CHAPTER XLII
"My lord, Ma Liu, they are back."
"Quick, bring it here."
In a dense forest less than fifteen miles east of Guqu County, a small group of Zheng soldiers was hiding here, and several cavalry flew in, and quickly got into it after making sure that there was no one behind them.
One person came out first, and it was Ma Bu, the lieutenant of Zhangnan County, who had already left, and asked anxiously: "How is it?" How's it going? ”
"Your Excellency Jingjun has entered the city, and General Shao is fighting with the Jing army with his men and horses, but the Jing army is really too vicious, and the inner city may not last long."
"Have you found the location of the chief general of the Jing Army?"
Ma Liu replied: "I found it, on a mound, a pile of rags fenced in, but I can't see how many people are inside." But there are at least more than 3,000 elite armor around. The rest are countless. ”
The horse paced back and forth on the hilt of the knife in contemplation.
The soldiers next to him watched nervously, and the occasional breeze blew in the woods, and the rustle of leaves could be heard clearly.
"My lord, you have to make a decision quickly."
"Don't make a noise!" Someone next to him immediately shouted.
"My lord, time is pressing, there is a charter for withdrawal or war."
Ma Bu suddenly froze, took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Fight!" Go to war! ”
The soldiers around were panicked and excited.
"My lord, have you thought about it? We have more than 40 people in our hands, and there are a little more than one fruit, and there are not enough 30 horses, how can we fight? ”
Another person also said in a deep voice: "Yes, my lord, this is to send him to death, the Jing army is less than ten or two hundred thousand, and the loss of Guqu County is only a matter of time or time, is it meaningful?" ”
Ma Bu smiled lightly and said: "This official, no, I, Ma Bu, have been in the army in the southeast camp for five years, and his subordinates also have military merits, and later transferred to the county lieutenant of the county defense battalion in Guqu County, but he never wanted to lose his heart, embezzlement and bribery, forming a party for personal gain, and even disregarding people's lives. Lieutenant Zhangnan, but where is Zhangnan? Where am I? ”
"My lord, it's a drop in the bucket, what's the use of us just being a little bit of a person?"
"It's useless, just like Zhang Xuecheng said, we will go back to die, but the official asks for peace of mind."
"Is it just for peace of mind?"
Ma Bu nodded and said: "I don't know if it's worth it, but I know that since I have protected Liu Panzhi from Guqu County to now I can't sleep peacefully for even a moment, maybe our Liu Taishou can, but I can't, hundreds of thousands of people in Guqu County, as soon as I close my eyes, the corpses and blood of the city are all over the city, and a person is lined up on the city wall, full of people, and my conscience is uneasy." ”
"I have been guarding this Guqu County for more than five years, although I am not good at guarding, but after all, I have leveled the bandits in my hands and taken the thieves in the mountains, and now the Jingren are just thieves with more people, and the official does not want to retreat, and then retreat without shame to face my father and brother who died in battle."
Ma Liuyi pointed to the side and asked, "What about him?" ”
Liu Panzi, who was tied up like a dumpling and still had socks in his mouth, immediately widened his frightened eyes and struggled desperately, with a whining sound in his mouth accompanied by a sour smell.
Ma Bu walked forward with a smile and squatted next to Liu Panzhi and said, "Lord Liu, there are people in your court who have a background, play small brocade clothes and jade food, and enjoy a lot of wealth in this world." ”
Liu Panzhi seemed to have a premonition and shook his head frantically.
A pair of big hands rubbed his face, and the owner of the big hand said in a gentle voice and smiled, but Liu Panzhi felt a chill to the bone, and his crotch was uncontrollably wet.
"Look at you Liu Taishou, what are you afraid of the officials?" Ma Bu smiled and withdrew his hand.
"Xia Guan has been following you for more than three years, and he has done a lot of secret things for you over the years, and the two of us are also considered to have some affection, Xia Guan knows that if the previous things are done, he will definitely die, but you will be removed from the official at most, and you will not be locked up for a few days, with your uncle, I am afraid that it will not be long before I can become an official again, and Xia Guan is right."
Liu Panzhi's expression was even more frightened, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.
"It's all a death, even if you don't die, it's better to live than to die, so it's better for the lower official to use this affection to help the adult on the road, but Lord Liu rest assured, the lower official won't let you wait too long."
Ma Bu's face instantly turned pale, and he commanded sharply: "Kill!" ”
There were still a few people who looked at each other with some hesitation, but Ma Liu, who had long been looking at Liu Panzhi unpleasantly, directly raised the knife, took two quick steps, and slashed the straight knife neatly through Liu Panzhi's neck in Liu Panzhi's crazy shaking eyes.
Ma Bu no longer looked at Liu Panzhi, who was convulsing on the ground, turned to his subordinates and said, "I know that most of the people here are careless, but if they are a little worried, they will not stand here." No one wants to die, why should they die if they can live? ”
"Martial arts. I know that although you are a native of Guqu, you are alone, except for a good friend in Chunlailou, and there is no one close to you except these brothers in the city defense camp. ”
"Mo Laoqi, six years ago, your house caught fire, so you and your sister ran out, and your sister also married in Huayi County last year."
"Fu Jian, you don't have a good relationship, and you don't have brothers and sisters, and it's best for you to bring up your grandmother who also passed away at the beginning of the year, right?"
A soldier nodded silently, tears already in his eyes.
Ma Bu continued: "There must be a reason to live, and there must always be a reason to die. ”
"I don't have a little bit of the others, but Wucai, when spring comes, Xiaohe gave birth to a son for you, although the dystocia adults and children have not been saved, Mo Laoqi, less than fifty miles from Guqu County is Huayi County, right, and you Fu Jian, your grandmother's grave is outside this Guqu County, and your entire Fu family's grave is there, I will ask you if you really have nothing worth staying?"
The sound of the horse's steps was calm, but penetrating.
"More than 40 of you are basically born and raised in Guqu, otherwise you would not be the city defense camp of Guqu County, you are now alone does not mean that you were born alone, this Guqu has your ancestral grave, there are your roots, where are you not the men of this Guqu County?"
"It's easy to walk if you want to, just walk, the road is under your feet, and your legs are on yourself."
"But!" Ma Bu said and turned over on the horse, and the straight knife in his hand was slowly drawn out and raised in front of his eyes, and a tired face was printed on the blade.
"This official, the former Guqu County Lieutenant and the current Zhangnan County Lieutenant are not leaving."
The horse step gently clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse knew how to advance and trotted forward, and Ma Liu followed.
The voice floated in, "Living brother, remember to burn some paper money for Lao Tzu during the New Year's holidays!" ”
The sound of horses' hooves faded away.
Wu Cai sighed and said: "Anyway, Lao Tzu once almost became a father, the children and mothers are well buried, when you are alive, you can't die and be bothered, brothers, remember to bring me a copy when the time comes." ”
"Brother Wu is waiting for me," Mo Laoqi turned over and said with a smile: "I'll block my sister, and I'll do my duty as an elder brother, let's go together." ”
Wu Cai nodded.
"Haha, how can I be missing." Fu Jian also got on the horse, and several people looked at each other and smiled, and then slapped the horse and chased after him.
Soon most of the people chased after them.
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves behind, Ma Bu looked back, caught up with more than 20 people, and shouted backwards: "Brothers, our sons on Huangquan Road are not lonely, follow me to kill Jing dog!" ”
The sound of horses' hooves is always so powerful, no matter the place or country.
A healthy horse rushed in at the gate of the Jing Army's grain village outside Wuyou County, and several Jing Army soldiers who came in a hurry were directly knocked out. The charging cavalry was as unstoppable as a tiger, and the blood-dripping fangs proclaimed the momentum of a king.
Niu Gao on horseback raised his straight knife high and let out a roar like a murderous god.
Behind him were more than a dozen elite Xiaozhou military armor horses.
Kenichiro Yoshitake, who was coming on, was suddenly startled.
As soon as the connoisseur made a move, he knew if there was any, Kenichiro Yoshitake was also a character who had crawled out of the battlefield, and at a glance, he knew that this Zheng army was not simple, everyone was in iron armor, even the war horse under the crotch was approved, and more than a dozen people dared to break into their own Dazhai without the slightest panic, and the indomitable momentum on his body was definitely the kind that could only be matched by the elite of a hundred battles.
I have that confidence that I can't beat.
Kenichiro Yoshitake's competitive spirit couldn't help but be aroused, and he still had absolute confidence in his mother's clothes.
"Kill!" Kenichiro Yoshitake roared, and the soldiers of the nearby Jing Army saw that their master was so brave, and their morale was greatly boosted for a while, although they still couldn't beat the enemy in front of them, but at least they stabilized their hearts.
Niu Gao led a deputy horse, and at a glance saw Zhang Xiyang, who was fighting, "Tuan rate, horse!" ”
Zhang Xiyang looked back, hurriedly dodged and grabbed the reins at the moment when the war horse galloped past, and ran with a straight knife in his mouth, this war horse is also spiritual, slowed down slightly, Zhang Xiyang hurried a few steps, pulled the saddle with his right hand, and jumped on the horse's back with a force on his hind legs.
The knights beside him flashed by, followed Niu Gao in a sharp formation, and rushed towards the cavalry of the Jing Army, which was more than ten times his size.
In fact, this kind of hedging is a great loss for the Jing army, the Jing army's military horses and Zheng Jun's military horses are obviously inferior in grade, and Yoshitake Kenichiro thought in his heart that his own numerical advantage is so big that the chance of winning is still very big.
Although the officers of the Zheng army who came to win looked very strong, but how much strength could they exert in the battle formation, and how many of the dozen or so people could be left in the cavalry as soon as they hedged over?
Thinking of this, Kenichiro Yoshitake's legs increased a little more strength.
The men and horses on both sides were like dragons, angry in the sky, and they both waved their weapons with the confidence of victory and shouted to kill them.
Soon the two sides were embedded in each other, and screams rang out.
Kenichiro Yoshitake is a well-deserved brave man in Yasukuni, with a long knife flying up and down, even if the Xiaozhou army is so elite and sophisticated, he has been beheaded by him, but the shock in Kenichiro Yoshitake's heart has completely covered the pleasure of killing. The screams were all your own.
This means that their most elite cavalry mothers have completely fallen into the disadvantage of the enemy in the charge against the absolutely inferior forces.
The war horse carrying the master quickly came out of the formation, after all, just such a few people, the Zheng army was already scattered, although there were few people, but they killed their own soldiers and retreated again and again, and there were more and more places on fire.
Kenichiro Yoshitake's heart sank to the bottom, this Zheng Jun is definitely the elite of the elite, how long has it been since he suffered such a big loss.
He remembered the Great Zheng Sixth Army in the mouth of the Zheng people, and the Fenzhou Army, the leader of all armies in the world. It is rumored that the combat power of the Fenzhou army is unparalleled in the world, and even if it is strong into Western Xia, it has to be served. Yoshitake Kenichiro doesn't know what the concept of this unparalleled in the world is, nor does he know how strong the elite iron cavalry of Western Xia is, but he knows what the most elite Imperial Forest Army of Han Ji and Han Ji is, but Han Ji's Imperial Forest Army can't beat Dongfu people, and Dongfu people can't beat Nanzhen, and Nanzhen Kingdom has long been history, but Zheng Guo didn't send the most elite Sixth Army to defeat Nanzhen.
When Kenichiro Yoshitake turned his horse's head again and was about to regroup, Zheng Jun had already rushed over again, and a new arrow formation was quickly formed in the process of charging.
Kenichiro Yoshitake's eyes shrank and he was shocked, such a short distance and such a short time, hey, the elite of the Zheng army is so good at fighting!