After Gao Fei and others safely exited Baling City, the people in front blocked the road. As a last resort, Gao Fei and others rode horses on both sides of the official road, galloped forward quickly, and told the people to find a place to avoid the pursuing soldiers.
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Since the collapsed city gate successfully blocked the pursuers for more than an hour, Gao Fei and others had already withdrawn, surpassing the wave of refugees, and headed all the way towards Tongguan. When passing through Huayin County, Zhu Gongping made a trip back
He took away all the gold and silver in Zhujiazhuang, as well as some rice grains, and distributed the excess rice grains to the local poor people on the spot, hoping that they could stop the pursuing troops behind them.
Heading eastward, we galloped all day and night. At noon the next day, we encountered soldiers coming from the direction of Tongguan. One of the tiger generals was carrying a gilded axe, wearing a steel helmet and steel armor, and riding a horse on his crotch.
A green and chestnut war horse with a blue-gray birthmark on the left cheek is none other than Xu Huang, the right cavalry general of the Huaxia Kingdom.
Xu Huang was followed by two generals, one was Zhou Cang, who had a face as black as coal and a curly beard, and the other was Gao Lin, who had a stern face and a beard. Behind the three of them were hundreds of cavalry, including the Huaxia Kingdom.
The big flag was fluttering in the wind, and behind it were the infantrymen as far as the eye could see, kicking up waves of dust.
When the two met, Xu Huang hurriedly reined in his horse and ordered to stop. He, Zhou Cang, and Gao Lin all hurriedly dismounted, moved forward to meet Gao Fei, and knelt down and said: "I am waiting for help to come too late, please punish me."
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Gao Fei took the lead. When he saw Xu Huang, Zhou Cang, Gao Lin and others appearing here, he felt surprised and asked hurriedly: "Have you conquered Tongguan?"
Xu Huang shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, it was Ma Dai who took the initiative to withdraw his troops, let us enter the pass, and personally handed over Tongguan to our army."
"Ma Dai? Where are the others?"
"Having withdrawn with the army, they are nowhere to be found."
Gao Fei thought for a moment and felt that Sima Yi's plan had indeed worked. Ma Chao had indeed acted according to the plan given by Sima Yi. He hurriedly shouted to Xu Huang, Zhou Cang, and Gao Lin: "You all get up, how much have you brought this time?"
Soldiers and horses?”
"One thousand cavalry and four thousand infantry, a total of five thousand people. In addition, General Zhao has sent troops from Luoyang to support. Ten thousand reinforcements will arrive tomorrow." Xu Huang stood up and replied.
Gao Fei said excitedly: "Great, send the order, the whole army will spread out and lie in ambush on both sides of the mountain road, preparing to ambush the pursuers."
After giving the order, Xu Huang immediately ordered an ambush. Four thousand infantry were ambushed on the mountain roads on both sides. Xu Huang led a thousand cavalry to the west for nearly five miles before arriving at a slightly larger forest where he could ambush.
, the people held their hats in their mouths, and the horses' feet were bound. While comforting the horses, they cut down some trees and placed them on both sides of the road, using the branches and leaves of the trees to block them.
Gao Fei asked Zhu Gongdao and Liu Yu to escort Sima Yi and Liu Yu's family, as well as the entourage who had followed them all the way from Qin State, to the direction of Tongguan. He, Zhu Gongdao and Bian Xi stayed alone and ambush in the mountains and forests.
More than an hour later, Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren followed with their pursuers. Seeing the narrow and winding mountain road ahead, Cao Ren ordered the army to stop, scanned the entire mountain road, and hesitated there.
"Zixiao, Gao Fei has more than 200 people, are you still worried about his ambush?" Xia Houyuan asked when he saw Cao Ren being so cautious.
"This place is too close to Tongguan, and the terrain is dangerous and easy to ambush. If the Chinese army captures Tongguan, and the army and Gao Fei turn around, if they ambush here, then there will be no return for us. I am just worried about being ambushed.
." Cao Ren analyzed.
Xia Houyuan nodded, feeling that what Cao Ren said was beneficial. Both of them were generals of the Wei State who were good at using troops, and had won the trust and favor of Cao Cao. At this time, they were watching six directions, listening in all directions, and watching every move on the mountain road.
At this time, two or three Qu commanders came from the back of the team. Seeing Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan stopped moving forward, they shouted, "Why don't you move forward? What are you looking at here?"
Cao Ren said: "The road ahead is dangerous and there may be an ambush."
"There are only 200 people, even if there is an ambush, what can we do? You cowards, get out of my way, look at how powerful we Qiang people are!" Qu Shuai shouted loudly.
After hearing this, Xia Houyuan felt extremely unhappy. He rolled his eyes at Qu Shuai, pulled Cao Ren aside, and whispered: "The Shaodang Qiang are so arrogant, why not let them charge in front, while we watch from behind. If there is really an ambush,
If these Qiang people die, it will be over for good. If there is no ambush, we can move forward again."
Cao Ren deeply agreed, and he immediately cleared a path with his men, allowing the commanders to lead his men forward.
Suddenly, Qu Shuai of the Qiang people rushed forward with his men, shouting slogans of revenge for the Qiang King, and rushed over in a mighty manner.
Gao Fei was lying behind a rock and saw that the Qiang people in the front had penetrated into the winding mountain road for more than two miles, and the Qiang cavalry from behind were also coming in one after another, so he told the messenger to use the flag language.
Notify Zhou Cang and Gao Lin, who were ambushing on both sides of the mountain road, to delay their actions and wait for new orders.
After a while, when the Qiang people were about to drive out of the narrowest mountain road, Gao Fei saw the opportunity and gave an order. The four thousand soldiers who were lying in ambush threw the rolling stones and wooden logs that had been prepared onto the mountain road and smashed them.
After injuring many cavalrymen, they took out their repeating crossbows and fired at them. The dense crossbow arrows exerted their great power on this occasion, killing all the more than 5,000 Qiang cavalry in the ambush circle. One
None of them ran away.
As soon as Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan saw that the Qiang people were ambushed, they began to retreat with more than a thousand remaining Qiang cavalry. As soon as they retreated halfway, Xu Huang, carrying a gilt ax and five hundred cavalry, blocked the way.
"Xu has been waiting for you for a long time!" Xu Huang held the gilded ax across his chest. When he saw Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan, his eyes sparkled.
Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan looked at each other and immediately shouted at the same time: "Kill out!"
The two generals clapped their horses and waved the weapons in their hands, and rushed towards Xu Huang together, followed closely by the soldiers behind them.
Before they could rush in, the other five hundred cavalrymen who were ambushing on both sides of the road fired their crossbow arrows with their repeating crossbows. Hundreds of crossbow arrows flew out, killing a group of Qiang cavalry immediately.
Xia Houyuan held up his spear, Cao Ren wielded his sword, and led dozens of horsemen behind him. Behind them were the panicked Qiang cavalry, who all rushed towards Xu Huang.
"Get out of the way!" Xia Houyuan shouted, put away his gun and stabbed it out, directly to Xu Huang's throat.
Cao Ren also yelled "Wow!", clapped his horse and waved his sword. Seeing that he was approaching Xu Huang, he struck him in the air with his sword.
Xu Huang raised his gilded axe, first pushed aside Xia Houyuan's spear, and then held Cao Ren's sword. Then he shouted "Ah", his beard stretched out, and veins popped up on his face. It was originally because of the blue-gray birthmark.
Xu Huang, who seemed a bit different, now looked even more ferocious, like a wild ghost.
"Hoo ho ho!"
Xu Huang deflected Cao Ren's sword and used the ax to attack Xia Houyuan alone. Cao Ren, the two generals, were not timid. Instead, they used the ax with great force.
Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan were in a hurry to escape and had no intention of fighting, so when they saw Xu Huang's big ax blocking the way, they looked at each other and suddenly ran in the opposite direction, walking up the hillside. When they saw the soldiers coming to resist the enemy, they waved them randomly a few times.
He forced away those who came to resist the enemy and fled directly.
When Xu Huang saw his men preparing to give chase, he immediately shouted: "Don't chase the poor bandits!"
Therefore, the cavalry subordinates gave up the pursuit, cooperated with Xu Huang to form an encirclement, and started fighting with the more than a thousand surrounded Qiang cavalry.
The sun sets over the west mountain, and twilight falls. The mountain road is filled with blood, dyeing the land red. Corpses are everywhere in the mountain road, and broken limbs can be seen everywhere. It stretches for six miles. More than 6,000 Qiang riders died in this valley.
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It was getting dark, Gao Fei, Zhu Gongdao, Bian Xi, Zhou Cang, Gao Lin and others all came to Xu Huang's side. After learning that Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren had escaped, they immediately joined forces and took advantage of this momentum to make a decision overnight.
The strategy of attacking was adopted, and Bian Xi was asked to inform Zhao Yun to speed up the march.
With soldiers and generals in hand, Gao Fei stopped retreating and began to counterattack, preparing to use this small force to take Chang'an City by surprise.
Gao Fei led Xu Huang, Zhu Gongdao led a thousand light cavalry to gallop ahead, and Zhou Cang and Gao Lin followed closely with the infantry. Bian Xi acted as guide, and they advanced westward overnight.
Xu Huang led one hundred cavalry to clear the way in front, while Zhu Gongdao escorted Gao Fei and led nine hundred light cavalry to follow Xu Huang. They ran wildly all night, passing through Huayin, Zhengxian and Xinfeng counties, and finally arrived at Baling again.
When the sky was dimming, Gao Fei and others arrived at the east gate of Baling. Seeing that the road to the east gate was blocked, they thought it must be Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren, so they asked people to move the huge rocks blocking the road.
As they were being transported, they suddenly heard the sound of hooves coming from the south. Ma Chao came with Ma Dai and a group of horse infantry to escort four carriages.
Gao Fei and Ma Chao were both shocked when they met each other. Gao Fei saw Ma Chao's armor with blood soaked through his armor, his face was haggard, and he looked exhausted. Ma Dai was also about the same, and Ma Bujun behind him was even more exhausted, as if he had just returned from the death line.
As if he had escaped.
Ma Chao saw Gao Fei's face was pale and his eyes were dark, as if he hadn't rested for a long time. But the people around him were very energetic, so he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.
After a brief look at each other, Gao Fei and Ma Chao rode forward, and rode their horses alone to the middle of the two armies.
"Is your highness the prince okay?" Gao Fei first asked from the horseback.
"Your Majesty, are you alright?" Ma Chao asked.
Neither of the two people answered. After looking at each other for a long time, they suddenly burst into laughter.
Gao Fei and Ma Chao's laughter puzzled everyone on both sides, and they all focused their attention on them.
"Are you willing to go back to China with me?" Gao Fei broke the peace between the two people again.
(ps: I’m going home to reunite with my family these two days. I’m going to do one chapter a day for the time being. It’s going to happen on the Mid-Autumn Festival. I hope you’ll forgive me.)