Youzhou. Yuyang.

There is no light in the dark night, and the north wind howls.

Twenty miles north of Quanzhou City, in a mountain valley, a thousand cavalrymen in black clothes, black armor, and black flags were waiting.

In the south of the mountain col, a baggage team of about 2,000 people meandered with staggering steps.

"Finally here!"

Standing on a high ground, Ma Zhong looked at the Quanzhou soldiers who were less than five miles away from his headquarters, with a sneer on his lips.

"Order the entire army to mount their horses immediately and prepare to attack!"

After conveying the order to his deputy, Ma Zhong continued to stay where he was to monitor the incoming enemy.

"Hmph, how can I feed the pigs with the food of our Youzhou Corps!"

Ma Zhong's men had already been ambushing here when Zhao Yun led his troops to Quanzhou City. This is the only road from Quanzhou to Ji County.

"The whole army attacks!"

When the Quanzhou soldiers were less than a mile away from the col, Ma Zhong got on his horse, hit the point steel gun presented by Tao Ying with a wave of his hand, and rushed out of the col first.

"Kill!"

"Rumble..."

Suddenly, the thunderous sound of horse hooves broke the silence of Yuyang wilderness. Thousands of iron hooves clanked on the ground at the same time, and thousands of war horses swept past like a flood with the force of thunder.

"Ah..."

"Horse bandit..."

"I'm going to die..."

Looking at the steel sword shining with a cold light in the cold night, the Quanzhou soldiers all turned pale and looked horrified.

The timid person's legs and feet were so weak that he fell to the ground unable to support himself, shivering in the cold wind.

More Quanzhou soldiers, facing the sudden change, their eyes were dull and their brains were blank. They stood quietly like wooden piles, letting the cold wind mess them up.

"Pfft..."

The cavalry is extremely fast. From a distance of just a few hundred meters, they can rush into the enemy formation in just a few breaths and slash with their swords.

"Uh-huh..."

As more screams rang out, the Quanzhou soldiers finally woke up and knelt down to beg for mercy.

"Don't kill me, I am a Quanzhou citizen..."

"I am not a Quanzhou soldier..."

"Have mercy..."

After a while of killing, Ma Zhong and the Xuanjia Army also discovered something was wrong and immediately stopped the killing.

"Tell me, who are you?"

Ma Zhong put a gun against the neck of a Quanzhou soldier and shouted sternly.

"General...General, we are the people of Quanzhou City!"

The frightened Quanzhou soldiers tried their best to stay away from Ma Zhong's spear point while answering the questions tremblingly.

"Since we are ordinary people, why do we wear the clothes of officers and soldiers?"

Ma Zhong already believed that these Quanzhou soldiers were disguised by common people, but he didn't know why Liu Bei did this.

"General Zhang asked us to wear them, saying that if we carry food for them, we won't encounter horse bandits on the road!"

The people's answers made Ma Zhong's eyes suddenly shrink, and he immediately looked around for Zhang Fei.

"Where did Zhang Fei go?"

There was no sign of Zhang Fei in the grain transport team, and the people did not know when Zhang Fei left.

"Big-eared thief, I curse you to give birth to a child without buttocks!"

Some smart people have realized that they have been deceived by Liu Bei, and their fellow villagers have died in vain.

"Take off your military uniforms, share the food in the car, and go home!"

The people were innocent, and Ma Zhong did not intend to embarrass them. The grain on the carriage was exactly what Zhao Yun took away, most of which was sand.

"Go back to Quanzhou!"

Having been fooled, Ma Zhong no longer wanted to stay in the wilderness and blow the cold wind, so he immediately led his troops towards Quanzhou City.

……

"Boom boom boom..."

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Ma Zhong led his troops forward less than five miles in the dark. Just after passing a small hill, arrows suddenly rained down on the unsuspecting cavalry like locusts.

"Pfft..."

"Uh-huh..."

"Xi Lv Lv..."

For a moment, people fell on their backs and howled miserably.

"There is an ambush, speed up and rush over!"

Ma Zhong, who was furious, hurriedly waved the spear in his hand, blocking the arrows and shouting orders.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Kill..."

War drums and thunder roared in the darkness, and shouts of killing came and went, shaking the wilderness.

"Don't leave, traitors, Zhang Fei from Yan is here!"

Zhang Fei shouted loudly, his voice like thunder, soaring into the sky.

"Let's go!"

In the dark night, the enemy is dark and we are clear. Not only can we not see how many enemies are ambushing us, but we also don’t know if there are other traps under our feet. Ma Zhong can only order the soldiers to speed up and rush out of the ambush circle.

……

"How many people were lost?"

After rushing five miles, Ma Zhong, who was ashen-faced, counted the battle losses.

"General, more than sixty soldiers have not returned, and more than fifty are injured."

The deputy general reported the statistical results to Ma Zhong.

"Big-eared thief..."

"Bengbengbang..."

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The furious Ma Zhong didn't even say the curse words, but his expression changed drastically again.

"Let's go!"

"Uh-huh..."

"Xi Lv Lv..."

Ma Zhong's reminder was obviously too late, and a rain of arrows poured down that was denser than the previous ambush, catching the shocked and defenseless Xuanjia Army by surprise, and they all screamed and fell off their horses.

Many soldiers were shot into hedgehogs, it was too horrible to watch.

"Thieves, don't leave. Guan Yu has been waiting here for a long time!"

Along with the sound of war drums and shouts of death, Guan Yu's cold and deep roar sounded.

"The red-faced thief, one day I will kill you by Ma Zhong's arrow!"

Ma Zhong, who felt his fingers were split, naturally did not dare to rush forward and fight Guan Yu. Not only was he no match for Guan Yu, but he was also worried that his men would be ruined.

"Get out!"

……

"Everyone dismount and move forward as a team!"

He was ambushed by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu successively, and Ma Zhong, who realized later, was worried about his future and would be plotted by Liu Bei who had not yet shown up.

While sending scouts to investigate, he ordered the cavalry to dismount and walk.

"Put out the torches!"

When the cavalry is running at night, torches are very important, but if they are ambushed, torches are very deadly.

"Big-eared thief, Ma Zhong swears that I will kill you all in this life!"
To be continued...