Ma Dai reined in his war horse, looked at the blood all over the ground, the barracks covered with green smoke, and the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily. He was ordered to pursue Xiahou Ba, to drag Xiahou Ba, it is best to lure into Zhuge Liang's ambush circle, but Xiahou Ba refused to be fooled, and even did not engage him, three thousand cavalry like a group of hungry and crazy wolves, wandering around the hinterland of Guanzhong, and everywhere along the way, whether it was a military camp or a civilian camp, all of them were destroyed by him. People were killed, food and livestock were snatched, barracks were torn down and burned.

Zhuge Liang's painstaking Tuntian is like a piece of fat, which was cut by Xiahou Ba in the east and in the west, and the flesh and blood were blurred. It's a shame that the crops in the field are not ripe yet, otherwise Xiahouba would not hesitate to set fire to them, just like when Tian Fu burned the wheat field in Shangtai.

That was an experience that Ma Dai was ashamed of, but he didn't expect that today's scene would appear in front of him again.

Ma Dai was very angry and very hesitant. Although he led 4,000 cavalry, more troops than Xiahouba, he knew very well that his subordinates had just been integrated, and the tacit understanding between them had not yet been established, and he did not have much advantage against the 3,000 Wei cavalry. Because of this, the order Zhuge Liang gave him was to contain and lure the enemy, not to defeat.

However, Xiahou Ba did not contact him, and went all the way to the northeast, if he did not chase, he could only watch Xiahou Ba's unscrupulous destruction, if he chased, he could not rely on Zhuge Liang's main force, and could only fight independently.

This point was already expected when they were tactically deduced, but there was no haode solution. I can only wait, I can only endure.

Ma Dai has a good temper and can endure it if he can wait, so Zhuge Liang is relieved to hand over this task to him.

Ma Dai thought about it and decided to be cautious, these 4,000 cavalry were Zhuge Liang's hard work, and Zhuge Liang took them from various departments, so they couldn't just be buried in his hands.

As for the people and soldiers of those people's tuns and military tuns, they can only be blamed for their bad luck.

After receiving Ma Dai's report, Zhuge Liang was helpless. He made careful arrangements. But he couldn't overcome this objective difficulty, so he could only defend passively. What worries him even more is that Gao Ping's Chen Shi sent a message that Zhang He, who had disappeared for a while, reappeared. Look at his marching route. It is quite possible to attack Liupan Mountain again.

Zhuge Liang was helpless. had to send Jiang Wei to lead 20,000 people to Wushi to fortify, so as not to prevent Zhang He from taking the opportunity to break into the pass. For him, the only advantage now is the spring horse skinny. The combat effectiveness of the cavalry was much inferior to that of the autumn and winter seasons, and the threat to the large formation of foot soldiers was much smaller.

In just two days, Zhuge Liang received news from Ma Tan again. Ma Tan was accidentally defeated by Cao Zhi in Hongmen, the situation in Chang'an was dangerous, Zhao Yun was not strong enough to dare to fight Cao Zhi, and the situation near Chang'an was extremely critical. Zhuge Liang was so worried that he couldn't sleep at night, and overnight, his hair was half white.

After another two days, Zhuge Liang finally received a good news: Wei Yan hit Cao Zhen's camp and drove Cao Zhen across the Yellow River. And Cao Zhi was hurrying in the direction of Wangxian, apparently wanting to join forces with Xiahou Ba and receive Zhang He into the customs.

Zhuge Liang barely breathed a sigh of relief, although the Wei army was concentrated on him, and the pressure on him was increasing, but compared to Zhang He's breakthrough into Guanzhong from the east, he preferred to put the battlefield in the west, so that he would not have to march long distances, and he could wait for work. With the strength in his hands, even if Cao Zhi rushed over, he would probably still have a chance to hold the position.

In order to increase some chances of victory, Zhuge Liang ordered Xiang Lang, the general of Dangkou, and Zhao Guang, the general of Fuyuan, to lead the army to support. Xiang Lang also has the prime minister Wang Ping by his side, so Xiang Lang can personally lead the troops to come, and Ma Dai, who originally assisted Zhao Guang, is already by the prime minister's side, so he can only send people to bring 2,000 men and horses to Wangxian County, leaving only 2,000 people to guard Longguan.

After Xiang Lang and the others arrived, Zhuge Liang's side had more than 30,000 troops, and even if Ma Yan and Wei Yan didn't chase after them, they would have enough troops to deal with Cao Zhi. Zhuge Liang's heart was a little calmer, and he sent Huo Yi to lead 2,000 people to reinforce Chen Cang to protect the intersection from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, so that Cao Zhi would not threaten Hanzhong instead. Although Cao Zhi has no logistical supplies and cannot rush to Hanzhong, Cao Zhi is already crazy, who can guarantee that he will not go crazy again.

Zhuge Liang refused to leave Cao Zhi any chance, he wanted to trap Cao Zhi in Guanzhong and eliminate this henchman.

At the same time, he reminded Ma Dai that Cao Zhi's main force of infantry would arrive soon, and you must be careful to keep your distance from Xiahou Ba to avoid being surrounded. Ma Dai was originally very cautious, and after receiving this news, he didn't dare to be careless.

……

Xiahou Ba sat on the Hu bed, nibbling on the beef that didn't hurt for half his life, while quietly staring at the map that Cao Zhi gave him, and didn't speak for a long time.

Niu Jin crossed his arms, leaned on his war horse, and looked at the mountains in the distance. He was very dissatisfied with Xiahouba's avoidance of war for several days, and he couldn't hide his resentment.

Niu Jin is a native of Lintao, Longxi, and is the same clan as Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu. The Niu family is also a big family in Lintao, Longxi, and Niu Jin is more brave than the people of Longxi. In his opinion, when he was the general of Sima Cao Ren, he was the happiest time in his life, because Cao Ren was also a brave general, and his bravery was even above Zhang Liao, who became famous in the first battle of Xiaoyaojin. In the battle of Jiangling, he advocated the attack, but was surrounded by Zhou Yu, and it was Cao Renli who overrode the public opinion, went out of the city to defeat the Wu army, and rescued him, which was comparable to Zhang Liao's feat in Xiaoyaojin.

Xiahou Yuan is also a brave general, walking northwest, walking alone, but unfortunately Xiahou Ba does not have his father's style, and runs away as soon as he sees Ma Dai. Niu Jin has fought for many years and has made many achievements, but he is not good at hiding his emotions, and he is not in the mood to pretend to be smiling to please Xiahou Ba.

Xiahou Ba obviously knew this, and he didn't take the initiative to discuss with Niu Jin, and looked at the map alone and thought.

"General Niu?"

Niu Jin turned his head and glanced at Xiahou Ba in surprise, seeing that Xiahou Ba lowered his head and did not look at him, he thought that he had heard it wrong.

"General Niu, come here." Xiahou Ba didn't hear the footsteps, so he turned his head. Look at Niu Jin. Seeing this, Niu Jin confirmed that he had heard correctly, and hurriedly walked over.

Xiahou Ba grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, which reflected the dust on his face. "Do the soldiers have a grudge?"

Niu Jin pursed his lips and did not speak.

"Is morale available?"

Niu Jin looked at Xiahou Ba blankly, stunned for a long time, and then asked, "The general wants to fight?" ”

"Of course we have to fight." Xiahou Ba put away the map in his arms, stood up, and stretched. "Didn't you say that. Ma Dai's 4,000 men may be Zhuge Liang's only cavalry. Defeat them, and in the future, these eight hundred miles of Qinchuan will be at our disposal. ”

"But ......"

"I'm not afraid of him, I'm waiting for an opportunity." Xiahou Ba interrupted Niu Jin's words: "Now, the opportunity has come." Are you ready? ”

"Really?" Niu Jin's eyes lit up. Don't ask much. Hurriedly stood up straight and answered loudly: "General, we are all waiting for the general's order." Ready to fight. The battle is victorious. The soldiers were chased by Ma Dai, and they had already accumulated a lot of bad spirit. ”

"It would be nice to have everyone fed and the horses fed. This meal may be our zuihou meal. ”

"Whoa." Niu Jin suddenly strode away as if he had changed a person, and heard his thunderous shouts from afar.

Xiahou Ba smiled, looking at the sunny sky in the distance, smiling brightly, but his eyes were cold.

"Ma Dai, since you don't dare to come, then I'll go."

As Niu Jin said, after being chased by Ma Dai for three or four days, the Wei soldiers were already on fire. They followed Xiahou Ba all the way to Wangxian, killing people and setting fires, raping and plundering, every day is like a Zuihou day, every meal is like a Zuihou meal, they have long thrown what benevolence, morality, compassion and mercy to the back of their minds, they are people who have no tomorrow, the military rations they brought have been eaten, and now they are surviving by robbery, no one knows when they will not be able to grab food, and they are facing the tragic ending of starvation, so they are unscrupulously doing everything they can, destroying everything they encounter, and even destroying themselves.

They have no fear of life and death, all they care about is whether they are happy or not. So far, the only thing that has made them unhappy is Ma Dai. Ma Dai chased after them, and Xiahou Ba didn't have the courage to fight, which made these outlaws very despised, and the anger in his heart also accumulated to the extreme.

Now, Xiahou Ba's decision to fight back against Ma Dai was like throwing a spark into their hearts, and all the resentment suddenly turned into a fire, blazing. Every soldier screamed at the fire, and everyone was murderous, and even the horses neighed excitedly.

Half an hour later, Xiahou Ba led 3,000 cavalry to turn around and kill Ma Dai, who was about twenty miles away.

Xiahou Ba sat on the war horse, his body undulating with the pace of the war horse, showing an indescribable rhythmic beauty. He pointed at Niu Jin with his horsewhip, and when Niu Jin galloped in front of him, he shouted loudly: "General Niu, give you 500 people to be the vanguard, do you dare to fight?" ”

Niu Jin patted his chest vigorously and responded loudly: "Why don't you dare, back then in Jiangling, I dared to face Zhou Yu's tens of thousands of troops, what are I afraid of today?" Although I am old, I am still worthy of battle, please let the general see me. ”

"Okay, please General Niu first, and I'll be there later."

"Whoa." Niu Jin stepped on the stirrups, stood up from the horse, and drew his sword out of its sheath. "Men of Longxi, come with me, kill Ma Dai, and avenge the father of Longyou."

Ma Chao was a disaster for Longyou, and many people died under his knife, and after listening to Niu Jin's shout, his subordinates from Longxi suddenly turned red-eyed, screamed, and rode out of the queue and gathered behind Niu Jin, like a group of wolves that smelled blood.

Niu Jin Haha smiled and arched his hand at Xiahou Ba: "General Xiahou, you are a man, worthy of being the son of General Zhengxi, Lao Niu has offended a lot, after killing Ma Dai, he will ask the general for guilt." ”

Xiahou Ba smiled slightly: "Kill Ma Dai and drink with all the monarchs." ”

"It's a deal."

"It's a deal."

"Let's go!" Niu Jin roared, kicked his horse fiercely, and rushed out of the queue.

More than 500 horsemen galloped away...... (To be continued......)

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