Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1072
To the north of Jingshui in Guanzhong, in the forest near Chiyang County, a gray rabbit vigilantly exposed half of its head from the soil hole under the tree, pricked up its ears, looked left and right for a while, and didn't notice any danger, so it burrowed into it. It came out and went to the bushes on the side, looking like it was going to forage.

At this moment, there was a piercing scream, the gray rabbit subconsciously sensed the danger, and was just about to kick off its hind legs to escape, but before it was too late, an arrow had already passed through its body, nailing it to the ground. on the ground.

A strong man stood up from the bushes in the leeward place, strode forward, then pulled out the arrow, knocked the gray rabbit in his hand, smiled with satisfaction, and walked south with the rabbit in his hand. On the back of his waist, there was a dead wild child with its neck hanging down and its head dangling.

Mountains and forests are a dangerous existence for most people, because there is no compass or locator, and it is easy to get lost after entering the forest. Can't get out, until it becomes the nourishment of the animals and plants in the mountains and forests.

But the man in hardcover looked at the moss of the surrounding trees from time to time, and then looked up at the sun peeking out spots of light from among the leaves. He seemed to be able to discern the direction effortlessly. After walking for more than half an hour, he came out of the woods.

The weather has been good these days, with light wind and light clouds, and clear sky for thousands of miles.

Under such good weather, and the terrain here is relatively high, the archery towers on the city wall of Chiyang County in the distance can be seen clearly.The city of Chiyang County is not too big, but it is not too small either. The green bricks on the city wall have been old for some time, and they all look a little black.However, it seems that some tiles on the arrow tower above the city head are broken, and they haven't been repaired in time, revealing a dark hole.

The gate of the city was half open, the suspension bridge was lowered, and there were not many people coming and going outside the city, only a few scattered.On the edge of a circle of ravines dug around the city, there is a circle of antlers. Overall, the defense is neither strict nor lax.This level of city defense, if there is no shortage of food and water, the defenders are still qualified, and they can resist three to five times the invading force, and the pressure to persist for three to five months is not great.

The strong man stood on the rock and squinted his eyes, staring at Chiyang City from a distance for a while, then jumped off the big rock, turned back, and came to a crazy small mountain behind it.

In the middle of the mountain, at some unknown time, a simple camp has been built. In the camp, some men in leather robes are busy, some are looking after the horse, some are sharpening their weapons. Several soldiers saw The strong men all stood up and greeted "Captain Pang"...

In the camp, Ma Chao was also polishing the tip of his long spear on a rock.

No way, there is no stainless steel at this time. Anything containing iron will rust to some extent. If these rusty places are not removed immediately, the rust will expand and even damage the entire weapon.

Ma Chao looked up, then lowered his head to continue polishing carefully, and asked casually, "Ling Ming, are you going hunting?"

Pound threw the rabbit and the wild chicken to the guards beside Ma Chao, laughed twice, and said: "Walking around in the forest, I met two blind people, and it's tasteless to eat dried meat every day...Take it and clean it up quickly. More or less it’s fresh blood food…”

Pang De was originally engaged in a county, and later followed Ma Teng to attack those rebellious Qiang people. Because of his bravery in battle, he made many military exploits, and accumulated military merits to the position of captain in the army.

Normally, after the establishment of the military camp, it is strictly forbidden to go around in private, but whether it is Ma Teng or Ma Chao, they have been a lot of Hu, and they are more inclined to the Hu people's model when managing the army, so Pound left the camp to go to the camp. Ma Chao didn't care about hunting. He just snorted slightly and said, "Seeing that the enemy is right in front of me, but I can't kill it with my hands... Everything tastes the same..."

After half a month of searching, Ma Chao and others finally found this place from near Wugong County. According to many signs, Li Jue is probably hiding in Chiyang County...

Li Jue was originally granted the title of Marquis of Chiyang, so from the beginning this county was tantamount to Li Jue's fief. Although the army was defeated and scattered, some of the soldiers and generals sent to Chiyang were more or less Li Jue's confidantes. So even though Li Jue has lost momentum now, he still regards Li Jue as the leader and leader...

The big Han officials in the court may or may not know, but no matter whether they know or not, they didn’t have much free time to deal with the surrounding affairs in the previous stage, so Li Jue avoided making trouble, and Guan Zhong Chang’an Dynasty Most of the officials above the hall just turned a blind eye and closed their eyes, pretending that they didn't see it.

The officials in Chang'an pretended not to see it, but Ma Chao couldn't pretend he didn't see it.

Seeing that the guards took the rabbit and the wild child to deal with it, Ma Chao didn't say anything, he just sharpened the blade of the gun carefully, as if he was thinking about which part of Li Jue's body he should stab with the blade, and it took a long time Said: "Lingming, it's been two or three days here, what do you think of Chiyang's soldiers and horses?"

Pound also has a straightforward temperament, so he didn't have any intentions to hide it. Seeing Ma Chao's question, he opened his mouth and replied: "It seems to be okay. Although there are not many patrolling riders around, and they are not far away, it should be done. There is nothing missing, and the equipment seems to be good... Most of them are veterans, and they should have fought in battle..."

"Then what do you think about the defense of this city?" Ma Chao asked again.

"Defense is pretty normal...but it may not be easy to fight..." Pound said, stroking the beard on his chin.

"Why?" Ma Chao raised his spear and squinted at the blade in the air.

Pang De said: "...Other counties still have places to escape. When they attack, there must be some people who don't want to die in the city... But Chiyang is just like this. If you want to escape, where can you escape? So Once a fight starts, it must be a desperate resistance, and we don't have many people..."

Ma Chao held the spear in one hand, waved it in the air a few times, and then stuck it beside him with a swipe, silent.In fact, Li Jue was quite famous in Xiliang at first, saying that he would definitely be able to defeat Li Jue, but in fact Ma Chao didn't have much confidence in his heart.

But now that I've come here, there's no reason to just turn around and go back!
Ma Chao’s tribe, many of them are Qiang people, and these strongholds were originally outside the territory of China. Since the Qin Dynasty, there have been waves one after another. The relationship with China has also been ups and downs. The fixed number has continued until later generations, and Huaxia is nothing more than appeasement and rebellion, repeated one after another, and it seems that there is no end.

Just like weeds on the wasteland, one after another.

Ma Chao's current army is actually Han Dynasty soldiers and horses, rather it is mainly tribal, and the etiquette is quite rough, and there are not so many red tapes between the upper and lower levels.But it is precisely because of this that when Ma Chao organizes his soldiers, it is quite easy to give orders, and he is also extremely flexible in response to the battle. In addition, the original brutality of the Xiliang people and the unique flexibility of the cavalry come and go like the wind. Therefore, the overall combat effectiveness of Ma Chao's troops is quite strong...

Therefore, even though he knew that Chi Yang was not easy to attack, no one complained or flinched in the past two days. He just waited for Ma Chao to come up with some ideas before starting to act.

"Yesterday, Lieutenant Ma led a team out, touched the surrounding villages, arrested a few patrolmen guarding the village, and killed them after questioning... But the little soldiers didn't know too much, and they didn't ask anything... Ma Chao was also a little annoyed, so he couldn't help talking to Pound.

This is where Ma Chao has the most headache. He doesn't know anything about the city of Chiyang, how many soldiers there are, how they are arranged, and how the city is defended.
That damn Li Jue!The area where he is hiding in Chiyang now, is it in the Yamen of Chiyang's government office, or in the school yard in Chiyang's city?But no matter where he is, as long as he is caught, he must suffer for seven days and seven nights before he dies!

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"Fire! Fire! Fire..."

Zhang Yan screamed hoarsely, and felt that he was caught in a sea of ​​flames, flames were all over the top, bottom, left, and right, and even the sky and rocks burst into flames!

The soldiers standing on the ridge also seem to be made of flames. They are clamoring and cheering, holding various weapons that are also made of flames, and are harvesting the hearts of the boys around them. life……

The battle robe on his body has been ignited, the iron armor on his body has also been licked hot by the flames, and the exposed hair of the man has been completely scorched!The black smoke was like a giant python, churning in the valley, choking everyone out of breath, as if every breath was like breathing flames.

"... Grand Commander! Grand Commander!"

The sound suddenly sounded from far and near, like a bright light in the sky, shattering the surrounding scene, Zhang Yan opened his eyes, somewhat sobered up, but his expression was still full of fear.

"Commander, it's okay, it's okay... Come, drink some water..."

In the dim hut, a person carefully lifted Zhang Yan's body, trying not to touch the bloody places burned by the flames, took a bowl of water, and put it next to Zhang Yan's pale lips.

Zhang Yan was drowsy, tried her best to drink a bowl of water, then lay down again weakly.

The people in the thatched hut were silent for a moment, then quietly retreated out.

This is a thatched house built in a small col.Because it was built hastily, it is very crude. If it hadn't been raining for a while, I am afraid that even the rain might not be able to completely cover it.

At the far entrance of the small col, some felled tree trunks were used to barely build a fence. Several people were on duty there, and these people were the only remaining personnel of Zhang Yan...

"...The injury of the great commander..." After leaving the thatched cottage for a while, one of them, with scorched face and curly hair, said in a low voice, who seemed to be of some barbarian blood, "...I have found all the herbs in the surrounding area, but just It's not going well... In the past two days, I've been sleeping more and more... I'm afraid it's..."

"You bastard!" Another burly man yelled angrily, "What bastard are you talking about! Commander... the commander will definitely get better!"

"You're the one who's fucking talking!" The person before said indignantly, "Get well, who the hell doesn't want the commander to get better! But now we have to find a way, it's not his mother who just said there Some innocuous words!"

"What do you mean by words that don't hurt and don't itch! I said that the commander-in-chief will be fine. Can this be said that it doesn't hurt or itch!"

A strong man came over, frowned and scolded: "Shut up! Don't make any noise! ​​With this strength, why not do more business! Curly hair, how many herbs are left?"

The man with curly hair shook his head and said: "Commander White Sparrow...there is not much left, and it is almost gone after applying it today. I will go to the top of the mountain to have a look later, hoping to find it again." some……"

"Okay, this mountain is steep, so be more careful..." The brawny man patted Curly on the shoulder and said, "Everyone is impatient, and they spoke a little rushed, so don't take it seriously... Right now, we are the only ones left now. These few brothers are gone, everyone should work together, Blackbeard, don’t you think so?”

The big man with eyebrows lowered his head and was silent for a while, then cupped his hands towards Curly Hair, and said, "My little brother has no brains, don't worry about Curly Brother... I will go to the forest to search later, and look at the condoms that I put two days ago. , maybe I can bring some blood food back to the commander to make up for it..."

While talking, suddenly a person was extremely anxious, but because the mountain road was difficult to walk, he ran a little staggeringly, and when he got close, he said out of breath: "...No...it's not good! Mountain...beyond the mountain ... from outside the mountain ... a group of people ..."

"Where are you from?" Commander Baique asked hastily.

"...Yes...it's the man from General Zhengxi...I saw, I saw the three-color flag..."

Everyone's face changed drastically, and they were at a loss for a while.

"Get the weapon!" Bai Que roared, as if talking to other people, and also as if to cheer himself up, "Since there is no way out, then fight one by one!"

Everyone also shouted one after another, and then rushed to the extremely simple fence at the entrance of the valley with their swords and guns raised...

"...You! It's you!" Baique rushed to Taniguchi, but saw a familiar face in the opposite queue, couldn't help raising his saber angrily, and chopped it on the stake in front of him, "Fuyun! You Shameless villain! Betrayed the commander! You still have the face to come here! I will kill you!"

Zhao Yun immediately shot his gun, under the three-color flag, looked at his former colleagues who were roaring at Taniguchi, and was silent for a while...

(End of this chapter)