Chapter 229: Ma Chao Run

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Ma Teng had already made up his mind to die, and he rushed forward to kill, which was completely a frame of fighting for his life.

This kind of suicidal charge may be able to shock the Qianghu people, who have always admired force, but for the 2,000 spearmen who were born in the Northern Army and are silent like mechanists, it has no deterrent effect at all.

Puff puff......

After Ma Teng killed more than ten people in a row, at least ten spears stabbed through his body one after another.

"Ahh

Ma Teng howled, and with the last remaining strength, he cut the three spearmen in two with a single sword.

Soon, however, several spears stabbed directly into his face, and Ma Teng's head exploded like a watermelon.

At this moment, a fast horse galloped from a distance.

"General, it's not good!"

The scout probed the horse and galloped to the bottom of the camp, opened his voice and said loudly to Gao Shun on the sentry tower: "Ma Teng's eldest son Ma Chao led 800 cavalry to break through from the north gate, and General Cheng Yi led 3,000 cavalry to pursue, I don't want to ......"

At this point, the scout hesitated, a little unable to continue.

Gao Shun said in a deep voice: "I don't want to think about anything, what happened, say." ”

The scout soldiers gritted their teeth and said loudly: "General Chengyi was defeated by Ma Chao, and Ma Chao was cut in front of the battle, Ma Chao has led 800 cavalry to fight out of the encirclement and go east, and General Xu Sheng has gathered his troops and horses to pursue." ”

"Cheng Yi was beheaded?"

Gao Shun's face suddenly sank, and his fists clenched.

The scout replied, "Exactly! ”

There was a general next to him who said: "General, this is broken, Ma Teng's family must be among them, and I have heard that Ma Chao is unstoppable." is far better than his father Ma Teng, his martial arts are not under Pang De's number one fierce general, and he doesn't want General Cheng Yi to be Ma Chao's enemy. ”

Gao Shun was silent. Silent for a long time.

Before leaving, the lord repeatedly explained that he couldn't let Ma Teng's family run away.

I don't want to still fail to block Ma Chao. How did Cheng Yi lead the troops, as a commander of the army, although he had to take the lead in charging and killing the enemy as an example for the soldiers of the three armies and boost the morale of the army, but he could not be brave in vain.

3,000 cavalry intercepted 800 cavalry, but they were cut down by Ma Chao in front of the battle, which really made people have nothing to say.

Gao Shun's face was quite ugly, and he was speechless for a long time.

Ma Teng is dead. The remaining hundreds of Qiang soldiers lost their spirit early, so how could they still have the heart to work hard and surrender immediately.

Gao Shun was afraid of another accident, so he immediately ordered the army to clean up the battlefield, take over the city, and settle the prisoners.

By the dawn of the day, the four gates of Longxian County had changed banners, and Xu Sheng, a member of the Xu Chu tribe who temporarily replaced Cheng Yi in charge of 3,000 cavalry, also came back with more than 2,000 cavalry.

Xu Sheng came to see Gao Shun nervously. His face was ashamed and groundless.

is not afraid that Gao Shun will behead him in anger, as the first group of generals to follow Luo Zheng, since Xu Sheng can be reused by Luo Zheng. It shows that he is loyal, and he has long put life and death aside, and there is no reason to be afraid of Gao Shun.

really failed to catch Ma Chao and Ma Teng's family, and some shamelessly went back to see the lord.

Three thousand cavalry can't stop just eight hundred cavalry, and it's a shame to say it.

Xu Sheng could already imagine how the patriarch Xu Boss would be furious when he heard the news, and he would definitely not be able to run away after a fat beating.

Gao Shun said with relief: "General Xu Sheng doesn't have to take it to heart, Ma Chao's courage has long been heard." But he didn't pay attention to it, so that Ma Chao ran out of the encirclement. There is something wrong with this. If you are not in the soldiers, you should turn around and ask the lord for sin! ”

Xu Sheng was even more ashamed of his shameless self-esteem. When I came, I was still thinking that if Gao Shun wanted to behead himself, he would simply be single, so as not to embarrass the lord and Boss Xu, and I didn't want Gao Shun to take all the blame on himself.

"The fault of this matter lies with the last general, what does it have to do with the general!"

Xu Sheng said loudly: "The last will become Cheng Yi's deputy department, but after Cheng Yi died in battle, he failed to intercept Ma Chao, and he lost his soldiers and lost his prestige, so please behead the last general to set an example, and the last general will not have the face to go back to see the lord." ”

Gao Shun waved his hand, Xu Sheng was not his subordinate, and he had no right to dispose of it, unless Xu Sheng betrayed the enemy.

At this moment, a junior colonel rushed to the top of the city and said loudly: "General, good news! ”

Gao Shun let out an 'oh' sound and said, "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Xu Sheng also hurriedly flashed to the side and looked sideways.

The little colonel said excitedly: "The scout of our army met the messenger sent by the lord twenty miles away, and the lord has already broken the 20,000 army of Tu Wang Hongtu, and now he has led 8,000 troops to the south in the starry night, and it has already passed Pingxiang!" ”

Gao Shun perked up and said, "Okay, great." Pingxiang is only two hundred miles away from Longxian, and the lord and the duke can arrive at most tomorrow afternoon. Now that Long County has been lowered, Wudu can also be determined! ”

Xu Sheng hurriedly asked, "General Gao Shun, do you want to pursue Ma Chao?" ”

Gao Shun waved his hand and said: "No need, Ma Chao has already broken out of the encirclement, and it is too late to chase it." What's more, with only 800 cavalry, even if Ma Chao escapes to Wudu, what can he do? Ordered all departments to seize the time to clear the remnants of the enemy in the city and appease An Bai. ”

"Yes!"

All the generals responded with a bang and left separately.

Linjing, Lu Bu's official residence.

Zhang Liao hurriedly entered the inner hall and bowed his hand to Lu Bu: "The last general has seen the lord. ”

Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "Wen Yuan is exempt from courtesy, how is Wu Wei?" ”

Zhang Liao replied: "Luo Zheng has broken the 20,000 cavalry of the king of Tu, and the starry night led the army south. ”

"What?"

Lu Bu was taken aback and said, "So fast? ”

Zhang Liao said in a condensed voice: "According to the report of the scout, Luo Zhengqin led 12,000 cavalry to cross the tiger's mouth out of the Great Wall, crossed the 100-mile sandbag before Hugh Tuze, and directly attacked Hugh Tuze, slaughtering the 200,000 mouths of each Hu, except for women, the rest of the more than 100,000 old and weak were all slaughtered, I heard that Hugh Tuze has become a dead land, and the wild wolves are unwilling to approach. ”

Lu Bu was shocked: "Luo Zheng slaughtered more than 100,000 people in Hugh Tuze? ”

Zhang Liao replied: "Exactly, not only that! ”

"Butcher, what a butcher!"

Lu Bu gasped, and said in a row: "This guy is really ruthless, he is simply a cold-blooded butcher, and more than 100,000 people will be slaughtered." Although General Ben killed people without counting, he couldn't do such an evil deed that lost his conscience! ”

Zhang Liao's mouth moved, and he wanted to say something but didn't say it.

Lu Bu noticed. couldn't help asking, "What did Wen Yuan say?" ”

Zhang Liao hesitated and replied, "The last general thinks that there is nothing wrong with Luo Zheng's move? ”

Lu Bu was surprised: "But why? ”

Zhang Liao said: "It's not my race. His heart will be different. These Hu people have harmed the people of our Han Dynasty, and the king of Tu, Hongtu, has been plundering the Han people in the border area for many years, which can be described as evil deeds. As a Han general, although Luo Zheng's actions were a little brutal, he killed all the Hu people, and he never harmed my Han people, and the more Hu people he killed, it was only good for my Han people. ”

Lu Bu's face was a little weird. stared at Zhang Liao for a few moments, and wanted to reprimand a few words, but held back.

Zhang Liao is right, from the perspective of the Han people, Luo Zheng's actions are indeed understandable.

The more Hu people are killed, it is not only not a bad thing for the people of the Han Dynasty, but also a good thing.

Tu Wang Hongtu has been plundering the border for many years, and the Han people of Wuwei have long been miserable. Luo Zheng slaughtered more than 100,000 people in one fell swoop, and almost wiped out the Tu Gehu clan, which can be said to be a war to eliminate the border troubles.

As long as it is not with ulterior motives. Standing in the position of a Han people, we should indeed applaud.

Lu Bu furrowed his brows and asked again. "What about Hong Tu's 20,000 army, how was it broken by Luo Zheng?"

Zhang Liao replied: "After Hong Tu heard the news, he summoned a large army to kill Benxiu Tu Ze to take revenge, and did not want to be ambushed by Luo Zheng's army south of Wuwei, and the 20,000 army was broken by a blow, and Hong Tu was also beheaded by Yan Xing, a fierce general under Luo Zheng's account. Luo Zheng pursued the victory, and Hong Tu's 20,000 cavalry was almost wiped out, except for more than 3,000 cavalry who fled separately, and the rest were not killed. It's captured. However, the 10,000 cavalry who surrendered and were captured did not escape, and they were all buried alive by Luo Zheng's order. ”

Lu Bu swallowed and said: "Luo Zheng, this guy is really ruthless. Tens of thousands of young people were buried alive. Isn't this guy robbing people everywhere? How could tens of thousands of young people be buried alive, what is the reason? ”

Zhang Liao said: "Luo Zheng slaughtered more than 100,000 people in Tu Xiu, and the hatred of the exterminating clan is not shared, even if those Tu cavalry surrender in desperation, they cannot be used by Luo Zheng, and they will inevitably rebel when they have the opportunity, and killing them all is indeed the only way." ”

Lu Bu nodded again and again, and said, "Since then, Wu Wei is afraid that there will be no more side troubles." ”

Speaking of this, his face gradually became gloomy.

Wu Wei has no border troubles, which is naturally a good thing for Luo Zheng, but it may not be a good thing for him Lu Buke.

Originally, the slaughter of Wang Hongtu attacked Guzang, which would inevitably delay the pace of Luo Zheng's attack on Liangzhou, so that he could breathe between himself, and he did not want to be defeated so quickly and so thoroughly.

At present, Luo Zheng has led the army south in the starry night, and Ma Teng estimates that he will not last long.

Once Ma Teng is defeated, I am afraid that it will be his turn.

The more Lu Bu thought about it, the heavier his mood became, and he came back to the hall irritably and paced.

North Gate of Longxian County.

Gao Shun urged him to step forward and arched his hand: "I've seen the lord!" ”

Luo Zheng couldn't hide his tiredness, waved his hand and said: "Boping is exempt, has Longxian ever been stable?" ”

Gao Shun replied: "The remnants of the enemy in the city have been cleared, and the last general is organizing the people to repair the city defenses, but it is just ......"

Luo Zheng asked, "Just what?" ”

Gao Shun said: "It's just that the people of Longxian County have almost no food every other day, according to the report of our army scouts, many people in many places outside the city have peeled the bark of trees and eaten, and the number of starving people is countless, if it is not properly solved, it may provoke a civil uprising." ”

Luo Zheng said 'um' and said: "The people are the foundation of the country, and they must not be saved!" ”

Turning his head to Cheng Ying, he said: "You can first divide half of the grain and grass in the army, open a porridge field outside the city to help the victims, and then let Wen Ruo do his best to mobilize grain and grass to transport it to Longxian, post notices, and resettle the people, and must not let the people go into exile!" ”

"Yes!"

Cheng Ying agreed and went to do it immediately.

Luo Zheng asked again: "What about Ma Teng and his family, may they be captured?" ”

Gao Shun turned over and dismounted, knelt on the side of the road and said: "The last general failed to capture Ma Teng's family, please punish the lord!" ”

"What's going on?"

Luo Zheng frowned and said, "Could it be that Ma Teng ran away?" ”

Xu Sheng next to him flashed out in a hurry, knelt on the ground and said: "Lord, the crime in this matter is in the last general, and it has nothing to do with General Gao Shun." ”

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "What's the matter, tell me the truth." ”

Xu Sheng didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly told the truth about Ma Teng's breakthrough the night before.

Luo Zheng nodded after hearing this, although Gao Shun is responsible for this matter, the main fault is not Gao Shun.

Just wanted to speak, but the evil man Xu Chu next to him blew up first.

"How?"

Xu Chu's eyes widened, and he angrily reprimanded Xu Sheng, "Three thousand cavalry can't stop just eight hundred cavalry, not only that, but also a big defeat and loss for others, what the hell are you doing alive, why don't you break it yourself, and have the face to say it." ”

Xu Sheng was ashamed and landless, and he couldn't wait to find a pit to bury himself in.

Luo Zheng waved his hand, let Gao Shun get up first, and then asked, "What about Ma Chao, have you ever fled to Wudu?" ”

Gao Shun replied: "According to the report of our army scouts, Ma Chao led 800 horsemen to escort the family and went straight to Sanguan, it seems that he did not plan to go to Wudu, if the last general is not bad, Ma Chao should go to Hanzhong to guard Zhang Lu." ”

Jia Xu said at this time: "General, the military capital is no longer defendable, and it is very likely that Ma Chao will defect to Zhang Lu." ”

Luo Zheng said 'um', showing a treacherous smile, and said: "If Ma Chao really goes to Hanzhong, ask him to capture Ma Chao and hand it over to General Ben, so General Ben will allow him to preach in the three counties of Hanyang." ”

"This ......"

Jia Xu said: "For the sake of just one Ma Chao, this condition is too generous, right?" ”

Luo Zheng waved his hand and said: "It's okay, the Han people under the rule of General Ben can't let Zhang Lu's Five Buckets of Rice Dao be in trouble, as for those Qianghu people, why not let Zhang Lu Yu educate him, anyway, General Ben will not have any loss." ”

Jia Xu said: "In this case, why don't the general take the opportunity to borrow a sum of money and grain?" ”

Luo Zheng said happily: "Good, just follow the plan of Wenhe." ”

While speaking, Luo Zheng urged the horse into the city accompanied by Jia Xu, Gao Shun and others.

As far as the eye could see, the city was in ruins.

The people were in tattered clothes, their faces were full of vegetables, their eyes were numb and desperate, and they seemed to have lost hope in life.

Luo Zheng was suddenly touched and said with emotion: "The world is prosperous, and the people are suffering; The world is dead, and it is the people who suffer. Regardless of the outcome of the war, it is the people who suffer in the end. If you want the people to live in peace, the only way is to stop fighting swords. ”

Jia Xu also sighed: "The general is sympathetic to the people, but the other princes are not like this. If we want to let the people work safely and happily, only by unifying the world, leveling the four seas, and ruling the government clearly, can we truly let the people live in peace. ”

Luo Zheng said: "The wheel of history is rolling forward, even if the world is unified, the world will take turns, a century-old dynasty will collapse, and when the heroes rise together, the first to suffer is the people, not human power." ”

Everyone was silent, the topic was too long to argue.

Luo Zheng immediately put aside his emotion, cheered up and said: "Seize the time to capture the counties of Hanyang, appease the people, and at the same time let Yan Xing lead 3,000 troops and capture Wudu within ten months. ”

"Yes!"

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