Chapter 2 Forced Surrender
General Shenweitian is the Qiang people's honorific title for Ma Chao. Ma Chao's face is like a crown of jade, rich and handsome, and he has not tied his hair, and he is already seven feet five long; At this time, he was dressed in silver armor, holding a silver spear, carrying a curved bow, wearing a quiver, a long sword hanging from his waist, a red tasseled hood on his head, and a splendid white robe behind him, and a white horse riding under his crotch. The white horse galloped, carrying him towards the rebels, the sharp head of the silver spear pointed directly at the rebel leader.
The rebels did not have a hard time recognizing him, and they ran forward as if they were flying. The rebel leader was also terrified, but he gritted his teeth. Because it's not far from Ji County. And the main force of the rebel army led by Han Sui and Han Wenyue is in Hanyang County. The leader thought that as long as he insisted on escaping fifty miles further, he would definitely shake off Ma Chao's pursuit and escape.
However, to the shock of the rebels, the sound of horses' hooves rushing in the direction of their advance was suddenly heard. Immediately afterwards, on the horizon facing Ji County, a cavalry force appeared out of thin air, and watched as thousands of horsemen quickly occupied the entire horizon, and rushed towards the rebels a mile away, and its rush was like a flood. On closer inspection, the general who blocked the way of the rebels was an eight-foot-tall strong man armed with a steel gun.
The leader was so frightened that he didn't even notice that the spear in his hand had dropped. Ma Chao attacked from the east, and another tribe attacked from the west, forming a flanking attack on the rebels. The speed of the two tribes was rapid, and soon they were less than two arrows away from the rebels. The rebels were now in a mess and all the way was blocked, so they had to huddle together and look in panic at the enemy troops who were gradually surrounding them.
Ma Chao saw that the rebels had been intercepted and surrounded on all sides, and the rebel soldiers were so frightened that they did not move, so he waved his hand. The more than 12,000 horsemen behind him immediately stopped their horses and extended to the sides to consolidate the encirclement. There were 6,000 horsemen on the opposite side to intercept the rebels, and they all stopped at the horse when they saw Ma Chao's gesture from afar.
Ma Chao looked at the rebels who were huddled in the center of the battlefield, and ordered the army to draw their bows and arrows, while he took a young guard and moved forward. The guard was his cousin, Ma Dai.
Ma Chao and Ma Dai rode to the rebels twenty paces in front of them, Ma Chao looked at the rebels indifferently, and first estimated their number. Seeing that there were no less than five thousand people, and it was a big fish, a faint smile bloomed on his cold face. Ma Chao looked at the rebel soldiers again, and saw that more than 4,000 of the rebels were dressed as Hu people, and more than 1,000 were dressed as Han people, all of them were tall and healthy, and there were few old and weak soldiers, so he was even more happy.
Ma Dai behind him followed and came to Ma Chao's side, his eyes shining. Ma Dai, who was only thirteen years old, shouted happily: "Brother, it's a full five thousand horses!" This time we earned it again! ”
Ma Chao also smiled and said, "Brother Dai, don't worry, whether you can take it all is not clear." ”
"They are surrounded on all sides, with their brother's prestige in Xizhou, how dare they not surrender?" Ma Dai said with a smile.
Ma Chao stopped talking, raised the silver spear across his chest, and shouted loudly: "Who is the main general?" You can go out quickly! ”
More than 5,000 rebels looked at Ma Chao with reverence, even if they saw that Ma Chao was only too old to tie his hair, they did not reduce the awe in their hearts. As soon as they heard Ma Chao's words, everyone's eyes automatically focused on the leader of the Qiang people. The leader of the Qiang people was originally afraid in his heart and did not want to go out to meet each other. But the soldiers looked at him unanimously, and he was under great pressure. Ma Chao also looked at the leader indifferently, seeing that he was just an old pawn, he disdained it in his heart. The leader had to come out of the battle hard, gritting his teeth, and only then did he muster up the courage to look directly at Ma Chao.
The red tassels on Ma Chao's helmet were as red as blood, fluttering slowly in the breeze on the grassland. Ma Chao stared coldly at the leader of the Qiang people and was silent. The powerful aura quickly overwhelmed the psychological defense line of the Qiang leader, and the Qiang leader spoke first: "I am the commander of this department, what will the general do?" "He speaks the Qiang language.
Ma Chao still looked indifferent, and said skillfully in Qiang language: "Do you know who Ben will be?" ”
"It's... It's General Kamuiten. ”
"Since you know it's me, why don't you come early?" Ma Chao said.
"Back to the generals, each is just his master."
"Do you think Han Wenyue can still come to save you now?"
The Qu Shuai snorted, his lips trembled slightly, and he couldn't speak.
Ma Chao said lightly: "Do you descend or not?" If you don't surrender, you die. ”
The Qiang man Qu Shuai's heart struggled. He had always known Ma Chao's bravery and bravery, and he wanted to surrender. But he thought that his wife and daughter were all in Jincheng, in Han Sui's hands. He thought in his heart that if he surrendered, he could live alone, but his whole family would be killed by the vicious Han Sui, and the fate of Qu Shuai, who surrendered to Ma Chao in front, would be like this; But if he does not surrender, he will die, but his wife and daughter will be saved.
Thinking of this, Qu Shuai made a decision in his heart. Qu Shuai gritted his teeth, resolutely raised his head and shouted at Ma Chao: "General Shenweitian, you are crisscrossing Xiliang, I also know how powerful you are!" But I will not die or fall! ”
Before the word "down" was spoken, Ma Chao suddenly burst out, and the white horse under his crotch jumped high, and was rushed to Qu Shuai's side in an instant. Ma Chao stabbed with a spear, and Qu Shuai didn't have time to guard against it, so he was stabbed through the chest by Ma Chao's silver gun, and the head of the gun came out of his back.
Qu Shuai just wanted to raise his knife to block, but there was a sharp pain in his chest. He looked down and saw that the silver steel spear was piercing his chest, piercing exactly where his heart was. He died before he could scream.
The iron cavalry behind him and the rebels in front of him were so nervous that they took a deep breath. But Ma Chao acted as if nothing happened, seeing Qu Shuai's steaming blood staining the silver spear red. He loved the silver spear the most, and blood dripping on the gun was dirty for him. Ma Chao was irritable in his heart, raised his silver spear, and threw Qu Shuai's body far in front of the rebels.
With a muffled "plop" sound, the corpse of Qu Shuai, who was still "bubbling" and bleeding, fell heavily in front of the rebels, causing the rebels to unconsciously retreat several steps.
Ma Dai immediately handed a white silk to Ma Chao. Ma Chao was already familiar with this, and calmly took the silk silk and used it to wipe the blood stains on the silver gun. Ma Chao lowered his head and carefully wiped the silver spear, even if it was just a drop of blood, he did not let go, looking at the silver spear as if he was appreciating the "Qingming Riverside Picture". Both armies quietly looked at Ma Chao, who was wiping his guns, and no one spoke.
Ma Chao didn't raise his head, so he said lightly: "I don't want to kill again, the blood stains the silver gun." What do you think? ”
The rebels' eyes widened and they looked at each other like a herd of cattle held by a tiger, huddled together.