Chapter 113: "Reinforcements" from the North
It was Ma Chao who came from the north of Hanzhong City.
After Cao Cao led his army to defeat Ma Teng and Han Sui, Ma Chao fled south with the remnants of Xiliang, and the first person he could choose to take refuge in was Zhang Lu.
When Ma Chao's team was about to arrive in Hanzhong, they were suddenly stopped by a rain of arrows in front of them.
"Bah~! Who's ahead? Don't go any further! ”
Ma Chao's troops were taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Let's move slowly~~~ We are the army of the Xiliang Ma family, and we are here to defect to Zhang Gong~~~~"
As soon as Ma Chao finished shouting, a sharp arrow "swished" from the cheek of the person who shouted, almost killing him.
"What about Xiliangma's family? Why did you come to Hanzhong? Want a sneak attack? ”
"Nope! Please listen to us, we are indeed here to defect to Zhang Gong, and please report on behalf of the general! ”
Ma Chao glanced at his younger brother Ma Dai's injury, frowned and took a step forward.
"I am Ma Chao, the Han thief Cao Cao killed my biological father and occupied my Xiliang, this time I took refuge in Zhang Gong is indeed sincere, if Zhang Gong has any scruples, we can unload our armor and enter the city."
Ma Chao's words were full of sincerity, originally thinking that the other party had no reason to refuse.
But who knew that when they were about to continue walking, the other party attacked another rain of arrows, this time directly hitting Ma Chao's subordinates, causing at least seven people to be injured.
"What?!"
Seeing this, Ma Chao was furious, urged the horse to step forward, brandished the tiger hairpin golden gun in his hand, and set up arrows for the soldiers.
Ma Dai ordered the shield men to come forward to take cover, and only then did he drag the wounded back.
"What do you mean by that? I, Xiliang, have always been in harmony with Hanzhong, why didn't I even let the city gate enter this time? ”
As soon as Ma Chao's voice fell, he heard a person on the other side say in a loud voice: "Hmph~ I'm phew!" Do you really think that our main guild will not be able to take you in this lost dog? In the past, it was for the sake of Han Sui and Ma Teng's face, but now that they are all dead, what use can you Xiliang Army have? Is it a waste of our Hanzhong food? It's better to raise a dog than to raise your Xiliang Army, get out! Otherwise, Lao Tzu will cut you off the horse! ”
"What? Too much deception...... It's too much of a deception! ”
Ma Chao was already grieving because of the loss of his father, and now he has put down his body to defect to Zhang Lu, but now let alone defect, people don't even let him in, and even speak ill of him.
As the saying goes, you don't hit people in the face, and you don't scold people, but the person opposite not only opened Ma Chao's wound, but also added a handful of salt to it.
"Daring fanatics...... Come on! ”
Ma Chao couldn't bear it anymore, so he rushed forward with a gun and urged the horse.
The man on the other side laughed when he saw it, but he was not afraid at all, and he also rushed forward.
"Ah——!h
"Ha ——!"
"Qiang ~~~~~ Qiang Qiang Qiang Qiang!"
Ma Chao brandished his spear and rushed past the man, and the blades of the two collided together with a loud noise, and they were evenly matched.
"Huh? Who is this person? Can you actually take my tiger hairpin golden gun? ”
The two fought each other like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, there were more than a dozen rounds, and they didn't know the winner.
The man on the opposite side wielded a broad-bladed broadsword, which was comparable to Ma Chao in terms of strength, agility, and equestrianism.
"Hahahaha~~~ What Xiliang Jin Ma Chao, it's just a vain name~~~"
The man with the big knife laughed, and there was another verbal provocation at Ma Chao.
"How daring! Take me another shot! ”
Ma Chao was burned by the anger of the other party, and immediately used a lot of strength, and no longer kept it at all.
"How did the eldest brother make a real fire? In that case, we really can't enter Hanzhong City......"
Ma Chao's younger brother Ma Dai was anxious to see from behind, and he still hoped to meet Zhang Lu and make his words clear.
After all, the two of them had a good relationship before, and this time Ma Chao brought troops to take refuge, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be, what went wrong?
"Second brother, what else do you enter Hanzhong, people look down on us at all, if you want me to say that it is better to attack with the whole army and directly capture Hanzhong!"
Behind Ma Dai, a burly young man said this, but it was Ma Tie.
"Don't be reckless! We don't even have a foothold now, and if we fight Zhang Lu again, we will really be cornered! ”
Ma Dai still showed the calmness he should have, but Ma Chao had already hit the head, and he was chasing the big man opposite at the moment.
As for this mysterious man, he was naturally pretending to be Wei Yan under Zhang Lu.
He took advantage of the opportunity of being attracted by Zhao Yi in Hanzhong City to stop Ma Chao and create contradictions between the two sides, so that this new force of Xiliang could not enter the city, so that they would have one less strong opponent.
"Oops, yes~~~ It's worthy of Xiliang Jinma Chao, you have the ability to wait, I'll go back and call someone!"
Wei Yan was almost picked off by Ma Chao's shot, and he swung two knives with all his might, turned the horse's head and ran to the north gate of Wang Hanzhong.
"The madman is gone! Leave your life behind! ”
Ma Chao is angry at the moment, how can he easily let the enemy go?
He slammed the horse's belly and chased after him, vowing to keep Wei Yan's life in his hands.
At the same time, at the head of Hanzhong City, the soldiers in charge of patrolling saw a group of men and horses galloping towards them, and it was definitely not a friendly army that looked murderous.
"This ...... Where did this enemy come from? Hurry, go and report to Shijun, there is also an enemy attack at the north gate! Come on! ”
The man guarding the gate was so frightened that he went to tell the news, and at the same time ordered the archers at the head of the city to be ready to fire their arrows when the enemy approached.
Zhang Lu is also very depressed in his heart now, because Zhao Yi's army has completed the assembly, and at this moment, the soldiers are approaching the city, and a round of artillery bombardment almost completely collapses the south gate of Hanzhong City.
"Block! Block me with a Rolling Wood Thunder Stone! Shoot the arrows, don't stop the arrows! Has the crossbow been installed? Okay, just shoot me! ”
Zhang Lu took a sword and personally supervised the battle at the head of the city, commanding the defenders to resist Zhao Yi's attack with all their might.
Not to mention, with the personal command of this master, the defenders of Hanzhong did not collapse at the first touch, but withstood the first wave of Zhao Yi's attack.
"Yo~ Not bad, I originally thought that a round of salvo would be crippled on the opposite side, but I didn't expect to have the strength to fight back? Hehe~ It seems that mortars have to be used. ”
Zhao Yi had just used an RPG quiver, and was about to use a mortar at the moment, but he was keenly aware of the commotion in the city.
"Shijun~~~ Shijun, something is wrong! North Gate ...... There is an enemy attacking the city at the North Gate! We...... We're going to be unable to stop it! ”
"What did you say?!"
Zhang Lu heard the news like a bolt from the blue, and he didn't react for a long time.
"Zhang Yuelu! I'll take people to the north gate, you must guard here! As long as Prime Minister Cao's reinforcements arrive, Zhao Yi will definitely be defeated! ”
At this moment, the Kuimu wolf, which had been hiding in the city, could no longer hide, and came forward to help Zhang Lu command the army to resist Zhao Yi.
It's just that none of them thought that the enemy army from the north was originally an ally, so how could someone suddenly attack the city? Could it be ...... Someone fell into the ground?
Zhao Yizheng looked strange, but saw a flying pigeon falling from the sky and landing on his arm.
"Huh? Got a letter? ”
Zhao Yi took off the letter from the pigeon's lap, and after reading it, a bright smile appeared on his face.
"Hehehe~~ Wei Yan, this kid, did a good job~ It saved me ammunition."
Zhao Yi raised his hand to rub the letter into fine ash, and shouted at the wall with enough internal strength: "Zhang Lu! Kui Timber Wolf! I know that you are all ~~~ give up fearless resistance, our reinforcements Xiliang Army have arrived, and you have no chance of winning! If you still think about the people of the city, surrender immediately! If not...... After the city is broken, it will be slaughtered! ”