Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 215 Open the door to meet the thief

Hanyang, the original road to Xiangwu on the official road.

A grain transportation team of 500 people is guarding fifty carts and is slowly heading west. The fur of the mules and horses pulling the carts is soaked in sweat, and their mouths are wide open. Animals can't take it either.

The armor of the five hundred soldiers was worn out, and all of them were cloth armor made of linen.

Naturally, those who transported food and grass in the rear were not regular troops, but soldiers from various counties.

These soldiers are older and poorly equipped, and are rarely sent to the battlefield. Most of the time, they are just escorting food and grass, cleaning the battlefield, carrying supplies, and occasionally repairing the city defense.

As for combat power, at most it would frighten those small groups of bandits blocking the way.

In the middle of the line, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old soldier looked up at the sky, licked his chapped lips, and cursed inwardly, the northwest wind is so fucking dry, he couldn't help turning his head to face him. The county lieutenant next to him said: "Master Chen, it's been more than three hours, and the animals can't move anymore, why don't you stop and rest before leaving?"

The county lieutenant looked up at the sky, and said decisively: "No, you have to pass through the Laohugou before evening, and hold on a little longer."

The servant squirmed for a long time, wanting to say something, but didn't say it.

A few steps behind, a soldier complained in a low voice, "This mother and her animal are almost pulled down, and they are not allowed to stop and rest for a while. This leg is as if it has been filled with lead. It is almost impossible to lift it up. How do you go?"

"Keep your voice down, don't let the county captain hear you."

The older soldier next to him said hurriedly, lest the county lieutenant overhear.

In fact, the county lieutenant had heard it a long time ago, so he could only say something.

At this time, I can only pretend not to hear.

The county lieutenant couldn't move anymore, so he really didn't have the heart to reprimand the soldiers.

At this moment, a frightened bird flew up in a dense forest in front of the official road.

The county lieutenant immediately focused his eyes and said, "Wang Daquan, take a few people over to have a look."

"Here!"

A soldier agreed, and was about to call a few people over to check.

However, there was no need to pass, a group of cavalry rushed out of the dense forest amidst the chaotic sound of horseshoes.

"This……"

The county lieutenant was stunned for a moment, then his face changed drastically, and he roared wildly: "Quick, stop quickly, and line up on the spot!"

The cavalry who rushed out suddenly surprised all the soldiers.

Before the county lieutenant finished shouting, the five hundred soldiers quickly stopped the mules and horses pulling the carts, ran around for a while, and drove the carts together, forming a circle in a chaotic circle. The chariots and horses are in the middle.

Although they held knives and guns in their hands, the calves of all the soldiers were constantly cramping.

Thousands of cavalry rushed out, and this was obviously not some bandit road tyrant blocking the way.

"Kill, leave none!"

Amidst thunderous shouts, thousands of cavalry began to accelerate slowly.

"Well, what's going on here?"

The county lieutenant's eyes widened, his teeth were trembling, and his face was pale from fright.

Just when the soldiers were still hesitating whether to throw away their weapons and run for their lives, thousands of Qiang and Hu cavalry were already rolling in, and half of the cavalry were assigned to outflank the food transport team from both sides. Completely besieged.

"Mom, run!"

Finally, some soldiers threw away their weapons and ran away desperately.

With the first, there will be a second.

Nearly half of the soldiers could not bear the huge psychological pressure and threw away their weapons to escape.

However, how can two legs run better than a four-legged war horse.

The soldiers who threw away their weapons and fled for their lives had lost the courage to resist, and were immediately beheaded by the cavalry who came up. The more than 200 soldiers guarding the carriage were also quickly defeated, and all of them were beheaded. Except for the county lieutenant, no one remained A prisoner.

The county lieutenant, with disheveled hair and a gray face like a dead man, was brutally escorted to Luo Zhengma by two wolf-like soldiers.

"You are Yuan Dao County Captain?"

Luo Zheng asked the county captain condescendingly and looking down.

The county lieutenant's lips trembled, and he said in a trembling voice: "This is the next official, please be merciful to the general, and spare the next official's life."

There was a cold smile on the corner of Luo Zheng's mouth, he tightened the reins in his hand, nodded and said: "Yes, since you are afraid of death, then you don't have to die. However, if you want this general to spare your life, it depends on you Would you like to cooperate?"

The county lieutenant asked blankly, "Cooperate with what?"

Luo Zheng shook his head and said: "Wenhe, I leave it to you."

"I obey."

Jia Xu bowed his hands and watched Luo Zheng leave with his horse.

Long County, East Gate.

Ma Teng looked at the barracks that stretched nearly ten miles away, with a gloomy and frightening expression.

There was silence all around, only the breaths of the soldiers gradually became heavy.

Not long after, thousands of cavalry rushed out of the camp and rushed towards the east gate of Long County like a whirlwind.

In about a stick of incense, thousands of cavalry formed a formation two hundred steps away from the east gate of Longcheng.

A general galloped out of the battle and shouted loudly, "Where is Ma Teng?"

Ma Teng shouted: "Mr. Duan Yao, why did you offend me in Liangzhou?"

Duan Yan fixed his eyes, but it wasn't Ma Teng, and he said loudly: "Marquis Maoling's words are wrong. I am ordered by the Emperor of Daliang to lead the army out of Liangzhou. Marquis Maoling has not yet opened the gate to welcome our army. Entering the city, when should we wait?"

"I bother!"

Ma Teng was furious and said: "Dong is a rebel, and he is crowned with a monkey. This general is a courtier of a great man. How can he accept Dong Zhuo's rebel, a shitty Marquis of Maoling. Duan Yan, you are also a noble man of the Han. Now Don’t you feel ashamed to help the tyrant and recognize a thief as your father? The ancestors of your Duan family are all watching from below!”

"Ma Teng, how dare you bully me like this!"

Duan Yan let out a loud cry, and immediately rushed to the door in a rage.

Ma Teng said sharply: "Quickly retreat, or don't blame the general for being rude to you."

"I am too angry!"

Duan Yan let out a loud cry, patted his horse and left.

Thousands of cavalry came and went quickly, and all the soldiers on the top of the city shouted in relief.

Duan Yan listened, but his face became more gloomy.

Originally wanted to persuade Ma Teng to surrender, but Ma Teng was so ignorant of flattery, it was really deceiving.

Watching Duan Yan lead his army away, Ma Teng's expression gradually turned serious.

There are only [-] troops in Long County. Although before Duan Yan's army arrived in Long County, he borrowed thousands of soldiers and horses from the nearest Qiang and Hu tribes and gathered more than [-] soldiers and horses, but can Duan Yan's [-] troops be stopped? , or two words.

What's more terrible is that Luo Zheng's butcher is also attacking Longxi, and Ma Teng can be said to be under the enemy right now.

If one is not good, this hard-won foundation will have to be handed over to others.

More than half an hour later, in the military camp several miles away, there was a shocking sound of war drums rising into the sky.

Ma Teng's eyes were fixed, and he immediately shouted, "Send the army, prepare to meet the enemy."

"Order!"

An orderly had roared a long time ago, and ran down the wall quickly.

In a short time, the drums in Longxian City were loud, the horns blared, and groups of infantry began to gather quickly.

Xiangwu, East Gate.

Now that the sun has set, there is a red fire cloud in the sky.

Although it is still gorgeous and charming, it still brings a bit of twilight and desolation.

A team of 500 soldiers drove fifty carts slowly to the east gate.

Yuan Dao County Lieutenant's face turned pale, he walked up a few steps and cupped his hands to the top of the city and said: "My official, Yuan Dao Wei Hongquan, was ordered to escort the grain and grass to Xiangwu for delivery. There are documents here, and I ask General Duan Wu to send someone to take over as soon as possible. The official should also deliver it as soon as possible."

A small school on the top of the city poked his head out for a few glances, and said: "You wait, so I will report to the general."

Yuan Dao County Captain nodded, and retreated to the first cart to wait, but his expression was a little unnatural.

Xu Chu was wearing tattered clothes, and followed Yuandao every step of the way. Seeing this, he couldn't help frowning, and said displeasedly: "I said Hong County Captain, you'd better cooperate. If you miss a certain lord's important matter, a certain first kill you first."

"The officer knows."

Hong Quanqiang laughed, his mouth was indeed bitterer than bitter gourd.

Not long after, a Qiang general who looked like an iron tower stepped up to the top of the city quickly, and looked up a few times.

Hong Quan clasped his hands again and said, "My officer Hong Quan, I have met General Duan Wu!"

General Qiang recognized Hong Quan, he cupped his hands like a model, and said loudly: "Master Hong, where is the seal of the document?"

Hong Quandao: "General Duan Wu, please lower the hanging basket, and the next official will send you the document and seal."

General Qiang immediately waved his hand and shouted, "Put down the hanging basket."

Several Qiang soldiers agreed, and immediately lowered a hanging basket with a long rope.

Hong Quan waved his hand, there was already a soldier who ran forward holding documents and letter seals, and put them in the hanging basket.

The hanging basket was raised quickly, and a Qiang soldier took the document and seal, and held it in front of the Qiang general.

Duan Wu didn't dare to be careless, took the documents and seals and checked them one by one, and after confirming that they were correct, he waved his hand, "Open the city gate!"

"As ordered."

Some soldiers responded loudly and ran down the city quickly.

Not long after, with the sound of the rollers turning, the suspension bridge slowly lowered and landed on the pier.

Then, dozens of soldiers pushed open the city gate with all their strength, and a small school came out with dozens of soldiers.

"Look, what's on the car!"

The small principal yelled, and dozens of soldiers ran over immediately, checking each vehicle.

"Head, it's all food!"

After dozens of soldiers checked, they immediately shouted to the small school.

The little school turned around and shouted to the head of the city, "General, there is no problem, it is full of food."

Duan Wu just waved his hand, "Let go."

After all, he ignored it and rushed down to the top of the city, preparing to return home.

The little school promised, and then turned around and said loudly to Hong Quan: "Hurry up, drive all the horses in, unload the food and leave quickly, the butcher Luo Zheng is attacking Longxi recently, the city gate can't be opened for too long. "

Hong Quan was a little hesitant, but immediately felt a strong murderous intent attacking his heart, his expression changed, and he didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly said: "Come here, hurry up, drive the horses and chariots to the city and finish the delivery, I'll wait You can go back."

Immediately, the five hundred soldiers became noisy and drove their chariots and horses into the city.

The little school accidentally discovered the weapons of the five hundred soldiers, and he couldn't help being taken aback, smacked his mouth and said: "Damn it, Lieutenant Hong, you have good soldiers from the original way, and there are such good weapons, what a shame!" Damn."

Hong Quanqiang squeezed out a smile, and said a few casual words in response to the letter.

The little schoolmaster still stared at the shiny black ring-shouldered knives in the waists of a group of soldiers, unable to move his eyes away, his eyes were full of greed.

The standard ring sword made of fine iron is definitely a rare item in Ma Teng's army.

In fact, since the first year of Zhongping, there have been constant wars all over the world, labor production has been severely damaged, and supplies are scarce everywhere. Not to mention Liangzhou, which is poor and white, even the princes in the Central Plains have mostly used weapons and armor to equip their troops. Copper was mixed with a small amount of refined iron, and there was simply not enough refined iron to equip thousands of troops.

If Luo Zheng hadn't grabbed a large amount of supplies from the Central Plains, it would be impossible to equip his army with iron weapons.

Under the greedy eyes of the small school and dozens of soldiers, five hundred soldiers slowly drove the cart across the suspension bridge and entered the city gate.

On the other side of the city gate, Duan Wu just got on his horse and was about to go back home.

At this moment, Dou heard a thunderous shout from behind, "Kill!"

Duan Wu was startled, and quickly turned his head to see that the chariot and horse team had just entered the city. The burly man beside Hong Quan pulled out a large knife that was as long as ten feet from the cart beside him, and chopped off Hong Quan with a single knife. Complete.

Before the soldiers guarding both sides of the city gate could react, the villain had already rushed over, killing more than ten people in a row like a tiger descending the mountain, and the five hundred soldiers behind him also became ferocious at the same time, like a group of The wolf disguised as a sheep showed its sharp fangs in an instant, rushed forward, and slashed down with knives, chopping down dozens of soldiers who went out of the city to inspect the grain and grass, as well as the small school, and followed closely behind the evil man Come into the city and kill anyone you see.

At the same time, three loud arrows rushed into the sky more than ten feet high with ear-piercing screams.

(End of this chapter)