The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 706
In the early morning of the next day, there was no movement in Ma Chao's camp. For the past two days, Ma Chao had been leading the army to challenge Jiameng Pass. After returning to the barracks, people have been sent to Hanzhong to inform Pang Tong and Xu Huang that they have come to help with siege equipment.

Therefore, Ma Chao didn't get up early this morning, and wanted to wait for the reinforcements to arrive before launching a strong attack.

This time Ma Chao left in a hurry, and most of the people he brought with him were Qiang people, and his subordinates did not carry any siege equipment. Increased casualties in vain.

In two days, Ma Chao tried to attack several times, but they all ended in failure. It was not because his army didn't work hard, but because Jiameng Pass was too strong, and the city wall was so high that it was impossible to climb it with bare hands. matter.Although it is possible to forcefully attack the closed door, there is a relatively narrow corridor in front of the closed door, which can only accommodate ten people side by side, more like the mouth of a gourd, which just happens to be stuck in this position, no matter how many people he has. The army couldn't all be sent to the battlefield, and the tenacious resistance of the defenders also caused him a lot of losses. After several storms, he lost more than 2000 people. The price of such casualties was too high.

Ma Chao was still sleeping soundly in the tent. He was depressed last night and drank so much that he passed out on the bed.

Suddenly, bursts of war drums came from outside the camp, and the non-stop ringing woke up Ma Chao who was sleeping soundly.

"Didn't you say that the whole army is resting today, who is so bold that he dared to defy the military order and beat the drum without authorization?" Ma Chao got up impatiently from the bed, went straight to the door of the tent, opened the curtain of the tent, and Shouted to the two soldiers guarding outside.

The guard hastily reported: "General Qi, no one beat the drum without authorization, it's the sound of war drums coming from Jiameng Pass!"

As soon as the words fell, Pang De hurried over from the gate, came to Ma Chao, handed the letter in his hand to Ma Chao, and said hurriedly: "General, it is a letter of war issued by the rebels! "

Ma Chao took the letter and read it hastily, his whole body trembled, his original drowsiness dissipated immediately, and a strange light appeared in his eyes, he suddenly laughed and said, "That's great, it's really great..."

"General, what happened?" Seeing that Ma Chao was so happy, Pound asked hastily.

Ma Chao handed the letter in his hand to Pound, and said: "This is the letter of war written to me by Zhang Fei, the leader of the rebel army. Zhang Fei has already arrived at Jiameng Pass, and asked me to fight him at Chenshi!"

After reading the letter in a hurry, Pang De said with joy, "General, this is a good thing. As long as Zhang Fei is killed, the rebel army will be leaderless, and they may be defeated without attack."

Ma Chao said excitedly: "Send the order immediately, the whole army is ready for war!"

"Here!"

In an instant, Ma Chao's camp was boiling. Ma Chao himself was even more energetic. He put on his horse and led five hundred cavalry to the outside of Jiameng Pass. Pang De led tens of thousands of troops behind Ma Chao. Press down.

When Jiameng closed the gate, the war drums were beating continuously. At first, the drumbeats were not very intensive, but when Ma Chao led the army to close the gate, the drumbeats of the war drums became very dense.

On the wall of Jiameng Pass, Liu Xian pointed to Ma Chao who was standing at the front of the team and said, "My lord, that person is Ma Chao. Is my lord really determined to fight him?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "This is the purpose of my coming here. I'm afraid no one can deal with him except me."

Peng Tuo said unconvinced: "My lord, how can you kill a chicken with a bull's knife? The general is willing to go to war and bring Ma Chao's head and present it to the lord!"

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "I appreciate your kindness, but Ma Chao's ability to stab Leng Bao to death in one round shows that he is by no means an idler. You are not his opponent, and it would be more appropriate for me to meet him in person. "

"The lord is a body of ten thousand gold, and his body is the future of the entire Yizhou. How can he easily fight a decisive battle? Ma Chao is certainly powerful, but in front of this majestic pass, there is nothing he can do. As long as the lord ignores it, he will not be able to break through this pass. , When Ma Chao runs out of food, he will naturally retreat. My lord will fight easily, if something goes wrong, where will we go?" Li Yan said from the side.

"What General Li said is true. Now that Ma Chao is in full swing, my lord should avoid his sharpness. Wait until the enemy's vigor is reduced, and then find a way to repel the enemy." Huang Quan also persuaded from the side.

Zhang Fei waved his hands and said, "I know that you are all doing it for my own good, but I have written the war letter. If I don't fight, won't I be ridiculed by Ma Chao? Besides, if I can defeat Ma Chao, I can severely damage the morale of the enemy army. Then look for an opportunity to sneak attack the enemy, avoiding the enemy can defeat the enemy. Moreover, Nanzhong Yongkai gathered a crowd to rebel, and he will go north to Chengdu at any time. If Ma Chao and I delay here again, when the Nanzhong rebels attack, our army Don’t you want to be attacked? Instead of fighting with Ma Chao here, it’s better to take the initiative and compete with Ma Chao. I’ve made up my mind, so you don’t need to persuade me. I will go out of the pass by myself in a while, and you all stay in the pass. No one is allowed to leave the city."

After hearing this, everyone was surprised. They never expected that Zhang Fei would dare to make such a bold decision. They were about to speak out, but Zhang Fei said sharply: "That's for sure. Anyone who talks too much will be beheaded." Show off!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Fei turned around and went down the city wall, jumped on the horses that had been prepared, and then held a Zhangba snake spear, put on a helmet and armor, and ordered someone to open and close the door.

The closed door of Jiamengguan slowly opened a gap, and Zhang Fei walked out of the gap single-handedly. As soon as he came out, the closed door on the other side was closed. Zhang Fei walked towards Ma Chao on the opposite side in a leisurely manner. .

Ma Chao was surprised when he saw a rider coming out of Jiameng pass.He had never seen Zhang Fei before, so naturally he didn't know if the person who came out was Zhang Fei, but he had a very strong feeling that the person who came out was Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei drove the horse forward for dozens of steps, then reined in the horse, and stopped there, with the majestic Jiameng Pass behind him, but saw him move forward with the Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand, pointing at Ma Chao who was directly opposite. He clamored, "Which one is Ma Chao?"

With a sound of "drive", Ma Chao rode his horse forward and put the spear in his hand across his chest. After walking a few steps, he threw his spear and immediately shouted at Zhang Fei, "I am Ma Chao! Who are you? I have a spear!" Do not kill unknown pawns, quickly report the name!"

"I am Zhang Fei!" Zhang Fei replied straightforwardly.

"It really is Zhang Fei!" Zhang Fei's answer confirmed Ma Chao's guess, but what he didn't expect was that Zhang Fei came out alone.

Zhang Fei shouted loudly: "I have heard the name of Ma Chao in Xiliang Brocade for a long time. When I saw it today, it was really extraordinary. Unfortunately, I will soon become my ghost. If you have any last words, just confess them. Don't die at that time." I regret not leaving a last word!"

"Bah!" Ma Chao spat at Zhang Fei, "Big words! It's not sure who will live and who will die today!"

Head-to-head is a way of ancient warfare, a duel between generals of two armies, but this kind of duel does not appear often, because it is impossible for a person who leads thousands of troops to duel with the opponent casually.After all, war is not only about force, but also the art of war, and the art of command in war.

However, heads-up does exist, and such methods often appear on the basis that both militaries maintain high levels of force.However, no matter which general is killed or captured, the morale will be damaged at most, and the army will never be defeated once the general is defeated.

Zhang Fei and Ma Chao are both fierce generals in the world, both of them have undue courage, and both of them are self-confident in their military strength, especially Zhang Fei, he doesn't take Ma Chao seriously at all.Because although Ma Chao's body is tough, he is not the kind of burly man. The key point is that Ma Chao's face is as white as jade.

Among the warriors Zhang Fei met, he only admired one person, and that was his sworn brother Guan Yu. In his opinion, Guan Yu's martial power was slightly higher than his. He didn't pay attention to it either, and was not convinced at all.

This time, standing in front of him was a young and handsome young man with a white face, so naturally he would not pay attention to him.Because in his life, he has encountered a lot of enemies, and there are many people with high force, but no one can kill him, and he has rich experience, whether it is speed or skill, he must Taller than the young Ma Chao.

Therefore, Zhang Fei is confident this time, and thinks that he can definitely stab Ma Chao under his horse.

And Ma Chao is also unwilling to be lonely, this person is young and frivolous, but extremely powerful, he joined the army when he was a teenager, killed countless people, and has extraordinary courage, he also claims to be the best in the world.In his opinion, there are many generals under Zhang Yan, but there are only a few who he can admire, and there are only a handful of those who can be regarded as opponents by him.

Although he knew that Zhang Fei was also an enemy of ten thousand people, in Ma Chao's view, that was the evaluation of him by others, and only what he recognized was the real enemy of ten thousand people.

Under Jiameng Pass, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao were sizing each other up. For two peerless masters, once a duel starts, the outcome is often only a matter of one or two moves, and they all try to kill each other in a short time. for purpose.

The autumn wind was blowing on the faces of the two of them, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao were secretly accumulating strength.Suddenly, Ma Chao shouted at Zhang Fei: "Come on!"

Zhang Fei didn't answer, and suddenly rode his horse and rushed out, holding the Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand, and rushed towards Ma Chao. Ma Chao, not to be outdone, rode his horse and rushed towards Zhang Fei.

A big battle is about to break out...

(End of this chapter)