Outside a village at the southern end of Lunshi County, Yingchuan County, Wei State, Ma Chao was holding a bright silver gun and riding on horseback, commanding his men to set fires wantonly.
Flames shot into the sky, and screams could not be heard. Hundreds of Wei people were swallowed up in the village by the fire, and they screamed in agony.
"Master, we burned, killed and looted along the way. We will definitely attract Xu Shu's attention. What should we do next?" Qian Hu rode his horse to Ma Chao's side and asked.
Ma Chao looked at the soaring fire in front of him, with a ferocious smile on his face, and his eyes showed great excitement, and said slowly: "Capture Lun's County first, Le Jin stationed at Xuanyuan Pass will definitely send troops to the front
Come to the rescue, then attack from the east to the west, avoid Le Jin's main force, go straight to the Xuanyuan Pass, and kill him by surprise."
After hearing this, Qian Hu gave a thumbs up and praised: "The master is wise."
"Kill! Kill them all, leave no one behind!" Ma Chao rode forward and arrived at the entrance of the village. When he saw several villagers who were on fire rushing out, he immediately shouted to his subordinates blocking the front.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
After receiving the order, Ma Chao's men fired quickly. Several arrows were shot out quickly and directly inserted into the bodies of the villagers who were trying to escape from the sea of fire. Several villagers were immediately killed by the arrows.
The fire continued to expand, burning the woods around the village. After a short while, the villagers who were screaming in the sea of fire became quiet.
Ma Chao turned his horse's head, raised the bright silver gun in his hand high, and shouted: "Assemble the entire army, target Lunshi County!"
One hundred cavalry quickly gathered together, followed Ma Chao closely, and galloped away. Everyone was extremely excited.
An hour after Ma Chao left the village, Le Jin came over from Xuanyuan Pass with a thousand cavalry.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and the village had turned into a scorched earth. In some places, there were still fires, and the surroundings were black with thick smoke. The charred corpses all showed the struggle before dying, lying there in various shapes.
On a land of ashes.
"Damn it!" After watching this scene, Le Jin angrily threw the spear in his hand to the ground, turned over and dismounted, looked at the village that had become a place of ashes, and the innocent people who were burned alive, with hatred
Said, "Send out all the scouts and be sure to find out the whereabouts of those bastards!"
"promise!"
Le Jin frowned, closed his eyes gently, and said slowly: "Leave two hundred riders and bury all the bodies. The rest of the people will follow me. Those bastards are erratic, burning and killing along the way."
Looting will inevitably lead to an attack on the county seat. From here to Daolunshi County, we will pass through four or five villages along the way. According to the methods of those bastards, we will definitely not let them go. We must take a shortcut and rush to Lunshi County quickly.
"
After finishing his words, Le Jin left two hundred cavalrymen to clean up the mess, and led eight hundred cavalrymen to take a shortcut to Lunshi County.
Not long after Le Jin left, Cao Hong rushed here with 500 tigers and leopards. When he saw the officers and soldiers burying the burnt corpses, they stopped.
After receiving Xu Shu's order, Cao Hong immediately led five hundred tiger and leopard riders to gallop through the night. According to his estimation, he felt that Lun's County was likely to be attacked, so he rushed over without stopping at starry night. However, along the way, he passed by
, all of which were burned villages, which made him even more angry.
"Whose subordinates are you?" Cao Hong rode his horse to the crowd and shouted loudly.
A village commander stood up, cupped his fists and said, "General Qi, we are all guards at Xuanyuan Pass and are subordinates of General Le Jin."
"Where is Le Wenqian?" Cao Hong quickly scanned the circle of people, but did not find Le Jin's figure, so he asked.
The camp commander hurriedly replied: "General Le led 800 cavalrymen to take a shortcut to Lunshi County, and ordered us to march from here along the official road to Lunshi County and clean up the mess along the way."
After hearing this, Cao Hong turned around and shouted loudly: "Follow me and take a shortcut to Lunshi County!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Hong and his five hundred tigers and leopards galloped out like rolling thunder, leaving only a trail of billowing smoke.
Le Jin led 800 cavalrymen along the country road and quickly rushed to Lunshi County. When they were still twenty miles away from Lunshi County, they suddenly saw an intact village. The villagers were doing whatever they wanted in the village and enjoying the peace.
The peace brought by the days.
Seeing this scene, Le Jin breathed a sigh of relief and said to a military commander behind him: "It seems that those bastards have not come here. You bring a hundred cavalry to stay, and quickly take away all the villagers here, so that
They took shelter in the nearby mountains and forests for the time being, and then came back to meet me."
"promise!"
Subsequently, every time Le Jin passed a village, he left a hundred cavalrymen to disperse the local villagers on the spot, asking them to temporarily leave the village and hide in the nearby mountains and forests.
When Le Jin arrived at Lunshi County, only the last two hundred of his eight hundred cavalry were left.
"Huh!" Le Jin looked at Lun's County in the distance in front of him. He saw that there was a big flag with the word "Wei" on the county seat, and soldiers wearing Wei army uniforms were strolling up and down the city wall, and he relaxed.
With a hint of joy on his face, he said to his subordinates, "We are finally ahead of those bastards. Follow me into the city. We will set up an ambush here to await the arrival of those bastards."
"promise!"
Le Jin led two hundred cavalrymen and quickly arrived at the gate of Lun's County. Seeing that the gate of the county was closed, Le Jin shouted loudly toward the city wall: "I am Hengye General Le Jin, please open the gate quickly."
As soon as the voice fell, the city gate of Lun County was quickly opened. Le Jin quickly drove into the county with two hundred cavalry. He saw that the streets of the county were empty and the ground was in a mess. The eyes of the soldiers guarding the city
There was still a hint of fierceness in his face, and a trace of doubt quickly appeared on his face.
"Stop!" Le Jin suddenly reined in his horse and stopped in the city gate. Two hundred cavalry lined up behind him.
"Where is the county magistrate?" Le Jin turned to a soldier guarding the city suspiciously and asked.
The soldier did not speak, his eyes flickered, and finally, under Le Jin's bright gaze, he said slowly: "The county magistrate is in the county government office..."
When Le Jin heard the soldier's words, he immediately felt a sense of danger, because the soldier's accent was not local. He took a shot and stabbed the soldier to death first, and then killed the soldiers on the other side, shouting
The ground shouted: "Retreat! The whole army retreats!"
At this moment, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared in front of the city gate. The leader was a man with a silver helmet, silver armor, silver spear, white robe, white horse, and white face. A pair of hot eyes shot out an extremely fierce light. He was handsome.
The heroic face is even more majestic for no reason, and the cavalry behind him are uniformly dressed.
"Le Jin! I have been waiting for you for a long time!" The man in front was Ma Chao. He pointed the bright silver gun forward in his hand and said loudly with a confident smile on his face.
At the same time, Qian Hu led fifty cavalrymen and fought out of the woods outside the city gate. They charged at lightning speed, with arrows flying and spears stabbing at the retreating men.
They were blocked back again. Fifty cavalrymen seemed to fall from the sky. They were all brave. After a charge, not a single cavalryman was killed. They were stunned to cooperate with Ma Chao who appeared in the city and blocked Le Jin and more than 160 cavalrymen.
into the narrow doorway.
Seeing that there were ambushes in front and behind, and there were only a hundred cavalry in total, Le Jin cheered up and loudly reassured his subordinates: "Stand still, don't mess up. Anyone who dares to mess up will be killed!"
After hearing Le Jin's words, the soldiers immediately calmed down. Everyone did not dare to move randomly, and they all held the weapons in their hands tightly, waiting for Le Jin's new order.
Le Jin was well-known among the generals of Wei for his rigorous military management. He was born in the army, and was accidentally discovered by Cao Cao and promoted to general. He had very strict requirements for soldiers, so the overall combat effectiveness of his subordinates was very high.
It is one of the few in Wei State.
This was the first time Ma Chao met Le Jin, and he saw that there was no wave on Le Jin's resolute face, and his words seemed to be lost in the sea.
"Who are you?" Le Jin was clear-headed and saw that the opponent only had one hundred cavalry. Although he knew not to be careless, he was not afraid.
Ma Chao laughed dryly and said, "I am the King of Qin who was personally conferred by the Emperor of Han Dynasty!"
"Ma Chao?" After Le Jin heard this, a trace of great surprise appeared on Gu Bo's calm face.
"It's me, the king!"
Le Jin frowned, but then he straightened his brows, held the spear tightly in his hand, and said: "The King of Qin personally visited the State of Wei. As a general of the State of Wei, I will not lose my status in welcoming the King of Qin in person. The King of Qin
Now that you're here, don't leave, stay in Wei and be buried with the innocent people you killed!"
"Just you?" Ma Chaowu fiddled with the spear in his hand, with a hint of sarcasm and contempt in his words.
The corner of Le Jin's mouth moved slightly, his eyes suddenly showed a fierce light, and he shouted loudly: "Kill!"
After giving the order, Le Jin's men divided into two parts in perfect agreement. One part followed Le Jin and rode forward, rushing directly towards Ma Chao, while the other part rushed backward.
Seeing this, Ma Chao smiled and said: "If you want to die, I will help you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the cavalry behind Ma Chao did not need to wait for Ma Chao's order and rushed out directly. Ma Chao galloped forward, faced Le Jin and rushed out.
"boom!"
With a loud noise, Ma Chao's and Le Jin's men rushed together. The horses of the two armies collided. The man in the front was immediately overturned. However, it was only Le Jin's men who were overturned, while Ma Chao's men were as solid as a rock.
Sitting on the horse, he took out his spear and threw it at Le Jin's men. He then drew out the curved saber from his waist and slashed the enemies close to him.
"Zheng!"
The spears of Ma Chao and Le Jin collided, making a crisp sound. The barrels of the spears trembled slightly, causing their hands to feel numb. It was obvious that both of them had used all their strength.
The two men had a short round, fleeting, and they both rushed into each other's crowd. Wherever the spears touched, anyone who stood in front of them would be killed.
When the two men were about to turn their horses around, they each carved out a clearing in the enemy's formation and killed four or five of each other's men.
Blood spurted out like a fountain, and inside the doorway at the city gate, blood suddenly flowed into a river. The two sides only had one confrontation, and the superiority and inferiority were immediately distinguished. Ma Chao's men only lost more than ten people, seven or eight of them were Le
Yue Jin killed them, but Yue Jin's men had already lost fifty or sixty people.
Le Jin frowned. Seeing that his carefully trained subordinates were so vulnerable, he couldn't help but thought to himself: "I didn't expect that the opponent's strength was so strong. It seems that I underestimated them too much."
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The melee continued, and the screams still surrounded the doorway and could not disperse for a long time. However, Ma Chao and Le Jin did not engage in a head-on confrontation with the enemy because they were trapped in the enemy's formation and because the doorway was too narrow.
, only caring about killing the soldiers around him.
A quarter of an hour later, the disparity grew. Le Jin's subordinates only had more than twenty people surrounding him, while Ma Chao's subordinates had more than seventy people, surrounding Le Jin in the center.
"Le Jin! I know that you are a famous general in the Wei State. There are not many of your subordinates left. If you commit suicide in front of me, I can consider letting your subordinates live." Ma Chao's body was stained with a lot of blood.
His silver armor was dyed red. He looked at Le Jin who was surrounded and shouted.
Le Jin has already noticed the current situation, but he has never been afraid of the strong. In his life dictionary, there is only death in battle, no suicide, and no surrender.
"Stop talking nonsense, just come here." Le Jin regained his energy and said.
Ma Chao sneered and said: "You don't overestimate your own capabilities. Let's do this. I will fight you alone. If you defeat me, I will let all your subordinates go, including you."
"Come on!" Le Jin agreed immediately without thinking.
"He's a brave man." Ma Chao praised with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.
"Master, there's no point in killing a chicken with a sledgehammer. Let your subordinates come down. Le Jin is no match for the master. It's better to hand it over to his subordinates so that he can show off his power to the master." Qian Hu said to Ma Chao.
"Okay! You go meet Le Jin and let the people of Wei see how powerful my Ma Chao's subordinates are."
"promise!"
After receiving the order, Qian Hu rode his horse and took a few steps forward. He held the scimitar in his hand tightly, looked at Yue Jin with a ferocious expression, and said loudly: "I am under the command of the King of Qin, and the general Qian Hu is here.
Ask General Le for advice!"
Le Jin had noticed this man a long time ago. When his men were about to rush out of the city gate, it was Qian Hu who blocked the way and killed his men at will, just like chopping melons and vegetables.
He clutched the spear in his hand tightly, his heart was full of anger, and he didn't even answer, but just slapped the horse and took the money.