Li Xingzai came to Ma Meng's feet and reined in his horse. He was in a miserable state, with a haggard look on his face, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.
"Why is General Ma here and what is he doing?"
Ma Mengqi and Li Xingzai had met each other before, so they were not familiar with each other. At this moment, Li Xingzai's words touched Ma Mengqi's heartache, and he let out a long sigh:
"The defeated general is unworthy of your majesty's trust. Ma is now a lone soul without an owner, leading a remnant of the defeated general, wandering here like a bereaved dog."
Hearing this, Li Xingzai also sighed and said: "Victory or defeat is a matter for the military. General Ma does not need to blame himself too much. Speaking of which, my situation is not much better than that of General Ma."
Ma Mengqi suddenly became energetic and said: "May I ask why the prince is here?"
Nowadays, Ma Mengqi is disheartened and needs someone to comfort him. The best way to comfort a person is to let him know that there is someone who is worse off than him.
I had long heard that the allied forces of the princes were defeated by the Rong tribe. The princes were completely defeated and fled like a lost dog. But I didn’t know the specific situation. There happened to be someone who had experienced it in front of me, and I happened to ask him how old he was.
awful.
Ma Chao is in desperate need of comfort right now.
Although he suffered a disastrous defeat, there was not much desolation in Li Xingzai's eyes. He waved his hand and said: "It was a big defeat anyway, and now we are barely surviving. What is General Ma's next plan?"
Ma Chao looked a little embarrassed, lowered his head and said: "I want to temporarily avoid the Rong clan's attack, and then think about supporting Chang'an."
They had just experienced a battle not long ago, and Ma Mengqi had only five hundred soldiers. With these people, they could not even withstand a charge from the Rong tribe. Based on this, how to support Chang'an City was just an excuse.
"Here we go." Li Xingzai clapped his hands and said, "General Ma and I coincidentally agree, so why don't you and I become one, so we can take care of you, and we can make plans later."
Ma Mengqi is really desperate today, and he has no ill feelings towards Li Xingzai. In any case, Li Xingzai is also a member of the Li family. Taking refuge in his service does not count as betraying Li Letian. Moreover, look at Li Xingzai's style and behavior.
He is aboveboard and aboveboard, and he is not a thief like Guan Yu.
He cupped his fists with both hands and bowed respectfully on the horse: "Just follow the prince's orders."
Ma Mengqi probably didn't know one thing. Li Xingzai also worked as a bandit in Toad Village for a period of time. In terms of the shamelessness of chicken thieves, they were even worse than Guan Yu.
In the recent days, Li Xingzai was wandering around the area. When he saw Rong soldiers and horses, he stayed away. When he saw the imperial army's retreat, he went over to fool them.
Now that he had successfully deceived a general, Li Xingzai was full of energy and began to look for the next target to deceive.
Li Xingzai deceived people in this land, looking for useful talents from the defeated armies of other princes. His behavior was like rummaging for treasures in a trash can.
At this moment, the Rong tribe's attack on Chang'an City has not stopped. After defeating the coalition forces of the princes, in fact, the Rong tribe has taken control of the entire Jingzhou. They no longer have any worries and can free up their hands to specifically attack Chang'an City.
Judging from the current situation, it is only a matter of time before Chang'an City is breached.
Bai Wushuang walked into the royal tent of the Rong clan with square steps. Nohara Huo was playing with the brazier in front of him to keep warm. There was a very thinly shaved barbecue beside the basin. This was the method he learned when he was a wanderer. He always tried his best in the past.
You can save energy as much as possible, and you need to be careful about everything you need around you.
"Your Majesty, we have found the whereabouts of Liangzhou's group. They are currently hiding on Hulu Mountain. I have sent people to see the terrain. The terrain of Hulu Mountain is complex and the army cannot move. And this time we are facing Liangzhou people and they are attacking forcefully.
, I’m afraid it will cost a lot.”
Nohara Huo used tongs to pick up the charcoal, and the sparks scattered in the air and were extinguished.
"What are the elders' plans?"
"To attack by force will cause huge losses, so it is better to wait for the hard work. My intention is to besiege but not attack. When they run out of food and grass, our army will naturally win."
"The terrain of Calabash Mountain is dangerous. If we were to encircle the entire mountain, how many people would need to be mobilized? How much food and grass supplies would be needed. Our main focus is Chang'an City, and we don't have the extra troops to fight a group of bandits." Nohara Huo said calmly.
Bai Wushuang looked at the expression on Nohara Huo's face. He was wearing a hood, and under the firelight, his face was so bright and hard to distinguish. Bai Wushuang thought in his heart: Could it be that the king wanted to let them live? But if that was the case, why did he spend so much time?
Deal with them with great force.
Guan Yu guessed that he was being targeted by the Rong tribe, but he never imagined that the one behind the scenes was not someone else but Wang Yeyuanhuo, the king of the Rong tribe. The people sent to hunt down Guan Yu were all elites of the Rong tribe. Even Guan Yu
I can also feel that after several battles with the Rong tribe, the enemy has become more and more difficult.
Bai Wushuang's heart moved and she asked, "Has your Majesty already made an idea?"
"Wouldn't it be over if it was burned on fire?"
As soon as Nohara let go of the fireman, the charcoal hit the charcoal basin, sparks flew everywhere, and the flames in the charcoal basin suddenly became strong. The barbecue beside the basin was sizzling and hot oil was rising, and the air in the big tent became hot.
As winter turns to spring, although all things are recovering, the mountains, rivers and land are still covered with thick withered grass and shrubs. This spring, the earth has not had time to breed living things, and the mountains and forests are still desolate.
This night, a fire broke out from the southeast.
"The great master, the great master..."
Someone woke up the sleeping Cheng Dalei: "Master, there are Rong people setting fire at the bottom of the mountain."
Cheng Dalei rushed out of the house with a big ax and looked to the southeast, only to see flames rising into the sky. There were also sporadic flames in the surrounding mountains and forests.
"Come on." Cheng Dalei shouted: "This is to drive us all away. Whoever comes up with such a plan to wipe out every family is not afraid of retribution."
"Master, what should we do next?" Guan Yu asked.
"Get out, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, the wind is blowing hard."
In fact, Guan Yu had already gathered his soldiers together without Cheng Dalei's orders. Under the leadership of Cheng Dalei, the army retreated to the northwest.
Cheng Dalei secretly thought that he was lucky. Fortunately, the scouts responded in time and noticed the fire before it started. If there were fires on all sides, death would be waiting for everyone, and they might end up being roasted into meat.
Now that the fire is not raging, Cheng Dalei is clearing the way ahead. The response speed of the Liangzhou Five Hundred Cavalry is very fast, but unfortunately, the group of people who joined later are now in a panic.
They have only joined for a short period of time, have not received much training, and cannot meet the level of prohibition.
When they were going down the mountain, they collided with a group of Rong people setting fire. They probably didn't expect Cheng Dalei and others to react so quickly, and they were caught off guard.
The two sides fought for a while, and Cheng Dalei and others finally broke out of the siege and fled northwest.