Beihai, the western Xianbei built the old camp of Luoluo.

With a loud neighing of horses, the king of the Luoluo tribe turned over and dismounted, and a slave had already stepped forward to take the reins of the horse respectfully. He said that the king went straight into the big tent, took off his leather armor under the service of the slave girl, and asked the captain of the attendants behind him: "Ahul, have all the leaders of the tribes arrived?" ”

Ahu'er said: "Back to the king, except for the Black Wolf Department and the White Aries Department, the leaders of the other twenty-nine tribes have already arrived, and they are all waiting for you in the big tent now." ”

"Hmm." The king nodded and asked, "What about the horse butcher's army?" Where are we now? ”

Ahul said: "Just after the return of the horse, the army of the horse butcher is still under the mountain. ”

The king touched the mustache on his lips, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Go, go to the big tent." ”

After a while, the dome of the royal court of Luoluo was built.

It is said that the king holds the scepter in his hand and holds the throne, and the other chiefs of the tribes sit on both sides, and the round tent is crowded.

The eyes of the king of Zhuzhu showed a wolf-like sharp eyes, swept past the leaders of the various tribes one by one, and said in a deep voice: "In the past two years, the horse butcher has annexed hundreds of Xianbei tribes large and small in the central grassland, and hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people have become slaves, and this blood debt has not been repaid by our Xianbei people, and now ~~ The horse butcher's army has raised a butcher's knife against our western grassland!" What are we going to do? Sitting still? ”

"No, of course not."

The leaders of the tribes responded with a bang.

He said: "We Xianbei people are wolves on the grassland, and the Han people are sheep in captivity in the sheepfold, but now this group of sheep actually ran out of the sheepfold and ran to the prairie, and they are going to eat our wolves in turn, isn't the world all chaotic?" ”

"Hahaha~~"

The chiefs of the tribes burst into laughter.

"Everyone~~"

The king suddenly got up and walked outside the big tent, and the leaders of the various tribes got up and followed the king to the outside of the tent, and the king said that the king guided the party with the scepter in his hand, and turned back to the leaders of the tribes and said: "Within three days, the cavalry of all departments must rush to the white grass beach fifty miles south of the royal court to assemble, and those who are not outdated~~ will die." ”

"No."

The leaders of the various tribes agreed with a bang.

"Newspaper~~"

When the king was about to speak again, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and a terrible howl had resounded through the sky.

"What's going on?" Ahur reined in and rode the reins and shouted, "What's wrong?" ”

"King!" Laiqi ignored Ahu'er and shouted directly to the king, "A cavalry of the Han army with four or five hundred horsemen suddenly appeared in the north of the royal court, and it was only twenty miles away from the royal court. ”

"What?"

"Han cavalry?"

"It's only twenty miles away from the royal court?"

"This sucks."

The leaders of the various tribes behind the king suddenly became confused.

"What's the panic?" King Zhu turned his head and glared at the leaders of the various tribes with panicked expressions in displeasure, and only when everyone was quiet again did he shout in a deep voice, "But four or five hundred Han cavalry can make you panic like this!" Are you still not the descendants of the Sirius God? Da Xianbei's face has been lost to you. ”

"But~~ But that's the horse butcher's army." A tribal leader reminded in a low voice, "It's not an ordinary Han army." ”

"And what about the army of the horse butchers? The army of the horse butcher was not raised by his father and mother? Isn't it flesh and blood? The forks and scimitars of the Great Xianbei warriors can't kill them? The eyes of the king of Zhuzhu revealed a palpitating murderous intent, and he shouted, "There are eight hundred iron guards here, what are you afraid of!?" ”

The leaders of the various tribes were silent.

Huo Ran, the king of the chapel, looked back and said to the captain of the attendants, Ahu'er, "Ahu'er." ”

Ahuertse stepped forward immediately and shouted, "The villain is here." ”

Said to the king: "Immediately lead eight hundred royal court guards to attack and slaughter this Han cavalry." ”

"No!"

Ahur answered Norton and took the order.

Huo Ran, the king of the chapel, turned around and said to the leaders of the various tribes: "The leaders will go with the king to watch the battle, and see how the king's eight hundred iron guards will destroy the five hundred cavalry of the horse butcher, come and prepare horses for the leaders!" ”

……

The west wind is fierce, and the geese in the sky are crying and mourning.

The horse's hooves are sick, and the scimitar is frosty.

"Newspaper~~"

With a long and terrible howl, a fast horse galloped back from the front.

"Huh~~"

Ma Chao gently drank the war horse.

Under the tumbling cloak, there are several long strings of "necklaces" hanging behind the saddle of the war horse, these necklaces are neither made of stones nor made of bones, but are clearly made of blood-clotting "human ears".

Behind Ma Chao, five hundred cavalry lined up.

He was originally a five hundred frivolous young man, and the childishness on his face had not faded yet, but those black eyes, which should have been as clear as water, had become even more vicious than the most ferocious wild wolf at this time! Almost all cavalrymen had the same "necklace" hanging behind their saddles, "necklaces" strung with human ears.

Ma Chao's 500 cavalry first went north, then west, and finally south (bypassing the most important reason why the Xianbei scouts suddenly appeared twenty miles north of the royal court), the lone army went deeper than 1,000 miles, and there were more than 100 Xianbei tribes along the way, and the strings of blood-clotted "necklaces" were the testimonies of thousands of Xianbei men dying under the sabers of this group of young cavalry!

The temperament of this group of teenagers has completely transformed, and now, they are no longer a group of ignorant teenagers, they are a group of wolves, a group of beasts, a group of cruel and murderous Predators. War and killing have changed this group of teenagers in the shortest possible time, and even changed Ma Chao.

"General, twenty miles ahead, I found the Xianbei tribe, there is a dome tent, more than 30 cowhide tents, and hundreds of felt bags."

A domed tent and more than 30 cowhide tents? Felt bags hundreds!?

A trace of hideous killing intent bloomed and condensed at the corner of Ma Chao's mouth, Huo Ran looked back, and the eyes of the five hundred cavalry were already focused on him, like a group of wild wolves that smelled blood, staring at their head wolf with expectant eyes, just waiting for the head wolf to howl, it would swarm up and tear the prey to pieces.

"Hiss~~"

In the sound of Qingyue's metal grinding, Ma Chao slowly pulled down the grimace mask, and the young face was completely covered by the hideous and terrifying ghost face, only in the narrow eye hole, there was still a burning eye, and the silver lion hair fluttering in the wind behind the lion-headed ghost helmet, showing three points of flamboyance and seven points of wildness.

The continuous sound of metal grinding sounded immediately, and the five hundred cavalry slowly pulled down the grimace masks on their helmets, and suddenly, the childish faces were gone, replaced by hideous and terrifying grimaces, and the cold murderous aura that emanated from the narrow eye holes.

"Dahan Iron Rider~~"

Ma Chao turned his horse back, and the silver gun in his hand was held high to the sky.

"Invincible in the world!"

Five hundred cavalrymen raised their sabers and responded with a bang.

Suddenly, Ma Chao pressed the silver spear in his hand forward, and the horse under his crotch seemed to have a spirit surname and suddenly neighed and raised his hooves and galloped, and behind Ma Chao, five hundred cavalry swept forward like a flood that broke the embankment. The iron hooves were churning, the grass and mud were splashing all over the sky, and the hooves sounded like thunder, threatening to shatter the sky.

……

Ji fell down the mountain, and Ma Yue camped.

Zhou Cang walked into the big tent of Ma Yuezhong's army with heavy steps, and said in a condensed voice: "Lord, ten days have passed, and there is still no news of the major general and five hundred cavalry, do you see if it is ~~"

"Zhou Cang!" Ma Yue Huoran raised his hand and stopped Zhou Cangdao, "Calm down!" As long as our army does not move, the attention of the Emperor and the Luoluo Department will always be focused on Jiluo Mountain, and Ma Chao and his 500 cavalry will be safe! Taking a step back, even if Ma Chao's 500 cavalry encountered a large group of Xianbei cavalry, wouldn't they be able to escape if they couldn't beat it? ”

Zhou Cang scratched his head and said quietly, "That's right." ”

……

Beihai, built Luoluo Royal Court.

Ahu's 800 guards were already in full array, and the king and the leaders of the various tribes were also lined up in front of the battle.

The attacking Han army only had four or five hundred cavalry, and the king really didn't take them seriously, in the eyes of the king, it was enough to defeat the cavalry of the Han army with eight hundred iron guards in the royal court, but just in case, the king still urgently ordered the three thousand cavalry of the right bone duo department eighty miles west of the royal court to come to the rescue.

"King, Han Army!"

Ahu'er suddenly pointed to the front and shouted, and when the king and the leaders of the various tribes heard the sound, they looked up, and sure enough, a group of black cavalry had appeared on the vast horizon in front of them, and the leather armor of the Xianbei cavalry was mostly gray, and only the iron armor of the Han cavalry showed a dark color, which was particularly eye-catching on the green grassland.

The king waved the scepter in his hand forward and said loudly, "Attack, break the enemy." ”

Ahu'er took out his scimitar and raised it high above the top, looked up to the sky and snorted: "Da Xianbei warriors~~ kill!" ”

"Kill, kill, kill~~"

The eight hundred Xianbei warriors shouted frantically like wild wolves, and as Ahu'er drew his scimitar forward, they rode forward one after another, swarming towards the galloping Han cavalry in front of them.

……

In front of the Han army.

Ma Chao raised his gun to tease the sky, looked up to the sky and roared: "Cone Formation~~ Throw guns and prepare!" ”

Ma Chao gave an order, and the five hundred cavalry that swept across the mountains and fields quickly began to form a formation, and suddenly formed a cone formation with the sharpest assault power, and Ma Chao was at the sharpest of the cone formation! The long lance and the sharp saber were already in their sheaths, and a throwing spear with a handle had been raised high.

The nomads in the north can ride and shoot, and the five hundred Qinhu teenagers under Ma Chao can also ride and shoot, but in the battle between light cavalry and light cavalry, riding and archery kung fu is rarely useful! When the horses on both sides are sprinting at high speed, even the Hu people, who grew up on horseback, will find it difficult to shoot the enemy from a long distance.

Only a handful of skilled archers can shoot the enemy with arrows from dozens of paces away on a horse that is running at great speed.

And if you dare to use a bow and arrow before the enemy rushes closer, it is basically equivalent to suicide. Therefore, the melee between the cavalry, even the Hu people on the grassland, horse archery has never been the main means of killing the enemy, most of them will use scimitars, horse forks, sabers and other melee weapons to kill the enemy.

……

"Hah!"

Ahur let out a loud shout, his legs slammed into the horse's belly, and the mount under his crotch had completed its final acceleration.

Behind Ahu'er, the eight hundred iron guards have already set up the standard "wolf pack" assault formation of the grassland people (in fact, there is no formation, everyone rushes forward like a swarm, the grassland people have no writing, no books, naturally it is even more impossible to have a military book formation, and those who are fortunate enough to learn the military book formation from the Han people like Kebineng are only a very small number after all).

"Whew!"

When the two armies were a hundred paces away, Ahu'er opened his bow and set up an arrow, and a wolf tooth feather arrow thicker than his thumb had been shot into the air, directly taking Ma Chao's throat, Ma Chao turned sideways slightly, the sharp wolf tooth arrow had already passed against his shoulder armor, and a scream immediately sounded behind him, no need to look back, Ma Chao knew that a soldier had been hit by an arrow and fell off his horse.

The wind howled in his ears, and the ground under his feet receded like a tide, and suddenly, the two cavalry were only dozens of paces away.

"Kill!"

"Buzz~~"

Ma Chao roared, and threw his right arm high forward, and when the right arm was thrown forward to the limit, the five fingers suddenly opened, and the throwing gun tightly held in his hand suddenly came out of his hand, and the bamboo pole at the end of the throwing gun began to swing rapidly, making a terrible scream.

"Kill, kill, kill~~"

In the sound of killing one after another, the five hundred cavalry behind Ma Chao exhaled at the same time, and threw out the throwing spears in his hands with all his strength, and nearly five hundred throwing spears were instantly intertwined in the air into a dense forest of death, carrying a suffocating scream, and shooting viciously at the Xianbei cavalry that was speeding forward.

"Huh!?"

Seeing a cold light shooting head-on, Ahu'er's face changed in shock, and he hurriedly bowed back to the sheath, and then grabbed it with his hand, the sharp scimitar had come to his hand, and the cold light could be shot, Ahu'er hurriedly raised the knife to block, and only heard a soft sound in his ears, and the scimitar in his hand shook at the same time.

The next moment, a cold cold spread rapidly from his chest to his whole body, Ahu'er suddenly felt that the scimitar in his hand was as heavy as a mountain, and he was no longer able to lift it in the air, and slowly lowered his head, Ahu'er's dull gaze stared at his chest, and a bamboo pole had pierced his body.

"Poof!"

Ahul slumped off his horse's back and was trampled into flesh by the hooves of the galloping horses behind him.

"Puff~~"

Almost at the same time that Ahu'er fell down, more than 100 Xianbei iron guards had also been shot and fell off their horses, and suddenly a crowd of people turned on their backs in front of the Xianbei formation, and the neighing of the war horses and the wails of the soldiers had already resounded in the sky. Ma Chao put the gun in his hand, looked up to the sky and snorted: "Sons, all in one go~~ Kill this group of Xianbei dogs!" ”

"Whoa~~"

Five hundred cavalrymen responded with swords in their hands.

Iron hooves galloping, broken grass splashing everywhere, suddenly, the Han army's conical assault array has collided with the Xianbei Iron Guard's wolf formation, the already extremely chaotic Xianbei wolf formation is like a mud field ploughed by an iron plow, from the middle to the wings of the cracks, and with the Han army's cone formation advances, the crack is getting bigger and bigger.

……

"What~~ What? How is this possible!? ”

Wang Yuan opened his eyes and stared at the noisy battlefield in front of him, he couldn't believe his eyes!

The two armies had just come into contact, and the eight hundred royal court guards were already in chaos, while the five hundred Han cavalry still maintained a rigorous assault formation, and this result was simply crazy! Because of the distance between the king and the leaders of the various departments, they did not see the throwing spears fired by the Han cavalry, and thought that the formation of the royal court iron guard was forcibly rushed by the Han cavalry.

Especially the white-robed general in front of the Han cavalry formation, in the Xianbei chaotic army, it was like entering a no-man's land, picking up and down the thorns on the silver spear in his hand, just like a white dragon churning and flying, the Xianbei cavalry suddenly split like waves, and no one could stop it for a moment! In less than a moment, the cavalry formation of 800 iron guards had been chiseled through by the Han cavalry.

……

"Ahhh~~"

Ma Chao raised his gun to the sky, raised his head to the sky and roared, the violent killing machine was like a long river of huge waves churning in his chest, and when he was about to ride his horse back into the Xianbei rebellion again, the corner of his eye suddenly glanced at the grassland not far ahead, a group of gorgeously dressed Xianbei people were standing, and behind one of the Xianbei people, there was actually a gray pole erected.

"Huh? Could it be the Xianbei aristocracy? ”

Ma Chao turned the horse's head slightly, and let the mount under his crotch gallop with his hooves raised, and the figures of the gorgeously dressed Xianbei people in front of him quickly became clear.

……

"Great King, the cavalry of the Han army has cut through the cavalry formation of the royal court iron guard and is coming towards this side!"

"Hurry up, King!"

"Protect the King!"

The tribal leaders around the king suddenly panicked, and when the king turned around and wanted to escape, the horse was fast and had already ridden to kill, and he stabbed the king under the horse with a gun, and the rest of the leaders were shocked when they saw this, and rushed to the rescue, and the twenty-nine tribal leaders and their own personal attendants rushed towards Ma Chao like a swarm of bees.

Ma Chao was not afraid of anti-joy, raised his head and roared and rode his horse into the Xianbei array, the silver spear in his hand was like lightning and thrust, and the four tribal leaders who bore the brunt only felt a chill in their throats, and then they were cold, and it was difficult to move a bit, and the next moment, the merciless darkness swallowed them like a tide.

At this time, seeing that the cavalry will be mighty, riding alone to fight more than 100 Xianbei warriors without falling behind, every shot is stabbed, there will be a Xianbei warrior shot off the horse, and when the 500 Han cavalry arrives, the more than 100 Xianbei warriors have been killed and wounded.

Knowing that there was no hope of escape, the king couldn't help but settle down and shouted, "What's your name?" ”

Ma Chao turned his horse back, the silver spear in his hand slowly pressed down, and the tip of the blood-dripping spear pointed directly at the throat of the king.

King Zhu stared at the narrow eye hole on Ma Chao's lion-headed ghost helmet, his sharp eyes wanted to peek through the cover of the ghost helmet to see Ma Chao's true face, and asked again: "What is your name?" ”

"So, Ma Chao is also."

The icy killing machine poured out from the narrow eye hole of the lion-headed ghost face helmet, and a cold voice sounded ghostly from behind the grimace mask, and the next moment, the tip of the blood-dripping spear stabbed down mercilessly, and a shot pierced the throat of the king, and the blood splattered, and the sharp eyes of the king soon began to dissipate and dimmed.

Ma Chao stabbed the king to death with a shot, and was about to get off the horse to behead it and cut off his ears again, the Xianbei people's royal court iron guard had already screamed and killed back, and when Ma Chao led five hundred iron cavalry to defeat the royal court iron guard, and returned to the place where the king was ambushed, the body of the king was gone.

It was the leader of a small tribe who stole the body of the king of the Luoluo tribe, although he was picked off by Ma Chao just now, he was only slightly injured, so he pretended to be dead and escaped the catastrophe. With the escape of this small tribe leader, the news that the 500 cavalry of the Han army defeated the 800 royal court guards, and Ma Chao rode alone to fight more than 100 Xianbei warriors spread quickly in the western grasslands.

From this day on, the lion-headed ghost-faced Ma Chao~~ has become a lingering nightmare in the hearts of Xianbei people!

……

In September of the second year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (189), Ma Yue led 8,000 elite soldiers to attack Xianbei, and the troops fell down the mountain.

At the beginning of October, 500 light horsemen from the younger brother Ma Chao, avoiding the front, detouring and attacking more than 2,000 miles, attacked and broke the royal court of Jianluobu in one fell swoop, and the iron guards of the 800 royal court were defeated, and the king, two royal brothers, three princes, and the twenty-eight tribal leaders gathered in the royal court and more than 100 Xianbei nobles under their respective commands were all beheaded.

When the three thousand cavalry of the right bone duobu arrived at the royal court, all they saw were corpses lying on the ground, all the corpses had been beheaded, and there was only one ear left on the head, but the Han cavalry that came and went like the wind was already dozens of miles away! The vengeful 3,000 Xianbei cavalry rushed to catch up, but the 500 Han cavalry took advantage of the night to steal the camp and returned defeated again.

……

Chang'an, Li Ru's official residence.

Li Ruzheng had a secret conversation with Jian Yong, the confidant of Liu Bei, the captain of Sili.

After more than half a year of melee, the strength of the rebellious army in Liangzhou quickly declined, even faster than Jia Xu expected.

By October of the second year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses left under Guo Yan's command, temporarily stationed in Chang'an. Li urged even more miserable, at this time there were only 8,000 remnants of the army left in Shang County, according to Wuguan to temporarily shelter, fortunately, Nanyang Taishou Sun Jian and Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao are also fighting, and there is no time to look north for the time being.

Yang Fengxian united with Li Xun, but was defeated by Guo Yan and Li Ru. When Li urged the defeated army to go south to Shang County, Yang Feng led his troops to flee, and was ambushed by Guo Yan's army on the way, and there were only 2,000 remnants left in the chaotic army, so they had to run into Wudu County, Liangzhou, and came to Duan Xuan to take shelter temporarily.

Zhao Cen did not participate in the melee between Guo Yan and Li Xuan, but led 20,000 rebel troops to withdraw to Hangu Pass. However, most of the grain and grass of the Liangzhou rebellious army were divided up by Guo Yan and Li Xuan, and Zhao Cen's army was short of food, and every time there were soldiers who mutinied and defected, there were only 7 or 8,000 people left in October.

The defeat of the Liangzhou rebellion is inevitable, and it is impossible for Guo Yan, Li Xuzhi and others to hold Guanzhong for a long time, and now they should indeed find another way out.

A lonely lamp, full of seclusion.

Jian Yongzheng sat down and said to Li Ru: "With a wise person like Mr., it is impossible to fail to see the general trend of today, now that the Han family is declining, and the world is rising, it is the right time for the husband to choose the master and make contributions!" General Guo Yan's trapping in Guanzhong can only be a dead end, and only by leading troops to the east to serve my lord is a smooth road. ”

Li Ru said without yin or yang: "I heard that Lord Liu Bei often works as a street shoe seller, but is there such a thing? ”

Jian Yongzheng said: "This is indeed the case. ”

Li Ru laughed and said, "How can such a person with no ambition achieve great things? General Guo Yan voted for such a lord, which is really a dead end. ”

Jian Yong smiled and said, "Sir, isn't it crazy to be stupid? ”

"Oh?" Li Ru said happily, "So Lord Liu Bei is pretending to be crazy and stupid?" ”

Jian Yong didn't answer and asked, "What does Mr. think?" ”

"Okay." Li Ru nodded, and asked again, "Mr. also said just now, the decline of the Han dynasty and the rise of the world's heroes are a good time for the husband to find the master of the Ming and make contributions, but sir, please tell me, Lord Liu Bei's troops are only hundreds, and they will not pass the pass and Zhang, can they be called the masters of the Ming?" ”

Jian Yongdao: "Although my lord only has hundreds of elite soldiers now, and there are only two generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who can be sure that in a few years, there will be no 100,000 elite soldiers and 1,000 good generals?" The general trend of the world, only the righteousness can convince people, my lord is in Luoyang, holding the authority of the world, heroes from all walks of life will hear the wind to vote, why worry about the great cause? ”

"Hahaha~~" Li Ru laughed and said, "A small captain of Sili dares to say that he is in charge of the world?" Doesn't it make people laugh out of their big teeth!? ”

"Mr. Li Ru." Jian Yonghuo got up and said with a displeased face, "You can not believe your words, but please don't insult my lord." ”

Li Ru also sank his face and said unceremoniously: "Mr. Jian Yong, please go back, my general is a subordinate who can never be a pawn of a peddler, that's all he says, come here, send off guests!" ”

"Li Ru, in the future, you will regret the decision you made today." Jian Yong's face changed greatly, and he said angrily, "Also, please don't make decisions without permission, please take me to see General Guo Yan, I want to see General Guo Yan!" ”

"My general is busy with military affairs, so I don't have time to see you." Li Ru smiled coldly and said in a deep voice, "Also, I never know how to write the word regret in the next place, send off guests!" ”

"Humph!"

Jian Yong snorted and walked away.

Seeing Jian Yong's figure disappear outside the door, Li Rucai straightened his clothes, changed his pleasant face, and said to the family outside the door: "Please invite General Pingxi's special envoy, Mr. Guo Tu." ”

……

Ji fell down the mountain, and the horse jumped into the camp.

When Ma Yue was asleep at the desk, he was suddenly awakened by a rush of footsteps, and when Huo Ran woke up, Zhou Cang had already walked in, and shouted to Ma Yue with excitement on his face: "Lord, great joy!" Great joy!! ”

"Oh?" Ma Yue rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked, "What's so happy?" ”

"The Major General is back!" Zhou Cang said, "The five hundred cavalry who went out on the expedition came back with more than four hundred horsemen, and they also brought back a lot of trophies, which is really unbelievable." ”

"Really?" Ma Yue hurriedly turned over and sat up, and asked, "What weapon did you bring back?" ”

"The scepter of the king of Luoluobu is said to chase the king, and there are more than 3,000 Xianbei ears, all of which are left ears."

"Good guy, so Ma Chao, this kid kicked the king's court!"

"And killed more than 3,000 Xianbei people!?"

"Dian Wei!" Ma Yue turned to Dian Wei in the tent and said sharply, "Order, the three armies are arrayed to welcome the young general's victorious return!" ”

"Yes."

Dian Wei suddenly agreed and took the order to leave.

……

(To be continued)