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Volume 2: Unpredictable Chapter 577: Fortunately fell off the horse slope

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    "Oh, I underestimated Zhao Zilong. If I had listened to your advice and rushed to Yongshou to combine the strength of the two armies, Xiliang's army would have conquered half of the county."

    Ma finally calmed down his anger, and after changing his expression, he sighed and blamed himself.

    "Brother, victory or defeat is a matter of war. There are at most 30,000 troops, and the only general who is good at fighting is Zhao Zilong. Zhao Zilong is guarding Sanshui, so the pressure on my father's army attacking Yongshou is far greater than that of Sanshui and  Father has Pang Lingming, a strong general, at his side. Yongshou is likely to have been captured by father. I will rush there and join my father's army in time. It won't take many days to capture Yilu.

    Furthermore, after that, the Xiliang army came again to besiege Sanshui. By then, the army would not have to worry about troops and food, and his brother and Pang Lingming joined forces. Even if Zhao Zilong had great abilities, how could he stop these two peerless warriors from coming?  There is no doubt that the water will break. I hope my brother will make a decisive decision and decide on withdrawing troops as soon as possible."

    Matthew first comforted Ma, and then analyzed him separately. While Ma was listening, his tense face also relaxed. Ma's expression was calm, and he nodded.

    "My second brother's words are justified. I'll pass on the order and order all the troops to pack up and retreat at one o'clock tonight."

    "The general will wait for orders"

    Ma Xiu and Ma Tie looked overjoyed. They immediately accepted the order and retreated. They walked out of the account and made announcements and arrangements.

    Time passed little by little, and soon night fell. A group of civilian army scouts secretly surveyed outside the Ma Army camp. One of the scouts in the team saw that the Ma Army was making a lot of noise and seemed to want to withdraw, so he asked the general of the team.  Do you want to go back to the city and report it? But the scout captain laughed and said that the scout was very nervous and didn't take it seriously.

    As the hours passed, the night became darker and darker. At night, a series of noisy sounds suddenly sounded from the Yima Army camp. Among the noisy sounds, there were footsteps, the sound of soldiers fighting, and the sound of flags waving.  etc.

    "It's bad, this Xiliang army really wants to retreat"

    When the scout general of the Wen Army heard this, his expression changed on the spot and he exclaimed

    "Ah, General Zhao arranged for three soldiers and horses in the city to come for a sneak attack. If he leads the army and finds that the camp is empty, once he is blamed, you and I will all be beheaded."

    A scout had a look of horror on his face, and then said:

    "This has nothing to do with me. I told the general earlier that the Xiliang army was showing signs of withdrawal, but the general turned a deaf ear."

    First, the scout who first discovered the strange phenomenon of the horse army quickly brushed it off. The scout general gave him a cold look. He was originally a bandit. Later, I heard that he served as a soldier under Wen Han, with generous food and salary, extremely high treatment, and a promotion system based on  In terms of talent and military merit, he was unable to join the army under Wen Han. As the old saying goes, nature is easy to change but hard to change. When this scout general saw that he had committed a serious crime, he was likely to be beheaded, and his thief nature suddenly arose again, and he suddenly broke out.  The steel knife at his waist suddenly slashed at the scout. As soon as the blade passed by, the scout's head flew up, and warm blood sprinkled on the faces of the surrounding scouts.

    The scout general suddenly struck a fatal blow, which frightened all the scouts in his team and changed their faces.

    "My life is very precious. If I don't do this as a thief, officer and soldier, whoever wants to survive and live happily, just follow me. I promise that you will follow me, and you will be popular and drink spicy food in the future. I can handle all kinds of women."  I¡¯ll take you to taste it all.¡±

    The scout general had a cold face and shouted: This scout general is quite powerful. The scouts in the team are usually afraid of him, but deserting is a serious crime. If he is caught, he will definitely die.  If anyone dares to speak, the scout general will snort coldly, turn his horse's head upside down and leave.

    "Humph, forceful melons are not sweet. I will not force you to wait. You have committed a serious crime. With General Zhao's character, you will definitely be severely punished whether you wait to die or live. You can decide for yourself whether I will go."

    The scout general slapped his horse and took off. After watching for a while, several scouts followed him. Perhaps because of the threat to their lives, the entire scout team finally left with the scout general and became deserters.

    The Ma Army had already begun to retreat, but Zhao Yun, who was in Sanshui at this time, still didn't know. At three o'clock, Zhao Yun hurriedly led his troops to the Ma Army camp. As soon as they arrived at the gate of the camp, Zhao Yun saw that the camp was empty and messy, not even a single Ma Army soldier.  All the soldiers disappeared, and their expressions suddenly changed. They immediately ordered the soldiers to find the scout general who was responsible for surveying the Majun camp tonight to question them. Unexpectedly, the soldiers told him that the scout team had never returned to the city since they left the city at night. The army just now  We set off, but there was no report of his arrival.

    "The bastards and incompetent people are ruining my overall situation"

    Zhao Yun immediately guessed a lot when he heard this. The scout general must have been careless and derelict in his duties. He fled in fear of crime. Although Zhao Yun was very angry, he could not care anymore and quickly ordered his soldiers to chase him.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­Sir, when asked where this is, the soldier told the horse that this is the Luoma Slope of Sanshui and twenty miles away. The terrain here is bumpy and there are hilly soil slopes everywhere. If you ride a horse and pass by, it will be very easy to fall.  Luo Ma Slope, hence the name Luo Ma Slope

    When Ma heard the name of Luo Ma Po, he frowned immediately. His surname was Ma, but the name here was Luo Ma Po. This name was extremely ominous. Ma thought for a while and suddenly sent a team of scouts to inquire around.

    "Brother, the army was retreating, why did it suddenly stop?"

    Ma Xiu was commanding the rear army. When he saw the army in front suddenly stopped, he rushed over to see the situation. Ma Xiu replied with a calm face.

    "This place is called Luomapo. I thought this name was ominous, and I suspected there was an ambush, so I ordered the scouts to go and investigate first."

    "Hahaha, brother, are you really worried about Zhao Zilong and he doesn't know about our withdrawal?"

    While Ma Xiu was laughing, there was a cry of killing for a moment, and he could faintly see countless figures rushing out from Luo Ma Slope in the dark night. Most of the scouts sent by Ma Xiu were killed or injured, and only a few scouts rushed back on horseback.

    "Ambush, there is an ambush, eh"

    One of the cavalry scouts was shouting, and suddenly a series of arrows pierced the air, and the cavalry scouts were shot off their horses one after another.

    "There is really an ambush"

    Ma Xiu turned pale with fright on the spot. He lost his voice and told Ma to ignore him. He hurriedly ordered his army to take a detour and fled to Mapo. The ambush army pursued them all the way. However, they were far away from Ma's Xiliang army and their strength was only 5,000.  The remaining people finally had to give up the pursuit and let the Xiliang army escape.

    The reason why the horse escaped was all due to the careless negligence of the scout general. If the scout general had reported Zhao Yun early, Zhao Yun would have led his troops to sneak attack on Ma Jun's camp. The Xiliang army would have fled in chaos.  , why bother sending scouts to investigate first? Wait for the deserters from the Xiliang army to fall down the horse slope in a panic and be ambushed. They will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Finally, wait for Zhao Yun's pursuers to arrive and attack from both front and rear. Maybe even if the horses have extraordinary martial arts,  Will drink and hate this

    However, tonight's layout was carefully planned by Xilong. How could there be only one place for an ambush?  , in the end, almost all the troops and horses were exhausted, and there was no way to recover.

    However, everything is as certain as possible. Xilong cautiously believes that the enemy generals who attack Sanshui may have a 20% to 30% chance of escaping in Luomapo. Therefore, he is determined to withdraw from the Sanshui border.  Along the way, Black Fire Forest set up an ambush for the army. Xilong believed at that time that even if the enemy generals could escape from Luomapo, the remaining soldiers around them would never exceed 3,000, and they would all be defeated.  When they fled into the Black Fire Forest, they were ambushed again. How could they survive?

    It is said that Ma Yinjun fled for a while, but when he saw that the pursuers from behind did not come, he ordered the soldiers to stop and reorganize their formation.

    "Brother, you are really good at predicting events. If you had not been cautious, I am afraid that the army would have suffered heavy losses at this time."

    Matthew gasped for a while, and after swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva, he sighed and praised Ma with a bit of admiration, but his face was still cold. The wave of ambushes just now made him break out in a cold sweat, and he really couldn't figure out why.  Zhao Yun was able to predict and know in advance that he would retreat tonight.

    It would take at least a day to prepare an ambush for the Luo Mapo ambush. Even if there was a lot of movement in his camp tonight, Zhao Yun would not have enough time to arrange this ambush after being discovered by Wen Jun's scouts.

    Ma Bai was puzzled. How could he have expected that Han Sui and Ma Teng would join forces to attack Beidi and Ping? It was Wen Han who lured them into it.

    However, Xilong Zhifan had arranged for Zhao Yun to set up an ambush in Langya Valley and seize the enemy's food and supplies in Sanshui first. The enemy was short of food and grass, and Sanshui was guarded by Zhao Zilong.  Therefore, Zhuge Liang ordered Zhao Yun to seize the opportunity and sneak attack his camp, forcing him to withdraw his troops and then set up two ambushes in Luomapo and Heihuolin. This way, he would definitely be able to annihilate all the enemy troops attacking Sanshui.

    This timing can be described as a coincidence. Seeing that the morale of the Ma army was low, and the two ambush troops had just completed their ambush, Zhao Yun wanted to take advantage of tonight to sneak attack on the Ma army camp. However, seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, Zhao Yun decided to withdraw his troops.

    With all these factors coinciding, we can only lament that the battlefield is changing so quickly that it is really difficult to predict.

    The horse's heart was beating wildly, and he suddenly felt that this land of three waters was full of strange murderous intentions. After reorganizing the army, he led all the troops and horses to evacuate.  A strange wind blew by, and the dark winds of the Black Fire Forest gusted. The leaves in the dense forest swayed like black flames under the color of the night. It was for this reason that the Black Fire Forest got its name.

    Ma narrowed his eyes and suddenly felt a thrilling feeling. Perhaps it was because the ambush just now made him nervous.
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