After Guo Si and others left Xiwu, they fled in embarrassment.
There were only 2,000 cavalry and more than 7,000 infantry left around him. He originally had more than 20,000 people. During the civil strife, he killed a group of them. When Chen Zhou entered Xiwu, he surrendered a group and the rest. Not much left.
Wu Xi could only run away with Guo Si, temporarily put aside the internal conflicts, and then consider how to resolve the grievances after escaping.
However, Wu Xi regretted escaping here.
If he could surrender when Chen Zhou persuaded him to surrender and go out with Guo Si's head to perform meritorious service, he would never fall into the trap and be hunted down here. It would be too late to regret now.
They have cavalry, as does Long Xiang's army on Chen Zhou's side.
Duan Yan first led his troops to pursue them at the front, almost catching up with Guo Si's infantry.
The chase was tight.
"Tianshui is ahead."
Guo Bang raised his head and looked ahead, as if he saw the hope of escaping. He gritted his teeth and said, "Speed up and keep running. After passing Tianshui, we are much closer to Liangzhou."
After finishing speaking, he turned back and looked at the infantry behind him. He was even ready to sacrifice the infantry and escape quickly with only the cavalry.
Wu Xi gritted his teeth and followed helplessly to escape.
However, just as they were about to enter Tianshui, there was a sudden sound of horses neighing in front of them.
What followed was the loud sound of horse hooves.
A large cloud of smoke appeared in the direction of Tianshui and covered it.
"It's the cavalry!"
Wu Xi lifted the reins and stopped his horse.
Under the smoke and dust in front, there was a group of cavalry, more than 3,000 of them, all tall war horses and strong knights. They were like a rainbow, rushing towards them and cutting off their retreat.
"Who's in front?"
Guo Bang asked loudly.
I have never heard of such an elite cavalry unit in Guanzhong.
The intercepting cavalry quickly stopped. A young general holding a spear rushed out from the cavalry, pointed the gun at Guo Si in front of him, and asked: "Are you Guo Si?"
"Who are you?"
Guo Si asked rhetorically.
"Liangzhou, Ma Chao."
Ma Chao said sternly: "Today, by the emperor's order, I will take your head and kill you!"
"kill!"
A cry of killing echoed endlessly.
Immediately, the horse's hooves were raised.
More than three thousand cavalrymen launched a sprint at the same time, rushing towards Guo Si and other cavalrymen in front of them at extremely fast speeds.
In the past two years, Guo Si and Ma Chao had no grudges, but after hearing Ma Chao say that he had been ordered by the emperor to kill him, I finally understood why Chen Zhou wanted to surround three people but not one. Even if he was allowed to escape, he would not be able to escape. They couldn't escape far, and even Ma Teng and others followed the emperor's order to intercept and kill them.
This is really the end of the road.
The reason why Chen Zhou was surrounded by three but one missing was because he wanted to kill two birds with one stone.
By the way, the Ma family was involved, looking for opportunities to win over them, and stabilize Liangzhou together.
Now is the opportunity.
Ma Chao led the cavalry and charged in first.
Their cavalry waited for Guo Si for a long time.
Guo Bang ran all the way, his men and horses were tired, and the number of people was not as large as Ma Chao's, so he was quickly overwhelmed by Ma Chao.
Wu Xi originally wanted to resist, but in the end, he had no ability to resist and could only turn around and run away.
But in the rear, Duan Xuan also led his troops to kill.
Two teams of cavalry rushed in from the front and back.
After the cavalry, there is the infantry.
Guo Bang was completely trapped. He couldn't escape at all, and he was no match. He could only be beaten.
Cao Zhen, along with Ma Teng and Han Sui, followed the intercepting army. Looking at the battle ahead, they could see Chen Zhou and the soldiers chasing them.
After watching for a while, Cao Zhen smiled and said: "General Han, General Ma, and Guo Si are almost gone."
Han Sui said in shock: "That Governor Chen is so powerful, he can really force Guo Si to this point."
"The warlord knows everything like a god and is omnipotent."
Cao Zhen said and added: "After the battle is settled later, you two will have a chance to meet with the governor."
The other side.
Chen Zhou followed the army and chased Guo Bang with the army. With Dian Wei protecting him, he soon reached the edge of the battlefield.
"Is that Ma Chao?"
Chen Zhou looked across the battlefield towards the cavalry.
One of the knights on horseback was very brave, with a spear in his hand, and the spear was like a dragon. No enemy could get close to him.
"As expected of Jin Ma Chao."
Chen Zhou could basically determine the identity of the other party and said to himself.
Dian Wei also looked forward, heard Chen Zhou's words again, and said: "Sir, although my horseback riding skills are not strong, but with my pair of iron halberds, I can knock down the knight on the horse. He is definitely not me. opponent."
As he said that he wanted to show off his strength, he even raised his iron halberd, as if he was ready to rush out and fight Ma Chao.
But to protect Chen Zhou, he resisted the urge.
"I also believe that Lao Dian can defeat the opponent easily."
Chen Zhou smiled slightly.
One Lu, two Zhao, three Dianwei, Ma Chaoyuan is behind Dianwei.
If Dian Wei wants to defeat Ma Chao, there is no problem at all.
After receiving Chen Zhou's recognition, Dian Wei felt a little complacent.
"Guo Si is almost gone."
Chen Zhou's eyes returned to the battle situation.
"I surrender."
Wu Xi suddenly shouted: "Duan Zhongming, I surrender."
He yelled directly at Duan Yan, who was leading troops in not far away.
But thinking of the conditions in the surrender letter, Wu Xi felt that he should submit a surrender letter, so he set his sights on Guo Si.
Surrendering with Guo Si's head is a surrender, and it is even a meritorious service.
Wu Xi's eyes were fierce and he attacked Guo Si secretly.
But as soon as he raised his knife, Guo Bang turned around and fired. Hearing the words "I surrender", he was already on guard.
Seeing Wu Xi sneaking up to kill him, Guo Bang ended Wu Xi's life with a spear.
An inch long, an inch strong.
Before Wu Xi could swing his sword, the man was gone.
The fighting continues.
But at the moment when Guo Si killed Wu Xi, Ma Chao found a gap in Guo Si's defense and led more than fifty cavalry to break through.
"die!"
Ma Chao shouted angrily.
He raised the spear in his hand, and a sharp cold light flashed from the tip of the spear, directly hitting Guo Bang's heart.
"No!"
Guo Bang's expression changed drastically and he wanted to resist.
But in front of Ma Chao, his resistance was unnecessary.
next moment.
The tip of Ma Chao's spear penetrated Guo Si's body.
boom!
As the spear was withdrawn, Guo Bang's body fell from the horse.
"The general is dead!"
"The general is dead!"
…
Some soldiers saw Guo Si being killed and shouted in panic, causing the camp to fall into chaos.
The remaining soldiers fled randomly at this time.
Without a command, they didn't know how to resist, and their morale was lost.
"Surrender and avoid death!"
Chen Zhou saw the chaos in the battle situation and immediately asked someone to send out this order.
"Surrender and avoid death!"
Waves of shouts echoed on the battlefield.
Seeing this situation, the remaining soldiers understood that there was no point in continuing to struggle, so they had to drop their weapons and surrender. No one wanted to die.
More and more people surrendered.
