Chapter 13: Delay time

"Brother, there are pursuers behind!" Ma Dai soon discovered the pursuers behind Deng Ai.

“How many people are there?”

"There are many, a huge crowd. I don't know the details, but at least 40,000 to 50,000!"

"40,000 to 50,000, so much? Have you read it wrong?" Ma Chao said.

Before, Ma Chao encountered a large number of Qiang people outside Guzang City, so Ma Chao felt that even if he was pursuing soldiers, the number would not be too large. But unexpectedly, so many pursuing soldiers came at once.

"Brother, there are too many enemies. You go first and let me break the back!" Ma Dai said.

"No!" Ma Chao immediately refused. In this case, the result of the closure is undoubtedly death.

"Brother, there are too many pursuers. If no one cuts the rear, we may not be able to escape!"

"Ma Dai, take people away first, I'll resist it for a while!"

"No, brother, this is too dangerous."

"It's okay, my horse is fast. If I really want to run, they can't catch up with me."

"But brother..."

"Nothing but! This is an order!" Ma Chao said, turning his horse's head and running back.

Ma Dai glanced at Ma Chao helplessly and found that Ma Chao was gradually moving away. Then he shook his teeth hard and waved his big knife in his hand: "Continue to move forward!"

"General, look over there!" Fa Tong pointed ahead.

A black dot appeared on the horizon in the distance. As the black dots got closer, Deng Ai could see that a man was wearing silver armor and holding a spear in his hand. A magnificent war horse was rushing towards this side.

"It's Ma Chao!" Deng Ai shouted softly.

"General, look, Ma Chao seems to have come by himself."

Deng Ai nodded: "This Ma Chao is really brave. He dares to ride alone. Let me go forward and take a look."

As the distance got closer, Ma Chao also saw the young man surrounded by stars like moonlight in the opposite army.

"Deng Ai! It's Deng Ai!" Ma Chao couldn't help but strangle the horse.

"General Ma, long time no see!" Deng Ai shouted loudly.

"Hmph, Deng Ai, it's been 'long time'!" Ma Chao snorted coldly, and the word "long time" was particularly heavy.

"Hahaha..." Deng Ai smiled awkwardly. During the day, Deng Ai had just met Ma Chao in Guzang City. It has only been a few hours now, and it is not considered a "long time".

"I was wondering just now that there was someone among the Qiang people who had such a strategy. It turned out to be you!" Ma Chao said viciously.

"Yes, it's me, I arranged all of this." Deng Ai admitted it straightforwardly.

"I can't understand at all. There are already so many Qiang soldiers under Guzang City. Cheriji's main force should be there. Why are there so many people around you now?" Ma Chao asked.

"Hahaha..." Deng Ai smiled proudly: "General Ma, there are people under Guzang City, but they are not real people, but straw men!"

"Strange man! I understand!" Ma Chao suddenly realized that in the darkness, Ma Chao could not see clearly the situation under the city. After Deng Ai's point of tricking, Ma Chao immediately understood that most of the things he saw in Guzang City were grass.

"Okay, Deng Ai, I didn't expect that you would just leave Guzang City and then plot against me!"

"General Ma, on the battlefield, you and I are enemies, and it is natural to be intrigue. Why should General Ma care about it?"

"Hmph, stop talking nonsense. Since I, Ma Chao, are you here, I am not here to argue with you. Do you dare to fight me, Ma Chao?" Ma Chao shouted with a spear in his hand.

"I'm afraid you won't succeed!" The Qiang general Fa Tong next to Deng Ai suddenly shouted loudly, and rushed forward with a large hammer in his hand.

"Fatu is back, Ma Chao is brave, you are no match for him!" Deng Ai said.

"General, I'll help with the same arm!" After the moth next to him said, he raised the double-sided axe in his hand and rushed forward.

"Two idiots!" Deng Ai snorted coldly: "That's Ma Chao! How can you two reckless men deal with it."

However, Deng Ai did not stop Fa Tong and Essay from hiding Ma Chao from fighting alone. Deng Ai also hoped that the two of them could suffer some small losses from Ma Chao's hands.

Fatong and Moezha were Midang's subordinates. Unlike Cheriji, Midang had no contact with Wei on weekdays, so Fatong and Moezha under Midang had no good impression of Deng Ai, the Han man. If Cheriji had not ordered, the two would not have obeyed Deng Ai.

Although the two were obedient to Deng Ai on the surface, they secretly disobeyed their orders and often questioned Deng Ai's orders from time to time. Deng Ai had long wanted to give them some excellence.

Moreover, Deng Ai has heard that Ma Chao is powerful before. It is said that knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy and winning every battle. Deng Ai also hopes that Fa Tong and the Mon will block the two of them and explore Ma Chao's background.

Both Fatong and Moe Cover were strong men, but they could tear up the cattle alive. They also used heavy weapons. The large-sized long-handled hammer and moth-blocked axe were at least seventy or eighty kilograms.

Although he was fighting against two, Ma Chao was not afraid at all. Ma Chao shook the silver spear in his hand slightly and stood with the two of them.

In the distance, Deng Ai saw the posture of Fa Tong and Moe blocking, and curled his lips slightly. Judging from the postures of the two, Fa Tong and Moe blocking meant that they had more strength and their martial arts skills were just average. Deng Ai was confident. If he only went against one, he would win the head of any of them within twenty moves. Even if he was two on one, Deng Ai could win in sixty or seventy moves.

"Hmph, this so-called Qiang general is just this skill. If I give me tens of thousands of troops in the future, I can also establish the achievements of Ma Fuboban Dingyuan!" Deng Ai muttered a few words in his heart, and then focused his attention on Ma Chao.

"The first emperor who Ma Chao killed was throwing his helmet and aside his armor. Only the wheel battle team of several generals in the battalion could stop him. I must have some real skills. I have to observe and observe!" Thinking of this, Deng Ai stared at Ma Chao with his eyes fixed on him, paying attention to his moves and moves.

After twenty moves...

"This Ma Chao is just like this. His moves are average, and he can't tell how powerful it is!" Deng Ai frowned slightly.

With forty moves, Ma Chao still had back and forth in the battle against Fa Tong and Moe Pass, and it is not obvious that either side has an advantage for the time being.

"Is Ma Chao the only skill? Why do you feel that Ma Chao's martial arts are not as good as me? Is Ma Chao's reputation so famous?" Deng Ai frowned in the distance.

After sixty moves, the previous cooperation between Fa Tong and Moe Pass gradually showed off. He saw a hammer and an axe flying up and down, looking very gorgeous from a distance. On the other hand, Ma Chao on the opposite side was still tepid and could not see any new ideas. The three of them were still in a stalemate, and they still couldn't see the advantages and disadvantages for the time being.

Deng Ai pouted slightly in the distance, and at this time Deng Ai felt something was wrong in his heart.

"The person in front of me is indeed Ma Chao, but why is Ma Chao so useless? He has less than half an advantage in dealing with two reckless men with more than 60 moves. Could it be that Ma Chao is old and has no strength? But Ma Chao is only forty-six years old this year, and his physical strength should be pretty good..." Thinking of this, Deng Ai looked at Ma Chao again. At this time, Deng Ai found that Ma Chao was just opening his mouth slightly, and he couldn't see any breathing. His posture seemed to be the same as when he was fighting just now.

"It seems that Ma Chao is not tired yet! Moreover, Ma Chao's moves are not messy. Could it be that Ma Chao is really famous and has only such skills?"

After a hundred moves, the three of them still fought back and forth. Ma Chao's moves were as straight and eye-catching as ever, without any trace of mess. The opponent's face also kept shouting, waving the weapons in his hand. To outsiders, this battle that had more than a hundred rounds was back and forth, which was very beautiful. However, in Deng Ai's view, from the beginning to now, Fatong and Moebian had exposed many flaws, but Ma Chao did not find it.

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

The Qiang people behind Deng Ai had begun to involuntarily encourage the two of them to block the Fa Tong and the Moe. For a moment, the sound of shouting and killing sounds rose and fell, shaking the whole field.

"Moth blocking is another flaw! That Ma Chao still didn't see it... If it were me, that move to penetrate the shoulders of Sha Tong just now." Deng Ai thought with some disdain.

"Even two reckless men with all kinds of flaws can't deal with it. It seems that the Five Tiger General under Liu Bei's command is just like this!" Feeling that Ma Chao was very unbearable, Deng Ai gradually lost interest in Ma Chao.

Deng Ai continued to look at the three people fighting ahead with his patience. Fa Tong and Moez continued to reveal their flaws, but Ma Chao still couldn't find it. It seemed that the battle would continue for a long time.

"No!" Deng Ai's mind suddenly appeared, and his eyes immediately focused on Ma Chao.

"Sure enough!" Deng Ai finally found the problem.

From just now to now, Ma Chao has not revealed any flaws. Moreover, when he looked closely at Ma Chao's eyes, he was still so calm and he could not see any anxiety. He didn't think it was a life-and-death duel on the battlefield!

"It turns out that Ma Chao has been hiding his strength!" Deng Ai snorted coldly. At this time, Deng Ai looked at Ma Chao's moves and gestures again, and felt that Ma Chao seemed to be coaxing the child to play.

"Two reckless men, they are playing with you, they are still playing so hard!" Deng Ai felt a little unhappy in his heart, and Deng Ai also felt a little bit of being played with.

"Hu..." Deng Ai took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then Deng Ai's mind began to roam rapidly.

Why did Ma Chao hide his strength? According to Ma Chao's martial arts, it would not last long for the shattering and moth blocking.

"No, Ma Chao is delaying time!" Deng Ai finally understood Ma Chao's intention.

Thinking of Ma Chao coming alone, the soldiers who broke through with Ma Chao did not come here, and thinking about the pile of nonsense before Ma Chao started the war. Finally, seeing Ma Chao deliberately hide his strength and fight with Fa Tong and Moe for hundreds of rounds, Deng Ai finally thought that Ma Chao was delaying time.

Deng Ai calculated the time. It has been nearly an hour since Ma Chao came. In one hour, the cavalry can go out a long distance. At this time, the people who broke through with Ma Chao have already gone far away.

"I fell into a trap! I still underestimated Ma Chao!" The plan that Deng Ai had planned before could completely wipe out the Shu army that broke out from Guzang, but now it has been delayed for an hour, and it has become very difficult to catch up.

Fortunately, Ma Chao dared to come alone to delay time. As long as he could capture Ma Chao, it wouldn't matter even if he ran away from the thousands of Shu troops. Thinking of this, Deng Ai waved his long sword and said, "Run for me and capture Ma Chao."

With Deng Ai's order, the Qiang people rushed towards Ma Chao roared.

"Hey, it seems that Deng Ai finally figured it out, but it was enough to delay for more than an hour! It's time to resolve the battle." Thinking of this, Ma Chao waved his spear, turned his head and rushed out of the battle circle, and ran back.

"Don't leave Ma Chao!" The moth, which was closer to Ma Chao, rushed up immediately.

"Go to die!" Ma Chao turned around and lay directly on the horse's back. At the same time, the spear was blocking the moth straight.

"Puchi!" A blood hole appeared on the moth's chest, and blood kept pouring out from it. However, Ma Chao did not stop at all and continued to walk forward.

Because the moth-covered war horses had no kicks, the moths that were stabbed by Ma Chao could not maintain balance on the horse, and immediately rolled down from the horse's back, and then they were stepped under the horse by the war horses that were driven from behind.

"Ma Chao and Rat, hurt my tribe. Come back and fight with me for 300 rounds!" Fa Tong shouted.

"Looking for death!" Ma Chao shouted lightly, and then the copper seldom flew out of Ma Chao's hand and turned into a yellow phantom, slashing his forehead.

This copper spoil was used in front of Jiameng Pass when Ma Chao fought against Zhang Fei, but was avoided by Zhang Fei. Now, compared with Zhang Fei, he was hit on the head by Ma Chao's copper spoil and died immediately.

"What a great Ma Chao, it's really amazing. He killed Fatong and Moe in an instant." Deng Ai snorted coldly, then shouted: "Show me an arrow!"

When the Qiang cavalry heard Deng Ai's shouts, they bent their bows and arrows, and then, a rain of arrows like flying locusts roared towards Ma Chao.

The Qiang cavalry's archery skills were far inferior to those of the Huns and Xianbei people. However, the Qiang people were nomadic people at least, and there were many people, so many flying arrows flew towards Ma Chao.

Ma Chao turned around, and the spear in his hand turned into silver dragons, covering Ma Chao.

"Yuanwu..." A crisp collision sound came, and dozens of arrows scattered behind Ma Chao.

"Sher..." Just as Ma Chao took all the flying arrows, a black wolf-toothed arrow cut through the sky and headed straight for Ma Chao's heart.

"Not good!" Ma Chao was shocked, and then flashed suddenly, but half a moment later, the arrow shot into Ma Chao's shoulder. From the corner of Ma Chao's eyes, he found that there was a clear word "Deng" engraved on the arrow.

"Okay, Deng Ai!" Ma Chao pulled out his sword, gritted his teeth and cut off the arrow inserted into his body, and then continued to run forward.

Deng Ai put away the big bow in his hand and secretly shouted, "It's a pity that he almost ended up with Ma Chao..."

"Don't stop, keep chasing me!"
Chapter completed!