After the fierce and unrestrained Hu Xiu left, the Luochuan thief was as if he had been killed, and the rest of the people became even more frightened.
Lu Yao took the opportunity to attack quickly. Chen Pei wore heavy armor and waved his iron spear to rush forward, killing more than ten thieves in an instant. Several particularly brave thieves shouted and fought to the death, but no one could resist his attack. When Chen Pei was covered in blood of the enemy, the soldiers cheered loudly, as if the fierceness flowing in their blood was completely aroused. The other officers, such as Tulinus, He Yun and others, were all brave. The Luochuan bandits couldn't help but feel dismayed, and they fled in a short while.
Lu Yao then used the craftsmen to surrender and lead the way and marched quickly. Although these craftsmen seemed weak to Lu Yao, they were more reliable than temporarily requisitioning prisoners on the battlefield, and they were really familiar with the terrain of the Dai Royal City. Under their leadership, hundreds of soldiers from Lu Yao's troops passed through the walls along the way, and they rushed to the nest of Luochuan thieves like a destruction.
Although the Luochuan thieves were fierce, they lacked regular combat training. Under the fierce attacks of Chen Pei and others, they retreated step by step and abandoned a large number of corpses at various passes in Daiwang City. Seeing that they could no longer resist the enemy, they were about to retreat to the Mashiba Fort located on the southwest of Daiwang City.
The problem is that the bandits in the northern border rarely have the habit of building deep ditches and high troughs. Although the Marx Fort relies on the terrain of the Daiwang City, its defense facilities are not complete. Since it has been judged from the appearance of the army, the enemy may be the imperial official army from Jizhou, and many leaders from the horse-dressing team are not optimistic about the defense of the fort. The official army has rich experience in attacking and defending the city, far above these mud legs in the frontier. If the complex terrain of the Daiwang City cannot block the enemy, the fort itself is just a few wooden walls and a few arrow towers.
The enemy's offensive is too fierce, and the coalition forces that should be surrounded by the enemy's pursuit have not been delayed. If this continues, there will be big trouble!
Mafu was also decisive in character. He immediately mobilized more than a hundred powerful thieves to give them gold and silk rewards, and then sent his most fierce son Ma Tsui to lead them, so that they could launch a counterattack at any cost, and to restrain the enemy's rapid approaching pace. On the other hand, he asked Ma Cuo and several confidants to sneak out of the secret path in the Daiwang City with his own handwritten letters, contacting the bandits and all the bandits hanging behind the enemy, urging them to speed up the marching and take this opportunity to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
The bandit coalition forces following Lu Yao's troops were gathering troops on Sangma Mountain, six miles south of Matou Mountain. The height of this mountain is slightly lower than that of Matou Mountain, but the terrain is more complex and rugged. The mountain stretches for more than ten miles from west to east, with dangerous peaks and deep valleys. The troops staying here know more than Mafu. There are a total of eleven tribes of various sizes, totaling more than 3,700 cavalry.
The two who were able to command these 3,700 cavalry were Yang Feixiang and Tujili.
There were many Hu people in Dai County, and the bandit groups entrenched here were mainly Xianbei, Wuhuan and various branches of the Mihu tribes. However, there were also Han leaders who were in the intercourse. The most famous ones were Ma Fu, the leader of Luochuan thief and Yang Feixiang, the leader of the Qu bandit, the Changshan thief.
Yang Feixiang was also a powerful thief who had been robbing for many years in Daijun, Guangning and other places. I am afraid that he had forgotten his real name. The word Feixiang was nicknamed. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban bandits were used to be called nicknames, such as the one riding a white horse was Zhang Baiqi, the one riding a light horse was Zhang Feiyan, and the one who was loud was Zhang Leigong. The bandits of Changshan were in line with the Heishan Army at the end of the Han Dynasty, and also accepted this habit. Because the Yang surname Qu Shuai was fat and good at cavalry, he was called Feixiang.
Tujili, another leader among the Changshan bandits, had a reputation similar to Yang Feixiang and had a similar status among the Changshan bandits. However, because he was young, he was appointed as the deputy.
After Ma Cuo sneaked out of Daiwang City, he looked at a loophole between two teams of patrol cavalry and ran wildly, and soon entered the mountainous area. Luochuan thieves are local snakes in this area, so of course they know where to station troops and where to hide. In less than two minutes, he found the Sangma Mountain.
"What do you say about the lord of the Fort Horse?" Yang Feixiang asked first.
"My father has something to tell me to tell all the leaders." In front of these evil spirits, Ma Cuo dared not take any slowness. He respectfully bowed and continued: "It has been ten years since the official army has not followed the footprints of the county. In the past ten years, the sky must be very happy. However, at this moment, the court has intervened here again, with mysterious means and violent actions. I believe the county will be turbulent again, which is not something that my family in Luochuan can handle. If there is any dissonance... will the leaders not hear the truth that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold?"
Everyone present was well-informed. Although Lu Yao did not officially rank the official army, most of these people had guessed it. Ma Cuo wanted to tell them that Dai County was the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty after all. Even if the imperial court declined, if he had any intention, who could resist the ghosts and monsters here? They had to work together to compete with them.
Yang Feixiang and Tu Jili looked at each other. Tu Jili took the lead and sneered: "This army is indeed strange, but it still needs to be carefully investigated whether it is an official army in the court. However, Pilue has not been abnormal recently. If the court had any intentions, the news would have been heard in the dark room placed in the prefect's mansion. How could we hide it from us? Boy, don't exaggerate."
The tall and thin Tujili was about the same age as Ma Cuo, but he didn't take him seriously. The Pilue mentioned by Tujili was the current prefect of Dai County. Although Dai County had long become a place of transformation, on the paper of the Luoyang court, it was actually the territory of the court. The prefect, county magistrate, and officials at all levels were many. Pilu was a common surname. The prefect of Pilu had been in office for more than two years, but everything was under the control of various wealthy tribes. Not to mention that the government orders did not leave the scope of Dai County, they only had the prefect's palace, and even the yamen runners could not command a few.
Tujili obviously had a suspicion in the prefect's mansion. Since the prefect of Dai County had not received any information, it was not too credible that this army was the army that represented the court's intention to intervene in Dai County.
"As for the loss of lips and teeth..." Yang Feixiang laughed: "You Luochuan thief's subordinates are about one thousand brave. With the power of one thousand people and relying on the Daiwang City, it's so powerful. Don't you always think you are the heroes of Dai County? This enemy army and the captured prisoners have only two thousand people. Why, you can't resist the war at this time?"
"It is not to be concealed that the enemy is indeed good at fighting and is comparable to ordinary officials and soldiers. If anyone despises them, the fate of the Douluji tribe and the Bomi tribe is in front of him." Ma Cuo replied with a pale face.
Although the families of Dai County were in a state of conspiracy, there were many conflicts accumulated over the past decades. Just as the horse service expected to let the enemy consume the troops of each family; Yang Feixiang and Tujili clearly had the same idea, but the party that consumed its strength was replaced by Luochuan thieves.
Ma Cuo felt bitter: It was right for both families to take the plan to harm others and benefit themselves. They were both people in the Green Forest Road, and it was common for each other to conspire. The problem was that no matter how precise the idea was, the real key was not the two families, but it all depends on how the Jin people chose. At this moment, the Jin people were attacking Dai Wangcheng and had no intention of following their original ideas. It was difficult for fathers and brothers and others to persevere, but Yang Feixiang and Tu Jili did not move... What should we do?
Ma Cuo's mind changed rapidly, but there was no good plan. These people were all greedy and were most familiar with each other, but there was no way to think about it? It seemed that they would not be able to bleed a lot today. They were cruel and had to make the greatest concessions to Yang Feixiang and Tujili according to the instructions of Mafu before. It seemed that the thousand acres of fertile land west of Luochuan and the mountain pasture south of Matou Mountain were about to be given out... He coughed lightly and reached out to his arms to touch the handwritten letter of Mafu.
As soon as my fingertips touched the cover, I heard several sentry positions not far away responsible for watching the battle situation and exclaiming at the same time.
"What's going on? What's wrong?" Ma Cuo felt his heart tightening. He jumped up and staggered towards the ward to see.
This place is far away from Daiwang City, and even if you look far away, your vision is not clear. But at least you can know that the platform where the Marx Fort is located in the southwest of Daiwang City has fallen into chaos. A large number of fierce Jin soldiers rushed in from several collapsed wall gaps, and the shouts of killing are shaking the earth.
It took less than half an hour from the beginning of the war. The Jin army was like an extremely sharp sword, cutting off numerous obstacles in the blink of an eye and attacking the Luochuan thieves' lair!
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Chapter completed!