Xia Houyuan looked back while retreating, and saw Ma Chao chasing after him quickly. He immediately drew his big bow, took out a penetrating awl, put it on the arrow string, turned around and shot an arrow at Ma Chao.
When Ma Chao saw an arrow flying over, he swung his Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear and struck the penetrating armor awl. Under the impact of gravity, the penetrating armor awl immediately became bent and fell directly to the ground. He
He even spat and sneered: "What a trick!"
As he spoke, Ma Chao clamped the Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear in the crook of his leg, took out a big bow from the horse's neck, took out five arrows from the quiver, and put them all on the bow. After drawing the bow to full capacity, he shouted
Said: "Give it back to you!"
After shouting, Ma Chao shot out all five arrows in his hand and flew towards Xia Houyuan.
When Xia Houyuan saw this, he was shocked and hurriedly came to hide in a stirrup, shouting in his heart: "I don't know that Ma Chao's archery is so superb. I can only fire four arrows in a row, but he can fire five..."
Five arrows flew over Xiahou Yuan's horse and hit the necks of the Wei cavalry in front. One arrow pierced the throat and all five cavalry fell off their horses.
At this time, Xia Houyuan got on his horse and was about to shoot Ma Chao with a bow and arrow. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, another arrow flew over quickly. He was taken aback and hurriedly dodge, but the arrow came with a fierce force, although he dodged it.
It hit his vital part, but it still shot him in the arm, causing blood to flow out immediately.
Xia Houyuan gritted his teeth, looked at Ma Chao angrily, and shouted: "Stop the horse!"
After giving the order, 500 of the infantrymen walking at the rear voluntarily stayed behind, while the rest all ran forward, running away as if they were running for their lives.
At this time, the snow on the road had not been trampled down for a long time. Xia Houyuan's army was an elite marching force under his tent. The infantry ran like the wind, but they ran at the same speed as the cavalry restricted by the snow.
With a roar, the 4,000-horse infantry immediately withdrew without a trace, leaving only 500 infantrymen surrounding Ma Chao. Many of them were stabbed to death by Ma Chao. Seeing Wang Shuang coming with a large group of cavalry from behind, he immediately
They spread out in all directions, climbed up the hillsides on both sides, and disappeared like smoke.
"General, Xia Houyuan is known as the walking general, also known as the long-legged general. He is famous for running fast. The horses are restricted in the snow, and their speed is basically the same. Can we catch up?" Wang Shuang finally caught up and saw
Xia Houyuan's troops ran so fast, so he immediately asked.
Ma Chao said: "Chasing! Let Pang De catch up with the uninjured infantry. You must not let Xia Houyuan escape. The Wei army must have discovered something is wrong. If the plan is exposed, they can notify the general and launch a full-scale attack on Liangzhou.
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Wang Shuang nodded, and then said to the several scouts behind him: "Hurry up and follow the general's words."
So, Ma Chao led Wang Shuang and 5,000 cavalry in front, Pang De led 8,000 infantry in the rear, and the remaining more than 1,000 injured infantry carried Chu Yan's body back to Yuzhong City.
On the other side, before Xu Shu's personal guards could report to Xia Houyuan, Xia Houyuan had already retreated. When he saw Xu Shu, Cao Xiu and an army of 25,000 people together, he asked suspiciously: "Wen Lie,
Why are you here? When your army is here, who is defending the city?"
Cao Xiu looked guilty and said, "I'm afraid I've fallen into the enemy's trick again. I don't know what the situation is like in Jicheng now?"
Xia Houyuan asked no more questions, but anger appeared on his face and he shouted: "The whole army retreats!"
"Yuan Zhi, Ma Chao is leading the army behind, how should we resist?" Xia Houyuan rode his horse to Xu Shu and asked.
Xu Shu said: "We can leave a group of warriors who dare to die behind the scenes to block Ma Chao here. We can ambush archers on both sides of the road and shoot at him."
Xia Houyuan nodded, and hurriedly detached his Qian Shen marching troops, and asked a partial general to lead them to snipe Ma Chao here, while he led the army to withdraw with Cao Xiu and Xu Shu.
After they separated, Xia Houyuan and others didn't go far when they saw Cheng Yu coming over in a panic with a few soldiers. He panicked and asked hurriedly: "Why did you come here? Where is Jicheng?"
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Cheng Yu looked like he was crying and said: "Jicheng...Jicheng has been occupied by the Chinese army. I was careless..."
"What?" Xia Houyuan asked in surprise: "How could Taishi Ci's army arrive in Hanyang County without any sound? What do you do for food?"
Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "It's not Taishi Ci's soldiers and horses, it's Sima Yi..."
Xu Shu rode on the horse and remained silent. He kept thinking about this matter in his heart. How could the few brave men in the Northwest Army come up with such a perfect plan? Even he couldn't.
They were deceived. Moreover, according to Cao Xiu's report, the Northwest Army wanted to lure the snake out of its hole and then eliminate the viable forces in the wild. This is completely different from stealing Jicheng.
Therefore, he has never been able to figure out what happened. Ever since Cao Xiu appeared, he has been trapped in a puzzle. But when he heard the name Sima Yi, he couldn't help but trembled and asked hurriedly: "
Who were you talking about just now?"
"Sima Yi! Sima Zhongda, the general of the Huaxia Kingdom in the South, suddenly appeared from nowhere, took 20,000 Xiongnu soldiers, pretended to be Qiang people, and went straight to Jicheng. Before that, he used a trick to mobilize all the people in the city.
The garrison captured Jicheng without a single blow." Cheng Yu replied.
"Sima Yi? Who is Sima Yi? Why haven't I seen it before?" Cao Xiu asked suspiciously.
Cheng Yu said: "He was the one who dressed up as our army's envoy and came to deliver the message. General Cao forgot about it so quickly?"
"Is it him? God damn Sima Yi!" Cao Xiu couldn't help but curse.
It turned out that Sima Yi took Huchuquan and 20,000 Xiongnu soldiers to gallop along the Weishui River, and then turned to the Jingshui River, driving quickly on the ice, and arrived at the junction of Anding and Hanyang without anyone noticing. Even though the two sides of the strait
Someone saw it, but the Xiongnu soldiers did not display any flags, and the clothes they wore were similar to those of the Qiang people. Others thought they were Qiang people, so even if they were seen in the counties along the coast, no one reported it.
After arriving at the junction of the two counties, Sima Yi marched towards Jicheng and intercepted the scout sent by Cheng Yu to Qiangzhong on the way. After asking about some situations, Sima Yi came up with a plan. He first killed the scout and replaced him with
Scout's clothes, pretending to be a Wei army scout.
Because he followed Gao Fei into Guanzhong in his early years and witnessed the chaos in Chang'an, he also remembered the accents in Guanzhong area. He secretly practiced the dialects of various places during normal times, which came in handy today. The alert Sima Yi entered Jicheng alone.
, he asked Huchuquan and others to pretend to be Qiang people. He then falsely conveyed information and mobilized Cao Xiu and an army of 25,000. Just as Huchuquan and others arrived, Cheng Yu thought they were Qiang people and opened the city gate.
You know, you fell into Sima Yi's trick.
Everyone rested in the city for a night, and after Cao Xiu and the army left, they launched a mutiny and took control of the entire Jicheng city without killing anyone.
However, there was still a fish that slipped through the net. Cheng Yu inspected the city gate that day and saw the Xiongnu soldiers rushing towards him. Knowing that he could not resist them, he immediately withdrew from the city and came to find Xiahou Yuan to report the matter.
Xia Houyuan and Xu Shu were filled with resentment after hearing what Cheng Yu said. Now that Ma Chao is behind and Sima Yi is in front, the nearly 30,000 troops are still in the ice and snow, which makes everyone feel cold.
"For the current plan, we just need to go to a nearby city to rest for the time being, and then wait and see what happens." Xu Shu thought about it and immediately said to everyone.
Xia Houyuan said: "Go to Longxi County. Longxi is close to Qiangzhong. First occupy Longxi and then use the strength of the Qiang people to counterattack."
Xu Shu said: "Then let's go quickly. I'm afraid if we leave a little later, Ma Chao will catch up, and Sima Yi will definitely take action."
"The whole army sets out, toward Longxi, speed up!" Xia Houyuan gave an order, and all 28,000 horse infantry troops headed toward Longxi, while the remaining general was responsible for guarding the mountain road and ambushing Ma Chao.
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Ma Chao and Wang Shuang pursued the Wei army, and when they were about to reach the place where Pang De and Chu Yan were ambushing, Ma Chao ordered the entire army to stop. His falcon-like eyes scanned the entire snowfield, and suddenly said to Wang Shuang: "You lead the people and divide them into two sides.
, detoured behind the hillside, and I passed through it. This place is dangerous, and the Wei army will definitely set up an ambush, and then work together to kill it."
"Nuo!" With that said, Wang Shuang led a wave of troops into two teams, separated on the left and right, and detoured behind the hillside.
Ma Chao rushed forward with a thousand cavalry, and said to his subordinates: "Everyone is always ready."
The group of people rushed into the mountain road quickly, and when they were about to rush out of the entrance of the mountain road, the Wei army's ambush appeared. Five hundred archers were ambushing on both sides, and they shot at Ma Chao in the middle of the mountain road.
Ma Chao and others were on guard for a long time. They secretly held their repeating crossbows in their hands. When they saw the ambush appearing, they fired towards the hillside.
After a contest of arrows, the two armies suffered casualties. At this time, Wang Shuang and others came out from behind the hillside and attacked from both sides. In a short time, all the ambush soldiers were killed.
After that, Ma Chao and Wang Shuang joined forces and chased forward for some distance. They saw a fork in the road, one heading towards Longxi and the other towards Hanyang.
Without even thinking about it, Ma Chao galloped towards Hanyang and chased him, saying: "This must be Xia Houyuan's suspicion formation to make us think that he is heading towards Longxi. Come with me and catch up with Xia Houyuan."
So, the group of people continued to run towards Hanyang. After less than ten miles, they saw a group of cavalry rolling in front of them. Seeing the menacing cavalry, Ma Chao hurriedly ordered: "Stop the whole army and prepare to fight."
There was no flag flying on the opposite side and they looked like Qiang people. Ma Chao stood on the road alone and let Wang Shuang and others separate behind him.
Among the cavalry coming from the opposite side, the leader was Sima Yi. Seeing that the Chinese army in front had already taken a stance, he hurriedly ordered the army to stop. He then galloped forward a few steps, stood outside the shooting range, and shouted loudly.
: "Could it be Ma Mengqi, the general who conquered the West?"
"It's Ma! Who are you?"
"I'm the general of the Southern Campaign, Sima Yi. I've met General Ma." Sima Yi said, cupping his fists.
"Sima Yi?" Ma Chao looked at Sima Yi suspiciously. He was still a child five years ago, but now he has grown so big. He immediately rode forward and asked: "You are from Hanyang County, could it be that Jicheng has already