Under the desolate night, the fierce horses roared across the yellow sand. The sound of horse hooves one after another seemed to shake the entire earth to shake and collapse.
"Whip, whip again!" Dong Wen, riding an armored horse, raised his golden wing gun and roared angrily. One by one, Liangzhou's generals heard their lord's words clearly and shouted loudly.
The whip was whipped hard, and the Liangzhou horses whined in pain and went faster and faster.
"Suppress the Shu dogs, and the children of Shuzhou will die quickly!"
In all directions, Dong Wen was ambushing Liangqi, one level, two levels, and the sand smoke kicked up by the horses' hooves was getting thicker and thicker.
The one riding behind was riding in Shuzhou Langying. Liang Qi was constantly being chased, knocking him over and falling off his horse. Those who fell off their horses were left to die, waiting for Haohao Liang's cavalry to rush past, leaving only pools of broken flesh and blood on the sand.
Chao Yi had a cold face and was not too panicked.
As early as when they left Shu, it was destined that their interception this time would be an extremely difficult task.
"Continue to rush forward and run into the stone forest ahead!"
The buffer sandy land between Shuzhou and Liangzhou stretches for nearly 80 miles and is completely deserted. In the past, most people traveling between the two states followed the official road.
Such a battle out of Shu, let alone after Xu Mu entered Shu, has never happened even if the Dou family has been in charge for two or three hundred years.
Dong Wen was very angry. What he and Sima Xiu wanted to do was to seize Shuzhou. Even if they couldn't seize it, they would still suppress the civilian thieves from leaving Shu.
It was good now that the young wolf general in front of him actually dared to fight with him in a riding battle on the sand.
"My lord, the Shu people have entered the stone forest!"
"Quick announcement, the army will stop immediately!"
After all, they were rushing too hastily. The two or three thousand Liangqi who were eager to kill in the front pursued them all the way before Dong Wen's order.
As soon as they entered the stone forest, they were surrounded by dense flying arrows. Horses neighed and screamed suddenly. In the end, only a thousand riders were left, and they hurriedly turned their horses and escaped.
Dong Wen was so angry that he laughed back, "In a hurry, Shugou has only these methods left."
"Lord, do you want to surround me?" Dong Yuan rode over.
"Didn't you see clearly? This is the retreat left by the Shu people. Mo Li, return to camp quickly! These idiots are clearly holding back my Liangzhou reinforcements."
Under Dong Wen's order, nearly 20,000 Liangqi quickly changed direction and headed towards the camp.
But I never thought that Chao Yi, who had just changed the military formation and entered the stone forest, led his men to kill him. He followed behind and used his limited running fire to kill a group of Liang soldiers riding behind, causing them to fall off their horses and scream. .
"Return to the army and kill all the Shu dogs!" More than ten Liangzhou generals who were behind roared in unison.
But before Liang Qi could turn around, Chao Yi calmly led the men back into the stone forest.
"Dog, dog, Shu dog!" Liangzhou general Pi cursed.
Dong Wen's eyes were about to burst, and his chest was filled with anger. But in the end, he still resisted the idea of encirclement and suppression.
"Separate two wings and serve as each other's horns to guard against the Shu people and protect the central army."
Although the speed of the army slowed down, no matter what, it was able to block the encroachment of the Shu people. When they were far away, Dong Wen turned around and looked at Shu Qi, who was chasing him from a distance.
If he could catch the wolf clan Shu general with his own hands, he might be skinned alive, buried in a sand pit and scalded to death under the scorching sun.
"General Chao, the Liang people are going back to camp."
Chao Yi wiped his dusty face and did not reply immediately, falling into deep thought for a while. The King of Liangzhou was not an ordinary person. It will become increasingly difficult to hold back Liangqi's reinforcements.
…
It was dawn, and the sandy wind outside Liangzhou City was whistling.
Holding Shahu in his arms, Sima Mao entered the carriage with a cold expression.
With the sound of a huge war drum, it immediately exploded. The marching 30,000 Liangzhou guns and shields, with the Dong flag flying, formed square formations and marched forward.
…
Zuo Shiren stood on the boat on the river. When there was no one around him, he cautiously raised his head and looked greedily in the direction of Cangzhou.
"In the battle between the four states, who will win? Then Queen Su... why should I be guarded against me? She should be guarded against Xu Buyi."
It's a pity that a dense army has been set up on the river bank of Cangzhou. If he forced his way into Cangzhou, he might suffer a bloody blow.
The only way was to mobilize troops from Cangzhou to encircle and suppress Xu Buyi. However, Cangzhou is an imperial state, and its status is not the same as that of Muyun State.
"Your mother Xu Zaizi!" Zuo Shiren was extremely angry and cursed loudly. When he turned around, he realized that at some point, a confidant had walked behind him.
Zuo Shiren frowned.
"Did you hear clearly what I just said?"
The confidant shook his head hurriedly in shock, "Lord, I, I have recently lost my hearing."
"Nothing, just stay here and watch the sentry." Zuo Shiren smiled and walked straight forward.
The confidant breathed a sigh of relief and greeted him with clasped fists. But when he turned around to look far away on the river bank, a sharp sword penetrated his back, then came out from his front and stabbed him through.
tread.
Zuo Shiren sighed, raised his legs, and kicked his confidant into the river.
"It's boring...but I, Zuo Shiren, have a reputation for elegance and benevolence. I need to preserve my reputation. What if you are gossiping? What should I do if the scandal about me yelling is spread?"
"In the next life, I will really be deaf."
After wiping away the blood, Zuo Shiren held the corner of his robe and walked back to the cabin gracefully.
…
"Beast." Xu Mu cursed.
In terms of the report of the sentry, Zhang Shun mobilized civilians to defend the city. There were about five to six thousand people, carrying only wooden sticks and farm tools and wearing crude wooden armor, and rushed to the city.
"Are there any reinforcements coming from the direction of Cangzhou?"
"General Shen Gong came to report earlier and did not see the Cangzhou reinforcements." There was a general beside him, who hurriedly and solemnly handed over.
Now, there are only four days left before the ten-day appointment with Dongfang Jing.
As soon as ten days passed, the attack on the city began.
But Xu Mu was still worried after all. The mountain road is difficult to navigate, and little Meng Huo has not yet come down the mountain. As for the direction of Cangzhou, just as he and Dongfang Jing had said before, he always felt that a supporting army would come.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of time laying traps in Cangzhou's rescue channel.
"Lord, do you want to evacuate?"
"No hurry, just wait." Xu Mu frowned. As the number one family in Cangzhou, Zhang Qi died in battle on the river and Zhang Shun was trapped. If Demon Empress Su didn't take any action, the Cangzhou royal family would probably be unconvinced.
"Lord, there is a sentry sent out to rush back."
Xu Mu hurriedly raised his head and found that not far ahead, there were vague figures of two or three riders, riding cautiously.
When entering Muyunzhou, it was impossible to transport war horses in large quantities due to waterways. There were less than a hundred horses, following the baggage ship.
These hundred horses were all handed over to Gonggou's sentry camp for detection. Of course, this marksman who refused to accept fate did not disappoint him.
