Chapter 634: Hanging Corpses at the City Gate to Persuade Surrender
Xu Chu's body was majestic. When he landed, a thick layer of dust splashed up on the ground.
When the dust around Xu Chu scattered, the dragon horse under Ma Chao's crotch also landed on the ground with Ma Chao.
But what no one noticed was that when Ma Chao's body fell back heavily on the horse, a strange flush appeared on Ma Chao's face.
But in order to prevent everyone from noticing the abnormality, Ma Chao swallowed the sweet taste in his throat.
But inadvertently, Ma Chao still covered his waist with his hands.
Even though Ma Chao's movements were very subtle, they were still carefully noticed by one person, and that person was Ma Dai.
After seeing this, Ma Dai had a look of anxiety on his face, but after looking around, Ma Dai finally suppressed his inner anxiety and did not immediately ride towards Ma Chao.
After stabilizing his body, Ma Chao drove his horse slowly to Xu Chu's side.
Xu Chu was currently lying on the ground, with blood flowing out from the wounds on his body. It seemed that it would be difficult to continue fighting with Ma Chao.
From this point of view, today's battle between Xu Chu and Ma Chao obviously ended with Ma Chao's victory.
Originally, there should have been strong cheers among the Han troops, but now there was silence outside Tongguan.
It's not that the battle just now wasn't exciting enough, it was that it was so exciting that all the Han troops didn't react at this moment.
Everyone said that Xu Chu and Ma Chao were equally matched opponents, but what they didn't expect was that the imaginary battle that lasted hundreds of rounds didn't happen, but only the dust settled after a stunning shot.
And the amazing shot just now made all the Han soldiers still have endless aftertaste.
More than one Han army never expected that today's battle would end in such a way. Even Xu Chu, who was lying on the ground, never expected that.
Although in the past Wei Jun often said that Ma Chao was afraid of him, it was a lie, but it is an indisputable fact that his martial arts were equally matched.
Unexpectedly, what used to be a close match has turned into today's discord.
Xu Chu lowered his head and glanced at the wound on his waist that was constantly bleeding.
As Ma Chao's weapon, the penetrating power of the long spear is naturally extremely strong.
Although Xu Chu was protected by fine armor, his waist was inevitably penetrated by the long spear under the blow just now.
Judging from the current medical conditions, such a penetrating wound almost spelled death for Xu Chu.
How could Xu Chu, who had been on the battlefield for many years, not know this?
The pain in the waist wound continued to intensify, and anyone would have cried out on the spot.
But Xu Chu didn't.
When Xu Chu moved his eyes away from the wound, his eyes came to Ma Chao's body above.
Close observation and the keenness of a warrior allowed Xu Chu to discover some abnormalities in Ma Chao.
After noticing the abnormalities, Xu Chu resisted the pain and said with a smile:
"Meng Qi, in the past you wouldn't have been able to do the attack you did today."
When a person is about to die, his words are also good.
After experiencing betrayal and being betrayed by his colleagues, Xu Chu saw many things open before he died.
In the past, he would call Ma Chao "Ma'er" with disdain.
But now he is willing to call Ma Chao by his nickname.
This is not surprising, after all, when he was at the end of his rope, Ma Chao, his biggest rival in the past, was willing to give him a regrettable opportunity.
When Ma Chao heard that Xu Chu was willing to call him by his cousin, a smile appeared on his face.
In response to the goodwill expressed by Xu Chu before his death, Ma Chao explained:
"After I surrendered to Your Majesty, because of my reputation in the past, Generals Yide and Zilong approached me for a discussion between warriors.
During the discussion, I mentioned the situation of fighting you to the two generals.
After knowing the detailed situation, two generals, Yi De and Zi Long, gave me suggestions on how to defeat you.
The two of them even gave me tips personally.
The move today was not my original creation, it was a move specially developed to deal with you by gathering the strength of the three of us."
After hearing Ma Chao's explanation, Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed contentedly.
Ma Chao would tell him the reason, which was actually to comfort him.
He was defeated so simply today. It was not because Ma Chao's personal bravery was much greater than his. In fact, he was defeated by the combined efforts of the three most powerful enemies in the world.
Thinking about it this way, it is not unjust that he was defeated so quickly today.
Ma Chao's explanation at this moment indeed relieved Xu Chu from most of his frustration.
There was even a faint sense of pride in Xu Chu's heart.
With a sense of pride emerging in his heart, Xu Chu covered the wound with his hand, and then slowly stood up with difficulty under everyone's unbelievable gaze.
Even Ma Chao didn't expect that Xu Chu would choose to stand at this time.
"Compared to previous years, in recent years, for the sake of the prosperity of my family, I have indeed spent too much energy on climbing the dragon and attaching myself to the phoenix, and thus I have neglected the practice of my own martial arts.
But no matter what, you won today’s battle after all, and you won beautifully.”
When he said these words, Xu Chu glanced at the corpses of Wei Jun lying on the ground around him with miserable eyes.
The Han army has strict military laws and will not harm enemies who give up resistance unless necessary.
The reason why those Wei soldiers still died under the swords of Han soldiers was because most of them were Xu Chu's tribesmen and died in the battle to protect Xu Chu.
Looking at the corpses of his clansmen on the ground around him, Xu Chu felt an indescribable pain that was even worse than the wounds on his body.
He is not justifying himself.
Perhaps in his early years he was still a martial arts fanatic who concentrated on martial arts, but after joining Cao Cao, he gradually focused more on politics than martial arts for the future of his family.
Before today, he felt that all of this was worth it.
But is it really worth it?
The people he can take with him are all the best people in the clan.
In today's battle, the most outstanding people in the clan were almost wiped out in one fell swoop.
So the future decline of the Xu family in Qiao County is almost doomed.
Thinking of this, Xu Chu couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
After decades of planning and decades of fighting, it all came to nothing. It’s really ridiculous.
When Xu Chuqiang stood with his body supported in front of and behind Ma Chao, he looked at the biggest opponent in his life before him and said to him with emotion:
"I feel sorry for you today, so I will give you a good reputation."
After saying this, Xu Chu's legs were slightly bent, and his whole body showed a posture of accumulating strength.
After a short period of energy accumulation, Xu Chu suddenly used his strength and rushed straight towards Ma Chao in front of him.
Although Xu Chu was seriously injured, he was like a tiger desperately descending the mountain, running on the flat ground with terrifying momentum.
With every step he ran, the strength in Xu Chu's body disappeared, and the ground he ran over was covered with blood flowing from his body.
Seeing Xu Chu rushing toward him regardless, Ma Chao had some regret in his eyes.
But in order to fulfill Xu Chu and to fulfill himself, Ma Chao did what any warrior would do.
As a warrior, he decisively raised the long spear in his hand with respect.
When the long arm was lifted flatly, the horse under Ma Chao's crotch also immediately started to run forward.
As Xu Chu and Ma Chao advanced, not long after, the long spear in Ma Chao's hand penetrated Xu Chu's body.
When the spear tip penetrated Xu Chu's body, bursts of warm cheers broke out from the Han troops who were watching the battlefield.
The Han army was relatively far away, and many of them could not hear the conversation between Ma Chao and Xu Chu just now.
But their eyes have been watching the battle between Xu Chu and Ma Chao.
In their eyes, Ma Chao first severely wounded Xu Chu with a blow beyond the imagination of the world.
Then, when Xu Chu was thinking about a counterattack on the verge of death, he directly cut off Xu Chu's life with the long spear in his hand.
When Ma Chao accomplished this feat, his battle with Xu Chu had not even gone through ten rounds.
You must know that the person Ma Chao is killing is Xu Chu, who is praised by the world as an enemy of ten thousand people. He is considered by the world to be the most powerful "Tiger Marquis" among the generals of Cao Wei.
It was such a fierce general who was unmatched by the world, but he was killed by Ma Chao in such an "understatement"!
How great Xu Chu's reputation was in the world in the past, so how strong is the admiration the Han army has for Ma Chao now.
Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Jiang Wei looked at Ma Chao with eyes filled with admiration.
He was someone who had personally fought against Xu Chu. Even though his fight with Xu Chu just now seemed to be smooth and smooth, it was actually full of dangers.
Because he knew Xu Chu's great strength, the admiration in Jiang Wei's heart now was deeper than that of others.
With the deep admiration in their hearts, the cheers from the Han army became louder and louder.
The loud cheers from the Han army soon reached Tongguan.
Wei Jun, who had also witnessed the entire battle between Xu Chu and Ma Chao, heard the harsh cheers in their ears, and many people's faces could not help but show fear.
In his early years, Cao Cao spared no effort to promote Xu Chu's reputation in the army in order to inspire military morale.
The rumor that Ma Chao was afraid of Xu Chu gradually spread among the Wei army at Cao Cao's suggestion.
After years of propaganda, almost all Wei troops believed that Xu Chu's military force could rival that of Guan, Zhang, and Zhao, who could defeat tens of thousands of soldiers.
They also believed that Ma Chao was not Xu Chu's opponent.
Therefore, after Ma Chao accepted Xu Chu's challenge just now, the Wei troops on the city wall, including Xiahou Ba, had a lot of expectations in their hearts.
They hoped that the "Tiger Marquis" would show his might again and defeat Ma Chao in front of the two armies, thus making Ma Chao sadly retreat with his troops in front of Tongguan.
Just like the Battle of Weinan back then.
If Xu Chu could kill Ma Chao on the spot, it would be a great joy.
But with such strong expectations in their hearts, what did they see?
The most powerful general they have been proud of for decades challenged Ma Chao like a mantis holding a chariot, and was defeated by Ma Chao within ten rounds of the fight.
The extremely impactful scene in his eyes formed a strong contrast with the strong sense of expectation in his heart.
And this strong contrast destroyed the mentality of all the Wei troops.
In fact, sometimes a fighter is not judged solely on his strength.
Just like when Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang, if it was a normal battle, Yan Liang would not die under Guan Yu's sword in one round.
But Guan Yu adopted an unexpected style of play, and thus accomplished a feat that has yet to be surpassed.
Today's Ma Chao beheads Xu Chu, which is similar to Guan Yu's beheading Yan Liang back then.
But most of the Wei troops above Tongguan were ordinary people. How could they know this, and how could they think about it.
For them, what they see in their eyes is the truth.
Under this cruel truth, which Wei army would not feel scared?
I've heard that Ma Chao is very brave, but I didn't know that Ma Chao's bravery is unbelievable!
Just when the Wei army on the city wall were afraid of Ma Chao's bravery, something appeared in their eyes that frightened them even more.
I saw Ma Chao slowly turning his horse's head under the gaze of a group of Wei troops on the city wall.
Soon after, Ma Chao turned around and faced the Wei army on the city wall.
But when Ma Chao glanced up from the city, no Wei army on the wall dared to look at Ma Chao even for a moment.
The long spear in Ma Chao's hand was still holding Xu Chu's body high. No Wei army dared to look at this bloody scene.
After seeing that the Wei army on the city wall was so afraid of him, a sneer flashed across Ma Chao's lips.
The next moment, he did something that all the Wei troops expected.
As he lightly kicked the horse's belly with two feet, the horse under Ma Chao's crotch began to run.
At this time, Ma Chao was still hundreds of steps away from Tongguan.
A distance of several hundred steps, a good enough war horse slowly increases its speed.
Every few steps the horse's hooves cross under Ma Chao's crotch, its speed will increase a little faster.
At the end, the war horse led Ma Chao towards Tongguan at lightning speed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Not only the Wei army on the city wall did not expect this scene, but also the Han army did not expect it.
General Hussar, what do you want?
Compared to the doubts of the Han army, the Wei army on the city wall just felt panicked.
Could it be that Ma Chao wanted to defeat the city alone?
I'm afraid he's not just wishful thinking!
This is Tongguan.
But even if his own reason told him that Ma Chao's behavior was impossible.
But every Wei Jun's body is very honest.
Many Wei troops were so panicked that they ran left and right in Tongguan Pass, forming a chaotic mess.
Seeing the soldiers around him in such panic, Xiahou Ba became impatient.
The enemy is about to come to kill us, but our own side is in chaos first.
What if Ma Chao seizes the opportunity and attacks the city gate?
What Xiahou Ba didn't know was that when he had this thought in his mind, it meant that his fear of Ma Chao had long been buried deep in his heart.
Just when the Wei army was at a loss on the city wall, Ma Chao drove his war horse past Juma and directly broke into the city gate of Tongguan.
During this period, no Wei army thought of using their bows and arrows to block Ma Chao's progress.
How can the mighty general be stopped by human power?
Without any obstruction, Ma Chao relied on the momentum of his unparalleled war horse and came straight to the city gate of Tongguan.
But at the moment when he was about to touch the city gate, Ma Chao suddenly raised the long spear in his hand and stabbed towards the city gate in front of him.
The powerful momentum of the horse and Ma Chao's super strong wrist force caused the horse to sink directly into the city gate.
After Chang Zhu was nailed into the city gate, Xu Chu's majestic body was also hung on the Tongguan city gate.
After completing this move, Ma Chao's heroic voice quickly spread from under the city gate to the top of the city wall.
"The body of Lord Hu is here, do you dare to collect it?