Big brother is brave! Ma Dai cut off Zhao Cen's head, came to Ma Chao's side, looked at Ma Chao excitedly, he fought for more than a dozen times and failed to take advantage, but he only fought with Ma Chao, then Zhao Cen fled directly, the gap is not a star and a half.

"Gather your troops and keep going." Ma Chao looked at Zhao Cen's head and asked people to put it away, when he played against Chen Mo, he wanted to take Zhao Cen's head to give the other party a dismount.

However, the ambush has been removed, and then we must go all out to rush to Ji County as soon as possible, and join Ma Teng Han Sui, Ma Chao's soldiers and horses, can be regarded as the vanguard army, Ma Teng and Han Sui should still be in the Linqiang area at this moment to integrate the soldiers and horses of various ethnic groups, although Ma Teng and Han Sui took the lead, but the soldiers and horses used are all Qiang troops, so the commander is a little messy, Ma Chao is okay here, his prestige among the Qiang people is killed, and the leader is only a Qiang people, it is easier to manage, although there are many people and horses there, But it is a gathering of various tribes, and the march is much slower than on this side.

"Whoa!" Ma Dai agreed, and the soldiers and horses were reorganized and hit the road again.

Because Zhao Cen's ambush had delayed a lot of effort, and if he wanted to reach Pingxiang before sunset, he had to step up his march, so after crossing the Savage Crossing, the troops' marching speed was much faster.

Along the way, you can see a lot of armor discarded by the soldiers in Guanzhong, I have to say that Chen Mo's strategy of centralized management of the general's household has made his control of the army qualitatively improved, even if he is defeated, few soldiers are willing to surrender, those who can run run away, those who can't run die in battle, the imperial court will also give certain preferential treatment to the family letters of the military households who died in the war, and the children will also be raised by the imperial court.

It doesn't seem to be very benevolent, but in fact, it allows Chen Mo to get the heart of the army without spending too much energy, as long as Chen Mo is not too dead, even if there are generals who rebel, the army will be firmly grasped by Chen Mo.

Of course, Ma Chao's side has no intention of capturing prisoners, compared to Chen Mo's perfect army system, from grain and grass transportation to distribution and how many troops to send a complete set of detailed and perfect plans, Xiliang and even most of the princes today do not have such a detailed system for the army, just like a huge and sophisticated machine, and it is exactly like this, if you bring prisoners, the already not very neat army will become even more chaotic.

Unless it is a decisive victory, it is unlikely that Xiliang's side will capture prisoners.

Thirty miles at a gallop, seeing that the sun was about to set, the city wall of Pingxiang could already be seen, everyone, including Ma Chao at this moment, their minds became relaxed, Ma Chao sent the scouts, and asked Ma Dai to lead a group of people and horses to Pingxiang to investigate whether there was an ambush, everything seemed to be normal, after Zhao Cen, he never encountered the Guanzhong army blocking the way, and now the only place where the enemy may appear is only Pingxiang City.

"General, there are two scouts who have not returned!" Seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, a Qiang general Pegasus came to Ma Chao's side and frowned.

"When was it sent?" Ma Chao frowned and asked.

"It's been an hour." Qiang will bow down.

"Why did you report it at this time!?" Ma Chao snorted, raised his hand and wanted to kill, the scouts probed all around are time-limited, if they don't return when the time comes, it will cause alarm, but although the Qiang people are good at fighting, but after all, they are not as strict as the regular army, one or two scouts failed to return in time, and they didn't attract attention at first, until they didn't return after an hour, which made the Qiang generals a little panicked.

Before Ma Chao could kill someone, he heard a buzz in the sky.

Not good!

Ma Chao's complexion changed, he didn't look up like many people, his body slid agily, and with the strength of the reins, he let his body hide directly under the horse's belly.

"Puff~"

Dense clusters of arrows suddenly fell from the sky, and the Qiang army, which was caught off guard, suddenly turned over on their backs, and Ma Chao's war horse was hit by an arrow, and he spread his hooves and ran wildly in pain.

"Stop!" Ma Chao can't get out of the battle formation at this time, then it's all over, his body flashed, his feet stepped on the ground, but the horse did not stop, Ma Chao was furious, and after galloping for a distance, he pulled the reins, his body rose into the air, and kicked at the joint of the horse's hind legs, only to hear a rattling sound, one of the horse's legs was directly trampled by Ma Chao, and he fell to the ground with a scream.

Ma Chao broke free of the reins, turned his head to look, and saw another round of arrow rain falling, scolded secretly, picked up the spear from the horse's back and dialed it back and forth, knocking the arrow cluster towards him away, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Formation!" Vertical shield! ”

The enemy is hiding in the dark, if the army disperses at this moment, the next enemy army rushes up, it will inevitably be defeated, even if it is under the rain of arrows, it must form a formation, otherwise there will be no hope at all.

This place is close to the city, the terrain is open, although there are mountains and forests, but it is not as suitable for ambush as the savage, Ma Chao's attention has been in Pingxiang City before, and his subordinates were negligent, and did not report the disappearance of the scout in time, resulting in a sneak attack by the enemy at this time.

After another wave of arrow rain, the people and horses hidden in the dark finally killed, a group of Qiang soldiers had already been disrupted by the arrow rain, although Ma Chao ordered people to restrain the army formation in time, but how to stop it in such a short time, as soon as the ambush soldiers were killed, many Qiang troops had begun to flee, even if Ma Chao couldn't stop killing a few Qiang soldiers.

On the other side, there are not many people and horses led by Tai Shi Ci's side, Chen Mo gave only 5,000 soldiers and horses at the beginning, then Zhao Cen took away 2,000, and Tai Shi Ci only had 3,000 soldiers and horses left.

Zhao Cen was psychologically prepared for the defeat of Tai Shi Ci, after all, this Zhao Cen had some meaning of relying on the old and selling the old, and even the lord did not dare to underestimate the enemy, but this Zhao Cen did not take people seriously, and it was not strange that Tai Shi Ci was defeated, but it was precisely because of Zhao Cen's appearance that Ma Chao and these people relaxed their vigilance, and Tai Shi Ci set up an ambush outside this Pingxiang City in advance, this place should be the time when the other party is the most lax, and this is exactly the case, if it were not for Ma Chao to have enough prestige among the Qiang people, these three arrow rains would be able to completely disperse this group of people and horses, even now, this group of people is not far from breaking up in Tai Shici's opinion.

Although there are also troops in the Han Dynasty army that are biased towards archers, even these troops will train melee ability, after all, the number of times a person pulls the bow is limited, and in the Han army, there is not much requirement for personal archery, what is needed is the coverage of the formation of arrow formations, so generally even the regular army that focuses on bows and arrows also has good combat effectiveness in close combat.

Tai Shi Ci took the lead, a half-moon halberd in his hand flashed golden light in the sunset, and easily tore a hole in the Qiang army, three thousand soldiers were already high, and now seeing that the lord will take the lead, the morale is naturally higher, one by one roaring into the crowd, until the Qiang army loses its armor and abandons its armor, and the wolf rushes to the pig, that is, someone wants to resist, and it will soon be annihilated by the surging Guanzhong army.

Ma Chao had just gathered a group of people, and he saw that his large army was constantly divided by the Guanzhong army that suddenly came out, and the other party did not have many people, but the level of generals was quite high, and after several back-and-forth conflicts, he scattered and divided the army that was originally going to be gathered, and a flash of anger flashed in his eyes.

With a small number of people around him, Ma Chao chased after Tai Shici's soldiers and horses while killing people, and at the same time asked his subordinates to shout peace and gather more soldiers and horses.

Tai Shi Ci heard the sound of fighting behind him, and when he looked back, he saw a group of men and horses chasing his army, most of the Qiang soldiers around him had been killed, and the corpses were all over the field, but this gathered more and more people and horses, and if it went on like this, I am afraid it would be a bitter battle.

The two teams collided like two torrents, and quickly spread to both sides, Ma Chao and Tai Shici fought back and forth in the enemy formation with their respective personal guards, constantly confusing each other's formations.

Seeing that the original victory was about to be disrupted by the enemy general, Tai Shici gave up and continued to tear apart the enemy formation, and rushed straight to the direction of Ma Chao with his men and horses, and shouted: "Thief general, dare to fight with me!?" ”

Ma Chao heard the angry shouts, and also slowed down, the soldiers and horses on both sides have been mixed together at this moment, the Guanzhong army has a tacit understanding, the generals at all levels are strictly selected, and the Qiang soldiers are gradually falling into decline, if the enemy commander can be captured and killed at this time, there may be a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Seeing that Tai Shici was actually killing him, Ma Chao was not surprised, and said loudly: "Why don't you dare, look at the gun!" ”

While speaking, the two of them have rushed together with their personal guards, the silver robbery is like an angry python out of the hole, the halberd rolls, the cold light flashes, and the killing machine is overflowing, one is the first fierce general in Xiliang, Wei Zhen Qiang Hu, and the other is the general of Guanzhong, crossing the east and west to meet the enemy, the guns and halberds intersect, but seeing the guns flashing, the halberd clouds rolling, such a hand, it is actually a chess opponent, no one can help anyone, the two guards are also fighting in one place, it is difficult to solve.

Since Ma Chao became famous, it was the first time he had encountered such an opponent who could be on par with himself, his eyes flashed, and the more he fought, the more courageous he became, on the other hand, Tai Shici was also a little surprised, the name of the first fierce general in Xiliang is really not wrong, with Ma Chao's martial arts, it is to look at the world, and there are probably not many people who can fight with him.

The two fought from dusk to dark, and the sound of the fighting around them had gradually weakened, Tai Shi Ci and Ma Chao were a little anxious in their hearts, seeing that they couldn't take down their opponents in a hurry, Tai Shi Ci suddenly shook a halberd, and ran away.

Seeing this, Ma Chao wanted to pursue, but when he saw the horse's back, Tai Shici suddenly turned around, and the halberd in his hand had been replaced with a bow and arrow, and the frightened Ma Chao hurriedly dodged and dodged.

"Zi~"

At the same time, Ma Chao took off a throwing spear from the horse's back, shook his hand and threw it towards Tai Shi Ci, Tai Shi Ci saw the cold light flickering, and hurriedly dodged, leaving a bloody mark on his face.

The sky was darker, Tai Shi Ci did not fight with Ma Chao again, the two had fought for more than 30 times before, and they probably knew the level of the other party, with the martial arts and physical strength of the two, I am afraid that there would be no winner within the lily, so they immediately ordered the guards to retreat and collect their troops.

Ma Chao looked at Tai Shici's direction, the black light was blind, and he couldn't see the figure clearly from too far away, and suddenly shouted: "Come and leave your name!" ”

On the other side, Tai Shi Ci replied loudly when he heard this: "Donglai Tai Shi Ci, it's getting late today, you and I will temporarily truce, how about fighting again tomorrow?" ”

"Good!" Ma Chao took a deep breath and immediately ordered the troops to be collected, on the other side, Tai Shi Ci gathered men and horses, and retreated to Pingxiang City, which had already been occupied by him, but he had been making an appearance of no one guarding it, but Ma Chao asked people to camp on the spot, preparing to fight with Tai Shi Ci tomorrow.