After the rain, the grassland is fresh and fresh, and the grass on the grassland is more tender and green after being nourished and watered by the rain. In the endless grassland, the grass is green, and there is a small lake formed after the rain, the water of the lake is crystal clear, and the lake is like a mirror. The blue sky is reflected in the surface of the lake. After the rain, the sky was as blue as the sea, and only a few ribbon-like clouds were drifting around. The sun after the rain is also the best, tepid, soft and slightly hot. The sunlight casts on the small lake, making the lake sparkling and shining.

The grassland is green, the sky is blue, and the rivers and mountains are picturesque. Whoever sees the grassland after the rain will be deeply amazed by this beautiful scenery. However, such a beautiful scenery was ruined by the strong smell of blood in the air.

The smell of blood spreads from the depths of the steppe. There, a brutal chase and killing is going on. On the vast grassland, five thousand horsemen swept through Pinggang like a cloud, and they were fleeing in a panic to the northwest, choking on the smoke and dust that rolled up the sky, and their galloping horses turned their internal organs upside down. Despite their discomfort, they did not dare to stop their horses' hooves for a moment.

When you look closely at these people, you will find that some of these 5,000 people are wearing deep clothes and caged crowns, which are the attire of Han soldiers; Most people wear a bearded coat, that is, all the hair on the top of the head is shaved, leaving only the hair on the top of the head near the ears and neck into small braids, which resembles the Mediterranean; The clothes worn are not made of silk and linen, but leather clothes made by skinning cattle and sheep and other livestock, and then sewing them after tanning and nitrate treatment.

This is obviously the attire of the Hu people. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, many Hu tribes emerged, and they usually entered the Kou Han realm after the autumn and plundered people's wealth. Among them, the most courageous are the Qiang and Di people in Xizhou, and this deserter is mainly Qiang, with a small number of Han people.

The Qiang, especially the Qiang people, was a major problem for the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are dozens of tribes among the Qiang people, among which the stronger ones are Burning Dangqiang, Shenwolf Qiang, Baima Qiang, Zhongqiang, and Prison Qiang. These Qiang tribes are scattered in the land of Qiang and Liangzhou, and even infiltrated the land of Sanfu. The Qiang people, who had won tens of thousands of soldiers and had a population of more than one million, plus the Di people who had won tens of thousands of soldiers and had a population of hundreds of thousands, threatened the survival of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

There was a generation of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Qiang rebellion lasted for a hundred years. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty was not established, the Qiang people have been in turmoil; Until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Qiang people were still rampant in Xizhou. Just to suppress the first Qiang uprising, the Eastern Han Dynasty spent as much as 24 billion military spending, mobilized no less than hundreds of thousands of Han troops, and produced famous generals. However, even so, the momentum of Qiang Di has not weakened, but has intensified. To this day, the Qiang people are still in and out of the boundaries of Xizhou, and their majesty is infinite.

But the 5,000 deserters in front of them have lost their former majesty, they have fled more than 230 miles to the west, and most of the blades in their hands have been discarded early, but they do not even have the courage to stop and rest. Because behind them, there are pursuers who are persevering in pursuing them, and the generals who lead the pursuers are nightmares that they don't want to meet even if they die.

After a long journey of more than 200 miles, Rao is a tall and sturdy river horse with long-lasting endurance and cannot bear it. Gradually, the speed of this deserter slowed down, and some of the war horses fell to the ground because of the loss of strength, foaming at the mouth; He threw the knight on his back to the front.

When the leader of the 5,000 fleeing defeated soldiers was a Qiang man, he did not order him to stop and rest, but shouted in fear: "Don't stop!" General Shenwei Tian is behind him, run for me! ”

One of the horsemen panted and said, "Chief, our horses are almost out of strength, and we can't run far." Since sooner or later he will be caught up by General Shenweitian, it is better to surrender. ”

"That's right, General Shenweitian is also his own person, and he will treat us well if he surrenders." The other rider muttered as well.

"Yes, Chief, I've heard that the first few surrendered to his troops, and they were all treated well by General Shenweitian. If we surrender as well, General Kamui will not embarrass us. Another rider said with a dance.

Then, more people also clamoured. The leader had been shaken for a moment, but after thinking for a moment, his heart was firm. The leader ordered: "These three people disturb the hearts of our army, pull them down and cut them down." ”

Immediately, several men came and dragged the man who had just persuaded him to surrender from his horse. Everyone else looked at the leader in horror. The leader looked at everyone and said sternly: "Hmph, although General Shenwei Tian also has the blood of my Qiang people, don't forget! He is a Han army, and his father Ma Shoucheng is also a Han army! ”

When everyone heard this, they all bowed their heads in despair. The leader said: "As a rebel, we have followed Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, Bian Zhang, Wang Guo, Han Wenyue and others to make trouble, and we have been in trouble in Liangzhou for several years. Will the Han army forgive me and wait? Will the imperial court forgive me for waiting?! ”

When they heard this, the crowd was even more speechless. The leader shouted: "Okay, continue to march towards Ji County, Han Wen Dating sent someone to meet us." ”

"Whoa." Five thousand horsemen began to pull up, instigating the tired horses to continue to run forward.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred. The originally quiet grassland suddenly heard a muffled sound, like the dullness before the thunder; The earth began to tremble violently, and the grass on the ground swayed.

More than 5,000 river horses were restless, and each one of them stood up and snorted nervously. Even more uneasy than the horses were the rebel soldiers. They were familiar with cavalry warfare, and knew that this sound could only be made by a large force of cavalry. The earth shook more and more violently, and the muffled sound in the distance became louder and louder, like a roar of thunder.

When the leader heard this, he knew that it was the pursuers behind him who had caught up, and exclaimed, "Not good! General Shenwei Tian has caught up, run! ”

The 5,000 rebels were frightened and panicked, and some of them fell off their horses because they were so nervous and frightened. The rebel army quickly ran westward, but pursuers followed. The pursuers came like the wind, and suddenly emerged from the eastern horizon. From a distance, first a red flag suddenly pierced the sky, and then the figures of cavalry emerged. In just an instant, the horizon was completely obscured by the figure of the pursuers.

When the rebels looked back, they saw that the pursuing iron cavalry had swept from the top of the hill, rolling up the dust. In the smoke and dust, the figure of the iron horseman, disappearing from time to time, is full of shadows, and there are more than 10,000 riders. The rebels shouted nervously.

Suddenly, the rebels turned around and looked again, only to see that the pursuer suddenly allocated a way out of it, and I don't know what it meant. Look again, a horse flew out of the formation. When the rebels took a closer look, their souls flew away: it was their most feared nightmare - Ma Chao, the divine power general!