Chapter 224: A surprise victory

At the foot of Jiluo Mountain, cattle and sheep appear when the wind blows the grass low.

In the Xianbei region, a small tribe that established the Luoluo tribe was nomadic in this area.

When Shihuai was good at unifying the Xianbei, he established a powerful tribal alliance of more than 14,000 miles from east to west and more than 7,000 miles from north to south. However, after Tan Shihuai's death, this huge tribal alliance fell apart and each established dozens of tribal alliances of all sizes. However, the Han people in the Central Plains were used to divide the Xianbei people into three major ethnic groups based on their regions.

The Pudu roots of the Xianbei in the central region, the Tuoba tribe, the Kebineng tribe and many small tribes affiliated with these three major forces have been completely conquered by the tribes of Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao. All the men who were taller than the wheel of the carriage were killed, and women and children became slaves.

Now, the invasion of the Zhoucang tribe began to point to the Xianbei in the West.

The Xianbei in the West is also composed of hundreds of tribes of all sizes, and it forms four relatively large tribal alliances, the Japanese ruler, the Deduction Department, the Yanli ruler and the Jianluo ruler. Among them, the Jianluo ruler is located at the easternmost point and has overlapped with the sphere of influence of Wanhu, the right part of Zhoucang.

Last winter, the Luoluo tribe had several conflicts with the Zhoucang tribe. The leader of the Luoluo tribe, Rizhu, decided to retaliate against the next autumn of the next year. Unexpectedly, the news was discovered by Hou San and quickly passed back to the Wanhu Old Camp of the right side of Zhoucang. At this time, the horse butcher led three thousand Hedong soldiers to arrive, so the scene in the previous article was found.

Now, the habitat of the small tribes has been razed to the ground.

Teams of adult men were taken to a carriage in the middle of the territory, like lambs waiting to be beheaded. Women and children knelt on the grass beside, staring blankly at their men or fathers slaughtered by these barbaric invaders, with hatred in their eyes, but not strong.

The prairie is originally a world where the strong prey on the weak. Conquering by other tribes means death and becoming a slave.

The young Ma Chao held a long sword in his hand, and the sharp tip of the sword pressed straight against the throat of a Xianbei man. Just now, the guy got up from the pile of dead people and was about to escape while the chaos was about to escape, but was intercepted by Ma Chao. He noticed the movement here, Ma Yue walked over in Zhoucang and six thousand households.

"Don't, don't kill me." The Xianbei man kowtowed like pounding garlic, and spoke fluent Chinese. "I'm not a Xianbei, I'm a Han Chinese, and I was captured by these damn Xianbei people from Liangzhou to Mobei. Really, I'm sorry, my family has an eighty-year-old mother and a hungry baby under me. If I die, they will not be able to survive."

Ma Chao's eyes, which were so clear that hesitation could not help but flashed through his clear eyes.

Ma Chao had killed people. As early as soon as he arrived in Hetao, Ma Yue began to consciously train him to kill people to cultivate his cold and cruel character. However, Ma Chao killed all the Hu people at that time, and he had never killed Han people! At this time, he could not help but hesitate when he saw that this Xianbei man could speak Chinese and claimed that he was a Han person.

The young Ma Chao did not notice at all. When the Xianbei man kowtowed like pounding garlic, a sharp ox-horned dagger quietly slid from his sleeve and was already holding it back. The Xianbei man kowtowed every time he kowtowed, he took a step forward. At this time, Ma Chao was only half a step away.

The young Ma Chao was not aware that the danger was coming, but the butcher Ma who was walking towards Ma Chao not far away, Zhou Cang and six thousand households were all? They were all veterans of the hundred battles who broke through the sea of ​​corpses and blood. What kind of scenes and tricks have you seen?

Zhou Cang's face changed. When he quickly pulled the bow and arrow to shoot the Xianbei man with one arrow, a powerful hand hit his right arm heavily and pressed him down with the bow and arrow. Zhou Cang turned around and saw Ma Yue's expression was cold and harsh, and his eyes showed a heart-pounding coldness.

"Go to die!"

It was a while since then, the Xianbei man suddenly grew up and the sharp knives held in his hand were already tangled towards Ma Chao's throat like lightning. The distance between the two was already very close. In addition, the Xianbei man was unintentional because he was caught off guard. Ma Chao was almost cut off with one stroke.

"sand!"

Ma Chao instinctively turned his head to dodge, but he felt a chill in his throat. The belt tied under his chin broke. The lion-headed ghost-faced helmet on his head fell to the ground, making a slight sound. He turned around in shock, and the Xianbei man took a knife and never stopped walking and ran away from a mount not far away.

"instigate!"

Just at this moment, a wolf-toothed arrow shot from the air, shooting the Xianbei man from the back to the heart. Driven by inertia, the Xianbei man continued to run forward for several steps, raised his hands and fell to the ground, twitched slightly, and then remained silent. Only the bright red blood gushed out from under him, and soon it became red.

Ma Chao reached out with lingering fear and wiped his chin, and saw that his hands were covered with blood. Although the knife did not cut off his throat, it also cut his skin.

"Ma Chao!"

A solemn and majestic voice sounded in Ma Chao's ears. Ma Chao hurriedly picked up his helmet from the ground, turned around and bowed respectfully to Ma Yue, saying, "Brother."

Ma Yue stared at Ma Chao coldly and said in a deep voice: "Do you know what mistake you made just now?"

Ma Chao was silent. He didn't want to defend himself and there was nothing to defend himself. He was wrong. Although Ma Chao was young, under the words and deeds of Ma Teng, Ma Yue, Jia Xu, Guan Ning and others, the man's style of being cold, brave, brave, dared to act and dared to take responsibility has long been integrated into his bones. The only thing he lacked is a cruel heart!

"You should not be compassionate to your enemies." Ma Yue said coldly, "Be kind to your enemies is cruelty to yourself! If this Xianbei man has a stronger martial arts skills and if your reaction is a little slower, then you have already become a cold corpse now."

Ma Chao was silent, but held his head up and said in a voice: "Yes."

"Never be kind to your enemies!" Ma Yue walked to the Xianbei man who had fallen to the ground, stepped heavily on the corpse, and said to Ma Chao, "On the battlefield, except for your subordinates and robes, all those holding weapons and wearing armor are enemies. Whether they are Han or Hu people, they will be killed without mercy!"

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"If you don't kill them, they will kill you!"

"Understood."

"If you want to become an excellent general, you must first become an excellent soldier!" Ma Yue said again, "If you can't even save your life, who will believe that you can lead the soldiers to the final victory? If you can't lead the soldiers to win, who will be willing to go to the battlefield with you?"

Ji County, Youzhou, Gongsun Zan's official residence.

Gongsun Zan read the secret letter sent by Yuan Shao and said to Guan Jing and General Yan Gang: "This is a secret letter sent by Yuan Shao, saying that the general of the Northern Expedition and the governor of Jizhou, Han Fu, had done a rebellious act, which had caused the anger of heaven and people. He invited me to lead Youyan's people south to attack Yecheng, and said that after the matter was completed, I would be regarded as the lord of Jizhou."

Yan Gang said: "This must be Yuan Shao's plan to use a knife to kill people!"

Guan Jing said: "However, this is a good opportunity."

"Huh?" Gongsun Zan asked, "How do you say this in Shiqi (Guan Jing's word "天"?"

Guan Jing said: "Since Dong Zhuo's demise, the Han Dynasty has been in name only. Today, the heroes are rising together, which is a great opportunity to conquer cities and expand their strength. Jizhou has a fertile land and a large population. It is the richest state among the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. If the lord can conquer Jizhou, why worry about the great cause?"

Gongsun Zan said: "The intention of a scholar to rise, will we send troops this time?"

"Yes." Guan Jing nodded, "The lord can take this opportunity to take Jizhou first, and then turn around and slowly plan for Bingzhou. In this way, the north can be settled."

At the foot of Jiluo Mountain, the horse leaped into the camp.

Zhou Cang strode into the tent of Ma Yuezhong Army and said, "Lord, the major general has taken five hundred cavalry to the Beihai."

"Beihai?" Ma Yue's expression moved and said in a calm voice, "Build the old camp of Luoluo tribe?"

"Yeah." Zhou Cang nodded and said with concern, "These five hundred cavalry, like the major general, are still half-aged children in their teens, the oldest one is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and they have never really been on the battlefield before coming here. There is so much danger here. Shouldn't people be sent to intercept them?"

[Ma Yue took great pains to cultivate Ma Chao. Not only did Dian Wei and Xu Chu teach him martial arts, Ju Su and Jia Xu teach him military skills, but he also specially recruited a 500-man cavalry from the Qin Hu boy for Ma Chao to practice formations and tactics. This time Ma Chao went with the army, and this cavalry also went with him.]

"No!" Ma Yue refused flatly, "If you really recover these five hundred cavalrymen like this, this cavalry and Ma Chao will be destroyed!"

Zhou Cang said worriedly: "If such a lonely rider can penetrate deep into the heart of Xianbei, the consequences will be unpredictable."

"It's okay." Ma Yue said in a narrow voice, "Although Ma Chao is young, he is familiar with military books and proficient in military tactics. These five hundred cavalry are well-trained. As long as you don't meet a large group of Xianbei cavalry, there should be no surprises! Our army has been deeply rooted in the heart of Xianbei for thousands of miles, and the Xianbei divisions must have been alarmed. Now the Xianbei people's attention has been focused on the main force of our army. Ma Chao's five hundred cavalry may really win by surprise."
Chapter completed!