"The cool sparrow sleeps naked on the telephone pole..."

Yang Ling enjoyed the massage from Guo Zhao's gentle hands and hummed a little tune.

From time to time, he opened his mouth again and took Guo Zhao's green fingers and the fruit he was handed into his mouth.

This made Guo Zhao look shy.

"Brother Ziyi, there is something going on over there in Zhi County!"

But Gan Ning was full of excitement and strode into the camp.

"Oh? What happened?"

Yang Ling was refreshed and quickly sat up and asked.

"The spies sent out yesterday have just returned the news, saying that last night there were shouts of killing in and outside the city. The Xiliang army was defeated by the Bingzhou army and only a few thousand people escaped!"

Gan Ning smiled and said with admiration,

"Brother Ziyi's talent is truly astonishing! Just one tactic can cause the enemy to fall apart!"

Yang Ling couldn't laugh or cry for a moment.

Although he had the purpose of dividing the coalition forces, he did not expect that it would be so effective.

Not even a day after Ma Yunlu left, fighting began within the coalition forces!

But in order to maintain his image, he still nodded in a reserved manner.

"Don't do six basic things."

"Brother Ziyi, what should we do?"

Gan Ning asked.

Yang Ling just thought for a moment and then smiled and said,

"No matter who the Xiliang army is beaten by, I, Yang Ziyi, must help the situation. Someone come!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao walked in side by side.

"Please give me your orders, sir!"

"Immediately order the troops to move out and prepare to support Ma Teng."

"Here!"

…

In the wilderness, a cavalry unit was galloping.

It's just that the entire army, from the riders to the horses, is tired.

Yes, this is Ma Teng and his party who escaped from Zhi County.

Although they did not die in the hands of the senior officials, the senior officials did not intend to let them go.

Bingzhou's cavalry chased them all night long. The thousands of people who originally escaped have now only less than a thousand left due to fighting, separation and other reasons!

At this moment, the war horse under Ma Teng let out a mournful cry, then fell forward.

Fortunately, Ma Teng's riding skills were superb, his reaction was timely, and he jumped up to avoid falling to the ground.

"Father, are you okay?!"

Ma Chao hurriedly rode over, expressing concern.

"I'm fine!"

Ma Teng waved his hand and looked at the exhausted war horse on the ground, foaming at the mouth, and frowned for a moment.

"Lord, should we rest where we are?"

Pound asked tentatively.

"No, I'm afraid the senior officials haven't given up the pursuit yet. If we rest here, it will be over if they catch up!"

Ma Chao immediately shook his head in opposition.

"But even if we people can withstand it, the war horses can't."

Pound smiled bitterly.

Starting last night, they spared no effort in running wildly all night long.

If it weren't for the Xiliang war horses' extremely strong endurance, they would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago!

No need for Pound to say it, Ma Teng also knew it in his heart.

He was silent for a moment and then said,

"According to what General Ling Ming said, rest where you are for a while!"

After hearing this, everyone felt relieved and hurriedly got off their horses.

While they ate dry food, they let their horses go to the creek not far away to drink water and eat grass.

"Brother Shoucheng, if Gao Qian is determined to kill us, we won't be able to escape."

Han Sui whispered to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng just ate dry food and said nothing.

Now that they have turned against each other, if they don't want to be retaliated against in the future, the senior officials will definitely kill them all!

Moreover, even if the senior officials did not pursue them, they would have no food and grass, and it would be almost impossible to return to Guanzhong from Hanoi County.

"What do you think?"

Ma Teng looked at Han Sui.

"My idea is very simple. Since Yang Ling wants to join forces with us, why not take this opportunity to join him?"

Han Sui smiled.

"In our current situation, will he still join forces with us?"

It's not like Ma Teng hasn't thought about this.

But the problem is that they only have less than a thousand people at their disposal.

If Yang Ling falls out, will they be in trouble?

Hearing his father's worries, Ma Yunlu on the side gritted his teeth and took the initiative to say,

"Father, let me go see Yang Ling!"

"Yunlu, why are you so confident in persuading Yang Ling?"

Ma Teng looked at Ma Yunlu with some confusion.

Ma Yunlu's pretty face turned red.

She was still a little embarrassed to talk about the matter between herself and Yang Ling.

You can't tell your father that you are Yang Ling's, right?

Before Ma Teng and his party could discuss the outcome, they heard the soldiers on guard duty not far away shouting in panic.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Ma Teng and others were all startled. They looked up and saw Bingzhou's cavalry appearing in the distance!

But in the blink of an eye, they were approaching fiercely.

The Xiliang troops had no time to react and were cut off by the enemy!

"Oops!"

Ma Teng's heart sank, feeling that today would be a bad day.

But he has been on the battlefield all his life, but he is not willing to just surrender!

"Form up and prepare to meet the enemy!"

The men and horses of the Xiliang Army quickly gathered and formed a formation with their backs against a jungle.

The Bingzhou army had no intention of coming up rashly, they just surrounded Ma Teng first.

"Ma Teng, quickly put down your weapons and surrender, I will keep your whole body!"

Gao Gan said with a ferocious smile.

"If you want me to surrender, it depends on whether you have the ability!"

Ma Teng snorted coldly.

The senior official was too lazy to continue chatting, so he nodded slightly to Guo Yuan who was standing aside.

Guo Yuan stepped forward understandingly and shouted sternly,

"attack!"

This kind of offensive battle was not suitable for cavalry, so the Huns kept watch on the outside, and the Bingzhou cavalry dismounted and became infantry.
To be continued...