Chapter 291: Pawns and Generals

Zhou Shen shouted: "Retreat!" Evacuate! ”

In fact, there was no need for Zhou Shen to give an order, and the official cavalry also consciously turned the horse's head and drove the horse to flee in the direction of Chang'an City. Because they saw that after the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, disguised as a convoy of displaced people, used tens of thousands of bows and crossbows to shoot their corpses to the ground, they hurriedly put the bows and crossbows back on the carriage, took out knives and guns from the carriage, untied the horses of the carriage, mounted them, and were about to charge them.

As soon as the official cavalry fled a few dozen paces, a long line appeared on the southern horizon, that is, 15,000 horsemen from Ma Chao's headquarters!

Zhou Shen and the cavalry of the official army were so frightened that they all tried their best to whip the mount under their crotch as if they were crazy, only hating that the mount didn't give birth to eight legs.

And there was a high-pitched roar behind him, it was the group of Xiliang iron horsemen disguised as homeless people, who had already mounted their horses and were chasing after the official cavalry at great speed.

First Yan Xingbu caught up with the official cavalry, followed by Zhang Xiubu and Zhang Jibu, and the three iron cavalry rushed into the official cavalry, frantically waving their hands to interrupt the golden knife, slashing left and right; or with a spear and a lance, stabbing left and right; Or use a bow and crossbow to open the bow left and right, kill countless official cavalry, and bite the tail of the official cavalry.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Chao led his troops to immediately cover up, rushed into the official cavalry, and smashed the official cavalry into pieces, and the Xiliang knights were in the official cavalry, turning the world upside down. The official cavalry was completely surrounded, and they resisted helplessly, which only delayed the killing of some Xiliang iron cavalry.

Zhou Shen saw that he was surrounded, and tried to boost morale, and ordered the officers and cavalry to cheer up and concentrate on breaking through, but the officers and cavalry were desperately struggling weakly under the attack of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and no one paid attention to him at all.

Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, Zhou Shen hurriedly dismounted, wanting to quickly remove the armor on his body that could obviously be seen to be a general, and pretended to be a nobody. But under the extreme nervousness, all he heard was the beastly roar of the Xiliang soldiers, and the shouts of the officers and cavalry before their tragic deaths, Zhou Shen didn't listen to his hands and feet, and he didn't take off a piece of armor for a long time.

With the expansion of the defeat of the official cavalry, the casualties increased dramatically, and the fear of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry accumulated in the Battle of Fufeng immediately burst out when it was surrounded by regiments.

Before Ma Chao could give the order that "those who surrender will not be killed", the remaining officers and cavalry threw their weapons to the ground one by one and tied their hands. The Xiliang sergeants who surrendered so simply that they were killing were stunned.

Seeing this, Ma Chao also quickly stopped the silver spear in his hand, and ordered his subordinates to descend and tie their hands with ropes.

Seeing this, Zhou Shen, who had not been able to take off his armor for a long time, looked like ashes. When he was still hesitant to surrender or fight to the death, he saw all the Xiliang soldiers surrounding him, and their eyes showed fierceness when they looked at him. For the Xiliang soldiers, killing a general of the enemy army can be promoted to captain and rewarded with a thousand gold! Zhou Shen, who has not surrendered at this moment, in their eyes, is a walking vault!

Rao is Zhou Shen, who was looked at by the greedy eyes of hundreds of Xiliang sergeants, and he had to be stunned. Zhou Shen was so frightened that his legs weakened and he fell to his knees, he knew that if he didn't do this, he would definitely be torn to pieces by the Xiliang sergeants.

Seeing that Zhou Shen knelt down without hesitation, the Xiliang sergeants who were about to rush up were so angry that they beat their chests, and the great opportunity was gone.

Ma Chao also recognized Zhou Shen, galloped to the kneeling Zhou Shen, sat on the horse and looked at Zhou Shen condescendingly. Zhou Shen looked up at Ma Chao, and then saw that the silver spear in Ma Chao's hand was dripping blood, and he hurriedly lowered his head in fright.

Ma Chao smiled: "Zhou Shen? General Zhou? How could it be you? For such a trivial matter as harassment warfare, Huangfu Song was willing to send a general to fight in person? There is no one in the official army, and it has reached such a point? ”

Zhou Shen was embarrassed and speechless.

Also on their knees were three captains, and one captain was beheaded by a lucky sergeant of Xiliang.

A captain knelt with his head in his hands, and at the same time glared at Zhou Shen, who was trembling all over, and said, "General Shenweitian, you don't know, originally Huang Fuyi really planned to send only four captains out of the city to carry out the task of harassing your homeless convoy. It's all because this guy is too greedy for money and wants to go out of the city to grab some wealth from the general, so he strongly persuaded Huang Fu Yizhen to let him command the army. That's why I let you capture it this time. ”

After hearing this, Ma Chao couldn't cry or laugh.

Another lieutenant also complained: "Yes! This guy also bewitched us and others, saying how rich the Sanfu family is that it has accumulated a hundred years of family wealth, and saying that even if you grab a handful, you can buy a few Meiji in Luoyang City to spend the Spring Festival together, otherwise how could we end up like this? ”

Zhou Shen said angrily: "This is obviously what you said, how can the basin be buckled on the head of the general!" ”

The last lieutenant hugged one of Xiaobai's legs crying and said, "General Shenweitian, listen to me, this matter is not bad for me, if you want to blame, the general will blame Zhou Shen!" It was he who detected the general's movements, and it was he who gave advice to Huangfu Yizhen to send light cavalry to harass your army and prevent your army from transporting people and materials back to Liangzhou; In the end, it was he who led the army to fight the autumn wind of the general. If the general wants to kill or chop, he will treat Zhou Shen alone. ”

Zhou Shen said angrily: "You wait for these ungrateful things! There will be good things to think about you every time, and you are waiting for such a wolf-hearted dog! ”

Zhang Xiu threw over a horsewhip, causing Zhou Shen to scream, and a bloody mark was made on his face.

Zhang Xiu said coldly: "In front of my brother, you are not allowed to be presumptuous. ”

Zhou Shen and the three lieutenants were immediately silenced.

Zhang Ji asked: "Young master, how to deal with these four defeated generals?" Do you want to do it? ”

Ma Chao was about to answer, and then Jia Xu rode a horse and chased after him, saying: "Young Master, General Ma Dai and General Pang De have sent back the news that the defenders of Yixian and Huaili City have also been defeated, and our army's casualties are extremely light. ”

Ma Chao nodded, thinking to himself, this time he used this strategy to defeat the defenders of Chang'an City, Yixian, and Huaili City, and the official army was painful, and the official army should no longer dare to go out of the city easily to destroy his plan to migrate people and transport.

The only ones that can affect migrants and transportation are Dong Zhuobu and Yongying. But Dong Zhuobu has not appeared since he was ambushed last time, Ma Chao thought, he should have already hid in Lantian City, or hid farther away in Hangu Pass. In this way, Dong Zhuobu could not influence his plan;

As for Yongying, it is stationed in Yongxian, which is one hundred miles north of Chencang City and only one hundred and fifty miles away from Jieting. However, the Yongying camp has very few troops, only one or two thousand, and this number of troops guarding Yongxian County is thin, and it is impossible to provoke the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Ma Chao was much more relieved, now, relying on these three ambushes that occurred at the same time, he had solved Cheng Gongying's worries once and for all.