The horses ran alone in front, while the Qiang soldiers pursued behind. []

The vast tens of thousands of people, plus the horses, raised enough dust to cover the sky and the sun, and the sound of horses' hooves was enough to make the earthquake tremble.

If you look at it from the air, a black dot in front is flying forward, and the Qiang cavalry behind is in a cone, like a rolling tide, trying to rush forward, and further back, the tumbling dust has covered the following cavalry, and you can only see the loess rushing and surging like a huge wave*.

Blood kept pouring out of the horse's shoulder, but there was a large force of pursuers behind him, and the horse did not have time to stop and treat the wound.

Liangzhou is rich in high-quality war horses, such as red rabbits, which are Liangzhou horses. And the horse's war horse is only stronger than the red rabbit. When he was in Tongguan, Cao Cao's claw Huang Feidian was also a BMW that was difficult to pick out in ten thousand, but it was caught up by the horse several times, which shows that the horse's mount is a grade higher than Cao Cao's claw Huang Feidian.

Although the Qiang people are riding a good war horse, but compared to the horse's mount, it is not at all a grade, as the chase unfolds, the degree of the horse swings out, the distance between the two sides is getting farther and farther, and the horse gradually disappears at the other end of the horizon.

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"Uncle Cousin, why hasn't my father come up yet?", Ma Qiu said, still looking behind him.

"Xiaoqiu, don't worry, my brother will be able to catch up soon." Although Ma Dai said this, he was very anxious in his heart.

"Major General, the general is back!" Behind scouts. shouted, Ma Qiu and Ma Dai immediately stopped their horses and ran backwards.

I saw that half of the horse's shoulder had been stained red with blood. The stopped galloping movement made the wound not heal at all, and there was still a little blood gushing out, but fortunately it did not hurt the main blood vessels, and the arrow wound was not enough to be fatal.

Probably because of excessive blood loss, the horse is pale and the lips are big. The amount of blood lost turned a pink and white, and the word "tired" was written all over his face, but the horse's eyes were still resolute and sharp.

"Father, I'll heal you!" Ma Qiu saw that half of the horse's body was already there. Stained red with blood, a trace of sourness rose in my heart.

"No need, go find one. The strip of cloth is tied first, and there are pursuers behind, so we have to continue the march. ”

"But father, your injuries ......"

"It's okay, you can't die! has been on the battlefield for decades, and this little injury is nothing. Immediately issued an order, the army did not stop, continued to advance, as long as it could enter the territory of Jincheng, it would be safe. ”

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After more than half an hour, Deng Ai led the pursuers to the place where the horse had just stopped.

A Qiang soldier leaned over, carefully observing the horse's hoof marks on the ground, and from time to time he leaned on the ground to smell it.

After a while, the general stood up and said to Deng Ai next to him: "General, judging from the marks on the ground and the dung left by the horses, the horses should have left here more than half an hour ago. ”

"More than half an hour? Hurry, speed up, horses they're in front! ”

Go southwest from Guzang City, and you will find the Golden City. At the same time, Wuwei County, where Guzang City is located, also borders Yongzhou, and from Guzang City to the west, Yongzhou can be reached across the Yellow River.

From Guzang City, it is much closer to Jincheng than to Yongzhou, and the horses are all cavalry, which is much faster than the infantry, so soon, Deng Ai chased to the place where the army was tested in Jincheng County.

"General, horses, they should be coming in front."

Deng Ai nodded, and asked, "How far is it from Jincheng County?" ”

"And a hundred miles."

"Order, everyone march more, don't have to save horsepower, you must catch up with the horse as soon as possible!"

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"Brother, it's catching up, the Qiang people are catching up!" Ma Dai said eagerly.

"How did you come so fast!" The horse involuntarily looked back.

There was no shadow of the Qiang on the horizon, but the horse could see that there was a hint of gloom in the distance in the sky.

The vast majority of the time in Liangzhou in summer is sunny, the wind is smooth, the wind is beautiful, the sky is impossible to be so gloomy, this gloom on the horizon, only the loess raised by the large-scale cavalry, can this happen.

"Why did Deng Ai come so quickly!" Ma was slightly stunned.

According to Ma's judgment, there should have been a lead of nearly an hour before, but now in Jincheng, Deng Ai actually caught up.

Ma knew that the Qiang cavalry was faster than the Shu cavalry under his command. When it comes to horsemanship, the Han people can't compare with the Qiang people, a nation that has grown up on horseback since childhood, and as for the war horses, the war horses raised by the Han people are not as good as the war horses raised on the grassland, so in the long-distance gallop, the Qiang people are faster than the Han people.

There are 3,000 elite Liangzhou cavalry under the command of the horse, that is the old foundation of the horse Liangzhou cavalry, once followed the horse to the north and south, participated in countless battles of the country, this group of people's riding skills and horses are not much worse than the ordinary Qiang people, but the other more than 2,000 people are far less than the Qiang people, more than 2,000 people greatly slowed down the degree of horse marching. In addition, Deng Ai spared no expense and fought hard to pursue forward, so now in Jincheng, Deng Ai still caught up with the horse.

"Brother, according to this degree, the Qiang people will soon catch up with us!" Ma Dai spoke.

"I know, let the brethren go faster."

"Brother, if it were our three thousand old brothers, we would definitely be able to get rid of those Qiang people. Why don't you take our 3,000 old brothers with you first! ”

Ma hesitated, and Ma Dai's words made Ma feel moved. Ma brought more than 5,000 people from Guzang City, and 3,000 of them were elite Liangzhou cavalry who had followed Ma Jingrui for many years.

But in this way, it is tantamount to abandoning the other 2,000 soldiers. This is unacceptable to horses.

On the battlefield, the robe is equivalent to another life, for a soldier, abandoning the robe on the battlefield is equivalent to discarding another life, and for a professional soldier like Ma, abandoning the robe on the battlefield is a shame, which will become a scar for Ma's life.

"Father, look ahead!" Just when Ma was still hesitating, Ma Qiu's voice suddenly came.

Ma hurriedly looked in the direction that Ma Qiu was pointing, only to see a black dot suddenly rise in front of him, and the black dot swayed in the wind, and he could tell that it was a big flag that was fluttering.

Then, a black line appeared above the flag, and then, the black line turned into black dots, and the black dots slowly moved forward.

"Brother, the person in front of you is walking so slowly, it shouldn't be cavalry." Ma Dai could tell at a glance that the person who came was infantry.

"That's right, I think reinforcements may have arrived." There was a look of solemnity on the horse's face.

The soldiers of the Qiang people were all cavalry, and in Liangzhou, the large-scale infantry was the Di people, except for the Han Chinese. And now that they have arrived in Jincheng County, it is impossible for the Di people to appear here. And a large number of Han people, needless to say, are naturally reinforcements from the Shu army.

Gradually, the people on the opposite side got closer and closer, and Ma could faintly see that the person who came was indeed the Shu army, and the fluttering banner had a golden word "ginger" on it.

"Ma Dai, do you see if the word 'ginger' is written on that flag?"

"Brother, there's a 'ginger' on it."

"The surname Jiang? Who will it be, how I don't remember that there was a general surnamed Jiang in the army. The horse spoke.

"Brother, have you forgotten that the one Deng Ai said is named Jiang Wei."

"By the way, I remember, it's called Jiang Wei, and I heard that Jiang Wei is only in his early twenties." Ma said and frowned slightly, and then said: "I remember that Deng Ai said that this Jiang Wei is a general appointed by Zhuge Liang, and he can be regarded as Zhuge Liang's person. ”

"Brother, don't worry, everyone here is watching, and Jiang Wei doesn't dare to play any tricks when he thinks about it. Even if Jiang Wei wants to be unfavorable to you, brother, I can protect my brother well, he Jiang Wei, a son who has just passed twenty years old, can lead the troops according to Zhuge Liang, how powerful can he be! ”

As soon as Ma Dai's words fell, Jiang Wei had already sent a few cavalrymen in front, ran forward, and shouted, "Is General Ma in front?" ”

"I am the horse, who are you?"

"It's General Ma, it's General Ma!" The cavalry shouted at the military formation behind him, and then, a general rushed out of the military formation, dressed in silver armor and holding a spear, came to the front and said: "General Ma, Jiang Wei in Xia Tianshui, sealed the order of His Majesty, and came to help the general!" ”

"Brother, he said he was sent by His Majesty."

Ma nodded, and then shouted: "General Jiang Wei, dare to ask where Your Majesty is?" ”

"General, Your Majesty ordered me to be the vanguard, to help the general first, Your Majesty is still in Chang'an." Jiang Wei replied.

At this time, Jiang Wei also saw that the horse's entire shoulder was black and red, and Jiang Wei knew that the horse was injured.

Jiang Wei was slightly stunned, and then looked at the appearance of the horse and his party, the horse's shoulder was only slightly tied, and he didn't even have time to treat the wound on the shoulder carefully, Jiang Wei immediately realized that there were pursuers behind.

"General Ma, are there pursuers behind?"

"Yes, there are tens of thousands of Qiang chasing soldiers behind."

"General Ma, you go back to the formation to rest first, and leave this chasing soldier to me to resist......"

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"General, look ahead!" A Qiang will point ahead.

Deng Ai looked in the direction that the man was pointing at, and saw that the mighty Shu army in front of him had already lined up in formation.

"It looks like reinforcements from horses have arrived." Then Deng Ai's eyes glanced at the big flag embroidered with the word "Jiang".

"Ginger? There seems to be no one surnamed Jiang among the generals of the Shu army! Deng Ai frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then remembered that Tianshui Jiang Wei.

"Could it be that Tianshui Jiang Wei who came? In this way, it should be the people who captured Jincheng a few days ago. That shouldn't be too much. ”

Thinking of this, Deng Ai looked back at the Qiang soldiers around him, the pursuit that did not hesitate to consume horsepower before had exhausted everyone, and at this time, the soldiers did not have the strength to attack, and the horses were tired.

"A group of infantry, forgive them for not going far!" Deng Ai took a slight breath: "Come on, give an order, retreat ten miles back and set up camp, and fight again tomorrow!" ”