Dong Zhuo didn't mention Ma Teng, but as soon as Ma Teng was mentioned, the anger in Ma Chao's heart rushed up, and he shouted: "For my father's sake, why don't you give me your head?" ”

"you!"

Dong Zhuo was furious, stretched out his hand to tear off the carved bow, and turned around and shot at Ma Chao's front door. When he was young, he was also a hero of the three armies, but he has rarely participated in battle in person for many years, and this martial art is inevitably sparse. A bow is a good bow, an arrow is a good arrow, but the person who uses it is not so good

The arrows flew out, and the strength was not bad, but the accuracy was a lot worse. Ma Chao saw that the arrows were far away, and couldn't help laughing: "Dong thief, the skill stops here?" ”

He took out a javelin from his horse, then gently stretched his ape arm and threw the throwing weapon at Dong Zhuo. In the sound of "huhu", the javelin also did not hit the target, but shot down a personal soldier next to Dong Zhuo and dismounted. The soldier was struck by a spear, his armor shattered, and he screamed and fell from his horse.

Because of the use of the new stirrup, the soldier's left foot got stuck in the stirrup, and was dragged by the warhorse, and the flesh and blood were blurred on the ground.

The two sides chased and fled, both of them galloped with all their might, and soon ran out of a distance of sixty or seventy miles. In addition, the horses have been running for a long time, and the horses are tired. Dong Zhuo didn't care about the horses, and stabbed the horse's buttocks several times with a dagger.

Ma Chao saw that the enemy had distanced himself again, but he hesitated a little in his heart. He is irascible and never cares about other people's lives, but the mount under his crotch is his beloved thing, and he usually takes care of it with his own hands. Like Dong Zhuo and others, stabbing a horse can certainly squeeze out the last potential of the mount, but if it runs like this, even if the war horse is not killed violently, it will definitely be abandoned in the future.

While he was hesitating, the sound of horses' hooves behind him, Ma Chao looked back, and saw Chen Cheng riding a tall horse chasing after him unhurriedly. Chen Cheng was not in a hurry, unless Dong Zhuo dared to throw down the large army, otherwise, he would be able to follow behind the other party all the time. But if he threw down the large army, with the current situation of bandits in Guanzhong and routs everywhere, a pavilion chief would be able to arrest him.

The speed of grunting is fast, but it is not the fastest, but in a comfortable attitude, running on the ground. It enjoyed this feeling very much, and when it passed over Ma Chao and the others, it also snorted loudly, obviously proud.

Ma Chao looked at the figure of Gollum in amazement, and couldn't help but feel messy in the wind. What's going on? I was actually laughed at by a horse? This........ This is unreasonable! He lifted the barrel of his gun and was about to give the horse a few hard blows on the buttocks, but when his left hand touched the horse's neck, it was all sweat.

Although the mount under the crotch was superb, it had run for more than a hundred miles with all its might, and now it was tired.

Ma Chao's heart was soft, and he was reluctant to be ruthless to this beloved mount. Moreover, he also knew that even if he whipped hard, this war horse would not be able to run very fast. Now it's on the way to hunt and kill, and if you don't have a mount, it's very troublesome.

He looked back at the subordinates behind him, and saw that all of them looked tired, and the mounts were all about to die at any time, so he reined in his horses and said loudly: "Rest for a while, let the horses take a breath!" ”

The cavalry behind him heard the words as if they had been pardoned, and parked their horses on the side of the road. Although the soldiers were very tired, they all cheered up, first fed their mounts some beans, and led them to the river to drink enough water, and then they lay down on the ground and gasped, and by the way they gnawed on some bread and beans to satisfy their hunger.

The people of Xiliang used to be very poor, and in addition to weapons, there were only a few horses. They sometimes treat their horses better than they do themselves, preferring to be hungry themselves and feed their horses.

However, it was said that Dong Zhuo led thousands of cavalry to run all the way, running continuously for a day and a night, and people could barely hold on, but the mounts under his crotch could not withstand this kind of long-term and high-intensity running, and a large number of people died on both sides of the road. When they reached the edge of a river, there were only five or six hundred horsemen left.

The war horse foamed at the mouth, fell to the ground, and lifted Dong Zhuo off the horse.

"Lord!"

"Quick, quick, help the lord up!"

Dong Zhuo kowtowed on the ground and broke his head and bled out, and after being helped up by everyone, he saw that there were only so many people and horses left around him, and thought of the situation of more than 100,000 male soldiers under his command that day, and couldn't help but feel sad.

Li Ru hurriedly said: "The lord doesn't have to be so sad, in the past, Han Gaozu was defeated by Xiang Yu, even his father and wife were arrested, and he even threw a pair of children from the car, and finally defeated the overlord of Western Chu and established the Han dynasty." The lord was defeated by the Xiliang Overlord today, just like when Emperor Gaozu was in Pengcheng, although he was obedient, but he didn't know that he couldn't surround that Chen Cheng in the future? ”

Dong Zhuo wept bitterly and said: "I have been in the army for more than 20 years, and I have won dozens of battles large and small, won many times, and fought many defeats. But in the past, when I lost battles, the enemy was strong and I was weak, and I admitted the defeat after losing the battle. But this time, it was obviously our strength that was stronger, but there was such an earthquake......... Wenyou, I'm not reconciled! ”

Li Ru wiped away Dong Zhuo's snot and tears with his sleeve, and comforted him: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and the lord must not lose his sharpness because of a momentary defeat." After we return to the state, we will train soldiers and make a comeback, I don't know! ”

In fact, Li Ru is also lamenting in his heart, when he encounters this kind of natural disaster, even if Huangfu Song comes, he will be in a rut!

Wait a minute........ He suddenly had a strange thought, there are rumors everywhere in Xiliang that Chen Wen is a god descended into the world, could it be that this earthquake was caused by him? It's not impossible, because there were too many casualties of soldiers and horses, and the surnamed Chen knew that he couldn't beat it, so he used his magic power to summon a big earthquake.......

The more Li Ru thought about it, the more frightened he became, and when he was panicking, a group of cavalry appeared in front of him. After the soldiers and horses saw Dong Zhuo and the others, they galloped over quickly. Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, and the soldiers around them are all heartbroken. Now people are trapped in horses, and even if they want to resist, they probably can't do it.

Dong Zhuo shouted, "Heaven is dead? ”

On the side, Li Ru shouted in surprise: "Lord, it's our own people!" ”

Dong Zhuo looked at it, and sure enough, it was the soldiers and horses who stayed in Linjin, so he felt a little calmer. But then his heart rose again, and he looked left and right and said: "There are still hundreds of miles in Linjin, how did the soldiers and horses from there come here?" Isn't Linjin City already lost? ”

The hearts of Li Ru and other soldiers were also raised, and Linjin City was close to the Yellow River, and opposite was Hedong County of Bingzhou. If Linjin City is lost, then their retreat will be completely cut off. When hundreds of cavalry stopped in front of him, Dong Zhuo hurriedly asked, "Is Linjin City lost?" ”

The general who rushed over was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "No, Linjin City is still there." ”

Dong Zhuo breathed a long sigh of relief and muttered, "It's good that you haven't lost it, so that you can go back to Bingzhou." ”

The general said, "Lord, don't go back to Bingzhou again!" Although Linjin City is still there, it is no different from losing it! ”

Dong Zhuo, Li Ru and the others asked, "Why?" ”

Now that they have been defeated, they are already untenable in Guanzhong, where else can they go if they don't return to the state? Although Bingzhou is now full of rebellious people and bandits, it is a mountain and a river, and there are 10,000 soldiers and horses, which can support it for a long time. Besides, there is still the Baibo army in Hedong, and they can slowly accumulate strength in Taiyuan County to wait for the changes in the world.

The general said: "The Huns robbed our army of grain and grass, attacked and killed our soldiers, and now they have returned to Taiyuan." Lord, Yuvro has reversed! ”

"How is this possible? How could the Huns have such guts? How dare you turn against me? ”

Why don't you dare? The Huns, like all nomads, are bullying the soft and afraid of the hard wolf, and when they see that Dong Zhuo is not good, it is normal to pounce and take a bite. It's just that Yu Fuluo and Hu Chuquan were respectful to Dong Zhuo before, and they almost knelt down to lick his shoes, so Mr. Dong couldn't turn around for a while.

Li Ru said: "Even if the Huns are reversed, they are not afraid, as long as our army returns to Taiyuan quickly, they can be beaten down!" ”

The general lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Not only the Huns are opposed, but the other ........."

"Anything else?" Dong Zhuo was angry and shouted: "Is it the white wave thief Yang Feng who rebelled, or the black mountain thief Zhang Yanxi entered?" ”

The Baibo army was entrenched in the east of the river and was powerful, with 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses. In the past, Dong Zhuo had an army of 100,000 in his hands, so he was naturally not afraid of any small moves by Yang Feng, but now it is different from the past, and the 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yang Feng's hands are a headache.

As for the Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan, it was a more powerful existence than the White Bo Army. The Montenegrin Army once ravaged Hebei, Hanoi and other places, and even went deep into Yanzhou, even when Dong Zhuo was in his heyday, he didn't want to be an enemy of it, let alone now? If the Montenegrin Army took the opportunity to advance westward, it would be a more terrible thing for Dong Zhuo and the others than the rebellion of the White Polish Army.

"It's not .........", the general said: "It's Xu Rong of the Xiliang Army, he has already led his troops to capture Xihe County and Yanmen County, and is now heading towards Taiyuan!" ”

"Damn! It's Xiliang's thief again! ”

In fact, after Xu Rong captured Yunzhong, Xihe, Dingxiang, Yanmen and other counties, he had plans to continue to capture Taiyuan County. The Jinghua of Bingzhou are all in Hedong and Taiyuan, and although the territory of other counties is very large, the population registered now is very small, and the total number of households is only a few thousand.

For example, in Yunzhong County, there were many Huns in the past, but now there are even fewer Huns. The same is true in Dingxiang, Xihe and other places, the common people have gone to the mountains, and the places that were suitable for planting are basically not seen.

Xu Rong really wanted to enter Taiyuan and seize Hedong by the way, but because of a sudden earthquake, the road was cut off. In addition, because the occupied place was full of bandits, the supply of grain was not very safe, and Xu Rong's road was a partial division, and he did not have many soldiers and horses in his hands, so he could only stop first and stabilize the occupied place first.