Looking at the scouts galloping in the distance, Ma Dai's mouth was indescribably bitter.

followed Xiahou Ba for three or four days, Xiahou Ba always avoided him, and burned him all over the radius of a hundred miles under his nose. Because he knew that his strength was limited, and he had the instructions of the prime minister, he did not go all out to catch up, and while preserving his strength, he also greatly reduced his prestige. Those knights who were drawn from various departments were originally dissatisfied with this transfer, but now seeing him so weak, they even looked down on Ma Jiajun.

Even those who helped the Ma family were a little disdainful of him, and privately said that he only got today's status by relying on Zhuge Liang, and for this reason, he also married Ma Chao's daughter Ma Wenshan to Liu Li, the king of Anping. How old is Liu Licai's child, several years younger than Ma Wenshan, and he still pees his pants, what wife he marries, this is clearly Ma Dai to please Zhuge Liang.

Some people also said that Ma Dai was so cowardly, he simply lost the face of the Ma family's army, if the heavenly general Ma Chao led the troops, where would Xiahou Ba be so rampant, and Fufeng would not have suffered such a big loss.

Hearing these discussions, Ma Dai felt very uncomfortable. However, he has been fighting for many years, and he has long been accustomed to seeing blood, and he is also used to winning and losing, and with the entrustment of the prime minister, he will not mess up for a few words. If he can drive Xiahou Ba to the fringe area, he thinks it's already good.

But now that the situation has changed, Xiahou Ba, who he had always thought would not take the initiative to fight, actually turned around and killed him, and suddenly forced him to a dead end. Against? It must be a vicious battle, and the losses are likely to be very large, and the prime minister will not be satisfied. No war? Will the grumbling soldiers flee in all directions and collapse without a fight? If it's just getting started. The morale is not so low, he can still say that he is tempting the enemy and retreating temporarily, but after a few days, his mood has changed, and no one will believe him if he says that he is tempting the enemy.

When Ma Dai weighed the pros and cons, the scouts in the distance had already rushed to the horse and shouted: "General, Niu Jin is leading more than 500 horsemen and is killing our army." ”

Listened to this. Ma Dai sighed. Pointing to a captain Qian Fei who looked at him with a blank eye: "You go to the battle and eat Niu Jin as soon as possible." ”

"Whoa!" When Qian Fei heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he rushed out with more than 1,000 horsemen under his command.

Ma Dai didn't dare to slack off. Immediately ordered to prepare for battle. He knows it well. Xiahou Ba would never let Niu Jin bring five hundred people to harass him. Since you have to fight, you must go all out. Niu Jin has two roles: one is to rush into the vanguard, at the expense of horsepower. Attack as fast as you can, leaving him with not enough time to prepare. The second is that he can't escape, if he doesn't dare to face the battle in the face of five hundred enemy cavalry, how can he, a general, lead the troops to fight in the future? Knowing that Xiahou Ba's move was very insidious, he could only fight hard.

Zhuge Liang's main force was still far from him, and he couldn't count on it, so he could only hope that these four thousand horsemen could withstand Xiahou Ba's attack and win with a slight advantage in troops. If you can win this battle and hit Xiahou Ba hard, even if the loss is a little bigger, it will be worth it.

The two armies were only twenty miles apart, and when Ma Dai received the scout's report, Niu Jin was already five miles away.

Seeing the other party's battle flag from a distance, Niu Jin and Qian Fei issued orders in unison.

"Accelerate, charge!" Niu Jin roared loudly: "Don't leave a back hand, go straight to the main formation, and kill Ma Dai!" ”

"Whoa!" The knights responded with a bang, bowed down, and the men and horses became one, kicked the horses violently, and accelerated again. Most of them are from Longxi, and they are good at riding and shooting, and after years of fighting, they have long been elite soldiers in a hundred battles. Although the horses lacked physical strength after a long run, with their exquisite riding skills, they still raised their speed to the limit.

Qian Fei also gave an order, he stood up with his stirrup, raised the battle axe in his hand, and roared sharply.

Qian Fei is Zhao Yun's subordinate, a native of Runan, who inexplicably became a Yellow Turban thief when he was a teenager, subordinate to Liu Pi of the Runan Yellow Turban. When Liu Bei arrived in Yuzhou, Qian Fei was captured by Zhao Yun, and later followed Zhao Yunnan to fight in the north, accumulating merit and being promoted to the rank of captain. With a good martial arts, after gathering under Ma Dai this time, he defeated several people one after another, and successfully served as one of the four captains, with thousands of horsemen under his command, and even Ma Dai did not dare to despise him.

This was the first tough battle after Ma Dai's subordinates were assembled, and Qian Fei grabbed the opportunity to take the lead, of course, he had to play it. He held the tomahawk that had followed him all his life, resisted the excitement, and gave a series of orders.

"Speed up the charge, and those who stand in my way will die! Get ready to shoot! ”

Zhuge Liang attached great importance to these cavalrymen, and not only equipped each cavalry with light and sturdy half-body armor, but also equipped them with three-shot hand crossbows. On a galloping horse, it is not easy to draw a bow and shoot arrows, but it is much easier to use a hand crossbow that can be loaded with arrows in advance.

Qian Fei gave an order, and all the knights picked up their crossbows and pulled the crossbow machine.

"Whoosh!" A puff of arrows flew out, tearing through the spring breeze, and roaring straight at Niu Jin and the others.

"Raise the shield-" As soon as Niu Jin saw the other party raise his arm, he immediately shouted and ordered, and at the same time raised the riding shield in his left hand, and waved his war knife in his right hand, slashing at the horse's hip. The war horse was in pain, neighed, and accelerated again.

Before Niu Jin's words fell, the arrow of the Shu army had already arrived, and an arrow grazed the edge of the shield and shot Niu Jin's shoulder blade and pierced deeply. Niu Jin's body shook on the horse's back, but he didn't stop, but raised his war knife high, and roared sharply: "Speed up, kill-"

"Kill—" The knights roared, some raised their swords, some leveled their spears, some drew their bows, and fiercely returned fire. Many people were shot by arrows, some turned over and fell off their horses, and then they were trampled to death by the hooves of the horses galloping behind, some of their feet were still hanging on the stirrups, and they were dragged by the war horses and galloping, and more people grabbed the horse's mane to death, ignoring the arrows on their bodies, and stared at the enemy who was getting closer and closer with red eyes, neighing and roaring.

"Boom!" The two armies collided, and countless knights fell from their horses. The huge bodies of the horses collided together with a deafening roar, and the knight flew up from his horse, baring his teeth and claws to pounce forward. Even in mid-air, their eyes widened. Looking for the nearest enemy.

"Kill!" Niu Jin's sword flashed, and it split a spear, and the sword bounced back, slicing the knight's neck. The knight screamed and rolled over and fell off his horse, and was immediately trampled on the chest by the horse's hooves behind him, and the screaming stopped. The spear in his hand flew out, hitting the chest of a Wei warhorse. The spear pierced deep into the body of the war horse, and the war horse neighed, came sideways, and fell to the ground with a bang. The knight on horseback was prepared. Take advantage of the speed of the horse and take off into the air. With a roar, he avoided the head of an approaching foe, and before he could celebrate his victory, a spear galloped in. Pierced his abdomen.

War horses gallop like the wind. The sword is wielded like lightning. Blood splattered, flesh flew sideways, and screams mingled with the roar of horses' hooves. And so on.

"Kill!" Qian Fei roared angrily, and the battle axe in his hand slashed and smashed, killing three Wei knights one after another. His bravery immediately attracted the attention of the Wei army, and the Wei knights adjusted their horses and crashed into him. Several swords slashed at him one after another, Qian Fei blocked with all his might, embarrassed, a Wei knight jumped up from his horse and pounced on Qian Fei, Qian Fei was shocked, rounded the battle axe, and smashed the knight's head with an axe.

The knight roared, folded his arms, and grabbed the handle of the axe. As soon as he grabbed the handle of the axe, he was struck in the temple by the solid knot of the axe, and he was dying, but his hand was still tightly gripped.

Qian Fei hurriedly let go and threw away the battle axe, and at the same time pulled out the war knife at his waist, which was able to block the attack of the two knights, and then was stabbed by two spears, fell off the horse, and blood flowed from his thigh. He was inexplicably frightened, his eyes were full of galloping horses' legs, and there were constant slashes of war knives and spears above his head, and in a few moments, there were several more wounds on his body. If it weren't for the solid armor on his body, he was afraid that he would have fallen in a pool of blood.

"Captain, get on your horse!" A knight of the Shu army rushed over, brandished a spear, and blocked in front of Qian Fei, gaining a precious respite for Qian Fei. Qian Fei didn't say a word, galloped two steps, and jumped on an ownerless war horse, but the knight had already been cut off, and the headless body was still sitting on the horse's back, and the spear in his hand was still clenched.

Qian Fei was in great pain, and roared angrily, like crazy.

Niu Jin galloped on his horse, the war knife in his hand had disappeared after slashing three people in a row, and now he held a spear that he didn't know who he had snatched from whom. The spearhead flashed, and two people were picked in a row. The shaft of the arrow in the shoulder socket hit him in the face, interfering with his vision. Niu Jin was furious, reached out and held the arrow shaft and folded it hard, a sharp pain came, and the arrow shaft was broken by him with a "snap". He threw away the shaft of the arrow and tightened his grip on the spear again.

The two armies rushed against each other, and in a matter of moments, countless knights fell from their horses.

The knights of the Wei army are superior in riding skills and tacit understanding, and the knights of the Shu army are well-equipped, and the battle armor on their bodies and the crossbows, war knives, and iron spears in their hands have caused great damage to the Wei knights.

However, although Qian Fei's martial arts are brave, his command ability is not as good as Niu Jin, he was knocked off the horse, and was almost killed in battle, although Zuihou escaped death, but still lost control of his subordinates. His men were only charging according to their old habits, but they had forgotten the riding skills that Ma Dai had taught them.

Most of these people are the personal guards of various generals, who serve as protection tasks in peacetime, and are put into the battlefield in wartime, as the main general of protection, and decide the outcome of the battle, but there are not many such opportunities after all, and in terms of the ability to cooperate with large-scale cavalry battles, they are more than one grade worse than the Wei army led by Niu Jin.

Although Niu Jin rushed forward, he was protected by a large number of personal guards, so he barely encountered real danger except for an arrow, and he also had enough time to adjust his formation and command his men to fight in the most advantageous way. Under his command, the Wei knights lined up in a smooth charging formation, like a sharp spear, piercing the formation of Qian Fei's troops like a bamboo, splitting them in two, greatly reducing casualties.

The two sides rushed head-on, and after a short and fierce fighting, the two sides disengaged. Behind him, a corpse remained, a pool of blood.

Niu Jin glanced back at his subordinates, estimated the casualties, raised his spear, and ordered loudly: "Continue to charge, kill Ma Dai!" ”

The drums of war beat again.

"Kill Ma Dai!" The knights' morale was like a rainbow, they shouted in unison, accelerated again, and rolled up a wild rush, straight to Ma Dai's main formation...... (To be continued......)