When Xu Chu led his army to leave the camp, Jiang Ji, who was accompanying him, reminded Xu Chu that he should send scouts to the rear.
Jiang Ji's reminder was that he believed that Ma Chao would definitely notice his move of abandoning his car to protect his commander in the near future.
And Ma Chao has a team of elite cavalry under his command.
Based on Jiang Ji's understanding of Ma Chao, he believed that Ma Chao would most likely send troops to pursue him after learning that his side had urgently withdrawn to Tongguan.
At this time, the scouts sent to the rear to detect the enemy's situation became very important.
Xu Chu naturally had no reason to refuse Jiang Ji's reminder.
In order to ensure that the message was transmitted without fail, the personal troops sent by Xu Chu were his tribesmen.
When Xu Chu defected to Cao Cao in his early years, he led all the young men in the clan to join him.
At that time, Cao Cao was impressed by Xu Chu's actions, so he ordered Xu Chu's clan members to be organized into a separate army, which was specially led by Xu Chu himself.
It goes without saying that Xu Chu's clan members are loyal to Xu Chu, but in this critical situation, their report can truly reassure Xu Chu.
Although Ma Chao wasted a lot of time in gathering the Jingqi, he could make up for this lost time with the superb riding skills of Ma Chao and the Jingqi.
Several scouts followed Xu Chu's army at a distance of more than tens of miles as much as possible. Knowing the importance of their mission, they never relaxed for a moment.
But what they didn't expect was that Ma Chao was moving too fast.
Ma Chao probably set out from the Han camp at noon.
But within an hour or so, the scouts left behind by Xu Chu discovered a vast area of dust rising into the sky not far away, and it was sweeping towards them at an extremely fast speed.
After seeing this scene, several Wei army scouts couldn't help but be shocked.
They were also in the army during the Weinan War.
And who of the Wei troops who participated in the Battle of Weinan would forget what it meant when large amounts of dust appeared in the distance?
This means that there are a large number of fine knights not far away, killing them quickly.
Looking at the smoke and dust getting closer and closer, fear gradually emerged in the hearts of several Wei army scouts.
Although the Battle of Weinan ended with the Wei army's victory, during the battle, the unparalleled bravery of the Xiliang cavalry led by Ma Chao was deeply reflected in the memory of every Wei army.
No matter how many Wei troops are blocking the front, no matter whether there is a way out for this charge.
But as long as Ma Chao gives an order, tens of thousands of black-armored cavalry will attack them violently in waves like messengers from hell.
Until death!
How many tight formations of the Wei army collapsed under the charge of tens of thousands of Xiliang cavalry.
Many brave and famous generals of the Wei army fled under Ma Chao's long spear.
"Kansai has a strong army and cannot be taken for granted!"
This was the heartfelt admiration of many famous Wei army generals for the Xiliang cavalry in that battle.
That was the moment when Ma Chao was closest to his hegemony, and it was also the moment when the Xiliang cavalry frightened the world the most.
And that dark moment for Wei Jun seemed to be happening again at this time.
It was as if they could faintly hear the God of Death whispering in their ears, which made several Wei army scouts shudder.
But no matter how scared they were, they would never forget the task Xu Chu gave them.
Almost immediately, these Wei army scouts drove their horses and turned around to pursue Xu Chu's army.
With the fear in their hearts, these Wei army scouts kept slapping the horses with their riding whips like crazy.
They want their horses to run faster.
They thought they would have a chance to escape before Ma Chao arrived.
But unfortunately, their idea is wrong.
Ma Chao, who was the first to gallop ahead of the nearly ten thousand fine cavalry, relied on his excellent eyesight to see the hurriedly fleeing figures of the Wei army scouts from a distance.
Almost as soon as he saw the backs of the Wei army scouts, Ma Chao knew Xu Chu's purpose of leaving them behind.
After realizing this, Ma Chao couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Ma Chao was laughing at Xu Chu.
In terms of martial arts, Xu Chu may be on par with him.
But when it comes to commanding cavalry, Xu Chu is as naive as a child.
Did Xu Chu think that if he set out early, he could escape?
Did Xu Chu think that by leaving a few scouts, he could see his movements in advance and take precautions?
It's simply ridiculous.
Smiling, Ma Chao's eyes gradually turned cold.
The next moment, he was sitting on the horse galloping all the way, but relying on his unparalleled riding skills, he stood upright and majestic on the horse with the help of a single stirrup.
Ma Chao was more than eight feet tall. With such a height, he stood out from the crowd at that time.
And when he stood upright with the help of the height of the horse, at this moment, in the eyes of the nearly ten thousand knights behind him, he looked as tall as a god.
This is their mighty general!
After standing upright, under the admiring gaze of nearly ten thousand Han soldiers, Ma Chao, who was wearing fine armor, pointed his long spear forward and shouted:
"Go after them!"
Ma Chao's voice was loud, and his loud voice, coupled with the strong wind sweeping backwards, soon reached the ears of many elite riders.
After hearing Ma Chao's shout, the speed of the nearly 10,000 Han soldiers suddenly increased a few points.
While continuously accelerating, waves of whistles and whistles unique to the foreign race also resounded across the vast Guanwei Plain.
This is an act of celebration that aliens will subconsciously do when they see delicious prey.
With the continuous increase in speed, the vanguard of the nearly ten thousand Han army's elite cavalry was getting closer and closer to the few Wei army scouts.
Several Wei army scouts who glanced back from time to time were almost frightened and fell off their horses when they saw this scene.
To be selected as a scout by Xu Chu, in addition to loyalty, good riding skills are also a very important assessment criterion.
What's more, in order to ensure the timely transmission of information, the horses under the crotch of these Wei army scouts are all the best horses.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But even with these two bonuses, the distance between them and Ma Chao is still inevitably closing rapidly.
Regarding this, these Wei army scouts had not thought of this beforehand.
But this is not surprising.
Because those nearly ten thousand fine cavalry are the best Qiang and Di Qingqi in the world today!
What's more, under the leadership of Ma Chao, the riding god, the morale of nearly 10,000 Qiang and Di Jingqi remained at the highest level from the beginning.
It didn't take long for Ma Chao, who was galloping at the front of nearly 10,000 fine cavalry, to come within a hundred paces of the few Wei army scouts.
This distance is enough for Ma Chao to make sure his arrows are missed.
Ma Chao, who had strong confidence in his own archery skills, did not hesitate at all. He first handed the long spear in his hand to Ma Dai who was standing aside, and then quickly took off the strong bow from his back.
After holding the strong bow in his hand, the next moment a sharp arrow with a cold light appeared on the bowstring.
With a "whoosh" sound, without too much aiming, the sharp arrow struck at the back of one of the Wei army scouts at an extremely fast speed.
The Wei army scout who was wearing good armor didn't even have time to react before his body was pierced by a sharp arrow shot by Ma Chao.
When the Wei army scout fell to the ground from his horse, several of his comrades around them were able to react.
But with their backs exposed within Ma Chao's range, what's the point of reacting?
As the sound of sharp arrows taking off their strings continued to sound, the several Wei army scouts followed in the footsteps of their comrade.
Soon after, out of the few Wei army scouts, only one was left who was frightened.
But Ma Chao did not shoot another arrow to kill this Wei army scout.
He just watched helplessly as the Wei army scout, with strong fear in his heart, kept whipping the horse on his crotch to escape.
The reason why Ma Chao did not take orders from this Wei army scout was not because he was merciful, but because he kept this Wei army scout because it was useful.
Compared with iron cavalry, light cavalry travels faster and has the advantage of coming and going like the wind.
But the shortcomings of light cavalry are also obvious. Light cavalry cannot rely on strong impact to charge into the infantry formation like iron cavalry.
This is also an important reason why Ma Chao could not achieve full success in the previous ambush battle.
Ma Chao definitely wanted to hunt Xu Chu as soon as possible, but an excellent cavalry general must know how to exploit his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.
Ma Chao wanted to let this Wei army scout go on purpose.
Didn't Xu Chu think he could escape?
Then he would tell Xu Chu through the mouth of this Wei army scout:
I am leading nearly ten thousand Qingqi, right behind you.
I think it's very easy to catch up with you.
Once Xu Chu knows these two points, what will he do?
He will probably continue to send troops to break up the rear and try to buy time for him to escape back to Tongguan.
In this way, he can lead nearly ten thousand fine cavalry to defeat them one by one, and Xu Chu's army will only become smaller and smaller.
In the end, he will be afraid of an infantry formation with thousands of people. But if there are only thousands or even hundreds of people, what will he be afraid of?
Ma Chao, who grew up in Liangzhou, has witnessed many scenes of predators being hunted by wild animals.
When some ferocious beasts face difficult prey, they don't think about taking risks and fighting with them.
They will only try to bite off a piece of the prey's meat first, and then temporarily let it go. Under the will to survive, the prey will just keep running.
And vigorous running will rapidly accelerate the loss of blood in its body.
It won't take long for the prey, no matter how powerful it is, to be on its last legs.
Even if he is a "Tiger Marquis"!
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After realizing that Ma Chao behind him stopped firing arrows, the Wei army scout felt that God was blessing him and almost cried.
And knowing that the opportunity was rare, he used all his strength to keep beating the horse on his crotch.
Under the intense pain, the horse finally lived up to his expectations and brought him closer and closer to Ma Chao and closer to Xu Chu.
After galloping for a long distance, the Wei army scout finally saw the back of his own army.
Soon after, this Wei army scout saw Xu Chu who was accelerating his march.
The moment he saw Xu Chu, the Wei army scout jumped off his horse impatiently and ran in the direction of Xu Chu, as if he had seen a savior.
Seeing that the scout he had left behind came back covered in blood, Xu Chu's expression changed drastically.
He quickly stopped his horse, and after the scout ran under his horse, he shouted loudly and asked:
"What about the rest?"
Of course Xu Chu knew what the scout's turning back meant.
But what he didn't expect was that he would come back so soon, and he was the only one who came back.
Under Xu Chu's questioning, the Wei Jun scout who was frightened by Ma Chao immediately reported to Xu Chu everything about his escape from the hell gate today.
Seeing the Wei Jun scout's legs trembling, and hearing the Wei Jun scout's report, Xu Chu couldn't help but show a look of fear on his face.
It was too fast. Ma Chao's speed was beyond his expectation.
At this speed, it probably won't take a few hours for the nearly 10,000 fine cavalry led by Ma Chao to catch up with him.
Is Ma Chao's desire to kill him really that strong?
It's just that even though Ma Chao's marching speed exceeded his expectations, Xu Chu was not unprepared for this.
Soon a military order came from Xu Chu's mouth.
Just as Ma Chao expected, Xu Chu ordered a thousand Wei troops to be separated from the army to stay to stop him.
But with a thousand Wei troops, it was almost impossible to successfully stop nearly 10,000 Jingqi, even with the help of the terrain.
After all, in order to speed up the march, Xu Chu didn't bring any luggage.
However, this move can slow down Ma Chao's marching speed to a certain extent.
And this is exactly what Xu Chu wants.
When Xu Chu's order was issued, the thousand Wei troops all knew what the fate of those who were left behind was likely to be.
But they still faithfully carried out Xu Chu's orders.
It's not that Xu Chu's prestige is high, it's simply that most of the generals in this army are his clansmen.
After leaving a thousand Wei troops behind, Xu Chu still felt that it was not safe enough.
He issued military orders to urge the march almost every few quarters of an hour, and Xu Chu didn't know if it was useful for him to issue military orders so frequently.
But it’s better than waiting to die in vain!
Of course, Xu Chu still feels that what he is facing is not a certain death situation.
As long as he can get back to Tongguan in time, he will be saved.
Tongguan, Tongguan.
Why didn’t I think you were so far away before?
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Xu Chu bet his fate on returning to Tongguan in time, but he forgot that in the current situation, not only was there a Han army behind him, but there was also one in front of him.
Of course, what is even more unfortunate is that the leader of this Han army was Jiang Wei, who was superior to Ma Chao in strategy.
Xu Chu would place scouts behind the army, and Jiang Wei would naturally not forget this step.
And just when Xu Chu led his army quickly towards Jiang Wei's location, Jiang Wei also received the news in time.
After learning the news, several captains accompanying the army persuaded Jiang Wei to stop the army's advance and set up defenses on the spot.
In this way, we might be able to successfully block the Wei army led by Xu Chu.
But this seemingly sound strategy was flatly rejected by Jiang Wei.
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