"Today's general has a way to do things, and he wants to sit and watch success or failure; I am afraid that success or failure is predetermined, and I will be blamed for the crime, and the general will be the first to be punished! ”

Zhang Jizhi's words were sonorous and powerful, and even carried a hint of threat. This couldn't help but make Ma Chao feel the urge to laugh out loud. Joke! Zhong Xuan's men were only 8,000 men. The Ma family, Guo Yuan, and Huchuquan combined with nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses. Zhong Xuan didn't run to wagging his tail and beg for mercy in person, but he sent such a madman here to pretend, which was simply playing the Ma family as a monkey. As for cruel words such as resignation and reprimand, they may bluff others, but they can't scare him Ma Chao. Cao Cao wanted to summon Ma's family in the name of Liu Xie's child! In Ma Chao's opinion, his father doesn't need to talk much at this time, he just needs to cut off the head of this crazy life and send it to Cao Ying, so that Zhong Xuan can recognize the situation.

However, Marten did not summon the axe man as his son had hoped. Instead, he fell into deep thought without saying a word. It is said that the reason why Ma Teng responded to Guo Yuan's dispatch of troops was to covet the property offered by Yuan Shang, and secondly, he also wanted to take advantage of Guo Yuan's disruption of Si Li's opportunity to expand his territory. It's just that Ma Teng never expected that Cao Cao would still have the spare strength to send troops to quell the rebellion after Guandu was greatly injured. This made Ma Teng, who originally planned to take advantage of the fire to rob, can't help but retreat. After all, from the very beginning, he never thought of overthrowing the Han family. In this regard, Ma Teng's courage is really less than half of that of his son Ma Chao.

Seeing Ma Teng's hesitation, the generals on the side hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded him, "Lord, the wise man turns disaster into blessing." Today, Cao Gong and the Yuan family are holding each other, and Gao Gan and Guo Yuan jointly attack Hedong, although Cao Gong has a perfect plan, he can't ban Hedong's danger. The general can lead troops to ask for help, and if he attacks him internally and externally, he will inevitably move. It's the general's move. Breaking Yuan's arm and solving the urgency of one party, Cao Gong will be a re-virtuous general, and the general's fame is incomparable. ”

As soon as this person's voice fell, Ma Chao burst into flames and shouted, "Fu Gan! When did you receive Zhong Xuan's benefits! ”

It turned out that he had rescued Zhang Ji before, and the general who had painstakingly persuaded Ma Teng at this time was Fu Gan, the son of Fu Chang, the Han Yilang. Niyang Fu is a famous family in Liangzhou, and its ancestor is the legendary hero Fu Jiezi of the Western Han Dynasty. Thinking of Fu Gan's family background, it is no wonder that Ma Chao would suspect that he was secretly communicating with Zhong Xuan.

Facing Ma Chao's questioning. Fu Gan also got up suddenly, and swore to the sky, "Why did Gongzi say this!" If you have a different heart, you will be struck by thunder! ”

Just when the atmosphere at the scene was tense, Ma Teng once again stopped Ma Chao, "Meng Qixiu wants to talk nonsense!" Sit down! After that, he waved his hand to Fu Gan again, "Yan Cai also sits." ”

Ma Chao clenched his fists and sat down. Fu Gan arched his hand to Ma Teng and stopped speaking. Even Zhang, who is a lobbyist, is also a picture of eyes and nose, nose and concern. Anyway, everything that needs to be said has been said. As for whether to continue to besiege Si Li with Guo Yuan and others, or join forces with Zhong Xuan to counterattack Guo Yuan. That depends on Ma Teng's own choice.

Compared with Zhang Ji's pretense, Fu Gan's sentence "The wise man turns disaster into blessing" made Ma Teng's heart move even more. It is said that although Ma Teng has the heart of abandoning the alliance now, he is still worried that Cao Cao will settle accounts with him in the future. Fu Gan's analysis undoubtedly solved Ma Teng's confusion. Truly. If he can lead the army and Zhong Xuan to attack Guo Yuan inside and outside at this critical juncture, he will definitely be able to win. And he Ma Teng can also change from a chaotic minister to a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty in the blink of an eye. Cao Cao apologized to Ma Teng for a favor.

Thinking of this, Ma Teng's spirits suddenly lifted, and he turned to announce to Zhang Ji with a smile, "Please tell Zhong Shuai Zhang Lingjun." The old man is willing to join him in Pingyang. ”

At the end of June of the fifth year of Jian'an. Ma Teng sent his son Ma Chao to lead 3,000 elite horsemen to join Zhong Xuan at Pingyang Pass. The original situation of encirclement on three sides has also been reversed into a confrontation between two and two. Although Guo Yuan and Hu Chuquan still have the advantage in strength, Ma Chao is good at fighting and Zhong Xuan is resourceful, and the balance of war has inadvertently tilted. Many cities that had already surrendered to Guo Yuan began to remain neutral again, and even simply erected the banner of the Han family.

When the news of Ma Teng's betrayal of the alliance reached Jizhou, Yuan Shang, who had already led the troops to the battle, was furious, and he took out his long sword on the spot and cut the case in the handsome tent into two, "Bastard!" Dare to defect before the battle! I don't kill the Ma family, father and son, swear not to be a man! ”

Although Yuan Shang is murderous, Yuan Jun, who is in the big tent, knows that Ma Teng's father and son have been entrenched for many years, and they are by no means idle. The current Da Chen Mo said that he was marching west to defeat Ma Teng. Just dealing with Cao Cao in front of him is overstretched, not to mention that there is a female tiger Cai Ji by his side. Therefore, few people took the oath of the young son of heaven to heart.

But he saw Wei Jun's Taishou Li Fu stepping forward. Xiang Shangjin said, "Your Majesty is angry. The father and son of the Ma family are repeated. There will be no good end in the future. However, the decisive battle between Wang Shi and Cao Jun is imminent, and he also asks His Majesty to put state affairs first, and not to be emotional. ”

It turned out that Yuan Shangzhen was as Cao Cao judged, and when he saw Cao's army retreating from Chaoge, he hurriedly gathered his troops and horses to march in person. At present, Yuan's army has marched to Chaoge, and Cao's army is only separated by a water. Just when Yuan Shang wanted to coerce Si Li's big victory and fight Cao Cao, the news of Ma Teng's defection came. It's no wonder that Yuan Shang is so angry. However, Yuan Shang is not a person who can't control his own feelings. Therefore, as soon as Li Fu reminded him, Yuan Shang immediately calmed down and nodded, "Li Qing's words are reasonable. The top priority is to defeat Cao Cao first, and then settle with Ma Teng's account in the future! ”

After speaking, Yuan Shang turned around and asked his subordinate generals, "General Lu, is there any news of Cao Jun?" ”

Yuan's general Lu Kuang hurriedly went out to report, "Back to Your Majesty, according to the scout's report, Cao's army has set up camp thirty miles north of the Qingshui River, with about 20,000 people. ”

"Oh, Cao Cao only has 20,000 horses around him?" Yuan Shang laughed with a twinkle in his eyes, "It's really heaven helping me!" ”

Seeing that Yuan Shang was overjoyed that Cao Jun was less than his own, Li Fu on the side couldn't help but shake his head secretly. How can the victory or defeat of a soldier be determined by the number of troops? What's more, the opponent is still Cao Cao and other soldiers. So Li Fu reminded Yuan Shang again, "Cao Cao is cunning and scheming. Please be cautious and don't underestimate the enemy. ”

"I know that Cao Cao is by no means idle. But the opportunity must not be lost, and it will never come again. While Guo Qing's family was in Sili to contain Cao's army, I wanted to defeat Cao Cao in Hebei in one fell swoop. Yuan Shang raised his hand and waved his determination, and then instructed Lu Kuang, "Then Li Qing's concerns are also reasonable. Lu Qing, you continue to send people to monitor Cao Jun day and night, and report to me immediately if anything is unusual. ”

"Whoa!" Lu Kuang clenched his fists and led the way.

With Yuan Shang's order. The 50,000 Yuan troops crossed the water the next day and marched south. Yin Kai, a kung fu pioneer who had only been in a day and one night, led 10,000 cavalry to the bank of the Qingshui River. However, the legendary camp of Cao's army did not appear, and only traces of the former camp were left on the river beach.

Could it be that Cao Cao was intimidated by the power of the king and ran away? Just as Yin Kai was thinking about where Cao Jun was going, the scouts who had just been sent out for a short time suddenly turned back and reported breathlessly, "General, general, enemy soldiers...... Enemy soldiers are coming! ”

Hear the enemy attacking. Yin Kai's heart couldn't help twitching, and he hurriedly asked, "How many people?" ”

"Count...... Count the ......" Before the scout finished speaking, the other scouts also arrived one after another, all with faces as white as earth, and reported one after another, "General, thousands of men and horses are rushing from the northwest!" ”

Yin Kai asked in a solemn voice after hearing this, "Who is the banner?" How far away? ”

Cao ...... Cao Ziqi! ”

"It's only three miles from our army, only three miles away!"

"It's all cavalry."

Scouts gossip reports. Yin Kai's heart sank completely, and a chill rushed to his head. In addition to the Cao character flag, the Cao army will generally wear the banner with the surname of the commander of the army. All the scouts saw were Cao Ziqi, which meant that at least one of Cao Cao's own generals was coming at this time. It could even be Cao Cao himself. Whether it is Cao Cao himself or the generals of the Cao family, they are all difficult generals. Thinking that the other party was only three miles away from him at this moment, Yin Kai was shocked and shocked. But he hurriedly ordered, "Pass the order, the rear army will become the front army." The former army became the rear army. The three armies are arranged, echelon defense, and prepare for war! ”

Although Yin Kai's order was issued in a hurry, his subordinates were the elite vanguard of Yuan's army after all. Under the urging of a dense war drum, the 10,000 soldiers and horses adjusted their formation in a short time and put on a defensive posture to meet the enemy. Yin Kai rode his horse and stood under the handsome flag, looking into the distance, imagining the spectacular scene of thousands of horses galloping in front of him.

About two hours later. Finally, there was a roar from the northwest. As the sound gets louder and clearer. A big flag suddenly rushed out between heaven and earth. On the dark flag, the huge word "Cao" broke out of the sky. It was followed by a dense cavalry of the Cao army.

Yin Kai's eyelids jumped subconsciously. But he did not choose to retreat, but danced the lance in his hand and shouted with all his strength, "Beat the drum!" Challenge! ”

Cao Chun led three thousand elite horsemen, galloped wildly, galloping on the blue and yellow plains. From afar, it looks like a raging wave, with a deafening roar between the ups and downs. On the opposite side of Cao's army was more than 10,000 Yuan troops, including cavalry, infantry, spears, and shields. But in Cao Chun's eyes, these are just sloppy things. The next moment a low horn tore through the thunderous sound of horses' hooves, announcing the beginning of the brutal slaughter.

With the spear in front and the bow on the side, the three thousand Cao troops were like a wild goose with wings spread, rushing straight down towards the Yuan army who was waiting for the opposite side with the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and seas. The head of the goose is Cao Chun, who is also holding a spear. saw him suddenly straighten up, pick up the spear in his hand, and shouted, "The whole army is impacted!" ”

Yin Kai looked at the Cao army rushing towards him like a black cloud, and at the same time calculated the effective range of arrows between the two sides in his heart. Suddenly, Yin Kai's expression suddenly changed, and then he ordered in a cold voice, "Prepare arrows!" ”

As the flags embroidered with the word "arrow" were erected one after another, Yuan Jun's archers all drew their bows and pointed directly at Cao Jun.

"Put!" The commander's order was conveyed to the archers by waving the command flag. In the blink of an eye, thousands of arrows fell on Cao Jun's head like black rain.

In order to resist the rain of arrows, the cavalry of the Cao army raised the leather shields they carried with them. However, to Yin Kai's surprise, Cao Jun's move did not slow down the cavalry. On the contrary, the cavalry of the Cao army could still flexibly control the horses while raising their shields, and even made the horses under their crotch run faster.

Yin Kai looked at Cao Jun on the opposite side with a look of astonishment and quickly rushed through the rain of arrows, and couldn't help muttering, "Cao Jun is a god rider?" ”

Although Cao Jun's cavalry equestrian skills are good, they can't be called all of them to the point of being divine riders. The reason why the cavalry of the Cao army was able to be so fast was, on the one hand, because they absorbed the horseshoe of the Qi army. On the other hand, Cao Jun also has his own secret weapon, which is the wooden pedals that hang on both sides of the saddle. In fact, in the late Han Dynasty, there were rope strips that were convenient for getting on and off horses, but they were generally only hung on one side of the saddle. On the basis of the rope on the horse, Cao Jun made two pedals out of rope and wooden planks and hung them on the saddle, so that the rider could step on it and free his hands to control the weapon. After several years of exploration and training, Cao's army now has a cavalry that can skillfully use this pedal. Cao Cao named it "Tiger and Leopard Rider" and put it under the command of his younger brother Cao Chun.

Just as Cai Ji kept the stirrups a secret, Cao Cao was also secretive about his small inventions. Therefore, Cao Cao did not know that Cai Ji had stirrups, and Cai Ji did not know that the tiger and leopard rider who was rumored to be miraculous in later generations had appeared. In fact, except for Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan brothers, and Cao Ren and Cao Chun brothers, few people in Cao Jun knew that there were tigers and leopards. And what Yin Kai met at this moment was the tiger and leopard ride led by Cao Chun, which can be said to be both a misfortune and a kind of luck.

After paying more than 100 casualties, the tiger and leopard cavalry finally broke through the rain of arrows of Yuan's army. However, he saw that the Cao army on horseback put away their leather shields full of arrows one after another, and rushed straight to the Yuan army's army formation at a faster speed. The archers on both wings spread out in a line around the enemy formation, drew their bows and strings, and shot in a burst.

Although the formation of the Yuan army was strictly organized, under the wave of flying shots from the Cao army's archers, it quickly became chaotic. But he saw Cao Chun dancing a spear in his hand, jumping straight into the enemy formation with one horse, rushing left and right stabbing to kill the Yuan army who came on horseback. The tiger and leopard riders who followed closely behind were like wild horses, trampling the enemy under the iron hooves.

The dense formation of 10,000 people finally couldn't resist the majestic all-out blow of Cao Jun's momentum, and began to be defeated like a collapsed snow-capped mountain. The soldiers of the Yuan army, who couldn't bear the fear in their hearts, hugged their heads and ran away, only hating their father and mother for having two legs missing. I can't tell the difference between east and west, north and south, and I just know that the farther away from the roar of this life, the better.

In the fifth year of Jian'an, in July, Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard to ride on the Qingshui River to break Yuan Shang's 10,000 pioneers, and beheaded more than 6,000 soldiers below Yin Kai. After the war, Cao Cao ordered the noses of more than 1,000 captured soldiers and the lips and tongues of all the cattle and horses they had captured, and sent them to Yuan Shang's camp together with Yin Kai and other 6,000 heads to demonstrate to Yuan's army. Yuan Jun was very frightened when he saw it, and the little morale that had been accumulated due to Si Li's great victory suddenly plummeted.

Small Theatre Hours:

CC: The tiger and leopard ride needs to be hidden, and Cai Anzhen can't know about it......

Xiao Cai: The stirrup must be hidden and not let Cao Mengde see it......

CC: Qi Hou do it (Lonely weapon!) ）

Xiao Cai: Who is afraid of who (there is a trick alone!) ）

Call...... Ho...... Kill......

CC: Steal!

Xiao Cai: Copycat!

During the National Day, children should be taken to relatives. There may be a chapter or two of breaks, and occasionally it will be added later. Thank you for your understanding. (To be continued)