The scar-faced Lijing people, called Perici, still retain a name that is different from the Han Chinese, and in many ways of life, the Roman tradition has gradually faded over time, and the Lijing people's way of life has gradually been replaced by the Han people, but their ancestors have never forgotten where they came from.

The excellent fighting skills of the Lijing people have been well inherited, and this alone is enough for the Lijing people to gain a firm foothold in this era.

Ma Chao saw with his own eyes the combat method of the Lijing people, this kind of combat method he had never seen before, when attacking and defending, no one commanded, but everyone knew the details of every battle, what to do, everyone's hearts were like a mirror, just like a whole person.

The horse thief was beaten away, Perridge was slightly injured, and there was no major problem, and in the rest of the caravan, there were doctors who followed, and simply gave Perridge some gold sore medicine, and after the bandage, Perridge moved freely, as if nothing was wrong.

However, the rest of the caravan was not happy because of this, but more worried and uneasy.

Although Ma Chao and the others repelled the horse thieves and killed the two leaders of the horse thieves, in their opinion, the horse thieves would never give up, and when they set foot on the journey to the west again, they might be attacked more fiercely by the horse thieves.

Ma Chao saw the worries of these people, so he said loudly in front of everyone: "Don't be afraid, horse thieves are also human beings and will die, as long as we all are united, no matter how many horse thieves there are, we can also defeat them." ”

The rest of the people will be suspicious, and they are very disgusted with people like Ma Chao who don't have back pain when they stand and talk. Sure enough, the owners of the two caravans began to fight back against Ma Chao. They saw that Ma Chao was young. Then he spoke wildly. was very angry, and said that if Ma Chao really had the ability, he would go to pacify the horse thieves on both sides of the Hexi Corridor.

Horse thieves are rampant, and Ma Chao also has a headache, but it's a pity that he didn't lead too many soldiers and horses, otherwise, how could he put it in his eyes if he was just a horse thief?

The rest of the caravan followed suit. directly angered Ma Chao, Ma Chao asked Peric about the situation of the horse thieves in this area, and Peric told Ma Chao everything he knew.

When Ma Chao learned that the number of horse thieves entrenched in Heli Mountain and Nanshan was less than a thousand together, he immediately laughed.

For him, these horse thieves, like a rabble, actually made it difficult for the passing caravans to be like this.

Ma Chaoyi was bold and lobbied the sabgermen in the caravan in public, asking them who would like to follow him to eliminate the horse thieves.

As a result, not a single person expressed a willingness to go.

Ma Chao no longer has much hope for these cowards. He only gathered his own subordinates and prepared to set off as soon as dawn.

A brief period of calm before dawn. Ma Chao had great doubts about the Lijing people, so he said to Yang Fu: "With the combat ability of the Lijing people, it is easy to eliminate these horse thieves, but why, why are they so indulgent horse thieves under their noses?" ”

When Yang Fu heard Ma Chao's words, he smiled slightly, and said to Ma Chao: "Lord, in my opinion, it's not that the Lijing people can't eliminate the horse thief, but they don't want to eliminate the horse thief at all. ”

"Why is that?" Ma Chaohu asked suspiciously.

Yang Fu said: "Lord, if the Lijing people really wipe out the horse thieves, and no one in this area robs the caravan anymore, then who will hire these Lijing people to protect the safety of the caravan?" In this way, wouldn't the Lijing people not be able to make money? Such a self-cutting thing would never be done by the Lijing people. ”

"It turns out that the Lijing people still have this kind of selfishness...... Ma Chao said slowly.

Yang Fu said: "People are selfish, the life of the Lijing people is very poor, they can't do anything other than to earn money by being mercenaries, this is the only way for them to support their families." ”

"Then why don't they go to the army?" Ma Chao asked.

"If all the men of Lijing go to the army, then who will protect their families and children? Moreover, many places are very rejecting of the Lijing people, believing that they are alien races and do not want to live with them. ”

After Ma Chao listened, he stopped talking, and he suddenly had a plan in his heart, since the Lijing people were so brave and good at fighting, why couldn't he turn the Lijing people into his subordinates? Moreover, the fighting method of the Lijing people is very special, not all of his subordinates are cavalry, the infantry is the most people, how to train the infantry is as terrifying, is what he has always wanted to try.

Ma Chao saw the combat methods of the Lijing people, and he wanted to introduce this combat method into his own troops, but only if the Lijing people were willing to teach them.

The sky gradually brightened, and Ma Chao left the Lijing people with Wang Shuang, Yang Fu and others, and embarked on the road to eliminate the horse thieves.

In order to lure the horse thief, Ma Chao decided to use his two carts of things as bait, and according to the location provided by Perridge, he led people to Heli Mountain.

In fact, as soon as Ma Chao came out of Lijing City, he was already targeted by horse thieves in Heli Mountain. Last night, the news that Li Guang and the others attacked Lijing City and finally returned with a big defeat also reached Jiang Chao's ears.

Jiang Chao wanted to take the opportunity to clean up the rest of Li Guang's troops, but who thought that Li Guang's subordinates would run faster than rabbits and flee far away, they couldn't catch up, so they had to stay first, preparing to attack Ma Chao and them, and then go to Li Guang's old department to settle accounts.

After Ma Chao, Wang Shuang, Yang Fu and other people left Lijing City, they swaggered for about ten miles along the way, and came to a narrow intersection, with high and raised hills on both sides, and only one road in the middle could lead to Guò.

Just when Ma Chao and the others were halfway through, there was a sudden whistle, and hundreds of horse thieves emerged from both sides of the road, each of whom covered his face with a piece of cloth, only revealing part of his eyes, and was holding a bright saber in his hand, blocking the way of Ma Chao and the others.

"I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to live from now on, leave to buy road wealth!" Jiang Chao's subordinates shouted loudly.

Ma Chao looked around, but saw that there were about 100 horse thieves, standing sporadically, although they were all carrying sabers in their hands, but many of these horse thieves had a panic in their eyes, and they didn't seem to be very accustomed to this kind of scene.

Ma Chao sneered, waved the spear in his hand, and shouted at the horse thieves: "It's just a group of rabble, and they dare to come and rob my things?" Look what it is! ”

As soon as the words fell, Ma Chao reached out and took out two human heads from the horse's neck, one was Li Guang's, and the other was the thief's head with Li Guang.

Among the horse thieves, Jiang Chao was taken aback when he saw these two heads, but he didn't expect Li Guang, whom he hated the most, to die like this. After a short period of surprise, Jiang Chao laughed out loud and said loudly: "Good killing, good killing, Li Guang traitor, more than innocent death!" ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he immediately reacted, it seems that this group of horse thieves is not with Li Guang and them, it should be the horse thieves of Heli Mountain, otherwise, they would definitely not say such a thing.

However, Li Guang's death still made these horse thieves a little shocked, Li Guang was brave and good at fighting, and once made the horse thieves in Heli Mountain suffer a lot, and now Li Guang was killed, which proves that the person who killed Li Guang is even more powerful than Li Guang.

Ma Chao looked around and saw that many people were focused on Jiang Chao, and knew that Jiang Chao was their leader. He pointed the spear in his hand at Jiang Chao, and immediately said: "Which of you dares to fight with me alone, if you defeat me, the two truckloads of goods behind me will be all given to you!" If you fail to defeat me, let us go and take me to your king!" I have something to say to you kings! ”

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Chao immediately felt the hot gaze focused on him, he was the king of the horse thieves in Heli Mountain, at this time, the other party was openly going to fight alone, so as the king, he was naturally obligated to take the lead. However, the person in front of him killed Li Guang, his kung fu is on par with Li Guang, since this person can kill Li Guang, he will definitely be able to kill him, should he give it a go?

Ma Chao took the opportunity to deliberately provoke the horse thief with his words, and said: "I thought you were all reckless heroes, but I didn't expect that you were all one or two people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, do you still wear to be a horse thief?" ”

"I'm here to fight you to the death!" Jiang Chao no longer hesitated, this time was the time when he needed to come out, if he didn't even have the courage to do so, I was afraid that it would be difficult to gain a foothold in the cottage in the future.

Ma Chao saw that Jiang Chao took the initiative to come out, so he shook his spirits and said to Jiang Chao: "Good job, come on!" ”

Jiang Chao slapped the horse and danced the knife, jumped out of the horse, and slashed towards Ma Chao, but Ma Chao stood motionless in place, and had no intention of parrying. Seeing this, Jiang Chao was smug, thinking that if this knife slashed past, Ma Chao would either die or be injured.

But who would have thought that just when Jiang Chao's saber was about to slash at Ma Chao's body, Ma Chao suddenly came to hide in a stirrup, and the whole person was like a loach, and he slipped under the horse's belly, and at the same time, a little cold light stabbed out from under the horse's belly, straight to Jiang Chao's throat.

Jiang Chao was taken aback, he never thought that Ma Chao would be so powerful, if he didn't dodge in time, he was afraid that he would be pierced through the throat by Ma Chao's shot, and it would be difficult to live at that time.

At the last moment, Jiang Chao hurriedly withdrew his saber to resist Ma Chao's spear, and at the same time lay tightly on the horse's back, dodging Ma Chao's sudden attack.

However, the matter did not end, at the moment when Jiang Chao and Ma Chao intersected, Jiang Chao suddenly felt a strong and powerful arm that took him directly from the horse's back, and when he reacted, he had been captured by Ma Chao. (To be continued......)