Tai Shici and Cheng Gongying led 5,000 soldiers to return to the back of the Ma Jiajun, and they were encountering a grain transportation team of several hundred people.

The two generals didn't say a word, and decisively led the army to attack, but the time of the tea was to kill the grain transport army.

This is behind enemy lines, and the grain and grass cannot be taken away, so they can only put a fire and burn it all.

Some fleeing soldiers rushed to Ma Teng's military camp in a panic to report the news, Ma Teng was furious when he heard it, but he didn't expect that he hadn't taken the initiative to attack Tianshui, and the other party had robbed him of his grain and grass.

After inquiring in detail about the appearance of the grain robbing general, it was quickly judged that it was Tai Shici, the number one general under Liu Ping.

The army is about to attack the city, and the grain road cannot but be guarded, and Tai Shici, who robbed the grain, has superior force, and it is impossible for people to match it.

Ma Teng naturally remembered that he asked his nephew Ma Dai to lead the army to protect the grain, and let Ma Chao keep an eye on Tai Shici, so that the grain road could be guaranteed.

So Ma Dai led Ma Chao and also ordered 5,000 military horses to set off, responsible for protecting and escorting grain and grass.

Ma Chao was overjoyed to hear this appointment, for him, this was a good time to take revenge.

After all, the first time he was captured, it was because Tai Shi Ci deceived and threw out a big net.

So on the way to protect the grain, Ma Chao was excited, waiting for Tai Shici to come and rob the grain.

On this day, the two brothers were escorting grain and grass to the front line, when suddenly a soldier came to report: "Major General Yu, there is coyote smoke in the valley in front, and it seems that there are soldiers in ambush." ”

Although the commander of this army is Ma Dai, how dare Ma Dai command his brother? Therefore, the actual commander of the army is still Ma Chao.

Hearing the report from the soldiers, Ma Chao sneered, gritted his teeth and said: "It's good to come, wait for me to capture that bastard of Tai Shici alive, cramp and peel the skin, knock the bones and suck the marrow, and then eliminate the hatred in my heart."

Pass the order down, ignore it, and move on. ”

The grain transport army continued to move forward mightily, but only five miles, I saw the opposite flag waving, and sure enough, a soldier was killed in front of it.

Ma Chao stepped forward and watched carefully, the general in front of the other party was Tai Shici who he thought about day and night, and the general next to him was also very familiar, it was Cheng Gongying, the general under the former Han Sui.

"General Meng Qi, the lord let you go back, why haven't you attracted soldiers for so long?"

Tai Shi Ci smiled and said: "Look at this situation, you are going to give the grain and grass of your grain and grass to the lord."

When I go back, I will report to the lord and ask for credit for you. ”

The surrounding grain transport soldiers all looked at Ma Chao suspiciously, and thought in their hearts: Isn't this loser young general, he just sold 5,000 soldiers the day before yesterday, and now he has to sell grain and grass again.

"Please, bastard," Ma Chao was furious, and stepped forward to fight Tai Shici with a gun, while Ma Dai went up to fight Cheng Gongying.

The four of them began to fight in front of the two armies, and the soldiers of the two sides behind them each shouted and cheered for their commander.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides fought for forty or fifty rounds.

Although Tai Shici fought against Ma Chao, the two sides were evenly matched, but Cheng Gongying was not Ma Dai's opponent.

Although Cheng Gongying is resourceful, his strength is not strong, and it is not easy to support him under Ma Dai for so long.

At this time, his marksmanship was scattered, he was tired of coping, and he was in danger, so he couldn't help but shout: "General Ziyi, you have encountered a hard stubble, quickly retreat." ”

So saying, he pulled his horse back.

Ma Dai didn't chase him, but stepped forward to fight with Ma Chao Tai Shici.

Tai Shi Ci was a little difficult to fight Ma Chao alone, plus a Ma Dai, and soon he was not an opponent of the two.

He suddenly swept with a spear, forcing the Ma Chao and Ma Dai brothers back at the same time, and then pulled the reins of the horse violently and began to retreat.

Their men were also defeated, and they immediately retreated like a tide.

"The thief will leave, leave your life behind, and chase me after me!"

The rise of Ma Chao's killing, how could he watch Tai Shici escape?

He pointed the big gun in his hand and led the army to chase down.

"Brother, don't chase after the poor, it's important to protect the grain and grass, don't fall for the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain," Ma Dai advised.

Ma Chao was excited, how similar was the situation in front of him to Xu Huang when he seduced him?

If he catches up, there will be an ambush in front of him, and the grain and grass here will be robbed by Cao Jun again, and he will not be able to tell in front of his father even if he is full of mouths.

"Bastard Tai Shi Ci, run away quickly, don't let me see him again," Ma Chao hammered his fist to his thigh, looked at Tai Shi Ci's fleeing back, and said hatefully.

"As long as we escort the grain and grass here, then Tai Shi Ci will naturally come again, and my brother has a chance to catch him," Ma Dai said: "I just didn't expect that Tai Shi Ziyi can also be regarded as a famous general in the world, but he just said that he would flee, without the slightest ambiguity, without the demeanor of a famous general." ”

"Just him? Also a famous general? Ma Chao pouted and said, "You didn't see him play tricks and throw the big net." ”

"Brother has seen it?"

"Ahem, no."

……

drove away Tai Shici, and the grain transport team successfully transported the grain and grass into the camp.

At this time, the siege had already begun.

It's just that Tianshui is an important town in the northwest after all, the city wall is tall, the defense facilities are complete, and there are nearly 15,000 people in the city to defend Liu Ping, Ma Teng besieged for several days, and he couldn't break the city for a while.

I heard that the grain protection team led by Ma Dai repelled Tai Shici's grain robbery army, which made Ma Teng very pleased, at least it showed that his son Ma Chao was not as he imagined, completely surrendered to Liu Ping, and there was still salvation.

Ma Teng said: "Now it's a siege war, my son's bravery is useless, Liu Ping's treacherous people sent Tai Shi Ci to attack and disturb my grain road, my son is responsible for resisting Tai Shi Ci and protecting the grain road."

This siege was commanded by the Father. ”

"Son obeys his father's orders," Ma Chao hugged his fists and said: "It's just that the grain and grass are not transported every day, and this remaining time, can you let your son personally go into battle and command the soldiers to fight." ”

"No," Ma Teng waved his hand, "now that we are the besieging side, we have the advantage, and it will be a matter of time before the city is broken."

If my son can protect the grain road, it will be a great achievement. ”

"No!"

Ma Teng sent an army to besiege Tianshui, and a few days later, seeing that his soldiers suffered heavy losses, it happened that it began to rain and the surrounding area was muddy, so Ma Teng changed his strategy and ordered the army to surround but not fight.

At the same time, many leaflets were shot into the city, and the leaflets were to the effect that if any of the people opened the city and surrendered, he would be rewarded, and if the people and Liu Ping resisted together, he would slaughter the city on the day the city was broken.

Such a threat naturally caused a huge panic to the gentry and the common people, which made Liu Ping also worried.

On this day, Ma Zun led his officials to meet Liu Ping.

"King, if Shuicheng has been besieged by the enemy for more than ten days today, I don't know if the king has a strategy to break the enemy?" Ma Zun said: "If this goes on for a long time, no matter how strong the city is, there will be a day when the city will be broken." ”