Chapter 430: Questioning in the Ledger

When the Xiliang alien cavalry launched an attack on the coalition army of the Xiliang princes, Hao Zhao and Xu Rong naturally would not be idle, and had already mobilized more manpower, moved more bed crossbows, and arranged the first line of defense of the position tightly and tightly.

Of course, Hao Zhao and Xu Rong originally planned to be safer, mainly to guard against the allied forces of the Xiliang princes who were attacked by the Xiliang alien cavalry from attacking their positions under the dog's rush jumping over the wall. Because, their previous attacks were somewhat effective, at least, if they broke into their own positions, they could block the attack of the Xiliang alien cavalry and avoid the cavalry of the alien cavalry.

And now, those red-eyed alien cavalry, after seeing that they were attacked by Ma Chao's Xinhan army, actually wanted to attack the position in front of Baohan City regardless of the south, south, and northwest, it was simply looking for death.

The position, which was already full of potholes, was not conducive to the charge of their cavalry.

Therefore, when the bed crossbow of the New Han Army was launched, there was a buzzing and deafening sound, and those alien cavalry soldiers who were about to rush to the position were directly shot by the bed crossbow of the New Han Army as if they had been mowed. For a time, its tragic condition was no less than that of the military camp of the allied army of the Western Liang princes who were attacked by their Xiliang alien cavalry. And even more.

Well, the Xilianghu people, the Di and Qiang and other foreign tribes, whether their tribes were prosperous or declining, did not suffer from the wanton killing and plundering of the Han army, and did not experience the scene of being shot by the bed crossbow of the Han Dynasty. In this way, even if they can often hear that in the pre-Qin period, the Great Qin army used a bed crossbow pit to kill hundreds of thousands of Huns, in recent years. It is also common to hear about how the New Han army used the bed crossbow to kill countless Huns again. But that's just hearsay, they've never faced the crossbow bolts of the bed head-on. I haven't been able to feel the power of a bed crossbow bolt for myself.

Therefore, most of the people of the Di and Qiang tribes. They didn't think so, thinking that those were just legends, and they were unlikely to encounter them, and they would never have thought that they themselves would one day be able to encounter such a powerful weapon of the New Han Army.

But at this moment, those alien cavalry who were under the edge of the crossbow arrows of the new Han army, they finally saw it, but. By the time they saw it, it was too late.

Countless alien cavalry, they were extremely frightened, they had never imagined that the power of those crossbow arrows would be so strong.

Look, a long, arm-thick crossbow came with a whistling. With a bang, it directly hit the body of an alien cavalry who was riding a horse and dancing a knife and was about to rush into the position of the New Han Army. This soldier was directly picked up by the long crossbow arrow. Led away from his mount, the whole person flew backwards in the air. However, that long crossbow arrow. But it was faster than the alien cavalry flying backwards, as if it had pierced a piece of tofu. I wore it through the ground, and. Without castration, he directly penetrated the body of another alien cavalry behind, and took it backwards to slide, and with another pop, it was nailed to the body of another alien cavalry behind, stringing the two together.

And the alien cavalry who had been directly pierced through the body earlier, with a big blood hole exposed in his chest, only then did he react, and with a wild scream of teeth and claws in the air, he fell to the ground with a snap, and died of anger.

For a while, the screams shook the sky, scaring the alien cavalry stupidly, and the alien cavalry who did not rush over retreated like a tide in an instant, and everyone looked frightened.

"Stop!"

In the camp of the coalition army of the Xiliang princes, Ma Chao has already been able to kill, no longer keep his hands, with the speed of the wind and thunder dragon, Ma Chao is like a white shadow, flashing from the crowd, the spear in his hand, directly killed several alien cavalry who also raised their knives to kill prisoners, and then stabbed a heavy shot in the chest of a foreign cavalry general, stabbed it through, directly provoked his body in the air, and roared.

Ma Chao, who was as majestic as a god, finally made the nearby Xiliang alien cavalry retreat in fright, and they didn't dare to kill people casually.

The rumbling cavalry army, following behind Ma Chao, passed all the way, killing countless alien cavalry, and the alien cavalry that had been scattered could no longer organize the formation, and it was impossible to stop the 100,000 cavalry of the New Han Army. If it was a real war, these alien cavalry, even if there were many horses, would be defeated by the 100,000 cavalry of the New Han Army. Quite simply, just like this, they rushed back and forth in their army a few times, and they had to rout their whole army.

Just when Ma Chao was about to lead the army and rush towards the place where the alien cavalry was quite dense. In the direction of the alien camp, there was a sudden sound of ringing gold.

Mingjin withdrew his troops, and the alien cavalry who heard the sound of Mingjin did not hesitate at all, and retreated one after another. Of course, their retreat seemed to be completely different from the attack just now, and they were a little more panicked.

Seeing this, Ma Chao reined in his war horse, shook off the general of the Xiliang alien race who was peach on the spear, and raised his hand to suppress the formation.

"Humph! Even if they know each other, it should be that Wen Chou found Mr. Jia Xu and asked the king of Xiliang to collect his troops. Otherwise, let them be optimistic this time! Ma Chao looked at the Xiliang alien cavalry camp and snorted coldly.

"General Ma Chao, why don't we rush over and kill them directly, and kill all their bird kings!" One of Ma Chao's lieutenants, at this time, rode up and shouted angrily.

Ma Chao saw that it was Zhang Heng, so he shook his head and explained to him: "No, we are not really going to war with the Xiliang alien race now, but we don't allow them to obviously submit to our New Han Dynasty, but they did not obey our orders and kill prisoners of war indiscriminately, which is not in line with the military regulations and military discipline of our New Han Army." So, we have to stop them. Now, they can withdraw their troops, at least it shows that the leaders of their Di and Qiang tribes are not willing to really fight with us, and if we really rush to kill them, then things will be a big problem. ”

Zhang Heng was originally one of Han Sui's generals. However, when Han Sui and Ma Teng turned against each other, he took his headquarters military horses to join Ma Chao. Seeing that he could recognize the affairs of the person as a junjie, Ma Chao made him his deputy general.

"Oh...... So, what are we going to do now? Zhang Heng asked blankly.

"You first lead our cavalry and take all the prisoners on the battlefield. Don't let them escape, but kill everyone who escapes. Ma Chao ordered.

The Xiliang alien cavalry withdrew from the camp of the coalition army of the Xiliang princes. Well, those who were killed broke their guts. Kneeling down and surrendering to the coalition army of the Xiliang princes, once they see the cavalry of the Xiliang alien race retreating, they may have any thoughts and want to flee for their lives, so the cavalry of the New Han Army must immediately accept the matter of this battlefield and take those soldiers of the alliance of the Xiliang princes into custody. Having already let one of their 100,000 cavalry flee, Ma Chaonaturally could no longer let these infantry flee as well.

"What about you, General Ma Chao?"

"Me? I'm going to meet the king of the Xiliang alien race for a while. "Although Ma Chao didn't chase and kill those alien cavalry. However, a mouthful of nausea in my heart has not yet come out.

"Hey, why don't you wait for me to go with the general."

"Don't bargain with General Ben, if you let the soldiers of the Xiliang princes escape, there is trouble, be careful of your head! Phew! Ma Chao glared at Zhang Heng, asked him to carry out his orders, and slapped the horse directly. Following the retreating Xiliang alien cavalry, he rushed to the camp of the Xiliang alien race, naturally, behind him. Yichi sent out a pro-cavalry army of thousands of people, and it was impossible for Ma Chao to ride into the camp of the alien cavalry alone.

The battlefield was miserable, not so long ago. It is still a vast and vast, a large camp of dozens of miles with a neat military appearance. At this time, it was a mess. Beacons are everywhere.

Most of the military tents were destroyed, staggering, and more were coalition soldiers who were killed by the Xiliang alien cavalry, one in the east and one in the west, and all kinds of ways of death were almost covered on the battlefield for dozens of miles.

Zhang Heng led the army directly out of the periphery of the barracks, and began to capture the soldiers of the coalition army of the Xiliang princes who were kneeling on the ground from the outside in.

Of course, there are many allied troops of the Xiliang princes who are injured and fall to the ground and keep howling, broken hands and feet, and there are countless of them.

Anyway, the entire camp of the Xiliang princes is miserable, like the scene after the end of the world.

Hao Zhao and Xu Rong sent people to inquire about the situation, and when they learned of the situation, they quickly led their troops out of the battle and joined in the operation of collecting prisoners and ambulating the wounded. In the end, tens of thousands of people in the city also came out to help, there was no way, there were too many wounded, and they had to help treat and bandage their wounds or something, relying on the Xinhan army alone, it was a little too busy.

"General Ma Chao! This king needs an explanation! How can you Xinhan Army attack our army? Do you know that due to the direct attack of your New Han Army, the children of my Xiliang tribe have suffered more than 20,000 casualties. You know, now, but we have helped your New Han Army defeat a strong enemy, your New Han Army, is this how the New Han Dynasty treats your allies? ”

"Well, General Ma Chao, this king also needs an explanation, otherwise, even if we don't want your food, we will ask you for an explanation!"

The two kings, Darijitai and Cheriphon, both looked unkind and attacked Ma Chao, who was standing in their military tent with a calm face, and they were almost angry.

For the rest, many leaders of foreign races and their generals all stared at Ma Chao with fierce eyes, and if they disagreed, they would fight.

In addition, there are also Wen Chou and several generals of the New Han Army, protecting Jia Xu aside, but Jia Xu also looks calm and unhurried.

"Humph!" Ma Chao ignored the annoyed gazes of all the alien leaders in the alien king's tent, snorted coldly, and then his eyes were sharp, and he looked at Darijitai and Cherifeng calmly, and said coldly: "Need my Ma Chao an explanation?" You want to ask me Ma Chao for an explanation, right? I would like to ask, what are you going to ask me for Ma Chao? ”

Ma Chao said, and suddenly shouted: "What do you want?" Yes? Do you want to attack our New Han Army? Like the previous alliance of the Western Liang princes? Ahh I, Ma Chao, still want to ask you for an explanation, first of all, you have to understand one thing. Today, in this battle, are you helping our Xinhan army? Have you forgotten that you have already submitted to our New Han Dynasty before. In other words, from the moment you submit to our New Han Dynasty, your tribal army must obey the orders of our New Han Dynasty and act according to the rules of our New Han Dynasty. As a member of the New Han Dynasty, you took advantage of the inconvenience of the Western Liang princes' coalition army to attack their military camps, defeat them, and destroy them, which is all as it should be, and there is no problem for you to help our New Han Army. If you don't even understand this, you still think that you are helping our New Han Army a lot. Self-righteous, on the battlefield. Your horses do not obey the orders of this general. So, are you still part of our new Han Dynasty? Is it necessary for our New Han Army to accept the surrender of your Xiliangdi, Qiang and other tribes? ”

"I don't want to say anything, or you will say, the rules of our Xinhan Army, you still don't understand, you don't understand, I Ma Chao doesn't want to pursue it, but. On the battlefield, my Ma Chao drank the order three times, and he had already made the order very clear, but your tribal cavalry actually turned a blind eye, and still went their own way, disagreed, and spoke out not inferiorly, helping my Xinhan army with one sentence on the left and one sentence on the right. Open and close your mouth is a Han dog, a Han dog. Is this what you call submission to obedience? ”

Facing Ma Chao's angry questioning, all the foreign leaders in the tent couldn't help but be stunned, seemingly. None of them thought that they had never been angry, how could Ma Chao get angry? Well, listen to what Ma Chao said. Seem...... Actually, they don't quite understand, after all. From the very beginning, they did not think of sincerely submitting to the New Han Dynasty. Therefore, they have never thought about the problem that their army must obey the temperance of the generals of the New Han Army, so they will not listen to the orders of the generals of the New Han Army on the battlefield at all.

However, Darijitai and Cherifon's faces changed, and they understood something in Ma Chao's words. Yes, strictly speaking, because they have already subordinated to the relationship of the New Han Dynasty, they should have obeyed the orders of the New Han Army a long time ago. Jia Xu also talked about many things, some details, with them, the leaders of the kings, for example, after defeating the alliance of princes, letting their military horses cooperate, and recovering Xiliang, how to deal with and govern their tribes, how to provide a sustainable way of thinking for their tribes. In the future, how to let their tribes and the Han people interact peacefully and live together, Jia Xu talked to them about it. He also listed how the alien tribes in the current northwest desert cooperated closely with the New Han Dynasty and promoted the development of their tribes.

For the two kings of Di and Qiang, after they talked with Jia Xu in detail, they were indeed full of longing and confidence for the future of their respective tribes. But now, after this episode, if they really fall out with the New Han Army, let's not talk about anything else, just say what Jia Xu told them, and the many benefits they can get after submitting to the New Han Dynasty, they are afraid that they will not get it anymore.

Cheriphon said a little anxiously: "General Ma Chao, please calm your anger, you, do you want to cross the river and tear down the bridge?" Even if we do something wrong, you, you can't lead an army to attack our army...... What's going on here? ”

They have been in the camp all the time, but they don't know much about the actual situation on the battlefield.

Jia Xu also interjected at this time: "General Ma Chao, you can talk about the matter." ”

Wen Chou led people to break into the camp of the alien race in Xiliang, protected Jia Xu, and reported some of the situation to Jia Xu, but Jia Xu had not had time to explain it clearly to the two alien kings. I can only have time for the two kings to order Mingjin to withdraw his troops and call back their Xiliang alien cavalry, so as to avoid the next uncontrollable situation. Now, he felt that let Ma Chao explain things to the two kings more clearly, so that they could understand what they were wrong. In this way, these aliens are convinced.

"Okay......" Ma Chao pressed his temperament and said: "Your cavalry of the Di and Qiang tribes, this time, has indeed helped our Xinhan army a lot, but your sergeants have broken through the military array and camp of the Xiliang princes' coalition army, and have defeated them, scaring the soldiers of the Xiliang princes' coalition army, a large part of the Xiliang princes' coalition soldiers, they have seen that the general trend has gone, and they have surrendered on their knees, and these surrendered Xiliang coalition soldiers are no longer a threat to your cavalry. Just take them captive. But what about your cavalry? Unexpectedly, they were all in chaos, all of them were plundering the materials of the barracks, and abusing and killing the coalition soldiers who surrendered on their knees, I seem, they are not to help my Xinhan army defeat the coalition army of the Xiliang princes, but they themselves are to rob, to kill, and to kill for fun. What, then, is the difference between you, the sergeants of the tribe, and the robbers of all kinds? What is the difference with the Huns back then? If this military camp is not a military camp, but I hold Han City, do you also want to kill indiscriminately? Burning, killing, looting? If there are women in the barracks, do your soldiers also take pleasure in committing adultery with these women? If we are subordinate to the New Han Army, we should follow some of the codes of conduct of our New Han Dynasty. You can't do something evil that makes people feel angry, otherwise, our new Han Dynasty will be ashamed of your tribe. We are not uncommon with you. Let alone! ”

Ma Chao's tone was cold, and he said: "Do you think that without you, or in other words, you will attack our New Han Army together with the alliance of the Xiliang princes, you will definitely win?" Haha, if there are really any people among you who think so, then it proves that you are bringing humiliation and self-destruction! Believe it or not, if you really attack us with the alliance of the Xiliang princes, I will be sure that you will kill your hundreds of thousands of tribal cavalry troops in front of this Baohan City at one time? As for what you say I am crossing the river and demolishing the bridge? Hmph, if that's the case, I won't stop attacking you, and I'm afraid I'll have already rushed into your camp, instead of me Ma Chao standing here and explaining something to you. (To be continued......)