Hou Xuan saw that the horse was extremely tall, with a slender back, long hair flying, a silver spear pointed obliquely, and the end was heroic and flying.

The candidate was in a trance, and the horse flew into the air, and the silver spear flashed. The horse crossed the side of the candidate's horse, and the silver spear pierced the candidate's chest with lightning speed, and blood splashed everywhere, and the candidate immediately spurted blood from his mouth.

Ma Chao drew his silver spear, and saw that many of the rebel soldiers were burned to death, and more people were struggling and dancing in the fire, so he immediately jumped up again and killed ten horsemen in a row.

This move quickly suppressed the rebel soldiers. When Ma Chao saw that they all noticed him, he stopped killing. Behind him, a large group of cavalry immediately emerged, each holding a few bulging skins in their hands. They quickly rushed into the fire with their skins and used the water from them to extinguish the fire on the rebel soldiers. Others handed out wet cloths to the rebel soldiers and motioned for them to cover their mouths and noses.

This was Ma Chao's idea, he expected that this fire attack, many rebel soldiers would definitely be burned, so after rushing out of the poplar forest, he ordered the troops to use their skins to get water, so that maybe they could rescue some people from the fire. Considering that the most murderous person in the fire is not fire, but smoke, Ma Chao ordered someone to tear his dress and bring it with him after soaking it. At the same time, Ma Chao also thought that if he saved some rebel soldiers, they would definitely be grateful for his kindness and loyal to him.

Of course, there was not much water in the skin, and Ma Chao could only order his troops to use the water only on the fire that doused the rebel soldiers, and the fire in the woods could not be extinguished at all.

Killed the candidate in one fell swoop, killed ten people in a row, and then rescued him with water, and suppressed the rebel soldiers. Ma Chao shouted to them: "Wait and listen: Wute is here to save you, now hurry up and ride your horse, run out of the poplar forest neatly, don't panic!" Otherwise, I won't be able to save you! ”

As he spoke, Ma Chao turned around and went to the back. Ma Chao's subordinates also followed; The rebel soldiers also immediately came to their senses, and those who had not been burned to death or seriously injured rushed their horses everywhere and hurriedly followed the horses.

Ma Chao led his troops out of the poplar forest, and finally the rebel soldiers came out one by one. All of them were scorched black by the fire, and many of them were covered with burn marks.

At one point, half of the people, that is, more than 5,000 horsemen, escaped from the fire. Ma Chao, these people expressed their willingness to surrender. In addition to this, war horses run faster than people. Ma Chao ordered the sergeant to go and collect it, and also got more than 2,000 war horses. Including the war horses under the crotches of those rebel soldiers, it is more than 7,000.

Ma Chao left two hundred cavalry to monitor these surrendered soldiers, and instructed them to wait for the fire to stop, and then escort these surrendered soldiers and war horses back and hand them over to Pang De, Duan Xuan, Ma Dai and others to dispose of. And he, cut off the head of the candidate, and hung it around Xiaobai's neck, and continued to run towards Han Sui's main force.

Because Ma Chao thought that Han Sui's plan failed only in a moment, no matter how old and calculating Han Sui was, it would never be possible to learn of this change in such a short period of time. So Han Sui must not have much defense. He could take advantage of this opportunity to raid Han Sui's main army and achieve a victory.

Without further ado, Ma Chao didn't even allow his troops to stop eating, and immediately led five thousand horsemen to gallop away to the southwest like a whirlwind and clouds.

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Han Sui was leading the army slowly, he took the lead, behind him was 170,000 cavalry, neatly arranged in four phalanxes: three phalanxes in front, side by side in a row, divided into the middle army, the left army and the right army; The last phalanx was the rear army. Han Sui personally led the Chinese army, with 80,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry troops; The left army was 20,000 cavalry, the right army was 20,000 cavalry, and the rear army was 10,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry.

The whole army, in unison, advance and retreat freely, both offensive and defensive, and harmonious on foot and horse, know at a glance that it is a well-trained male army; Swords and guns are like a forest, and flags cover the sky. However, although the army appeared to be well-trained, its soldiers were all disheveled or hairy, making the army look a little disorganized. And most of them don't wear iron armor, only leather armor, not because of the lack of armor, but to show that they are not afraid of death.

He is very calm, he is not afraid of Ma Chao's miscalculation at all. Because the spy he selected was carefully selected by him from the 200,000 army, alert and intelligent, and his acting skills were exquisite; When testing the skills of this spy, even the cunning man was almost deceived by this spy.

Besides, he also edited a set of seamless rhetoric for this spy, coupled with the flaws deliberately exposed by the spy, coupled with his superb acting skills, how could Ma Chao not believe it? His strategy will definitely work, no matter how hasty the candidate is, as long as he obeys his arrangement in a decent manner, Ma Chao's defeat will not be able to escape.

Cheng Gong galloped up and said, "Lord, is the army marching too slowly?" ”

Han Sui smiled slightly and said, "Bo Ying doesn't have to worry. Ma Chao's defeat is imminent, and our army is waiting for work, and there is no need to panic when encountering his main force. ”

Cheng Gongying said with some embarrassment: "Lord, are you so sure that fine work can deceive Ma Chao?" Ma Chao is brave and strategic. ”

Han Sui smiled and said, "Being brave and resourceful does not mean having the wisdom to know people. Moreover, this is a plan within a calculation, one plan is false, and the other plan is true; One plan in front, one plan in the back; Before and after, virtual and real, Ma Chao will inevitably be tricked. ”

Cheng Gongying couldn't say anything at this time. Han Sui said: "Boying, someone came to report that Ma Teng and Ma Chao have gained most of Hanyang, stability, and the eastward direction of Weishui is occupied by Ma Chao. After repelling Ma Chao, what if he defended the city? ”

Cheng Gongying said: "This matter is easy to hear. Ma Chao has tens of thousands of soldiers, and if he divides his troops to defend them, our army can break them one by one; If he concentrates his forces to defend only one city, he will be alone and poor, and the three assistants behind him will also be exposed. Our army can surround it on the one hand, but on the other hand, it will send troops to attack and harass Sanfu. It will be done. ”

Han Sui nodded and said, "The old man has Boying, he is really like a fish in water." ”

Cheng Gongying said: "But my lord, all this must be based on the candidate's ability to successfully set up an ambush." ”

Han Sui glanced at Cheng Gongying and said, "Boying, you don't believe in the old man's ability?" ”

Cheng Gongying was not very afraid of Han Sui, because Han Sui relied on him the most. Cheng Gongying said: "The subordinates don't believe it, but they are afraid that the candidate will ruin the lord's plan." ”

Han Sui said with a smile: "Hou Xuan is a strong man from Liangzhou, he has studied literature and martial arts since he was a child, and he is proficient in military books. also followed Beigong Boyu to fight for several years, and was a general. It's not hard to do. ”

Cheng Gongying said: "No." However, his subordinates often have heart palpitations, for some reason. ”

Han Sui listened, pondered for a moment, and said, "Maybe it's a great victory." ”

Cheng Gongying sighed and said, "Maybe." ”

Han Sui thought twice and said, "Order, you must beware of Ma Chao's surprise attack." ”

"Boom!" Before Han Sui could finish speaking, a roar suddenly came from his right army, which was the sound of cavalry charging.