Chapter 67: The decisive battle becomes Gongying
Seeing Cheng Yin withdraw his troops and leave, Ma Chao showed a sinister smile. This is a plan to attack the west. There are two mountain passes in Snake Ridge, one east and one west. The west entrance is the passage where he led the army in, and the east entrance is closer to Ayang City. As long as a wall is built with earth and stones at the east entrance, but troops are sent to pretend to break through from the west entrance.
A fool like Cheng Yin would naturally think that he was going to break through from the West Exit. Therefore, Cheng Yin will definitely lead troops to block the west exit. But Cheng Yin is too stupid and anxious, obviously the east exit is closer to Ayang, and it has to take a long detour to break through from the west exit, just like Cheng Gongying had to go a long way, how could Ma Chao be stupid enough to go far?
As for the earthen wall that had sealed the east entrance, Ma Chao was not worried, he asked the soldiers to spread the prepared wooden planks on both sides of the earthen wall. Two long and wide planks, one on the inside of the earthen wall and the other on the outside of the earthen wall, were enough to turn the moat into a thoroughfare.
The soldiers suddenly realized, and they all excitedly praised Ma Chao for his resourcefulness, even far beyond "Liangzhou Sanming." Ma Chao was the first to ride Xiaobai on the plank, which was as heavy as Xiaobai, and the plank could also be carried, and it could accommodate five horses to pass at the same time. Two thousand flying horses rushed in, and in just half an instant, they all crossed the earthen wall and came out from the east entrance.
There were only 500 horsemen stationed at the east entrance and intercepting Ma Chao. Seeing Ma Chao using the meter, they easily shook off Cheng Yin, and they were all stunned. Ma Chao just wanted to rush over and kill him, but he didn't expect that these people would be so impressed that he surrendered directly. Ma Chao thought it would be good to do this, and ordered the five hundred cavalry leaders to follow him to attack the Xikou garrison.
Cheng Yin had just arrived at the west entrance and learned from the West Exit garrison that Ma Chao had already set up a wooden plank under their noses and climbed over the earthen wall and left. And the Xikou garrison did not dare to rush into the Snake Ridge to stop it because they were afraid of Ma Chao. Cheng Yin was shocked, thinking that since Ma Chao had already fled, he might be killing him.
Cheng Yin just wanted to throw the reins and urge the war horse to run away, but suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves behind him, Cheng Yin looked back and saw that it was Ma Chao, white robe, white armor and white horse, silver spear and silver saddle, handsome jade face, and majestic style; The war horse under his crotch was like four hooves of the wind, and it flew towards him. Behind him, it was the five hundred horsemen left by Dongkou who had already switched to Ma Chao.
Ma Chao smiled cruelly: "Cheng Yin, take your life!" ”
Cheng Yin was so panicked that he almost fell off his horse, and the rest of the four thousand five hundred horsemen were also panicked and ran away, not caring about Cheng Yin at all. Cheng Yin immediately urged the war horse to run, Ma Chao saw Cheng Yin wanting to escape from a distance, knowing that the war horse generally listened to the whistle command, and had a plan. Ma Chao stretched out his finger and put it in his mouth, blew hard, and a loud whistle sounded.
Cheng Yin's war horse heard Ma Chao's whistle, and immediately stopped its four hooves and stood still. Ma Chao laughed heartily, he just guessed that Cheng Yin would use whistles to train his war horse, he was not completely sure, he just had the mentality of giving it a try. Unexpectedly, he really guessed it!
Cheng Yin looked back at Ma Chao rushing over with a smile on his face, getting closer and closer, crazy, and whipping his war horse. But his horse did not move. Only then did Cheng Yin remember that his war horse was trained by him to stop whenever he heard a whistle, and did not make any other whistles, no matter how hard he fought, this horse would not go.
Cheng Yinzheng was remorseful, and when he heard a "poof", his body was suddenly hit by something. Cheng Yin lowered his head and saw that a spear head had already emerged from his chest, and the spear head was covered with blurred flesh and blood, and it was also shining with silver light.
Cheng Yin vomited blood from his mouth and died. The rest of the rebels, seeing that the main general was killed, threw down their weapons and surrendered. Ma Chao had no intention of surrendering and rebelling, leaving dozens of horsemen to watch the surrendered troops, and led the flying cavalry to hurry towards Ayang City.
Ma Chao learned from the rebels that Cheng Gongying had to go a long way in order to trap him with Snake Ridge. And it took him half an hour to escape from the siege of Snake Ridge, and he should be able to catch up with Cheng Gongying.
After traveling twenty miles, Ma Chao saw the scouts of the Cheng Gong Ying Department, and he was overjoyed, this must not be far from the Cheng Gong Ying Department. After galloping for five miles, Ma Chao finally caught up with Cheng Gongying.
Cheng Gongying gritted her teeth, angry in her heart, why was Cheng Yin so useless? The terrain of Snake Ridge is so favorable that it can't be used well to trap Ma Chao inside. But Yan Xing was secretly happy in his heart, Ma Chao was able to quickly get rid of Cheng Yin and catch up, which showed that Han Sui's strategy of avoiding the real and attacking the false was most likely successful. But after all, the chasing soldiers had arrived, and Cheng Gongying had to stop to deal with it.
Cheng Gongying thought for a while and said, "General Yan and General Liang, you lead 20,000 cavalry to capture Ayang City first, and I will stay and use 10,000 cavalry to block Jinma Chao for you." ”
"Okay, be careful!" Liang Xing said happily.
Yan Xing secretly shouted that it was not good, if this was the case, it would be difficult for Ma Chao to intercept Cheng Gongying. Yan Xing said: "Strategist, I don't agree with the strategy. ”
"General Yan, only the soldiers will ...... if they are divided into two ways"
Yan Xing quickly interrupted him and said, "Ma Chao is no more than two thousand horsemen, and our army is fifteen times his number. A charge round, can Ma Chaoyan be undefeated? ”
Cheng Gongying thought about it too. Yan Xing said again: "It's better to solve Ma Chao's threat immediately, and then we will capture Ayang City." ”
Cheng Gongying thought about it carefully, and thought that this Yan Xing was a good general, and what he said was also very reasonable. So he said: "Okay, then the whole army stays and fights Ma Chao." ”
Yan Xing was secretly happy in his heart, he just wanted to delay Cheng Gongying in this way and give Ma Chao a chance. He said in his heart, Ma Chao, Ma Chao, Yan has already given you a chance, it is up to you whether you can achieve it, don't let Yan down!
Cheng Gongying, Yan Xing, and Liang Xing each led 10,000 cavalry, divided into three armies, lined up in formation, and divided into the middle army, the left flank, and the right flank. Cheng Gong Ying led the Chinese army, Yan Xing led the left wing, and Liang Xingguan managed the right wing. 30,000 horsemen occupy a large wilderness, covering the sky and the end of the field; The formation is like this, orderly, and looks unbreakable and magnificent.
Ma Chao was not afraid, he only had 2,000 flying horses, and he dared to lead the army to break through to the rebel array. But the two thousand flying horsemen were also a little timid when they saw the rebels in such a position. When Xiaobai saw Ma Senran, the person opposite, he was so frightened that he took two steps back. Ma Chao stroked Xiaobai's mane, and whispered "Woo" in his mouth to appease Xiaobai.
Cheng Gongying sneered, fifteen to one, no matter who he was, he would be frightened. His 30,000 horsemen were outnumbered, but their morale was high.
Ma Chao knew that Xiaobai was so scared, and the two thousand flying horses under his subordinates were estimated to be a little panicked, and he had to alleviate the fear of his subordinates.
Ma Chao shouted: "Cheng Gongying, my brocade Ma Chao will give you a big gift!" ”
As he spoke, he untied Cheng Yin's head hanging around Xiaobai's neck, and ordered a sergeant to carry the head and ride to Cheng Gongying.