Chapter 272 Rush up the Dirt Mountain

Three thousand cavalry pursued in front, and five thousand infantry followed behind. However, after chasing for a while, the enemy seemed to be really fleeing, so Ma Teng gradually relaxed his vigilance.

That Hu general saw a dirt mountain in front of him, Dang even rushed up first, while the thousands of Hu Qi behind him rushed up without thinking, and more than 4000 Hu Qi rushed up this small dirt hill in one breath. Seeing this scene, Ma Teng couldn't help laughing.

"This group of brainless Qiang cavalry rushed to the top of the earth mountain. Isn't this a cocoon?"

Hu Qi galloped quickly, but now he rushed up the dirt hill. Ma Teng only needed to send two thousand crossbowmen to guard the foot of the mountain.

"Three thousand infantry guard the foot of the mountain, and the rest of them will follow me up the mountain to completely defeat the enemy!" Ma Teng turned to Cheng Gongying and said, "Brother Cheng, I trouble you to lead the army to set up a checkpoint at the foot of the mountain. Hu Qi was driven down, and you immediately ordered the strong archers to shoot with strong bows and crossbows."

Cheng Gongying nodded: "Brother Shoucheng just go forward, a certain army is here to supervise the formation."

Ma Teng laughed loudly, turned around and struck the whip in the air: "Follow me, and encircle the enemy cavalry!"

Three thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry immediately followed Ma Teng and stretched out their hands, rushing forward in one go, and the two armies began to fight on the dirt hill.

Cheng Gongying remained motionless, sitting quietly and recuperating, only waiting for Ma Teng to drive the enemy down, and then shot with a strong bow and crossbow, completely annihilating the enemy.

But at this moment, more than ten flags rolled like flying in the distance, and a mighty cloud of smoke and dust billowed up, and thousands of Hu Qi came from afar.

Cheng Gongying was taken aback, and looked intently, only to see five thousand horsemen galloping from a distance, obviously waiting nearby.

"Don't panic, the swords and shields form an array to resist the Hu cavalry's charge, and the crossbowmen are ready to shoot."

In an instant, the five thousand horsemen had already rolled in like a wave. These five thousand horsemen were full of energy, obviously they had been recharging their energy for a long time, and a wave of determination came oncoming.

As long as the pawns are in a proper formation, they can completely resist the charge of the cavalry. However, Cheng Gongying has few people after all, and after going through a quick march and another battle, he only shoots a round of arrows, and the Hu cavalry on the opposite side rush up. Under the impact of Hu Qi, it didn't take long for the Liangzhou soldiers to collapse.

More than a dozen Hu cavalry found a gap in the Liangzhou army formation, swung their sabers and hacked several people to death, and followed the gap to Cheng Gongying's place.

Sa!

The sharp saber cut through the sound of the wind, and slashed down towards Cheng Gongying. Fortunately, the elite soldiers on the side swung their sabers desperately to resist, which was able to withstand Hu Qi's soldiers.

"Join the army, the Hu cavalry are too strong, please join the army to avoid the limelight for a while." Sima Sun Chao fought hard to kill a Hu cavalry, and turned to Cheng Gongying and shouted.

Cheng Gongying frowned, and had no choice but to say: "The whole army retreats to the earth mountain, and don't get entangled with the enemy."

When the three thousand infantry heard Cheng Gongying's order, they immediately gathered together and retreated towards the mountain under the leadership of their respective officers.

Seeing the enemy retreating towards the mound, the five thousand horsemen were surprised that they did not pursue them, as if they had hoped that the enemy would retreat towards the mound.

Cheng Gongying had just retreated to the mound, only to hear the neighing of people behind him. It turned out that Ma Teng led the army to drive Hu Qi down from the mound, but when Ma Teng saw Cheng Gongying also retreated to the mound, I couldn't help but be taken aback for a moment.

"Brother Cheng, didn't I tell you to wait at the bottom of the mountain, why did you rush up the mountain?"

Cheng Gongying didn't have time to answer, because thousands of Hu cavalry had already rushed up, so he had to order his infantry to form an army formation, hoping to block the thousands of Hu cavalry on the mountain.

And these thousands of Hu cavalry did not stop, they were directly divided into two parts, and rushed past Cheng Gong's British army from the left and right wings like the wind, and went straight down the mountain.

When the two Hu cavalry were joined together, there were more than 8,000 men, while the Ma Teng army on the mountain had only nearly 7,000 men left after a bloody battle, and they were at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

"Hahaha, Li Zhonglang, it's thanks to your strategy that we were able to trap the soldiers of Liangzhou on the dirt mountain this time." Under the dirt hill, the leader of the Qiang formation had a beard and a stout figure.

Li Su laughed: "The leader has won the award. Chengxiang Dong has said something beforehand. As long as the leader can annihilate this group of enemy troops and then send troops to Liangzhou, Chengxiang Dong is willing to give the land of the Juyan vassal state to the leader Muma."

Tu Zexiong, the leader of the Qiang people, shook his head in dissatisfaction: "The land in Juyan is too little. Prime Minister Dong is a good friend. He should give us the land in Dunhuang County to herd horses. Otherwise, how can we settle down in a certain tent?" Where are the shepherds?"

Hearing Tu Zexiong's blatant bargaining with him, Li Su couldn't help but frown, but he glanced at the Liangzhou soldiers trapped on the earth mountain, and thought in his heart: let these Qiang people kill all the Liangzhou soldiers first, and wait until Dong The prime minister's army threatened Liangzhou, so he took care of the Qiang people together.

"Okay. But the leader must annihilate this group of Liangzhou soldiers on the earth mountain, otherwise Prime Minister Dong will not agree." Li Su's expression was doubtful.

Tu Zexiong was overjoyed when he heard that Li Su promised to cede the two counties of Juyan and Jiuquan, "Li Zhonglang and Prime Minister Dong don't worry, although I am a Qiang, I also know the truth of keeping my word."

Li Su nodded, and said solemnly: "Then please ask the leader to surround the enemy army again, and then go back after seeing Ma Teng give the head with his own eyes."

Tu Zexiong hummed: "At this time, there is no need to rush to attack. Let's keep him trapped for three days and five nights. When the enemy soldiers are exhausted and have no strength, then they can attack them. It's easy."

Li Su frowned, this Tu Zexiong has a bit of a brain, if he leads the army to charge now, the strength of the two sides is equal, even if they can wipe out all the Liangzhou soldiers, this group of Hu cavalry will probably be seriously injured, just like Bian Zhuangzi stabbing the tiger, One tiger dies and one tiger is injured.

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Tu Zexiong laughed and said: "Everyone, get off your horses and rest, light a fire and cook. If the enemy rushes down the mountain, immediately shoot with your bow to force the enemy back."

When more than 8,000 Huqi heard the leader's order, they dismounted one after another and set up camp. At the same time, they slaughtered the sheep they brought, and were not in a hurry to attack.

But above the earth hill is another scene.

"It's no wonder these thousands of horsemen don't know the situation, and insist on rushing up the dirt mountain. I also said that they don't know the art of war. It turns out that everything is the enemy's plan." Ma Teng jumped off his horse, looking at the horses and the dense crowd at the foot of the mountain. There are still burning fires, and behind them are the demoralized enemy troops who were defeated, and they can't help but sigh.

Cheng Gongyu on the side said heavily: "Let the soldiers eat some dry food, rest for a while and then talk about other things."