The detailed battle report of the battle with Ma Chao has long been spread in Longxian.

Everyone knows that if it weren't for the horse play not appearing on the battlefield on time, the Xiliang army would not necessarily be completely defeated, and Chen Jing would not necessarily die.

It can be said that Ma Play is the sinner of Liangzhou.

Ma Wan himself also knows this, after the defeat of the Xiliang army, he directly led his soldiers and soldiers to leave the battlefield and return to Anding County.

Anding County used to be a nest for horses, and although he surrendered to Chen Xu for a while, he still has deep roots there.

Fan Chou led the rout to return to Longxian, and wanted to raise troops to fight against Ma Play, but because of Ma Chao's threat and Zhong Xuan's obstruction, he gave up.

Rao is like this, and the generals of Liangzhou still hate horses to the core.

No one thought that Chen Xu not only did not blame Ma Wan, but maintained it.

"Lord!"

Fan Chou's face showed an anxious expression, and he was about to continue to speak, but was interrupted by Chen Xu waving his hand, and said: "General Ma Play has no merit, and this time to conquer Ma Chao, I have to rely on General Ma Play a lot." ”

Ignoring everyone's strange faces, Chen Xu set his eyes on the two of them.

One of these two people is still childish, but his face is very gloomy; The other was about twenty years old and had a fire burning in his eyes.

"Ah Mo, Ah Meng."

After seeing the two of them, Chen Xu thought of Chen Jing who died in battle, and a faint look of pain flashed in his eyes.

Chen Jing's son, Chen Mo, is only 14 years old this year, but he has received higher education since he was a child and is already quite stable.

Li Mengnai is the son of Li Guo, who was raised by Chen Jing in the mansion and treated him like a parent.

Li Meng just happened to be crowned this year, and after learning the news of his adoptive father's killing, he and Chen Mo were all grief-stricken. When Zhao Yun led the crowd into Liangzhou, the two begged to join the army to avenge their father.

Zhao Yun was able to understand the feelings of the two, so he brought them over.

Although Chen Xu had all kinds of words to say to the two, but this place was not the place to speak, and after nodding slightly to the two, Chen Xu led the crowd to the city of Longxian.

As soon as the army settled down, Chen Mo and Li Meng came to ask for a meeting.

After the two saw Chen Xu and Chen Hu, they hurriedly knelt on the ground and said sadly: "Uncle, uncle, I hope you can avenge your father." ”

Both of them had red eyes, sad expressions, gritted teeth, and their hearts were full of hatred.

Looking at Chen Mo's face, which was slightly immature but had a seven-point resemblance to Chen Jing, Chen Xu couldn't help but twitch fiercely in his heart.

Chen Hu had already stepped forward to hug Chen Mo's head, the uncle and nephew cried bitterly, and Chen Hu said with hatred: "If I can't cut Ma Chao's heart and abdomen, what face will I have to live in the world?" ”

……

Although summer is coming, but the horse playing in Linjing, I feel a little chill down my back, and I am restless every day.

In the battle with Ma Chao, Ma Wan thought of Chen Jing's humiliation to him in the past, and couldn't help but be angry, so he deliberately did not lead the troops to rescue.

He originally thought that Guanzhong was besieged by several princes, and Chen Xu himself was a little difficult to protect.

He can also take advantage of this opportunity to gather people to break away from Chen Xu again, occupy Anding County, and become a prince on one side, but it is better than sending people under the fence.

But what Ma Wan didn't expect was that several princes attacked Guanzhong in vain, and the Guanzhong army even took the entire Yizhou like a devastating state.

Now Chen Xu's voice is so powerful that even if he is playing with horses in Anding County, he feels trembling.

In particular, Zhao Yun led the cavalry to Longxian, and the news that Chen Xu would also arrive in Liangzhou soon came, which made Ma Yu even more restless.

On the one hand, Ma Play began to forcibly recruit strong men in Anding County, and on the other hand, he had private contact with Ma Chao.

If something fails, Ma Play is ready to flee Anding County and go to Ma Chao.

After all, both of them are surnamed Ma, and they used to have some friendship, so presumably Ma Chao will also accept him.

"But if you vote for Ma Chao, will it be safe?"

Ma Yu walked back and forth in the county guard's mansion, thinking of Chen Xu's series of brilliant achievements, and felt a strong uneasiness.

"Lord, lord."

At that moment, a cronie ran in, his face full of joy.

Ma Yu was bored, and when he saw the smiling face of his cronies, he immediately said irritably: "What's the matter?" ”

The cronies still said happily: "There is news from Longxian Xizuo, the general is not only not ready to investigate the fault of the lord, but is ready to continue to reuse the lord and raise troops to fight against Ma Chao together. ”

When Ma Yu heard this, he felt very incredulous and asked, "Is that really the case?" ”

The cronies replied, "There can be no mistake. ”

Ma Yu walked around the house with his hands behind his back, and secretly thought, "Although I didn't arrive at the battlefield in time, it wasn't a big deal. ”

"And from the beginning to the end, I did not openly raise the banner of rebellion, and it is not unreasonable that the general did not punish me."

"Besides, I can also be of great use to recruit Ma Chao this time, presumably it is precisely because of this that the general wants to reuse me."

The more I thought about it, the more it made sense, and my face became more and more joyful.

Giving up stability to go to Ma Chao is definitely a next resort, if you don't have to do it, Ma Play doesn't want to do that.

And Ma Yu thinks that now Chen Xu, who has repelled the princes and won Yizhou, is strong, even if Ma Chao escapes to the four counties of Longxi, he will be broken by Chen Xu sooner or later.

"It's a pity, if I had known that the general could have today's momentum, I wouldn't have done it in the first place."

Ma played in his heart, and couldn't help but have a trace of remorse.

He didn't expect that Guanzhong, who was embattled at the beginning, would have a big reversal so quickly.

Otherwise, Ma Yu will definitely not have the guts, and he will not save Chen Jing when he sees death.

"Although the scouts got the news, I can't be unprepared, and as for sending troops to attack Ma Chao, I have to be cautious and repeated."

Ma is still a little scheming, although he has some fantasies in his heart, he will not really be defenseless against Chen Xu.

It's just that the scout heard the news, and it still makes Ma Dong breathe a long sigh of relief.

Two days later, the messenger sent by Chen Xu arrived in Linjing, and Ma Yu did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and received the messenger very warmly.

The messenger said: "The lord knows that the general is a loyal and righteous person, so he specially asked me to come here and grant the general the position of stability and Taishou, hoping that the general can send 2,000 soldiers and horses to assist the lord in attacking Ma Chao." ”

Ma Wan was overjoyed to be appointed, and although Chen Xu asked for 2,000 soldiers, he felt distressed, but it was not unacceptable.

It was only at this point that Ma Yu relaxed his vigilance a little.

The messenger who was hospitable for a while, Ma Yu swore and said: "Your envoy, please rest assured, when the lord sends troops to fight against the traitor Ma Chao, he will definitely send troops to help." ”

When the messenger heard this, he said goodbye to Ma To, saying that he wanted to go back and report the matter to Chen Xu.

Ma Yu repeatedly kept him, but the messenger insisted on leaving, and Ma Yu had no choice but to give the messenger a lot of property, begging him to say something good for Chen Xu to say something good for himself.

For the property given by Ma To, the messenger did not refuse to come, and patted his chest to promise Ma Yu that he would definitely say a few kind words for him in front of the lord.

Not long after the messenger left, another scout reported to Ma Yu: "My lord, the general has led a large army and is on an expedition against Ma Chao. ”

When Ma Yu heard the news, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and smile.

Chen Xu sent troops to attack Ma Chao at this time, which meant that he would not attack him again, and Ma Yu could completely relax his mind.

Yes, the moon is in the sky, and the stars are all over the sky.

Even though Linjing is more northern, everyone in the city still feels very stuffy, and the mosquitoes are dancing in the night sky, and I don't know how many mosquitoes suck blood and suck their stomachs round.

When everyone fell asleep, there was a sudden shout of killing in the city, and the light of the torches could almost compete with the bright moon, and many houses were even ignited by the fire.

"Boom!"

The ground shook slightly, and many could guess that it was a scene caused by a cavalry charge.

"Kill!"

"Capture the horse alive!"

The sound of shouting and killing came and went, and Ma Yu was awakened from his sleep, and after hurriedly putting on his clothes, he got the news that the Guanzhong cavalry had entered the city.

This news made Ma Play feel extremely unbelievable, and it also made him feel a deep fear.

It's unbelievable, because it was only five days since Chen Xu arrived in Longxian at this time.

Even if Chen Xu's command is all cavalry, it will take ten days to attack from Longxian to Linjing, and this is still under the condition of taking the official road.

But until today, the horse play has not been obtained, and the news that Chen Xu led the troops to this side shows that the Guanzhong cavalry is not taking the official road at all.

In this way, why did the Guanzhong army only spend five days to kill Linjing?

Also, the scouts got the news that the Guanzhong army had gone to the four counties of Longxi to kill, where would there be soldiers and horses to attack Linjing?

Bursts of doubts made the horse play dizzy, and listening to the shouts of 'capturing the horse alive' around him, the fear in his heart became stronger and stronger.

At this time, Ma Yu remembered Chen Xu's might, and he didn't have the courage to fight with the Guanzhong army at all, and kept thinking about how to escape outside the city.

"Death to those who stand in my way!"

Just as the horse was riding on the war horse and was about to escape, he suddenly heard a loud shout.

However, it was Chen Xu who led hundreds of elite horsemen, rushing in this direction with great momentum, and the spear in Chen Xu's hand flashed, stabbing all the enemies in front of him.

"Kill!"

The halberd in Dian Wei's hand flew, swept through thousands of troops with one move, and directly slapped several enemy troops away, and no one could stop him wherever he passed.

"Roar!"

Chen Hu let out a thunderous roar, shaking several enemy soldiers to the point of deafness, and a spear suddenly stabbed out, directly piercing the two of them.

The spear in Chen Hu's hand shook violently, and the two corpses strung together were immediately shaken apart and fell to the ground.

"Die!"

Li Meng, who was only twenty years old, turned all his anger into battle intent, and slashed down with a big knife, splitting one person in half.

Although Chen Mo was young, the spear in his hand was as sharp as a poisonous snake, piercing into the throats of one enemy soldier after another.

In the case of a sudden attack, many of the horse's men who did not even pick up their weapons were immediately killed and retreated.

The horse was even more frightened, and did not collect the soldiers, but directly turned the horse's head and fled in another direction.

"Stay for me!"

Chen Xu, who killed the red eye, saw that the horse was playing and wanted to escape, so he directly hung the spear on the horse's back and took out a two-stone strong bow.

The bowstring was like a full moon, and the arrows were like meteors, and with Chen Xu's shouting, the arrows immediately crossed the space and shot into the horses playing with the war horses.

"Shhh

The war horse that was hit by the arrow let out a mournful roar from its mouth, and its huge body fell to the ground with a bang, overturning the horse play.

"Drive!"

Chen Xu didn't answer, urged the war horse under his crotch to gallop forward, came to the side of the horse play who was still a little dizzy, and lightly stretched the ape arm to capture the horse alive.

The horse was startled, shook his dazed head, and wanted to resist.

Chen Xu's eyes flashed, he clamped the horse under his armpit, and suddenly with a force, he heard a crisp sound of broken bones, and a cry like killing a pig.

But because Chen Xu used too much force, he actually squeezed the horse's ribs and broke them.

After capturing the horses alive, Chen Xu shouted loudly: "Ah Hu led a part of the people and horses to arrest all the horse players. Those who dare to resist will be killed! ”

As time passed, the shouting and killing became smaller and smaller, and this sudden fight also came to an end very quickly.

It turned out that from the beginning, Chen Xu never thought of letting the horse go.

However, if Ma Yu occupies a county, if Chen Xu leads the troops to attack, it will definitely take a lot of time.

If Ma Dong sees that the situation is not good and wants to escape, the Guanzhong army may not be able to capture him.

In order to paralyze the horse play, when Fan Chou denounced the horse play, Chen Xu would say such a thing, and deliberately let these words reach the ears of the horse play.

Chen Xu also knew that just such words were not enough to eliminate the wariness of horse play, so he had a series of follow-up plans.

On the one hand, Chen Xu sent a messenger to Linjing to seal the horse to play for stability and peace of mind.

The intention of recruiting 2,000 soldiers and horses in Anding to help the Guanzhong army attack Ma Chao was just to divert the attention of Ma Chao.

In this way, Ma Yu will think that Chen Xu wants to attack Ma Chao, and he has no time to take care of himself.

As for the news that the Guanzhong cavalry has begun to march to the four counties of Longxi, there is actually nothing wrong with it.

It's just that Chen Xu dispatched 3,000 elite horsemen, traveled under the stars and nights, and doubled the road, and it only took five days to kill Linjing.

This kind of speedy marching speed is simply a bit terrifying, and Ma Yu couldn't think of this at all, so he was attacked into the city by Chen Xu without the slightest defense.

Chen Xu's move is also to emulate the example of Sima Yike's capture of Meng Da in history.

Quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit, running thousands of miles, attacking what it is not prepared for.

Chen Xu gave full play to psychological warfare and cavalry tactics, so that he could easily attack Linjing and capture the horse alive.

When the morning sun sprinkled over the land and the light once again enveloped the entire city, the traces of last night's war were fully exposed.

In Linjing City, the houses that were engulfed in the fire were either turned into ashes or extinguished by Sergeant Guan.

I saw corpses strewn the streets, blood mixed with dirt, showing a dark red.

Even though the fires in the city have been extinguished, there is still green smoke in many places, mixed with those blackened burn marks, indicting the cruelty of war.

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