Chapter 861: The Fire Burns the Mountain
Chapter 866
Li Xingzai came to Ma Meng and stopped before he got up. He was in a mess at the moment, his face was haggard, but his eyes were extraordinarily bright.
"How did General Ma do here, what did he do?"
Ma Mengqi and Li Xingzai have met, so naturally they are not familiar. At this moment, Li Xingzai's words touched Ma Mengqi's sadness, and he sighed:
"The general of the defeated army is ashamed of his trust. Ma is now an ownerless and lonely soul, leading a remnant of the defeated army, wandering here, like a lost dog. ”
Hearing this, Li Xingzai also sighed and said, "Victory or defeat is a matter for soldiers, and General Ma doesn't have to blame himself too much." Speaking of which, the situation of this king is not much better than that of General Ma. ”
Ma Mengqi suddenly came to his senses and said, "Dare to ask why the prince is here?"
Now Ma Mengqi is disheartened and needs someone to comfort him. And the best way to comfort a person is to let him know that there are people who are worse than him.
I had heard that the alliance of princes was defeated by the Rong people, and the princes of all walks of life were defeated and fled like lost dogs. But I don't know what the specific situation is. There happened to be an eyewitness in front of him, and he just asked how miserable he was.
Ma Chao is in desperate need of comfort now.
Although he suffered a fiasco, Li Xingzai didn't have much depression in his eyes, he waved his hand and said, "Anyway, it's a big defeat, and now it's still breathing." What's next for General Ma?"
Ma Chao's expression was a little embarrassed, and he lowered his head and said, "I want to avoid the edge of the Rong clan for the time being, and then think about supporting Chang'an." ”
Not long ago, there was a fight, and Ma Mengqi had only 500 soldiers. With these people, they can't even withstand a charge from the Rong tribe. With this, what to use to support Chang'an City is just a pretext.
"Ahh Li Xingzai clapped his hands with his hands: "General Ma and I coincide, it is better for you and me to be one family, and it can be regarded as a response, and then we will make plans." ”
Ma Mengqi is really desperate today, and he has no ill feelings towards Li Xingzai. In any case, Li Xingya is also a member of the Li royal family. Defecting to his command is not a betrayal of Li Letian. Moreover, looking at Li Xingya's style, his behavior is bright and upright, and he is not a villain like a chicken thief like Guan Yu.
With both hands clenched into fists, he saluted respectfully on the horse: "Everything is up to the king's orders." ”
Ma Mengqi probably didn't know one thing, Li Xingzai had also been a bandit in Toad Village for a period of time. In terms of the shamelessness of chicken thieves, it is better than Guan Yu.
Recently, Li Xingzai walked around the neighborhood and avoided the Rong soldiers and horses when he saw them. When he saw the defeat of the Empire, he leaned over and flickered.
Now that he has successfully fooled a general, Li Xingzai is in good spirits and begins to look for the next flickering target.
Li Xingzai fooled people in this territory, looking for usable talents from the defeated armies of other princes. He behaved like he was rummaging through a trash can.
At this moment, the Rong clan's attack on Chang'an City has not stopped. After defeating the alliance of princes, in fact, the Rong people have mastered the entire Jingzhou. There are no worries, you can free up your hands and specifically attack Chang'an City.
Judging from the current situation, it is only a matter of time before Chang'an City is breached.
Bai Wushuang paced into the Rong royal tent. Nohara was fiddling with the brazier in front of him to keep warm, and the thinly shaved barbecue was resting next to the basin. This is still the method he learned when he was wandering, and he always tried his best to save his strength, and he had to be careful about everything around him.
"The king, the whereabouts of the Liangzhou group have been found, and they are currently hiding on Hulu Mountain. I have sent someone to see the terrain, the terrain of Hulu Mountain is complicated, and the army cannot be used. And this time, it was the Liangzhou people and horses who were facing each other, and they forcibly attacked, and I was afraid that they would suffer a lot of sacrifices. ”
The wild fire picked up the charcoal with tongs, and the sparks were scattered in the air and extinguished.
"What are the Elder's plans?"
"The losses of a forcible attack are huge, and it is better to wait for work. The subordinates mean to besiege but not attack, and when they run out of food and grass, our army can naturally win. ”
"The terrain of Hulu Mountain is dangerous, if you enclose the whole mountain, how many men and horses do you need to mobilize, and how much grain and grass supply is needed. Our main energy is Chang'an City, and we don't have extra troops to fight a gang of bandits. Nohara said lightly.
Bai Wushuang looked at the expression on Nohara's face, he was wearing a hood, and his face was indescribable against the firelight. Bai Wushuang thought in his heart: Could it be that the king wants to let them live. But if that's the case, why bother with so much effort against them.
Guan Yu guessed that he was targeted by the Rong clan, but he never imagined that it was not the other person who commanded the transfer behind the scenes, it was the Rong clan Wang Yeyuanhuo. The people sent to hunt down Guan Yu were all elites of the Rong clan. Even Guan Yu could feel that after fighting the Rong clan several times, the enemy became more and more tricky.
Bai Wushuang's heart moved, and he said, "Does the king already have an idea?"
"Isn't it over if it burns down? ”
As soon as Nohara let go, the charcoal smashed into the charcoal basin, sparks splashed everywhere, and the flames in the charcoal basin suddenly became vigorous. The barbecue by the basin was squeaky and steaming with hot oil, and the air in the big tent became hot.
Winter turns to spring, although everything is recovering, but the mountains and rivers are still covered with thick dead grass and shrubs. This spring, the earth has not had time to give birth to life, and the mountains and forests are still depressed.
On this night, a fire was burning from the southeast.
"Big boss, big boss......"
Someone woke up the sleeping Cheng Dalei: "Big boss, there is a Rong clan at the foot of the mountain to set fire." ”
Cheng Dalei rushed out of the house with a big axe, and looked in the southeast direction, only to see a fire rushing to the sky. In the surrounding mountains and forests, there are also sporadic fires.
"Ahh Cheng Dalei shouted: "This is to drive us all away, who came up with such a desperate plan, aren't you afraid of retribution?" ”
"Big boss, what should we do next?" asked Guan Yu.
"Withdraw, this place should not stay for a long time, the wind is tight. ”
In fact, without Cheng Dalei's orders, Guan Yu has also gathered the soldiers together. Under the leadership of Cheng Dalei, the army retreated to the northwest.
Cheng Dalei secretly said that he was lucky, but thanks to the timely reaction of the scouts, he had already found out when the fire did not burn. If there is a fire on all sides, there is only a dead end waiting for everyone, and the meat may be roasted and matured in the end.
Now that the fire is not in full swing, Cheng Dalei is opening the way ahead. The reaction speed of the five hundred horses in Liangzhou is fast, but it is a pity that the group of people who joined later are now panicking.
They have only been in the company for a short time, have not undergone much training, and are not up to the level of prohibition.
When he was descending the mountain, he collided with the Rong arsonist team. They probably didn't expect Cheng Dalei and the others to react so quickly, and they were a little caught off guard.
The two sides fought for a while, and Cheng Dalei and others finally broke out of the encirclement and fled to the northwest.