Chapter 681 Suspicious Soldiers' Schemes
Seeing his subordinates fighting to the death like this, Huang Zhong let out an earth-shattering roar, and then he took his broadsword and rushed towards the five hundred Cao cavalry.
Behind him, there was also a wolf-like Ma Chao, and as soon as these two generals joined, they completely crushed the resistance of the five hundred Cao army.
Soon, under the full strangulation of Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong's remaining subordinates, the five hundred abandoned Cao army cavalry all turned into cold corpses!
Huang Zhong looked at the corpses of his own personnel who fell everywhere on the ground not far away, and his eyes couldn't help but bring a little tears, these are all good brothers who have been fighting with him for many years.
They have borne many hardships and dangers all the way, but now more than half of these people have fallen on the land of Qingzhou, how can Huang Zhong not be sad?
"Old general, please also mourn and change. Your body matters, sooner or later, the brothers' hatred will come one day, and we will settle accounts with Lu Bu and Xu Huang, two dog thieves! ”
After hearing the voice coming from beside him, Huang Zhong's anger not only did not diminish in the slightest, but burned even more vigorously.
He glared at Ma Chao beside him with extremely fierce eyes, and then said angrily:
"Ma Mengqi, these brothers of the old man, the reason why they have become like this is not because of your unfavorable support! Today, you have to explain the matter clearly to the old man, otherwise the old man will not be finished with you! ”
"Old general, you see that you are in a hurry again without saying a word. You first listen to the general's words, and then you see if you want to get angry with the general. Actually, here's the thing,......"
It turned out that three days ago, Huang Zhong sent people to the Jizhou military camp closest to Qingzhou to ask for help, and he knew that it was Ma Chao, the general of the Jizhou army, who was stationed here.
Under Ma Chao, there are nearly 10,000 elite cavalry in Jizhou.
As long as Ma Chao can lead his army to set off as soon as he receives his letter asking for help, then he will be able to join his men and horses this morning at the latest.
That's why Huang Zhongcai was so unscrupulous, and directly broke into Qingzhou with 3,000 men and horses, but he didn't expect Ma Chao's soldiers and horses to arrive for a long time.
This is what happened later, if Ma Chao's men and horses could arrive an hour earlier, even if they gave Lu Bu and Xu Huang two more dares, they would not dare to lead the army to pursue Huang Zhong!
It's a pity that Huang Zhong has made a lot of calculations, but he missed one thing.
That is, when the subordinates he sent to deliver the letter came to Ma Chao's military camp desperately, he found that Ma Chao was not in the military camp!
After anxiously asking the officers and soldiers who could stay in the barracks.
Huang Zhong's subordinates knew that Ma Chao had taken his cavalry out to attack a granary of the Cao army in Qingzhou half a month ago.
Although this granary is not too big in the eyes of the Jizhou army, in the eyes of Cao Cao in Qingzhou, it is a large granary that can be ranked in the top fifteen under his rule.
Recently, the princes in various places have been fighting with Liu Yuan, which has led to a shortage of food under the rule of each prince, so the princes everywhere pay great attention to the protection of the granary.
Ma Chao also searched for a long time before he found a good opportunity to sneak attack Cao Cao's granary, he knew that as long as he knocked out this granary, it would definitely be enough to make Cao Cao feel distressed for a long time!
When Huang Zhong's subordinate learned the news, his eyes turned red at that time.
He didn't even rest, and immediately rode his horse in the direction where Ma Chao was.
After running for a whole day, he met Ma Chao who returned victoriously on the road.
At that time, Huang Zhong, a subordinate who was about to run out of breath, immediately handed Huang Zhong's letter for help to Ma Chao's hands!
When Ma Chao read Huang Zhong's letter, he immediately realized the danger of Huang Zhong's trip, and Ma Chao immediately ordered all the loot to be burned.
Looking at the burned grain and other materials, many of Ma Chao's subordinates showed unbearable looks, and now the grain in this period is comparable to the existence of gold.
The grain they burned was enough for nearly 10,000 people to eat for three months!
Now all this grain has been burned to ashes by the fire, it is impossible not to feel distressed, but everything is worth it in order to be able to rescue General Huang in time!
Moreover, in order to speed up the rescue, Ma Chao not only ordered to burn the food he had snatched, but also ordered his guards to follow him at the speed of a rapid march.
As for the remaining nearly 10,000 cavalry, they were led by Ma Chao's lieutenant general and advanced at a normal marching speed.
After all, General Huang, no one can say what danger they will encounter, if not, then of course it is the best.
If General Huang Lao is in a bitter battle, then Ma Chao and his guards can also stand up for a while, and with this time as a buffer, his subordinates will be able to arrive in time!
After arranging everything, Ma Chao led his guards to leave like a gust of wind with a nervous heart.
Three days passed soon, and Ma Chao was already anxious at this time, because until this time, he had not found any trace of General Huang and others.
For a while, all kinds of bad ideas began to occupy Ma Chao's mind.
Just when his cranky thoughts reached the extreme, he met Huang Zhong's lieutenant and the 2,000 people who had evacuated in advance.
"Yuan Ju, what about General Huang? Why are you alone, what happened? ”
"General Meng Qi, you've finally arrived! We chased Lu Feng all the way into Qingzhou, and things were going very well, but both Lu Bu and Cao Jun were deceived by us. But I didn't expect that when we returned, Lu Bu and Xu Huang, two horsemen, actually chased after us with thousands of soldiers and horses. The old general, for the sake of our safety, is now holding them back with a thousand brothers! ”
"What! Where is the old general now? Send someone to take me with you! ”
"Okay, you can come with the last general!"
After saying that, Huang Zhong's lieutenant turned around and left, while Ma Chao led his guards to follow closely behind the other party.
Soon they came to the battlefield where they were fighting, and at this time, Ma Chao's five hundred guards had a long branch tied to the tail of their horses.
The reason why Ma Chao ordered his subordinates like this was because he learned from Yuan Ju that the enemies besieging Huang Zhong at this time were not only Lu Bu and Xu Huang, but also as many as 5,000 elite cavalry from Qingzhou.
At this time, there were only five hundred guards around him, and if he rushed out with his own guards, although he could help Huang Zhong, it would not have much of a deterrent effect.
And if he went to support Huang Zhong alone, and his subordinates were pulling branches and galloping not far away, making the illusion that there were more than 10,000 people to support immediately.
It will definitely be able to hit the enemy's morale hard, and maybe it can even have an unexpected effect!
What happened next was not what Ma Mengqi expected, when Lu Bu and Xu Huang saw him appear, and then saw the large puff of dust and smoke behind him, the two immediately panicked!
The two of them didn't tell at all whether the reinforcements behind Ma Chao were real or fake, and they directly hugged their heads and ran away, so that Ma Chao's rescue achieved the most perfect effect!