Chapter 41: Chasing and interception
The summer is hot and hard to bear. Even in the grassland, if there is no cool wind passing by, it will also cause sunlight torment.
Four of the eight generals under Han Sui passed by outside the Great Wall east of Wuwei under the leadership of Cheng Gongying.
The five leading men were dejected and their already falling to the bottom seemed even more irritable under the scorching sun.
Wuwei was not far from them, but he could only take a detour. He was originally a surprise attack on the rear of the Taiping Army to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot, but now he had to return without success and even throw away his lair.
The four generals were not easy-to-use. They were bored and rushed to the road, and began to yell unscrupulously, cursing Guo Jia and Ma Chao for a while, and blamed their current situation on these two people.
Cheng Gongying, who was in front of the team without saying a word, suddenly looked into the distance in confusion, the grassland was boundless, and there was something strange in the calm.
Along the way, not to mention wild animals, even ordinary wild animals are rare. Only the occasional goshawks passing by in the sky make this scene look a little more vivid.
The soldiers were noisy, Cheng Gongying's ears moved slightly, raised his hand and shouted violently.
"Shut up and quiet!"
The cavalry was in front and the infantry was behind. The words Cheng Gongying shouted echoed for a long time, and the soldiers immediately closed their mouths and did not dare to make any sound.
Zhang Heng looked at Cheng Gongying in confusion. Just as he was about to ask, Cheng Gongying pointed his fingers and said in a deep voice: "Listen!"
The four generals did as he said, pricking up their ears to listen to the movements. At first, they could not hear anything, but a low tremor gradually sounded in their ears. The four generals were immediately shocked and looked at the sound. At the end of the green field in the sky, smoke suddenly rose, and the sound coming into their ears became louder and louder.
"Not good! There are a large group of cavalry coming from the rear!"
Yang Qiu's words at this time meant he didn't say that the other people could not tell that this was a cavalry? Ordinary groups of wild beasts could not create such audio-visual effects.
Cheng Gongying raised his eyes and looked closely. When the groups of cavalry came into view, he saw clearly the military flags in front of the cavalry.
horse!
The famous person with the surname Ma in the northwest is naturally Ma Chao!
"Guo Jia, you are indeed an extraordinary person."
Cheng Gongying gritted her teeth and said something.
As soon as Ma Chao voted for Guo Jia, Guo Jia dared to use Ma Chao. Moreover, Ma Chao could command the only cavalry team under Guo Jia, the Yinling Flying Cavalry, which shows Guo Jia's courage to employ people.
The Silver Feather Flying Cavalry, whether from the silver-white light armor or the white feathers on the shoulder armor, is the most eye-catching scenery on the battlefield.
"Order to welcome the enemy, Brother Cheng."
Li Kan urged Cheng Gongying anxiously.
But Cheng Gongying turned his horse's head and ordered: "The whole army retreats to the north! Hurry!"
He was the first to slap the horse and leave. Cheng Gongying was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger.
The cavalry of the Western Liang army was in front and infantry behind. Cheng Gongying was afraid of the enemy's army in front. If it was really blocked, the whole army would charge and break out of the enemy's encirclement. He was defending the front, but now there were pursuers behind him.
The moment he gave the order, he knew that it was impossible to set up a formation and calmly welcome the enemy.
The infantry of the Western Liang army saw a large group of cavalry sweeping over behind him and running forward like a tide. If Cheng Gongying ordered the enemy to be welcomed, the Iron Cavalry of the Western Liang was first blocked by his infantry. The two advances and retreats would make their own formations messed up.
The grassland that was still calm before suddenly changed in the calm and the murderous intent surged into the sky.
Ma Chao, who was riding on a horse, had a grim look on his face, and a cold and violent sneer on the corner of his mouth.
When Han Sui's eight generals besieged Jincheng, he was a place where heroes were useless. Now the two armies were fighting in the wilderness, and Ma Chao could use his strengths unscrupulously.
Wearing a beast helmet, a lion king belt, and a tiger-headed golden spear, Jin Ma Chao took the lead. Looking at the fleeing Xiliang Army, who was about to catch up with the infantry of the Xiliang Army, Ma Chao held the reins with one hand and raised the spear with the other, exerting force at the waist and arms, and the spear broke through the air like an arrow.
The infantry fleeing forward in a hurry dropped the heavy object on his body, and ran forward without looking back, for fear that he would blink into the underworld if he fell into the underworld if he was a step slower.
puff
A soldier who was fleeing suddenly fell to the ground with a spear on his back, which was dazzling under the sunlight.
He rushed forward to the ground in an instant, and was pierced through his chest and back by a spear, but less than a moment after he fell down, a fast horse passed by him like lightning. It was Ma Chao.
He took the opportunity to pull the tiger-headed Zhan golden spear from the corpse, and while returning in the air, he also took away the head of another person's neck. Ma Chao didn't even look at these ordinary soldiers, and his hatred eyes were firmly locked in the group of Western Liang iron cavalry in front.
Ma Chao moved forward and rode a fast horse alone to attack the front among the Xiliang infantrymen. He wanted to take down all the eight generals of Han Sui!
Ten thousand infantrymen in Xiliang fled in a hurry, and anyone who stood in front of Ma Chao became the dead souls under Ma Chao's gun.
The golden spear danced and blood sprinkled in the blue sky. Ma Chao was unstoppable, leaving countless corpses and heavy enemy troops along the way. The Xiliang infantry fleeing in front turned around from time to time and saw Ma Chao's man blocking the murderous aura of the gods blocking the murderous spirit. The panic-in enemy even automatically made way.
Ma Chao ran to chase the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but the Yinling Flying Cavalry behind him could not ignore the Xiliang infantry like that. They waved their spears like dozens of crazy dragons and swallowed each other behind the Xiliang infantry, hoping to drive the enemy out of the way.
The Western Liang Iron Cavalry who were running in front gradually distanced themselves from the infantry. The five people in the rank kept whipping the horses under their crotch in panic, while turning their heads nervously to see the battle situation behind.
"Horse, horses are chasing!"
Yang Qiu's voice was out of tune, as if he was crying.
Not only him, Zhang Heng, Ma Wan, Li Kan, Cheng Gongying, who is not afraid of Ma Chao?
All the five of them were very jealous of Ma Chao. The bravest man in Xiliang is naturally worthy of being Jin Ma Chao!
He is a tiger. Han Sui's eight generals could surround the tiger in a cage like Jincheng to trap him, but he would never dare to snatch the tiger's sharp edge when it went down the mountain!
Cheng Gongying, who was running away on horseback, looked back and saw that Ma Chao had caught up with the tail of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry troops. He was waving weapons to kill the person blocking the road. Ma Chao killed one person, using only one move and one move, domineering and fierce, and invincible.
Cheng Gongying turned his head and said to the other four generals: "Ma Chao is chasing him alone. After we walk forward ten miles, we will stop and surround him here."
When the four generals heard this, they nodded immediately to agree.
If you can't let Ma Chao chase him like this unscrupulously, if you really let him kill him, you may not be able to save your life!
Take advantage of the military strength and ensure that the Yinling Flying Cavalry cannot rescue Ma Chao in time, Xiliang Iron Cavalry turned around and surrounded Ma Chao. If Ma Chao is not even a body made of iron, can he still be arrogant?
The two armies of the Western Liang Army, infantry and iron cavalry, and cavalry pursued the cavalry behind them, were abandoned as a flesh shield and temporarily dragged the Yinling Flying Cavalry. The Western Liang Iron Cavalry ran at full speed without any obstruction. In less than half an hour, they had already escaped for more than thirty miles.
When Cheng Gongying saw that Ma Chao had already chased to the center of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, he was about to order the cavalry to stop encirclement and suppress Ma Chao, but Zhang Heng screamed in his ear.
"Mengda!"
Cheng Gongying turned his head along Zhang Heng's gaze and looked northeast. Five camps of archers were arranged side by side on the vast green land.
The rain of arrows flew towards them like locusts, as if dark clouds were covering the sky and the sun.
Cheng Gongying was shocked and immediately turned his horse's head and waved: "Do not get rid of the other party's archer!"
The route that was originally directly to the north was tilted slightly to the northwest direction here, and the line continued to escape.
Meng Da rode on the horse and led the archers to attack the right wing of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Although the archers' power was limited, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was not equipped with heavy armor, and countless people were injured by arrows and fell from the horse.
Looking at the Western Liang Iron Cavalry who was leaving, Meng Da roughly glanced at the battlefield. He led his army to attack the opponent's right wing, leaving behind more than a thousand troops from the opponent.
"Drive away all the kills."
There were screaming enemy troops on the grassland in front of him, and there were war horses screaming and neighing. Meng Da mercilessly ordered the soldiers to come forward and kill all the enemy troops without leaving any ground and confiscate the war horses.
"Dog thief, dismount and die!"
When Cheng Gongying and the other five were still in fear after Meng Da's surprise attack, Ma Chao's loud shout suddenly came from behind.
"Horse, horse!"
Yang Qiu was shocked. He turned his head to look at him. Ma Chao was less than a hundred steps away from him. Ma Chao was covered in blood, and even his face was covered with blood. His eyes were full of brutal and violent light.
Cheng Gongying and others also saw Ma Chao's situation behind him. At this time, he was not only escaping but also escaping. He wanted to order to surround Ma Chao, but he was afraid that as soon as their horse hooves slowed down, Ma Chao would penetrate their bodies with one shot.
Just as Cheng Gongying was thinking about whether the troops were fleeing in five directions, Zhang Heng, who was running faster than his horse, suddenly flew backwards. The corpse that flew back from the air was full of arrows.
Puff puff puff puff
A powerful rain of arrows burst into pieces.
Cheng Gongying screamed and fell off his horse. He was shot in an arrow on his shoulder and lost his center of gravity and fell off his horse.
Yang Qiuma played with Li Kan and the other two, and they moved quickly. At the speed, they jumped off the horse and rolled on the ground, then crawled on the ground and did not dare to move.
On the way forward, the enemy army appeared again!
Zhang Liao, who was riding on the horse, looked calm and waved his hand gently. His ten thousand crossbowmen were divided into five battalions and shot the Western Liang Iron Cavalry calmly and orderly.
Seeing that Ma Chao was about to catch up with the enemy general, he found that the cavalry in front fell to the ground, with people and horses, screams one after another, and some even flew backwards from the air when they were leaping up.
Looking closely, Ma Chao was shocked and sweated.
He had been so excited about his previous killing that he woke up now and turned his horse to go west. The remaining army of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry was also blocked by the front and pursued soldiers behind. The right wing was raided by Meng Da. Now they had no command and fled to the west of the left wing.
Perhaps few people thought that to the west was the Great Wall.
Chapter completed!