Chapter 257: Ma Teng's Death

He died before he left the school, which made the hero cry. -----------Tang Dynasty. Du Fu "Shu Xiang"

Zhang Lu listened to Yan Pu's words and decided to return to Yangping Pass with surprise troops. It has to be said that Chen Long, Xun You, and Zhou Budo all underestimated Yan Pu's determination and courage to take risks, believing that Zhang Lu would only deploy heavy troops in the Nanzheng area or resist the backbone of the Han Dynasty, ignoring the defense of the Han River waterway and Mian County.

Zhang Wei led Yang Ang, ordered 20,000 soldiers and horses, detained the warships, and made no noise, and went straight to Yangping Pass along the Han River. Yang Ren, who was released back by Chen Long, led 3,000 troops to kill Benyang Pingguan along the main road of Mianxian County, set up suspicious soldiers, and attracted the attention of Ma Tengbing. Zhang Lu, Yan Pu, and Yang Song commanded the remaining more than 30,000 Hanzhong soldiers, abandoned the defense of Nanzheng, and set up a heavy village on the side of the Han River between Nanzheng County and Hanzhong County, preparing to take advantage of the natural danger of the Han River to control the route of the Qinglong Army to cross the river, and prevent Chen Long's army from crossing the Jiangang smoothly to achieve the goal of defending Hanzhong. Once Zhang Wei succeeded in capturing Yangping Pass, no matter how strong Chen Long's troops were, they would become a trapped beast, and they would starve to death in this Hanzhong Basin if they were hungry. There are also hundreds of thousands of Wudoumi sect members, under the banner of being each other's sect leaders, swearing to defend Hanzhong to the death.

Ma Chao's vanguard army was distracted, and went straight to the predetermined assembly site, meeting almost no resistance on the way, the regular army was nowhere to be seen, and all the local forces surrendered. The people surprisingly did not flee in panic, according to Chen Long's order, Ma Chaojun also did not commit any crimes, and everywhere he went, he also set up his own camp and did not seize the people's houses.

The pioneer Pound Ma was fast, and he arrived at the Han River first on this day. Raise your eyes to the riverside, not far from the opposite side is the heavy village built according to the water, and then you can see the silhouette of a corner of the towering Hanzhong city wall.

Pound dismounted, stepped on the sandbar on the shore, and looked closely at the camp opposite. This section of the river is very soothing and beautiful, and the calm water is like a piece of jasper, except for the thin aquatic plants floating on the water, there seems to be no wrinkles. The sun is setting, the Han River is shining with black and red, and the trees and grass on both sides of the bank have smeared the Han Water with a layer of dark green. The rich green and the moist sunset make the entire Han River shine with beautiful mystical colors.

Pang De chose this section of the Han River to observe, of course, in order to prepare for the battle of crossing the river. The water is gentle enough to allow the cavalry to cross side by side, greatly increasing the speed of crossing the river. The most important thing is that the camp on the opposite side is sparse, and the defense seems to be relatively lax, and it is expected that the resistance will not be too strong, which is conducive to the rapid foothold of the troops crossing the river and covering the subsequent troops to cross the river.

Pound's troops occupied a forest on the riverbank, cut down trees suitable for building bridges overnight, and contacted Ma Chao's troops to follow up. The battle of crossing the river has begun under the operation of Pang De, a famous general. But he didn't notice that in a river bay harbor farther upstream, many warships were being assembled, carrying a full ship of soldiers, heading in the direction of Yangpingguan upstream.

Zhang Wei and Yang Ang's troops, under the cover of night, took warships up the Han River and went straight to the suburbs near Yangpingguan. The planned landing operation site is only a few dozen miles away from Yangping Pass, and the troops can be sent down in an hour.

Yan Pu's battle plan was to use Ma Teng to paralyze the enemy, and perhaps after the landing was successful, he could easily succeed in a surprise attack. At this moment, Ma Teng really thinks that he has peace of mind, and only arranges soldiers to patrol the city in several shifts every day, and there are no scouts on the waterway outside the gate, but only a few teams of soldiers are arranged to do daily patrols in the direction of Mianxian County.

Suddenly, the patrol returned, and the dust was flying in the direction of Mian County, and a team of Hanzhong soldiers appeared, the number of which was about a few thousand. When Ma Teng heard the letter, he laughed and said: "This suspicious soldier also wants to deceive me that I don't understand the art of war?" Zhang Lu was afraid that our army would attack from two directions, so he sent someone to pretend that there were soldiers stationed in Mian County, and waited for me to pick up the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and eliminate this thief army! ”

It's a pity that Ma Teng's side, there is no insightful military advisor to persuade him, Ma Teng ordered 5,000 soldiers and horses, leaving only a few hundred people to guard the pass, the iron horse is fast, and he has run out of dozens of miles in the middle of the day, and Yang Ren is in two circles. Ma Teng relied on his own courage and fought dozens of battles with Yang Ren, but Yang Ren pretended to be invincible and walked around the formation. Ma Teng then led his troops to attack, Yang Ren fought and retreated, his performance was very unbearable, and he had retreated to a hundred miles away in a few days.

Ma Tengzhi was so proud that he wrote a letter to Chen Long. After the messenger left, Ma Teng ordered the whole army to drink to celebrate the victory, Xiliang Tieqi was greedy for wine, singing and laughing in Dazhai at night, and the voices of the people were boiling, all of which said that the battle could be successful in the future, and the troops in front of them would be annihilated. No one noticed that on the Han River behind them, a unit had quietly completed the landing and drove straight to Yangping Pass overnight.

In the early morning of the next day, the only few hundred remaining garrisons in Yangping Pass were still asleep, and Zhang Wei and Yang Ang's troops set up ladders and rushed up, and the soldiers re-seized Xiongguan without blood. The Xiliang soldiers, who were lucky enough to escape, ran all the way, and finally informed their commander of the thunderous news.

Ma Teng was scorched by this news and immediately ordered the whole army to retreat. Many GIs were hangover and did not wake up, and they were in a daze and beat their horses back, running crookedly all the way, and the troops had no intention of fighting. Ma Teng was in a hurry, he didn't stop all the way, he hurriedly hit the horse back to the pass, and suddenly a cold arrow came like a spark, Ma Teng was caught off guard and was shot through his shoulder. Ma Teng screamed so badly that he almost lost his saber, and the horsemen stood up, only hearing the horns around him, and rushed out of countless ambushes. Ma Teng knew that he was in ambush, regardless of his serious injury, and shouted: "There is an ambush!" "Led the soldiers with arrows to fight with the ambush soldiers, and there were already arrows and stones all around.

It turned out that Zhang Wei and Yang Ang successfully grabbed the pass, and left the ambush soldiers on both sides early, waiting for Ma Teng to come back to save the pass. At this moment, Yang Ang was standing on the hill next to him, holding a strong bow, watching his subordinates fight against the chaotic Xiliang soldiers. The arrow that Ma Teng was hit by just now was Yang Ang's sneak attack. The Hanzhong soldiers were several times larger than Ma Chao's soldiers, and they came suddenly, although Ma Teng was brave, he was already seriously injured, and the Xiliang soldiers could not come out of the conflict left and right, and the whole army was already in danger.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Teng had no choice but to wave his army and retreat, but Yang Ren led the troops behind him again, which just blocked the retreat of the Xiliang soldiers. Ma Teng led the army to fight to the death, rushed out of a bloody path in the oblique stab, and fled straight in the direction of the Han River. Turning the foot of the two mountains, the sound of chasing and killing behind him never stopped, Ma Teng looked back, and saw that there were not more than two or three hundred guards to follow, and he couldn't help but sigh in despair, and he was angry and remorseful, thinking of Chen Long's thousands of instructions and instructions to prevent Xiongguan by himself, beware of sneak attacks, and destroy the words of Nanxiang Hou! I couldn't help screaming, the arrow sores cracked, the blood gushed like a spring, and I fainted and fell under the horse.

When you wake up, you will see a rippling river with blue waves in front of you, the green mountains on the opposite side are picturesque, the reflection dyes the river green, and the evening sun shines on the sparkling water, forming an orange-red ribbon, and the scenery is beautiful. Ma Teng sat up slowly despite the serious shoulder injury, and saw that there were only five people left around him, all sitting around him to protect him, and everyone was covered in blood.

Ma Teng insisted on standing up with a knife, standing like a javelin, shaking hands and hugging the guards around him one by one. Everyone has a sad face, Ma Teng looked at these young faces, and couldn't help but drop a drop of heroic tears, knowing that there is death and no life today.

Facing the beautiful scenery of the river, Ma Teng slowly sat on the sand dunes on the bank of the river. The wound on the shoulder was simply bandaged, and it was already stained red with blood. The saber in his hand had already been chopped up, and Ma Teng gently inserted it aside. The guards behind him were surrounded by a group of guards, and they were also facing the beautiful scenery of the river.

The pursuers behind him approached, and the rain of arrows struck, and in an instant, several people were hit by arrows, but they all stood upright in the wind, and surrounded Ma Teng. Ma Teng looked at the orange and red of the river, and the sunset was like blood, as if he was stunned by the scenery, and his body remained motionless until the feather arrows were also inserted into his majestic back, and he was still motionless.

Yang Ang held a longbow and slowly approached the hedgehog-like circle of people by the river. Yang Ang believed that these people were already dead, and with a gentle push of the longbow, the human circle fell like dominoes, revealing Ma Teng, who was still sitting in the middle. Yang Ang walked around to the hedgehog-like Ma Teng, and saw that his eyes were wide open, as if he was still staring at the beautiful scenery in front of him, Yang Ang put his hand to his nose, feeling that he had no equipment, his tentacles were cold, and he had been dead for a long time. Yang Ang gently pushed, and the male lord of the Xiliang generation slowly fell on the beautiful shallows of the Han River, and he did not blink his eyes until he died, as if he was calling his beloved son who was brave and crowned the three armies to avenge himself.

Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.