Chapter 223 The soldiers marched to Wuzhangyuan
When Ma Di was about to wipe out all Hu Qi, Xiahou Ba finally arrived on the battlefield.
However, seeing that the battle was almost over on the battlefield, and that Hu Qi, who had been hired with a lot of money, was almost completely wiped out. Even someone as steady as Xiahou Ba still has to say, "It seems I came at the wrong time..."
Of course, Yan Bao, who was surrounded, didn't think so and kept shouting, "General Xiahou, you came at the right time, save us!"
After being educated by Ma Su, Yan Bao no longer dared to think lightly. The Han people are still the same group of Han people who will destroy you all if they disagree with you.
The South is terrible, I want to go home!
"These barbarians are so unreliable!" Xiahou Ba's face was extremely ugly. How could he not see at this moment that the plan of using Qiang and Hu to defeat Ma Su was ruined?
It's normal. The fighting power of this group of northern barbarians is really not worthy of belief.
This is also the reason why Ma Di did not deliberately commit suicide this time. After all, it would be too embarrassing to die at the hands of a barbarian.
TMD is as embarrassing as dying at the hands of Soochow!
But even though he looked down on them, Xiahou Ba still tried to save them.
Ma Su had few troops and still had to surround so many barbarians, so he did not send troops to intercept them. Xiahou Ba quickly rescued Yan Bao and waited for less than a hundred people, then turned around and left.
When Ma Su freed his hand, Xiahou Ba had to be surrounded by Ma Su with only a few infantrymen. It's better to run away while Ma Su is busy and can't take care of him.
Ma Su was not in the mood to continue chasing Xiahou Ba at this moment, since there were only a few people on the left and right anyway.
His appetite is not small, and he wants to accept all the surrendered Qiang and Hu cavalry.
After the warlord Yan Bao was rescued, the remaining Hu people were leaderless. Although their military discipline is corrupt, they are still an excellent source of soldiers who are good at riding and shooting.
Just like the Longyou Qiang people, recruiting them to fight is a very good choice.
The premise is that you can control it.
If these Hu Qi can be subdued, Liu Yin will be responsible for training and cleaning them up. It didn't take long for the big man to have thousands more elite cavalry.
The siege lasted for two and a half hours. Ma Su relied on the river to surround Hu Qi, trying not to let the Hu Qi escape. Finally, as the last Hu gave up resistance, Ma Di successfully defeated the five thousand Qiang Hu people and captured nearly three thousand Hu cavalry.
Three thousand barbarians, together with nearly nine thousand war horses, Ma Su can be said to have made a fortune.
"Three thousand plus two thousand, it won't be long before my army, Ma Su, will have five thousand cavalry." Ma Su was very satisfied with this. Seeing that his army had increased again, Ma Su was still in a good mood.
Wait, what the hell am I doing? Don't I want to die and go home?
Ma Su, Ma Su, why have you suddenly fallen into such a situation! You must repent. There are too many episodes, how can you commit suicide when the safety factor is increased!
But... I still want it a little bit!
Just when Ma Su was thinking painfully and happily, Liu Yin rushed over to report his victory to Ma Su.
"General Fu Guo, we almost wiped out all five thousand Hu cavalry in this battle. Except for those who were killed, trampled on each other, and fell into the water, the rest all surrendered." Liu Yin reported to Ma Su in a clear-cut manner, and compiled all the battle reports to Ma Su.
More than 3,200 Huqi, this is not an ordinary value!
"Hmm...very good." Ma Su nodded, quickly suppressed all emotions and answered calmly.
"It's not difficult to defeat the Qiang and Hu people. There are just a group of uncivilized barbarians on the left and right. It's no joke that one man can be the five barbarians!"
"But general, aren't our soldiers also Qiang..."
"They are all my Han soldiers! They are Han people!" Ma Di frowned and immediately corrected Liu Yin's political mistake.
"Uh..." Liu Yin instantly felt that the cavalry around him were looking at him a little more unkindly, and he said quickly.
"That's right, since they are all Han men, they are all Han Chinese!"
My general has a really good way of commanding his troops. These soldiers really think that they are Han Chinese too.
"In short, our biggest challenge now is actually the Wei army on the upper reaches of the Wei River." Ma Di then nodded with satisfaction and continued to talk to Liu Yin.
"The Qiang and Hu people really don't have a name. I feel ashamed even if I get a scratch on their hands. But the Wei army in the west is different. They have a large number of troops, and it is said that Chen Tai leads the army."
"This is a huge challenge. If it reaches Sanfu, it will be difficult to handle."
At this moment, Ma Su's intelligence had been restored in time, and he was also very familiar with the movements of the Wei army.
At this moment, Chen Tai led 30,000 soldiers and horses down the river, preparing to come to Sanfu to compete with him, Ma Su.
This is indeed a big threat, because Chen Tai has many soldiers and generals, and they are not the second-line field soldiers like Guan Qiujian back then.
The 30,000 Guanzhong Army he led were regular elites, equipped with both cavalry and infantry. If Ma Su faced him, the probability of defeat was very high!
So...why hasn't Chen Tai come yet?
Ma Su was very dissatisfied with Chen Tai's speed at the moment. I've been waiting for so long, why haven't you come yet? Do you have any understanding of the importance of military strength and speed? Why do you still want to win the battle if you are so slow?
Ma Su estimated at this moment that if he caught up with Xiahou Ba in the north and fucked him again, Chen Tai might not even be able to get there. Now that time is passing by, the Prime Minister may send someone to arrest him at any time.
If you want to commit suicide, you still have to open up the situation!
Ma Su touched his chin and began to secretly figure out how to commit suicide and go home next.
Wherever he looked, Ma Di suddenly noticed the flags of Cao Wei that had been thrown all over the ground by Hu Qi and that his own headquarters had begun to snatch. These flags were given by Xiahou Ba to identify them, so as to prevent the Huqi mercenaries from getting into trouble with his own family.
But now, all of them have been confiscated by Ma Su's tribe as spoils of war, and not a single one is left.
Seeing this scene, Ma Su suddenly had a big idea.
"Xiuren, what do you think we use these flags to pretend to be a branch of the Wei army and attack Chen Tai?"
"What?" Liu Yin's heart stopped and he looked at his general in shock.
Are you a little... forget it, you should be used to it by now...
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Chen Tai didn't know at this moment that Xiahou Ba, who originally planned to join forces with him, had been defeated. Of course, even if he knew, Chen Tai wouldn't care too much.
Ma Su only has a few people together, no matter how strong his fighting power is, what can he do? As long as you act steadily, it will only be a matter of time before you are dragged to death.
How many nails can you hit if you are covered in iron?
After parting ways with Guo Huai, Chen Tai led 30,000 elite soldiers down the river. However, due to the transportation capacity of the Weishui River, the army did not move very fast.
After passing through a smooth passage, Wei Jun came to a fateful place.
"General! Wuzhangyuan is ahead!" the Pioneer Army reported to Chen Tai.
"Very good. It's getting late now. Let's camp in Wuzhangyuan for the night. It won't be too late to set off tomorrow."