The sunset was like blood, countless war horses raised their heads and neighed, murderous, there were more than 2,000 people, and he didn't know the situation in the pass, shouting to open the door.

Shi Ah was pretending to be a guard, using the words they had said to Ma Le before, but the enemy general was obviously impatient and shouted at him with an arrow.

Xu Shu sighed: "The reinforcements came so quickly, it seems that Han Sui also expected that we would cross the Tao River, and the chasing soldiers would continue to come." ”

Ma Chao found that the gate was blocked by corpses and debris, went up to the city tower, clenched his spear and said in a deep voice: "It's better to clean the city gate, I will lead the troops to rush out and kill this group of men and horses." ”

"Don't be impatient!" Xu Shu said to everyone: "You are good generals in the world, even if you die with the thieves, it is worthless. The eldest husband can bend and stretch, and he should leave a useful body, and he will take revenge and make contributions in the future. ”

Ma Chao gritted his teeth and said: "There are many pursuers, if you don't take the initiative to attack, once the city is broken, in this small place, won't you sit still and wait to be killed?" ”

Xu Shu said again: "We are waiting for the pass, and when the chasing soldiers see that we have few people, they will want to covet rewards and attack with all their hearts." If they rush out, even if a few generals can defeat them, the deserters will report overnight, and once the other side learns the news, the ships will not come, and the situation will be critical! ”

Ma Dai nodded and said: "Sir is right, although the pursuers came quickly, they were all cavalry, and they couldn't attack the city, as long as we held the city wall, we would be safe and sound." ”

Xu Shu looked up at the half-hung sunset: "With the help of the geographical advantage, we only need to keep it for two hours!" ”

Pang De clenched his fists and said: "In a place like Wuquan Mountain, we can guard it for two months, and this wall is two zhang high, and two hours is not a problem." ”

At this time, the enemy generals outside the city had already jumped like thunder, and Shi Ah saw that he was perfunctory, so he had to concoct the same method, put down the bamboo basket, and let them put the arrow official document inside, and only after checking it could the door be opened.

Ma Dai and Pang De immediately split up and moved all the bows and arrows from the treasury, and the other people went to the kitchen to find iron pots, oil and water, etc., and prepared for defense.

Shi A picked up the token, saw Xu Shu nodding secretly, and said loudly: "Your token is fake!" ”

"Bastard, blind your dog's eye!" The man was furious and urged his horse to come closer: "If you don't open the city again, be careful...... Ahh

Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden scream, and his body fell backwards and fell from the horse.

The pursuers were in an uproar, and when they came up to look, they saw that the man had an arrow stuck in his forehead, and his eyes were wide open, hideous and terrifying.

In the panic, Ma Chao stood at the head of the city with a gun and shouted: "Ma Chao is here, he is not afraid of death!" ”

Buzz –

The city instantly exploded, and they all looked at the last touch of the sunset, the majestic and unruly figure, and there was a commotion.

Ma Chao is famous in Xiliangwei, and he is even more swaggering when he goes out, and many soldiers have seen it, and they are all shocked.

The sunset seemed to fall instantly, the sky and the earth were dim, and the horseshoe pass was silent, no one thought that Ma Chao would be in the horseshoe pass.

"Kill, capture Ma Chao alive, reward 10,000 gold, seal thousands of households!"

"Ma Chao's first level is worth a thousand gold!"

In the crowd, I don't know who shouted, and the birds in the forest next to him flew up and screamed in panic.

After a brief period of consternation, the pursuers boiled again, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and the whole team went down to the city.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, not to mention that Ma Chao's head is more valuable, and seeing that there are only a few sparse figures on the city's head, all of them have great confidence.

Ma Chaoda shouted: "This is mounted archery, be careful of the arrows!" ”

Everyone hid at the foot of the wall, grabbed their bows and arrows, and prepared to fight back, and tonight there will be another fierce fight.

The cavalry outside the city was divided into five teams, galloping back and forth along the wall, and the soldiers on the horse kept firing arrows at the wall, and the arrows flew up to the city like a torrential rain.

There was a buzzing overhead, the sound of breaking wind was overwhelming, and everyone was hiding under the wall, and at this time no one could be injured, especially not seriously, and once they could not move, they could only give up.

Bang bang bang –

There was a muffled sound outside the wall, and after the cavalry shot to suppress the defenders, the pursuers actually used the horse's hooves to attack the gate, and the horse's hooves knocked on the gate like a heavy hammer, which was also a common siege method for cavalry.

The wooden gate often could not withstand the onslaught of the cavalry and would soon shatter, but this time they miscalculated, the gate cracked, and blood oozed inside.

I saw that countless corpses were accumulating layer by layer, blocked behind the gate, and the entire passage had already been blocked, and the pursuers were all stunned and shouted and cursed.

Ma Chao shouted, everyone got up, stretched out their bows and arrows, and fired arrows at the city, and suddenly there was a scream.

Ma Chao and Ma Dai had accurate archery skills, specifically aimed at cavalry generals, and even if they had armor on their bodies, they could accurately shoot at the front door and fell to the ground one after another.

The enemy troops panicked, retreated one after another, gathered together to discuss countermeasures, and looked at the sparse figures standing on the city, and felt unwilling.

Now Ma Chao and these people, in their eyes, it is a golden bounty, as long as they succeed, even if they share it with 2,000 people, they will not worry about eating and drinking for the rest of their lives.

It just so happens that several lords will be killed, and they will share the credit equally, and everyone will be promoted, this is a rare opportunity, if the reinforcements arrive, they will not even be able to drink soup.

The sky had completely darkened, the bright moon had risen over the eastern mountains, the heavens and the earth were hazy, torches were lit on the city, and the figures were becoming more and more attractive.

After a short period of deliberation, the enemy formed a formation again, lit several bonfires in the open space outside the pass, illuminated them as bright as day, and attacked again.

The cavalry rushed madly, and they fired another rain of arrows, which were like locusts all over the world, suppressing the people who were closed and preventing the defenders from showing their heads.

At the same time, a platoon of horsemen urged their horses to the foot of the wall, and then stood on horseback, trying in vain to plunge their swords into the cracks in the stone and climb up the wall.

The wall is made of a mixture of stones and sand from the river, with a large gap in the middle, and you can climb it as long as you can find a place to stay.

Ma Chao heard the voice, turned around to look at the situation, and suddenly an arrow flew in, fortunately he reacted quickly, hurriedly dodged, wiped his ear and flew out.

Xu Shu said: "The thief army should be climbing the city, first use the wood." ”

Everyone squatted under the chopping wall, and at the same time picked up the stacked logs and threw them down the battlements, and immediately heard a burst of screams.

After Xu Shu confirmed, he ordered again: "Ignite!" ”

The firewood and grass that had been prepared long ago, and the wooden sticks wrapped in tattered clothes, had long been dipped in vegetable oil, and they were taken out and used with torches, and immediately a fire was lit and thrown down the city wall.

The defenders outside the city were all on horseback with bows and arrows to suppress the head of the city, and rows of neat human walls struggled to climb, and the black pressure was like ants.

Seeing that the people at the top were about to reach the top of the city, everyone was holding their breath, when suddenly flames fell from the sky, and countless people were burned and fell screaming.

And this was not the main thing, the horses standing under the walls were frightened and ran away, and the soldiers who were standing on horseback fell one after another.

In an instant, all the soldiers who landed in the city fell down like mud on the wall on a rainy day, some fell to their deaths on the spot, some were burned by the fire, and screamed all over the sky.

The frightened mounts galloped outward, charging the cavalry in the distance, and the whole formation was thrown into chaos, and the men shouted and neighed, drowning out the sound of the waves.

Ma Chao stood up, bent his bow and arrows, and roared angrily: "Shoot Lao Tzu!" ”