Chapter 275: The Two Armies Meet
But the results were unexpected.
In just a quarter of an hour, Yan Xing's soldiers and horses suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and Yan Xingqi stomped his feet on the spot, and after thinking about it, he shouted: "Release the arrows quickly, Zhang Heng, you lead the army and destroy them all." ”
Because Yan Xing was here, he encountered an ambush by the enemy, and the enemy was unexpected, and suddenly attacked, causing Yan Xing's soldiers and horses to be killed and wounded at once, more than 1,000 people, but if Yan Xing wanted to continue to pursue Pang De, he had to destroy the enemy in front of him first, so he issued a series of orders.
With the passage of time slowly, the attack on the mountain stopped, and after a stick of incense, Zhang Heng led the army down from the mountain again, and Zhang Heng sent people up the mountain, and actually fell and killed more than ten people, which shows how steep the mountain is here.
"General, the enemy has long since retreated, and by the time our men go up, they have already fled." Zhang Heng said.
"Ah...... I'm. Nai's! The herald immediately went out of the valley in pursuit. Yan Xing said, in fact, at this time, Yan Xing has some perverts, and the art of war says that it is not possible to use troops out of anger.
But now Yan Xing, he can't control anything, maybe Yan Xing doesn't understand this, what art of war is not the art of war, and after an hour of pursuit, in the end Yan Xing can only go back, because Yan Xing has completely lost the trace of Pang De's soldiers and horses, it can be said that Pang De won this battle, but Yan Xing was completely defeated.
At this time, Yan Xing's army was repairing in place, he was no longer a thing, and there were some things that still had to be done, such as letting the army repair, such as letting his subordinates eat, and then letting those wounded soldiers recuperate.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yan Xing sat sullenly on the main seat, and the left and right sides were full of his subordinates, including Zhang Heng, Cheng Yi, Yang Qiu and some other subordinates and deputy generals, and Ma Yu was killed by Ma Chao, and the body had been put away.
"Now that all our plans have failed, tell me what we should do next? If we go and give the order to the Lord now, not only will there be no reward, but I am afraid we will all be punished. Yan Xing said.
"General, there is a sentence in the last general that I don't know whether to say it or not." Zhang Heng said. "You say." Yan Xing said.
"General, this failure is not necessarily a bad thing, now Cheng Yin and Li Kan are leading the army to attack Jincheng County, I think the two of them have 10,000 soldiers and horses, Pang De of Jincheng County, and led the army out to rescue the Ma family, so Jincheng County must be empty, and it will definitely be lost, then the Ma family will have no foundation in Xiliang, we just need to follow Ma Chao behind them, and then they will find that Jincheng County is also lost, and the Ma family has no way to go, most of them will turn back and rush to the Qiang tribe, and then we will give them a guard to wait for the rabbit." What do you think? Checkmate! Zhang Heng said.
Yan Xing is also an assertive person, so after listening to Zhang Heng's suggestion, he thought carefully for a long time, and finally Yan Xing took a deep breath and said: "General Zhang Heng, you can send a letter to the lord in a while, and explain the matter here clearly, I think the general knows what to say!" After that, we repaired for another day and immediately set off to follow Ma Chao. ”
"No! That's what I'm going to do. Zhang Heng said. The general is wise! Everyone responded at the same time.
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Fifty miles northwest of Jincheng County, here is Sheephorn Mountain, at this time the Qiang, Ma Chao, Ma Tie, and the rescuers sent by the Ma family and Pang De arrived here yesterday, where they were repairing and recuperating and thinking about the problem, while waiting for Pang De's soldiers and horses and Ma Yunlu.
"Mother, eat a bite of venison, this is the eldest brother just called." Ma Tie said. "Son! Mother is not hungry, I can't imagine that our Ma family has fallen to this, I don't know what will happen in the future? Qiang said that these days, because Qiang has been hit and has fled for a long time, he has not rested well, eaten and drunk well, so Qiang is still sick.
Although his children were very filial, this could not offset the blow she received.
Especially the deaths of Ma Teng and Ma Xiu, as well as the foundation of the Ma family, were all lost almost overnight.
Tart tart tart!
At this time, Ma Chao had just returned from his inspection, and he looked at everyone's emotions and some injured brothers.
Ma Chao came to the front of the Qiang clan and saluted: "Mother's body, is it better?" "I'm tired and worried, it's okay for my mother." Qiang said.
"Mother, don't worry, when Pang De and the little sister come back, we will go south and return to Jincheng County, and when the time comes, the son will definitely find a Lang Zhong to treat his mother." Ma Chao said.
"It's okay for my mother, I'm just worried, your little sister! Your little sister looks very calm on the surface, but in fact, she has the same personality as yours, which is really worry-free! Qiang said.
"Mother, don't worry, the little sister will be fine, the son has already sent scouts to find out the news of the little sister and Pound. Mother, rest a little more! The son went down. Ma Chao said.
"Well, it's okay for my mother, you can get busy!" Qiang said.
After Ma Chao saw the Qiang family, he turned around a few times in their camp in Sheephorn Mountain, after Ma Chao was sure that it was okay, he walked towards his tent, Ma Chao is also a human, he will also be tired, especially in the past few days Ma Chao is physically and mentally exhausted, after Ma Chao is busy at this time, he wants to go back to his tent to rest for a while.
Tart tart tart!
Just when Ma Chao kicked in and out of the door, he heard the sound of footsteps behind him, Ma Chao immediately stopped and looked back, only to see a scout coming in from outside the camp gate, Ma Chao knew that this was the scout he sent out to find Ma Yunlu.
"General Qiyu, my subordinates have fulfilled their mission and have found the eldest lady and General Pound." The scout said.
"Oh! Where are they now? Ma Chao hurriedly asked. Back to the general, they were still thirty miles away, and it was expected that in an hour, they would reach Sheephorn Mountain. The scout said.
"Okay, let's see." Ma Chao said, this sheep's horn mountain, as the name suggests, the origin of the name is the shape of this mountain, like a sheep's horn, this mountain is steep on all sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, only two gentle slopes can go up the mountain, and these two gentle slopes are like the shape of sheep's horns, so this mountain is named after this.
An hour later, at the foot of Sheephorn Mountain, a force of 1,000 soldiers and horses came, and these people were the soldiers and horses led by Pang De and Ma Yunlu.
At the foot of the mountain, Ma Chao and Ma Tie greeted Pang De in person, although Pang De's official position is not as big as Ma Chao, and Pang De is still the general of the Ma family, so in general, Ma Chao will not be so polite to Pang De, but this time, Pang De has made a great contribution, because Pang De saved the Ma family. Otherwise, the Ma family will definitely be wiped out, or even exterminated.
"Pound, you're finally back, and your mother and everyone are worried about you. Please! Ma Chao said. After that, Ma Chao invited Pang De to go up the mountain together. "There is Major General Lao who is concerned, and the last general is ashamed." Pound still said without humility or arrogance.
"Little sister, you're not hurt!" Ma Chao said again. "Big brother, what do you say? What kind of kung fu am I and can I get hurt? Are you looking forward to your sister getting hurt! Ma Yunlu said.
"Hahaha! Big brother said the wrong thing, go up the mountain, mother has been worried about you? Ma Chao said again.
In this way, everyone talked and laughed while going up the mountain, the mountain of Sheephorn Mountain is not high, and the terrain is not steep, which is not suitable for long-term defense, but the temporary stationing is still barely possible.
On the top of the mountain, the family finally reunited again after nine deaths and a lifetime, they were all full of emotion, as if they were in another world, Qiang saw his baby woman, she was naturally very happy.
"Lu'er, let the mother take a look at you, are you injured, look! Black and thin.