Ma Chao's team is not purely cavalry. After all, cavalry can't run fast in this road condition, and sometimes it is even less convenient than infantry.

The only way he could follow Han Sui's footsteps was to gather information from sparse villages along the way.

If a village was robbed by Xiliang soldiers, Ma Chao would be happy from the bottom of his heart: This means that the Xiliang soldiers really have no food, and their plundering of villages along the way will inevitably delay the march.

On the other hand, the Yizhou soldiers led by Ma Chao only went on the road after eating and drinking in Yang'an Pass. Each sergeant also carried several days' worth of steamed buns as dry food, and their speed was at least twice as fast as that of the Xiliang soldiers.

While they were marching in a hurry, several civilians saw the officers and soldiers and were so frightened that they hurried into the jungle.

Seeing this, Ma Chao used his spear to open the branches and leaves of the weeds. Before he could speak, some of the people said bitterly: "Master Jun, we have already been robbed once this morning."

Ma Chao asked hurriedly: "But what did the Xiliang soldiers do?"

The people nodded in agreement.

Ma Chao was overjoyed. It only took half a day. If he quickened his pace, he could catch up with Han Sui tomorrow.

Thinking of this, Ma Chao couldn't help blurting out: "Great!"

People: "???"

We were robbed, and you actually cheered?

It seems that the Yizhou soldiers are not a good thing!

Ma Dai knew that Ma Chao had lost his words, so he comforted the people and said: "My lord Li Yizhou knows that the Xiliang soldiers are robbing the people along the way, so he specially ordered us to come and pursue them. Don't worry, if we can get the food back, we will definitely give it back to everyone."

When the people heard this, they burst into tears of gratitude and said, "We never thought that we could take back the food, but we just hope that we can live in peace of mind and no longer suffer from the pain of war."

Ma Chao said: "You can tell me where the Xiliang soldiers are going."

The common people told Ma Chao that in these war-torn times, common people did not have much food reserves. In addition, the villages were sparsely populated, and the food robbed by the Liangzhou soldiers would definitely not be enough for them to eat. Therefore, the Liangzhou soldiers would divide into several groups and go to nearby villages to rob.

Ma Chao took out a regional map, looked at the terrain and locations of nearby villages, and pointed to a road: "Han Sui must go from here."

Ma Dai said: "Brother is right. If we catch up quickly, we can save more people from the plunder of the Xiliang army."

The people nearby nodded their heads after hearing this, saying in their hearts that the Yizhou soldiers were quite good.

So, Ma Chao led his troops to pursue Han Sui. Qiu did not commit any crimes along the way, which formed a sharp contrast with the Xiliang soldiers in the minds of the people.

At noon the next day, Han Sui did not know that a disaster was about to happen. He was sitting in a temporary tent, eating gruel made from the rice he had just stolen from a nearby village.

The rice that was robbed first was naturally eaten by the leaders first. The remaining soldiers were either on the way to rob the food, or just returned to the camp to bury the pot and make rice.

We are already a few days away from Yang'an Pass, and no one is worried about the pursuers. Those who can survive a battle have some thoughts of survival in it, and they are as happy as having a picnic, orderly and ordering their weapons.

All piled aside.

Han Sui looked at the smoke outside the tent and asked Yang Fuda: "The strategic purpose of our army is to attract Li Qi's main force. Now Li Qi personally led Ma Chao and others to confront our army at Yang'an Pass for more than a month. It seems that he has completed the task assigned by Cao Cheng.

.Prime Minister Cao will definitely not blame us for withdrawing our troops now."

Yang Fudao: "General, please relax. If Li Qi rushes to the battlefield in Jingzhou now, I'm afraid Prime Minister Cao will have captured Jiangling for a long time."

During the conversation, a sentry suddenly rushed in in a panic and said: "General, a Yizhou army with a flag with the character 'horse' was found not far away."

Han Sui was shocked: "Ma Chao complained that I captured Xiliang and caused Ma Teng's defeat and death. He must be taking revenge."

Even if Yang Fu had a plan, it would be impossible for him to confront Ma Chao. What's more, the army is not in formation now, and there are still many sergeants who have gone out to rob and have not returned.

Yang Qiudao: "Please, my lord and Mr. Yang, get on the horse and go first, and then take the last step."

Han Sui and Yang Fu hurriedly found their horses and fled northward surrounded by sergeants, while Yang Qiu stood up with his sword drawn, strangled the main road, and stopped Ma Chao head-on.

Yang Qiu said: "Ma, you have fallen into the trap of my family, the Marquis of Xiliang. You are already surrounded. Why don't you get off your horse and accept the surrender?"

By saying this, one was to doubt Ma Chao's intentions, causing him to hesitate and not go all out. The other was to delay Ma Chao and buy more time for Han Sui to escape.

But who is Ma Chao?

Will he be afraid of your encirclement?

Ma Chao rode his horse and came with his gun drawn, yelling: "Yang Qiu, a common man, come and accept your fate!"

The battle failed, and Yang Qiu's arms were sore and numb. Knowing that he was no match for Ma Chao, he galloped away.

All Xiliang soldiers left from Yang Qiu. No one planned to risk their lives and property to fight Ma Chao in this wilderness - the leader couldn't see them, so their death was in vain.

Ma Chao moved forward vigorously and fired several shots at the enemy group, and a passage opened.

Therefore, Yang Qiu didn't run very far before he was caught up by Ma Chao and shot down from his horse.

Yang Qiu was the leader of Han Sui's eight troops and was highly valued by Han Sui. Therefore, Ma Chao turned his anger on Yang Qiu and trampled his head with his horse's hooves, cursing: "Thief, you are here too!"

The Xiliang soldiers dispersed in fear. Those who had no time to escape put down their weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender.

Ma Chao killed them all without saying a word, and then continued to chase Han Sui.

Han Sui traveled a few miles and found two roads in front of him.

One is a small road, which is rugged but close to Tianshui County; the other is a main road, which is relatively flat but far away from Tianshui County.

Han Sui said: "We are tired and lack horses. If we take the big road, we will easily be overtaken by the horses. The rugged mountain road cannot bring out the advantages of the horses, so it is better to take the small road. And the small road is still close."

Yang Fudao: "What a coincidence, Ma Chao would also think so."

Han Sui: "..."

Yang Fu suggested that Han Sui take a relatively flat road, but deliberately left traces of horses and people on the side of the mountain road to induce Ma Chao.

General Zhang Hengdao said: "If Yang Yishan believes that Ma Chao can take the small road, I will lead a group of archers to ambush in the jungle and rocks."

Han Sui then gave Zhang Heng five hundred archers and warned Zhang Hengdao: "If you can kill Ma Chao, it will be good. If you can't, shoot an arrow to stop the attack and retreat immediately. Don't be reluctant to fight."

Now Han Sui only had two generals, Zhang Heng and Li Kan, and he couldn't afford to lose.

When Ma Chao reached the intersection, he was indeed induced by Yang Fu and rushed towards the path.

After walking a few miles, Zhang Heng emerged from the rocks in the middle of the mountain and ordered the archers to shoot arrows at Ma Chao.

Ma Chao drew his sword in his hand and blocked the arrows one by one. Unfortunately, the enemy troops were condescending, and some people deliberately targeted Ma Chao. Therefore, although Ma Chao was highly skilled in martial arts, he was still unable to defeat random arrows like locusts. He accidentally hit one in his ribs and one in his arm.

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Upon seeing this, Zhang Heng could not guarantee that Ma Chao would die, but at least he was unable to continue the pursuit, so he evacuated towards the mountain road that had been explored in advance.

Ma Dai and Ma Xiu saw that Ma Chao was hit by an arrow and had no intention of chasing him. They pulled out the arrow for him and after emergency treatment, they suggested returning to Yang'an Pass. They like to travel through the Three Kingdoms, and please collect it starting from "The Falling Grass Becomes a Bandit": (www.sodu777
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