Maqiuju is located about fifty miles northeast of Xiquyang City, and in order to seize this excellent geographical location, Ji Ling led a thousand elite horsemen to go there in the starry night.

From Shouchun to Xiquyang, there was originally only a distance of eighty or ninety miles, and on a sunny day, the cavalry could reach it in one day, but due to the heavy rain in the Shouchun area, the speed of marching troops in this bad weather could only be half that of a sunny day. It took Ji Ling a full day and a half to arrive at this distance, and most of them were also sick because of the rainstorm.

Woe doesn't go alone!

With Quyang City in the west as the boundary, the area to the east was still ravaged by the sudden rainstorm, but the part to the west was very sunny, and the great contrast brought by the weather made Ji Ling's heart feel a little uneasy.

At this time, Ji Ling really hoped that no one in Zhang Yan's army would know the importance of Ma Qiuju, so that he could hold the direction of Zhang Yan's advance there.

However, Ji Ling was a little whimsical.

In the night sky, a cold bright moon sprinkled his bright light on the earth, making the whole earth gray.

Under the cover of night, Ji Ling took a thousand cavalry to quickly whip up the horses and went to Maqiuju non-stop, but because the horses ridden by the cavalry were overloaded in the past two days, the war horses were already tired enough, and the speed was much slower.

In Xiquyang City, there were only a few post horses used to deliver official documents, and Ji Ling had no choice but to move forward.

Fifty miles away, under normal circumstances, a good horse can reach it in half an hour, but at this time it took a whole hour.

When Ji Ling arrived at Machu Ju, it was already a child's time. The cavalry who came with him. It's just that people are sleepy and tired. Only Ji Ling got a few post horses from Xiquyang City. I rode one by myself, and a few other pro-soldiers rode one, so I didn't feel tired along the way.

Ji Ling reined in his horses, reflecting the faint moonlight, and saw that the horses in front of him were quiet and dark, and from time to time he could hear the call of an owl coming from the hills.

"It seems that we arrived before Zhang Yan's army. Now I'm relieved! Ji Ling let out a sigh of relief, he hurried all the way, and finally came here at this moment, and a big stone in his heart immediately fell.

Ji Ling raised his arm high, moved the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand forward, and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, follow me!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Ji Ling rode forward and led his subordinates towards the entrance of Maqiuju.

Official Road. Here it suddenly became narrow, and the wide road that originally allowed ten horses to walk in parallel. The more you go to the entrance of Machu, the narrower it becomes, and Zuihou becomes only allowed to run three horses in parallel at the entrance of Machuju. In addition, the official road shuttling through the Machu Gathering, towards a long snake circling, twisted and turned, with no end in sight.

Ji Ling took the lead and led the soldiers to the entrance of the Maqiu Gathering, when the war horse under Ji Ling's seat suddenly snorted and let out a long neighing of "Herod", and its four hooves no longer walked forward, but stood still, looking so anxious and restless.

"There is a situation!" Ji Ling is a horse lover, and he also knows the habits of horses very well, and he knows that this is something unusual that the horses under the seat have discovered.

Horses have a much stronger sense of smell and hearing than humans, and will warn their companions if they detect any movement.

At this time, what Ji Ling was riding was his black shadow that he bought from Wusun, because his whole body was black, and he galloped up and went like a shadow, so he was named Black Shadow.

Along the way, Ji Ling rode a post horse brought from Xiquyang City, but he also brought the black shadow with him, and when he was about to arrive at Maqiuju, the black shadow's physical strength recovered, and then he transferred to the black shadow.

Ji Ling saw that the black shadow was restless and unwilling to move forward, so his brows furrowed, and then looked at Ma Qiuju who was going, only to feel that there was no movement in front of him, as quiet as ever.

It's just that this deathly silence is too abnormal.

Ji Ling became cautious, summoned four personal soldiers from behind, and asked them to scatter and probe on the hills on both sides of the Maqiuju.

The four soldiers received the order and immediately dispersed, heading towards the hills on both sides of the Maqiuju official road.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......"

At this moment, four strings were heard, and four sounds of breaking the air were heard in the night sky, and four sharp arrows flew towards the four pro-soldiers.

"Poof, poof, poof, poof......"

The four soldiers were shot through the throat by an arrow, and they didn't even have a chance to scream, so they were shot off their horses by sharp arrows.

"Kill!"

Immediately afterwards, on the hills on both sides of Maqiu Juguan Road, a deafening sound sounded, and a cavalry general with a helmet and armor rushed out first, holding a spear, with a hideous face, eyes like torches, and a fierce fierce light shot out from those black eyes, it was Zhang Liao, the general of Fenwei!

Behind Zhang Liao, hundreds of cavalry followed.

A cavalryman drove his war horse across the thorny bushes in front of him, condescendingly, and under the leadership of the cavalry general, he swooped down towards Ji Ling and the others on the official road.

"Sure enough, there was an ambush!"

Ji Ling shouted, seeing that the enemy army was waiting for work at ease and occupying the geographical advantage, but his own side was sleepy and tired, and the number was not as large as the enemy army, if he led the army to meet the battle, he would inevitably be surrounded by the enemy.

So, Ji Ling hurriedly turned his horse's head and shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him: "Retreat!" Retreat! ”

With Ji Ling's order, the cavalry behind him turned their horses' heads one after another, and the rear team changed to the front team, and began to retreat along the road from which they came.

However, Zhang Liao and the others waited for work, and swooped down, the speed of the horses was extremely fast, and for a while, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was far and near behind Ji Ling, and after a while, Zhang Liao's subordinates were divided into two and outflanked from the side.

Ji Ling is located in Zuihou again, even if the black shadow under Ji Ling's seat is a good horse, but the road in front of him has been blocked by his subordinates, and he can't escape quickly at all.

Just as Ji Ling was panicking, Zhang Liao chased after him on horseback, and a shot came straight from behind, and he heard a loud shout in his ears.

"Where will the thief flee!"

Zhang Liao straightened up and stabbed away. The shot was lightning fast. Directly stabbed at Ji Ling's heart. Trying to pierce his body from behind.

"Hugh is rampant!" Ji Ling knew the speed of this shot, and if he didn't resist it, he would probably die. So, he rode on horseback, twisted his body back, and the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand slashed out, and with a bang, it hit Zhang Liao's spear. There was a crunch.

The knives and guns collided together, and the two of them used so much force that they let out a buzz.

Zhang Liao missed one shot, and the second shot followed him, driving his horse to chase Ji Ling, and stabbing Ji Ling in the ribs.

At the moment of life and death, Ji Ling also burst out of what he had learned all his life, the three-pointed and two-edged knife slashed freely, and he collided with the spear stabbed by Zhang Liao to the side.

Zhang Liao frowned and shouted. With a flick of the wrist, the move changes sharply. Several shots were stabbed at Ji Ling one after another, but when he saw that the guns were sufficient, it was like a spear splitting into six, and he stabbed Ji Ling at the same time.

Ji Ling was taken aback, he didn't want Zhang Liao to have such skills, he fought with Zhang Liao on his back, it was difficult to defend himself, and now Zhang Liao suddenly used this hand stab, so that he couldn't cover it, so he had to come to hide in a kick and escaped.

But at the same time, Ji Ling's three-pointed and two-edged knife also suddenly stabbed at Zhang Liao's horse from under the horse's belly.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao hurriedly waved his spear to provoke Ji Ling's stab, and took the opportunity to counterattack, stabbing the black shadow of Ji Ling's horse under Ji Ling's seat with a spear.

Ji Ling hid under the horse's belly, waved the three-pointed two-edged knife, blocked Zhang Liao's shot, and then twisted his waist hard, and rode back on the horse, but he rode on the horse's back in turn, with his back to the horse's head and the horse's tail, his legs clamped the horse's belly hard, and he slashed towards Zhang Liao with the three-pointed two-edged knife horizontally.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao secretly exclaimed in his heart: "Ji Ling, the first fierce general under Yuan Shu's account, really lives up to his reputation!" ”

However, because of Ji Ling's bravery, Zhang Liao's blood in his body gradually boiled, and he regained his spirit, and he became more and more brave in battle, and he was about to cut off Ji Ling's head.

Ji Ling and Zhang Liao were entangled together, and as soon as they made a move, they both used killing moves, striving to kill each other within ten rounds. The two of you came and went, swords and guns clashed, and a fierce battle broke out in an instant.

At this time, his subordinates had intercepted the fleeing Yuan cavalry from both flanks, and the 3,000 cavalry firmly surrounded the 1,000 tired cavalry of the Yuan army, swarmed up, and officially launched the attack.

And the battle between Ji Ling and Zhang Liao is a little small in this battlefield where thousands of people are fighting.

For a while, the screams came and went, the clashing of weapons, the shouts of soldiers on both sides, and the neighing of horses were all mixed together.

Under this cold moonlight, blood splattered everywhere, human heads flew wildly, and in a short time, corpses were piled up on this palm-sized place, and there were hundreds of unmanned war horses.

In this battle, Zhang Liao's army had an absolute advantage, but the cavalry led by Ji Ling was all tired, and they were vulnerable to the cavalry of Zhang Liao's subordinates who were like tigers and wolves.

Soon, the battle ended with the annihilation of Ji Ling's troops by Zhang Liao's army in plain clothes, but none of Zhang Liao's subordinates were killed.

At this moment, Ji Ling was still fighting with Zhang Liao, fighting the trapped beast.

Zhang Liao has been fighting fiercely with Ji Ling for fifteen rounds, starting from the tenth round, the further back, the more Ji Ling's physical strength is exhausted, and gradually, the knife skills are gradually chaotic, the strength is not good, and there are many flaws.

"Poof!"

Zhang Liao put away a shot and stabbed Ji Ling directly in the chest, Ji Ling endured the severe pain, and suddenly waved the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand, and slashed Zhang Liao's head in the middle, trying to end the whole battle in a defeat-losing way.

But it's a pity that Zhang Liao gradually got better, and as soon as his body shook, he dodged, holding the spear in his right hand, and sent it forward hard, and the sharp spear directly pierced Ji Ling's body.

"Ah......h

Ji Ling screamed miserably, spitting blood out of his mouth.

At the same time, Zhang Liao suddenly pulled out his sword from his waist with his left hand, but seeing that the cold light flashed in front of Ji Ling, a human head fell directly to the ground, and Ji Ling, who was in a different place, continued to gush out blood from his cavity, staining the land under his feet.

With a "boom", Zhang Liao pulled out his spear, and Ji Ling's body fell off the horse, and Zhang Liao stabbed Ji Ling's head on the ground with his spear, lifting it high.

"Herod—"

Seeing the death of his master, the black shadow of the war horse under Ji Ling's seat seemed to feel something, and let out a long neigh.

Zhang Liao looked at Ji Ling's war horse, but when he saw that this war horse had four powerful hooves, fat and strong, and was extremely powerful, he fell in love with it.

He sheathed his sword, stuck the hilt of his spear in the dirt, and leaped himself onto the shadow's back.

Except for Ji Ling, the black shadow had never let a second person ride it, and it was unruly and began to wriggle around, trying to lift Zhang Liao off his back.

But Zhang Liao's equestrian skills were amazing, like a plaster sticking to the back of the black shadow, no matter how the black shadow tossed, he still rode on the back of the horse. As a result, the black shadow was panting and snorting.

Zuihou, the black shadow was finally tamed by Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao got this good horse, very happy, took the spear, then regathered the people, and counted the soldiers and horses, only to know that in this battle except for a dozen people injured, no one was killed.

Zhang Liao was very happy, and immediately ordered someone to clean up the battlefield, bring the ownerless war horse back to the camp, and ordered someone to take Ji Ling's head and report the good news to Zhang Yan, who had been stationed in Dangtu County. (To be continued......)