Late at night.

Cao Ying woke up quietly, only to see Cheng Yu, Xiahou Dun, and Li Dian all gathered in the big tent with anxious expressions, and when they saw Cao Ying wake up, the generals breathed a sigh of relief.

"Zhongde." Cao Ying's eyes fell on Cheng Yu and asked, "Where is this?" ”

Cheng Yu said: "Lord, this is Shiyang. ”

"Shi Yang?" Cao Ying's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked, "What about the Horse Butcher's Xiliang army?" ”

Cheng Yu said gloomily: "After the fire attack failed, Liu Biao's messenger also arrived, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun withdrew their troops from the battle, and the horse butcher's fleet has already gone down the river. ”

"Alas......" Cao Ying Haoran sighed and said quietly, "After all, I still failed to kill the horse butcher at Sanjiangkou, this damn thief God, it actually rained in winter!" Is this really providential, and the horse butcher's life should not be extinguished? ”

Cheng Yu said in a low voice: "Lord, did you summon an army from Wancheng to pursue along the river?" ”

"Chase?" Cao Ying shook his head and sighed, "It's too late, there's no need, let's go back to Wancheng." ”

"Just go back to Wancheng like this?"

"Yes, return to Wancheng, and then lead the army back to Xudu."

When he said this, Cao Ying looked depressed and his face was old, as if he had aged ten years overnight.

"My lord."

Cheng Yu's eyes were worried, he was very worried that Cao Ying would leave a shadow in his heart after suffering this setback, and when he faced the horse butcher again in the future, he would be cowardly before fighting, if this is the case, then Cao Ying will also lose the qualification to become a hero, and he will lose the qualification to compete in the world.

"Zhongde doesn't have to worry too much." Cao Ying seemed to guess Cheng Yu's worries, and said comfortingly, "This little setback can't defeat the true appearance, the horse butcher is indeed powerful, and it is not ordinary, but it is precisely because of such a strong opponent that life will be fun." ”

"My lord."

Cheng Yu's heart trembled when he heard this, but his eyes showed unprecedented relief.

……

Hukou Port.

The Jinfan thieves and Jiangxia thieves annihilated the hundreds of Yuzhang sailors stationed in the harbor without much effort, and then welcomed Ma Yue's huge fleet to anchor in the harbor to rest.

As soon as they entered the port, they found that the hulls of 17 ships were burned out, the bilges were flooded, and the hulls were seriously tilted and could not be used any longer.

In addition, more than 2,000 horses were smoked to death, more than 1,000 soldiers fell into the water and died, and only 7,000 of the 8,000 army remained, which can be described as heavy losses. The only thing to be thankful for is that the fleet of warships and fighting ships is well preserved, and the loss of grain, grass and equipment is not large. In fact, it is already a blessing to have such a result, if it were not for that heavy rain, this Xiliang army would have been wiped out long ago.

In the room.

Ma Yuezheng convened Gan Ning, Chen Hu, Zhang Bao, Li Meng, Wang Fang, and Li Su to discuss the matter.

Jiangxia thief Chen Hu patted the map and said to Ma Yue: "Lord, the last general has been walking in the Yangtze River waterway for many years, and he knows a little about the distribution of naval forces in the Yangtze River area, Yuzhang, Wu County, Danyang, and Huiji There is no strong naval army in the four counties, only Wu County Taishou Sun Jian has recently trained a naval army, but the number is only more than 1,000 people, and the ships are only more than 100 ships, which is far from enough to pose a threat to the main army. ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded, and said in a deep voice, "In the first battle of Sanjiangkou, General Ben was too careless, and such a mistake must not be made a second time!" Chen Hu and Zhang Bao obeyed the order. ”

Chen Hu and Zhang Bao stepped forward and said proudly: "The end will be." ”

"Lead the naval army of the headquarters, take 80 ships and fighting ships as the lead, and open the way in front."

"Yes."

"Gan Ning listens to orders."

"The end will be."

"Lead the naval army of the headquarters, and take more than 100 ships to break off."

"Yes."

"The rest of the generals will reorganize their troops and horses, and they will start their troops tomorrow."

"Yes!"

……

Yingchuan.

Guo Jia used the tactics of pressing step by step to successfully resolve the strategy set by Jia Xu and Ma Yue to replace defense with offense.

After more than a month of repeated contention, several cities on the periphery of Xingyang were finally attacked by the coalition forces one by one, and in February of the fifth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (192), Xingyang had become a lonely city, and it was meaningless to continue to hold on. However, more than a month is enough time for Jia Xu to do many things.

When the Xiliang army withdrew from Xingyang, the entire northern part of Henan County and Yingchuan County, and the eastern part of Chenliu County had become a blank land, and the local scholars were all looted, and nearly 300,000 people were forcibly moved to Luoyang, and soon after, they were forcibly moved into Guanzhong, and Guanzhong, which was already deserted, gradually regained its vitality.

……

Xingyang City Effect, Jia Xu's Chinese Army Tent.

In the sound of heavy footsteps, Xu Chu and Ma Chao entered together, hugged their fists to Jia Xu and said, "See the military advisor." ”

"Hmm." Jia Xu nodded and asked, "The people have already been transferred?" ”

"Rest assured." Xu Chu replied angrily, "All those who should be transferred have been transferred, and now there are 50,000 troops left outside Xingyang City!" ”

"Yes!" Ma Chao waved his iron fist viciously and said in a deep voice, "The time is ripe for a decisive battle!" ”

"The major general said well!" Jia Xu Huoran stood up, his dark eyes revealed scorching heat, and said in a deep voice, "Pass the order, the whole army will have a full meal, and it will be a decisive battle with the Kwantung Coalition Army!" In this Xingyang, give the coalition forces a hard lesson, let them taste the edge of the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry. ”

"Haha." Xu Chu laughed twice, and said, "The last general can't wait!" ”

……

Twenty miles east of Xingyang, the big tent of the coalition army Yuan Shuzhongjun.

The princes of all walks of life and the civil and military generals under their respective commands have gathered in the big tent.

Guo Jia pointed to the map and said to Yuan Shu: "Hussar general, it is said that a battle is very important, if it wins, then the Liangzhou army has no choice but to retreat into the Tiger Prison Pass, if it is defeated, the coalition army's step-by-step pressing tactics may fall short!" So, in order to ensure that this battle is won, the coalition forces must be fully prepared. ”

Yuan Shu said: "Although Feng Xiao said bluntly, how should the coalition army prepare for war?" ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "Jia has prepared a strategy to break the enemy, but it needs all units of the coalition army to strictly implement military orders to be effective. ”

"Understood." Yuan Shu loved Guo Jia's talent in his heart, and without hesitation, he took off the sword from his body, picked up the hussar general seal from the case, and enshrined it in front of Guo Jia together with the seal of Cao Yingcheng and General Yuan Shao's seal enshrined on the case, and then said loudly, "Listen clearly, Ming said that a war is related to the life and death of the army, and you must not be careless, all armies need to obey the military division, if you do not comply, the military law will not be tolerated!" ”

Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian took a step forward, his eyes revealing a scorching murderous intent in his eyes, and said sharply: "If anyone does not obey, he will not stand with him." ”

The princes of all walks of life were awe-inspiring.

Guo Jia did not shirk, stood happily in front of Yuan Shu's case, and said loudly: "Xia Pei Xiang Lu Bu listens to the order." ”

Lu Bu flashed out of the ranks, hugged his fists and said, "The last general." ”

Guo Jiadao: "You can lead the headquarters and the state iron cavalry as the vanguard, Ming said that the three watches made rice, the five watches pulled out the camp to Xingyang, if the Liangzhou army came to fight, just go to the camp to defeat, in short, only defeat, not victory!" ”

Lu Bu frowned when he heard this, and reluctantly responded: "Obey!" ”

After Lu Bu entered the ranks, Guo Jia said to the princes and generals under his command: "In the first battle of the Ming Dynasty, the armies of all walks of life will be divided into eight divisions, each defending one side as the gossip array, and the division of this army will send three soldiers to be responsible for passing the order, and each department must do the prohibition of the order, and not be neglected." ”

"Yes."

……

The next time.

The sky had just brightened, and there was still silence in the Liangzhou camp, and Lu Bu's two thousand Bingzhou iron horsemen had already appeared in the thin morning light in the east.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The scouts on the watchtower immediately sounded a trumpet to warn them, and the loud trumpet sounded in the sky in an instant.

Jia Xu climbed to the gate under the support of Xu Chu, Ma Chao, Liangzhou, Qiang soldiers, and Hu cavalry generals of the Western Regions, only to see that the wasteland outside the camp was full of frost and snow, and a black cavalry had already set up a formation, hunting with banners, and the armor was strict, like an elite division with a hundred battles, but the number was only two or three thousand!

"Huh?" Ma Chaojian frowned lightly, looked back at Jia Xu and said, "Military Division, what is the coalition army going to do?" With these two or three thousand cavalry, they are also worthy of a decisive battle with my Xiliang army? ”

"Huh." Jia Xu smiled and responded, "I'm afraid this is just a trick by the coalition forces to lure the enemy." ”

"A trick to lure the enemy?"

"Yes, a trick to lure the enemy!" Jia Xulang said, "If this division is not bad, the coalition army must have set up a position in Twenty Miles, and this cavalry is just trying to lure our army to fight." ”

"Hmm." Ma Chao nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Strategist, that's it, is it going or not going for our army?" ”

"Of course." Jia Xu smiled and said, "The coalition forces are so hospitable, wouldn't it be rude for our army to miss the appointment?" ”

"Got it!" Ma Chao nodded, raised his right arm loudly, and said quickly, "The generals will listen to the order, and each of them will rectify the people and horses of their headquarters, and follow the general...... Sortie! ”

"Yes!"

The generals responded with a bang, and each took his own order.

Suddenly, the horns sounded in unison, the drums shook the sky, and at the opening of the gate, a team of Xiliang iron cavalry surged out like a rolling iron stream, and shot to the foot of the formation a stone's throw away in front of the Bingzhou iron cavalry formation. The two armies were in a circle, Zhang Liao rode out of the battle, pointed his gun at the Liangzhou army formation, and shouted: "Yanmen Zhang Liao is here, who dares to fight?" ”

Xu Chu was furious, and when he was about to ride his horse out of battle, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves around him, and when he looked back in a hurry, the barbarian general of the Western Regions and the general of the Cheshi State Protector Yahulu had already ridden his horse out of the battle, and took Zhang Liao with a gun. Zhang Liaoqing shouted, rode his horse to meet each other, and the two horses met in an instant, Zhang Liao raised a gun in his hand, and stabbed it into the throat like lightning.

Tooth suddenly howled wolf, raised the gun and swept away.

"Dang!"

The two guns struck each other, and then the two horses staggered, and a wild tide of power rolled back like a tide, and the iron spear in Zhang Liao's hand almost flew away! Zhang Liao was awe-inspiring in his heart, secretly thinking that the enemy should be above him, and it would be difficult to win the calculation if he fought hard, so he should stab him with a horse pistol. Thinking of this, Zhang Liao rode his horse to the main formation.

"Woo woo woo ah wow ...... "

A wolf howl that did not resemble a human came out of his mouth, and he rode after him.

Zhang Liao dragged the iron spear backwards, and walked back to the defeat of the formation without hurrying, the cold touch came clearly from the iron gun in his hand, making Zhang Liao's consciousness unprecedentedly clear, and the noisy battlefield gradually disappeared with the tide of the retreating earth.

"Whew!"

The two horses intersected, their teeth were fierce and murderous, and they stabbed Zhang Liao's vest with a gun. Hearing the sound of breaking the air behind his head, the corners of Zhang Liao's mouth suddenly bloomed with a trace of cold murderous intent, saying that it was too late and that was fast, Zhang Liao's vigorous posture was on the strange side of the horse's back, and the shot that was bound to be won by the tooth flickering rhythm had already pierced the air.

"Uh~~"

Yahulu's shot missed, and suddenly felt a cold light flashing in front of him, and the iron spear that Zhang Liao was dragging behind had been raised strangely, stabbing back like lightning, and pierced Yahulu's throat in a flash.

"Poof...... Servant Tower! ”

The horse continued to rush forward, and the corpse of the tooth suddenly shook twice and fell to the ground. Zhang Liao stabbed his teeth to death, and then reined in the horse and the gun, and howled to the Liangzhou army formation in the sky, and behind Zhang Liao, two thousand soldiers and soldiers of the state responded with three shouts, and the crowd was furious, and the shouts like a landslide and tsunami were about to shatter the sky.

"Damn!" Xu Chu was furious, rode out of the battle and shouted, "Zhang Liao, Xu Chu is here!" ”

Seeing Xu Chu out of battle, Zhang Liao's eyes shrank suddenly, thinking that this person had fought with the lord (Lu Bu) in front of the Tiger Prison Pass for fifty rounds before he was defeated, and his martial arts were not under him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao deliberately looked up to the sky and shouted proudly: "Xu Chu, you are not the opponent of the general, go back and let Ma Chao come!" ”

"What! How dare you be so arrogant!? ”

Xu Chu was furious, and the beard under his chin stood up like a steel needle.

Seeing Xu Chu's furiousness, the corners of Zhang Liao's mouth couldn't help but bloom with a trace of cold murderous intent.

……

Twenty miles east of Xingyang, the coalition army camp.

Yuan Shu and Guo Jia climbed the lookout platform surrounded by princes from all walks of life, and looked down condescendingly, hundreds of thousands of troops were slowly marching out of the camp, and began to line up under the guidance of Guo Jia's soldiers.

In the middle of the lookout, there is a small school that gives orders according to Guo Jia's instructions.

The eight-color flag of the observatory is divided into red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple, and black in accordance with the instructions of the colonel, and these flags are divided into eight colors, which lead one of the eight parts. Each color flag is placed on six sides, respectively embroidered with six beasts of geese, fish, Jiao, tiger, wolf and pig, respectively representing the goose line, fish scales, long snake, Xuanxiang, sharp arrow, crane wings six arrays.

Seeing that more than 100,000 coalition troops were advancing and retreating under the command of Guo Jia, and the formation was unpredictable, Yuan Shu was both happy and worried, and asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, the coalition army has set up a gossip array in this twenty-mile slope, if the Xiliang army does not come to fight, then what is good?" Aren't hundreds of thousands of soldiers busy in vain? ”

"Hussar generals don't have to worry." Guo Jia said, "The Xiliang army will arrive in a while!" ”

Yuan Shu said: "Why is Fengxiao so sure? ”

Guo Jia smiled and said to him: "The general will know in a while." ”

……

Xingyang City Effect.

"Huhuhu~~"

Xu Chule was panting like an ox, staring at the front with his eyes fixed.

Not far ahead, Zhang Liao straddled the horse and crossed the gun, his expression was calm, and a cold smile had bloomed at the corner of his mouth, a reckless man is a reckless man, just a little trick is easy to fool!

A moment ago, Xu Chu and Zhang Liao had a vicious fight, Xu Chu tried his best to move, seemingly majestic and dominant, but he could not knock Zhang Liao off the horse, Zhang Liao seemed to be embarrassed, left and right were in danger, but he was always able to avoid Xu Chu's fatal blow when there was no room for it.

Eighty rounds later, Xu Chu was already visibly exhausted.

Zhang Liao slowly raised the iron gun in his hand, locked Xu Chu's throat from afar, and a scorching killing machine ignited in Zhang Liao's dark eyes, and he endured it for a long time, waiting for this moment of counterattack!

"Purr~~"

When Zhang Liao was about to ride his horse forward, a dull snort of a war horse suddenly sounded in his ears.

Looking back, a fiery red horse swept like a burning flame, which could be blocked between Xu Chu and Zhang Liao, and at the fixed sight, a white-robed general proudly straddled the horseback, the silver hair behind the lion-headed ghost-faced helmet fluttered like a wave in the wind, and the narrow eye hole revealed a cold murderous intent, which locked Zhang Liao firmly.

"General Xu Chu and stand back, this place will be handed over to so-and-so!"

Zhang Liao's pupils contracted instantly, and he whispered, "Ma Chao!?" ”

Since the confrontation between the two armies in Yingchuan, there have been no less than 100 Kwantung generals who have died under Ma Chao's gun, including many famous generals like Cheng Pu who have been famous for a long time, and even more unknown brave generals like Dong Xi and Chen Wu.

Although Ma Chao was only nineteen years old at this time, he was already famous.

"Zhang Liao!" Ma Chao slowly raised the wolf spear and locked Zhang Liao's throat from afar, the north wind howled, and the snow-white tassel of the spear head was waved, straight like the silver hair of the blue wolf, hideous and majestic, and the powerful self-confidence was stirring and tumbling in Ma Chao's chest, and an arrogant and arrogant sentence blurted out, "Within the three combinations, take your surname." ”

"Huh?"

is as calm as Zhang Liao, and he can't help but be angry at this time.

Lu Buwu is unparalleled in the world, but he doesn't dare to boast that he can defeat Zhang Liao within Sanhe, let alone take Zhang Liao's surname!

"Driving~"

"Ha~"

Ma Chao and Zhang Liao shouted at the same time, and the horses galloped forward, and suddenly the two horses intersected.

"Go!"

Ma Chao clenched the wolf spear in his right hand, and raised his left hand forward, and a black shadow had already shot at Zhang Liao's door.

Ma Chao dared to speak wildly and beheaded Zhang Liao within Sanhe, but he was not boasting! Ma Chao's martial arts combined the strengths of Dian Wei and Xu Chu, and integrated the essence learned from the two into the ancestral marksmanship of the Ma family.

Of course, Xu and Dian's martial arts are not better than Lu Bu, and the martial arts taught by the two are not enough for Ma Chao to kill Zhang Liao, who was taught by Lu Bu, within the Sanhe, what really makes Ma Chao so confident is the earnest teachings of the horse butcher! Ma Chao, who combines the courage of Xu and Dian, and the cunning of the horse butcher, is the most terrifying Ma Chao!

Ma Chao's left hand had just been raised, and Lu Bu, who was standing in the back to watch the battle, was taken aback (Lu Bu had suffered a loss and had a long surname), and shouted: "Wen Yuan be careful, and don't block with a gun!" ”

However, it's late!

Before Lu Bu's words fell, Zhang Liao had already stabbed the black shadow with a spear, only to hear a pop, the black shadow was pierced by Zhang Liao's shot, and it burst in an instant, turning into a white mist in the sky and slashing his head and face towards Zhang Liao's face. Zhang Liao was taken aback, instinctively closed his eyes and lowered his head to dodge, but there was still white mist sweeping on his face, and he felt a hot burning pain in an instant.

"Hah!"

The horse let out a loud shout and urged the horse to gallop forward.

The wolf spear stabbed out like lightning, straight to Zhang Liao's heart! Zhang Liao's face was burning in pain, and he closed his eyes tightly and waved the iron spear in his hand frantically, helplessly trying to block Ma Chao's spurs.

"Whew!"

When the Sky Wolf Spear was about to stab Zhang Liao, a terrible scream suddenly sounded in Ma Chao's ears.

Raised his head in shock, a thumb-thick wolf tooth arrow shot like lightning, straight to Ma Chao's throat, Ma Chao's heart was awe-inspiring, and he hurriedly retracted the gun to block, and with a clear sound, the wolf tooth arrow was flying, and Ma Chao's arms holding the gun were faintly numb. In an instant, the two horses were staggered, and Zhang Liao had already fled on his horse.

The next moment.

A fiery red flame galloped out from the Bingzhou formation, and rushed straight to Ma Chao, Lu Bu among the people, Red Rabbit among the horses, Lu Bu finally got out of the horse!

Ma Chao let out a long roar, and gave up Zhang Liao to ride his horse to meet Lu Bu.

"Go!"

The two horses can intersect, Ma Chao's old trick is to raise his right hand, and another black shadow has been thrown at Lu Bu's face, Lu Bu has a sneer on his face, and he does not raise his halberd to block, seeing that the black shadow is about to fly to the front door, Lu Bu is about to dodge sideways, but the black shadow unexpectedly burst open by itself.

When the familiar white mist splashed out, Lu Bu howled wolf and quickly rolled over the cloak behind him to block in front of him, and the next moment, Lu Bu only heard a poof, and then his chest tightened, and severe pain followed, Lu Bu howled miserably, and when he looked down sharply, his breastplate had been pierced and he was already bleeding.

Ma Chao is deeply influenced by the horse butcher, this secret weapon is not simple!

The cloth bag is not only wrapped in chalk, but also a meteor hammer the size of a child's fist, surrounded by sharp wolf teeth, and a small iron chain is tied to the back of the cloth bag, so when the cloth bag is thrown out, the iron chain will be straightened and the cloth bag will be torn apart and knotted, and it will burst in the air.

Lu Bu didn't notice it, rolled over the cloak to block the splashing chalk, but was stabbed in the chest by the sharp meteor hammer.

"Fool, fooled!"

Ma Chao sneered and swept with his gun.

Lu Bu endured the severe pain and raised his halberd to greet him, but his strong strength was less than half of usual.

"Boom!"

In the fierce and suffocating sound of gold and iron, Lu Bu's Fang Tian Painting Halberd was swept away by Ma Chao's Sky Wolf Spear in an instant, and the Sky Wolf Spear swept towards Lu Bu's shoulder, smashing the armor-swallowing beast on the shoulder armor, Lu Bu's strong body fell backwards abruptly, and he almost fell off the horse.

Seeing that Lu Bu almost fell from his horse, the two thousand elite soldiers of the state behind the battle were in an uproar, and they couldn't believe their eyes! The god of war in his mind couldn't withstand Xiliang Ma Chao's blow? However, the 50,000 Xiliang soldiers cheered with sky-high prices, and their momentum was like a rainbow.

"Wow~~"

The two horses staggered by.

Ma Chao rode his horse forward and galloped forward dozens of steps, and then raised his gun to tease the sky and lead to a long howl, that loud howl, like a wolf howling the moon, resounding through the wasteland, and the cold killing machine spread out on the battlefield like spider silk. Lu Bu's heart was awe-inspiring, and he had no intention of fighting, so he rushed back to the battle.

……

(To be continued)