Chapter 54 Closing the Net

The night was surprisingly quiet, the wind was swishing into people's necks, and the soldiers on the city tower were shivering from the cold. At this time, in the woods not far from the city, an army took advantage of the night to approach Xuchang City. The person has grass, the horse bit ring, and the person who took the lead is Ma Teng, who came to Cao Cao.

"Father, it's getting late, and there are no three torches on the city. Did Huang Kui change his mind temporarily, or betrayed us? Ma Tie guessed and discussed with Ma Teng softly.

"Wait, Huang Shilang is my old friend for many years, he won't do that kind of thing." Ma Teng confidently comforted his son and sat on the back of the horse and quietly looked at the city tower.

While the people were waiting for the torches, three torches were erected at the head of the city, which were very dazzling in the dark night.

"Sons, follow me into the city, wash the Prime Minister's Mansion in blood, and save the Son of Heaven." Ma Teng saw the torch on the head of the city, his eyes lit up, he took out the sword at his waist and drove towards Xuchang City.

Five thousand Xiliang iron horsemen followed Ma Teng's pace and killed Xuchang together. There was a rumbling sound from the earth, and the people of Xuchang woke up in their sleep, since the last time, the people in the city seemed to have a nervous breakdown, and they couldn't sleep when there was any movement. Kitchen knives, sticks and other things are always available next to the bed, and the kitchen knife shop in the city is very popular in those days.

"Matthew, you take control of the city gates. Ma Tie followed the old man to kill the Prime Minister's Mansion and slashed Cao Cao's old thief. Ma Teng gave the order in an orderly manner, and he took 3,000 soldiers to the Prime Minister's Mansion to kill.

When Matthew and his soldiers captured the city gates, they were fiercely counterattacked by Cao's army. The soldiers defending the city took the lead, and the twin iron halberds in the hands of the people were impenetrable. This person is Dian Man, the son of Dian Wei, who was meritorious in quelling the chaos last time, and was promoted because of his merits. This time, because Cao Shuang participated in quelling the rebellion, Cao Shuang was called again to guard the city gate.

"Come on, come on!" Dianman shouted at the Xiliang cavalry with his throat raised, covered in blood, and the iron halberd in his hand hung with shredded flesh torn from the corpse. Pawnman alone guarded the steps to ascend the tower, and Matthew could really watch Cao Jun raise the drawbridge. If the soldiers under his command are on horseback, they can also compete with Cao's army, and if they dismount and let them fight on foot, their combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened.

Fortunately, the number of soldiers under Ma Xiu's hands was temporarily more than the Cao army on the city wall, and the Xiliang soldiers attacked round by round, which made the Cao army on the city wall a little unbearable. Dianman leaned on the city wall, panting heavily, looking at the dark passage in the center of the city, if the reinforcements don't come, I'm afraid I will have to go to my father. Looking at the Xiliang soldiers who were rushing up to kill, Dian Man shook his head and stopped thinking about it and led the reserve team to the top.

Speechless all the way, Xiliang Tieqi was not blocked in any way. Ma Teng led a group of people towards the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Ma Dai found that the road was too smooth, so he stepped forward to remind his uncle to be careful. At this moment, on the rooftops on both sides of the street, countless crossbowmen appeared, and then the sound of bows and arrows popping into the flesh made people feel sour at the roots of their teeth.

Don't look at Ma Teng's age, but he is very skilled in hiding in the horse's belly. The sudden arrows hit the Xiliang cavalry, and the iron horsemen who reacted used their skilled riding skills to dodge the bows and arrows. Soon left the shooting range of the crossbowmen. Ma Teng licked his dry lips, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and killed Xiangfu. When he was about to approach the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was blocked by the tiger guards led by Cao Zhang.

The war horse under Ma Teng's seat kept digging the ground with the horse's hooves, Cao Zhang rode on the horse and held the spear in his hand tightly, looking at Ma Teng's eyes were very fierce. "Kill!" Ma Teng took the lead in attacking, and the remaining three thousand Xiliang Tie rode under the command of Ma Teng and rushed towards Cao Zhang. Cao Zhang raised the spear in his hand and poked it forward, "Kill all these thieves." ”

Cao Zhang led the Tiger Guards, with cavalry in front and infantry in the rear. There was a thumping sound in the field, and the biggest advantage of the cavalry was mobility, and once it lost its mobility, the cavalry was in a dangerous situation. At this time, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry encountered this situation and became entangled with the cavalry led by Cao Zhang. Either the spear of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry pierced the heart of the Cao Army soldier, or the Cao Army soldier's ring head knife looked at the neck of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. From time to time, someone fell from his horse and was trampled into a pulp by a war horse. Gradually, Cao Jun was at a disadvantage.

"Prime Minister, you better move to a safe place first, the attack of the Xiliang cavalry is too fierce." Xun Yu rushed into Cao Cao's study and asked Cao Cao to transfer.

"Don't go alone, this is a lonely city, this is a lonely prime minister's house." Cao Cao was very annoyed and slammed the bamboo slip in his hand on the table, because of Ma Teng's incident, Cao Cao did not fall asleep, and was reading in the study at the moment, "What about the lonely army, the lonely Ziwen (Cao Zhang, Ziwen)." Lone won't leave, so I'll take it here and wait for Ziwen's good news. Cao Pi and the others stood on both sides, their right hands tightly gripping the hilt of the saber at their waists.

When Cao Zhang was at a disadvantage, Xu Chu led the Tiger Guards to join the battle group. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who was fighting, couldn't dodge the spear stabbed by the Tiger Guards behind the Cao Army's cavalry, and he could really watch the spear pierce into his heart. Thanks to the addition of new forces, the situation on the field was quickly reversed. Cao Zhang knocked off Ma Tie's long knife and knocked Ma Xiu off the horse with the barrel of his gun, "Tie him up for me." ”

Ma Teng raised his knife and slashed at Cao Zhang, "Don't hurt my son!" Cao Zhang's backhand was a shot, which collided with Ma Teng's long knife and burst out of sparks. His arms were numb from the shock, and Ma Teng didn't dare to underestimate Cao Zhang, and cheered up his spirit. But Ma Teng had no chance, Cao Zhang took advantage of Ma Teng's gap and swept Ma Teng off the horse with the same move.

"Uncle, keep people under the knife." Just as Cao Zhang jumped down from his horse and was about to cut off Ma Teng's head, Cao Shuang shouted in the distance, saving Ma Teng's life. Cao Zhang squinted his eyes and saw the people through the firelight. His face was stained with splattered blood, looking very hideous, "It was Ah Shuang." Cao Shuang ran out of breath and saluted respectfully, "Please also ask my uncle to keep people under the knife and spare Ma Teng's life." ”

"Ma Teng committed the following crimes, and it should be so." Saying that Cao Zhang was about to swing the knife, Cao Shuang hurriedly stopped him. Cao Zhang is extremely brave, how can seven-year-old Cao Shuang be able to stop it.

Cao Shuang used all his strength to grab Cao Zhang's arm, the sword had already cut Ma Teng's skin, "Uncle, it's still useful for Ma Teng to keep it." If you slaughter him, the prime minister will blame him, and no one can afford it. Cao Zhang hesitated for a moment before letting go of his hand and letting Ma Teng tie up and send him to the Prime Minister's Mansion with Ma Xiu.

Ma Tie was also caught by Dianman, and just when Dianman couldn't support it, Cao Shuang brought bad people to support. Xiliang Tieqi, who had been fighting all night, was the opponent of a bad person who recuperated overnight, and it didn't take long for Ma Tie to be captured alive. Cao Shuang hurried back, just to prevent Cao Zhang from killing Ma Teng, because Ma Teng was still useful to keep.

In this battle, Cao Jun was killed and wounded, which shows the horror of the combat power of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Of the 5,000 Xiliang iron horsemen brought by Ma Teng, 3,000 were killed in battle and 2,000 were captured. Ma Teng, Ma Xiu, and Ma Tie were captured, and the blood stains in the cracks of the blue bricks were not washed away, and they were covered with fresh blood. In this battle, people turned on their horses, looking at the statistical casualties, Cao Cao was silent for a long time, and re-estimated the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.