Chapter 181: The Hanging Sheep Drums and Repels the Pursuers
When Ma Chao saw the human head hanging from Yan Xing's saddle, he roared with tears in his eyes, raised his spear and rode the horse, and rushed straight at Yan Xing.
Yan Xing's head was buzzing, and he only felt the chaotic sound of war drums all over his body, which made him confused, and the iron spear in his hand made a move: "Don't mess up, retreat"
"Where will the thief flee? Return my uncle's life! Seeing Yan Xing who was pulling the horse away, Ma Chao was willing to give up and chase after him bravely.
"Stop him!"
With a wave of Yan Xing's iron spear, he ordered the surrounding cavalry to form a formation and surround and kill Ma Chao, who was rushing wildly.
As the sound of people shouting and neighing came and went, nearly 200 cavalrymen lined up in a team of 20 people, densely packed and clustered, each brandishing spears and spears in their hands, shouting loudly to boost morale.
"Kill!"
Ma Chao lifted the reins of the horse and carried the gun to impact.
The white mount rushed into the cavalry formation like a dragon, and the silver spear in his hand shook out clusters of silver sparkling spear sparks, cleaving waves everywhere he went, like a rock tearing apart a huge wave.
After a sprint, Ma Chao was unscathed, and the two hundred Xiliang Iron Cavalry didn't even touch his clothes, and there were at least fifty or sixty Xiliang soldiers who were stabbed under his horse, all of whom were trampled by the war horses and their skin was broken, and the bones were white, and the dead were just gone, and the undead rolled back and forth on the ground, letting out a heart-rending roar.
Yan Xing, who rushed out, looked at this scene coldly, and at the same time secretly admired in his heart, this Ma Chao was famous in Xiliang at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and now he is only fifteen years old, his martial arts are so peaking, this fang is not removed, after all, it is a disaster, but there are banners hunting around, and the horse's hooves are like thunder, I don't know how many soldiers and horses are ambushed, so I can only contain him first and wait for the support of my father-in-law.
Thinking of this, Yan Xing ordered the cavalry to charge Ma Chao here, and at the same time instructed the guards beside him: "Mingjiao, report to your father-in-law!" He should have received the news of Ma Teng's breakthrough, and when he heard the sound of the horn, he would definitely come to answer! ”
"Woo~"
The high-pitched and sharp horn sound instantly tore through the dark night, which made the panicked Xiliang soldiers morale, and the sound of people shouting horses was loud again, and more than 100 cavalrymen were brave enough to launch a siege on Ma Chao again.
It's just that with the bloody lesson of their companions just now, these cavalrymen are already frightened in their hearts, and they still failed to hurt Ma Chao an inch, and there are more than a dozen people who have been picked off their horses.
After two charges, more than 200 cavalry were killed, while the opponent's single horse was unscathed, the confidence of these Xiliang troops was finally about to collapse, not only the knights were afraid, but even the mounts under their crotches were afraid, flicking their tails, sneezing, and refusing to move forward.
Ma Chaojian raised his eyebrows, and wanted to rush up again to avenge Ma Yu, but suddenly a childish voice came from behind him: "Big brother, go quickly!" ”
Ma Chao looked back and saw an eleven or twelve-year-old boy looking at him anxiously, swept his spear, and said angrily: "No, I must avenge my uncle!" ”
The little boy stomped his feet, ran over and grabbed Ma Chao's reins, his eyes widened: "If you don't leave, it's too late, we only have hundreds of soldiers and horses, how can we resist Han Sui's army?" Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, big brother, withdraw, don't let our carefully made preparations come to naught"
As soon as the little boy's voice fell, the horse's hooves in the southeast sounded.
A cavalry of tens of thousands of people swept over, trembling in a big stampede, and it seemed that there were thousands of foot soldiers behind them, and it was after hearing the sound of the horn that they rushed to surround and intercept Han Sui's army.
Ma Chao frowned, lifted the little boy on the horse's back with one paw, and then led a war horse without an owner and galloped to Pang De's side: "Uncle Pang, get on the horse and go!" ”
Pang De answered, put on his horse with a handbag, and disappeared into the dark night with the hundreds of elite horses brought by Ma Chao.
Seeing Ma Chao and them galloping wildly, Yan Xing wanted to stop them, but the drums around him were still ringing chaotically, constantly reminding them that there were ambushes around, and after a while, Yan Xing gradually became suspicious in his heart, it stands to reason that Ma Chao and they retreated, and the surrounding drums should stop.
"It's not good, I fell for Ma Chao's trick"
Yan Xing roared angrily, and hurriedly urged the horse to gallop towards the place where the drum sounded, but it was okay not to look, after seeing it, Yan Xing was so angry that he smoked, and saw that there were no ambushes around, all of them were more than a dozen lambs hanging from the tree, and a war drum was placed under the front hooves, and the lambs were hungry, and the front hooves kicked wildly, and the drums shook the sky.
In addition, there were twenty or thirty war horses tied to the stump, and the grass was piled up not far from the war horses, and the hungry war horses wanted to go and eat the forage, but the rope around their necks was not long enough, and they could only watch the neighing of the forage, and the sound of horses' hooves like a shower of rain was caused by them jumping up and down in a hurry.
At this time, Yan Xing's personal guards came to report, saying that there were no ambushes around, and the situation was similar to that of Yan Xing's side.
A shot knocked a war horse to the ground, Yan Xing's eyes flashed with an unquenchable anger, and his teeth clucked: "Hanging sheep beating drums, hungry horses neighing, Ma Chao, I will kill you today!" ”
Yan Xing raised his head and roared, leaving ten horsemen to answer Han Sui, and then led dozens of guards to chase and kill Ma Chao.
Ma Chao and others galloped all the way, after meeting with Ma Teng on a hill, they did not dare to delay for a moment, nearly a thousand people galloped all the way around the Great Wall, and went straight to Longxi, until this time, Ma Teng They knew that this reinforcement was hundreds of cavalry led by Ma Chao.
It turned out that after Ma Chao rescued his younger brothers and sisters, under the cover of hundreds of generals, rushed out of Guzang City, along the way they went out day and night, hunting fierce beasts in the mountains when they were hungry, and drinking dew and clear springs when they were thirsty.
On the one hand, he sent people to find out the news, on the other hand, he was ready to rescue Ma Teng, but there were only a few hundred people on his side, and the rebels had more than 100,000 people.
In this way, two children who were less than thirty years old together successfully rescued their father and uncle from the 100,000 army.
After listening to Ma Chao's narration, Ma Teng, Pang De and others praised Ma Dai for his intelligence, and Ma Dai was not proud, and immediately explained: "Uncle, this time you can break out of the encirclement, it is related to General Yue Xi, the letters we are still alive, as well as those lambs and war horses, are all given to us by him." ”
When Ma Teng heard this, he immediately asked, "Chao'er, is this true?" ”
Ma Chao nodded, and said: "Yes, most of our family members are Qiang people, and it is easy to get into Yuexi's camp, when he heard that we need his help, he not only removed the ambush scouts in the green pine forest, but also gave us lambs and war horses, so this time my father was able to get out of trouble, all thanks to Yuexi." ”
At this time, Pang De, who had bandaged his wounds, also nodded: "Young master, the news that they are alive is indeed shot down from the city, and it must be true." ”
Ma Teng pursed his lips and said, "The more you are gracious, you will report it in the future!" ”
"Uncle, where are we going now?"
After galloping all the way for three days, they were already sleepy and tired, but Ma Teng took them all the way to the south, and the young Ma Dai immediately asked.
"Wuwei has fallen, it is estimated that Zhangye. The two counties of Dunhuang also followed suit, as for the stable Cheng Yin and Cheng Gongying in the north, they are unreliable, we go to Longxi, if that person is willing to help us quell the rebellion, we will definitely be able to make a comeback! ”
Pang De angrily took Ma Teng's words: "Lord, Cheng Gongying is Han Sui's henchman, when he was captured alive, he should have killed this thief with a knife, the lord not only did not kill him, but made him a county guard, this guy didn't think about retribution, but stabbed us in the back, it's really hateful"
Ma Teng hurriedly waved his hand: "Okay, since the incident has happened, there is nothing to say, let's hurry up, there are still pursuers behind."
As soon as Ma Teng's words fell, there was the sound of earth-shattering horses' hooves behind them, Ma Teng's face sank, he couldn't imagine that the pursuers came so quickly, and immediately urged everyone to retreat quickly.