The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 721 720 came to support
Accompanied by Pang De, Pang Tong climbed up the city wall of Jiameng Pass, looked down to the west, and saw that the mountain road leading to the west was bright red, and corpses were strewn all over the field. Fighting fiercely with the enemy in the obstacle, and the Sichuan soldiers have already fallen into a disadvantage, and they are invincible.

"General Ma is really a brave man. I never thought that only 100 people could open the passage to the west." After reading it, Pang Tong said with emotion.

Without waiting for Pang De to speak, Pang Tong immediately turned his head and told the soldiers beside him, "Quickly call General Xu here."

Xu Huang was rectifying the soldiers and horses in the barracks at this time, when Pang Tong sent someone to look for him, he followed the man to the city wall of Jiameng Pass.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xu Huang stood on the city wall, a piece of bright red land outside the pass came into his eyes, which made his body tremble involuntarily.

In the distance, Ma Chao and his men were fighting fiercely with the Sichuan soldiers in the fourth boulder barrier. He could faintly hear the shouts of killing coming from the distance, but what he could see with his eyes were the Sichuan soldiers who kept falling.

Those Sichuan soldiers looked vulnerable in front of Ma Chao. Looking from the first boulder obstacle, there were corpses all over the place, and the entire mountain road was stained red with blood. Under the sunlight, they looked so eye-catching.

Xu Huang never expected that Ma Chao would be so brave that he led only 100 people to attack the layers of defense set up by the Sichuan soldiers.

Seeing Xu Huang approaching, Pang Tong said hurriedly, "General Xu, are you willing to lead an army to follow behind Ma Chao and attack alternately with him?"

Without further ado, Xu Huang clasped his fists and said, "I'll call the soldiers right away!"

Without waiting for Pang Tong to say anything, Xu Huang turned around and went down the stairs, but Pang Tong's words came from behind him, "It is best to have elite soldiers, and the number should not be too many."

"Understood." Xu Huang responded, but his pace became faster.

"Military division, I am also willing to lead an army to kill the enemy." Pang De volunteered.

Pang Tong said: "No, it is enough for General Arima and General Xu to attack alternately. I have other arrangements for you."

"Ask the military advisor to show you." Although Pang De was upset, he never showed it and said respectfully.

Pang Tong pointed at the huge stones piled up on the mountain road, and said to Pang De, "Did you see those huge stones?"

"Saw."

"Your task is to lead people to clear these obstacles and the dead bodies in the mountain road, keep the mountain road open, and prepare for our army to advance!" Pang Tong said.

"The general understands, the general is going to gather the team now." Pang De gave a slight fist to Pang Tong, "the general will leave."

Pang Tong nodded, and said meaningfully: "It's best to let the Qiang people do these things. Maybe they will feel better after seeing the bodies of those dead Sichuan soldiers."

"Yes."

Pang De went down the tower, and Pang Tong looked at the figure of Ma Chao who was fighting fiercely with the enemy in the distance, but frowned, thinking secretly in his heart: "Ma Chao is brave and has a very high reputation in Liangzhou, especially in Liangzhou. In the hearts of the Qiang people, they all respect him as a god. Ma Chao only needs to raise his arms, and the Qiang people are willing to drive him. In addition, he has more than [-] Liangzhou troops in his hand. Worried, if it were me, I wouldn’t trust him too much. The regent chose him only for this crusade against Yizhou. Could it be that the regent wanted him to stay in Yizhou after the conquest of Yizhou? State, to remove his influence in Liangzhou?"

Pang Tong is a thoughtful person, and his thinking is more far-reaching. Now that the world is settled, there is only a corner in the southwest that has not been recovered. Once the southwest is pacified, it means that the country is unified. Should we take a break?
Winning the world immediately, you can't rule the world immediately. At that time, a well-educated person like him who is full of economics and knowledge, will become a person who is valued by the court.

Compared with others, he feels that he not only has martial arts, but also martial arts.The regent personally led the army to the west, and Ma Chao surrendered in fear. Although he did not have any credit for this, he was expelled from Xianbei and settled in the Western Regions. It can be seen that Zhang Yan regards him highly.After the country is unified, I believe that his official position will not be low, and he may even become a member of the cabinet. At that time, it will be the time when he will show his great ambitions, and it will also be the moment when he will be remembered by history.

Thinking of this, Pang Tong smiled knowingly, his eyes full of hope for his future.

The one hundred elite soldiers led by Ma Chao have conquered five boulder obstacles in a row, and their bodies are almost covered with blood. Six of the hundred elite soldiers were killed in the melee, and the rest are already dead Out of breath.

Therefore, Ma Chao ordered everyone to rest, and it would not be too late to attack after recovering some physical strength.

However, just as everyone sat down, dense arrows flew in the air. The sudden scene immediately shocked the spirits of Ma Chao and others. Next rest.

The arrows crackled outside, but the soldiers under the shield all laughed. They followed Ma Chao through life and death, experienced countless battles, big and small, and lived a life of licking blood on the edge of their swords. Rong.

"These bastards can't beat us, so they can only hide in the distance and shoot us with arrows, but they don't even look to see if their arrows can hurt us." A soldier shouted.

"They know we are running out of arrows, are they here to send us arrows?" Another soldier continued.

As soon as the voice fell, everyone laughed again.

At this time, movement came from behind Ma Chao and the others. A soldier braved the arrow rain and climbed up the boulder to look back, but saw Xu Huang leading a group of soldiers coming towards them.

The soldier went back under the shield again, and shouted loudly: "General, General Xu has come with a group of soldiers, it seems to come to support us!"

Before Ma Chao could answer, the soldiers on the side first said: "Who asked them to support? They didn't come during the charge. Now that we have achieved results, it's really shameless to want to come here to claim credit!"

"That's it..." A group of people echoed.

Ma Chao didn't think so. He said to the crowd: "It's not necessarily because we came here to claim credit. We fought very hard and exhausted our physical strength quickly. It is said that there are Sichuan soldiers on the mountain road more than ten miles ahead. Thousands of people, just like us, may not be able to kill them all until tomorrow. I think they came at the right time, and they can take our place for a while, and when we rest, we can exchange them with them. It won't be too tiring to attack. General Xu will come in a while, don't talk nonsense, I will kill anyone who dares to speak rudely!"

Everyone stopped talking. Ma Chao's words were orders, and none of them dared to disobey.

After a while, Xu Huang took the lead to climb over the boulder obstacle and jumped into the area where Ma Chao and the others were. He held a round shield in his hand. Although it was small, his body was curled up, just enough to completely cover him. Down below, prevent damage from arrows.

The rain of arrows continued to fall, and the mountain road in front was full of people. Everyone was squatting on the ground, hiding under the rectangular shield. Xu Huang couldn't see where Ma Chao was.

So Xu Huang rushed forward and shouted: "General Ma!"

Ma Chao's response came from the front, asking: "General Xu has come from a long way, I should have picked you up, but the road is narrow and I can't get there, please forgive me, General Xu!"

Xu Huang said: "General Ma, are you hurting me? I am here to support you. With such a long mountain road and so many soldiers, when will you be the leader? And I believe that the more you Going forward, the defenses will be tighter."

After Ma Chao's subordinates heard Xu Huang's words, they were all indignant, and felt that Xu Huang seemed to look down on them. However, because Ma Chao had given a big order in advance, everyone dared to talk too much, but in their hearts they scolded Xu Huang completely.

"General Xu came to support, and Ma Chao was very flattered. Since General Xu has this intention, then I will thank General Xu first. General Xu, now we need to rest, and your subordinates just arrived. Why don't we exchange it? It's up to you How about launching an attack?" Ma Chao asked.

Xu Huang said: "Then please ask General Ma to lead his subordinates to retreat temporarily. The roads are blocked, and my subordinates and I cannot pass through."

"Okay, General Xu please get out of the way, we will evacuate right away." Ma Chao shouted.

After the two sides exchanged words, Xu Huang let his subordinates get out of the way, and Ma Chao ordered the soldiers to retreat. After some tossing, Xu Huang led the people to exchange with Ma Chao's. This time, Ma Chao's and others all hid From behind, he watched from afar how the people led by Xu Huang attacked Sichuan soldiers.

Ma Chao shouted: "General Xu, it's up to you!"

Xu Huang smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and winked at Zhang Ni next to him. He and Zhang Ni jumped up at the same time, braved the rain of arrows and shot arrows at the Sichuan soldiers behind the boulder barrier, and the arrows flew like shooting stars In the past, Sichuan soldiers immediately fell in response.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Huang commanded his subordinates to shoot arrows one after another. Among the one hundred soldiers he brought, 70 were holding bows and arrows. After Xu Huang gave an order, they all shot upwards into the sky, and the arrows flew into the air first. , and then drew an arc and landed on the ground. After the seventy arrows fell, there were screams one after another immediately from the enemy army on the opposite side.

But then the enemy counterattacked, and the arrows were also shot towards Xu Huang. Without Xu Huang's order, Xu Huang's soldiers hid under the round shields, and everyone curled up. , protecting his body, only heard the sound of crackling arrows falling.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Huang gave an order, and taking advantage of the gap between the enemy's arrows, he fired arrows at the enemy's side again. After two or three shots, Xu Huang's side was unscathed, while the enemy's side was unharmed. There were already corpses all over the field, and the counterattack arrows became extremely sparse.

Ma Chao has been watching the battle from behind. He didn't say anything when he saw such a scene, but he had to admit that Xu Huang's style of play was very stable, and Xu Huang's equipment was very sophisticated, with first-class round shields and armor. Compared with theirs, the equipment of his subordinates immediately paled in comparison.

However, Ma Chao soon felt relieved. After all, Xu Huang used to be one of Zhang Yan's five tiger generals. He followed Zhang Yan for a long time and was Zhang Yan's confidant. Naturally, his subordinates' equipment is better than other troops. better.

Ma Chao was thinking that when he pacified Yizhou, he would also be rewarded. In addition, he got a lot of wealth from Zhang Lu, which could be used to replace the equipment of the soldiers, so that his The troops are also better equipped.

Only in this way can he gain a foothold in the new imperial court.

The enemy's counterattack was much weaker. Xu Huang immediately ordered a charge. He was the first to bear the brunt, carrying a bow and arrow on his back, holding a fine steel knife in his hand, and jumped onto the boulder obstacle with a sharp gaze. Take a look at the enemy troops in front, and make a rough count. Out of 100 people, there are less than 40 left, and there are more than a dozen people who are wounded, so there are only more than 20 people who can fight.

With a roar, Xu Huang jumped off the boulder barrier, holding a shield in one hand and a knife forged from fine steel in the other, and rushed towards the enemy. Behind him, his subordinates jumped over one after another. , shouting and rushed over.

(End of this chapter)