Wang Ping stood at the head of Xixian County, listening to the sound of war drums in the valley in front of him, looking depressed. "The horse army was defeated."

"Not really, right?" Huang Xun said in surprise: "Although Zhang He is brave, the terrain is not good for him, and the difference in strength is nearly doubled, even if he loses, he can't be defeated so quickly." ”

"You don't know how powerful Zhang He is." Wang Ping smiled bitterly: "Cao Wei is known as the good general of the five sons, Le Jin wins with Xiaoguo, Yu Ban wins with governing the army, Zhang Liao wins with bravery, Xu Huang wins with prudence, but Zhang He wins with opportunity." His use of troops has changed for no reason, and there is no trace. Against someone like him, you have to have an absolute advantage, otherwise it will be difficult for you to grasp his handle in the face of his changeable tactics. He has been crisscrossing the field for many years, only Zhang Cheqi has defeated him, and that time it was because he advanced too fast, Xiahou Yuan did not have time to follow, and the terrain of Ba County was not suitable for cavalry charges. Otherwise, even Zhang Cheqi may not be able to defeat him. ”

Huang Xun and the others stopped talking. Who is Zhang Fei? Although he had never won any battles before defeating Zhang He, after all, he had rich combat experience, and how could he be compared to a self-righteous scholar like Ma Tan on the battlefield. Zhang He's machine becomes unprovoked, as long as Ma Tan can't deal with it, he may be caught by Zhang He.

"Don't say anything else, you count the time." Wang Ping continued: "If my guess is right, Ma has just left the city, and I am afraid that Zhang He's scouts will know. Zhang He arrived here, no more than an hour before and after, did Ma join the army and have time to set up a formation? He can barely stand up for the position, even if it is fast, let alone set up any roadblocks. It's not that Zhang He can't leave, he just waits for us to come, and wants to take advantage of our unstable foothold and hit us hard before leaving. ”

"Are you sure he'll go?" Li Sheng couldn't help but be curious. He knew that Wang Ping had once submitted to Cao Wei, and listened to orders under Xiahou Yuan with Zhang He and Xu Huang, and was familiar with Zhang He. It is second to none in the Shu army. But Wang Ping said that Zhang He would leave as soon as he hit him, and Li Sheng still didn't believe it.

"The strength of cavalry is that it is fast and can go with one blow. Significant casualties can be avoided. With Zhang He's character, he would not use cavalry to attack the infantry array. Only in the face of a scholar like Ma Senjun will he do this. ”

Wang Ping said as Xiangxia walked over. He raised his arms and said in a loud voice, "Beat the drums, get out of the city." Let's clean up the mess and go. ”

Huang Xun was taken aback: "If you go out now, wouldn't you just be trampled by Zhang He's cavalry?" ”

"Not really." Wang Ping hahadaxiao: "The more we hide in the city, the more he despises us. When we go out of town, he gets nervous. Besides, he has already broken his horse and joined the army, how can he not be able to fight again. ”

Huang Xun and the others hesitated, they didn't dare to leave the city easily. In case he was bumped into by Zhang He, who had just won a big victory, it would be a big trouble.

Wang Ping didn't care about them, he opened the city gate by himself, took his more than a thousand parts, and beat the war drums. lined up in a neat phalanx, and went out of the city unhurriedly. As soon as they left the city, the Wei cavalry rushed in front of them. As soon as they saw the more than 1,000 Shu troops, some cavalry immediately turned their horses and rushed over.

"Shoot!" Wang Ping shouted loudly and commanded his soldiers to counterattack.

"Wow!" The sword and shield bearers and spearmen at the front were standing in formation, and the crossbowmen began to fire a volley, rushing to the front of several Wei knights with arrows, turning over and falling off their horses.

"Shoot again!" Wang Ping shouted calmly, once again commanding the crossbowmen to shoot a lot, while carefully maintaining the formation.

More Wei knights rushed over, but in the face of Wang Ping's resistance, they could not break the formation for a while.

Zhang He saw the small but solid Shu army formation in the distance, and ordered to stop the attack and retreat immediately. In that charge just now, he killed at least three or four thousand Shu army soldiers, and the results were already big enough, and there was no need to entangle them any longer. Although this formation is small, it is very tight, and it is difficult to break through in urgency, and even if it is breached, the casualties are not small. He was more worried that the Shu army that had just been dispersed would be regrouped, and once it entered the positional battle, it would be very unfavorable to him.

Zhang He commanded the army to drift away, and behind him was the disorganized Shu army position. In the valley, there are corpses of the Shu army everywhere. In the face of the pursuit of the Wei army's iron cavalry, they suffered heavy losses, and the number of casualties far exceeded the casualties of the Wei army when the formation was broken. On the slopes on both sides, there were soldiers fleeing in confusion, and they had a clear mind, and instead of running along the valley, they climbed the slopes on both sides and escaped. Looking at the Wei knights who disappeared into the valley, they were frightened and did not dare to go down the mountain for a long time.

On the one hand, Wang Ping was on guard to prevent the Wei army from going and returning, and on the other hand, he collected the remnants of the army and reorganized the battle formation. After a little half a day's effort, he gathered all the routs, counted the casualties, and found that except for the 6,000 foot soldiers in the valley, who lost more than half, the other casualties were not large, but there was a big trouble: Ma Tan was gone.

No one is alive, no corpse is dead.

Wang Ping didn't know where Ma Jian had gone or if he was injured. This neighborhood is full of district tombs, and Ma Tan is not very familiar with the terrain here, so it is very easy to get lost. If he is injured and cannot be healed in time, he may be thrown into the wilderness, and Zuihou will not even be able to find the body.

Three or four thousand people died, which is not a big problem, but if the main general is lost, their subordinates will not be able to get rid of it. Wang Ping became nervous and immediately sent people to search everywhere, hoping to find Ma Yan.

After an urgent search for a day, Wang Ping found no trace of Ma Yan. In desperation, he had to send an urgent military report to Zhuge Liang.

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The horses were unkempt and galloped wildly in the mountains. The war horse foamed at the mouth and trembled its hooves, but it still galloped hard, as if it also knew that its master was now on the verge of life and death, and used all its strength to escape from danger as much as possible.

More than a dozen guards followed closely behind, shouting repeatedly, but they couldn't stop Ma Yan. After running for a day, several horses fell to the side of the road, and the knights on horseback fell to the ground, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and the only remaining horses were crumbling and couldn't keep up.

"Join the army! Army! The guard Xie Guanglong shouted: "You can't run, if you run again, the horse will die." ”

As soon as he heard the words "the horse will die", Ma Tan suddenly snorted and subconsciously strangled the war horse. The horse neighed, and the man stood up, took two steps forward, and fell to the ground with a thud. The horse was caught off guard and fell into a rolling hoist, until it hit a stone on the side of the road, and then stopped.

His face hit the stone, and another wound was made, and blood flowed.

Xie Guanglong ran over, jumped off the horse, staggered over, helped Ma Jian up, and pressed his hand on his neck. Seeing that he was pulsating rapidly, but there was no danger to his life, he breathed a sigh of relief, and loudly commanded the others to pull up the horse's war horse, and trot slowly, so that it lay on the ground like this, and the horse was considered useless.

Everyone was busy for a while, and finally settled down slowly. Ma Tan had two wounds on his face, one was an arrow wound that had already scabbed, and the other was a new wound that was still bleeding. Although it was not life-threatening, the wound was large and looked very miserable. Even if it's good, this face can be considered ruined.

What's even more worrying is that Ma Yan's eyes are scattered, his expression is dull, as if he is stupid, and he doesn't have the slightest look at all. This is the Ma Youchang who used to be handsome and dashing among the five constants of the Ma family? Xie Guanglong and the others looked at each other, their hearts were heavy, if Ma Jian collapsed, not only the Xiangyang Ma family would be finished, but their Ma family's subordinate parts would also be finished. With such a wasted person, there is no future.

"Don't panic, everyone is temporarily stimulated and confused when I join the army. When he calms down, he'll be relieved. Xie Guanglong was a little older, and when he looked at everyone's eyes, he knew what they were thinking. To be honest, these attachments may not have much affection for the owner, and some are even forced to be helpless, if Ma Jian is really ruined, they will not have any nostalgia, let alone think that they will work hard for the horse. At this time, although there were no Wei army chasing soldiers behind them, they were lost, and they must not cause any more infighting. Stabilizing these people is the top priority. "If it is really abolished to join the army, I will not force you, and I will give you an explanation when the time comes. Now please do your part and don't think too much. ”

Xie Guanglong has the best martial arts, he is a man and righteous, and these guards usually regard him as the backbone. Hearing him say this, many people lowered their heads in shame, turned around silently, and did what they had to do.

After a short time, someone started a fire, boiled a pot of hot water, took out a little grain from Zuihou he was carrying, and cooked a pot of porridge. Xie Guanglong let people slaughter a war horse that was about to die, so that everyone had a full meal, and then I don't know how many days I have to escape, and it is very important to maintain physical strength.

There is food in the stomach, and people's hearts slowly settle down. Even Ma Tan was much quieter, he hugged his legs, sat silently by the stream, facing the gurgling stream, as if in contemplation, as if in a daze.

Although he didn't know how far away from the battlefield of Xixian County, the sound of war drums, horses' hooves, and shouts of killing still echoed in his mind, those arrows were still galloping in front of his eyes, those war horses were holding their heads high, rushing towards him one after another, and the knights on horseback were brandishing bloody swords, with hideous faces, and everyone killed him once.

But he wasn't dead yet, he was still standing there, ready for the next knight's slash. The knights and horses passed through his body, as if through a piece of paper, as if through a cloud of mist, all without hindrance, and he was slashed by one knife after another, slashed all over his body, his flesh and blood blurred, but he would not fall, but just stood there stupidly, receiving endless torture.

However, the most frightening thing is not the brave knights, but the horses that have been hit by many arrows, but are still galloping.

In my head, there was a voice roaring: those horses, weishenme do not fall? (To be continued.) )