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Chapter 410: Ma Chao goes to Liangzhou
Ma Chao raised the tiger-head golden spear and pointed it at the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva.

"Your so-called nobles in the Western Regions are nothing but a bunch of barbarians here. What about reincarnation as your nobles in the Western Regions? This is what you use to brainwash these slaves. Hahaha, unfortunately, I don't care about reincarnation, let alone your shabby nobles."

Ma Chao's words were like nails that were driven into the hearts of the Six-Pearl Bodhisattvas. The reason why they were willing to risk everything and cooperate with Cao Cao was that they did not want to live in the desert anymore. They also wanted to live on the plains, so that no outsiders would say that they were a barbaric race.

For a long time, any verbal insults from Ma Chao had no effect on Six-Pearl Bodhisattva, which made Ma Chao feel that Six-Pearl Bodhisattva's cultivation skills were particularly good. In addition, Six-Pearl Bodhisattva always used Ma Teng's death to provoke Ma Chao, so Ma Chao didn't want to scold Six-Pearl Bodhisattva anymore.

But what Ma Chao didn't know was that the reason why Six-Pearl Bodhisattva's kung fu seemed so good was because Ma Chao didn't scold him to the point. Just like now, Ma Chao's words had made Six-Pearl Bodhisattva start to get angry. He no longer watched the battle from outside the encirclement, but took his rope dart and launched an attack on Ma Chao, because Ma Chao's words just now had touched the most taboo part in Six-Pearl Bodhisattva's heart.

"Prepare to die, you little bastard!"

The Six-Pearl Bodhisattva shouted loudly, and the rope dart was thrown out and entangled Ma Chao's tiger-head golden spear. Ma Chao wanted to use brute force to drag the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva into the encirclement so that these golden arhats would be cautious when attacking and would not dare to launch a fierce attack like before.

These golden arhats not only have strong defense, but also have first-rate attack capabilities. Just now, two of them attacked together and smashed the barrel of Ma Chao's spear, causing Ma Chao to feel pain in the palm of his hand. Not only did they attack Ma Chao, they also sent flying sand into the attack, trying to completely cut off Ma Chao's chance of escape.

On the other hand, Pang De still had the upper hand under the siege of Cao Zhang and Deng Ai. Although he and Cao Zhang were both first-rate generals, there was a huge gap between first-rate generals. For example, Zhao Yun was also a first-rate general, and Cao Zhang was also a first-rate general, but Zhao Yun could almost kill Cao Zhang in just a few moves. This was the huge gap between first-rate generals.

Although Pang De did not recognize Gu Rubing as his master and did not obtain high characteristic bonuses from Gu Rubing, his own military general characteristics were there. In addition, Pang De was already a leader among the first-class generals. So even if he did not have Gu Rubing's characteristic bonuses, facing Cao Zhang and Deng Ai, a first-class general and a second-rate general, and both of them had Cao Cao's bonuses, Pang De never fell behind. He almost always suppressed the two of them.

However, he could not escape the fight between the two and could not help Ma Chao.

The fighting on the two small battlefields was fierce, and the soldiers on both sides were also fighting each other. Without weapons like lassoes and golden hook spears that could restrain cavalry, the soldiers under Ma Chao's command were all blood-thirsty. After all, they were restricted in the previous fights and could not fight to their heart's content.

Now there is finally an opportunity, and taking advantage of this opportunity, each of them rushed to be the first, fearing that they would not be able to kill the Western aliens.

Liangzhou has been resisting the invasion of the Huns in the north for a long time, especially during the chaos in the Central Plains, when various princes rose up and established their own regimes. In the years when the Han Dynasty declined, not only were the various tribes in the Western Regions eyeing it covetously, but the Huns in the northwest also continued to harass Liangzhou. Therefore, the Liangzhou cavalry had a morale buff when facing the foreign tribes, and they would kill them one by one without mercy.

On the way, Ma Tie, Ma Dai and others led the cavalry many times to help Pang De and Ma Chao get out of trouble, but they were unsuccessful. They were stopped by the opponent's most powerful monks. This was also the reason why Ma Chao and Pang De did not wait for support for a long time.

At this moment, Ma Dai was gathering the elite among the hundred elite cavalrymen. Each of them was a strong man carefully selected from his original team. Although they were not military generals, they were all good fighters on the battlefield. Ma Dai wanted to lead these hundred elite cavalrymen to rescue Ma Chao. He certainly would not let Ma Chao be surrounded and exhausted to death by the enemy.

"Brothers, the general is in danger now. You are all veterans of our Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Please follow me, Ma Dai, to the enemy's hinterland, kill them all, and rescue the general!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Ma Dai said nothing more. He raised his spear and started a charge with a hundred cavalrymen. Before gathering, Ma Dai found Ma Tie and told him that he would take over the command of the army while he was away.

Although Ma Tie was still young and had just come of age, he had already fought in the wars for many years and had rich experience on the battlefield. After Ma Dai rushed out, Ma Tie immediately took over the command of the army, commanding the cavalry to follow behind the hundred or so cavalrymen, helping them to plunder the enemy's formation while also breaking through some of the enemy's defense lines, successfully sending the hundred cavalrymen into the enemy's hinterland.

"Cousin, you must bring my brother back!"

Looking at Ma Dai who had already broken through, Ma Tie shouted loudly behind him, and at the same time swept the iron spear in his hand, cutting through the necks of several people, so that they were beheaded before they could even scream.

Ma Tie's heroic performance naturally attracted the attention of the monks. A lama commanded dozens of monks to surround Ma Tie and take his head.

Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, and Ma Tie were all dragged into the quagmire by the enemy. Although the cavalry were fighting hard, the enemy's numerical advantage prevented them from quickly helping them out of danger.

Just when the situation seemed to be at a stalemate, a roar suddenly sounded from the side.

"Ma Chao's brother Ma Xiu is here. Anyone who invades the Han territory will be killed without mercy!"

Ma Xiu, who had never appeared in this war, finally showed up. Since Ma Chao and Liuzhu Bodhisattva faced off in Liangzhou, Ma Xiu left the army and went to the border of Liangzhou to win over troops in various military towns on the border of Liangzhou. These were garrisons stationed on the border. Once the Huns invaded, they would be the first line of defense.

It's just that the Huns haven't launched a raid for a long time since Ma Chao killed the Khan of a large Huns tribe with thunder and lightning. Therefore, in order to help Ma Chao fight against Liuzhu Bodhisattva, he came to the border and gathered the troops stationed there all year round.

Among these cavalrymen brought by Ma Xiu, there were even some soldiers of Han Sui. However, they were all fighting against the Huns on the border to defend their country. After hearing that some foreign tribes from the Western Regions had entered Liangzhou and even fought in Liangzhou, these people who originally belonged to Han Sui's command followed Ma Xiu without saying a word and came to support him.

The number of people he brought was as many as 20,000, and they were all good fighters who had fought in the frontiers for many years. The sudden joining of such a cavalry into the battlefield was really catastrophic for Liuzhu Bodhisattva. Liuzhu Bodhisattva, who had been calm and believed that he could definitely defeat Ma Chao, finally panicked.

"Quick, kill Ma Chao! Even if everyone dies here today, you must kill him!"

The voice of Six-Pearl Bodhisattva was trembling. Why did he come at any other time? Ma Chao was about to die here, and yet unexpectedly, more than 20,000 cavalrymen appeared. In order to prevent Ma Chao from having too many troops around him, Six-Pearl Bodhisattva had used every possible means, even the sacrifice of monks. But at this critical moment, another cavalryman suddenly appeared. How could Six-Pearl Bodhisattva not collapse?

Listening to the hysterical roar of the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva, the surrounded Ma Chao finally laughed. "Hahaha, old nun, you see, this is our military strategy, how can a barbarian like you understand it? You want to kill me? I really give you face."

After Ma Chao finished speaking, a strong aura burst out from his body, and he thrust out with the tiger-head golden spear. A dazzling yellow light lit up, and it turned out to be the shadow of a majestic tiger, which pounced towards a golden arhat. After the yellow tiger hit the golden arhat, the golden arhat, who had remained motionless no matter how Ma Chao attacked, actually took several steps back. Even the golden light on his chest where he was hit dimmed, and the golden light floating outside his body became thinner.

"You, have you been hiding your abilities?"

Six-Pearl Bodhisattva's lips trembled, all this had been beyond her expectations. If she had only had reinforcements, she might still be able to kill Ma Chao. As long as Ma Chao was dead, it would be worth it no matter what. So even when facing the cavalry that came to support her, Six-Pearl Bodhisattva was just angry and did not break the defense. However, Ma Chao's shot just now not only broke the defense of the Golden Body Arhat, but also broke the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva's psychological defense.

"Hahaha, old nun, didn't I tell you before that the hundreds of years of heritage of our Han Dynasty cannot be compared to a small Western foreign race like you. You have a lot to learn. Today, I will give you two lessons for free so that you can appreciate what the Art of War is."

Ma Chao held his spear at an angle, then suddenly laughed.

"No, no, it's not free. It's charged. As for the fee, your tiny countries in the Western Regions can't offer anything good. Then you can pay the tuition with your life."

As he said that, Ma Chao rushed towards the Eighteen Arhats. This time, Ma Chao no longer used stabbing and sweeping methods of attack with the tip of the spear, but switched to attacking with the spear shaft. This trick was indeed effective. Originally, Ma Chao could not break through the opponent's defense no matter how he attacked, but now, he could throw the opponent several meters away with one spear.

"See? Breaking armor with force. This is the third lesson I'm teaching you!"

Ma Chao was overjoyed. If he had not wanted to lure the enemy deeper into his territory and make the Six-Jeweled Bodhisattva think that he was really no match for these golden-bodied Arhats, he would have beaten them all down long ago.

"withdraw!"

Liuzhu Bodhisattva gritted her teeth. She knew in her heart that she could not kill Ma Chao today no matter what. Retreating now was the best option, otherwise they might be wiped out here.

"Retreat? Where are you going to retreat? I'm here today, I want to see where you're going to retreat."

Ma Chao shouted loudly while surrounded by the Eighteen Golden Arhats. He risked his life to lure the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva into this trap, so he would never let the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva escape so easily.

As he was speaking, Ma Chao was careless and was hit on the back by a Luohan's punch. Even though he was protected by armor, the punch still made Ma Chao dizzy and he coughed several times.

"You, you, it's you. I will remember you. I will kill you first."

Ma Chao certainly couldn't tell who smashed it, so he could only threaten them like this and then picked a lucky person.

"You are the one."

Ma Chao immediately spurred his horse forward and released all the heat from the punch he received towards the lucky man who was chosen. The tiger-head golden spear in Ma Chao's hand seemed no longer a spear, but a stick, which he used to the fullest with all kinds of swings, strikes, and shocks.

However, Ma Chao soon discovered that although he could break through their defenses and cause damage to them, he could not really kill them. He expected to beat them to death with one stick at a time, but that would take a long time.

Seeing that the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva was gradually going away under the cover of several of them, Cao Zhang and Deng Ai, who had originally surrounded Pang De, had also escaped. The number of golden arhats surrounding Ma Chao was reduced from eighteen to only four, and finally they were replaced by a group of martial monks. The faster Ma Chao killed, the faster they surrounded him, until finally the figures of the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva and the eighteen golden arhats all disappeared in the distance, and the martial monks around Ma Chao had not been killed yet.

If it weren't for the blood-sucking effect of Gu Rubing's "Gu Rubing Wu Ji Tian Ming", Ma Chao might have really been injured under their repeated attacks. In the end, it was Ma Dai who brought a hundred elite cavalrymen to free Ma Chao. Ma Chao narrowed his eyes, looked at the direction where the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva left, cursed viciously, and turned away.

"Brother, what should we do next?"

Ma Dai asked in a deep voice, after a series of fierce battles in the past half month, the strength of their Liangzhou troops has been reduced from 70,000 to less than 20,000. As for the more than 20,000 cavalry brought by Ma Xiu, they are all responsible for guarding the military towns on the border from being invaded by the Huns, so they must return to the border and cannot follow Ma Chao to fight. As a result, Ma Chao only has 20,000 cavalry left under his command. Let alone marching south and advancing into the Central Plains, they are now a little stretched even to face the large-scale attack of the Huns.

"Let's recruit soldiers first. I'll go to the lord and see if he has any good ideas."

Ma Chao spoke softly, he was a little confused. Originally he had 70,000 Xiliang cavalry, he could handle both the Huns and the Six-Jade Bodhisattva with ease. But now he only had 20,000 left, it was difficult to face foreign invasions, not to mention helping Gu Rubing to contain Cao Cao in the north. So Ma Chao decided to go to Gu Rubing to see if he could improve the current situation.

"You go by yourself? Can you do it?"

Ma Xiu asked worriedly, while Ma Chao smiled brightly.

"Pound and I will go together, don't worry, we can go anywhere in this world."

Ma Chao changed into a clean set of armor and clothes, a white helmet and a white robe. Ma Chao smiled and waved to them, then headed south out of Liangzhou.

(End of this chapter)