Hanyang, the original road to Xiangwu's official road.

A grain convoy of 500 people escorted 50 carts was slowly moving westward, the mules and horses pulling the carts were soaked in sweat, and their mouths were wide open and spitting white gas, and they walked for most of the day without stopping to rest, and the cattle could not stand it.

The five hundred soldiers were in shabby armor, all of which were made of linen.

Naturally, it was not the regular army that transported grain and grass in the rear, but the soldiers of the counties.

These soldiers were old and poorly equipped, and were rarely sent into battle, most of the time they only escorted grain and grass or cleaned the battlefield, carried supplies, and occasionally repaired the city defenses.

As for combat effectiveness, at most, it will scare those small bandits who block the road.

In the middle of the team, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old soldier looked up at the sky, licked his chapped lips, and couldn't help but curse secretly, this northwest wind is really fucking dry, and he couldn't help but turn his head and say to the county lieutenant next to him: "Lord Chen, it's been more than three hours, and the livestock really can't pull it, why don't you stop and rest and go again?" ”

The county lieutenant looked up at the sky and said categorically: "No, you must cross the tiger ditch before evening and hold on a little longer." ”

The soldier's mouth squirmed for a long time, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

A few steps behind, a soldier complained in a low voice, "This mother and his cattle are about to climb down, and they are not allowed to stop to rest for a while, * this leg is like being filled with lead, and it is almost impossible to pick it up, how can I walk." ”

"Be quiet, don't let the county lieutenant hear it."

The older soldier next to him hurriedly said, lest he be heard by the county lieutenant.

In fact, the county lieutenant had already heard it, and he could just say something.

This time. I can only pretend not to hear.

The county lieutenant himself was almost unable to walk, and he really didn't have the heart to reprimand the servant.

That's when it happened. In a dense forest in front of the official road, frightened birds flew up.

The county lieutenant immediately stared at him and said, "Wang Daquan." You bring a few people over to have a look. ”

"Whoa!"

One of the servants agreed, and he was about to call a few people to come and check.

However, there was no need to pass, and in the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, a group of cavalry had already rushed out of the dense forest.

"This ......"

The county lieutenant was stunned, and then his face changed greatly, and he roared wildly: "Quick, stop quickly, line up on the spot!" ”

The cavalry that suddenly rushed out surprised all the soldiers.

didn't wait for the county lieutenant to finish drinking. The five hundred soldiers had already drunk the mules and horses pulling the carts quickly, and they rushed from place to place, driving the carts together, forming a circle in a chaotic circle, and protecting the carts and horses in the middle.

Although he had knives and guns in his hands, all the soldiers were cramping their legs and stomachs.

There were thousands of cavalry rushing out, and this was obviously not some kind of mountain bandit roadlord who was blocking the road.

"Kill, don't leave a single one!"

With thunderous shouts, thousands of cavalry began to slowly accelerate.

"This. What's going on? ”

The county lieutenant's eyes widened, his teeth chattered, and his face turned pale from fright.

The guards were still hesitating whether to throw away their weapons. When he hurriedly fled for his life, thousands of wolf-like Qianghu cavalry had already been slaughtered, and half of the cavalry was outflanked from both sides. It is necessary to completely besiege the grain convoy.

"Mom, run!"

Finally. Some soldiers threw away their weapons and ran away regardless of the slightest hint of their legs.

With the first one. There will be a second one.

Nearly half of the soldiers could not bear the huge psychological pressure and threw away their weapons to escape for their lives.

However, where can two legs outrun a four-legged war horse?

The soldiers who threw away their weapons and fled for their lives had lost the courage to resist, and were beheaded by the cavalry who caught up at the first time, and the more than 200 soldiers who were guarding the carriage were also quickly defeated, and all of them were killed, except for the county lieutenant, there was no prisoner.

The county lieutenant was disheveled, his face was as gray as a dead man, and he was rudely escorted to Luo Zhengma by two soldiers who were like wolves and tigers.

"You're the former county lieutenant?"

Luo Zheng looked down at the county lieutenant condescendingly and asked coldly.

The county lieutenant's mouth trembled, and he said in a trembling voice: "The lower official is, please be gracious to the general and spare the lower official's life." ”

A cold smile appeared on the corner of Luo Zheng's mouth, tightened the reins of the horse in his hand, and nodded: "Yes, since you are afraid of death, then you don't have to die." However, if you want General Ben to spare your life, it depends on whether you are willing to cooperate or not. ”

The county lieutenant said blankly: "With what?" ”

Luo Zheng shook his head and said, "Wenhe, I'll leave it to you." ”

"Obey the order."

Jia Xu surrendered his hand and watched Luo Zheng leave on horseback.

Longxian, East Gate.

Ma Teng looked at the military camp that stretched for nearly ten miles from a distance, and his face was gloomy and terrifying.

There was silence all around, except for the soldiers' snorts that grew heavier.

Not long after, I saw thousands of cavalry rushing out of the camp and rushing towards the east gate of Longxian County like a whirlwind.

After about a pillar of incense, thousands of cavalry set up a formation two hundred steps away from the east gate of Longcheng.

A general rode out of the battle and shouted: "Where is Ma Teng?" ”

Ma Teng broke off and said: "Duan Xuan, why did you offend me in Liangzhou?" ”

Duan Xuan fixed his eyes, could it be Ma Teng, and said loudly at the moment: "Marquis Maoling's words are wrong, I am ordered by the Son of Daliang to lead the army out of Liangzhou, Marquis Maoling has not yet opened the city gate, welcome my army into the city, when will I wait?" ”

"Whew!"

Ma Teng said angrily: "Dong thief is a thief, Mu monkey is crowned, this general is a Han courtier, how can he accept Dong Zhuo's traitor This bullshit Marquis of Maoling." Duan Xuan, you are also a great Han noble, but now you are helping to abuse and recognize the thief as your father, don't you know how to be ashamed? The ancestors of your Duan family are all watching from below! ”

"Ma Teng Pifu, dare to deceive me like this!"

Duan Xuan screamed, and suddenly rushed to the top door in anger.

Ma Teng said sharply: "Hurry back, otherwise don't blame General Ben for being unkind to you." ”

"I'm angry!"

Duan Xuan shouted, patted the horse and left.

Thousands of cavalry came and went as fast as they could, and all the soldiers at the head of the city shouted in relief.

Duan Xuan listened to this, but his face became even more gloomy.

originally wanted to persuade Ma Teng to surrender, but who expected Ma Teng to be so ignorant. It's so deceitful.

Seeing Duan Xuan lead the army away, Ma Teng's face gradually became solemn.

Longxian had only 8,000 troops. Although before Duan Xuan's army arrived in Longxian, he borrowed thousands of soldiers and horses from the nearest Qianghu tribes. gathered more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but whether they could stop Duan Xuan's 30,000 army was still two words.

What's even worse is that Luo Zheng's butcher is also attacking Longxi, and now Ma Teng can be said to be under attack.

One is not good, and the foundation that has been laid so hard will have to be handed over.

Half an hour later, in the barracks a few miles away, there was a shocking sound of war drums rushing into the sky.

Ma Teng's eyes froze, and he immediately broke off. "Command the army, prepare to meet the enemy."

"Order!"

The heralds had already yelled and hurried down the city.

In an instant, the drums in Longxian County shook the sky, the horns sounded in unison, and a group of foot soldiers began to assemble rapidly.

Xiangwu, East Gate.

Since the sun has set, the sky is full of red fiery clouds.

Although it is still gorgeous and charming, it has a bit of twilight and desolation.

A group of 500 men carried fifty carts. Slowly drove to the east gate.

The county lieutenant of the original Dao turned pale, walked a few steps and arched his hand to the head of the city and said: "This official is the former Dao Lieutenant Hongquan, who was ordered to escort the grain and grass to Xiangwu for delivery, and there are documents here. I also asked General Duan Wu to send someone to take over, and the official would also do his best to deliver. ”

A small colonel at the head of the city poked his head out and looked at it a few times, and said, "You wait." So and so I went to report to the general. ”

The county lieutenant nodded and retreated to the first cart to wait. It's just that the face is a little unnatural.

Xu Chu was wearing tattered clothes and armor, and followed Yuan Dao every step of the way. Seeing this, he couldn't help frowning, and said unhappily: "I said County Lieutenant Hong, you'd better cooperate a little, if you miss a certain family's important business, a certain person will kill you first." ”

"The lower official knows."

Hong Quanqiang laughed, his mouth was more bitter than bitter gourd.

After a while, a tower-like Qiang general walked quickly to the top of the city and looked up a few times.

Hong Quan arched his hand again and said: "Xiaguan Hong Quan, I have seen General Duan Wu!" ”

General Qiang recognized Hong Quan, and arched his hand as if he was in shape, and said loudly: "Lord Hong, where is the document seal?" ”

Hong Quandao: "Please ask General Duan Wu to sink the hanging basket, and the lower official will present the letter of the paperwork." ”

General Qiang immediately waved his hand and shouted, "Put down the hanging basket." ”

Several Qiang soldiers agreed, and immediately put down a hanging basket with a long rope.

Hong Quan waved his hand, and a soldier had already rushed forward with a document and a letter seal and put it in the hanging basket.

The hanging basket was quickly raised, and a Qiang soldier took the document and sealed the letter and held it in front of the Qiang general.

Duan Wu didn't dare to be careless, took the documents and seals and checked them one by one, and after confirming that they were correct, he waved his hand, "Open the city gate!" ”

"Yes."

Some of the soldiers had already answered the order loudly and rushed down the city.

After a short time, the suspension bridge slowly lowered and landed on the pier with the sound of the rollers turning.

Then, I saw dozens of soldiers pushing open the city gate, and a small colonel came out with dozens of soldiers.

"Let's see, what's on the car!"

The little colonel roared, and dozens of soldiers immediately ran over and checked the car by car.

"Head, it's all food!"

After dozens of soldiers finished inspecting it, they immediately shouted to the colonel.

The colonel turned around and shouted to the city, "General, no problem, it's all food." ”

Duan Wu waved his hand, "Let go." ”

After that, he didn't pay attention to it, and ran straight down the city, ready to go home.

The little colonel agreed, and then turned back to Hong Quan and said loudly: "Hurry up, drive all the carriages and horses in, hurry up and leave after unloading the grain and grass, recently Luo Zheng's butcher is attacking Longxi, and the city gate can't be opened for too long." ”

Hong Quan was a little hesitant, but immediately felt a strong murderous aura hit his heart, his face couldn't help but change, he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and hurriedly said: "Come on, quickly, drive the carriage and horses to the city and finish the delivery, I can go back later." ”

Immediately the five hundred soldiers became noisy and drove the chariots and horses into the city.

The little colonel accidentally found the weapons of the five hundred soldiers, so he couldn't help but be stunned, smashed his mouth and said: "Fuck, Lieutenant Hong, your original soldiers are good, and you still have such a good weapon, it's really damn." ”

Hong Quanqiang squeezed out a smile and casually squeaked a few times in response.

The little colonel stared at the black and shiny ring-headed knife on the waist of a soldier and couldn't take his eyes off it, his eyes full of greed.

The standard ring-headed knife forged from fine iron is definitely a rare commodity in Ma Teng's army.

In fact, since the first year of Zhongping, the world has been full of smoke, labor and production have been destroyed by Yanzhòng, and there is a shortage of resources and materials in various places, not to mention Liangzhou, which is poor and white, even if it is the princes of the Central Plains, most of the weapons and armor used to equip the army are made of copper mixed with a small amount of fine iron, and there is not enough fine iron to equip thousands of troops.

If Luo Zheng hadn't grabbed a large amount of supplies from the Central Plains, it would have been impossible to equip his army with iron weapons.

Under the greedy gaze of the colonel and dozens of soldiers, the five hundred soldiers slowly drove the cart across the drawbridge and entered the city gate.

On the other side of the city gate cave, Duan Wu had just ridden his war horse and was about to return home.

At this moment, a thunderous shout sounded behind him, "Kill!" ”

Duan Wu was startled, and hurriedly looked back, and saw that the chariot and horse team had just entered the city, and the burly man beside Hong Quan took out a big knife with a length from the cart next to him, and slashed Hong Quan with a knife in his hand.

Before the soldiers guarding the city gate could react, the evil man had already rushed over, killing more than ten people in a row like a tiger descending the mountain, and the five hundred soldiers behind him also became hideous at the same time, just like a group of evil wolves disguised as sheep, instantly revealing their sharp fangs, rushing up, slashing at the knife, and cutting down dozens of soldiers who went out of the city to check the grain and grass, together with the little colonel, all of them fell to the ground, followed by the evil man and killed him in the city, and killed anyone he saw.

At the same time, three arrows rushed into the air more than ten zhang high with a piercing scream. (To be continued......) R1292