Ma Chao led 10,000 cavalry out of Xiaoguan and galloped all the way. After more than ten days of running around, he finally appeared in Wushan City, which is more than 70 kilometers away from Longxi City.
By the Wei River, Ma Chaojun buried a pot to make rice.
"Brother! Aweng and his friends won't be able to last long. We need to hurry up. We must not let Han Sui, an old thief, dominate Xiliang." The person who spoke was Ma Xiu, the second brother who Ma Chao met halfway.
Ma Xiu took his family down the Weishui River, passed Tianshui City, and prepared to go north through Xiao Pass and enter Guanzhong. Unexpectedly, he met Ma Chao who had left Xiao Pass at the street pavilion. He ordered his family to be sent to Guanzhong, and he took his cousin Ma Dai and followed Ma Chao back.
Ma Xiu and Ma Dai did not expect that the 10,000 troops led by Ma Chao were actually organized by Zhang Xiu at the request of his brother. In the marching team, there was a big tiger with yellow and black patterns embroidered on a red background, which was lifelike and majestic. Only then did they realize that this was the Tiger Riding Camp organized by Zhang Xiu for his brother.
Ma Chao nodded: "This place is only more than 70 kilometers away from Longxi City. We can reach the city early tomorrow morning. We must kill Han Sui in this battle and let this beast know that our Ma family is not easy to mess with!" "
Ma Dai said: "Han Sui's army has an old beast like Cheng Yu, so we need to be careful."
Matthew snorted coldly: "It's best to chop off this old beast's head. This time our Ma family is in such a predicament, it's all because of this person."
After everyone finished eating, Ma Chao stood up and said: "Cheng Yu was originally in my Ma's house. I treated him with courtesy. I didn't expect this man to be so heartless and unrighteous. I swear to kill him! Hurry up and set out with the whole army." !”
"Here!" Everyone stood up quickly.
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Thirty-five kilometers south of Longxi City.
This is a typical two mountains sandwiched by a river, with Xiayang Mountain on the left, Yangma Mountain on the right, and the Weishui River in the middle, forming an S-shaped valley four kilometers long and three hundred paces wide. The mountains on both sides are steep, and it is an ambush. Best place.
At this time, Cheng Yu led 10,000 troops and set up an ambush here.
Divided into left and right armies.
Two thousand men and horses were ambushed in the valleys on both sides, and many rolling stones and logs were set up. Another five thousand men and horses were left to intercept Ma Chao's rear army, so that the head and tail could not see each other, and more than a thousand men were left at the front.
Cheng Yu deployed the entire valley into a pocket, waiting for Ma Chao to lead his army to break in.
Standing on the top of Yangma Mountain, Cheng Yu looked into the distance on the road towards Wushan, waiting for Ma Chao's arrival.
Ma Chao must be the last straw for Ma Teng.
As long as the Ma family is removed from Liangzhou, the entire Xiliang will be Han Sui's world. At that time, Han Sui will be able to use all the troops in Liangzhou to assist Cao Cao in sending troops to capture Guanzhong.
Zhang Xiu won't be able to dance much longer.
The morning light is as cold as a knife.
Cheng Yu's old and lonely figure shivered in the cold wind, squinting his eyes, and the heat from his breath had soaked his eyebrows. When he encountered the cold wind again, his temples were covered with frost.
But he didn't care.
Finally, after waiting in the cold wind for an unknown amount of time, until his feet and hands were numb from the cold, the roar of horse hooves sounded on the ground.
A light flashed in Cheng Yu's eyes.
"It's finally here!"
He murmured to himself, his eyes fixed on the road at the entrance of the valley.
As the roaring hoofbeats approached, he saw a warrior holding a broadsword and galloping towards him on a tall horse. This person was not Ma Chao, but his younger brother Ma Xiu who came with a thousand cavalry to explore the road.
The terrain here is easy to set up an ambush, and Ma Chao is not a fool, so it is naturally impossible for him to rush in recklessly.
Cheng Yu stood calmly on the top of Yangma Mountain, watching Ma Xiu lead more than a thousand people to explore the situation in the mountain. The men and horses he arranged have been hidden in advance, how can they come out for inspection?
Sure enough, after an inspection, a soldier returned to his horse to report the situation to Ma Chao, while Ma Xiu led his men across the valley.
After Chashan's exploration horses retreated from the mountain, the Korean soldiers and horses immediately returned to their positions, rolled out the prepared rolling stones and logs, and waited for the arrival of Ma Chao's army.
After a while.
The roar of horse hooves sounded like thunder on the ground.
Soon after, the sound of horse hooves became louder and louder.
Finally, a white-robed warrior appeared at the mouth of the valley. The white-robed warrior was extraordinary in appearance. He was riding a horse like a god of war. He came galloping as the horse rose and fell.
Cheng Yu took a deep breath: "Here we come!"
Then he hurried down Yangma Mountain and rushed to the valley cliff, waiting for Ma Chao's army to rush over.
Not long after, Ma Chao came galloping with his army.
Quickly approach the trap he has set.
A hundred steps!
Fifty steps!
Ten steps!
Cheng Yu stared: "Let--!"
Suddenly, the sound of booming boulders and rolling logs suddenly sounded on both sides of the valley. Then, countless boulders appeared on the mountains on both sides, and the rolling logs rolled down from the top of the mountain very quickly.
Ma Chao was shocked.
Being attacked in such a narrow valley will inevitably cause the front and rear troops to ignore him head and tail, trapping him here.
At this moment, he turned his horse's head without hesitation and shouted: "All troops retreat!"
The Huben cavalry camp was all his new Guanzhong recruits with no combat experience. At this moment, their lives were threatened. Many of them were so frightened that their legs were so weak that they could not hold the horse's belly and fell off the horse.
More people hurriedly reined in their horses, turned their horses' heads, and turned around to escape.
However, the valley was narrow and the front and rear were congested. There was no room to turn around and withdraw. The front and rear armies collided with each other and were crowded together.
Rolling stones and logs rushed down with a whistling sound, hitting a large area including people and horses.
Suddenly, the valley screamed again and again.
Ma Chao reacted quickly and dodged the rolling stones and logs one after another to avoid death, but his soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses.
In the valley, Cheng Yu saw that Ma Chao was still alive. He stood up and pointed at Ma Chao and shouted: "The one with the white robe and the white horse is Ma Chao. The reward for shooting Ma Chao is three hundred taels!"
When Han Jun heard this, he immediately focused his arrows and shot countless arrows towards Ma Chao.
Ma Chao raised his head when he heard the sound, and the sound of bowstrings sounded above the valley. Immediately, countless arrows rained down on him, making it impossible to avoid him.
My scalp suddenly felt numb.
He recognized Cheng Yu's voice just now and cursed loudly: "Old Cheng Yu, you are a heartless and unjust beast, I will definitely kill you!"
As he spoke, he decisively turned over and dismounted, hiding under the horse's belly.
The snow-white and strong war horse was shot into a hedgehog by the rain of arrows. The blood dyed its fur blood red, but it still stood tall and tall, as if protecting the owner hiding under its belly.
Cheng Yu didn't reply. Seeing that Ma Chao was still alive, he coldly ordered:
"Push the stone!"
At this time, Ma Xiu heard the noise and immediately turned around to rescue him. He rushed in front of Ma Chao and left a war horse aside.
Ma Chao flew onto his horse, quickly controlled the reins, and fled towards the rear.
At this time, after being washed away by rolling stones, rolling logs, and rain of arrows, the people and horses were no longer crowded. Ma Chao led the remaining few hundred troops to kill towards the rear.
At this moment, in the rear, the Korean army's five thousand troops and Ma Chao's cavalry were fighting hard to separate each other.
Ma Chao rushed out and attacked from behind, catching these people off guard. Taking advantage of the unstoppable horse power, he quickly killed his opponent, led his army out of the battle, and retreated.
