Outside the Chen army camp, dense soldiers formed a phalanx and waited for the battle.

In the distance, a torrent came from far to near, and stopped at the position of a stone's throw, and the first person was Ma Chao.

Ma Chao is still dressed in white armor, with a gorgeous brocade robe behind him, but now there are many fine sand grains attached to it, and the brocade robe has lost its due luster.

Rao is like this, when Ma Chao stands at the front of the army, it is still like a majestic mountain, giving people an extremely heavy sense of oppression.

The wind is howling, the yellow sand is all over the sky, the flags are fluttering, and at the junction of an oasis and a desert, a great war is ready to start.

Chen Jing has Fan Chou on the left, Yang Ding on the right, Yang Qiu and Ma Play respectively commanding a group of people and horses, and they are responding in the back.

The shield was erected, the spear was like a forest, and under the reflection of the sun, the cold rays were reflected into the sky, and the aura of slaughter came to the face.

Chen Jing rode on the war horse, pointed at Ma Chao with a long sword, and shouted: "Meng Qi and I are dating and hunting here, but why do you want to put up such a battle? ”

The Qiang people were shocked when they heard this, and they all set their eyes on Ma Chao.

They had been pitted by Yan Xing badly enough, and they were now very sensitive to the collusion between their own people and the government.

Therefore, after hearing Chen Jing's words, everyone had a trace of vigilance in their hearts.

Ma Chao laughed a few times unhurriedly, and then said jokingly: "If you lead the troops to retreat into the city, I still can't bear you." ”

"Today, you have a plan to lead the troops in the desert, but you are seeking your own death, I just cut off your head, so as to avenge those Qiang compatriots who died tragically."

Chen Jing's face was grim, and he scolded: "The Ma clan has been a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty in the past dynasties, but after you are a general of Fubo, you led the Qiang people to invade the border and committed this great rebellion, which is disloyal. ”

"Your father is an official in the court, but you are willing to be a lackey of the Qiang people, forgetting your ancestors, and being shameless, this is unfilial."

"It is unkind for you to lead the Qiang people on the march to meet the living people, men, women, and children, all of whom are cruelly slaughtered."

"The brothers of the Ru family are all in Pusaka and are controlled by others, but you don't care about their life and death, and insist on opposing the court, which is unjust."

"What face is you, you unfaithful, unfilial, unkind, and unrighteous, born in heaven and earth? If I were you, I would have been ashamed and embarrassed, and I would kill myself here and now! ”

Today, Chen Jing looks at Ma Chao's posture and already knows that he will never fulfill his promise.

In this case, Chen Jing didn't give Ma Chao face, and directly scolded him to the point of blood. Vaguely, Ma Chao's father and brother were also mentioned, and the threat was self-evident.

Ma Chao was furious when he heard this, and he wanted to lead his troops forward to rush forward, but was stopped by the military advisor next to him.

If it were the past, no one would be able to stop the angry Ma Chao, but Ma Mengqi has experienced several failures, and his temper has been reined in a lot.

Especially after being captured by Song Jian, the king of Qiang, Ma Chao learned a lot of things during that period of time under the fence, and gradually knew how to accept advice.

Seeing that the military advisor under his command had something to say, Ma Chao had to hold back the anger in his heart and motioned for him to speak quickly.

The military advisor smiled, then took two steps forward and shouted: "I heard that General Chen Jing was in the desert and had slaughtered many tribes, how dare you accuse my lord of being unkind?" ”

"The Qiang people have long been submitted to the Han Dynasty, how can they be alien? My lord led the Qiang people eastward, not for his own selfishness, but really for the sake of the Han Dynasty! ”

Speaking of this, the military advisor took out an edict from his body, swayed it in the air and said: "Your Majesty is not angry that the thief monopolizes power and controls the government, so he ordered my lord to go to King Qin with a secret edict." ”

"For the sake of the common people in the world and the luck of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, even if he knows that his father and brother are hostages in Pusaka, he can only tearfully lead the troops eastward, how can it be regarded as disloyalty, unfilial piety, and injustice?"

The military advisor sneered a few times, and then showed the secret edict, although Chen Jing couldn't see the content clearly from too far away, but his heart sank.

The soldiers behind him also had a slight commotion when they heard this.

Chen Jing calmed down for a moment and scolded: "Your Majesty is suitable for the generals and ministers, how can he give you a secret decree?" You and other traitors dare to forge the holy decree, which is really audacious. ”

"Ma'er, if you dismount and surrender today, for the sake of General Fubo and your father's face, you can still spare you from dying."

"If not, this is the place where you bury your bones!"

Ma Chao was very happy when he heard the military advisor's rebuttal, but when he saw Chen Jing so arrogant, he was immediately furious.

He pointed the spear in his hand at the sky and shouted: "Kill! ”

"Boom!"

The war horse galloped, rushing into the oasis from the desert, trampling a large piece of grass into powder, and Meng Qi rushed forward first.

Seeing this, Chen Jing sneered again and again, and ordered the troops to be ready for battle.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The cavalrymen who had just charged suddenly fell to the ground one after another, throwing off all the knights on horseback.

The horses behind continued to charge, and many Qiang knights who fell to the ground were trampled to death.

"Trapped!"

Ma Chao was shocked and angry when he saw this, and couldn't help but shout angrily.

The trap is particularly lethal for the charging war horse, and a small pit can destroy a cavalry.

Ma Chao used to lead the cavalry to charge, either in the desert, which is not suitable for digging horse pits, or in a sudden attack, the enemy army had no time to dig horse pits.

Therefore, the Qiang cavalry, which attacked rashly, was caught off guard and turned on their backs.

Ma Chao, who was angry, suddenly felt that the war horse under his crotch stumbled, and the horse's hooves actually fell into the horse pit.

The horse couldn't stop at all when it was galloping, and the horse's leg was actually broken.

"Poof!"

Even if the war horse under Ma Chao's crotch is a super mount that is one in a million, but in this case, he can only let out a sad roar, and then fell to the ground with a bang.

Fortunately, Ma Chao was extremely brave, and at the moment before the war horse was about to fall to the ground, he actually jumped up like a big peng spreading his wings and jumped on top of another galloping war horse.

Then he easily threw the knight on the horse to the ground.

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

One after another war horses fell to the ground, Ma Chao couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, he didn't expect that this short distance would become a nightmare for the cavalry.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"

Ma Chao didn't want to have any more unnecessary casualties, slowed down the speed of his horse, raised the spear in his hand and shouted loudly.

The Qiang cavalry also knew the power of trapping the horse pit, and there was already a trace of cowardice in their hearts, and after hearing Ma Chao's shout, they rushed to turn the horse's head.

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

Rao is like this, on the way to retreat, many horses of the Qiang cavalry still fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the cavalry had slowed down, and some of the horses still had a chance to survive under the control of the knights, even if they suddenly stepped on their hooves.

Chen Jing looked at the Qiang cavalry who had not yet charged half the way, and hurriedly returned, and couldn't help but sigh regretfully.

Don't look at this journey, there is only one stone's throw away, but the more you get to the front, the more you sink into the horse pit, but this distance is enough for the Qiang cavalry to drink a pot.

After all, it costs almost nothing to dig a horse pit, just dig a small pit and disguise it.

"It's a shame."

Chen Jing looked at the mourning horses on the ground with great interest, as well as the many wailing knights, and muttered, "I haven't ordered archery yet." ”

Fan Chou also had a smile on his face, and said to Chen Jing: "Envoy, that horse is also acquainted, and he didn't slow down the speed of the war horse to charge, otherwise, hehe......"

The faster the running horse, the greater the possibility of falling into the dismount pit and getting injured. On the contrary, as long as Ma Chao allowed the cavalry to advance slowly, it was not possible to minimize the lethality of the horse pit.

In fact, this is also one of the drawbacks of this kind of trapping.

In fact, these pits that Chen Jing asked people to dig are not horse traps to be precise, they can only be called horse traps.

The real trap is five feet long, one foot wide, and three feet deep, and the antlers, guns, and bamboo sticks are buried in the pit. Its pit is connected like a sub-character, like a hook, covered with grass and fine dust, and the military city barracks are all set up.

If the cavalry encountered such a trap during the march, even men and horses would fall into it, and then they would be killed by antlers, spears, and bamboo sticks.

On the other hand, the Cave is much less lethal and will only be effective against charging cavalry.

But Chen Jing has now dug a lot of horse traps, and their effects are completely better than the real horse traps.

Although Ma Chao can slow down the cavalry to move forward, in this way, it will lose its powerful impact.

The cavalry has no impact, what kind of cavalry is it?

Without speed, the cavalry will be like a lamb to the slaughter when faced with a phalanx of infantry with shields and spears.

Ma Chao's use of cavalry can definitely be regarded as superb, how can he not understand this kind of thing?

That's why he let the charging cavalry turn around and retreat.

And Ma Chao's retreat also brought the first confrontation with the representatives, which ended in the defeat of the Qiang cavalry, which was not a big blow to their morale.

However, the lesser of two evils, Ma Chao can only choose this at this time.

Yang Ding looked at the swords, shields, spears, and crossbowmen who were waiting for him, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh for a while.

Ma Chao had already led the cavalry at this time and completely evacuated the range of the cave.

He turned his head away, ignoring the Qiang knights who were wailing on the ground, and looked slightly gloomily at his mournful mount.

"Damn!"

Ma Chao's face sank like water, and he looked gloomily at the Chen military array waiting in the distance, but he could only take a deep breath and calm down his anger.

"Archers, point shot!"

Chen Jing ignored Ma Chao's eyes and gave an order to the archers behind him.

The crowd took notice and aimed at the wounded knights who were wailing on the ground, and one arrow after another burst through the air, ruthlessly taking their lives.

Chen Jing was in high spirits and shouted: "It is said that the Qiang people worship Ma Chao as the general of Shenweitian, and today's view is nothing more than that!" ”

"Hahaha!"

When the soldiers behind Chen Jing heard this, they were all extremely cooperative and laughed loudly.

Ma Chao laughed angrily, and decisively gave the order to retreat, even though the Qiang people were extremely angry, they did not dare to disobey Ma Chao's order and slowly retreated.

Seeing this, Chen Jing did not lead the troops to pursue, but just asked the corpses of the Qiang people to be disposed of, and then dragged the war horses with broken hooves back to the camp, and made them into broth after peeling them.

Although horse meat is very nutritious, it has a hint of sweetness and sourness, and in this era of lack of seasoning, the taste is not good.

However, during this time, the birds were about to fade out of the mouths of the dry food, so even if the taste of the horse meat was slightly unsatisfactory, everyone ate it with relish.

That night, Chen Jing let his subordinates carnival to their heart's content, and everyone pushed the cups and changed the lamps, and tossed until the second half of the night before slowly falling asleep.

At this time, Ma Chao led a team of infantry and quietly touched the outside of Chen's camp.

"Hmph, Chen Jing's guy has no experience in leading troops to fight after all, and he was so lax in a small victory just now, God really helped me."

After Ma Chao's initial battle was unfavorable and led the troops to retreat, he always felt depressed and unsettled.

When the scout heard the news that Chen Jun had started to carnival, Ma Chao was immediately overjoyed and set up a plan to come to rob the camp.

If the person leading the troops this time was Chen Xu, or the rest of the famous generals in Guanzhong, Ma Chao would not dare to come to rob the camp easily.

But in the face of Chen Jing, Ma Chao didn't have much worry.

In order to prevent the whereabouts of being exposed due to too many people, Ma Chao only led a thousand infantry to rob the camp this time, and everyone looked at the very lax defense of the camp, and they were all happy.

"Remove the antlers and rush into the camp!"

Everyone touched the side of the camp all the way, and the lax guard of Sergeant Chen did not notice the slightest movement, and Ma Chao gave the order very resolutely.

These thousand foot soldiers are the elites carefully selected by Ma Chao, many of them are blonde and blue-eyed, and their bodies are extremely strong.

These people were heavily armored and armed with spears, but they all looked stunning.

During the day, it was only the Qiang cavalry, and it was also Ma Chao's tentative attack, and this army of blonde and blue-eyed people did not appear at all.

It wasn't until tonight that Ma Chao used them.

When Ma Chao led the 1,000 people to kill in, he began to set fire everywhere, and the fire in the camp was in full swing for a while, and the sound of killing was everywhere.

"Oops, the camp is empty!"

Someone split the tent, but found it empty, and was immediately shocked.

Ma Chao knew that he had been tricked, and hurriedly shouted: "Retreat, retreat, retreat quickly!" ”

"Kill!"

At this moment, several armies rushed from all directions, and actually surrounded the 1,000 people led by Ma Chao.

Surrounded by soldiers, Chen Jing walked in the center of the army, and the firelight shone on his face, revealing a handsome face.

With a sharp sword pointing at Ma Chao, Chen Jing shouted: "I have a plan among the horses, why don't you get off the horse and surrender?" ”

Fan Chou and others also shouted: "If you don't fall at this time, when will you wait!" ”

Ma Chao was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Dirt and tile dog, what a way, look at me breaking it!" ”

After finishing speaking, he actually roared angrily and led his corporal to kill Chen Jing directly, and those blonde and blue-eyed people who followed behind Ma Chao were not afraid at all.

"Is he dying?"

In everyone's hearts, they were extremely puzzled at this time.

Chen Jing sneered twice and said, "The trapped beast is still fighting, and I don't know whether I am alive or dead!" ”