Chapter Seventy-Two: The Cavalry Fights

It was another noon day, and several grain ships were sailing south above the water.

They set out from Yongxian, loaded with countless grains and weapons, and prepared to go down the river to Chencang for delivery.

"This Weishui is so turbulent, why do you have to take the waterway to Chencang." A soldier at the helm muttered discontentedly, carefully steering the cargo ship.

"It is said that there are Shu bandits robbing the road on this Chencang Road, and the first few batches of grain are basically dead." An old soldier shook his head, equally cautiously probing the water.

"The general's method is to exterminate them, so we can only take the waterway to Chencang for the time being."

"This is too dangerous, and if you are not careful, the ship will probably sink." The young soldier muttered as several grain ships arrived at the junction of Huangshui and Weishui.

The current from the Weishui to the upper reaches of the Weishui is relatively rapid, and it is generally only suitable for boats to go downstream.

When Huangfu Song went west, he was forced to ask for help because he couldn't go by water. Although they can barely travel by boat now, it is not much easier for these soldiers to take this trip than Huangquan Road.

But at this moment, a sharp-eyed old pawn suddenly discovered something. He saw several small boats from the side join together and crash against them along the current.

"What's the situation? What's that? The old pawn was shocked and immediately warned the whole ship's soldiers.

At this moment, several small boats suddenly burst into flames and crashed into them.

"Dodge!" Several Wei soldiers at the helm were startled and hurriedly made dodge moves. But even so, one ship was loaded onto it, and the fire quickly spread.

The water is not wide, and it is not easy to dodge in a place of this size when encountering connected ships.

At the same time as several grain boats dispersed, more than a dozen connected boats appeared on the water at the same time.

Ma Tan's goal is to stop Chen Cangdao, and I will still have to come and block you if you take the waterway. So he led people to build a dozen small boats, and they were connected together to play a broadside battle.

According to Ma Yan's assumption, his landlubber is estimated to be unable to even stand on the boat. So Ma Tan connected several ships together, and these were basically relatively stable.

However, after setting off, Ma Jian felt that he had overestimated the impact of the river. The flow speed itself is not large, and the water is not wide, and more than a hundred Qianghu death squads feel like walking on the ground when they follow him.

"It seems that I am overthinking, and this water war is not so difficult." Ma Jian nodded lightly, and the next thing was to have an exciting overboard battle with Wei Jun.

But in a trance, Ma Tan always felt that he had forgotten something, but he didn't remember it for a while. So he simply didn't want to think about it, and directly pulled out his sword and stood at the bow of the boat, shouting arrogantly.

"I am the great Han Fenwei general Ma Yan! Wait for the speed and be caught! ”

Such an arrogant and heroic behavior made the soldiers sitting behind him admire.

is worthy of our general, standing on this boat without shaking at all.

Because they were disturbed by the fireboats, several grain ships did not have time to escape, and in an instant, the small boats of the Shu army had already rushed to the side.

"Kill!!" Ma Tan took the lead, climbed aboard the Wei army's ship lightly, and rushed up murderously.

Most of the Wei soldiers in charge of escorting are second-line militiamen, who have experienced this battle. Seeing Ma Tan jumping up, nearly half of the soldiers immediately dispersed. Only a few loyal ministers of Great Wei dared to rush over to compete with Ma Yan.

"It's just you!" Ma Jian felt very disappointed in this, who could fight at this point.

At this thought, Ma Tan drew his sword and slashed the two Wei soldiers to the ground in just two breaths.

Seeing that Ma Jian was so fierce, and seeing the rest of the Shu soldiers boarding the ship, the Wei soldiers all threw down their weapons and surrendered. Even if they didn't surrender, they jumped ship and fled, not daring to engage Ma Jian at all.

"The Shu people have been killed!"

"I surrender! Don't kill me! ”

"Run!!"

For a while, the Wei soldiers were defeated, but they were chased away by Ma Tan. For a while, the morale of the Qianghu tribes, who were a little unstable, was high, and they shouted while slowly following Ma Tan.

Ma Jian was on the boat, and the group basically didn't follow, but the shouting must be loud.

In the end, under the leadership of Ma Tan, one ship of the Wei army was burned, two grain ships were captured by the Shu army, and three ships turned around and ran away, not daring to continue forward. Only a few members of the Shu army fell into the water during the fight and were almost drowned.

It was only at this time that Ma Jian finally remembered what he had forgotten.

Ma Tan, a native of Yicheng, Xiangyang.

He's from Jingzhou, he's not a landlubber!!

Not to mention that the water battle drowned, and the people below fell and he had to go down to fish. On the other side, the Wei sergeant couldn't beat him at all in the boat, and he chased and beat him all the way.

"θ‰ΈγΏ·ιΌœ, how did I forget that I was a southerner, didn't I bully them by fighting a water war with a group of Guanzhong people." Ma Jian can't wait to give himself a slap, it is better to go to Youfufeng for a stroll when you have this time, maybe you can meet Guo Huai.

"The general is really brave! Its martial arts are no less than Ma Mengqi back then! Shu Ji watched Ma Jian kill all sides throughout the whole process, and couldn't help but admire it more and more.

I heard that General Ma is a southerner, and his skills in water warfare are worse than equestrianism. Now it seems that it is indeed good, this horse general can ride a horse and ride a boat, and he is still an all-round general.

No, I was too shou in Longxi County before, and the level of governance was not bad, this is both civil and military!

"Okay, okay, don't be a sycophant, quickly burn this ship and let's leave!" Ma Jian felt very bored, and waved his hand to command.

It seems that if you want to increase the strength, you still have to change your strategy, and these escort parts played by Jue Chen Cangdao are still too weak.

Where can I get enough strength......

Why don't I go and fight Yongxian?

Thinking of this, Ma Jian suddenly felt as if he had a trick.

Since the Shu army pulled out Longyou, Guo Huai moved the administrative office from Chang'an to Yongxian. The state soldiers who had been stationed in Guanzhong Sanfu were also transferred to Yongxian by Guo Huai.

At this time, there were a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Yongxian County, and the grain and weapons were all stationed here. If you can succeed in a sneak attack, even if it is just a fire, it can greatly damage the morale of Cao Wei's soldiers and horses.

At this time, Guo Huai also sat here and personally supervised the affairs of Yongzhou.

Well...... Will the sneak attack on Yongzhou be regarded as a deliberate death?

Ma Tan is a little unsure of his idea, and it is a good idea to sneak attack Yongzhou, but it is difficult to say whether it will be recognized as taking the initiative to send him to death.

"Probably not, Dongwu Ganning just did this a few years ago. It stands to reason that I've fallen into the sky, why can't I do it? ”

Ma Jian pondered for a long time, and after many rational analyses, he felt that it should not be counted.

Even if the Heavenly Dao is deciding, it should be no problem for me to do a hundred horsemen to rob the enemy camp, right?

"Shuji, put away the trilogy!" After Ma Jian made up his mind, he waved his hand and shouted.

"After burning the boat, follow me to Yongxian!"

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At the same time, the two grain ships that ran away also returned to Yongxian County and reported to Guo Huai that they had been robbed by the Shu people again.

This time Guo Huai couldn't hold back at all, in just two or three months, this is the first time he has been robbed by the Shu army?

Every time he robbed the road, he had to refill the grain in Chencang, and he was almost sad to death these days.

"Go get me a horse! I'm going to personally lead the troops to cut down Ma Yan'er!! The more Guo Huai thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally roared at the case.