Let's say that Ma Yuan and Han Ye have become the vanguard of their roles, and together they led the army straight to Xinchang County. On the way, when he encountered a group of fleeing people, Ma Yuan dismounted and asked what was going on and why he was here. When the people learned that this was the vanguard of the county guard, they immediately cried and told each other, saying that after Zhao Ci entered the county seat, he sent soldiers to steal the materials and food from the people's homes, which made the people in the city miserable. Moreover, Zhao Ci also connived at the soldiers to come indiscriminately, and many of the people's wives and children and women were raped, and they were the people who had unmarried daughters in the family, in order to prevent accidents, they quietly escaped, so they lived here.

It's a pity that the horses, cattle, sheep, and grain in their homes have been robbed by the soldiers, and after so many days of driving on foot, there is nothing left to eat, so they can only delay some leaves and wild vegetables, drink some mountain springs, and live hard. Ma Yuan felt pity in his heart, and ordered someone to give them some of the military grain, and let them go to Wangping County, as long as they got there, they could directly find the food and seeds required by the government and county orders, and then the county orders would arrange a place for them to live and live, and they could live there with peace of mind.

A group of people bowed down to Ma Yuan and the others and thanked them, and then they took food, women and old people, and slowly looked at Ping County. Ma Yuan was angry in his heart, and vowed to take Zhao Ci's head, and after he was caught, he would definitely behead him with his own hands.

Han Ye didn't say much on the side, Zhao Ci was his former lord, and he was now a general, knowing that Zhao Ci was unkind, he also felt a little shameless in his heart, so he didn't say much. It's just that with Ma Yuan, he led the army to continue to advance.

Entering the Xinchang realm, everyone began to be cautious, because they had already quickly discovered that Xinchang County had already sent a team of men and horses to stop them, but as for who the general who led the army was, they could not find out. Han Ye said to Ma Yuan: "We have to be careful, then there is no shortage of warriors like us under Zhao Ci, and there are many fierce generals like Zhao Meng who can advance and retreat freely in a million army. ”

Ma Yuan nodded, he would be careful, but now he had to move forward, and the small obstacle in front of him would ensure that the army behind could pass smoothly. The team traveled for a day, and at dusk, they suddenly saw a camp in front of them, built against the mountain.

Ma Yuance stepped forward immediately, only to see a big word written on the banner above, he was hesitating who the defenders were, suddenly the front gate opened, and a team rushed out, among which the first person, riding a black-maned war horse, holding a three-pointed two-edged knife, roared to kill the general, he was the first fierce general under Zhao Ci Ji Ling.

"Whoever comes, report the name." Ji Ling asked loudly.

Ma Yuan said: "The vanguard of the rebel army, Ma Yuan, a person from Youzhou, is also, who are you." ”

Ji Ling laughed and said, "You don't even know me, I think you are really dead." Then I'll let you die to understand, I am the first fierce general under my father-in-law, Shandong Ji Ling is. ”

Ma Yuandao: "Ji Ling? I haven't heard of you, a native of Shandong, how did you go to Nanyang to rebel against people? ”

Ji Lingdao: "Rebellion? We are conforming to the will of heaven, the Han Emperor is mediocre, the ten permanent servants are the troubles of the dynasty, the local officials oppress the people, and we are waiting for the army, but in fact, we are doing the right thing for heaven, how can it be a rebellion? If you don't know what is going on, you are the real helper and abusive, and you should kill them. ”

Ma Yuan said angrily: "You kill the people and rape women, this is what you call the way for heaven?" If the heavens were really like you, the remnants of the world would have rebelled against the heavens long ago. Don't talk nonsense, since I bumped into it today, I will kill you first and sacrifice my military flag. ”

"Ignorant children dare to speak outrageously, and I will definitely be able to kill you in ten rounds." Ji Ling said, his legs clamped the horse's back, and brandished the three-pointed two-edged knife towards Ma Yuan. Ma Yuan was also undaunted, and rode forward with his horse and raised his axe to fight.

After the two fought, Ma Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this Ji Ling was really skilled, and after thirty rounds, Ma Yuan had fallen into the disadvantage and gradually lost the battle. Ji Ling saw that Ma Yuan was fighting him, and he was even more energetic and attacked quickly. Ma Yuan made a clumsy move left and right, and knew in his heart that if he continued like this, he would definitely be killed by this Ji Ling in less than ten rounds. He saw a flaw in Ji Ling, and cut it out with an axe, and Ji Ling took a few steps back with the reins of the horse. Ma Yuan had a chance to breathe, did not dare to attack again, turned the horse's head, and fled the battlefield.

"The thief will leave, see that I have gone to your head." Ji Ling didn't give Ma Yuan the slightest chance to escape. Ma Yuan looked back and saw that Ji Ling was only four or five steps away from him, and Ji Ling was fast, and he would soon catch up with him.

Ji Ling kicked the horse's belly violently, and the horse neighed, flew up, and jumped directly behind Ma Yuan. Ji Ling shouted, and the weapon went straight to Ma Yuan's head. Ma Yuan frowned when he heard the wind behind his head, and he didn't dare to look back, so he turned around and flashed into the woods to pay attention.

Ji Ling didn't expect Ma Yuan to suddenly flee to the side for a while, and the three-pointed two-edged knife immediately stabbed at a big tree in front of him, directly stabbing three or four feet in, he pulled it lightly, immediately pulled out the weapon, and waved his army to continue to pursue Ma Yuan.

But after Ma Yuan escaped into the woods, he immediately disappeared. Ji Ling saw the shadow of the tree in front of him shaking, and immediately drove his troops there. Suddenly, I saw a general in front of him, with a tiger on his back, a thunderous sound, and rushed over with a double flower axe, it was Han Ye, who had been hiding here to answer Ma Yuan.

"Hugh is rampant, and see me come and fight you." Han Ye screamed loudly and rushed out of the woods.

Ji Ling was not afraid, and said loudly: "The general of the defeated army, do you still have the face to live in the world?" Look at me and I'll take your life today. As he spoke, he rushed directly towards Han Ye.

The two men fought, though in the middle of the woods, but they seemed to them to be on flat ground, and the fight was raging and passionate, and many trees with the thickness of bowls were cut down from time to time. After nearly fifty rounds of fighting, Han Ye was gradually defeated, and he gradually couldn't parry. However, Ji Ling became more and more courageous the more he fought, and his movements became faster and faster, and he made a move to directly take Han Ye's head.

After more than a dozen rounds of fighting, Han Ye was defeated, turned his horse's head and flashed into the woods. Ji Ling commanded the army to pursue, and it didn't take long to hear a drum in front of him, and people were boiling on all sides, and the banners were waving. Immediately afterward, arrows flew down like a torrential rain.

Ji Ling knew the intermediate level, and immediately commanded the army to retreat, and he himself was responsible for breaking the rear. The soldiers with Ma Yuan rushed forward, and Ji Ling only made a slight move, and the two of them were thrown into the air, their stomachs were cracked, and their intestines and internal organs were scattered all over the ground.

When everyone saw this, they did not dare to step forward again, so they could only attack with arrows from afar. Although arrows rained down, Ji Ling didn't have any bruises at all, he was calm and calm, and he coped with it easily. And his soldiers did not suffer many casualties due to the fact that he was broken in the back, only some of them were wounded by arrows.

Ji Ling had just exited the woods, and suddenly heard a roar, with Ma Yuan on the left and Han Ye on the right, rushing towards Ji Ling with a whip. Ji Ling shook his spirits and ordered the soldiers to slowly retreat to the camp, while he himself fought with Ma Yuan and Han Ye.

Ma Yuan took the lead, and the axe went straight to Ji Ling, Han Ye followed, and Ci Xiali also killed the general. Ji Ling was not afraid, fought and retreated, blocked and attacked on the left, and did not lose the wind at all. Seeing that the troops had retreated and he was gradually surrounded, Ji Ling abandoned Ma Yuan and Han Ye and turned to kill the soldiers.

The soldiers used spears, knives and axes at close range, and dark arrows and javelins at a distance, but they still couldn't help Ji Ling, he quickly fought his way out and went straight to their camp. Ma Yuan and Han Ye chased in front of Ji Ling's camp, and the two armies shot at each other, and Ma Yuan and Han Ye led the army to slowly retreat.

Back in the camp, Ma Yuan and Han also talked twice, and they were full of admiration for Ji Ling's ability, they fought with Ji Ling alone, and they lost the battle after less than fifty rounds, and within seventy rounds, they would be killed by Ji Ling. And even if the two of them attack at the same time, they can't stand on the slightest advantage, and they can still be defeated by Ji Ling without vain.

In order to prevent Ji Ling's sneak attack, Ma Yuan ordered people to strengthen the camp, and there were many lookout points and shooting ports, so that it was convenient for long-distance attacks. As the darkness fell, the fire in the camp shone brightly, shining like day. Ma Yuan was still not at ease about this, so he asked Han Ye to lead half of the soldiers to sleep, and he was responsible for leading the troops to guard the gate of the camp and be responsible for patrolling.

In the second half of the night, Han Yebu got up to guard the camp, and Ma Yuanbu slept undressed until dawn, and nothing happened. As soon as breakfast was eaten, someone outside the camp came to fight, led by Ji Ling. They scolded endlessly and provoked many times, but Ma Yuan just couldn't come out, and Ji Ling wanted to attack strongly, but he couldn't attack it.

In this way, Ji Ling sent people to fight every day, but Ma Yuan and Han Ye just didn't fight, but chose to defend to the death, and their should have been reinforced. On this day, Ji Ling did not come, but sent more than a dozen soldiers, who were disheveled, to beat the gate of Ma Yuanyingzhai and scold. Some soldiers couldn't listen to it, and asked to go out and kill those soldiers, but Ma Yuan didn't allow it, he knew that this was the enemy's trick to lure the enemy, as long as he rushed out, he must be caught by the Ji Ling army who was in ambush.

For four or five days, Ji Ling always sent people to scold, and they really knew that they were sleeping, drinking, laughing and talking in front of Ma Yuan's camp. But Ma Yuan just didn't fight, he knew that he and Ma Yuan couldn't be Ji Ling's opponent, and playing in the battle was tantamount to death.

After holding out for five days, a soldier suddenly came to report that Zhao Meng and Zhao Qi had already arrived with grain and grass, and that Zu Zhao's army would also arrive here after dark. Ma Yuan felt a little relieved in his heart, he was really aggrieved and uncomfortable these days, but he couldn't attack.

After Zhao Meng and Zhao Qi arrived, they asked carefully about what they encountered, and Ma Yuan told him about the situation. After Zhao Meng heard this, he was very unconvinced, he knew that Ji Ling's ability was indeed good, but he was in the same army before, and he couldn't fight him, now since they are each their own, then let's fight with him and see who leaves.

Ji Ling didn't know that Zhao Meng had arrived, and still sent people to the gate of Ma Yuan's camp to scold, Zhao Meng whipped his horse, took hundreds of cavalry, opened the gate of the camp and rushed out. When the soldiers outside in the sun saw someone coming out, they immediately fled, but Zhao Meng chased after him with a knife.

At this moment, suddenly shouting from all sides, hundreds of cavalry rushed out, and rushed directly towards Zhao Meng, and behind the side, there was a tall and fierce general rushing towards the gate of his own camp. Zhao Meng secretly screamed in his heart, and immediately rode back and asked Ma Yuan to close the gate.

Ma Yuan had an order to close the gate of the camp and keep Zhao Meng and the attacking soldiers out of the camp. The soldiers leaned on the wooden wall of Yingzha, desperately resisting the enemy, and the soldiers in the camp also shot arrows, and the rush of Ji Ling's army was controlled.

Zhao Meng turned around and killed Ji Ling directly. Ji Ling saw that Zhao Meng was coming, and he no longer rushed to the door, but directly fought with Zhao Meng, the two of them rushed to me, the battle was won or lost in two hundred rounds, and the soldiers of the two armies all stopped fighting, watching the two of them fighting, they were all shocked.

After another 300 rounds of fighting, the two of them became more and more courageous, and they did not show any tiredness, and the soldiers were even more stunned, only to feel that the two of them were rushing back and forth, and from time to time weapons collided and sparks. From mid-day to sunset, the two of them sweated profusely, and no one fell into the downwind, and the mounts under them were changed four or five times, and on one occasion, the two fought vigorously, directly ignoring the mounts, and finally the mounts were physically exhausted, and both fell to the ground in all directions. The two of them refused to back down, and they stood on the ground and messed up.

The two fought until dark, and agreed to fight again tomorrow, and each led his army back to their respective camps. After returning to the camp, Zhao Meng couldn't help but sigh: "This Ji Ling is brave, and at the end of the day, I can't find any flaws in him." ”

Ma Yuan, Han Ye, Zhao Qi and others, only then did they know how much difference they were between themselves and Zhao Meng, they could only take Ji Ling for fifty or sixty rounds, and they would definitely lose within seventy rounds, but Zhao Meng actually fought with Na Ji Ling for a day, and he was still in good spirits.

said that after Ji Ling returned to the camp, he also sighed that Zhao Meng was really a brave general, and he had underestimated him before. However, he is not afraid of Ji Ling, if it is not dark, he will definitely be able to defeat Zhao Meng, tomorrow's battle, he should go all out to defeat Zhao Meng, as long as Zhao Meng is defeated, the enemy army is bound to be unstable.

However, Ji Ling was also a little anxious in his heart, how could Zhao Meng be so brave and fierce, how could he be easily arrested by the Zu Zhao army? Ma Yuan has made a vanguard general with such abilities, and there may not be any more capable generals in Zu Zhao's army, what means did they use to capture Zhao Meng.

That night, Zu Zhao also led the army to arrive, and when he heard that the enemy general was actually Ji Ling, he couldn't help but be very surprised. He clearly knew that Ji Ling, a Shandong man, was extremely brave, and it was recorded in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that he was the first fierce general under Yuan Shu to fight Guan Yu at the same level, and he was the first fierce general under Yuan Shu.

This is naturally what happened later, but now that they have encountered a fierce general like Ji Ling, it is really unexpected for them. There is no record in history that Ji Ling once participated in Zhao Ci's rebellion.

"Historical records are sometimes unreliable." Zu Zhao couldn't help but sigh. Hearing the news that Zhao Meng and Ji Ling fought for a day, Zu Zhao was quite excited in his heart, he could fight with Ji Ling for a day, this Zhao Meng was really brave and abnormal, and it was a great blessing that he could get him.

Zu Zhao led the army to Xinchang County and joined forces with the vanguard troops. The army camped on the mountain, up and down each other, left and right, and the battalions formed horns between each other and were independent of each other, such a layout, if the enemy wanted to attack in, it was really impossible.

At night, Zu Zhao and all the generals and strategists talked in the camp tent at night, and jointly studied the strategy of attacking Xinchang. Now the army is new, but there is Ji Ling in the enemy's army, the enemy is in full swing, if it is a strong attack, it is not good for his own army, but if it is besieged but not attacked, there is not enough empty food and grass, and finally have to retreat, then the gains outweigh the losses. And even if you can hold out for a month, when the thief reinforcements arrive, you will be attacked by the enemy, and you will definitely be defeated at that time.

Zu Zhao discussed with everyone for a long time, and finally decided, send someone to Jizhou, ask Lu Zhi to send troops to attack the enemy's Jizhou forces have been the forces of Jiangxia Nanyang, now Zhao Ci's lone army is deep, as long as the rear base camp is captured, he will definitely be in chaos, when the time comes, let him not advance and retreat, and the reinforcements will not come, he will not succeed in defending Xinchang, he must think about retreating, take this opportunity Zu Zhao's army and can take advantage of the situation to pursue, defeat Zhao Ci's army in one fell swoop.

At dawn the next day, Zhao Meng led a force to fight in the Jiling camp, while Zu Zhao and Su De watched the battle on the high ground. Zhao Meng arrived in front of Ji Ling's camp and scolded loudly, asking Ji Ling to come out and accept the challenge. Ji Ling had already heard Ji Ling's shouting and scolding in the camp, and immediately put on his battle armor and led the army to rush out.

I saw Zhao Meng riding a pure black war horse, and the battle robe he was wearing was also black, which looked very majestic. Coupled with the morning breeze at this moment, blowing Zhao Meng's robe, the whole person looks heroic. Zu Zhao looked at it on the mountain, and sighed in his heart that Zhao Meng's posture was handsome, if it was changed to modern times, such a handsome person would definitely cause those little women to scream and call themselves idols again and again.

"I couldn't take your head yesterday, and I won't let you go back alive today." Ji Ling held a three-pointed two-edged knife and pointed directly at Zhao Meng, his tone was very rampant, and when the words came out, the air writhed and drifted.

Zhao Meng slashed in the void and said, "I will also cut your leader under the horse today." "Saying that, the sword is dancing and the horse is straight, and Ji Ling is taken directly. Na Ji Ling also shook his spirits, shouted, and rushed up. The two fought for fifty rounds, and they didn't pant at all, and the weapon in their hands was wielded with ease.

Ji Ling stabbed, Zhao Meng waved his knife to resist, the sword was stuck in Ji Ling's knife and fork, the two of them used force in their hands, and their waists were used at the same time, the soldiers intersected, and the two of them went back and forth several times on the horse, and they couldn't excuse themselves. There was a stalemate for a long time, and finally the two sides forcefully withdrew their weapons, and then they separated, and the soldiers of the two armies were all shocked.

After the two of them made a move, they each turned their horses' heads and continued to fight, and after another forty or fifty rounds, Ji Ling couldn't see any leaks in Zhao Meng at all, and Zhao Meng couldn't see any flaws in Ji Ling. After a few more rounds of fighting, Ji Ling squeezed away, Zhao Meng flashed sideways, and slashed out in the air, and Ji Ling also lowered his head and flashed. When the two armies saw the intersection of the two, they couldn't help but exclaim.

Su De watched the battle with Zu Zhao in the mountains, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but say: "If you don't have Zhao Meng's help, you have to fight against this Ji Ling, I'm afraid that no one in our army can defeat you." ”

Zu Zhao also nodded and said: "Ji Ling is a Shandong man, he is tall and capable, and the three-pointed two-edged knife he uses is not an ordinary ordinary weapon. In addition to Zhao Meng, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Pre and Zu Ping of our department can fight with them, but they are all defending in the rear and cannot come together. And Chen Youzhi is not small, and he can also fight with this Ji Ling. Indeed, if Zhao Meng hadn't been surrendered, and now that he met Ji Ling, no one in our army would be able to resist him, and the army's heart would have been shaken. ”