The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 219: Killing Ji Ling
Ma Qiuju is located about fifty miles northeast of Xiquyang City. In order to seize this excellent location, Ji Ling led a thousand fine riders to go there in the starry night.

From Shouchun to Xiquyang, the distance was only eighty or ninety miles. On a sunny day, the cavalry could arrive in one day. However, due to the heavy rain in Shouchun, the speed of marching in such bad weather could only be on a sunny day. half.It took Ji Ling a full day and a half to reach this distance, and most of them also fell ill because of the heavy rain.

Misfortune never comes singly!
With Quyang City in the west as the boundary, the area to the east was still being ravaged by the sudden torrential rain, but the part to the west was very sunny. The great contrast brought about by the weather made Ji Ling feel a little uneasy.

At this time, Ji Ling really hoped that no one in Zhang Yan's army knew the importance of Ma Qiuju, so that he could guard Zhang Yan's direction there.

However, Ji Ling was a little whimsical.

In the night sky, a round of cold and bright moon sprinkled its bright light on the earth, making the whole earth gray.

Under the night, Ji Ling led a thousand cavalrymen to speed up their horses and go to Maqiuju without stopping. However, during the past two days, the horses on which the cavalrymen were riding were all overloaded with work, so the horses were exhausted enough. It was much slower.

In Xiquyang City, there were only a few post horses used to deliver official documents, so Ji Ling had no choice but to make do with it.

Under normal circumstances, a good horse would take half an hour to cover the distance of fifty miles, but it took a full hour at this time.

When Ji Ling arrived at Machuju, it was already midnight, and the cavalry who came with him were all exhausted.Only Ji Ling bought a few post horses from Xiquyang City, and rode one for himself, and one for the other soldiers, so he didn't feel tired along the way.

Ji Ling reined in the horse, reflecting the faint moonlight, he saw that the horse hills in front of him were quiet and dark, and he could hear the hooting of owls from the hills from time to time.

"It seems that we arrived before Zhang Yan's army, so I feel relieved now!" Ji Ling let out a sigh of relief, he hurried all the way, and finally came here at this moment, a big rock in his heart, also Immediately fell down.

Ji Ling raised his arms high, moved the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand forward, and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, follow me!"

As soon as the words fell, Ji Ling rode forward and led his subordinates towards the entrance of Machuju.

The official road suddenly became narrow here. The wide road that originally allowed ten horses to run side by side became narrower as you walked towards the entrance of Macuju. Finally, at the entrance of Macuju, it became Only three horses are allowed in parallel.In addition, the official road that shuttles through Machujuli leads to a coiled long snake, which is winding and can't be seen at a glance.

Ji Ling took the lead, and when he led the soldiers to the entrance of Machuju, the horse under Ji Ling's seat suddenly snorted and let out a long hiss of "Herod", and its four hooves stopped. Walking forward, but standing still, seems so restless and restless.

"There is a situation!" Ji Ling is a horse lover and knows the habits of horses very well. He knows that this is something unusual about the horses under his seat.

The sense of smell and hearing of a horse are much stronger than that of a human. Once it detects any movement, it will issue a warning to its companions.

At this time, what Ji Ling was riding was his Black Shadow, which he bought from Wusun. Because the whole body was black, it moved like a shadow when it galloped, so it was named Black Shadow.

Along the way, Ji Ling rode the post horse brought from Xiquyang City, but he also brought Hei Ying with him. When he was about to arrive at Maqiuju, Hei Ying regained his strength, so he changed to another train. Sombra.

Seeing that the black shadow was restless and unwilling to move forward, Ji Ling frowned tightly, and then looked at Ma Qiuju who was going, only to feel that there was no movement in front of him, as silent as ever.

It's just that this kind of deathly silence is too abnormal.

Ji Ling became cautious, called four soldiers from behind, let them spread out, and went to investigate the hills on both sides of Ma Qiuju.

After receiving the order, the four guards immediately dispersed and drove towards the hills on both sides of the Maqiuju official road.

"Swoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

At this moment, four strings were heard, four piercing sounds came from the night sky, and four sharp arrows flew towards the four soldiers.

"Pfft, puff, puff, puff..."

The four soldiers were pierced by arrows one after another, without even a chance to scream, they were shot off their horses by the sharp arrows.

"Kill!"

Immediately afterwards, deafening noises resounded from the hills on both sides of Maqiu Juguan Road, and a cavalry general in full armor rushed out first, holding a spear in his hand, with a ferocious face, eyes like torches, fierce and fierce The light shot out from those black eyes is none other than Fenwei General Zhang Liao!

And behind Zhang Liao, followed by hundreds of cavalry.

A cavalryman drove his horse across the bushes covered in thorns in front of him, commanding a high position, and under the leadership of that cavalryman, he swooped down towards Ji Ling and the others who were on the official road.

"Sure enough, there is an ambush!"

Ji Ling yelled, seeing that the enemy army was waiting for work and occupying a favorable location, while his own side was short of men and horses, and the soldiers were exhausted, and the number was not as large as the enemy army. If he led the army to fight, he would be surrounded by the enemy army.

Therefore, Ji Ling hurriedly turned his horse's head and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Retreat! Retreat!"

Following Ji Ling's order, the cavalry behind them turned their horses around one after another, and the rear team turned into the front team, and began to retreat along the road they had come from.

However, Zhang Liao and the others swooped down again, waiting for work at ease. The horses were traveling at an extremely fast speed. For a while, the sound of rumbling horseshoes came from far to near behind Ji Ling. After a while, Zhang Liao's subordinates split into two and made a roundabout from the side. outflank.

Ji Ling was in the last place again. Even though the black shadow under Ji Ling's seat was a good horse, the road ahead was blocked by his subordinates, so he couldn't escape quickly.

While Ji Ling was in a panic, Zhang Liao chased after him on horseback, stabbed straight from behind with a single shot, and heard a loud shout in his ear.

"Where will the thief escape!"

Zhang Liao straightened up and stabbed, the spear was as fast as lightning, directly stabbing at Ji Ling's heart, intending to pierce Ji Ling's body from behind.

"Hugh is crazy!" Ji Ling was well aware of the speed of the shot, if he didn't resist, he might die.So, he rode on the horse, twisted his body backwards, and the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand slashed out. With a bang, he hit Zhang Liao's spear and made a crisp sound.

The swords and guns collided, and the two of them exerted so much force that there was a buzzing sound.

Zhang Liao missed the first shot, and the second shot followed like a shadow. While driving his horse to chase Ji Ling, he stabbed at Ji Ling's vital point at the same time.

At the juncture of life and death, Ji Ling also burst out what he had learned all his life, slashing the three-pointed two-edged knife freely, and bumped the long spear stabbed by Zhang Liao to the side.

Zhang Liao frowned, gave a loud cry, flicked his wrist, and changed his stance abruptly, stabbing Ji Ling several times in succession, but the shadows of the spears were faint, like a long spear split into six, stabbing Ji Ling at the same time.

Ji Ling was taken aback, not expecting Zhang Liao to have such abilities, he was fighting Zhang Liao with his back, and it was difficult to defend himself, but now Zhang Liao suddenly used this continuous thrust, which made him unable to cover, so he had to hide in a kick , luckily escaped unharmed.

But at the same time, Ji Ling's three-pointed two-edged knife suddenly stabbed Zhang Liao's horse from under the horse's belly.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao hurriedly waved his long spear away from Ji Ling's stab, and took the opportunity to counterattack, stabbing Ji Ling's horse Heiying with his spear.

Ji Ling hid under the horse's belly, swung the three-pointed two-edged knife, blocked Zhang Liao's shot, then twisted his waist forcefully, and rode back on the horse's back, but he rode on the horse's back the other way around. With his back facing the horse's head and his face facing the horse's tail, his legs clamped tightly around the horse's belly, and with the three-pointed and two-edged knife horizontally, he chopped towards Zhang Liao.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao secretly praised in his heart: "Ji Ling, the number one under Yuan Shu's tent, really deserves his reputation!"

However, because of Ji Ling's bravery, the blood in Zhang Liao's body gradually boiled up, and he regained his energy.

Ji Ling and Zhang Liao fought together, and both of them used killing moves as soon as they made a move, trying to kill each other within ten rounds.The two came and went, swords and guns clashed, and a fierce battle broke out in an instant.

At this time, his subordinates had already intercepted the escaped Yuan Jun cavalry from both wings, and three thousand cavalry surrounded Yuan Jun's thousand tired cavalry firmly, swarmed up, and officially launched an attack.

However, the battle between Ji Ling and Zhang Liao seemed a bit insignificant on this battlefield where thousands of people were fighting.

For a while, there were screams one after another, the clash of weapons, the shouts of soldiers on both sides, and the hissing of horses, all mixed together.

Under the cold moonlight, blood splattered and human heads flew around. After a while, corpses piled up like a mountain in this palm-sized place, and there were hundreds of unmanned war horses.

In this battle, Zhang Liao's army had an absolute advantage, but the cavalry led by Ji Ling were all exhausted, facing Zhang Liao's cavalry who were all like tigers and wolves, they were almost vulnerable.

Soon, the plainclothes Zhang Liao army wiped out Ji Ling's troops in this battle, but none of Zhang Liao's men were killed.

At this moment, Ji Ling was still fighting Zhang Liao exhaustedly, fighting a trapped beast.

Zhang Liao had already fought fiercely with Ji Ling for fifteen rounds. Starting from the tenth round, Ji Ling's physical strength became weaker and weaker.

"puff!"

Zhang Liao retracted his spear and directly stabbed Ji Ling in the chest. Enduring the severe pain, Ji Ling swung the three-pointed double-edged knife in his hand, and chopped Zhang Liao's head in the middle, trying to kill both sides. Way to end this whole battle.

But it was a pity that Zhang Liao was getting better, and with a shake of his body, he dodged. Holding the spear in his right hand, he threw it forward forcefully, and the sharp spear pierced Ji Ling's body directly.

"what……"

Ji Ling screamed, spitting out blood.

At the same time, Zhang Liao suddenly pulled out his sword from his waist with his left hand, but seeing a cold light flash in front of Ji Ling, a human head fell directly to the ground. Blood stained the ground beneath his feet.

With a "boom", Zhang Liao drew out his spear, Ji Ling's body fell off the horse, and Zhang Liao stabbed at Ji Ling's head on the ground with his spear, and lifted it high.

"Herod—"

Seeing his master's death, Hei Ying, the war horse under Ji Ling's seat, seemed to sense something, and let out a long and mournful hiss.

Zhang Liao looked at Ji Ling's war horse, but saw that this horse had strong hooves, a fat body and a strong body, and was extremely handsome, so he fell in love with it.

He put the long sword into its sheath, inserted the handle of the long spear into the soil, jumped up, and straddled the back of the black shadow.

Apart from Ji Ling, Hei Ying had never let another person ride it. It was unruly, and began to writhe wildly, trying to knock Zhang Liao off its back.

But Zhang Liao's equestrian skills were astonishing, as if a piece of plaster had stuck to the black shadow's back, no matter how much the black shadow writhed, he still rode on the horse's back.As a result, Black Shadow was panting and snorting constantly.

In the end, Black Shadow was finally tamed by Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao was very happy to get this good horse. He took the spear, gathered his troops again, and counted the soldiers and horses. Only then did he know that except for a dozen people who were injured in this battle, no one was injured. One person was killed.

Zhang Liao was very happy, and immediately ordered people to clean up the battlefield, bring back the ownerless horses to the camp, and ordered people to bring Ji Ling's head, and report the good news to Zhang Yan who had already stationed in Dangtu County.

(End of this chapter)