Chapter 41: The Fire Horse Scheme
Cheng Gongying has a characteristic, that is, when a crisis comes, he will consciously feel palpitations. For example, when the plan failed, now in the face of this treacherous camp, Cheng Gongying suddenly felt palpitations.
Cheng Gongying hurriedly turned his head to Han Sui and said, "Lord! ”
After Han Sui kept staring at the smoke, he said lightly: "The old man knows." ”
The rebel soldiers also sensed that something was wrong with the world behind the smoke, and they all fell silent and unconsciously retreated. Han Sui didn't stop it, and after watching it for a long time, he felt that it was better to be careful, so he whispered an order, ordering the army to slowly and orderly withdraw from the camp, away from the thick smoke.
The rebel soldiers were well-trained and battle-hardened, and they retreated in unison. But the world behind the smoke is still so quiet, without the slightest waves.
This made Han Sui and Cheng Gongying a little suspicious, could it be that they both felt wrong, in fact, there might not be any danger waiting for them after the smoke, everything was that they were too frightened?
Han Sui hesitated and waved his hand to order the army to pause. But it was at this stop that something happened suddenly! I only heard more burning sounds behind the smoke, which made Han Sui and Cheng Gongying a little frightened, thinking that it was Ma Chao who was burning his military supplies?
But not long after the sound of the fire was burning, the smoke was followed by the neighing of horses, like the strange cries of the ghosts of hell.
Han Sui and Cheng Gongying instinctively thought of something, and exclaimed at the same time: "It's not good! Evacuate! ”
The rebel soldiers were still stunned, but they heard the neighing of horses behind the smoke and the dull sound of horses' hooves, the sound of a large group of cavalry or a large group of horses galloping.
The rebels were shocked! When they were about to run, they saw a large group of horses breaking through the smoke and rushing towards them desperately, and there was fire between the horses.
Han Sui and the others didn't say a word, they immediately turned their horses and fled, and the rebel soldiers were also afraid that the horses would collide, so they rushed to the gate of the village.
The rebels soon left the gate and the camp, but the horses continued to charge at them frantically. The galloping momentum of 10,000 horses is better than the charge of Ma Chaojun.
The rebels wanted to run, but their mounts were carrying men and weapons, so how could they outrun a relaxed horse? Endless horses poured out of the gate, and then crashed into the rebels. Many horses were immediately knocked into meatloaf and trampled into powder.
For a while, the dull sound of flesh colliding, crisp bone breaking, and piercing screams of people and horses were heard in the ears and incessantly.
Han Sui didn't dare to look at the place where the collision occurred, and when he looked at it, he was frightened by the tragedy there.
The horses rammed into the rebels and retreated more than ten paces before the momentum stopped slightly, and there were no more casualties. Han Sui saw clearly at this time, it turned out that the long and thick tail hair of the war horse was artificially ignited, and the war horse was burned by the fire, so he desperately crashed into his army.
Han Sui hated, this "fire horse trick", he knew with his toes that this must be the work of the treacherous Ma Chao!
But after all, this was still his war horse, so Han Sui hurriedly asked the soldiers to go down to restrain him and drive the war horse back to the camp.
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When Han Sui led the army back, Ma Chaozheng led the crowd out of the west gate of the rebel camp. He was very slow, for it took him a lot of time to lift more than six thousand women on horseback; Not to mention that the soldiers also had to drive thousands of wagons transporting grain and money, more than 20,000 good horses and hundreds of thousands of livestock, so it is no wonder that the speed is not slow.
However, Ma Chao was not afraid that Han Sui would catch up, and he left Han Sui with a "fire horse plan". He first went to drive away more than 20,000 war horses, regardless of the merits, and the women in the pack operation also spent six or seven thousand horses, leaving more than 70,000 war horses. He imitated Tian Dan and deliberately left the remaining 70,000 war horses in the camp, leaving hundreds of sergeants waiting for Han Sui's arrival. Just wait for Han Sui to lead the army back, and then set the horsetail on fire.
After Ma Chao escorted this huge team out of the west gate of the camp quietly, he first marched three miles along the bank of the Weishui River to get rid of the rebels' vision. Then he turned in the direction of his camp, that is, to the north. When the team was seven miles away from the rebel camp, Ma Chao heard the sound of horses' hooves stepping on the ground from the rebel camp, and his heart was happy. Then came the sound of a violent crash.
Ma Chao's heart was settled. After marching three miles and catching up with more than a hundred horsemen from behind, it was Ma Chao who left behind those who ignited the horse's tail. As soon as they lit the horsetails, they fled through the west gate.
Ma Chao asked eagerly, and the soldiers all said that they saw the war horse crashing into the rebels, and they didn't find any trace of him, so they definitely wouldn't chase him.
Ma Chao finally put his mind at ease. Ma Chao looted the rebels' camp and took most of the military supplies away, which was too dangerous. If the rebels find some clues and do not enter the camp and come directly to pursue, then all his arrangements will be in vain.
However, this time, Ma Chao won the bet and used the fire horse to severely damage the rebels, which also provided him with enough time to transport the rebels' military funds.
Unexpectedly, at this time, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and Ma Chaoxin was in his throat! Could it be that the rebels still have a remnant of the remnants? Ma Chao immediately ordered his troops to abandon military resources and assemble immediately. But before he could assemble, Ma Chao saw it first, and it turned out that the song was his part!
It turned out that when Pang De, Duan Xuan and Ma Dai saw that the rebels went back to rescue the camp, they wanted to chase after them and beat them, and at the same time relieve him of some pressure. But I didn't want to meet Ma Chao who dragged his family halfway.
After Ma Chao understood, he ordered Ma Dai to take 550,000 cavalry to escort the military supplies, and the rest of the men and horses followed him, Pang De and Duan Xuan to continue to attack the rebels.
Ma Chao expected that now that the rebels had just encountered the fire horse plan, they would definitely be in chaos. If you raid, you will definitely win again.
As Ma Chao expected, when he arrived with his army, the rebels were driving their horses back to the camp. Although the war horses have entered the camp, most of the rebels are still scattered outside the camp, this is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter!
Ma Chao waved his army to charge, and Han Sui soon saw it, and saw that his army was still messy because of the fire horse plan, and he was not Ma Chao's opponent at all, and his heart was in turmoil. At this time, if he didn't try to stop Ma Chao, his rebel army would be finished! But at this time, what countermeasures did Han Sui have in a hurry? The soldiers and horses were exhausted after a whole day of fighting; and scattered because of the fire horses; After the camp failed, the morale also fell to the bottom, no matter how you look at it, he is lost!
Han Sui was mentally prepared to escape and make a comeback in the future, but he saw Cheng Gongying jumping out on his own and throwing himself at Ma Chao.