Chapter 174: Desperate Survival
Pound's eyes widened in anger, and he raised his long knife to slash, but unfortunately, the knife could never be cut down, and the dense locust-like wolf teeth and arrows shot him and his men into hedgehogs. Although they had been angry for a long time, the corpses of Pang De and his mount stood strangely, blocking the middle of the official road like a mountain, firmly blocking the way of Xu Rong's army.
Xu Rong sighed and said in a condensed voice: "Zhang Heng, lead two thousand cavalry to leave the aftermath, tell the whole army, do not desecrate the remains of the enemy and our army, and bury Pang De, the two hundred rebels who died in battle, and the more than 1,000 soldiers who died in our army are buried together!" Although they are rebellious, they are true warriors, and true warriors will always deserve our respect. ”
Zhang Heng said helplessly: "The last general will take the order." ”
Xu Rong turned his head again, glanced deeply at Beidi County, and said quickly: "The rest of the soldiers, continue to pursue with this general!" ”
Xu Rong drew his long knife forward again, and the remaining 5,000 cavalry responded violently, following Xu Rong and surging towards Beidi County.
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Northland.
After a few hours of hasty escape, Ma Teng's remnants finally fled to Niyang near near noon, Niyang is located in the south of Beidi County, when Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, Li Guangli, the general of the second division, had built a garrison in Tucheng here, and then there were people who moved here one after another, gradually forming a small city of thousands of people, but by the end of the Han Dynasty, the adobe wall of Niyang City had been dilapidated, and even the beasts were difficult to resist.
Ma Teng wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked the soldiers beside him, "Where is this?" ”
A soldier who was familiar with the Northland stepped forward and replied, "General, there is Niyang not far ahead. ”
"Niyang?" Ma Teng's heart sank when he heard this, and he instinctively asked, "How many officers and soldiers are guarding?" ”
At present, the Liangzhou army has become a frightened bird, and there are only more than 1,000 troops left, and the horses are lost, and they can no longer withstand the attack of the official army.
The soldier replied: "Back to the general, when the villain left Niyang, there were only more than 100 county guards in the city. ”
"Oh? There are only more than 100 county soldiers! ”
Ma Teng's expression suddenly moved when he heard this, and he looked back at the remnants of the army under his command, only to see that the soldiers were all hungry and worried, and they needed to find a place to rest and have a full meal, and Niyang, which was only guarded by more than 100 county guards, was naturally the best choice, thinking of this, Ma Teng did not hesitate anymore, and said loudly: "Brothers, there is Niyang in front, everyone will fight Niyang in one go, and then have a full meal in the city and rest for a few days......
"Newspaper~~"
Before Ma Teng finished speaking, he was interrupted by the terrible long howl of the probe horse, Ma Teng and more than a thousand remnants of the soldiers turned back in shock, only to see a piece of dust rising on the official road behind, and a fast horse was galloping, which was the scout horse sent out by Ma Teng.
"The general is not good, the official cavalry is catching up!"
"Ahh Catching up so quickly? ”
Ma Teng's expression was gloomy when he heard this, and he sighed silently in his heart, Ling Ming, General Ben is sorry for you.
"General, look, cavalry, a large group of cavalry!"
Ma Teng was sad when he suddenly shouted bitterly, Ma Teng looked up in shock, and saw that the vast horizon in front of him had rolled up the sky of smoke and dust, and a faint black line was floating from the horizon, and suddenly, this black line had spread to the two wings, and it became obvious.
"Run, run!" Ma Teng's heart was awe-inspiring, and he shouted loudly, "Brothers, quickly flee into Niyang City, and use the walls of Niyang City to resist the cavalry of the official army, quickly~~"
In fact, without Ma Teng's order, these more than 1,000 remnants have already been like wild horses that have been unleashed, galloping towards the front, and the speed is even faster than the usual sprint speed when chasing the enemy, but ~~ Regrettably, this remnant army has abandoned the weapons and armor they rely on to survive while desperately fleeing for their lives~~
"General, not good!" When Ma Teng was galloping on his horse, a soldier suddenly shouted at his side, "There are also cavalry ahead!" ”
"Huh?" Ma Teng was taken aback, looked up hurriedly, and sure enough, he saw that the smoke and dust in the direction of Niyang were also rolled up, and in the smoke and dust covering the sky, there was also a black cavalry that was sweeping towards the southwest, forming a two-sided attack with the chasing soldiers of the official army behind him, firmly blocking Ma Teng's remnants in the middle.
"General, we are surrounded!"
"There's no escape."
"It's over, it's all over~~"
More than 1,000 remnants of the army were in a hurry, gathered around Ma Teng at a loss, there was interception in front, there were chasing soldiers in the back, on the left side was Jingshui, on the right side was the endless wilderness, it can really be said that there is no way to go to the sky, there is no way to enter the ground! Ma Teng looked at the sky, sighed loudly, and said gloomily: "I don't want my Ma Teng to be a hero, but I died here, alas~~"
"Father!" Ma Chao struggled to sit up from the stretcher, and said to Ma Teng, "Father can quickly cross the river, according to the river to block the pursuers, the child is willing to stay behind and fight to the death~~"
"Silly boy." Ma Teng sighed, turned over and dismounted to Ma Chao's stretcher, stretched out his hand to support Ma Chao's head and said, "How can my father leave you and the soldiers of the three armies to escape alone?" So far, there is only a desperate battle with the officials and soldiers. ”
After saying this, Ma Teng faced the more than 1,000 remnants of the soldiers with a sad expression, and said quickly: "Brothers, the left and right are dead, it is better to fight with the officials and soldiers and dog thieves!" ”
"Spelled~~"
As the so-called trapped beasts are still fighting, these more than 1,000 remnants of the army were forced to a dead end, but on the contrary, they inspired high morale, Ma Teng gave an order, and began to line up by the Jingshui River, ready to fight to the death with the official cavalry of the east and west.
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"Report~~ Ten miles ahead, the whereabouts of the Ma Teng rebels were discovered."
"Report~~ The Ma Teng rebels are rushing towards Niyang."
"Report~~ The Ma Teng rebels have given up fleeing and formed a formation by the Jingshui River."
When the last news came back, Xu Rong's army was already approaching Ma Teng's remnants less than three miles, Xu Rong and the generals around him had clearly seen the remnants of Ma Teng waiting on the river beach, Xu Rong rode his horse and raised his whip, pointed to the front and laughed: "Ma Teng is going to be trapped and fighting." ”
"With more than 1,000 remnants of the defeated generals, you also want to trap the beast and fight? It's just self-defeating. ”
"It seems that the general will soon be able to exterminate the Ma Teng rebels and achieve a miraculous feat."
"As soon as Ma Teng dies, looking at Liangzhou, who else can resist our army? The capture of the ten counties of Liangzhou can be described as a probe for the ears of things. ”
Xu Rong's voice fell, and the generals around him responded with laughter.
"Huh?" Xu Rong suddenly let out a sigh of surprise, pointed to the billowing smoke and dust rising in front of him, and asked the generals beside him, "Which cavalry is ahead?" Could it be that General Li Xuan has already attacked the Shandan Army Horse Farm and led his division back to help? ”
General Hu Zhen stared for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, it's not like General Li Xu's army." ”
Xu Rong said in a condensed voice: "Could it be the Liangzhou cavalry?" ”
"Not like that." Hu Zhen said, "After the fall of Yan Xing, in addition to Ma Teng's rebels, where are there such powerful cavalry in the ten counties of Liangzhou?" ”
"Hmm!" Xu Rong said in a condensed voice, "No matter which cavalry it is, at least one thing is certain, they can't be the lord's army. ”
Hu Zhen said: "General Mingjian." ”
"The whole army listens to the order~~" Xu Rong leisurely raised the long knife in his hand and said quickly, "Unfold in a sprint formation~~ Prepare to attack!" ”
Xu Rong gave an order, and the five thousand cavalry behind him slowly spread out towards the two wings, setting up a charging formation that was several miles wide~~
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In front of the cavalry that swept from the direction of Niyang.
A big man covered in heavy iron armor and as thick as an iron tower suddenly raised the long knife in his hand and howled: "Whoa~~"
"Qiang Qiang Qiang ~~"
In the piercing sound of metal grinding, the two hundred cavalry galloping at the front suddenly spread out to the two wings, each horse was ten steps apart, forming a wide front, and then they pulled out two elongated chopping knives from the back of the saddle, the handles of the knives were against each other, and the blades were placed forward in the special groove in front of the saddle, and in an instant they formed a cold and shining knife array.
"Ahhh~~"
The tower-like man raised his head to the sky again and howled, two hundred cavalrymen raised spears of more than three zhang from the front of the saddle, and then slowly pressed down towards the front, forming a flat spear forest in an instant, with the momentum of piercing everything, stabbing towards the front~~ Behind the two hundred cavalry, the eight hundred cavalry suddenly cracked from the middle, divided into two strands, and began to circle around the two wings, and the eight hundred cold and shining sharp throwing spears were already in their hands, level with the ears of the cavalry, and opened the throwing posture.
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In front of the remnants of Ma Teng.
"Huh~~" A general suddenly exclaimed, looked back at Ma Teng behind him, and said, "General, this group of cavalry doesn't seem to be coming at us, they actually went to the chasing soldiers on the opposite side." ”
Needless to say, Ma Teng also saw that the 1,000 cavalry galloping from the direction of Niyang did not pay attention to the remnants of Ma Teng who were arrayed by the Jingshui River, but rushed directly towards Dong Zhuojun, who was surging in front, although the difference in strength was huge, this cavalry was only 1,000 cavalry, while Dong Zhuojun's cavalry was 5,000 cavalry, but I don't know if it was an illusion or some other reason, Ma Teng actually felt that the cavalry killed in the direction of Niyang was more vigorous.
(To be continued)