Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1198 Who is the meat of whose mouth

  The setting sun is like blood.

There is a palm-sized stone on the mountain road, which undulates slightly on the ground, and the sand and dust on the stone are also trembling slightly, jumping down from the surface of the stone, and then the tremor quickly becomes larger, slightly The sound of hoofbeats gradually turned into a rolling roar, and suddenly, a shadow flew past the stone!

   Followed by more shadows, flying across the stone at high speed, as if covering the sky.

  Suddenly, I don't know which war horse, stepped on that stone, and stepped it deeply into the ground, the war horse was also tilted, and then let out a neigh...

One horse, two horses, ten horses, a hundred horses, a group, a nest, the galloping team of horses rushed out along the mountain road to the south of Qishan Mountain like hornets gushing out of their nests, and the Qiang cavalrymen on horseback Wearing a leather robe, roaring, heading south.

Thousands of infantry had already formed a tight formation, and spears stood out behind the cart like hedgehogs, standing in front of them with a cold light, Xu Huang looked at the Qiang cavalry galloping indifferently, Holding the tomahawk in one hand and tearing off the mask with the other, he stood under the battle flag, and a muffled voice sounded from behind the mask: "Mountain!"

   "Drink! Dashan!"

  The shield soldier shouted loudly, leaning his body against the baggage cart, and immediately placed the shield obliquely on top of his head, connecting it with the baggage cart. The spearman took a step forward, put the spear firmly on the truck, and then kicked the tail of the gun, so that a part of the tail of the gun was buried in the soil, and then lowered the center of gravity of the body and shrunk in the ground. under the shield.

   "嗖—"

  A white tail-winged arrow used for marking crossed the sky and stabbed obliquely on the ground.

  Almost at the same time, the Qiang cavalry had already crossed the arrow.

"wind!"

   "Shoot the arrow!"

Almost at the same time, both sides shouted loudly, the rain of arrows flew into the sky, and then staggered across the sky, just like rubbing shoulders with the first lover in the turbulent crowd, with only a glimpse of surprise, they went their separate ways .

  The hurried whistle sounded among the Qiang cavalry, and the horse team of hundreds of people quickly made a turn while galloping, with the sound of horseshoes, splashing large chunks of mud.

  Arrows screamed and fell, piercing the truck and the shield, jingling like a hailstorm. A few unlucky guys seemed to have been injured by the arrows, but the overall formation was still intact.

On the Qiang side, although most of the arrows were avoided, several Qiang cavalrymen were also shot at the horses or torsos. They howled and fell off the horses, disappearing among the flying horseshoes. .

  Xu Huang pushed away the guards holding shields in front of him, and watched the Qiang cavalry draw a circular arc in front of the formation and rushed towards the flanks of the formation.

   "Lin!" Xu Huang shouted again.

  The spear moved slowly like branches and leaves. The spearman who was far away from the Qiang cavalry pulled out the tail of his gun from the soil, and then ran to the flank of the array with the sword and shield hand, and still pressed against the truck to form a new protective formation, because the Qiang cavalry was Mercedes-Benz is on the outer circle, so the movements of the sword and shield players and spearmen moving in the inner circle are not very urgent, and there is a special aesthetic feeling of neat rhythm.

  The baggage car is like a circle of calyxes, while the shield bearers and spearmen are like petals and flower cores, blooming in turn along the direction of the Qiang cavalry.

While running around Xu Huang's formation, the Qiang people bent their bows and set up arrows, shooting towards the formation. The arrows fell into the formation like arrow rain, and even one arrow dangled in the sky. Coming towards Xu Huang.

   "Hmph!" Xu Huang glanced out of the corner of his eye, and slightly changed the direction of the battle axe.

  With a "clang", the arrow pierced the face of the tomahawk, and was bounced to the ground unwillingly.

  Looking at the Qiang cavalry circling around the circle, Xu Huang suddenly shouted: "Great wind!"

   With a clatter, the shield soldier lifted his shield to reveal the strong crossbowman behind him.

   "Om—"

  As the hanging knife was pulled down, the crossbow bolt roared out!

  The Qiang people who were circling vigorously were suddenly attacked by the crossbowmen in the formation. Although they were somewhat prepared, the crossbow arrows were too fast, and some people still had no time to dodge and were shot down and fell off their horses.

  The whistle sounded again, and the Qiang cavalry who had been hit dispersed with a clatter, and then retreated a certain distance, then gathered again and launched another attack.

   After the two sides exchanged another wave of arrows, the Qiang cavalry did not give Xu Huang's crossbowmen any chance to attack, so they circled around outside the formation and retreated.

  The Qiang cavalry who stayed at the back seemed to be staring at Xu Huang, and seemed to have crossed Xu Huang's forward position and looked further away. After a long time, they retreated slowly.

   "The whole team!" Xu Huang stared at the Qiang cavalry retreating, lifted his mask, and yelled at the retreating Qiang cavalry.

"It's time to deliver meat again, these guys, is it interesting to do this all the time?" Several soldiers at the front put away their swords and guns, and couldn't help discussing, "Every time I send a few, a dozen, they don't really fight. Just go around like this, what the **** do you want to do?"

"You son of a bitch, what kind of trick is this called fatigue!" said a slightly older old pawn, "Don't think about sending a few at a time, if we were a little slack that time and were rushed into the formation by those cavalry, At that time, we will be the ones who will die! Gua Wazi, if the skin collapses tighter, there will be no harm in the end!"

After all, the sword and shield soldiers and spearmen still moved according to the order, and restored the original guard formation. Some soldiers in the central formation also stepped forward. The hooks were untied, and the casualties of the Qiang cavalry were searched, so that the array could move forward again.

Since Fei Qian led the army to approach Qishan, he was almost constantly harassed by Han Sui's cavalry, which caused the army to advance very slowly. Make sure the army moves forward.

However, it happens that this area is surrounded by mountains on both sides of the east and west, and the area of ​​the battlefield is not very large, so Fei Qian does not have to worry about Han Sui rushing out of the flanking mountains, but such continuous cavalry harassment, sometimes even a day Three or four times, although there is not much loss, but it is indeed a bit depressed.

"Han Wenyue is starting to get anxious..." Li Ru was riding on horseback. Even though the weather was fair, he was still wrapped in a leather robe. It seemed that he couldn't feel any heat at all. He said slowly, "It must be that the general's reinforcements from Guanzhong have arrived... Seeing defeat after defeat, even if Han Wenyue can bear it, I am afraid that at this time, he needs to boost the morale of the soldiers..."

At this moment, Fei Qian was frowning and watching the smoke and dust in front of him disperse, and said: "It is convenient for cavalry to come and go. If I wait for the formation of chariots to be strong, then I will leave as soon as I touch it. If I can't handle it, I will definitely take advantage of it and kill it." I'm waiting for soldiers. This is really..."

Fei Qian looked up at the sky, the sun was setting in the west, and the sky was blood red. Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat. He turned his head to look at Li Ru, and found the answer in Li Ru's eyes. He couldn't help but shouted in a deep voice: " Order the former army to set up camp on the spot!"

  ………………

  By the West Han River, a gray fox poked its head out of the bushes in the moonlight.

This is an old fox. Its fur is no longer as smooth as it was when it was young. It looks like dry grass. The big tail has not only lost its luster, but also looks very dirty in a mess. In some places, dirt has even formed. into hard lumps.

  The fox stood on the bank of the river with its legs propped up, observing the surrounding situation with slightly cloudy eyes. This used to be its paradise. It likes nothing more than catching prey with his wife, and after eating, he comes here to drink some water, and then goes under the tree hole on the bank, or lies on the tree trunk, Squinting in the dappled sun's rays and dozing with a big tail covered...

Until a few days ago, it saw the birds in the woodland on the bank fly away, and then the earth shook, and even the river water became turbid and vibrated, and then many two-legged and four-legged guys came, disturbing There was sound and smoke everywhere. However, its wife just sprained its hind foot a few days ago and couldn't run fast. In front of it, a two-legged guy tied it to the ground with a long, thin wooden branch.

   It ran.

   But it came back.

  The smell of blood remaining on the ground is full of ominous smell.

  The old fox lay down, moved his chapped and dry nose a few times, and slowly moved forward following the smell of blood.

   Then I saw...

  I saw a familiar fox skin on the river beach under the moonlight.

   and a group of two-legged guys who are lighting a bonfire on the river beach.

  The old fox shrank his head, retreated into the shadow of the bushes, and then lay on his stomach in a daze, his eyes staring at the river and the familiar fur color for a long, long time.

   I don’t know how long it took, the old fox stood up, stood on the rock, straightened his limbs, looked at the piece of fur by the river and let out a long cry...

An arrow, like a locust, shot through the old fox's body with a bang, and the body rolled down the rock. Then, a voice came from the riverside: "Hey, Commander, there is really some meat delivered to you!" what…"

  In order not to let Fei Qian and others notice, Ma Chao led the team along the West Han River to Fei Qian and circled behind. From Xiabian to Qishan, there are two roads, one is the waterway along the West Han River, and the other is the dry road of Jianwei.

  The waterway is far away, and there is a section of the road that needs to cross the river because of the mountains. Therefore, the army generally does not take this road, but mostly chooses the relatively open and easy dry road. There are mountains on the east and west sides of the Jianwei road, and the terrain in the middle is flat, the land is fertile, and the water flows from it, which is suitable for the army to march. Feiqian also chose this road to march.

  The soldiers who came with Ma Chao were exhausted. Except for the soldiers on duty, the rest of them leaned against the rocks or curled up by the campfire, sleeping soundly and snoring one after another.

  West Han River here and Jianwei that road are covered by mountains, unless General Fei Qian also sends people to walk this difficult waterway, otherwise there will be no movement here.

   Ma Chao was sitting by the bonfire, and saw that the soldiers on duty shot and killed a fox, but he didn't pay much attention to it, so he asked the soldiers to go to the river to strip it, wash it, and put it on the fire to roast.

  The moon had already risen, and the clear light poured down from the sky, shining on Ma Chao's face, and also on the scar on his arm. This is the wound left on the bank of the Qingni River before. Although it has scabbed over now, it still seems to remain in Ma Chao's heart forever, still bleeding and hurting.

   "Young Commander!"

   There was a low voice shouting by the river.

   Ma Chao got up and walked over, saying, "What's the matter?"

   "It seems that the water in the river has changed..."

  Water in Xihan, because of the previous earthquake, not only the river diverted, but the water flow also decreased a lot, and there were even some inexplicable fluctuations in the water level. Of course, it is impossible for non-locals to know about these things.

  The water of the Western Han Dynasty has become wider in this area. The river is nearly 30 feet wide, the water is deep and turbulent, and the place where the river can be crossed is extremely narrow, only two miles wide. In the rest of the area, the river flows close to the cliffs. And when Ma Chao came to the river, he saw that the water level of the river suddenly dropped greatly. They walked into the river to measure the water level, and the water level was less than three feet deep. They could almost cross the Xihan River on horseback.

   "Hurry up!" Ma Chao shouted immediately, "Wake up everyone and cross the river immediately, all must cross the river within a stick of incense!"

After crossing the river, you can go directly behind Zhengxi General Fei Qian. At this moment, Zhengxi General Fei Qian must be fully focused on the direction of Qishan. At that time, as long as the signal is sent, he will attack Han Sui back and forth. , it is very likely that Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west, will be defeated in the south of Qishan!

   Then with the remaining prestige of victory, gather all the tribes in Xiliang, and then defeat the Guanzhong reinforcements, then they can go straight to Guanzhong and achieve great things.

  Of course, this great cause is still Han Sui's great cause.

  Ma Chao could still fight before, but now, he has no good solution, he can only attach himself to Han Sui, and defeat General Fei Qian of Zhengxi first.

   "Quick! Quick! Move faster!"

Following Ma Chao's order, the soldiers who were lying in their clothes got up one after another, kicked down and doused the bonfire, and quickly packed up their luggage. Amidst the splashing water and the sound of splashing water, Ma Chao The soldiers lined up and entered the water one after another, and began to cross the river.

  The river water continued to drop, and after a while, it dropped from the horse's belly to the horse's leg joints.

   Ma Chao had already crossed the river bank, and was nervously standing by the river bank, watching the rushing water of Xihan River nervously.

   "Quick! Speed ​​up! The river is starting to rise!" Ma Chao suddenly shouted in a deep voice, "Get out of the way! Don't block the road! Quick, move faster!"

  The water in the Western Han Dynasty fell fast, and the speed of rising was not slow. It was almost visible to the naked eye. It went all the way up from the horse's legs, and it seemed that it reached under the horse's belly in a blink of an eye.

  The cavalrymen who were still in the river jumped into the water one after another at this time to lighten the burden on their horses, and dragged their horses to swim towards the opposite bank together.

   The sound of "crashing" became louder and louder, and suddenly a wave came and hit the horse's body, pushing the horse several steps downstream...

   "Hurry up!" Ma Chao didn't need to urge any more, and the soldiers who came ashore also urged the dozen or so backward cavalrymen who were still swimming in the river, "Hurry up! Work harder, hurry up!"

  A war horse that was about to reach the bank obviously stepped on the river bank and took two steps up. When all four hooves were on the ground, the war horse stopped habitually, then shook its neck and began to shake the water...

   "Clatter..."

   Another wave of river water rushed in, and the horse that had just stood still was lifted by the river water, and was immediately pushed away from the original place, and also hit the **** beside him, carrying it with it and drifting downstream.

Seeing that the last few cavalry had no time to land, they were dragged downstream by the water of the Western Han Dynasty, and then quickly lost their traces. Ma Chao couldn't help but stood silent for a while, then turned around and waved his hands. , Said: "The whole army... get on the horse... let's go..."

  West Han water rushed, and pulled out two blood-stained fox skins stuck in the crevices of the rocks on the shore.

  Two damaged skins chase each other, ups and downs, disappearing into the sky...

  (end of this chapter)