Chapter 145 [Guangling catastrophe]
(Thank you, Zhao Wuxiu 2014, Qi Mengzi, the waves, Kongming Xiaoxi's support, I am very happy.)
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In April of the first year of Xingping, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou twice. As Ma Han expected, his excuse was directly pointed out that the murderer behind the murderer Tao Qian, the Muslim of Xuzhou, killed his father, nephew and his clan members for more than 50, had witnesses and confessions, and the evidence was conclusive. Poor Zhang Kai was used before being cracked by a car.
On the third day of April, Cao Cao swore a swearing battle in Puyang, Dongjun, and gave the heads of more than 80 murderers including Zhang Kai. The entire army of 30,000 infantry and cavalry rushed eastward. At the same time, Cao Ren's other troops, who had been preparing for horses and soldiers in Rencheng, once again acted as a vanguard, attacking Xiaopei, Yuzhou, and the troops were approaching Sishui.
For a moment, Pengcheng east of Sishui was in chaos. The tragic scene of Cao's army massacre half a year ago is still vivid in my mind. At this moment, the devil came again, and the soldiers and civilians in Pengcheng were both heartbroken. A large number of soldiers and civilians fled every day, and in the end, even the guards ran away.
At this moment, Chen Gui and his son who went to Xiaopei and Pengcheng met at the same time. They made a quick decision and took over the command of the Pengcheng army, organized the army to deploy defenses along the river to stop Cao Ren from crossing the river. It happened that it had rained rain for several consecutive days, the river water was full and the water was so rapid that the Cao army could not cross the river in time, which made Chen Gui and his son grab the time for emergency defense.
Although Cao's army had not crossed the Si River, the bad news of the invasion was like a plague spreading. An earthquake occurred in the entire Xuzhou, which was turbulent and uneasy.
Some people struggled to resist on the front line, while others took the opportunity to apply oil to the soles of their feet.
On the fifth day of the fourth month, Xia Pi was surrounded by three thousand squads and cavalry, including more than 10,000 men, women, monks, nuns, 3,000 cattle, horses, mules, sheep, and hundreds of wealth. They fled along the water and land to Guangling.
When Ma Han had just boarded the ship and left from the north gate of Huaiyin, Zu Rong led his troops to enter from the west gate, and the news of Cao's invasion also exploded in Guangling.
Ma Han had never expected that Cao Cao would invade again so soon, otherwise he would never leave at this time. It would have been fine if he had returned to western Liaoning. Since he had not even left the territory of Xuzhou, there was nothing to say - go back. Join Zhao Yun's other troops, and use Mi family money and grain as a backing to watch the storm of Xuzhou.
Only by mixing water can you catch fish. Only by fighting with snipe and clam can you gain profit.
Mahan's fleet had arrived in Huaipu at this time. It was at least half a day to return to Huaiyin, and it was already the first time in Shenshi (4 pm). If you set out immediately, it was too late when you arrived in Huaiyin, and there were many inconveniences. Mahan decided to temporarily dock in Huaipu and return early the next morning.
However, Ma Han never expected that it was because of the delay that night that he missed the opportunity to stop a catastrophe.
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Zu Rong led the crowd to Huaiyin and received warm hospitality from Guangling Prefect Zhao Yu, who held a grand banquet to entertain Zu Rong and his subordinates.
The destination of Zurong's trip to the south was not Guangling, after all, this was still the territory of Xuzhou, which was too unsafe. He planned to go south to Moling and join the old friend Pengcheng Xiangzili. Guangling was just a transit. But when Zurong, the most famous transit jackal of the Three Kingdoms period, broke into Guangling, which had a wealth of people, everything was sliding in a terrible direction...
As he was drunk, the generals of the subordinates of Zuo Rong kept whispering, and frequently looked at the nobles at the banquet, as well as dancers wearing silk and dancing gracefully during the banquet. Wine, rich people, women, and everything that stirred up the primitive human beings began to ferment under the stimulation of alcohol.
Both Zurong and Tao Qian were village party members and were from Danyang. They were born in a powerful city. They gathered hundreds of people in troubled times and defected to Tao Qian. Therefore, they were able to be appointed as the Xia Pi princes. Among the trusted officials of Zurong, most of them were rogues in the market and were desperate. Many of his guards were bought Shanyue slaves, all of whom were brave and cruel. In the eyes of these people, they were shameful and beautiful women.
Zhao Yu had no idea that he had led the wolf into the house.
Taking advantage of the toast, the subordinates kept whispering to Xie Rong, and Xie Rong's eyes began to turn red under the driving force of alcohol and greed...
That night, Zurong came to the door in person and invited Zhao Yu and a wealthy businessman to the banquet, while he arranged an ambush in secret. After everything was ready, Zurong took the opportunity to toast and suddenly took action, drew his sword and killed Zhao Yu. Then the ambush came out everywhere, and swords and halberds were all over the place. Screams came one after another, blood flowed all over the ground, and officials fleeing their lives with their heads in their arms.
Holding a big knife in his hand, Zu Rong rushed into the prefect's mansion and washed the official temple first. Starting with the first ray of fire in the prefect's mansion, thousands of soldiers burned and killed and looted wildly, half of the city's blood, half of the city's fire. Huaiyin City was trapped in a bloody horror...
At the beginning of the massacre, Ma Qi, who had been extremely alert for slaves and sheep for many years, jumped up from the couch.
Ma Qi was one of the four guards left by Ma Han to protect Gan Mei, and one of the two white wolf cavalry. Ma Qi didn't originally call this name, and he had no name, only a insulting code name "Yang Caizi". He was the product of the Wuwan people's humiliation of Han female slaves. People like him are born in Mobei every year, and more than 70% die due to harsh environment shortly after they were born. At least 20% of them survived less than 20% of them.
Sheep's testicles are famous and have a hard life, and he has become 10% of the lucky ones. But before he was twenty, his life was not much better than the sheep he grazed every day. He ate dog food and slept in sheep pens. After fifteen years of sheep, he had only eaten sheep bones three times. If it weren't for a person's appearance, he might have been so confused and would have become a zombie in the sheep pen.
This person, no, to him, he is no longer a mortal, but a god! The spiritual leader of the Hango tribe - Ma Han!
He was one of the first Han slaves to be rescued. Because he had no name, he was like other Han slaves who had the same situation as him. He followed their surnames and surnamed Ma, and each took one word. From then on, "Sheep Testicle" would become history, and his name was Ma Qi.
When the White Wolf Cavalry was also called the Hango Cavalry, Ma Qi was one of them, but due to insufficient nutrition, his physique was not strong enough, and he lacked the opportunity to contact cavalry and shooting, and all indicators were not qualified. Therefore, Ma Qi failed to become a regular cavalry, but prepared cavalry.
Over the past two years, Ma Qi participated in all the wars from the rise of the Hango tribe to the prosperity of the White Wolf City, and gradually grew into a qualified warrior. At the same time, he was loyal to their city guards and respected him as a god.
Among the two hundred white wolf cavalry that Ma Qi accompanied this time, he belonged to the light cavalry. That is, the cavalry and shooting are not outstanding, but if necessary, they can be used as a bow and cavalry to attack and sprint as a heavy cavalry. This is the White Wolf Light Cavalry.
The only reason why he was left behind by Ma Han was that he was smart and loyal. Among the four left-behind people, his military position was the commander of the sergeant.
After Zu Rong led his army into the city, Ma Qi received the news that Cao's army had invaded Xuzhou and realized the importance of the news. He immediately sent a brother of White Wolf and brave cavalry to bring his war horses. He rode one by one and chased the city guard fleet.
That night, when the first ray of fire in the prefect's palace pierced the darkness and the light penetrated through the window, Ma Qi was startled. He immediately wrapped in a blue scarf, wore a military uniform, half of his body, holding a hard bow with one stone, two buckets of stone, a short axe, and a scattered 20 arrows on his back - this is the basic equipment of the White Wolf Light Cavalry.
In fact, the regular White Wolf Light Cavalry is equipped with two spears and four guns. However, because it is in the city and is not portable, it is not configured. If it is a White Wolf Bow Cavalry, it is equipped with two bows at first, with an ordinary bow and a pulley bow, and the number of arrows is twice as many as that of an ordinary light cavalry. Ma Qi is just a light cavalry. Therefore, his bow and arrow are just ordinary standard.
When Ma Qi, wearing a dress, rushed out of the house, two boatmen from the building rushed out with their knives.
Ma Qi's skills may not be ranked among the White Wolf Cavities. However, his experience in the battle was definitely rich enough. He immediately directed two boatmen to run to the Gan family. He guarded the front and back doors of the Gan family respectively. Ma Qi climbed over the courtyard wall of the opposite neighbor, jumped onto the roof, and crouched with a bow.
In the darkness, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and clusters of flames could be seen from time to time. The night wind blew, bringing waves of choking smoke.
The situation was unclear, and Ma Qi did not dare to move rashly, and his anxious eyes were occasionally glanced back and forth between the door of Gan's house and the sides of the black-black lane.
At this time, many residents were shocked and panicked. Every household opened its doors and ran away, and soon brought back the news of the rebellion of the Zurong and the prefect's death.
Gan's father and his tribe were also panicked, so they quickly packed up their fine lines, snatched the door, and ran towards the city gate with the crowd.
"Captain, how can you give birth?" Two boatmen from the building ran to the base of the wall for instructions.
Ma Qi gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "Don't worry about others, just keep an eye on the little lady of the Gan family. You follow him, and I will go upstairs and keep an eye on you. Hurry!"
What Ma Qi said about going up is to follow the rows of roofs and keep a high eye on them, which is not easy to lose. Fortunately, since the end of the Han Dynasty, Huaiyin has basically not been war-torn, and the residents' families are generally well-off. Even though they live in a house with weeds and mud, the beam is very strong and they will fall into pieces without any chance of falling into trouble.
When the chaotic crowd had just flowed out of the alley, the fire was bright, the sharp blades were shining, and the screams were like the roar of a night beast, resounding throughout the city.
The soldiers rushed forward, and the crowd exploded, like a scoop of cold water poured into the bottom of a hot pot. What was squirting was not steam, but blood.
The sound of shouting, screaming, the sound of cracking silk, the sound of sharp blades entering the flesh and bones filling the ears and brains, buzzing and echoing, making people lose their souls.
Gan Mei was knocked to the point of being tilted in chaos, and the box in her hand was thrown away. In the blink of an eye, her father and brother disappeared. When she saw that there was no familiar person in front, back, left and right. Gan Mei was squeezed to the corner of the wall, her hair was covered with hairpins and her hair was chaotic, and her appearance was fading. At this moment, it was strange that what she thought in her mind was not her father and brother, but the person who had shocked Cao's army with one arrow and saved thousands of creatures. If he were here, would she still suffer such suffering? If he were here, would the people in the whole city be slaughtered like this?
The bones were rolling! A round thing rolled to Gan Mei's feet, and the fire broke out, reflecting a grinning head. This man's head was so familiar... it was his own clan uncle!
"Ah!" Gan Mei covered her mouth, and tears rolled down.
The fire suddenly shone in front of her, as if a group of people holding sharp weapons were surrounding her. The dazzling light made her unable to open her eyes. She only heard strange tones that made her despair:
"This little girl is so pure!"
"What a little beauty, she is a little more beautiful than the concubine Zhao Taishou we were playing with just now!"
"I won't be snatching things from you anymore, I just want this little beauty..."
"Bad! Those who meet are part of each other, let me play with you first!"
Amid the lewd laughter, Gan Mei felt one hand touching her arm...
"Ah!" Gan Mei screamed.
"Ao!" Ao!" A long arrow suddenly penetrated the neck of the storm soldier who had just touched Gan Mei, and his tail feathers trembled violently.
Bang! The soldier fell heavily, and the torch fell to the ground, reflecting the wound on his neck. A wisp of blood flowed out and dripped dust.
Chapter completed!