Chapter 319: Bloody Battle with Qingniu Pass

Han De reached out to wipe the wind and frost on his face and said to Ma Yue: "Marquis Liang, although the Major General has intercepted the emperor and all officials, he has been blocked by nearly 10,000 elite troops in the Qingniu Pass. He cannot advance or retreat. Moreover, the Wu army has an advantage of more than ten times the strength, and the situation is very bad."

"ah?"

"It turns out to be like this?"

“It’s bad now.”

As Han De finished speaking, the generals in the tent changed in fear.

Ma Yue's face suddenly became gloomy and he asked, "Where is Xu Chu's three thousand iron armor?"

Han Dedao: "General Xu Chu's three thousand iron cavalry have arrived at Qingniu Pass, but they were blocked by a Wu army and could not meet with the major general. The terrain of Qingniu Pass is steep and the mountain road is narrow, which is not conducive to cavalry fighting. General Xu Chu led his army to attack several times but failed to break through the defense of the Wu army!"

Ma Yue's face became more gloomy and he was speechless for a while.

A general whispered: "It seems that if the army is not sent to reinforce, this battle will be difficult to fight."

Immediately, a general retorted: "The Qingniu Pass is far away from Runan and the junction of Lujiang River, and is seven or eight hundred miles away from Xuchang. Now it is too late to transfer the army to reinforce. If a cavalry is sent to send lightly to the rescue, it may be possible to reach the Qingniu Pass before the arrival of the Eastern Wu army."

The atmosphere in the tent was a bit solemn. Han De raised his courage and continued: "Mr. Liang, the major general has killed Sun Jian's eldest son Sun Ce, and has also seriously injured Zhou Yu, the commander of the Eastern Wu naval army. Before leaving, Mr. Fa Zheng repeatedly reminded the villain that Sun Jian suddenly suffered the pain of losing his son, and that all the Eastern Wu army would come to take revenge. The emperor, all officials, the major general and more than 3,000 Liang army soldiers are already in danger. Please send troops to rescue quickly!"

"oh?"

"The Major General actually killed Sun Ce?"

"Sun Ce is called Xiao Ba Wang, and he is also a tiger general."

"Who said no, but if he meets the Major General, he will be unlucky."

As Han De said this, the generals in the tent began to whisper and their expressions were full of excitement.

"Lord." Jia Xu took two steps forward and clasped his fists and said, "That's right to raise troops as soon as possible. Otherwise, not only the emperor, but all officials will lose again. I'm afraid even the Major General and General Xu Chu will be in danger! The Major General is the leader of the Liang army. If there is a mistake, the morale will be greatly damaged by the morale of the army!"

Ma Yue's face was gloomy and he began to pace back and forth in the tent with his hands on his back.

This is another difficult choice. Should I leave Cao Cao to death completely, or raise an army to rescue Ma Chao?

Ma Yue regarded Cao Cao as a big concern, and his fear of Cao Cao had reached a point of almost neuroticism. The saying "I have to see people in my life, and I have to see dead bodies even when I die." This shows how much Ma Yue is afraid of Cao Cao! But the gains and losses of the emperor are equally important, especially Ma Chao, who has to save him. Ma Yue would never watch Ma Chao die in Qingniu Pass in battle.

It is definitely not the style of Liangzhou Legion, nor is it the style of Ma Butcher!

General Gao Shun took a step forward and said solemnly with one hand in his chest: "Lord, although he is relieved to lead the army south, the siege of Xuchang has been completed, and Cao's army is no longer able to turn the world back. The last general only needs 20,000 elite troops from the headquarters to trap Cao Cao in the city. If the matter is defeated, the last general is willing to accept the military law."

Ma Yue couldn't help but look at him sideways.

Gao Shun is a steady person and never speaks arrogantly, but as long as he says, he can do it! Ma Yue has always been very relieved about Gao Shun. Gao Shun feels like a mountain, which is usually not eye-catching in the nest. It looks just a big lump of soil, but when it is needed, it is an insurmountable pass in front of the enemy!

The generals held their breath and focused their eyes on Ma Yue. The tent was so quiet that it was suffocating. Only the sound of the call outside the tent could be heard clearly. It seemed that after a long time and a moment, Ma Yue suddenly turned around and said in a deep voice: "Where is Ma Dai?"

Ma Dai stepped forward quickly and replied with his fist, "I'm here, what are my instructions?"

Ma Yue said: "Lead five thousand iron cavalry as the vanguard, advance lightly, and head straight to Qingniu Pass!"

"Abide by the order!"

Ma Dai agreed and went there excitedly.

Ma Yue's eyes flashed and said, "Where is Gan Ning?"

Gan Ning flashed forward and replied sternly: "The last one is here!"

Ma Yue said: "The navy soldiers are all from the south. They are more accustomed to the climate of the south than the Xiliang soldiers and are more accustomed to the mountain fighting. This battle with the Wu army was not a battle with the enemy in the plains, but a fierce battle among the mountains and ridges. Therefore, the general's 10,000 naval troops will be the main force. The so-called health preservation for thousands of days, and the use of troops from time to time depends on the performance of the navy!"

Gan Ning said passionately: "Please rest assured, the navy will never be humiliated."

"Yes." Ma Yue nodded, "In order to speed up the march, Gu decided to transfer 20,000 war horses from the cavalry to the navy. The general immediately led the navy to take the horse south. It is necessary to rush to the Qingniu Pass before Sun Jian's army arrived, and rescue the emperor, officials and trapped Xiliang soldiers at all costs!"

"The last general takes the order" Gan Ning said loudly, "Even if the navy is dead, the last general is left, he will swear to rescue the major general to the death and welcome the emperor and all officials back!"

Ma Yue said to Xu Huang again: "General Xu Huang!"

Xu Huang stepped forward quickly, clasped his fists and said, "The last one will be there."

Ma Yue said: "Lead three thousand iron cavalry guards to transport military rations. He must transport them to the Qingniu Pass before the vanguard iron cavalry and navy soldiers carry dry food with them. There must be no mistakes!"

Xu Huang said: "The last general takes the order!"

Ma Yue let out a long breath and slowly turned his head to look at Jia Xu.

Before Ma Yue could speak, Jia Xu had already said first: "Lord, this battle is of great importance, and our army's troops are rushing far away, so it is unlikely that it will last if we cannot provide food and supplies. The Wu army is waiting for it and fighting at home. The prospects of our army are not optimistic. At this time of crisis, we should follow our lord together."

Ma Yue originally wanted to keep Jia Xu and help Gao Shun, but when Jia Xu said this, he nodded in permission. After all, Cao Cao was the most threat to Ma Yue, but in Jia Xu's opinion, Ma Yue's safety was the heaviest. It was indeed unpredictable to welcome the emperor at the Qingniu Pass. He was like a butcher who had experienced many battles and dared not speak out to win.

In this situation, Jia Xu, as the military advisor, certainly would not be relieved that Ma Yue would lead the army alone.

Ma Yue had no choice but to turn his eyes to Li Su and said, "Zi Yan."

Li Su went out and clasped his fists and said, "Lord."

Ma Yue reminded: "The three armies were in the decisive victory in the two armies. Yuan He (Gao Shunbiao) was not inferior to Cao Cao. He set up a trick to make plans. Yuan He was not as good as Cao Cao. After Gu and his military advisor led the army to leave, he should be devoted to assisting Yuan He, be careful to fight the enemy, and never let Cao Cao succeed in his tricks, resulting in failure."

[Ma Butcher Ma is short of a master, and Li Su is a lobbyist who is used as a military advisor.]

Li Su bowed and said solemnly: "Dare not obeying orders."

Then Ma Yue said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe and Gu Sui's soldiers set out to fight together."

Jia Xu said: "Xu receives the order."

Ten days later.

The last day of the tenth year of Jian'an (197) of Emperor Xian of Han finally passed, and time quietly came to the spring of the eleventh year of Jian'an. The weather was not good, and the land of Runan ushered in another heavy snow. The heavy snow severely slowed down the marching speed of the Liangzhou Legion. The direct consequence was that Sun Jian's Eastern Wu army rushed to Qingniu Pass one day ahead of the Liangzhou army that Ma Yue.

Outside the Qingniu Pass, Pan Zhang’s military camp.

Hearing that Sun Jian personally led a large army, Pan Zhang hurriedly led the lieutenant general out of the gate to greet him. When he saw Sun Jian walking from afar, Pan Zhang and the lieutenant general were dismounted, kneeled down on the snow, and cried, "Lord, the general is incompetent, failed to protect the young master, the general deserves to die~~"

To be honest, Pan Zhang, as a general of the army, did bear unshirkable responsibility for Sun Ce's death in battle. It would be no exaggeration to Sun Jian kill him because of this. However, Sun Jian is also a hero of a generation, and his demeanor and tolerance are by no means inferior to the other two heroes of the world. He also got out of the saddle and got up to help Pan Zhang and others up one by one.

"Wen Gui (Pan Zhang's name is called "Address") please come up, and all the generals please come up."

Sun Jian's expression was as iron as iron, but his tone revealed unreserved trust and tolerance: "Bo Fu's death is God's will, what does it have to do with all the generals?"

"Master!" Pan Zhang burst into tears and said for a while, "Please don't worry, lord, I will kill Ma Chao, and avenge his bloody hatred for the young master."

"Okay!" Sun Jian patted Pan Zhang's shoulder heavily and said in a voice, "The general is working hard to kill the enemy in front, and he is alone in the back formation to beat the drum for you!"

Sun Jian was eager to take revenge and was unwilling to rest for one day and wait for the next day before launching an attack.

Pan Zhang's face twitched violently, and he suddenly turned around and shouted at the dozens of Shanyue Generals behind him, "Beat the drum and beat the soldiers, prepare to fight~~"

"Woooooooooooooo~~"

The long and long sound of the horn suddenly echoed through the valley, like a golden sword and an iron horse, and the tragic aura of killing gradually rose with the sound of the horn.

At the pass, Ma Chao's military camp.

"Are you finally coming?"

Ma Chao held the handguard and the five fingers of the right hand of the guard, suddenly clenched. With a click, the hardwood as thick as a bowl was crushed like a cucumber by Ma Chao.

Fa Zheng tightened his hands that were plaguing his sleeves, softly blew off the snow that fell on the torn cotton jacket, and said calmly: "It's almost time to come."

“Woooooooooooo…”

As Fa Zheng finished speaking, the endless sound of horns sounded in the Wu army camp north of the pass, and then the Liang army camp and the three Cao army camps on the north side also sounded in the sound of horns. In less than a moment, the horns sounded in the valley on the northern foot of the pass, resounding through the sky.

"Xiaozhi." Ma Chao turned his head and looked at Fa Zheng, and said in a narrow voice, "I am responsible for the defense in the south, and I will leave the Wu army in the north to you!"

Fa Zheng said, "Although I can't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, I have the strength to cheer for the soldiers."

"Hahaha." Ma Chao smiled three times at the sky, turned around and shouted to the personal soldiers behind him, "Order, blow the trumpet and call the soldiers!"

In Xu Chu's camp, three thousand iron cavalry have been assembled.

Xu Chu wore heavy armor and stepped onto the mount majestic, raising his arms and shouting: "Brothers, since the lord formed the heavy armored iron cavalry, we have been invincible in the battle! The Han official army is so majestic, right? So what about the Xianbei iron cavalry? The twenty-three Guandong coalition forces are even more unimpressive. How many enemies have fallen under our iron hooves. Today, we will let the group of Jiangdong dogs on the opposite side experience what is the real elite and what is the real iron armored cavalry!"

This is completely a butcher-style pre-war mobilization!

Xu Chu was dull by nature, not good at tricks, and was not good at commanding the three armies. However, after studying hard, he learned the story of the horse butcher boosting morale. Compared with the horse butcher, he was of course a little less powerful, but it was enough to arouse the fierce murderous aura of the three thousand iron cavalry.

"The Major General's 800 cavalry are right in front of them. They are facing the north-south attack of nearly 10,000 elite Wu troops. The situation is critical. We must not watch the Major General fall into a desperate situation. Brothers, take up your courage. Even if you hit the war horse, even if you use your head to push it, you will smash the Wu army's camp and flatten it!"

"Ao~"

"Ao~"

"Ao~"

The three thousand iron cavalry slapped their breastplate madly with the back of the sword, and howled like a wolf. The scorching murderous intent had already ignited in the eyes of every iron cavalry soldier like a fire. They were like three thousand prairie wolfs that smelled the smell of blood, and had opened their bloody mouths, revealing their cold fangs.

"Clam!"

Xu Chu gently pulled down the face mask on the iron helmet, and then looked back at Chen Dao and said, "General Chen Dao, from now on, you will be the leader of the cavalry. This general leads 500 heavy armor as the vanguard. After the heavy armored iron cavalry breaks into the camp, he will lead the large number of cavalry into the Wu army's camp and break through the Wu army's block at all costs. Even if you are the only one left in the end, you must rush to the pass to join the major general!"

Chen Dao clasped his fists and said, "The last general will take the order!"

To the north of Qingniu Pass, Taishi Ci Camp.

Taishici called the two deputy generals to the front and ordered in a deep voice: "The lord has personally led the army to the south of the pass, and our army's attack on Qingniu Pass is about to begin. This general is determined to lead two thousand elite infantry to attack the pass from the northern foothills to cooperate with the lord's army's offensive. After this general leads the army to attack, the Liang army cavalry behind him will take advantage of the situation to attack. You must block the fierce attack of the Liang army cavalry at all costs. Before the Liang army at the pass is completely wiped out, you will never let Liang army come over!"

The two generals clasped their fists and said, "Please rest assured, the last general will be sure to be unwilling to do so."
To be continued...