Chapter 51: Killing the Horse
In exchange for the hostages, Ma Yue ordered Zhou Cang to lead 50 cavalry to drive the military horses south, and he himself led 200 cavalry Qingzhou Liukou to personally cut off the rear and travel south.
"Report~~~"
It took more than an hour for Ma Yue to ride 200, but he was less than ten miles away from Pheasant County, and suddenly heard a loud shout mixed with the sound of hurried horses' hooves, and looked back, only to see a horse galloping from the north.
"Big leader, a large number of officers and cavalry suddenly appeared in the north 10 miles!"
Ma Yue expected that He Jin would not be so easy to deal with, and he also believed that the Han army would have an arrangement, but when he heard the return of Tanma, he still couldn't help but be surprised, and said in a deep voice: "What do you say!" A large number of Han cavalry!? ”
Tanma took a breath and replied affirmatively, "Yes, there are more than a thousand riders!" ”
"More than a thousand rides!?"
Ma Yue was taken aback again, He Jin really looked down on him Ma Yue, in order to deal with a mere 800 rogues, he actually mobilized thousands of cavalry troops! I think that at the beginning, when Zhu Jun's army cleared the Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Mancheng's department, he only commanded Dong Zhuo's 1,000 Xiliang cavalry. This time, in order to deal with 800 rogues, a thousand cavalry troops were dispatched!
"Newspaper~~"
When Ma Yue was shocked, the east and west sides sounded the terrible screams of the horses, and the two horses rushed in front of Ma Yue almost at the same time.
"Big leader, the official army has been found in the west, and it is approaching our army, there are a thousand people!"
"Big leader, the official army found in the east is approaching our army, there are thousands of people!"
What the!? Officers and troops appeared in the east and west at the same time! And there are thousands of them!? Ma Yue's heart began to pound, since the three directions of the north, east, and west were discovered at the same time, the Han army, which was accustomed to the tactics of encirclement with iron walls, could not leave a flaw in the south, and there must be a cavalry that was detouring from a certain direction, preparing to cut off their own way back.
According to this calculation, this time the Han army used at least more than 4,000 troops, and at least more than 2,000 cavalry! What's even more shocking is that this group of Han troops is definitely not Nanyang soldiers, it must be the elite Central Army from Luoyang! What the fuck is this? Could it be that He Jin personally led the army to suppress it? Just to deal with the only 800 rogues, isn't it a little too exciting? Besides, is it useful to do so?
The mind is as simple as Mao San, and now he knows that he has fallen into the encirclement of the official army, and you look at Ma Yue and say, "Big leader, what should I do?" To fight or not to fight? ”
Ma Yue smiled and said in a dark voice: "Hit a fart, go back to Wancheng immediately!" ”
According to the calculation of time, Zhou Cang drove 2,000 military horses to Wancheng at this time, as for his 200 cavalry Qingzhou Liukou, there are few people and small targets, although the Han army has pressed from three directions, it is far from forming a real encirclement, and any gap can be interspersed with it. As long as you return to Wancheng, when the time comes, the brothers will climb on horseback, hey, it is all cavalry, and there are two horses in each person, and they are afraid of the officers and soldiers? Even if He Jin came in person, he would still give him a butt of ashes.
"Let's go!"
Ma Yue grabbed the horse's belly with his legs, and took the lead in galloping towards Wancheng, and behind him, Mao San and 200 rode Qingzhou Liukou like a shadow and swept away.
However, Ma Yue led 200 horsemen to the south for less than 20 miles, and actually caught up with Zhou Cang and his party.
Seeing Ma Yue leading the crowd back, Zhou Cang greeted him with a sad face and a burning heart.
Ma Yue was shocked and angry, and scolded with a slashing face: "Zhou Cang, how did you do it? Two hours have passed, and you have only walked such a little way? ”
Zhou Cang wiped the sweat on his forehead and said hurriedly: "It's not that I won't go, it's that the horse won't go!" ”
Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "The horse refuses to go? What's going on? ”
Zhou Cang said: "I don't know, less than 10 miles away from Pheasant County, these military horses began to strain, and they kept pulling, and the speed of running was getting slower and slower. ”
Ma Yue's heart jumped, and when he looked around, he saw more than 50 horsemen shouting and scolding behind the horse team, struggling to drive away, but the horse team did not react, only hesitated in place, and after a while, dozens of war horses fell down, lying on the ground and began to convulse.
Ma Yue pondered for a moment, then shouted loudly: "Kill the horse!" ”
The officers and troops are approaching from the north, west, and east, and the cavalry in the south that has not yet appeared may be killed at any time, and the slightest delay may lead to a heavy siege and no place to be buried! At this time, there is no time to explore why these war horses are like this, and it is impossible to carry them back to Wancheng, the only way is to kill them all!
Even if the 800 Liukou can't get this batch of military horses, they must not be allowed to return to the Han army intact, otherwise, the Han army will suddenly have 2,000 more cavalry, facing the tail pursuit of more than 4,000 cavalry. No matter how many people can jump on two legs, how can they outrun four-legged beasts!?
"What?"
The rogues who were waiting for Ma Yue to come up with an idea were stunned when they heard this, they didn't expect Ma Yue to give such an order, this is 2,000 military horses, the brothers still have a surplus in each hand, with this horse, you won't have to use two feet to run away in the future, how easy it should be?
"Kill the horse!" Ma Yue was awe-inspiring, and Sen Ran shouted, "Who dares to disobey!?" ”
"Compliance...... Yes, sir! ”
Zhou Cang shivered, turned around and stabbed into the heart of a military horse, and in the midst of the blood splashing, the war horse neighed sadly, fell to the ground and began to convulse. The rogues next to them did not dare to slack off, they picked up their waist knives one after another, and rushed into the herd of horses like fierce gods, and in an instant, the neighing of the war horses resounded in the sky, converging into a tragic death march.
In less than a cup of tea, all 2,000 military horses had fallen in a pool of blood, and more than 250 rogues were all blood-stained, as if they had just rushed out of the thousands of troops.
At this time, Ma Yue suddenly felt that the ground under his feet began to tremble, and he looked up in shock, only to see that a black line had risen on the horizon in the north, and in just a moment, the black line became a lot thicker, cavalry! Damn the Han cavalry has been killed at this juncture!
"Mao San, Niu Si, rate 200 horses to follow me!" Ma Yue turned over and got on his horse, unloaded the thick-backed steel knife from his back, and shouted, "Zhou Cang, lead the remaining brothers back to Wancheng, tell Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao, immediately lead all the brothers to evacuate Wancheng, cross Baishui to the east, and turn to Zhongyang Mountain!" ”
Zhou Cang seemed to have a premonition of something, and shouted angrily: "What about you, big boss!?" ”
Ma Yue said awe-inspiringly: "If you let the Han cavalry of the brigade be entangled, not only will everyone be unable to escape, but even the brothers in Wancheng may be eaten by the Han army in one go, Mao San and I will go up to resist for a while, and they can hold on for as long as they can, Zhou Cang, you guys go quickly!" ”
Zhou Cang Huo Ran said: "Big leader, I'll go!" ”
Ma Yue shouted: "Zhou Cang, you dare to disobey the military order!?" ”
Zhou Cang turned over and shouted: "Eight hundred Liukou can do without Zhou Cang, but they can't do without the big leader!" Forgive me for disobeying! ”
"Zhou Cang, you're back!"
Turning around and giving Ma Yue a sneer, Zhou Cang said loudly: "Big leader, if Zhou Cang unfortunately dies in battle, don't forget to pour me some leftover water and wine during the Qingming Festival every year!" Brothers, come with me~~"
"Kill~~"
Mao San and Niu Si's eyes were red, like wild beasts, and the wolf howled in response.
"Kill~~"
The 200 horsemen of Qingzhou Liukou waved the weapons in their hands frantically, and the frenzied aura surged between heaven and earth.
Zhou Cang led the steel knife in his hand forward, and rode his horse towards the Han army that swept in the north, and behind Zhou Cang, Mao San, Niu Si and more than 200 horsemen howled wildly, waving weapons, like a group of trapped beasts who were forced into a desperate situation by hunters, with the will to die, and they could not move forward.
"Let's go!"
Ma Yue took one last look at Zhou Cang, led the steel knife in his hand to the south, and galloped in the direction of Wancheng.
"Humph! Now that you're here, do you still want to go? ”
Ma Yue's voice fell, a dull hum suddenly came from the northwest direction, although the sound was not loud, but like a sharp sword pierced through the space of hundreds of steps, clearly transmitted into the ears of Ma Yue and all the rogues, Ma Yue looked back in shock, only to see a horse burning like a flame, stepping on the afterglow of the remnant sun like lightning galloping, only a moment of effort, less than a hundred steps away from Ma Yue.
Ma Yue's pupils contracted suddenly, this guy's horse is so fast, I'm afraid I can't run away.
The fierce killing machine burned endlessly in Sun Jian's chest, he had never been so eager as he was now, eager to kill someone! Not for anything else, just for Zuo Zhonglang's words of Zhu Jun, just to return the Han to a bright and prosperous world, and to return the people of the world to a peaceful and prosperous world, he will never allow people like Ma Yue to live between heaven and earth.
"Kill!"
Sun Jianhu roared, and the heavy ancient ingot treasure knife was already raised high, and the cold glow split the air, and the murderous aura filled the wilderness.
"Die!"
Ma Yuehu roared, turned the horse's head, urged the horse to gallop forward, and fearlessly greeted Sun Jian, the original pair of dark and bright eyes were already red at the moment, almost dripping blood, so hideous that it was suffocating.
ps: Hurry up, hurry up, finally get home, hurry up and upload a chapter, I hope readers can understand. Tonight, the swordsman will play the list in the last week, crying blood for votes, and a chapter will be updated in the early morning, and it will be said that the small universe will explode, at least three more, and I hope everyone will support it.
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