Gojogahara.

The confrontation between the two armies has been going on for some time, and both sides can't help but feel a little anxious, and both want to be the first to break the deadlock and make a breakthrough in stages, so they both start some mutual tentative attacks.

This kind of tentative attack is mostly left to the cavalry to complete, because only they can carry out various large-angle maneuvers more quickly, and seek the best attack opportunity in the pull.

But not every cavalry attack has good luck......

As the morning sun rose, Ma Chao led three hundred cavalry to patrol and cruise along Weishui.

Although the water potential of Weishui is relatively large now, it does not mean that you can't cross the river, and the creature of the war horse is born to swim, as long as the water is not too turbulent, the war horse can even take people to swim across the river surface that is not wide, of course, it is not possible to ride, but you can hold the horse rope, so patrolling back and forth along the Weishui has become a necessary measure to prevent the enemy from sneaking around the back.

Ma Chao is only 16 years old this year, which is the age when people feel the most youthful. Now Ma Chao's face has just taken off his immaturity, but it has not yet reached the bottom of maturity, his spirit is flying, and he is full of vitality between his expectations, perhaps because he is a little bored, and he is holding a spear and waving it on the horse's back.

The spear used by Ma Chao seems to be the same as that of Ma Yan's family, which is a bit like a short sword with a long handle, with a longer and flatter blade, which is conducive to cutting, but it is not very easy to use the "piercing" style, because once the flat and long blade is pierced into a hard object, it is more difficult to pull out, and once the angle of force is wrong, it is easy to damage the blade, so it is also a more peculiar and difficult to use type of spear.

But Ma Chao seems to be very used to it, and even has a little bit of love in his expression.

This spear is a birthday gift from his father Ma Teng just given to him this year, and it also represents the recognition that Ma Chao is exactly what it means to become a general. Under the wielding of the finely carved spear, the shape of the winged Vermilion Bird is outlined at the position of the spear with gold and silver threads under the blade, and it is shining in the sun, as if it is about to flutter its wings and fly, just like Ma Chao's current mood. For so many years, he had hoped that he would be able to command his troops like his father, coming and going like wind and thunder, and now, he can finally spread his wings and fly high......

"Huh-" Ma Chao lightly pulled the reins, raised his spear, signaled the whole army to stop, and then slowly reined in the war horse.

The war horse slowly stopped, shook his head, swept left and right with his tail a few times, and then shook the fur on his neck, shook the sweat stained on the fur, and snorted a few times of dissatisfaction, as if he was saying to Ma Chao why he stopped not long after he ran, it was really a little unpleasant......

In fact, a war horse is like a child, and when it runs, it is often necessary to have fun, and it is not too enjoyable not to be exhausted.

Ma Chao habitually bent down and patted the neck of the war horse, calming the little emotions of the war horse, the war horse likes to run, but as a rider, he must always maintain the physical strength of the war horse, and he can't use it excessively. Ma Chao played on horseback with his father when he was a child, and although there was nothing in writing about the cavalry, Ma Chao still learned a lot from his father.

Suddenly, Ma Chao seemed to see something in front of him, and immediately called two people and asked them to come forward to check.

The two subordinates followed the direction of Ma Chao's fingers, but they didn't see anything, and the two couldn't help but glance at each other, and then walked forward slowly with a suspicious look.

Ma Chao saw it in his eyes, his expression changed slightly, but he didn't say anything. This was the first time he had led the army alone, and it was such an opportunity that he had begged his father for a long time, so these soldiers did not know him, and it was inevitable that they would hesitate to give him orders......

If Ma Chao can't show the qualities that a qualified commander should have, then maybe the next time he will lose the opportunity to lead alone, at least in a short period of time.

The soldiers who went to investigate soon returned, and with a look of surprise, they stepped forward and reported: "Young commander, there are water marks and horseshoe prints in front!" ”

Ma Chao suddenly came to his senses, this time he led the army out alone, but he didn't expect to encounter a situation, such an opportunity must not be missed, and he suddenly waved his hand and led people to the place where he said.

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, this place is just a messy water trail, and there is no name for it, but in the eyes of skilled scouts, they can easily tell that there are actually people crossing the river here......

Thankfully, the sun wasn't strong in the early morning, but even so, in a moment or two, the mark would disappear from the sun.

So it's really Ma Chao's luck.

"Young commander, there are at least three or four hundred horsemen, maybe five hundred horsemen, maybe there will be more......" Because the water trail is gradually drying up and is gradually disappearing, even if it is the experienced personal guard specially sent by Ma Teng to Ma Chao, it is a little impossible to tell how many people have secretly crossed the Weishui and gone around to the rear of Ma Teng and Han Sui.

"Five hundred ......horsemen" Ma Chao sat on the horseback, looked at the surrounding terrain, and then looked in the direction where the water trails disappeared, frowning.

In the Han Dynasty, as the commander of the troops in the field, there was no GPS locator or the like, not even a compass, everything was carried out by experience, memory, and personal judgment.

Ma Chao needs to quickly combine the terrain here with the impression in his mind, and then judge where these cavalry will go in the approximate direction of hiding......

First of all, one thing is for sure, it will never hide too far, because if you run too far, you will lose its strategic significance, so you must repair in which river valley, either to prepare for the next ambush, or to cooperate with the soldiers on the Wuzhang Plains to carry out surprise operations.

So now we must find this cavalry as soon as possible!

Ma Chao's personal guard said half-asking, half-suggesting: "...... Young Commander, we are ...... now Do you want to return to the army first and report to the commander before making a decision? ”

The cavalry fought around the rear road, although they carried rations, but it must not last, so it can basically be judged that the Xiliang soldiers in Wuzhangyuan must have made some moves in the past two days, so it is reasonable to immediately return to the army and inform Ma Teng and Han Sui in the camp.

And Ma Teng asked Ma Chao to lead the army, but he only asked Ma Chao to patrol the river to investigate and check the situation on the back road, and did not ask Ma Chao to fight, not as a last resort, who would ask a sixteen-year-old child to go to the battlefield under the condition of sufficient preparation?

But Ma Chao didn't think so.

After thinking for a while, Ma Chao found two people and ordered them to return to the camp to report such a discovery, and then turned to the guards and said: "You take fifty horsemen and find a place around to hide, since you can cross here once, you can also cross the second time...... If there is a large group of men and horses crossing the river, you will send someone to report to the commander, if it is a small group of people and horses, you can intercept and kill, and kill them! ”

"Yui!" Seeing that Ma Chao was reasonable, the guard agreed loudly, then hesitated for a moment and said, "...... So little to rule you......"

Ma Chao looked up to the sky and smiled, "Haha, so-and-so...... Naturally, I want to meet this group of guys! ”

Without waiting for the guards to react, he turned the horse's head and traced it in the direction of the water......

"Young Commander! Less Commander! The guards hurriedly shouted twice, and when they saw Ma Chao walking forward without looking back, they were a little helpless while arranging for people to hide nearby, while chasing Ma Chao with the rest of the people.

In a valley, Li Li was sitting against the stone wall, straightened his legs, lightly beat his hands a few times, and hummed comfortably.

This time, he took four hundred cavalry to bypass the rear of Wuzhangyuan, just to solve the big trouble of Ma Teng and Han Sui's coalition army.

Although four hundred cavalry is not much, if it appears in the rear of Ma Teng and Han Sui at an important moment and launches a round of surprise attacks, this effect will already be very deadly.

In order to hide their bodies and not be discovered by the troops of Ma Teng and Han Sui on the other side of Weishui, Li Li and they went out day and night, in order not to let the smoke and dust of the march be discovered by the scouts of the other party, and not to expose their bodies as much as possible, for the sake of safety, they did not even dare to make a fire at will, only in this kind of valley terrain, surrounded by all sides, they would stop and rest for a while, make a fire and make some hot rice and soup to eat.

Li Li is Li Dao's clan, if calculated according to the blood relationship of relatives, Li Dao is Li Li's uncle, but there is not much difference in age, Li Li is about two or three years older than Li Dao......

But the uncle is still the uncle, and the elders are also the elders, so no matter what Li Li thinks in his heart, he still has to do a good job as a junior in front of Li Wei.

This time he came to Wuzhangyuan, Li Liyuan thought that he could show his strength and finally lead the army alone, but the reality was that Li Dao asked him to be just Fan Chou's deputy general......

Adjutant general.

There is only one main general in the first army, and the deputy general, hehe......

Therefore, when he got this opportunity to lead the army alone, Li Li was really overjoyed, you know, if this battle goes well, then he may no longer be the deputy general of a force, and will always have the right to lead the troops only when the main general is dispatched, but will really become a general with a personal guard and the right to command the army!

The surrounding soldiers didn't care what Li Li thought, crossed the river in the middle of the night, crossed the shore before dawn came, and found this hidden valley, whether it was a man or a horse, they were a little tired enough, especially a wet clothes, always had to take off to dry or dry, so in the valley, there were a lot of bonfires, although there were simple sheds built with branches to cover the smoke of the bonfire, but as soon as the fire was more, the smoke and dust slowly increased, although it was not obvious at firstHowever, over time, this fast smoke became significantly heavier than in other places.

Just as Li Li was thinking about it, the soldiers in charge of the lookout rushed over and shouted hoarsely: "Cavalry! Cavalry! ”

Li Li shuddered, quickly jumped up, and said, "What cavalry?" Where did the cavalry come from?! How many came? ”

The soldier on duty pointed his hand to the outside of the valley, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said: "Many, many, cavalry from afar!" ”

"Lao Tzu knows that the cavalry is coming!" Li Li almost scolded, "I'm asking how many of you came?!" ”

The soldier rolled his eyes: "This...... No...... I don't know ......."

"You shit!" Li Li couldn't help it, and kicked the soldier to the ground, and then shouted, "It's all there, hurry up!" Get ready for battle! ”

The other soldiers who were waiting around the pot to eat, and the inquiry couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly grabbed the weapons and grabbed the horses, and the horses were in a mess for a while, although they were veterans of the battle, but they suddenly encountered such a situation in a hurry, and they were still a little flustered, and they didn't know how many pots and stoves they had kicked over in a hurry, so they barely lined up.

But they were still slow after all, and when they were just lined up and were about to rush out of the valley, they heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the valley, and the other party had already arrived near the valley......

Li Li suddenly hesitated, he didn't know how many people there were on the other side, if he rushed out so rashly, and Ma Su couldn't lift it, then ......

Just when Li Li wanted to determine the number of cavalry coming from the opposite side, the men and horses outside the valley had already lit a lot of rockets, and they shot at the position of the valley mouth, and threw out some hay and firewood that they didn't know where they picked up, crumpled them into a ball and lit them and threw them in, and even stuffed some horse manure into these hay balls, which not only splashed sparks everywhere, but also emitted a lot of smoke!

When Li Li chose this valley at the beginning, he took a fancy to the concealment of this valley, if it wasn't for the fact that there were more bonfires lit, which led to exposure, otherwise it would not be easy to find this valley, but now this hidden advantage has become a nightmare for Li Li and others.

The burning ball of horse dung emitted a disgusting smoke, and suddenly the smoke billowed from the valley, making it difficult for people and horses to breathe......

"Ahem! Rush! Rush...... Ahem...... Rush out! Li Li saw that the momentum was not good, and he didn't care about anything else, so he gave the order to charge.

The soldiers, who had already been smoked unbearably by the thick smoke, heard the order, and rushed towards the valley mouth in a panic, completely losing their formation!

"Damn! Keep...... Ahem...... Protect...... cough, cough, cough, cough ......" Li Li couldn't help but want to shout loudly when he saw this, but he didn't expect that as soon as he took a breath, he was choked by the smoke, and immediately coughed continuously, and he couldn't say anything for a while, let alone issue an order.

The Xiliang cavalry, which had completely lost its formation, had just rushed out of the smoke, and before they could take a deep breath and recover their chaotic vision, they collided head-on with the arrows shot from the opposite side, and immediately blood splashed, and they fell to the ground with a scream......

The Xiliang cavalry who rushed out one after another couldn't see what was going on in front of them at all, and they didn't understand what was under their horses' hooves from time to time.

And Ma Chao, who was standing outside the valley, sat on the back of the horse for a long time, commanding his soldiers to shoot one deadly arrow after another at the shadow of the valley mouth, although it was still such a young face, but it flashed with an inexplicable light, and even his eyes were excited, like a wolf that bit the throat of the prey for the first time and tasted the sweet and sweet taste of blood......