(Thanks to Dameng, Zhao Wuxian 2014, ufgw, Phoenix Temple Cangxingyue Tear Feather, Cool Cheng Cheng, EMD Polar Water)

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Twenty miles away from the great melee between the two armies, on the south bank of the Yellow River, on the western outskirts of Shaanxi County, there is a semi-abandoned ferry. It is said to be semi-abandoned, which means that it can be used, but there is a shortage of soldiers, and there are very few ships here. Today, however, it is quite unusual, a few feet away from the riverbank, a ship with a capacity of 1,000 stones, is quietly floating on the water.

There were no signs on the ship, only more than a dozen people wrapped in scarves, without armor, armed with swords, guns, bows and shields, distributed in Feilu, bow, stern and both sides, vigilantly patrolling in all directions.

A goshawk suddenly appeared in the sky, circling around the sill for several turns. At this moment, a young man quickly walked out of the cabin and raised his hand to the sky. As soon as the goshawk's wings retracted, it fell like an arrow, and its claws stretched out and rested firmly on the young man's arm with a special armguard.

The young man untied a bamboo pipe from the talons of the goshawk, placed the eagle on the scaffold, and hurried into the cabin. After a while, he rushed out and shouted: "The right general has an order, the plan is completed, the whole army returns, and we are ready to meet and sail." ”

"Yay! I knew that when the lord went out, the enemy chief would not escape. The officer of this ship, a sergeant and marquis of the ship, patted the side of the ship and said happily.

The soldiers on the ship and the boatmen who heard the sound were also overjoyed, and now they were okay, and they could finally go. Hearing the faint shouts of killing coming from more than ten miles away, everyone was uneasy, you must know that there were only more than 60 people including the boatmen. Within half a day, there were already several Xiliang sentinels peeping nearby, if it weren't for the river across a few zhang, I was afraid that it would have rushed up early.

The cheers of the crowd did not fall. More than 100 paces away from the shore, several figures suddenly rose on the top of a bleak hill, and one of them ran down the hill quickly, rushed to the shore, and shouted: "It's coming, it's coming!" Quickly dock and set up a plank. ”

Here it comes? So fast! Isn't that a little redundant?

The military marquis was surprised: "Can you see clearly, is it really the lord?" ”

The lookout said: "I can see it clearly, the red pupil wolf head flag, the fire cloth, I can see it clearly." ”

There is an eagle signal in front and a wolf flag in the back. Naturally, the wolf rode in triumph, and the military marquis waved his hand: "Dock, set up a board." You, you, you, come with me to meet the Lord. ”

The marquis and the three soldiers trotted all the way, and after running out of the hundreds, they met the returning wolf horseman, and the marquis suddenly stopped...... Oh. I don't know any of them. What about the lord? The one in the middle of the cavalry was a bit similar, but beside the bridle, there was no sign of the bloody bow in sight.

The marquis was shocked and saw that the cavalry was getting closer and closer. Several horses in front of them even drove horses galloping.

The marquis trembled, put his hands behind his back, and secretly made a "run" gesture to the three soldiers. The next moment, all four turned around at the same time. Run wild. It's a pity that it's late.

Snort! A flurry of arrows flew by, and the three soldiers fell to the ground screaming one after another. The marquis was so shocked that his scalp tingled. Running with all his might, he shouted, "Enemy attack!" Draw the board - untie the cable - "

Behind him, there was a sharp sound of hooves, boom! There was a shrill whistling sound in the air. Junhou Dan felt a pain in his right leg, suddenly lost his balance, and fell forward heavily, his body tumbling and rolling with inertia, the smoke and dust were agitated, and the blood beads were dotted, and they were quickly stained into brown lumps by mud and dust.

Finally stopped the rolling, and the military marquis looked back in pain, but saw that the half-broken arrow was exposed on his thigh, and blood gushed out. The sound of hooves approached, and the military marquis looked up, and saw the general who had just mistaken it for the lord, inserted the riding bow, threw a rope in front of him, and at the same time ripped off the windshield with one hand, revealing two thick and curled mustaches under half of his face, and his eyes were like ice: "I, Zhang Xiu, have always disliked nonsense." If you want to live, you will come to the boat; If you want to die, you put a rope around your neck. ”

There are few people in this world who regard death as home, especially in the Three Kingdoms era, those who surrendered after the famous generals and ministers were captured, grabbed a handful. In the Liaodong Army system, although most of them have undergone more than three months of brainwashing training, and their loyalty has been transformed into considerable combat effectiveness, fighting on the battlefield and preferring death to surrender after being captured are two different things, and the latter is particularly rare.

And this military marquis, who was originally a subordinate of Sima Ducheng of the Liaodong Naval Army, surrendered with his boss after Liaodong changed hands and merged into the Bohai Navy. Due to the tight time, heavy tasks, and the fact that it is not appropriate to reassure people's hearts and move lightly, they were not summoned to the Hange Department for rotation......

The army suddenly arrived, the lord was controlled, and there was no suspense in the ending, below the military marquis, the 20th floor of the ship, the forty pawns, and the boatmen, all kneeling and asking for surrender.

Zhang Xiu sat on the horse, looked at the Liaodong soldiers who were kneeling on the ground, looked back and said with a smile: "Sir's clever plan, with only one enemy flag, without spending a single soldier, he took the enemy ship lightly and cut off the back road of the horse and the dragon." ”

Jia Xu leaned out of the ox cart, looked at the sill on the river, and smiled with satisfaction: "I have to travel to and from Chang'an, but it takes three days, and I can avoid the chaos." Hehe, Wen Jing, when I saw that Ma Jinglong, I thanked the old man on behalf of him. ”

Zhang Xiu laughed, full of confidence: "Sir, please rest assured, this thank you will definitely be brought 'in person'." ”

Ma Han probably didn't expect that the Eagle News he released in advance would inadvertently help Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu, otherwise a half-imitated "Red Pupil Wolf Flag" would not have made the Marquis of the Threshold Army credulous and taken advantage of by the enemy.

Then, as a matter of course, the sill changed owners. Jia Xu brought more than 30 servants and guards, plus a team of Xiliang Ruishi given by Zhang Xiu, and all transferred to the ship. The surrendering soldiers confiscated their weapons and were supervised by the Western Liang Warriors, while the pawns and shipwrights performed their respective duties. For these non-combatants, who are not even auxiliary soldiers, they can do anything with anyone, and there is no need to be demanding.

On the riverbank, Zhang Xiu led more than ten subordinates and bowed to the gradually starting threshold: "Sir, have a good journey." If he needs it in the future, he only needs to send a servant to summon him with a book, and the embroidery will gallop to the work of dogs and horses. ”

Jia Xu Zhuo stood on the bow of the ship, and the big sleeves were together, and he thanked him from afar. The river wind is howling, the clothes are fluttering, as if walking against the wind, and gradually moving away.

A cloud of smoke and dust rolled up on the shore, and more than a dozen knights galloped over, and when they arrived behind Zhang Xiu, they rolled their saddles and dismounted. kneeling down and said: "General, the sentry found more than 200 horsemen ten miles away, without a flag, coming towards the ferry. ”

"More than 200 rides, the direction of the ferry, is this time again...... It's all right, eight or nine times out of ten are Liaodong people. Zhang Xiu's eyes narrowed, as if the hunter saw the prey step by step towards the trap, "Sue Hu Che'er, absolutely do not let the other party notice." The battle is fought. I will guarantee him the promotion of general; If there is a mistake, don't say that the position of the lieutenant is not guaranteed, even if the head is not guaranteed, don't want to stay on your neck! ”

The comers were indeed the wolf riders of the horses and the newly harvested Xu Huang and others, who galloped along the high and low hills, appearing and disappearing, and gradually approaching. At the same time that the spies of the Western Liang Army discovered them, the wolf riders also found traces of the enemy. However, this was not surprising, because along the way, they saw many scattered stragglers, as well as some sentry sentries of the Xiliang army all over a radius of more than ten miles. After the sentries discovered their group. Some followed the surveillance from afar, and some turned around and went back to report the news. And Ma Han and the others ignored it and galloped with all their might. Judging from the chaotic situation of the Xiliang Army and the Baibo Army fighting into a pot of porridge, there is no time to react. Waiting for the enemy army to chase after him, I am afraid that I will not even have a chance to eat dust.

When there were still miles to the ferry, many wolf warriors couldn't help but speed up at the thought of imminent boarding. Run ahead. But at this moment, Ma Han suddenly raised his hand to signal the whole team to stop.

As soon as the horse stopped, more than a dozen horsemen including Wu Chase, who was serving as a sentry in front, immediately turned back. He asked anxiously, "My lord, what's the matter?" ”

Ma Han didn't say anything, his eyes were fixed on his fingers, and he suddenly raised his hand and pushed back: "The whole army retreats back a hundred steps." Take your men and go with me to the east. ”

Wu Chai didn't ask a word, and immediately urged the horse to follow. When he and a dozen wolves rode east around several mounds and galloped hundreds of paces, he saw the horses suddenly reined, gasped, and his face was extremely cold.

Suddenly, a wolf rider pointed to the sky: "Eagle, our letter eagle." ”

Ma Han raised his head, but saw that above the clouds, the small black dot kept circling, but it did not fall, and suddenly flapped its wings and flew westward.

Ma Han's eyes flashed, staring at the direction where Xinying was gone, and decisively ordered: "Withdraw!" To the west! ”

To the west?! Even if he was a diehard loyalist like Yi Wuchai, he almost blurted out exclaim, but the habit he had developed for a long time made him swallow his doubts back into his stomach and did not hesitate to carry them out.

Soon, the wolf cavalry brigade made a turn in front of the pocket formation of the Xiliang army, suddenly turned around, and flew away in the direction of Chang'an.

When Zhang Xiu, who was hidden on the hill two miles away, saw that the target was about to enter the ambush circle, he raised his eyebrows and slowly raised his hand. Behind him, three feet away, eight cowhide drums were lined up, and in front of each drum, there stood a burly wrestler wrapped in a red scarf, dressed in short clothes, and holding a drumstick. As Zhang Xiu's hand slowly raised, the eight wrestlers also raised the drumsticks at the same time...... But the next moment, Zhang Xiu's hand stagnated. After a while, the hand shook more and more, and suddenly roared hoarsely: "Hu Che'er, you bastard!" Bad for me! ”

After a while, a bearded general with a shiny head, braided hair, and heavy leather armor ran down the hillside, but he walked like a fly. There were still more than ten steps away from Zhang Xiu, and the Hu general knelt heavily on the ground regardless of his armor, with beads of sweat on his head, and his fierce face was full of fear: "General, I, Hu Che'er, swear to the gods, absolutely did not alarm the people of Liaodong, he ...... He's still so far away from us, who knows how he turned around and ran away......"

"There is no need to justify, once the military order has been issued, it should be derelict in duty...... Punish! Zhang Xiu stared at the most powerful general under his command, and finally bit the word "beheading" and changed it to "punishment", "cut off the post of cavalry captain, and demoted him to a fake Sima." Go, go back and counterattack the Baibo army camp, this is your only chance to make meritorious contributions, don't lose my face again! ”

Hu Che'er couldn't help but point to the west, and said, "General, let's ...... Aren't we chasing? ”

"Chasing? There are more than 200 people, but there are more than 400 healthy horses. We rode a thousand steps, but there were only more than 300 rides, how do you want to chase?! Zhang Xiu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth to say this, looked up to the west, and let out a long breath unwillingly, "Ma Jinglong, I hope he will meet again in the future, and let Zhang Xiu 'thank you in person'!" (To be continued......)