Sun Ce was woken up by Guo Jia in the middle of the night. Chen Deng ran away and left the city.

Sun Ce sat for a while, patted his forehead, and smiled bitterly, "Just leave like that? This person can really take it and let it go. He leaves without even saying hello. Will he not save Zhou Xin?"

Guo Jia wrapped his clothes tightly. "Zhou Xin was afraid that he would run away too. The army could not leave. One or two people walked away at night, but Gan Ning couldn't find it. General, the problem now is not Zhou Xin. He is a scholar and has no use, but Chen Deng is a trouble. This person has a heroic ambition and a family connection. He has made great progress in succession. If he is allowed to escape into the hinterland of Yangzhou, it will be very unfavorable to us."

Sun Ce raised his head, his eyes shining through the door of the tent, and it was dark outside the tent. It was late at night. Guo Jia was right. Chen Deng made rapid progress. He ambushed Ma Chao last time. This time he ran away overnight. Although he was a little embarrassed, he made a quick decision. He was definitely a tough guy after he had been practicing for a few years. Such a person should be eliminated as soon as possible and could not give him a chance. But how could he not be prepared to escape? He would chase him in the middle of the night, and most of the time he would suffer.

He suddenly remembered something. "Where is Ma Chao? Was he on duty today?"

Guo Jia nodded with a wry smile. "He is going to chase Chen Deng."

"Why don't you stop him!"

"Who can stop him? Last time he was ambushed by Chen Deng, he had been waiting to take revenge and patroled every day. He heard that Chen Deng had left the city, so he immediately chased after him. Pang De wanted to stop him, but he beat him up."

"This guy didn't get enough trouble." Sun Ce turned around in the camp, slapped his forehead hard. "You shouldn't have arranged for him to patrol."

Guo Jia didn't say anything. He knew that Sun Ce said that. He knew Ma Chao's temper. If he really wanted to twist it, no one could persuade him. Last time he was ambushed by Chen Deng, he broke seventeen people. He was a great humiliation and was holding his anger and insisted on taking revenge on Chen Deng. Sun Ce himself also said to him that he agreed in person, but he forgot when he turned around.

"What should I do?" Sun Ce was also helpless.

"Go and chase."

Sun Ce glanced at Guo Jia and was a little surprised. Generally speaking, Guo Jia didn't agree with him taking risks. How did he persuade him to chase him today? Just because of Ma Chao? This is not like Guo Jia's temper.

Guo Jia smiled and said, "General, when Chen Deng left the city, it was probably the first time, now it was the late time. When you catch up with them, it should be before dawn. With Ma Chao exploring the way forward, even if Chen Deng was ambushed, it will be exposed now. Chen Deng's purpose is to preserve his strength and not entangle for too long. After repelling Ma Chao, he will retreat quickly. At this time, the general chases after him, and he may not be prepared. As long as the general is careful, there will be no major danger. If Chen Deng can be killed, it will be worth it even if he takes some risks."

Sun Ce understood. Jia Xu used this strategy, and it seemed mysterious, but it was actually a contemplation of people's hearts. He immediately summoned Yi from the infantry and cavalry, and called Yan Xing, with a total of 600 squads and cavalry, and chased towards Shicheng.

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Twenty miles east of Shicheng, Ma Chao shouted loudly, rode his horse back and forth, and the spear in his hand ran like the wind, assassinating and flying enemies. People leveraged horse power, and horses helped others to power. Every attack was full of power and no one could stop it.

But there were too many people on the other side. Kill one, two more, kill two, and four more. I don’t know how many people were in the dark. In addition to the large number of people, the more troublesome one was the hidden arrows, with sharp roars one after another, and they were hard to defend against. He was better, with the armor to protect his body and there were golden silk and brocade armor inside. Even if he was caught two arrows, it would be fine. The knights under his command were in trouble. Ordinary armor could not stop the close-range shooting of crossbow arrows. Although it might not be killed on the spot, falling off the horse or losing combat power also means death.

Of course there are poisonous arrows. In just a short time, he had changed two war horses. The two war horses were shot by poisonous arrows. Although they were only one or two arrows, they soon twitched and died. The other party was obviously well prepared, not only with unprotected war horses as their main target, but also with sufficient poisonous arrows.

"Puff" two muffled sounds, and the horse under his crotch suddenly lost its hooves. Ma Chao knew that it was not good, so he immediately jumped up and jumped off the horse's back. "Despicable barbarian, die!" He roared wildly, stabbed an opponent through his spear, pierced his feet, sat on the ground, and sat on the horse with his arms, lifted his opponent up and threw it out. Before the man could land, he rushed towards the next opponent. Two swords, shields and hands blocked his way and chopped him up at the same time. Ma Chao stopped suddenly.

The spear stormed left and right, smashed the shield, and stabbed a person with one spear. The spear in the hand of the sword and shield shouted in pain, threw the sword and shield, hugged the spear, and refused to let go. Ma Chao couldn't pull out the spear, and the other sword and shield hand rushed in front of him. He simply abandoned the spear, met him, reached out and pinched the other's wrist, and kicked it, hitting his heart. The sword and shield hand took two steps back, and the sword in his hand was also taken away by Ma Chao. Before he could stand firm, Ma Chao rushed forward and slashed his neck with a knife.

"Dang!" The long knife broke into two pieces.

"What a broken knife!" Ma Chao cursed, punched out and hit the face of the sword and shield hand. Half of his face was smashed down by him. He pulled out the long knife on his waist, slid the sword and shield hand with his backhand, split the face of the sword and shield hand, and swung the sword and opened a spear.

"Major General, get on the horse." Pang De rushed over, jumped off the horse, raised his spear with his left hand and danced his sword with his right hand, rushed to Ma Chao, and slashed the spear with his bayonet, and in a blink of an eye, he knocked down his two opponents.

Ma Chao grabbed the horse's mane, jumped onto the horse's back, rode his horse past the fallen sword and shield hands, pulled back his spear, rushed back to Pang De, and stabbed two spearmen who wanted to sneak attack Pang De.

"Where is Ling Ming, where is Chen Deng?"

"I haven't seen him yet, I might have run away."

"Chasing!" Ma Chao looked up, but found that he could not chase him at all. There were torches from all directions and people were running away. Who knows which direction was Chen Deng? After being stunned, he was shot with an arrow, screamed in anger, pulled out a short spear from his leather bag and threw it out.

A screamed in the darkness, and the arch, who was just glad that he had succeeded in the sneak attack, fell to the ground.

Ma Chao took off the horn bow hanging around his waist, pulled out the arrow nailed to his chest. With a quick aim, he shot a spearman who rushed over, then took the arrow, rolled the strings, and shot arrows. He kept swinging his hand, shooting several arrows like beads, and the arrows hit, all of them fell to the ground. The enemy was frightened by his archery skills. No one dared to move forward. He turned around and ran away, but he could not run away from his arrows and was shot to the ground one after another.

The shouts of killing gradually subsided. Ma Chao looked around but couldn't be happy. Hundreds of corpses lay on the ground in a radius of three or four hundred steps, most of which were ambushing their enemies. However, his subordinates suffered great losses, with less than thirty people standing, and even fewer war horses. The losses were heavier than last time, but Chen Deng disappeared without a trace and could not even see his shadow. He didn't even see Chen Deng at all.
Chapter completed!