Chapter 327: Take the initiative
Cheng Yi's intuition was not wrong, in a cave in Xishan, every move of the Xiliang army was under the surveillance of the Di people.
Ma Chao was a little unable to hold back, and asked: "Yan Xing's department has been in the army for three days, neither retreating nor asking for help, how is the military division going to fight the enemy next?" ”
Xu Shu glanced at the camp and said slowly: "Yan Xing suffered a big loss this time, the grain and grass were destroyed, and he still stayed here, because of the repeated harassment in the past few days, he expected that we were nearby, and he was unwilling to retreat." ”
"It turns out that the military advisor harassed them with the intention of this." Only then did Agui understand why he always sent those dozen people to sneak attack in the past few days, isn't this tickling the Xiliang Army?
Ma Dai said: "The morale of the thief army is low, and those horses are about to be eaten up, if you don't send troops again, I'm afraid you will really have to retreat." ”
Xu Shu said with a smile: "After three days of starvation, it's time for you to fight." ”
Ma Chao hugged his fists and said: "Although the military advisor orders, I will kill Yan Xing this time." ”
Xu Shu said: "Although the general is brave, but Yan Xing still has more than 10,000 elite soldiers, if we fight to the death, although we can win, but Han Sui follows closely, we will not be able to deal with the enemy!" ”
Ah Gui naturally didn't want his clansmen to suffer heavy losses, so he hurriedly asked, "What is the strategic plan?" ”
Xu Shu said: "The morale of Yan Xing's department is low, but there is still a battle force, and it is necessary to hit its morale again, and then use a plan to break it." If Yan Xing is killed, it will definitely shake the Xiliang army, and Han Sui will raise troops to come, and he will hesitate, so he can wait for the reinforcements to arrive. ”
Ma Dai nodded and said: "The military advisor is reasonable, Yan Xing is the general that Han Sui relies on the most, if this thief is removed, if Han Sui's arm is broken, the rest of the troops will not dare to go all out in order to preserve their strength." ”
Xu Shu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This was Qin's plan to break the Six Kingdoms back then, this White Fox Ridge is Hangu Pass, although Han Sui has many soldiers, but they are not subordinate to each other, and there is no need to be afraid." ”
When everyone heard this, their confidence increased greatly, from falling into a desperate situation at the beginning, dying for a lifetime, to now killing the enemy to take revenge, and even having the potential to fight back, who would dare to disobey Xu Shu?
The group left the cliff and entered a canyon covered by dense forests, ready to obey orders.
Xu Shu glanced at everyone and said loudly: "This battle is a matter of survival, all the generals have their own military orders, do not listen to my generals' orders, do not fall in love with war, and do not slack off, when all the Yan Xing departments are annihilated, you can rest assured." ”
"Yes!" At this time, everyone was headed by Xu Shu, and even Ma Chao was willing to obey orders.
Xu Shu asked Agui: "The road behind the White Fox Ridge is uneven, the cliffs and strange rocks are protruding, only there is a path on the ridge to walk, can this place have a name?" ”
Agui replied: "There was originally a mountain temple on the top of this mountain, and we locals called it Miaogou. ”
Xu Shu instructed Ma Le: "Later, when I saw the Xiliang army chasing through the woods, I waved my flag and shouted, led it to Miaogou Mountain, and retreated in the direction of the mountain temple. ”
"Yes!" Ma Le went to prepare first.
Xu Shu said to Ma Chao and Ma Dai again: "Later, the two generals will come forward to fight against Yan Xing, win first and then lose. ”
Ma Chao asked, "When will you be able to kill Yan Xing?" ”
Xu Shu said with a smile: "Miaogou is the place where the Xiliang army is buried, and Meng Qi can fight to his heart's content." ”
When everyone heard this, their spirits were lifted, and they all went to prepare, and they were waiting for the decisive battle to take revenge in the past few days.
The order was handed down, and Xu Shu told Shi A to take the fifty entourage, each carrying a bag and leaving the camp, and the rest of the people went up the mountain to wait in ambush.
Ma Chao and Ma Dai brothers detoured from the back mountain and came to the White Fox Ridge again, and first ordered Ma Dai to go close to the woods to attract Yan Xing to fight.
In the camp of the Xiliang Army, Yan Xing's face was pale, and he was hesitating whether to withdraw from the army, and he was already a little sick to his stomach after eating this horse meat.
But after being harassed by the enemy for several days, he knew that the Di people were nearby, and he was unwilling to retreat.
Cheng Yi persuaded again: "The grain and grass are not continued, the people and horses are poor, if the people take advantage of the exhaustion of the food, we will be in danger!" ”
"Retire!" Yan Xing nodded helplessly, the last grain was eaten up, and the three armies had no food, so he didn't dare to take any more risks.
"Report-" When he was about to give the order to pull out the camp, Tan Ma rushed in and said loudly: "Ma Chao is here, just behind the forest!" ”
"Oh? It turns out that these bastards are hiding in the South Mountain! Yan Xing suddenly realized, no wonder they couldn't find a trace, it turned out that they were on the way to come.
Immediately shouted: "Send troops to meet the enemy!" ”
Cheng Yi frowned and said: "Ma Chao hasn't seen him for a few days, and he suddenly appeared today, I'm afraid there is fraud." ”
Yan Xing sneered: "This thief must see that we are running out of food, thinking that the army has no fighting spirit, and wants to take advantage of the weakness, but he does not know that the mourning army will win, and today he will be unable to escape." ”
Immediately ordered the troops, told the three armies, whoever captures Ma Chao and his generals, rewards each to the headquarters, he will not share the merits, and there will be a separate heavy reward.
The military order was handed down, the whole army was boiling, and the morale of the Xiliang Army really increased greatly, without the generals above, if a ten-person squad won Ma Chao, wouldn't it soar into the sky?
Yan Xing personally led the troops into battle, Yan Ba was full of spirits, led 3,000 soldiers to meet the battle, and saw Ma Dai waiting with 500 troops through the woods.
Yan Ba stepped forward and laughed, "Ma Dai, I thought your brother would only hide like a mouse, but he was finally willing to show up today?" ”
"Suffer death!" Ma Dai was furious, and suddenly the horse danced the knife out.
Yan Ba stepped forward to meet the enemy, fought with Ma Dai for more than ten times, saw his ordinary knife skills, and sneered: "You are not my opponent, call Ma Chao!" ”
Ma Dai was furious, and slashed down with a knife head-on, the momentum was terrifying, Yan Ba parried with a horizontal knife, and the huge force of the shock actually bounced his big knife up, and his body shook.
"Hehe, kill you first!" Yan Ba's confidence increased greatly, and his moves became more and more rapid and aggressive.
After another battle, Ma Dai gradually lost the enemy, turned the horse and walked, Yan Ba chased closely, his mount was excellent, and he was about to catch up, and cut Ma Dai under the horse.
"Don't hurt my brother!" At this moment, a general on the hillside flew by.
only heard a loud noise, and he forcibly stopped Yan Ba's determined sword.
"Ma Chao?" Yan Ba Lerma glanced at the general and sneered: "Sneak attack from behind, you are not worthy of the name of General Shenweitian!" ”
"Blood debt and blood payment!" Ma Chao's face was full of murder, and he didn't answer him, but stabbed with a gun.
Yan Ba was high-spirited, raised his sword to parry, and the two fought on the slope, only listening to the sound of a series of weapons colliding, and the two did not give in to each other, like fierce tigers fighting.
Yan Xing led the troops out at this time, and seeing the two fighting, Ma Chao's momentum was amazing, but Yan Ba was not weak at all, and the killing was inseparable.
"Ma Dai, let's go together!" Seeing that he couldn't fight for a long time, Ma Chao lost patience and beckoned Ma Dai to go into battle.
Yan Ba laughed wildly: "Jin Ma Chao is nothing more than that, he wants to bully more and less. ”
Ma Chao's face turned red, and he shouted: "My brother who went into battle, my brother has always advanced and retreated together." ”
While speaking, Ma Dai had already swung his knife and slashed from behind, Yan Ba was not afraid, and he fought the two of them with ease, and he could see the Xiliang army cheering in unison in the distance.
Ma Chao's prestige in Xiliang is well known, and even the Qiang people are respectful of three points, not to mention Han Sui's department.
And on weekdays, Ma Chao is a general, and no one dares to offend him, but at this time, he found that he was not as good as Yan Xing's personal guard, and everyone was happy.