouth is full of soil.

From Jincheng to Taoshui and then to Pingxiang, nearly three hundred miles away, there are only a few villages encountered, even if you are used to the desolation of the northwest, but at this moment looking at the situation of no one for a hundred miles, the mood will be unspeakably low.

"Stop~"

On horseback, Ma Chao slowly raised the spear in his hand, and the marching troops slowly stopped.

"Big brother, thirty miles further is Pingxiang, the scouts have already investigated, and there are no soldiers and horses stationed, we should be able to rush over before sunset." Ma Daize stepped forward immediately and turned his head to look at Ma Chao.

This winter is short, the weather is cold, and it is not easy to march fifty miles a day.

"The savage crossing in front, have you sent someone to check?" Ma Chao tightened the cloak on his shoulders and looked ahead.

Savage crossing is a narrow place in Taoshui, even if there is no boat, the stronger people can jump directly over, the water potential is also exhausted here, in autumn and winter, Taoshui is interrupted here, you can go directly, the road here is narrow by the mountains and forests, it is a dangerous place.

Because the terrain changes with the season, people who are not particularly familiar with the terrain of this place do not know the danger of the wild crossing.

Ma Chao often travels back and forth to Qiangdi, because he is very familiar with the terrain from Longxi to Jincheng, and naturally knows that Savage Ferry is the best place to ambush.

"The scouts have already probed, and there is no danger." Ma Dai nodded, this kind of place, naturally be careful.

Ma Chao frowned and looked at the birds and sparrows that flew up from time to time in the mountains and forests on the west side of the savage crossing and said: "Bo Zhan, you take a group of men and horses first, if an ambush appears, don't panic, quickly withdraw from the mountains and forests, and run this way!" ”

"Whoa!" Although Ma Dai was a little confused, Ma Dai had a kind of blind trust in his eldest brother, and he did not hesitate to hear the words, and agreed immediately.

The team moved forward again, but if you looked closely, the team was much less.

Ma Dai took the people and horses to the wild crossing, the wild man crossing is the riverbed is exhausted, the road is narrow and long, and it is also the only way to go to Pingxiang.

Even if scouts have been sent to patrol this area before, Ma Chao's attitude is obviously that there is a problem here, so Ma Dai is quite cautious after entering the Savage Crossing, always paying attention to the movements around him, but he has not found any clues, the troops are about to pass through the Savage Crossing, and Ma Dai's tense heart is also slightly relaxed, but at this moment, the change is abrupt.

In the mountains and forests on the west side, the sound of gongs suddenly sounded, and in this quiet mountain forest was unusually piercing, and then I saw many arrows shooting towards this side, and many soldiers fell to the ground with arrows.

"Retreat!" Although it was a little unexpected, Ma Chao had already instructed, and after finding out that something was wrong, Ma Dai immediately ordered someone to mingjin, and he even turned the horse's head directly and went straight to the road.

In the mountains and forests, Zhao Cen looked at the broken soldiers who turned around and fled, and said disdainfully: "The lord doesn't know the situation of Xiliang, so he thinks that Ma Chao can also be regarded as a hero?" Is it true that everyone in the world is like the lord? ”

Chen Mo is only two years older than Ma Chao when he counts his age, but if you talk about ability and achievements, look at the world, not to mention that at Chen Mo's age, how many people can reach Chen Mo's achievements in a lifetime?

The achievements here are not about the size of the territory, but the achievements in terms of their own knowledge and martial arts, which are really larger than the size of the territory, and there are only two of them when you look at the world.

Seeing that Ma Dai was about to rush out of the savage crossing, Zhao Cen immediately raised his troops and led the army to kill and intercept Ma Dai.

Suddenly ambushed, Ma Dai was young after all, even with Ma Chao's previous warning, it was inevitable that he would be a little flustered at this moment.

On the other side, Ma Chao naturally had already heard the sound of the savage crossing, but he didn't pay attention to it, just waited quietly.

"Major General, General Ma Dai was ambushed, did he come to the rescue?" A Qiang general found Ma Chao and bowed down to ask.

"No, just hide your body." Ma Chao's expression was a little indifferent, his order was to let Ma Dai withdraw his troops immediately once he was ambushed, and lead the enemy here, if he sent troops at this moment, although he could repel the enemy, but he could not do his best.

"Whoa!" General Qiang agreed, turned away, and continued the ambush.

On the other side, Zhao Cen led the troops to kill, Ma Dai's army was completely chaotic, Zhao Cen is also a veteran, there is no choice in this use of troops, at this moment Ma Dai's troops are fleeing back, if they are directly intercepted in front of Ma Dai, they can leave this enemy army behind, and it is difficult to do their best, it is Zhao Cen to lead the troops to kill, from the side and rear to kill, and then chase Ma Dai to run, in this way, Ma Dai's soldiers and horses only know to flee, there will not be too much resistance, Zhao Cen can follow the rear to slaughter, this is in the art of war, it is called returning to the teacher.

If there is really only Ma Dai, Zhao Cen has won this work so far, but Zhao Cen wants more than this, he also wants Ma Chao's head, Ma Dai in front of the crowd was recognized by Zhao Cen as Ma Chao, seeing the other party fleeing in a panic, Zhao Cen just disdainful in his heart, this is now the so-called first general of Xiliang? It's a shame for the two of them!

Chasing and killing all the way, where they passed, the Qiang army suffered countless casualties, and they were about to catch up with Ma Dai, when a gong suddenly sounded in the rear, a group of men and horses came out from the rear, Zhao Cen was killing fiercely, and the military array in the rear was suddenly chaotic.

Ma Dai in front of him heard the sound of the gong and immediately restrained the soldiers, turned around and killed this side.

Zhao Cen looked back in shock, and saw that the soldiers and horses in the rear were already in chaos, and a Qiang army clashed back and forth in the crowd, rushing Zhao Cen's army formation to pieces.

"Death to the thief!" Before he had time to recollect the soldiers and horses, the sound of horses' hooves in front of him sounded, but it was Ma Dai who came back with the remnants of the army.

Zhao Cen's face sank, and he attacked back and forth, the people and horses in the rear seemed to be more ferocious, if it was difficult to retreat at this moment, it would be fortunate, since this was the case, it was better to continue to kill forward, maybe he could kill a bloody way.

Zhao Cen made a decision, and he didn't come back to help, but directly led the men and horses to meet Ma Dai, even if he was defeated, he had to defeat one first, so that he would have something to say when he fled back.

Ma Dai and Zhao Cen were both ambushed, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers and horses around them was not high, but in comparison, Ma Dai saw that Ma Dai was out of his hands, and he had the bottom in his heart, but he was more stable in fighting, but Zhao Cen was eager to defeat Ma Dai and break through, and he was a little anxious, plus Ma Chao in the rear was fierce, and the more he fought, the more he scattered.

Seeing that he was about to be defeated, Zhao Cen gritted his teeth, looked at the direction of Ma Dai, abandoned the army and took Ma Dai directly, and shouted: "Ma Chaoxiaoer, dare to fight with me!?" ”

Ma Dai was a little stunned when he heard this, seeing Zhao Cen killing him, he didn't understand that this person regarded himself as a big brother, but in the chaos of the army, it was impossible to explain, seeing Zhao Cen Ting shooting and killing, Ma Dai didn't say much, and raised his knife to fight.

Although he is young, Ma Dai's martial arts are also good, Zhao Cen, as a veteran of Xiliang, is at his peak again, his moves are ruthless and experienced, but he fights with Ma Dai in one place, for a while, it is difficult to take down this young man, but the other party's martial arts, to be called the first brave general of Xiliang, there is still a lot of heat.

Looking at Zhao Cen and Ma Dai in the fierce fight, Ma Chao waved his hand, signaling the army to surround him, not letting Zhao Cen escape, and then rode up the horse, with a spear in his hand, separating the two.

"Bang~"

There was a muffled sound, but the two people in the fierce battle saw a spear stabbing at them, knocking the weapons of the two away, Zhao Cen looked at Ma Chao, and the strength of the spear made him a little surprised, this young man has so much strength.

"Stand down!" Ma Chao didn't look at Ma Dai either, but just gave a faint order, and Ma Dai agreed at the moment and rode the horse away.

"Xiliang people?" Ma Chao looked at Zhao Cen, it was not easy to find the ambush of the savage in a short period of time, and it was not easy for the locals, and even many Xiliang people didn't know.

"Not bad!" Zhao Cen secretly moved his fingers, looked around, and his heart sank, his troops had been scattered, and it seemed that there was no hope of breaking through.

Ma Chao raised his spear: "Pass my Sanhe, let you leave!" ”

"Really!?" When Zhao Cen heard this, his eyes lit up.

"Seriously!" Ma Chao waved the spear in his hand, and in Zhao Cen's surprised gaze, the Qiang soldiers in the direction of the savage crossing automatically moved out of the way.

At this moment, Zhao Cen still doesn't understand, this person in front of him is the real Ma Chao, although the previous young man's martial arts are not bad, but they are only not bad, far from the point of deterring the Qiang people, but the Ma Chao in front of him, just one action can make these rebellious Qiang people to the point of prohibiting them, which shows the high prestige of it.

The name of the first military general in Xiliang, I'm afraid it's really not wrong.

However, Zhao Cen was a little annoyed in his heart, even if it was Hua Xiong, he was afraid that he would not have the courage to say that Sanhe would be able to defeat him, so he said loudly at the moment: "Okay, don't regret it!" ”

"You're not worthy!" Ma Chao said indifferently.

"Hugh the Wild Words!" Zhao Cen snorted coldly, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and he rushed straight towards Ma Chao, he knew that this person was powerful, I was afraid that he was not under Hua Xiong, so he used all his strength as soon as he came up.

"Bang~" Ma Chao's spear blocked, and the moment he staggered, he blocked Zhao Cen's three shots.

"Not bad." Ma Chao turned his horse's head and looked at Zhao Cen.

Zhao Cen's heart sank, what he had done before was a killing move, but Ma Chao had no intention of attacking, just defending, so he resolved his killing moves one by one, and there were two together, but Zhao Cen was already a little stunned in his heart, Ma Chao did not fight back before, if he waited for Ma Chao to fight back, he was afraid that it would be difficult to parry, and looked at the road behind Ma Chao that had been out of the way, Zhao Cen shouted angrily, rushed to Ma Chao again, and stabbed Ma Chao in the heart with a fierce shot, but was swept away by Ma Chao.

But Zhao Cen did not rein in his horse, but directly whipped his horse and galloped towards the direction of the savage ferry that made way for the passage.

Ma Chao turned the horse's head, looked at Zhao Cen, who was desperately beating the horse and galloping, shook his head, and threw the spear in his hand with a shake hand.

"Puff~Puff~"

The cold spear crossed an arc in the air, directly piercing the back of Zhao Cen's heart, the spear was not stopped, after rushing out of his heart, it directly sank into the neck of the war horse, and even the people and horses were strung together, the war horse screamed, and directly planted a heel in the gallop and slid out of the distance, and one person and one horse were silent......