"The general will treat you as brothers and sisters, and I don't ask you to treat me as your brothers and sisters, but at least I can't take the general's military orders as a deaf ear. In the future, we will fight together for many years, and I really don't want to see a brother die on the battlefield, but die under his own sword and axe for violating military orders. The military order is like a mountain, even if the three brothers of this general violate it, they will be dealt with by military law, and they will not be tolerated! ”

"In addition, if you follow my Ma Meng, I will never treat you badly, and now I promise that within three years, I will find a Han woman from a good family for each of you to be a wife, as long as you are willing to fight bravely to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, glory and wealth, beautiful wives and concubines, and marquis and generals, you can get it at your fingertips!"

With Brother Xiaoma's speech, the seven thousand soldiers suddenly quieted down, and the dozens of people who were beaten with military sticks were even more ashamed, regretting it in their hearts, and secretly said: Fortunately, the general was magnanimous and did not expel me from the Shenwei camp, otherwise wouldn't I regret it for the rest of my life. The rest of the soldiers were also full of admiration, and the dissatisfaction that had just arisen was also gone.

Through this small episode, the military discipline of the Shenwei battalion has obviously risen several notches, and there were originally some soldiers who secretly hid some soft things in the process of robbery, but today after listening to Xiao Ma's words of Enwei and Wei, many people took the initiative to hand over the stolen goods, and expressed their willingness to be dealt with by military law.

Brother Xiao Ma is famous for "Knowing mistakes can improve greatly!" For this reason, all of them were exempted from this military stick, so that the entire Shenwei battalion was united, and the cohesion was unprecedentedly strong.

After five days of frenzied slaughter, on the sixth day, he finally received the return of the scouts, and the 40,000 Hun cavalry was less than 400 miles away from the royal court.

Ma Chao stood up abruptly when he heard this, and said loudly: "Okay, come so fast, the general has been waiting for this day for a long time, the sooner you come, the faster you will die, and tomorrow will fight to the death with the main force of the Huns!" ”

"The last general is going to fight!"

"General, the last general is also invited to fight!"

At that time, Pang De and other six people stood up to ask for battle, these days were all about slaughtering some old and weak women and children with weak resistance, although the harvest was great, but in their hearts they were always thinking about the main force of 100,000 Huns who went south and merged with the state, and always thought about killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions.

Ma Chao pondered slightly: "The Huns returned at night, there will not be too many feather arrows in their hands, there is no strong to defend the men and horses and tired, our army is waiting for work, only 4,000 cavalry can be annihilated, I and Ma Xiu, Ma Tie's sergeants have already participated in the war, this time the opportunity to fight will be given to the rest of the soldiers!" ”

"The general is wise!" The four of them were overjoyed, but Ma Chao's next sentence made their hearts cold at that time, only to hear Ma Chao say again: "The soldiers can all go, but the four of you can't, at least one person must be left in the royal court to deter the 10,000 Huns who stayed in the royal court." ”

When the four of them heard this, they were afraid that Ma Chao would leave them, so they didn't dare to look at Brother Xiaoma, who smiled slightly and said: "Ling Ming, you are the oldest here, you are cautious and resourceful, so stay with Ma Xiu and Ma Tie!" ”

Although Pang De was unwilling, he also understood that this was because Ma Chao trusted him, and hugged his fists and said: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

"Hmm!" Brother Xiao Ma frowned again and said: "As I expected, King Zuo Xian will definitely take advantage of the battle between our army and the 40,000 Hun cavalry who returned to the aid and send troops to attack before and after, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and the two can lead the army and horses with me, and go to fifty miles to find an ambush, so that Ming leads a thousand troops as bait, once the Huns go out to fight and retreat, meet Ma Xiu, Ma Tiehou and then snipe with all his strength, the Huns can be broken in a war!" ”

"Order!"

At that moment, the army rested, and immediately set off after a full meal, Ma Chao led Wang Shuang, Meng Da, and Ma Dai to lead 4,000 cavalry to directly meet the 40,000 Hun iron cavalry who returned to help. Ma Xiu, Ma Tie also led all the soldiers and horses, prepared enough feather arrows to ambush fifty miles away from the Xiongnu royal court, and after the two of them were ambushed, Xiao Ma Ge traveled nearly 100 miles before setting up a large camp, recuperating and recuperating, only to fight with the Hun cavalry.

The Huns are not fools, as soon as the Ma Chaoda army left, King Zuo Xian knew that the reinforcements had arrived. Overjoyed, he immediately sent more than a dozen spies to report to Hu Han who was returning to the reinforcements, reminding Hu Han to beware of the Han army's cavalry and archery skills and approximate strength, and if necessary, he would cooperate with the troops to surround and kill the Han army.

After Han got the news, his face was full of disdain, and he said arrogantly to the left and right: "My Hun iron cavalry is powerful in the prairie, invincible, the Han people have always fled, I will never believe that the Han people's riding and archery skills will surpass our Hun warriors, it must be that the old bastard was defeated by the enemy's tricks, the main force of the Han people is less than 10,000 horses, I have 40,000 iron horses, plus 10,000 cavalry in the royal court, I will be able to leave this Han cavalry on the prairie forever." ”

A general immediately stood up and frowned, "Your Excellency must not be underestimated!" The Han people can annihilate my 60,000 cavalry, there must be a special tactic to restrain my Hun iron cavalry, our slightest carelessness will step into the footsteps of the prince, now the Han people in the steppe slaughter and plunder, my Huns suffered heavy losses, if we the remaining tens of thousands of elite warriors suffer misfortune again, I am afraid that the Huns will collapse from now on! ”

"Lord Meng's words are very reasonable!"

"Please think twice!"

Hu Han frowned, sighed and said: "Pass the order, the Ming said that the army will form a phalanx, and all the feather arrows and warriors who are good at riding and archery will be distributed on the periphery, and they will go straight to the royal court, I don't believe that a few thousand Han people can block the iron hooves of my 40,000 army!" ”

"Your Excellency is wise!"

The next day, the two armies rose out of camp, and before noon, they met at the head, and the four thousand people of Xiao Ma Ge were still lined up, each with two strong bows and six pots of feather arrows. The Hun cavalry also bent their bows and arrows, and their formation was orderly, and they were obviously on guard.

After the two armies were two arrows away, they quietly stopped, and Han rode out and scolded: "Wu Nahan dog, dare to slaughter my people, take my livestock, and don't even let go of the old and weak, women and children, don't you Han respect Confucianism and Taoism and respect saints?" How can you do such an unkind thing? ”

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has pursued Confucianism and Taoism, and it is true that Confucianism governs the country, and the people are simple and good. Confucianism advocates moral government, etiquette and human rule, emphasizing moral influence, so for thousands of years, the blood surname of the Chinese people has gradually receded, and even evolved into "My Heavenly Empire is a state of etiquette, and if people don't offend me, I won't offend people!" The bullshit doctrine.

In later generations, the Mongolian iron cavalry traveled all over the Central Plains, the strong ships of the West bombarded the country, and even a small country could ride on the head of the magnificent China to make a fortune, which was not unrelated to the drawbacks brought about by Confucianism.

Brother Xiao Ma has always despised the policy of "deposing a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone", and he also has a grudge against Confucianism, but he doesn't dare to say it openly, otherwise it will be a big rebellion, and it is likely to cause the world to discuss it. At that moment, he slapped his horse and said loudly: "My Han does respect Confucianism and Taoism, but it is not blindly forbearance and seeking reform, you and other Hulu are capricious, fierce and cruel, and there are still few Han people who have been plundered and killed by you over the years?" If you can't be reformed, you can only kill them to prevent future troubles, as the so-called murderer will always kill him! ”

"Fanatics! Great rebel maniac! Today, Lord Ben is going to kill all you Han dogs, and it will be difficult to break through the Central Plains, and enslave you Han people for generations. Han was so angry that he scolded, and even his beard trembled.

Brother Xiao Ma smiled slightly, waved his horsewhip and said loudly: "I don't know how thick the sky is, today is the place where you are buried, I will not only lead the army to kill you, but also kill your parents, wives and children, take away your livestock and food, so that you Huns will never turn over." ”

"Ah" Han was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and before he could give the order, the 40,000 Hun cavalry under him were boiling, all of them had red circles under their eyes, gritted their teeth, and then thought that their family members were likely to have been slaughtered by the Han army, and they were even more indignant, brandishing their swords and desperately launching a charge.

Brother Xiao Ma deliberately provoked these Huns, the purpose was to make them mess with themselves, and they charged without any rules. Seeing that the goal had been achieved, he immediately bent his bow and set up arrows, the sandalwood bow was like a full moon, and the wolf's tooth arrows were like meteors, shooting straight towards Hu Han's unprotected throat. The four thousand soldiers of the Shenwei battalion also drew their strong bows, and a round of arrows rained down on the Hun iron cavalry.

The miserable howl was endless, and the Hun cavalry who were hit by the arrow did not matter whether they lived or died, and the consequence of falling off the horse was to be trampled into pulp by the war horse behind. Hu Han didn't expect that Brother Pony could maintain his accuracy and lethality at such a distance, and it was too late to block when the wolf's tooth arrow attacked, so he could only tilt his head slightly, and the eagle arrow was in the middle of the shoulder and pierced out of the back.

screamed, Han was already furious, and yelled in pain: "Kill, you must kill all these despicable Han dogs, I want to send troops to Xiliang, kill all the Han people in Xiliang!" ”

So a long-distance battle of chasing and fleeing began, and the 4,000 people of the Shenwei Battalion were almost lined up, and the formation was extremely sparse and chaotic, but it was chaotic and not dispersed. Such a formation greatly dispersed the Huns' inaccurate feathered arrows, and under the deliberate distance, few people were injured and fell from their horses.

On the other hand, the Huns were different, 40,000 people chased and killed 4,000 people, and the formation was naturally much denser, so the arrow rate was several times larger than that of the Shenwei battalion. In addition, the Shenwei camp has stirrups and saddles to help, people can stand up and shoot arrows with their hips hanging in the air, and the stable surname is several times larger than riding on horseback.

The Huns are brutal and easy to kill, the more this is the case, the more unwilling they are to be the target of arrows, and they chase desperately, vowing to kill all these despicable and shameless Han people. After fifty miles, the Hun cavalry shrank by more than 10,000 people, while the Shenwei battalion lost less than 100 people, and more than 300 people were wounded.

The soldiers of the Shenwei battalion all have super defensive anti-arrow vests and helmets, and deliberately keep a certain distance, the Huns' feather arrows have already been insufficient when they shoot, plus the buffer brought by the galloping horses, so most of the injured are arrows in the arm, and it is difficult to pull away the two-stone strong bow, Suo surname handed over the remaining feather arrows to his comrades, and continued to run with the team.