Chapter 377: Turning the Tide
When Yang Ling and Ma Teng led an army of 20,000 out of the city, they deliberately made a big splash, just to let Han Sui receive the news.
They hurried unhurriedly until they crossed the boundary of Luoyang County, less than two hundred miles away from Ji County, and the spies finally brought the news.
"General Qiyu, Han Sui led about 40,000 cavalry and rushed back in the direction of Ji County!"
The spy said respectfully.
Hearing this, all the soldiers in the tent were in high spirits!
The opportunity they patiently waited for had finally arrived!
"Generals obey orders!"
Yang Ling's face was solemn and he looked at the people in the tent.
"Please command, General!"
Everyone said in unison.
"Immediately pull out the camp and set out, before dawn tomorrow, rush to the rebel camp and launch an attack!"
Yang Ling said in a deep voice.
"Whoa!"
Everyone responded in unison.
From here to the rebel camp, it was nearly two hundred miles.
A day and a night of rapid marching and launching an attack was a severe test.
Fortunately, after Ma Teng took refuge in him, Yang Ling also shared the method of military training with him.
The army under his command may not be as powerful as Cao's army, but its endurance is enough.
With Yang Ling's order, the army turned around.
They left all their grain and grass and baggage behind, and chose to travel lightly.
From day to night, 20,000 soldiers and horses did not stop at all.
Finally, before dawn, Yang Ling and the others successfully arrived at the rebels' camp!
At this time, it was the time of yin, and the heavens and the earth were dark, and it was also the time when people were most tired.
The rebels all thought that Yang Ling was leading the army to attack Ji County, so there was no defense in the battalion, only a few sentries were napping.
The huge rebel camp was extraordinarily quiet.
Seeing this, Yang Ling couldn't help but show a touch of joy.
This is a godsend!
He nodded to Gan Ning and Ma Chao on the side.
The two of them no longer hesitated, and immediately led the soldiers behind them and quietly approached the camp.
It didn't take much effort for them to easily get rid of the sentinels on the periphery.
The rest of the soldiers and horses also entered the rebel camp smoothly and began to clean up the enemies in the tents one by one.
Originally, everything was going extremely smoothly, but when Gan Ning was carrying a knife and preparing to enter the next camp, he saw that the camp curtain was lifted.
A rebel sergeant rubbed his sleepy eyes and stepped out.
Looking at his posture, it seems that he wants to get up at night.
However, by coincidence, he happened to meet Gan Ning!
Looking at Gan Ning, who was exuding murderous aura and the short knife in his hand was still dripping blood, the soldier was stunned for a moment, and instantly shouted in panic,
"Enemy ...... Enemy attack ......"
The words landed, but Gan Ning had already slashed over!
Despite killing the man, the sound he made alarmed the others in the tent.
"What's the situation?"
"There's an enemy coming in!"
"Don't sleep, get up!"
Seeing this, Gan Ning did not intend to continue to conceal his actions, but said sharply,
"Kill me!"
The soldiers behind him burst out into angry roars and rushed towards the rebels who had come out of the tent!
The rebels who had just been awakened from their sleep came out of the camp in a panic, and some of them were not even dressed before they were hit head-on by Gan Ning, Ma Chao and others!
In a hurry, they could not organize effective resistance at all, and they were defeated and crushed!
At the same time that Gan Ning and Ma Chao attacked the rebels, Pang De, Ma Dai and others on the other side were not idle.
While destroying the rebels they encountered, they set fire to the camp and create chaos!
In just a few moments, the rebel camp was on fire!
Left by Han Sui and responsible for leading the overall situation, it was Yang Qiu, one of the eight strong generals.
He was sleeping soundly, and after being woken up by the guards on the left and right, he immediately changed into his armor.
But when he saw the camp that had fallen into fighting and chaos, he was stunned!
What's going on?
Didn't Yang Ling and Ma Teng's soldiers and horses go to attack Ji County, why did they suddenly appear here?
However, he was not allowed to think about it at all, Gan Ning and Ma Chao had already broken through the poor defense line of the rebels and killed the Chinese army camp.
"Yang Qiu dog thief, today is your death date!"
Ma Chao held a spear in his hand and pointed at Yang Qiu and scolded.
Looking at the majestic Ma Chao, Yang Qiu panicked and hurriedly shouted,
"Quick, stop him for me!"
The guards on the left and right rushed up and tried to kill Ma Chao on the spot!
But Ma Chao is a famous Shenwei Tian general, how can these miscellaneous fish be his opponents?
I saw the spear in his hand shaking rapidly, as if it was about to tear apart the space.
Yang Qiu's personal guards didn't have time to dodge at all, so they were stabbed to death by Ma Chao on the spot!
After solving them, Ma Chao did not pause, and the whole person jumped and pounced on Yang Qiu!
is also a person from Liangzhou, Yang Qiu naturally knows how brave Ma Chao is.
Seeing Ma Chao rushing towards him, Yang Qiu didn't dare to have the slightest thought of resisting, so he pulled his legs and fled towards the outside of the camp.
"The thief is on the run!"
Ma Chao shouted loudly, raised the tiger head Zhan golden gun in his hand, and threw it towards Yang Qiu with all his might!
In this dark night, when the two sides were dozens of steps apart, the Tiger Head Zhan Golden Spear pierced the night sky like thunder and lightning, and stabbed straight into Yang Qiu's back!
He let out a terrible scream and fell straight to the ground, killing him instantly!
"Meng Qi is very skilled!"
Gan Ning rushed over with a knife, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but praise.
"Carving insect skills, not enough to worry about teeth!"
Ma Chao smiled, stepped forward, and retrieved the spear.
Faced with the sudden attack of Yang Ling's army, the unguarded rebels were not opponents in the first place.
After Yang Qiu's death, they were even more difficult to resist without a leader!
The battle continued until dawn, when it gradually stopped.
Thousands of miles of rebel camps have been reduced to ruins.
The seventy or eighty thousand rebels left behind by Han Sui, after most of them fled, the rest were either killed in battle or chose to surrender!
After the fact, more than 20,000 rebels were killed, 10,000 were captured, and countless grains and grass were obtained!
"Such a result is truly brilliant!"
Ma Teng couldn't help but sigh,
"Only a great general can make such an immortal achievement!"
The crowd nodded approvingly.
It is a feat to feign a surprise attack on Ji County, and then march 200 miles overnight to defeat the rebels in one fell swoop!
After Han Sui rebelled, he defeated Ma Teng one after another, and the momentum was amazing.
All kinds of warlords and Hu people in Liangzhou responded one after another.
This has caused the situation in Liangzhou to become so bad!
But after the war, the situation can be said to have been reversed.
Those rebel leaders who followed Han Sui were afraid that they would also retreat and consider whether to continue to rebel with Han Sui!
……
After two days of rapid marching, Han Sui also rushed back to Ji County with elite cavalry.
However, he waited left and right, but there was no enemy in sight.