Chapter 386: An Arrow in the Knee
Ma Chao saw that the general trend had gone, so he ordered the left and right to cut off his head and hand it to Lu Bu, and the left and right couldn't bear it. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Ma Chao's courage moved the soldiers left and right.
"I'm willing to swear to chase whoever the lord is!"
The military heart is available, Ma Chao can't be happy, a war with no hope of victory, tens of thousands of soldiers are willing to take their lives to him, he wants to achieve a great cause, but he can't ignore the soldiers. In a desperate situation, Ma Chao highly mobilized his strong brain. It is good that the princes of the generations, although the ancestors are defeated, the educated non-ordinary people are too rich. Lu Bu is a frontier pawn, and he can be clever with his poor knowledge, Ma Chao doesn't believe that he is not even as good as a mud leg.
"Lord, Lu Bu's army is flying across the Beiyuan Bridge, if our army wants to win, it is better to attack while he is halfway through, or there may be a slight chance of victory."
Just when Ma Chao had nothing to do, Liang Xing said with a heavy step.
Ma Chao frowned: "There is only a slight chance of winning?" The lives of these tens of thousands of soldiers are all on my own, and any mistake in decision-making may lead to the annihilation of the entire army. Lu Bu is more insidious than Cao Cao. These soldiers are my last family members, and whether they can make a comeback depends on them. β
Liang Xing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "What should I do?" β
"Unite Qishan Zhao Ang and jointly resist Lu Bu."
Liang Xing frowned: "Zhao Ang and the lord have been attacking for several years, even if they are lucky if they don't fall into the well, they still expect him to send troops to help?" β
"This time, that time. If Zhao Ang wanted to vote for Lu Bu, he would have voted early, why didn't he vote for a long time? Moreover, the trilogies cited by Zhao Ang were all disciples of Wei Duan, the assassin of Liangzhou in the past, and he raised the flag to gather troops in order to avenge Wei Duan. Now in the autumn of Tianshui's survival, my horse is dead, can he Zhao Angyan survive alone? Ma Chao thought for a while and continued:
"I heard that the first general under Zhao Ang is Du Tong, the general who has blocked our army many times, and this person is originally a disciple of Wei Duan. General Liang sent a man who could speak well to visit, and he would definitely be able to forge an alliance between our army and Zhao Ang with all his might. β
"Whoa." Liang Xing gave up and retired. Ma Chao still tightened his eyebrows, his generals fought fewer and fewer, and only Liang Xing and Li Kan were left under his account. Pang Rou and his sister Ma Yunlu were defeated miserably, and no one was available, forcing him to make up his mind to give up his plan to hold on to Tianshui.
It is rumored that there were a large number of thunderbolts in LΓΌ Bu's army, and they held the city just to wait to be bombed.
Ma Chao knew that it was not easy to form an alliance with Zhao Ang, Lu Bu was powerful, Zhao Ang may have already surrendered, Ma Chao had to defeat Lu Bu once, so that Zhao Ang could see the hope of victory, and the alliance could succeed. It's just that Lu Bu is extremely treacherous, and ordinary tricks can't fool him, and in a head-to-head confrontation, hasn't Lu Bu always wanted to go head-to-head? Ma Chao is even less confident about head-to-head confrontation.
"A strong man breaks his wrist!"
Ma Chao gritted his teeth and said. A fist smashed on the big case, and the copywriter scattered to the ground.
"Ordered Li Kan to take a soldier and drive all the war horses into Qishan. The general personally led the soldiers through the wooden doorway. β
When Li Kan and Liang Xing heard the military order, they hurriedly ran to the big tent and admonished: "The lord can't, once our army gets off the war horse and Lu Bu's army catches up, how can it be an enemy in foot combat?" β
"Ben is going to chase him. The wooden door road is dangerous, and it is difficult for military horses to travel. Lu Bu had no thunderbolts and cavalry, and his elite infantry was in the street pavilion, how could he be invincible. The only thing I'm worried about is that Lu Bu will be pursued by the Great Dao and take my war horse. Of course, this is also a weight to force Zhao Ang and Lu Bu to be enemies. Ma Chao made this determination, and he was already ready for all the war horses to be taken away by Lu Bu. Tens of thousands of war horses, Ma Chao didn't believe that Zhao Ang was not red-eyed, as long as he sent people to plunder, he would fight with Lu Bujun.
Ma Chao had a gloomy face, leaving the pride of the past behind: "At the same time, spread the news, and said that he would like to serve Zhang Lu." β
Ma Chao decided to take a big gamble and use tens of thousands of horses to bet on Lu Bu's jealousy of him.
Yicheng, Lu Bu's army that is marching rapidly. Scouts were constantly shuttling back and forth in the ranks of the long army, sending the latest situation ahead to Lu Bu in a steady stream.
"Ma Chao wants to surrender Zhang Lu?" Lu Bu looked at the news sent back by the fine work lurking in Ma Chao's army.
"Zhang Lu has no ambitions, and he lives well. Ma Chao is ambitious, and it is impossible to give up tens of thousands of war horses easily, giving up war horses is equivalent to giving up the combat power of the Xiliang Army, and he will lose the hegemony capital from now on. And Ma Chao is very arrogant, how could he do such a thing of losing his family and running away? It's a strange thing. Xu Shu combined the news received before and after, integrated analysis and said.
Lu Bu looked at the map and was silent. Ma Chao threatened to take refuge in Zhang Lu, but Lu Bu couldn't tell the truth from the fake for a while, in history, Ma Chao really served Zhang Lu. Hanzhong has experienced less war and is very wealthy. If you add the assistance of a general like Ma Chao, it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to attack Hanzhong, and once a stalemate is formed, even if Lu Bu pacifies Zhang Lu, he will be dragged very tired.
Take the avenue, go around Qishan, form a big 'C' shaped route, and the wooden door road is just a short road. Lu Bu led the army to pursue from the avenue, and it was very likely that he ran away from Ma Chao. However, the wooden doorway has many bends and narrow roads, and the mountains are steep. Historically, it was here that Zhang Jaw was ambushed, was shot in the knee, and lost his life, Lu Bu is sure that Ma Chao will set up an ambush here, otherwise why would Ma Chao give up the war horse?
Lu Bu was unwilling to let go of Ma Chao, and spared no effort to kill Ma Chao in Xiliang. Ma Chao is the best cavalry general in the world and has become Lu Bu's henchman. Lu Bu resolutely said: "Divide the army into two roads, go all the way to the avenue, and snatch the war horse." The main force takes the wooden doorway. β
"When the wooden door is a master, there will be ambushes, how to pass?" Xu Shu asked.
"General, the last general has been in charge of Tianshui for a long time, and there is a small road from the upper valley to the back of the wooden gate. At the end, please order to bring a partial. Jiang Jian said loudly. He was deeply 'respected' by Lu Bu, but his performance under Lu Bu was mediocre, and he often felt it
"There's a little road? I wonder if the army can march? β
"It's hard. The mountain trail is acceptable for thousands of people, but if it is a large army, it is difficult. There are still countless Qiang villages that have not yet been attached, and it is unknown whether they can be passed. The army went deep into the ambush, and it could not advance or retreat. Jiang Jian said.
"Well, then, you lead a thousand soldiers across the valley above. If there is an ambush, be sure to retreat with all your body, if you go deep behind the Ma Chao army, only play the flag, bluff, and cannot be defeated. β
LΓΌ Bu asked Jiang Jian to set off with a thousand soldiers, and he personally led the army to pursue from Mumen Road.
Wooden Gate, one of the countless deep valleys at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains. The mountains are high and the forests are deep, the canyons are vertical and horizontal, the cliffs are dense, and the roads are difficult to navigate.
Lu Bu held his helmet and looked at the two mountains, the canyon was tortuous, and the cliffs were difficult for birds to cross, fearing that there would be ambushes in the two mountains and would not dare to go deeper. There are ambushes, and of course a team of daredevils is needed to clear the way.
Lu Bu showed a playful smile on his face, Ma Chao was holding here, the casualties of the strong attack were too large, and it was not in line with Lu Bu's maximization of interests, of course, it was to lure Ma Chao out of the ambush: "Set up camp here and march after dark." β
It is dark and it is difficult to see the surroundings clearly, and it is even more difficult to spot the ambush, and at the same time, it is difficult for the enemy to detect the reality of the attacker. LΓΌ Bu sent people to drape the sheep driven by the army with clothes, and the wooden doorway was narrow, making it difficult for cattle and horses to travel, and the sheep were indeed not restricted. Take advantage of the darkness to drive the sheep to the canyon ahead, and then open the way.
The flocks were driven by the dead soldiers, lined up in a straight line, more neatly than the soldiers. In the night, I saw mountains and valleys, and the 'soldiers' lined up in a line and went deep in a straight line. Condescendingly, it is difficult to see that it is the sheep who are dressed and armoured. It's hard to tell during the day, and it's even harder at night.
Lu Bu's expression became more and more serious, and the figure of the sheep had disappeared around the bend of the canyon, only the occasional bleating sound came back.
"Could it be that Ma Chao has seen through it?"
Lu Bu was suspicious, Ma Chao did not move, and Lu Bu felt that things seemed to be beyond his expectations. The sound of sheep will not attract Ma Chao's attention, when Ma Chao marches, he will carry a lot of cattle and sheep, what is wrong?
"The last general, please be the pioneer and go to find out the truth." Zang Ba saw that things were unexpected by Lu Bu, and it seemed that Ma Chao had already fled, so he decided to go through the canyon to take a look.
"Exactly."
Zang Ba's best thing is this kind of jungle and deep mountain battle, and Lu Bu nodded in agreement.
Three hours later, on the far top of the canyon, there were three fires indicating no anomaly. Zang Ba led this army through the canyon smoothly. Lu Bu became more and more puzzled, Ma Chao couldn't just think about escaping to Hanzhong. With Ma Chao's previous strength, he can still fight to the death.
On the contrary, Lu Bu felt that this thing was strange, could it be that Ma Chao was waiting for his Chinese army? Zang Ba has been carefully surveyed along the way, where is Ma Chao's ambush soldiers hiding? The more suspicious Lu Bu became. I decided to stay where I was and wait and see.
"Boom la la ......"
Early in the morning, Lu Bujun, who had been tired all night, had just fallen asleep, and the sound of rows of armor crashing behind the battalion woke up the sentries who were fighting.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack...... Belch...... Uh" The sentry opened his hazy eyes, and when he saw a Xiliang army behind him, he could clearly see the joyful expression of victory on the face of the Xiliang army. As soon as the sentry roared, a cold arrow silently pierced his neck, blood flowing from the shaft of the arrow he was clutching.
"Kill ......"
The shouts of killing were overwhelming, waking up Lu Bujun in his sleep.
The soldiers opened their sleepy eyes, grabbed their weapons in a daze, and rushed towards the gate. Seeing that there was not even a shadow of an enemy soldier outside the camp, he looked at his companion suspiciously and asked:
"Where is the enemy?"
"I don't know."
"Ah......" a soldier stretched tiredly: "There are no enemy troops, go back and sleep again......"
"The general has an order, the north camp is attacked, quickly form a formation in place to wait for the enemy, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!"
The sound of war drums and the heralds shuttling back and forth made the entire battalion jump. Everyone only looked at the canyon in front of them, and at the first time of the enemy's attack, they instinctively ran in the direction of the Mumen Canyon outside the South Camp. No one expected that Ma Chao would send people around the huge Mumen Mountain, return to Tianshui from the upper valley, and launch a sneak attack from behind Lu Bu's army.
The enemy army pressed the border, and Lu Bu knew that he underestimated Ma Chao. Rush to the front line as soon as possible, fight hard to resist the enemy, defend the camp to the death, and prevent the enemy from disrupting your own battle formation. At the same time, LΓΌ Bu was worried about being attacked from the front and rear, and after he barely resisted the attack of the northern camp, he immediately ordered the army to gather in the southern camp to prevent accidents.