Chapter 85 Human flesh, poisonous weed

"Huh?" Xiahou Dun's eyes trembled, and he was surprised to find that the ground under his feet was trembling slightly. He then listened quietly for a while, and then his face changed drastically, "Meng De, it's a cavalry!"

"Oh, cavalry?"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, and an inexplicable haze flashed across his face.

In just a moment, the wriggling black line had already rolled over dark clouds, and the ant-like cavalry rushed out of the black line and rolled in. The ground under her feet began to tremble violently, and the rumbling hooves became louder and louder, and finally it rang into the sky, and there was no other sound in the world.

“Oh oh ~”

“Ahhh~”

Amid the suffocating sound of horse hooves, strange roars sounded leisurely. The frightened Han soldiers finally saw the rolling cavalry clearly. What was completely different from the eight hundred bandits who had just retreated was that most of the cavalry were covered with animal skins, beast armor, animal bones and horns. Only a very small number of cavalry generals were wearing iron armor and iron helmets on their heads.

"Boom~~"

The surging iron cavalry was like an unstoppable tide. In an instant, it rushed past the Han army formation and then turned around and circled into a huge encirclement, surrounding Cao Cao's more than 3,000 Han armies. The dazzling cold light reflected through the sky, which was the sabers in the hands of the cavalry dancing down the sun.

"Master~~"

While Cao Cao was shocked and suspicious, he suddenly rushed out of several cavalry from the barbarian cavalry and rushed straight towards the Han army formation. The first cavalry was Cao Ren who broke through at night to seek help.

"Son-filial?"

Cao Cao looked happy and quickly grew up from the shield wall.

Chen Gong, Cheng Yu also said happily: "Lord, I think reinforcements have arrived~~"

In front of the Han army formation, Xiahou Dun lifted the steel in his hand into the sky. The Han army behind him was like waves splitting, making a narrow passage in the middle. Several cavalry rushed to the Han army through the passage that the Han army made way out and rushed straight into the Han army formation. They immediately arrived in front of Cao Cao. Cao Ren turned over and fell down, kneeled down on the ground, and said excitedly: "Lord, Ren is lucky to be unfair to his fate."

Cao Cao's eyes fell on the majestic and fierce-looking barbarian general beside Cao Ren, and asked in a voice: "Zixiao, this person~~"

Cao Ren hurriedly said, "Lord, this is Lord Qiu Liju, the leader of the Wuhuan tribe in the north."

The barbarian general put his right fist on his chest and bowed to Cao Cao. He said respectfully: "Qiu Liju is ordered by the command of the Right Central Army General of the Han Dynasty and leads three thousand iron cavalry to meet Lord Cao."

...

Dingling.

Yuan Shu walked up the city tower accompanied by Zhang Xun, Ji Ling, Han Yin, Ge Xiang and others, and stood under the large flag fluttering in the wind. He looked at the big "Yuan" on the flag shining brightly under the scorching sun, and a strange passion surging in Yuan Shu's heart.

"Congratulations to the lord, another city."

The elephant took a step forward and bowed to Yuan Shu.

"Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord."

Zhang Xun and Ji Ling were arranged in a row. Qi Liu gave a lewd look, Yuan Shu smiled and felt inexplicably proud, and said loudly: "People say that Cao Mengde is extremely smart, but Liu Xuande is very useful. Today, it seems that this is the case."

The Ge Xiang understood the spirit and complimented: "How can Cao Cao's dull nature and Liu Bei's vulgarity be like the lord's hero? In the battle of Yingchuan, Cao Cao lost his troops and generals, and Liu Bei's life and death were unknown. The lord got several counties in Yingchuan without any effort. He was familiar with the good and inferior, and he was enough to judge."

“Hahaha~~”

Yuan Shu was so proud that he smiled at the sky.

"Send an order, the army will rest for one night and set out tomorrow morning. Enter Yingyang!"

...

After several fierce battles, the houses were burned down, the city gates were destroyed, the city walls collapsed, and the entire city was almost ruined. Fortunately, before the war began, Ma Yue moved all the people in the city to Yingyang. Therefore, although the city was broken, most of the people were killed were Yellow Turban bandits and Han soldiers. There were no casualties in the people.

The black smoke curled up on the gate tower. Before the fire was extinguished, I went back to the city. The broken walls were everywhere. The cold wind blew, and the strong smell of blood came to my nose, and the middle man was about to vomit. Under the protection of the three generals Xu Chu, Dian Wei and Pei Yuanshao, Ma Yue was isolated on the city, looking north, with a heavy haze on his face.

Under the gate tower, the Yellow Turban bandits were nervously restoring the city gate and rebuilding the collapsed city wall, with people coming and going, and in chaos.

"Is there any news about Yuan Shao, Liao Hua and Sun Zhongke?"

Pei Yuanshao replied: "The two generals Liao Hua and Sun Zhong led their troops out of the city to pursue them for several humiliation. No news has been heard back yet. However, there are still more than 3,000 people in one place. Although Xiahou Yuan and Le Jin are brave, there are only hundreds of defeated soldiers, and they are expected to be lost."

"Many probes are sent to investigate, and report them as soon as there is news."

"As for orders, the leader."

Ma Yue frowned deeply and had a serious expression. He asked again: "Peng Tuo, is Bian Xi's body searching?"

Pei Yuanshao's expression turned dim and whispered: "I only found the body of the leader Bian Xi, but the head level disappeared. As for the leader Peng Tuo, some brothers said that they had been chopped into meat paste by the Han army."

"Oh~~"

Ma Yue sighed and stopped talking. The gate tower immediately became silent, only the gate tower was downstairs, and the bandits were still busy. I don’t know how long it took, but a sudden sound of chaotic footsteps suddenly rang. Pei Yuanshao looked back and saw Guo Tu rushing up the city tower under Zhou Cang’s guard.

"Mr., are you here?"

Ma Yue did not look back, and the sound was inexplicably cold, just like the night wind blowing on his face, as cold as water.

Guo Tu wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered: "Big leader, everything is very bad."

"explain."

Ma Yue's voice was still low and cold, just like the water surface of an ancient well. No matter how strong the wind blows on the well, there was no ripple coming down the well. Guo Tu was in a moment of loss of consciousness. He wanted to know, if a thunder blew in Ma Yue's ear, I wonder if he would be shocked?

Guo Tu took a breath and whispered: "Just just got the exact news that Yuan Shu's army has attacked Dingling, Wuyang, Kunyang, Xiangcheng, and Linying counties one after another. At this point, our army's cities in the southern part of Yingchuan County have all been lost. At present, more than 10,000 troops of Yuan Shu's army are forcing Yingyang!"

"Yeah?"

Ma Yue responded lightly, his expression calmly. Ma Yue did not pretend to be calm. In fact, the loss of these cities was not worth mentioning to him, because he had never thought of defending Yingchuan. Only Liao Hua, Peng Tuo, Sun Zhong, and Bian Xi, who are ignorant of the world, would want to defend Yingchuan.

Guo Tu took a step forward, and his thin figure retracted into Ma Yue's shadow again and whispered: "Three thousand iron cavalry suddenly appeared in the northern battlefield, and it must be the Wuhuan iron cavalry stationed in Hulao, and the Sishui Pass has arrived."

Ma Yue nodded sternly.

Guo Tu said again: "The Wuhuan cavalry is coming soon, and Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song's army are also afraid that they will arrive soon."

"I'm afraid I've arrived in Chenliu!"

Ma Yue responded lightly, feeling solemn. He thought to himself that Emperor Ling of Han really looked down on him. For the sake of just 800 bandits, he did not hesitate to mobilize Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song's two elite troops, tens of thousands of Han troops came to clear the enemy, and three thousand Wuhuan cavalry accompanied him to suppress him. This specification and treatment were too high, right?

Guo Tu said: "If the leader and the Wuhuan cavalry are not defeated, then eight hundred bandits will be in danger."

Ma Yue's brow jumped, a trace of coldness flashed through his eyes, and he whispered: "Can you have a good idea to break it?"

Guo Tu lowered his head, his shoulders collapsed, and said flatteringly: "The villain really thought of a strategy to break the enemy."

"speak!"

Guo Tu said: "I heard that Miss Liu Yan respects his teacher, Mr. Hua Tuo, is aware of all herbs. I think Miss Liu Yan has already obtained the true teachings. Since she knows all herbs, she must also know poisonous weeds. Moreover, there are many wild grasses in the wilderness of Yingchuan, and there must be poisonous weeds. Why not collect too many poisonous weeds and mix them in the hay material, and make the enemy cavalry deliberately robbed them. If the enemy cavalry doesn't know how to eat, they will die. The mount will die, and the three thousand barbarians will no longer be afraid."

Ma Yue looked moved when he heard this. This method was worth trying! But those were three thousand well-trained war horses. It would be a pity to poison them to death. If they could be snatched up, those 800 bandits suddenly had 4,000 war horses, and they would be no longer afraid of Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song’s two elite Han troops!

"Boqi, I'm back."

While Ma Yue was thinking, Guan Hai's voice suddenly sounded from the bottom of the city tower. After the Battle of Yingshui, Ma Yue personally led the main force of the bandits to chase Cao Cao's army, allowing Guan Hai to stay and gather the Yellow Turban Remnants to clear the battlefield, and then returned. With the heavy footsteps, Guan Hai's figure, like an iron tower, was raised up the city tower.

"Boqi, Zhang Liang, Cheng Yuanzhi, He Yi, He Man and others have all died in battle. Most of the Yellow Turban soldiers in their troops drowned in Yingshui, and many others have died in battle and dispersed. Now there are only more than 600 remaining soldiers. I have brought them all back."

Guo Tu's expression turned cold when he heard this, and inexplicably glanced at Ma Yue's tall back. Zhang Liang and He Yi's Yellow Turbans were nearly 30,000 people, and Changshe Yingshui had only more than 600 people left! The initiator of all this was undoubtedly the landmaster butcher who broke the enemy's poison plan. In exchange for the opportunity to defeat the Han army, Ma Yue cruelly sacrificed the lives of tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Generals, and he didn't even blink.

Ma Yue sighed and said, "Guan Hai, settle these brothers well."

"Affect the order."

Guan Hai agreed and turned around and left with great enthusiasm.

...

Late at night, horses leaped at the camp, candlelight swaying, and the light was dim.

Ma Yue looked cold and knelt on the mat. Liu Yan knelt behind her, her beautiful eyes were affectionate and gentle. She gently removed Ma Yue's helmet, pulled out her hairpin, untied her plated black hair in circles, and then took the wooden comb from Zou Yuniang to combed Ma Yue's hair.

"Sister Yu Niang, can you go and boil some hot water?"

Liu Yan's bright beautiful eyes suddenly turned to Zou Yuniang. Zou Yuniang nodded and stood up, leaving the tent gracefully.

"Ma Yue, have you won the battle?"

Liu Yan's soft voice sounded in Ma Yue's ears, his breath was like orchids, and the man in the middle wanted to get drunk, Ma Yue's heart was as cruel as iron, unmoved at all, but just nodded lightly.

"I heard that General Tian and General Husband were both killed in battle, and many others died?"

Ma Yue's face suddenly darkened, and he turned around and stared at Liu Yan coldly. Liu Yan suddenly looked suffocated, and his hands were stretched out and he froze in the air. The wooden comb in his hand was still combed.

"Do you want to say something, and you want to say that I am cruel and bloodthirsty?"

Liu Yandi's face gradually became colder, and she met Ma Yue's cold eyes and whispered: "I know I shouldn't say this to make you angry, but maybe there is another way to defeat the Han army? How good would it be if so many brave Yellow Turban soldiers survived?"

"Living?" Ma Yue said coldly. "Okay, they survived. You should be the one who died. It is me, and it is all the brothers of the eight hundred bandits! Don't forget that I am just the leader of the eight hundred bandits, not the great master! I have no responsibility, nor the obligation to take into account their life and death, hum."

"But~~"

"Shut up!" Ma Yue said coldly, "Women should not care about men's affairs!"

Liu Yan's delicate body trembled. She silently lowered her head, and she didn't dare to say anything more. Only crystal tears kept spinning in her eyes.

"Get out~"

Ma Yue collapsed from his teeth, and Liu Yan turned around silently, and crystal tears finally snatched out of her eyes and slid down her pink cheeks.

"return."

Liu Yan walked to the entrance of the tent silently, but was called back by Ma Yue.

"Are you really a disciple of Hua Tuo?"
To be continued...