With a "boom", the sky cracked under the soles of his feet, revealing a huge trap.

The unsuspecting Ma Chao and Yang Lin both fell, with dust flying above their heads, barely visible under the cover of night and smoke.

However, Ma Chao didn't need to look at it, he knew that there were weapons such as bamboo sticks and thorns under his feet, and at the moment of falling, he leaned down and stabbed the ground with a spear, ready to use the power of support to make the war horse jump.

"Up!"

As the tip of the dragon rider in Ma Chao's hand slammed on the ground, the Fire Phoenix Liaoyuan, who had followed him for many years, comprehended, let out a hiss, and his four hooves soared into the air, leading his neck up to the ground.

Yang Lin didn't have such good luck, the mount under his crotch was only a high-grade war horse, which was stronger than the horses of ordinary generals, but it was not the same as Ma Chao's Fire Phoenix Liaoyuan. Moreover, the pair of water and fire prison dragon sticks in Yang Lin's hand belonged to melee weapons, with a length of only seven feet, and they could not be supported by spears like Ma Chao.

Listening to the neighing of a war horse, the mount under Yang Lin's crotch landed firmly on the bamboo sticks and antler guns, and was pierced all over the ground with scaly wounds, lying in the pit and dying.

Yang Lin's situation was slightly better, a pair of prison dragon sticks in his hand swept left and right, sweeping down a large piece of bamboo sticks under his feet, but there was still a fish that slipped through the net and pierced the bottom of Yang Lin's thigh, and when he landed, he pierced a bloody hole, nailing Yang Lin to the horse and unable to move.

"Don't let Ma Chao escape!"

Just when the four hooves of the fire phoenix Liaoyuan were in the air and were about to jump to the pit, Zhang Xutuo and the injured Shi Wansui both arrived, one of the big knives volleyed Huashan, and the other used the spear as a stick Mount Tai to press the top. With all his strength, he condescendingly smashed down at Ma Chao.

"Open!"

Ma Chao saw clearly through the torches on the ground, and hurriedly parried the tip of the dragon rider in his hand.

"Choking". The three weapons intersected, and sparks flew from the collision.

Zhang Xutuo's broadsword and Shi Wansui's spear were parried. However, the fire phoenix was blocked, and when it landed under its feet, it lost its strength and fell down again.

Ma Chao didn't have time to think about it, and when he leaned over, Yang Lin couldn't help but be overjoyed when he was even under his hooves with the horse. Without saying a word, he stabbed out a shot and went straight to the top of Yang Lin's head, like thunder, with a force of more than a thousand catties.

Yang Lin hadn't reacted yet. I heard the cracking sound of the helmet, and felt a piercing pain in the top of my head spread throughout my body, and in an instant there was no more reaction. But he was pierced through the skull by Ma Chao's dragoon, pierced through the door of his head, and was killed instantly, fell off his horse, and was buried in a horse pit.

Horses are psychic, especially good horses like the Fire Phoenix Liaoyuan, who know how to dodge weapons. On the occasion of the fall. The four hooves stepped on Yang Lin's dead mount, and they were unscathed.

"Seal the hole with a gun!"

With Zhang Xutuo's order, the swarming Western Han soldiers stretched out the spears in their hands one after another, weaving a gun net. Cover Ma Chao in the trap.

Ma Chao's eyes widened angrily, and he wanted to rush forward again, but he was not sure after a few attempts. I can only change my mind and shout: "What kind of hero is a good man with a trap in a horse pit?" Have the ability to fight with me in an upright way! ”

Shi Wansui snorted coldly: "Soldiers are not tired of cheating. The winner takes all! This is war, should you be a contest of skills? Come. Shoot me to death with random arrows, cut off the head and give it to the court for a reward! ”

"Wait!"

The sound of horses' hooves in the east was loud, it turned out that Yang Su led the troops to rush over, and when he heard that Ma Chao had fallen into the horse pit, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. As he galloped his horse, he shouted, "Hugh will release the arrows and catch me alive!" ”

Yang Su came to the trap pit, turned over and dismounted, and didn't care about mourning Yang Lin. There are many people who die on the battlefield, and they are all doing the work of tying their heads to their pants, life and death are only a matter of moments, how can there be time to cry bitterly.

Ma Chao...... Don't put down your weapons and get caught? Yang Sujian pointed at Ma Chao and shouted loudly.

Ma Chao glared angrily: "Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated, Ma Chao only dies today!" Either shoot me to death, or come down and catch me!" Trying to get me to surrender my gun is a fool's dream! ”

Shi Wansui searched for a net from the soldiers, which was a standing weapon often used against enemy troops on the battlefield. Taking advantage of Ma Chao's unpreparedness, he suddenly threw his head down, "Give me an obedient restraint and arrest it!" ”

Ma Chao was caught off guard, was caught in the head, his hands and feet were trapped, and he suddenly lost his strength.

Shi Wansui personally took a few strong men to collect the net, the tighter the restraint, and finally the hands and feet of Ma Chao could no longer move, so he ordered to lift the person from the trap pit: "Finally captured this traitor alive, you can ask the court for merit and reward!" ”

"Shameless man, you have the ability to fight me to the death!" Although Ma Chao was tied up strongly, he still scolded in his mouth and refused to admit defeat.

Shi Wansui used the spear in his hand as a wooden stick to sweep towards Ma Chao's legs, and when he hit Ma Chao to his knees, he shouted: "Tie me up!" ”

The wolf-like soldier agreed, stepped forward and tied Ma Chao with five flowers, and finally removed the net.

Zhang Xutuo fell in love with Ma Chao's mount, and commanded the soldiers to catch the horse: "Get this horse for me, don't hurt it!" ”

As soon as the gun array around the trap had just been withdrawn, the fire phoenix suddenly jumped upward, and its four hooves soared into the air, falling to the ground at once. Then he let out a terrible hiss at Ma Chao, spread his hooves and galloped eastward, and in Zhang Xutuo's shout of "catch the horse quickly", he flashed all the way, and walked farther and farther.

Zhang Xutuo was sullen: "Damn, I caught someone and was run away by a horse, it's really unreasonable!" ”

Yang Su ordered Yang Lin's body to be fished up and buried, and then prepared troops and horses, preparing to continue to pursue the Western Liang army to the east, and reminded Zhang Xutuo and Shi Wansui not to be careless, because the Eastern Han army had already killed them. From Wuguan, he drove straight into the hinterland of Yongzhou.

Zhao Yun and Lu Junyi, under the leadership of Ma Yunluo, led 8,000 Eastern Han light cavalry, fought all the way to the west, rescued many trapped Xiliang soldiers along the way, gathered more than 2,000 people, and asked Ma Chao's whereabouts whenever they met.

Suddenly, there was a hiss, and Ma Yunluo happily searched around, "That's my brother's mount, it must be my brother's coming!" ”

After looking for a moment in the chaotic army, Ma Yunluo found that Huofeng was the only one who burned the plain, but his brother was nowhere to be seen, which made Ma Yunluo suddenly anxious, and tears couldn't help but burst out of his eyes: "Brother will never be separated from Huofeng, and now that Huofeng has run back alone, it must be that my brother is killed!" ”

"Miss Ma, don't be anxious, let's investigate carefully, maybe General Meng Qi has changed his horse." Zhao Yun comforted in harmony beside him, but he also vaguely felt bad in his heart, the military general lost his horse on the battlefield, and basically was either captured or killed in battle.

At this moment, the lancers under Ma Chao broke through, saw Ma Yunluo from a distance, and hurriedly shouted: "Yunluo girl, the young master fell into the horse trap and was captured alive by Yang Su!" ”

Hearing that his brother was captured instead of killed in battle, Ma Yunluo felt a little relieved, and charged forward with a gun: "I'm going to save my brother!" ”

Zhao Yun looked around, and saw forty or fifty thousand Western Han troops covering the mountains and fields, and the shaking torches were like stars in the sky. Knowing that he was incapable of the enemy, he immediately reached out and grabbed Ma Yunluo's mount: "Don't be rash, let's gather the people and horses first, and meet the general and Mrs. Qin!" ”

Looking at Zhao Yun's sincere gaze, Ma Yunluo knew that he couldn't be rash, so he could only nod with tears, gathered the remnants of the defeated army and the Eastern Han army led by Zhao Yun and Lu Junyi to fight and retreat, while sending people to inform Qin Liangyu and Long and Ma Chao of the news that they were captured, so that they could come to respond.

The Eastern Han cavalry array was neat, fighting and retreating all the way, and the Western Han army did not dare to chase too fiercely, and bluffed all the way.

Long He and Qin Liangyu heard that Ma Chao was captured, and they learned that the Eastern Han reinforcements had arrived, so they immediately raised troops to meet. The two divisions were together, and they were strong, and they turned back to fight with the Western Han army.

At dawn, the rain became heavier and heavier, and gradually became heavy and muddy. Yang Su ordered Mingjin to withdraw the troops, although Qin Liangyu was eager to save her husband, but she also knew that the soldiers had fought all night, and everyone was sleepy and lacking, so she could only focus on the overall situation, and tearfully ordered the troops to be collected, retreated fifteen miles to the east, set up camp, and then made plans.

After settling down, Ma Dai and Qin Liangyu counted the losses.

Ma Chao's Chinese army suffered the heaviest losses, almost all of the 3,500 lancers were wiped out, only more than 200 people broke through the siege and survived, and only more than 500 of the 2,500 foot soldiers returned. Qin Liangyu's right-wing men and horses lost 3,000, and the remaining 4,000. The left flank under the command of Long Ji and Ma Dai suffered the smallest losses, with less than 1,000 killed, and about 6,000 remaining.

9,000 cavalry, 1,500 infantry - this is the only remaining strength of the Ma Jiajun after the Eastern Han reinforcements joined forces. From the 45,000 people who left Wuwei at the beginning, they have suffered heavy losses. Ma Teng, Qin Ming, Ma Tie, and Ma Xiu were all killed on the way, and Pang De was nowhere to be found.

Of course, the Western Han army also paid a huge price, chasing and killing all the way, including Zhu Yuanzhang's troops, the casualties were even more heavy, at least more than 10,000 more people died than the Ma family's army.

Yang Su led his troops back to the camp, and sent people to report to Liu Xuan, the king of Fufeng, and asked for reinforcements.

Shi Wansui picked up Ma Chao's dragoon tip from the horse trap and admired it, but unexpectedly Zhang Chuchen came to beg for it: "My master has an order to let you hand over Ma Chao's weapon!" ”

"Why?" Shi Wansui was furious, "Yang Su is really too deceitful? Lao Tzu shed so much blood, doesn't he even have the power to leave a weapon? ”

Zhang Chuchen showed a rare smile and said with a smile: "General Shi, don't be angry, my master plans to hand over Ma Chao to the imperial court and ask for merit and reward, after all, he has been suppressed too much by the Zhu family in the past two years, and this time he can finally raise his eyebrows!" Wouldn't it be more perfect if Ma Chao's weapon could be sacrificed together? Let Lu Bu and Zhu Yuanzhang see, our Yang family captured Ma Chao alive with real skills, but unfortunately he was escaped by Ma Chao's mount, and General Shi will also be a great achievement at that time! ”

Shi Wansui was a little moved by what Zhang Chuchen said, and said in a deep voice, "I think it's okay to behead Ma Chao on the spot, why bother sending him to Luoyang?" ”

Zhang Chuchen took advantage of Shi Wansui's contemplation, grabbed the tip of the dragon horse, turned around and ran away, and said with a smile: "I am temporarily in charge of this spear, and after the prisoners are presented to the imperial court, General Shi can ask the imperial court again!" (To be continued......)