Chapter 33: The Fight Before the Battle

Ma Chao led 30,000 horsemen out of the camp and faced Han Sui's rebels. Ma Chao saw that Han Sui's rebels had lost their declining momentum yesterday, and they were rejuvenated and killed, the formation was strict, the swords and guns were shining, and the flags were standing in a row, which looked very spectacular from a distance.

However, Ma Chao's subordinates are not bad, because most of his subordinates are originally from rebels, and their qualifications are not much different from those of rebels. Moreover, he changed into the military uniform of the Han army, and with his command, he added some self-confidence and fighting spirit. Therefore, although the number of Ma Chao's army is far inferior to that of the rebels, it is fortunate that the fighting spirit is high and the momentum is even better.

The two armies were separated by ten miles and looked at each other from a distance. Ma Chao couldn't hold back, the prancing horse flew out of the formation, the silver gun pointed in the direction of the rebels, and shouted loudly: "Where is Han Sui Han Wenyu?" Hurry up! ”

Soon after the shouts were heard, the rebels were seen to separate to the left and right, and a four-horse chariot was revealed in the middle. The four horses were all white horses of the same height, the same body, and shiny coat, and they were rare horses at a glance; The chariot is driven by two drivers, one of whom is in charge of two horses; The canopy on the cart is tall and wide, fluttering in the wind; Under the canopy stood a person, wearing a beam crown on his head, wearing a purple wide-sleeved robe, with one hand behind his back and the hilt of his sword in the other: it was Han Sui.

The Son of Heaven has six horses, and the princes have four horses. Ma Chao thought to himself, this Han Sui is still quite modest, knowing that he only occupies a place in Liangzhou, and he did not dare to encroach on the honor of the Son of Heaven, but only positioned himself at the level of princes. In fact, the area of Liangzhou is the largest in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Han Sui occupies Liangzhou, and it is indeed a prince.

On both sides of Han Sui, there was a general who was more than eight feet long, Ma Chao recognized that it was the one who threw a long hammer at him and fled with the master, although he didn't know his name, but Ma Chao saw that the general was holding a spear and sitting on a horse, and Han Sui was so reused, it seemed that it must be Yan Xing; There is another scribe next to Han Sui, who is not crowned, only tied his hair with a wooden hairpin, dressed plainly, and has a little cool and martial style in his appearance, Ma Chao doesn't know who this person is.

The two riders drove the chariot to the rebel formation, and the horses were closer. Ma Chao saw that Han Sui was still wearing a beam crown on a hot day in July, and guessed in his heart that it must be to cover the wound on his head.

Han Sui also looked at Ma Chao and made sure that he was not injured.

Han Sui shouted: "The old man is here." The horses are presumptuous! ”

Ma Chao said: "Han Wenyue, I am here to crusade against you today, if you know the destiny of heaven, you can descend early!" ”

Han Sui said disdainfully: "Crusade against the old man? You came to the court for you? ”

Ma Chao said: "You rebelled against the Han family, and falsely claimed that the crusade against the Ten Standing Servants was really a rebellion. I am a Hanchen, the world is subject to Hanlu, how can I not cut you down and correct the world? ”

Han Sui smiled: "Haha! You are right, the old man raised troops in order to oppose the Han world. But the old man also had to do it. The imperial court treats the people of Liangdi harshly, and taxes are heavy, who doesn't know? and perennial slaughter, causing the lives to be ruined, is this the work of Renjun? The court let the people starve all over the wilderness, and the day is not safe, so what if it is the opposite? ”

Ma Chao was shocked, thinking that this reason was quite legitimate, but he was speechless. Ma Chao felt quite reasonable when he heard it, not to mention the other ordinary soldiers, and he was a little shaken after listening to Han Sui's words.

Han Sui saw that some of the soldiers on Ma Chao's side were whispering, quite complacent. Han Sui was confident that his words would be enough to make Ma Chao's subordinates fall apart.

Ma Chao saw that things were not good, and reprimanded: "How deceitful is the Korean covenant! Since you raised the army, the people of Liangzhou have been troubled, resulting in the misery of life, the people do not survive, the people have no livelihood, the city is withered, and the countryside is dilapidated; Tens of thousands of people in Liangzhou died under your hands, and the corpses of the people were all over the land of Xiliang, and you actually said that you rebelled to save the people, didn't you treat the whole world as fools? ”

After listening to Ma Chao's words, people's hearts once again stood on Ma Chao's side. Han Sui's color changed, he didn't expect that this Ma Chao actually had the ability to incite people. Now, Han Sui was no longer tenable in the reason for raising the army, so he said angrily: "If the horse wants to fight, why bother? ”

Ma Chao smiled: "Old thief, you are angry!" ”

Han Sui said angrily: "Where is Yan Xing?!" ”

"The last general!" Yan Xing replied, he knew that this Han Sui couldn't fight Ma Chao's mouth, so he wanted him to save face for him.

When Ma Chao heard this, it turned out that the person who threw the long hammer was Yan Xing, and he was quite surprised. Ma Chao himself knew that the most dangerous time for him was when Ma Teng and Han Sui started to fight without saying a word, and Yan Xing hit him in the neck with a spear, almost killing him.

Looking at other examples, Yu Ban was one of Cao Cao's five good generals, but he was defeated by him; Zhang He, who is also one of the five good generals, he also easily defeated it with only twenty combinations; Cao Cao's younger brother, Cao Hong, a fierce general, only fought with him for forty or fifty times; Only when Xu Chu fought naked and took off his armor could he be able to draw with him;

But in the end, Cao Cao saw that Xu Chu was showing decline, and ordered Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong to come to the rescue, so Xu Chu was not defeated by him; Zhang Fei's situation is the same, with him more than 300 days and nights, after all, Liu Bei was afraid that Zhang Fei would lose, so he called Jin back to the camp three times and twice. It can be seen that although Xu Chu and Zhang Fei can be tied with him, they are still a little inferior. Therefore, Ma Chao knew that this Yan Xing was the only one who posed a threat to him, and it seemed that it was not easy to deal with.

Han Sui shouted: "Kill this yellow-mouthed child for the old man!" ”

Yan Xing was also anxious to engage Ma Chao, and shouted excitedly: "Dare to disobey!" Immediately the horses came.

Ma Chao was also not afraid and galloped over. Yan Xing stopped his horse, and Ma Chao also stopped his horse's hooves when he saw this. Ma Chao said: "You are Yan Xing Yan Yanming? Is it yesterday that Ru Fei threw a long hammer and left with Han Sui in his arms? ”

Yan Xingdao: "Exactly. ”

Ma Chaoji came to his heart, he knew that Yan Xing secretly defected to Cao Cao and betrayed Han Sui in the end, and speculated that Yan Xing was not too loyal to Han Sui, so he moved to recruit him. Ma Chao said: "I came to crusade against Han Sui, and vowed to set foot in Liangzhou and kill all the traitors." I see that you are also quite brave and resourceful, why bother to succumb to the traitor's tent and become a traitor who everyone is ashamed of? If you surrender to me, wouldn't it be wonderful for me to promise you the post of general and report to the court in a correct capacity? ”

When Yan Xing heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little moved, but behind him he felt Han Sui's scorching gaze, so he shouted: "Ma Er Hugh is too much!" ”

Ma Chao was furious and said: "I have good words to persuade you, if you are like this, can you dare to fight!" ”

"Am I afraid of you! Look at the guns! As he spoke, Yan Xing's mount jumped high and stabbed his spear at the horse's speed.

Ma Chao did not flinch, and also rode his horse and speared to fight Yan Xing.