Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 233 The Battle of Long County
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Chapter 228

"My lord, I'm overjoyed!"

Cheng Ying hurried up to the hall and said loudly: "It was just now that Chief Xun Yu came to report that the eldest lady gave birth to a son."

"what?"

Luo Zheng was stunned, and he couldn't react for a while.

All the generals and Jia Xu showed joy, and everyone applauded.

Luo Zheng felt complicated and unspeakable for a while, but he was speechless for a long time.

After living two lifetimes, becoming a father for the first time is really indescribable. It is the first time I understand the concept of family.

After going through the bloody storm, I suddenly found that there was another heavy responsibility on my shoulders.

At this moment, Luo Zheng also understood how important a son is to his career.

If you have no successor, no one will follow you to conquer the world.

Seeing all the civil and military people smiling, Luo Zheng also smiled, and slowly said: "Okay, it is indeed good news. From today onwards, the general also has a son, and there are successors. It is indeed worth celebrating. Tell the soldiers to hang up for one day. "

"As ordered."

Everyone responded in unison, no matter whether they were counselors or generals, no one objected.

Jia Xu paused, cupped his hands and said: "General, now Tu Gehu will be destroyed, Ma Teng and Lu Bugou are dying, general, why don't you let the soldiers work harder, wipe out Ma and Lu's generation with the force of thunder, and completely pacify them Liangzhou."

Luo Zheng nodded and said: "This general has this intention, but who can guard Wuwei?"

Jia Xu breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that Luo Zheng would lose his aggressive spirit after having a son, and would miss this great opportunity in vain if he wanted his teacher to return to Yunwu, so he hurriedly said: "General Zhao Yun has both civil and military resources, so he can defend his might! "

Cheng Ying also nodded and agreed, now that Wuwei is unstable, Zhao Yun is indeed the best candidate to defend Wuwei.

Luo Zheng thought for a while, then said: "Forget it, Zhao Yun listens to the order."

Zhao Yun hurriedly went out and cupped his hands, saying: "The end is here!"

Luo Zhengdao: "I order you to lead three thousand soldiers and horses to guard the mighty, eliminate bandits, and appease the people. There must be no mistakes."

Zhao Yun said emphatically, "The general will follow orders."

Luo Zheng stood up and said: "The rest of the generals will all command their own troops and horses, and follow this general to go out!"

"As ordered!"

All the generals, Jia Xu and Cheng Ying stood up quickly and responded loudly.

Luo Zheng slowed down his tone, and said: "Tell the soldiers, work harder, and when Ma Teng and Lu Bu are wiped out, the general will give them a holiday. As long as Liangzhou is completely calmed down, the general will give them the promised pastures and cattle The sheep will cash in."

Yan Xingkeng said: "Don't worry, my lord, only a few soldiers complain occasionally, and they don't have the heart to tire of fighting!"

Luo Zheng said happily: "That's good, go prepare, send troops tomorrow morning!"

All the generals bowed their hands again, and then filed out.

Sui County, Ma Teng's official residence.

"Father!"

Ma Chao walked quickly into the inner hall, bowed his hands to Ma Teng and said, "There is only three days' food left in the army."

"Ugh!"

Ma Teng sighed and asked, "Are there any soldiers in the army making trouble?"

Ma Chao replied: "These days, I only cook one pot a day. There was an incident with a soldier just now, and the child has already suppressed it."

Ma Teng sighed: "It's not an option to go on like this!"

Ma Chao's face flushed with anger, and he said loudly, "Father, why don't you go out of the city and fight Gao Shun to the death!"

Ma Teng nodded, and then said in a desolate manner: "I don't think that I, Ma Teng, was a hero for the first time, but now I am sitting in a lonely city, and I have fallen to this point. It's over, and the only way to fight Gao Shun is to fight to the death. Father, with eight hundred iron guards, when the father leaves the city for a decisive battle with Gao Shun, take the opportunity to break out of the siege and go to Hanzhong, and go to Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong!"

"what?"

Ma Chao turned pale with shock, and then said in a concentrated voice: "How can my son leave his father and escape alone, if he wants to go together, he will definitely protect his father, mother, and siblings, and fight his way out!"

Ma Teng sighed: "If no one breaks the heir, how can they escape the pursuit of Gao Shun's [-] cavalry!"

Ma Chao said loudly: "Then let the boy lead an army to break through, and my father will lead eight hundred iron guards to break through!"

"madness!"

Ma Teng said in a deep voice: "As my father is eight feet tall, there is no reason for him to abandon his son and run away for his life. Besides, if he leads an army to break through the encirclement for his father, Gao Shun will definitely send all his best soldiers to chase after him. Only by leaving behind for his father, My son has a chance to escape."

"This……"

Ma Chao was speechless, he clenched his fists involuntarily, and Junyi's face became ferocious.

Ma Teng sighed, stood up and patted Ma Chao on the shoulder, and said, "If my father dies in battle, my son must take good care of your mother and brothers, and you must not be competitive. Today Zhang Lu and Liu Yan are facing each other. , my son went to help the battle, forgive me."

"My son obeys!"

Ma Chao's face was gloomy, he cupped his hands and stepped back.

After the sun went down, it got dark quickly.

The south gate of Longxian County was opened, and teams of infantry came out, holding torches and lining up on the spot.

Ma Tengrong, fully armored, had already arrived at the front of the formation, standing on his hips.

A hundred paces away, a few scouts scouted their horses and detected the movement, and reported the news to Gao Shun's army long ago.

"Are you finally going to break through?"

Gao Shun resolutely did not move, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened to the other three sects?"

The scout Xiaoxiao replied: "Go back to the general, and there is no movement in the other three gates!"

Gao Shun's thick eyebrows frowned. What was certain was that Ma Teng's going out of the city at night was probably trying his best to break through the siege, but the gathering at the south gate with open fire must be a cover to cover the soldiers who went out of the city to break out of the siege.

It's just that except for the south gate, the other three gates were silent, but it was hard to tell which gate Ma Teng broke through.

Gao Shunlue pondered for a while, and then said: "All of you, quickly gather troops to block Ma Teng with someone. At the same time, let the scouts pay close attention to the movements of the other three sects. If there is any trouble, you can report it. Don't let Ma Teng escape."

"Order!"

All the generals responded with a bang, got up and went out of the tent quickly, and summoned soldiers and horses to go.

At the south gate of Long County, more than [-] infantry quickly drove out of the city gate, and the formation was completed.

Ma Teng gave an order, and the two thousand knife and ax soldiers immediately extinguished their torches, carried sandbags and went straight to the ditch two hundred steps away.

However, when Kankan rushed within fifty paces, he could no longer hide from sight, because there were torches on the edge of the trench, and the five hundred archers who had been waiting in full force for a long time would not be polite, and immediately poured down a black rain of arrows. .

Amidst the shrill screams, the knife and ax soldiers who rushed to the front immediately collapsed.

After three waves of arrow rain, Ma Teng's army finally rushed to the edge of the trench after paying nearly 500 casualties. More than 1000 sandbags were thrown into the three-foot-wide trench, and the trench was immediately filled to a length of nearly five feet.

"Kill it out!"

Ma Teng had already come to the front of the formation, roared, and charged ahead himself.

At this time, five hundred archers had already withdrawn, and a row of spearmen quickly stepped forward.

Just when the fire at the south gate was burning into the sky and the sound of killing was everywhere, the west gate of Longxian County opened quietly.

A group of cavalry guarded several carriages and rushed out of the city in the dark, heading straight for the northeast corner of Long County.

More than two hundred steps away, on the earthen wall outside the trench, Gao Shun's soldiers, who had been staring at the city gate for a long time, immediately noticed the abnormality, immediately shot a rocket into the air, and shouted loudly, "Ma Teng Break out from the north gate!"

In the dark, Ma Chao led the horse and walked like flying, with sandbags on the horse's back, and quickly rushed to the side of the ditch.

Eight hundred iron guards were quickly removed from their horses and thrown into the ditch.

Ma Chao took the lead, rushed up the earth wall with vigorous strides, raised his gun with both hands and smashed down viciously, breaking the fence buried in the earth wall, breaking a gap.

"kill!"

With a loud shout, Ma Chao sideways dodged the three spears that were stabbing towards him, and then raised his guns to sweep across, sweeping the three spearmen away.

The eight hundred iron cavalry quickly got on their horses, rushed up the earth wall, and swarmed out from the gap that Ma Chao smashed.

In the south gate camp, Gao Shun stood on a sentry tower with his hands behind his back, watching the battle hundreds of steps away.

"General, there are soldiers and horses breaking through the north gate!"

Just as the rocket at the North Gate lifted off, the face of a small school next to him changed, and he shouted anxiously.

Gao Shun waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "This general also saw it, and sent an order for Cheng Yi to lead [-] cavalry to attack!"

"Order!"

The orderly had already responded loudly and quickly passed down the military order.

In an instant, the continuous sound of cow horns went straight into the night sky.

The [-] cavalry who had been wandering on the left side of the camp immediately turned their horses and rushed to the north gate.

Gao Shun waved his hand again, and shouted: "The order is for the whole army to attack and drive Ma Teng back to the city."

"Order!"

The orderly responded loudly and quickly passed down the military order.

Amidst the thundering drums, the [-] infantry that had been assembled for orders earlier came out in full force, and the whole army pressed forward.

South Gate.

Ma Teng fought hard, seeing the soldiers around him fall down one by one, he couldn't help but his eyes were about to burst, his eyes were blood red.

In less than half an hour, one-third of the four thousand infantry fell, leaving less than 3000.

Fortunately, a gap was finally torn.

Ma Teng let out a shout, and was about to take advantage of the situation to break out of the encirclement, when he heard the thunderous sound of war drums, and a group of dark infantry rushed out from the Gaoshun camp dozens of steps away again, blocking the way.

"Boys, let's fight Gao Shun's dog thief!"

Ma Teng turned his heart up, and immediately raised his head to the sky and roared.

"Kill kill kill..."

The Qiang soldiers were indeed brave and good at fighting. Even in such an unfavorable situation, they still did not lose their fighting spirit.

However, there are times when courage alone is not enough.

Ma Teng hadn't finished shouting, a wave of black arrow rain had already swept through the sky and fell fiercely.

Before the huddled Qiang soldiers had time to be happy, a large group fell down immediately. The more than [-] Qiang soldiers had already lost their formation, and their shields were exhausting when fighting close to each other. They had been thrown away long ago. up.

At this time, Ma Teng's more than two thousand Qiang soldiers were simply a group of undefended living targets.

With just two rounds of volleys, nearly [-]% of the [-] Qiang soldiers huddled together fell down.

"Qisha!"

With a roar, Ma Teng swung his knife vigorously and knocked a few powerful arrows away, and said sharply, "Go out."

The less than two thousand Qiang soldiers left were also red-eyed, roaring and rushing towards the archers fifty paces away.

Ma Teng even rode in the lead, urging his horse to charge to the front.

On the sentry tower, Gao Shun waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "The archers retreat, and the spearmen attack!"

The messenger immediately yelled loudly, "The general has an order, the archers retreat, and the spearmen attack!"

Soon, the archers withdrew, and the two thousand spearmen quickly left the formation and charged forward.

The sharp gun blades flickered under the reflection of the fire, reflecting a frightening cold light. Even on the way of charging, the two thousand spearmen still maintained a strict formation without any chaos.

"Han army mighty!"

"War must be won!"

Amidst the loud chants, the two thousand spearmen collided with the nearly two thousand Qiang soldiers that Ma Teng had broken through.

The shrill screams almost tore people's eardrums apart. Two thousand spearmen just made a charge, and the Qiang soldiers who followed Ma Tenghan's fearless breakthrough fell down in a large area, as if they had been scraped by a sickle.

The two thousand spearmen cooperated tacitly, harvesting lives with amazing efficiency, and rushed forward quickly.

The corners of Ma Teng's eyes were already cracked, and he fought bravely to knock down the three spearmen. However, three other spearmen quickly stepped forward to fill the gap, stabbing with their spears. At the same time, he stabbed Ma Teng fiercely.

"Ow!"

With a wolf howl, Ma Teng jumped back from his horse.

Puff puff……

There was a sound of sharp blades cutting through the flesh one after another, Ma Teng's war horse neighed, and fell to the ground with a loud crash.

"My lord, I can't rush out!"

A Qiang soldier ran up to Ma Teng covered in blood, and shouted sadly, "Why don't you go back to the city first, and then make plans!"

Ma Teng said with a miserable smile: "This is the end of the matter, there is no way out of the city, the only way to survive is to fight to the death!"

At this time, apart from moving forward to break through, there is no way to retreat.

Once he returned to the city, he would really be a turtle in an urn, and there would be no way out.

More importantly, no matter what, delay time so as to buy time for the eldest son Ma Chao and his family to break through.

"kill!"

With a roar, Ma Teng rushed over bravely with a long knife in his hand. (The novel "Leaping Horse Xiliang" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign on the top right "add friend", search Official account "qdread" and pay attention, hurry up!)
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