After a while, sure enough, there was a "squeak" sound, the drawbridge was slowly lowered, the city gate was opened, and a torch appeared at the city gate to draw a circle in the dark night, which was particularly bright.

Ma Chao was stunned, he didn't expect this army to climb the wall and sneak in, it would be so smooth.

But this is a good thing, since the city gate was opened, in the middle of the night, most of the generals were sleeping, and he suddenly went in the dark, so he could take advantage of the chaos to kill the defenders in the city.

Ma Chao stepped onto the war horse, sneered to himself and muttered: "Liu Ping, you are smart and confused for a while, you shouldn't have been, you just shouldn't let grandpa go back." ”

Then he raised the spear in his hand high and said loudly: "Follow me into the city, and we will be the first to break the city."

Kill! ”

As he spoke, he led the five thousand soldiers to Tianshui City and killed him.

They were only two or three hundred paces from the city gate, and they had rushed in as soon as they spoke......

At this time, the pro-soldiers who were hiding in the grass behind them to monitor hurried Pegasus back to the Ma Teng camp to deliver the letter.

"Newspaper—

The major general has already led his army into the city. ”

"Oh?"

Ma Teng's tense face eased slightly, and he muttered: "It seems that what Meng Qi said is true, give the order, prepare to march, and take Tianshui overnight." ”

"No!"

Ma Teng's tens of thousands of troops began to march into ......

Let's say that Ma Chao took the lead and led the army into the city, and the entire city was quiet in the dark night, and he was defenseless.

Ma Chao was overjoyed, after all, he had been here for a few days, and he knew the layout of the city defense and the important places in the city.

"Come with me to arrest Liu Ping," Ma Chao roared loudly through the night sky, and then rode forward.

I didn't expect to move forward only ten steps, just listen to the sound of "boom", Ma Chao felt that his lower body was weak, his body was weightless, he immediately felt bad, this was a trap, and then he shouted: "Not good, this is a trap!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, he had already fallen into a pit nearly two feet deep with his men and horses, and it was pitch black all around, and he didn't know how big the pit was.

Immediately after that, there was a sound of bangs in the night, and the sound of dense feather arrows breaking through the air on all sides was like a shower, and on the street, the soldiers brought by Ma Chao cried and shouted for their mothers, and the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howls pierced the night sky.

After a long time of incense, the crying gradually disappeared.

Hundreds of pine resin torches are lit up in an instant, illuminating the surroundings as if they were day.

At this time, the more than 5,000 soldiers brought by Ma Chao had already been shot and killed, and the corpses were piled up all over the street.

The deep pit that Ma Chao fell into was close to two feet, and the feather arrows shot from both sides did not hit the bottom of the pit.

At this time, although Ma Chao was not dead, his heart was already cold.

He led the army to attack the city this time, just to prove his innocence, which Cheng wanted to fall into the trap and lose all the soldiers, so how could he have the face to go back and explain to his father?

"General Meng Qi, General Meng Qi, are you okay?"

At this time, Liu Ping's concerned voice came from the entrance of the cave, and said: "You can bring in the soldiers, this trick is really wonderful, it shows that you are loyal to this king." ”

In fact, since Ma Chao was caught and then surrendered decisively, Liu Ping had already realized that this person was surrendering, so he arranged a trap in advance, and deliberately left a flaw in the west of the city, and dug a big pit for Ma Chao to jump in.

Unexpectedly, Ma Chao really jumped in and sent 5,000 military horses.

"Loyal to your size," Ma Chao was about to cry in his heart, knowing that he had fallen for the trick, but if he behaved like thunder at this time, I am afraid that it would make others laugh even more.

So he calmed down and said arrogantly: "My father has a lot of soldiers and horses, what is this only 5,000 men and horses, even if 50,000 soldiers and horses, what does it matter?" ”

"Okay, I'll let you go back now, and you can continue to lure your father's soldiers and horses over," Liu Ping said with a smile.

"Will the king let me go back?" Ma Chao couldn't help but be surprised, and added: "Don't regret it." ”

"We are cooperating, what does this king regret?" Liu Ping waved his hand and ordered the people around him to throw a rope down.

"Lord, this Ma Chao is a Xiliang Tiger, if you let him go, I'm afraid that the tiger will return to the mountain, and it will be difficult to catch it again."

Cheng Gongying was very puzzled by Liu Ping's approach, and whispered persuasion beside him.

"Don't worry, if this king can catch him twice, he can catch him a third time, and if he doesn't surrender again, this king will kill him," Liu Ping glanced at the pit contemptuously, he wanted to subdue Ma Chao and use it for his own use, not wanting a body of Ma Chao.

Although the generals of the Ma family are brave, there are no resourceful strategists around them, so it is not difficult to catch him for the third time.

And after this incident, the suspicion between the father and son of the Ma family will inevitably be deeper and more conducive to acting.

After Liu Ping finished speaking, he led the people to leave.

Ma Chao waited in the pit for a long time, and listened to no sound on it, so he grabbed the rope that hung down and climbed up.

I saw that under the faint starlight, the streets were full of corpses of soldiers, and a horse was tied next to it, which was obviously prepared for him to leave, such a situation was a merciless mockery for Ma Chao.

"Ahh

He couldn't help clenching his fists and roaring loudly to relieve the resentment in his heart.

"What's the hell you are yelling at, and you won't let people sleep?"

At this time, a soldier suddenly poked his head out of the city and cursed: "If you want to go, go quickly, we are still waiting for the gate to close." ”

Ma Chao was about to explode, as the young marshal of the Xiliang Army, he was reduced to the point where he was disgusted by the other party's pawns even with a roar?

It's really a tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs.

……

It is said that Ma Teng led the army overnight with joy to cover up, preparing to rush directly into the city, kill Liu Ping, and settle Tianshui in a battle.

As a result, when the army arrived ten miles away from Tianshui City, a herald suddenly rushed over: "My lord, the gate of Tianshui City has been closed again. ”

"What?" Ma Teng was suddenly confused, glared at the herald and asked, "Where are Meng Qi and the soldiers under his command?" ”

"I didn't see the major general leading the soldiers out."

"Damn! Hateful! Ma Teng jumped like thunder on the horse, clenched the spear in his hand tightly, and said sharply: "This must Meng Qi conspired with Liu Ping to trick our soldiers into the city, and then surround and kill them." ”

"Uncle is too worried, with his uncle here, how can my brother have his heart set on Liu Ping?" Ma Dai said beside him.

"Then you say, how do you explain this matter in front of you?"

"This ......" Ma Dai was also speechless.

Even if Ma Chao's surrender was a fraudulent surrender, but Liu Ping is not a fool, how could he not be vigilant and let him back with confidence, wouldn't it be suspected of fishing?

Now he led the army to kill back, but he was closed and beaten again.

This accident can only be explained if Ma Chao really surrendered.

At this time, another herald rushed in, clenched his fists and said, "My lord, the young general is back again." ”

When he said this, the herald was in a trance, why did he say "again"?

"How many people did the little brute bring back?"

"The major general is alone!"

"Okay, this is really going to hang my soldiers again, tie up that evil beast to see me, I want to see what else he has to say," Ma Teng said through gritted teeth.