Ma Chao felt that if it continued, it would definitely fail.

If he was forced to do so in the end, Ma Chao would have to retreat.

Song County was captured by Lu Bu, Ma Chao and others, and Ma Chao didn't want to lose Song County. It's just that if it really gets to that point, Ma Chao will really have to retreat.

When Ma Chao was very depressed, Yanzhou Mu Zhaoyun sent someone to issue an order for Ma Chao to lead his troops to evacuate Song County.

"What? Actually want Ben to retreat? That dog's order? The order of the state pastor? You won't be Cao Jun's spy, right? With Ma Chao's quick temper, he scolded people on the spot.

The envoy who came was a small character, and he couldn't refute any of Ma Chao's foul words at all, so he could only say with sweat: "General, the lowly state pastor is really on an errand." ”

The envoy took out his identity certificate, as well as the military order of the state governor's mansion, and Ma Chaocai did not continue to dwell on this issue.

"It must be Sima Yi's ghost, doesn't he just want Ben to lose face?" Ma Chao said resentfully.

The envoy Khan, he didn't dare to reply to this. In fact, as Ma Chao said, this military order was really led by Sima Yi. Whether it is to make Ma Chao lose face as Ma Chao said, the envoy is not sure.

"General Ma, are you still waiting to go back to report the military order?" The envoy said weakly, which means Ma Chao, you should decide quickly.

Ma Chao glared at the envoy fiercely, almost not frightened the envoy, Ma was beyond the name of ruthlessness, even more ruthless to the enemy, and was very unkind to his own people, especially the people below. As a petty official, the envoy is definitely not treated well by Ma Chao. There is a rumor in the Shenwu court that the most difficult thing to deal with among the big officials and generals is Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi, who will drag out the anger of him and beat him with a military stick if he disagrees. The envoy was unlucky this time and was sent by Zhao Yun as a messenger.

Ma Chao is very face-saving, which can be seen from his usual attire. Ma Chao likes to wear gorgeous clothes, and he likes jewelry such as glittering gold and jade even more. From this point of view, Ma Chao is a person who pays a lot of attention to his image, and you let him retreat now, which invisibly hit the image of Ma Chao as a victorious general for a long time, and greatly brushed Ma Chao's face.

Ma Chao's subordinates were worried that Ma Chao would break out, and they were ready to persuade them one by one, so as not to suffer a loss to their own masters. The envoy is a small official, but he has a great effect, if he suffers a grievance here in Ma Chao, it is difficult to say that he will not participate in Ma Chao in front of Zhao Yun or to the imperial court. In this way, Ma Chao is a bit of a big loss.

Just when everyone, including the envoy, thought that Ma Chao would break out, Ma Chao seemed very quiet and said, "Please go back to Lord Yuzhou, I will follow his military orders!" ”

The envoy was overjoyed and said, "Don't worry, the general will definitely report to the governor of the state!" ”

The messenger received Ma Chao's affirmative reply, and immediately took his leave and left, running faster than a rabbit.

"General, let's just withdraw?" Ma Chao's subordinates asked aloud.

"To withdraw is to be withdrawn. It's just that Ben General will not leave a complete Song County for Cao Jun. If you don't do a good job, Cao Jun thought that he would be a bully! Ma Chao said in a deep voice.

Ma Chao wouldn't retreat without making any movement.

All of Ma Chao's subordinates stood up waiting for Ma Chao's orders.

Ma Chao stood up and said: "We were unlucky this time, and it was really embarrassing to be beaten like this by Cao Jun." Where have we Xiliang men been so angry! Now Ben will order that tonight in Song County be covered with fire-causing things, and then take advantage of the night to open the city gate, and go out of the city with Ben General, so that Cao Jun's rabbit cubs can take a good look at the majesty of our Xiliang Iron Cavalry! ”

"Obey the general's orders! Ma Chao's subordinates immediately carried out Ma Chao's military orders.

"Before that, the whole army was guarded by the general. Not a single Cao army could climb up from the wall of Song County. If someone guards the city wall and comes up with a Cao army, Lao Tzu will kill him! Ma Chao ordered coldly.

Feeling Ma Chao's cold killing intent, his subordinates knew that Ma Chao was not joking, and immediately agreed: "The last general understands!" ”

The Liu army in Song County are all Ma Chao's descendants, they are all cavalry, and defending the city is too aggrieved for them.

Ma Chao gave the order to be dissatisfied with the things that caused the fire in Song County tonight, and even fools in the army knew what Ma Chao was going to do. This is to burn Song County, and I don't plan to leave it for Cao Jun at all.

And Cao Jun seemed to be tired of fighting, and he had no desire to continue attacking at all, which made the soldiers of Liu Jun in Song County very puzzled. However, the soldiers of the Liu army all wished that the Cao army would not attack, as long as it was night, they could kill it. At this time, the Cao army did not attack, and they could just take a good rest.

Not only was Liu Jun of Song County puzzled, but Cao Jun was also very puzzled about whether his main general would continue to attack.

This time, the main general is Xiahou Yuan, who is now sitting in his military tent with his eyes closed.

Several of Xiahou Yuan's subordinates really don't understand why their main general doesn't take the initiative to attack now, Song County doesn't seem to have many soldiers and horses now, as long as there are a few more waves of attacks, then Song County can be taken.

"General, why is our army still staying here? This is a good opportunity to attack Song County? A subordinate Niu Jin was a rough man and came out directly to Xiahou Yuan and asked.

Xiahou Yuan opened his eyes, looked at Niu Jin lightly, then looked at the others, and asked, "You all think the same way?" ”

The other subordinates all nodded and said in unison: "We all have doubts, and I ask the general to solve them." ”

Seeing that his subordinates were so confused, Xiahou Yuan no longer pretended to be forced, and directly took his subordinates to the map, and said: "The prime minister ordered this general to conquer Yanzhou, but in fact, the main purpose of this expedition is not to conquer the city. Instead, it created pressure on Liu Yuna to transfer back the army that had gone south to Jingzhou, so that the danger in Jingzhou would be lifted. ”

Some of Xiahou Yuan's subordinates showed a look of awakening, and some were puzzled.

Niu Jin was the kind of person who didn't understand, and asked, "General, why do we want to help Jingzhou?" Those bastards in Jingzhou didn't pay tribute to us or anything, and we shed blood to give them peace, and the last general felt that it was a little unworthy. ”

Xiahou Yuan was not angry because of Niu Jin's behavior, but explained: "The prime minister's move has a deep meaning. Why did Liu Yu go south to Jingzhou? It's just to expand your strength. The prime minister has turned Yuzhou into an iron bucket, and Liu Yu is helpless against Yuzhou. To the west of Liu Yu is Yizhou, where the terrain is dangerous, so he can only go south. Jingzhou is now a nest of two stupid brothers Liu Qi and Liu Cong, and as soon as Liu Yu's army arrives, Jingzhou is likely to change its owner. Once Liu Yu absorbs the rich Jingzhou, then his strength will be even greater, and we will no longer be able to compete with Liu Yu. The prime minister took this into account and used troops against Yanzhou and Xuzhou. As long as our threat to Yanzhou becomes more serious, Liu Yu will have to return to the army. And the guard in Song County is Ma Chao's guy, he is the person with the best face, he will definitely guard Song County and will not let us pass. He doesn't have many troops, and it is impossible to defend Song County, so he will definitely ask for help. In this way, Yanzhou's defense will be passive. Our army can even take the initiative. ”

Xiahou Yuan's subordinates felt that they had benefited a lot, and they didn't expect Cao Cao to have such a calculation in his expedition to Yanzhou. They all understood now why Xiahou Yuan had stopped attacking, and the actual attack made the other party panic even more.

It's just that Niu Jin is an exception, he still can't understand it, and continues to ask: "General, then we should continue to attack, only by attacking Yanzhou can we force Liu Yu to return to the army." ”

Xiahou Yuan is so angry, what does Niu Jin's brain think, he understands it when he sees other people's expressions, but he is not enlightened in this elm head.

"Niu Jin, you should read more in the future." Xiahou Yuan really didn't want to worry more about Niu Jin, so he could only tactfully tell Niu Jin to shut up.

If Niu Jin could understand this, he wouldn't have said that kind of thing just now.

"General, what does this have to do with going to war? The last general really doesn't understand why he doesn't continue to attack? Niu Jin was even more puzzled.

Xiahou Yuan was about to collapse, his subordinates were so stupid, if it was spread out, he would be embarrassed.

Xiahou Yuan directly covered his forehead and stopped talking, he was too disappointed in Niu Jin.

Xiahou Yuan's subordinates hurriedly came out and said to Niu Jin: "General Niu, just say a few words, you see that you are angry with General Xiahou!" ”

Niu Jin felt very innocent, didn't he just ask a question, when did he make Xiahou Yuan angry. Although Niu Jin hasn't read many books, he has also heard this truth be shameless. The saint is not ashamed to ask, he is wrong to ask a few more words? Niu Jin really can't figure it out.

But seeing that so many people around him were persuading him, and Xiahou Yuan was also disappointed, Niu Jin felt that it was better to shut up.

"It's better to study hard when you go back, otherwise I really don't understand why General Xiahou will be angry." Niu Jin thought in his heart.

Niu Jin didn't say any more, and Xiahou Yuan also asked all his subordinates to go down to rest, waiting for his arrangement, and especially told them that no one was allowed to attack without Xiahou Yuan's order. All his subordinates promised to complete Xiahou Yuan's orders.

Liu Jun and Cao Jun each had their own plans, and they chose a truce very harmoniously.

The sun slowly set, and the whole land was covered in darkness. There was no starlight in the sky, only a crescent moon shining on the earth.

"The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the killing night is high! God is helping me this time. Ma Chao looked at the sky in Song County and said with emotion.

Ma Chao's subordinates hurriedly came over and reported: "General, the scouts have reported that the Cao army is now encamped and very well defended, I'm afraid this operation is a bit difficult." ”

Ma Chao smiled and said, "The leader on the opposite side is Xiahou Yuan's guy, and the most powerful thing about this person is to play tricks." It looks very strict on the surface, but in fact, it is very lax in the mainland. ”

"Shogun Takami!" Ma Chao's subordinates had an epiphany.

Ma Chao immediately issued an order to carry out today's daytime, and the Liu soldiers in Song County all took action, and soon filled Song County with fire-causing things, and then gathered at the east gate of Song County.

Ma Chao quietly asked people to open the city gate, and then quickly rushed out of the city gate with his own descendant cavalry, and rushed towards the Cao army camp with murderous spirit.

Cao's sentry suddenly heard the sound of ten thousand horses galloping, and immediately blew the horn.

"Liu Jun is here!" The camp of Cao's army was alarmed by the sound of the trumpet.

Xiahou Yuan hurriedly dressed up and came out of the tent, and he saw that Liu Jun's figure could already be seen outside the camp.

Liu Jun actually came to attack at night at this time, which greatly surprised Xiahou Yuan.

"Don't panic, the leader is Ma Chao, Liu Jun doesn't have many people at all, all rush up and kill them all!" Xiahou Yuan immediately made targeted arrangements.

Ma Chao didn't have many people and horses, but they were all cavalry, and their mobility was already strong, so it was really difficult for Cao Jun to completely destroy them.

The Xiliang cavalry was already strong, and Ma Chao was even more courageous, and the gate of Cao's camp was crushed by Ma Chao's wave of attacks.

"The gate of the Cao army has been broken, and the soldiers will be killed with this general!" Ma Chao rushed in first.

As soon as the soldiers of the Liu army rushed into the camp of the Cao army, they kept killing people and setting fires, and without any stop, they went directly to the big tent of the Chinese army.

How could Xiahou Yuan make Ma Chao so rampant, directly raised the spear, and led the pro-army team to kill Ma Chao.

When Ma Chao saw that it was Xiahou Yuan, he was immediately happy, and said with a smile: "Xiahou Xiao'er, how dare you, a defeated general, come?" ”

"Ma Mengqi, your time of death has arrived!" Xiahou Yuan will not be angry with Ma Chao, now he has more troops than Ma Chao, and he can be killed by employing people, and now he is just coming forward to boost the morale of his soldiers.

Ma Chaoyi pulled the horse rope and led his troops back from the original direction of attack.

Xiahou Yuan was suddenly messy, this is Ma Chao, why did he leave after such a beating?

"Keep setting fires!" Ma Chao didn't leave like this, he just changed the direction to make trouble, and kept killing people and setting fire to Cao Jun.

"Stop him! What about the archers, shoot them! Xiahou Yuan was furious, Ma Chao actually used such a scoundrel method, isn't it that the cavalry is strong, and there is a kind of dismount and fight to the death.

The biggest weakness of Cao Jun's current strength is that the number of cavalry is too small, which cannot be compared with the huge number of cavalry of Liu Jun. Because Liu Yu almost monopolized the horse-producing land, he choked the potential of other princes to develop cavalry. Even if Xiahou Yuan's troops are many times more than Ma Chao now, the quantity and quality of cavalry cannot be compared with Ma Chao.

As soon as Ma Chao saw that Xiahou Yuan had used archers, he immediately retreated with his cavalry!

Ma Chao was not stupid enough to let his troops be targets for Cao Jun. Ma Chao wanted to leave, but Cao Jun couldn't stop him.

Cao Jun could only watch Ma Chao leave in style.

"Hahaha!" Ma Chao let out a high-pitched laugh. "Xiahou Xiao'er, if you have a seed, chase it out. Ben will be waiting for you in Song County! Come on, come and hurt each other. If you don't have the guts, you can be a turtle son here. ”