The cold wind is biting, the original fertile land, but now it seems a little barren, Chen Cao Zhengfeng, the people who belong to the two families in the entire Chenliu area have begun to migrate as early as the beginning of the year, to now, the original prosperous and rich Central Plains land, at this moment can be seen, but only deserted villages and barren fields are left.

When spring comes, the fields will be overgrown with weeds, and if this battle continues, I am afraid that such a scene will not only be Chen Liu, but the entire Central Plains will probably become such a scene.

The horse's hooves stepped through the barren fields, and in this withered loneliness, slowly advancing, the camp of the Guanzhong Army could already be seen in the distance, and the Guanzhong scouts who appeared in the field of vision from time to time vigilantly looked at this side.

Xiahoudun slowly raised his hand, and the soldiers and horses behind him slowly stopped, this distance, if you go further, I am afraid that you will encounter the Guanzhong army.

"Yuan Rang, it seems that the establishment of a village here is not good for our army!" Cao Hong urged him to step forward, looked at the surrounding terrain, and frowned.

"Then Chen Mo seized the opportunity, how could he leave us a good place to go, from west to east, here is high in the west and low in the east, from north to south, the terrain is also slightly higher in the north, then Chen Mo has taken advantage of the terrain, we can't set up the camp in the west." Xiahoudun said helplessly.

He and Cao Hong were ordered to choose a place to camp, but looking at the terrain of Guandu, they somewhat understood why Chen Mo chose this place to bomb the camp, the terrain was too favorable to Chen Mo, no matter how they camped, on the terrain, Chen Mo was high and low, although it was generally a plain, but in terms of terrain, the camp chosen by Chen Mo was higher after all.

It seems that it does not affect the overall situation, but in this kind of war, even the slightest advantage may evolve into the final victory, and this opportunity is snatched, and they come to establish a village at this time, and there is not much room for choice.

"The terrain here is gentle, so let's build a village here." Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hongqian patrolled, and finally picked a place with a good terrain to set up a camp, although it was not as good as Chen Mo's terrain, but at least the terrain here was not too disadvantageous.

Cao Hong nodded: "I'll go and look around." ”

Who knows if the Guanzhong army will take the opportunity to attack, the scouts have already noticed their traces, so it is better to be careful at this time.

Xiahoudun agreed and began to order people to set up camp.

On the other side, in the Guandu camp, Chen Mo had already led a group of generals to settle in, and the news of Cao's arrival naturally couldn't hide from Chen Mo, looking at the location of the other party's camp marked on the map, Chen Mo thought for a while, and said with some emotion: "This battle is inevitable after all." ”

"Lord!" Ma Chao took a step forward and said: "We can't let them set up a village so easily, and the last general will ask for battle!" ”

Before, he led a light horse to spy on Cao Jun's reality, and was almost made dumplings by Cao Jun, this hatred, Ma Chao has always remembered, and now that Cao Jun has arrived, he should give them a dismount.

"Be careful, your cavalry has no extra cavalry to replenish for the time being, so you can only bring some infantry to fight." Chen Mo thought about it and finally agreed, at this time, it would be good to weaken the morale of the other party and give the other party a dismount.

"The last general commands!" Ma Chao said loudly, he has no problem with cavalry, and with infantry, he can also suppress Cao Jun.

Watching Ma Chao leave in a menacing manner, Chen Mo shook his head with a smile, now that he has almost laid it out, he still has some confidence in fighting Cao Cao this time.

On the other side, after Ma Chao received the order, he quickly ordered three thousand paces, led the crowd out of the camp, and went straight to Cao's army.

"Ma Chao!?" When Cao Hong saw Ma Chao, his eyes flashed fiercely.

The so-called enemies are very red when they meet, Ma Chao hates Cao Jun for besieging him before, and almost makes him unable to come back, but why doesn't Cao Hong hate Ma Chao? After the two sides saw each other's flags, they didn't say a word, and waved their troops forward to fight.

The two teams of men and horses in the wilderness are like two torrents hedged, quickly fighting together, Ma Chao is good at cavalry, and the infantry command is not bad, but after all, it is not as brave as the cavalry, and Cao Hong is obviously better at the infantry army, the two sides of the soldiers and horses fight together, Ma Chao only took more than 100 cavalry back and forth to clash, wanting to tear apart the formation of the Cao army, Cao Hong took the opportunity to command the soldiers and horses to trap Ma Chao, the impact of more than 100 cavalry is naturally not as impressive as the previous more than 1,000 horses, Ma Chao's cavalry was quickly restricted, and had no choice but to cooperate with the infantry to fight.

The two sides fought from the wilderness to the riverside, and no one could help anyone, and in the end, seeing that the soldiers on both sides were seriously damaged, they could only collect their own troops.

After Ma Chao counted the battle losses, he glanced at Cao Hong's side with some indignation, there was no cavalry, and the fight was unpleasant, and he couldn't even break an infantry on the other side.

But Ma Chao's cavalry was too badly damaged when it broke through before, and Chen Mo couldn't mobilize more cavalry for him for a while, this cavalry is not an infantry horse, even if it is a cavalry, it has to be trained to become an army, Ma Chao even wants to use the infantry as a cavalry, but how can the two legs cause the power of four legs, and finally it is a draw, but if you take into account the loss of the cavalry, in Ma Chao's opinion, this fight, his side suffered, which made him very angry.

"That Cao Hong is also a veteran on the battlefield, and this battle is not a defeat." Pang De looked at Ma Chao, who was a little angry, and persuaded him helplessly.

This former young master, today's colleagues, although brave and brave, but it seems that some of them do not remember to fight, because of their recklessness, although the final result was good, made a great contribution, but Ma Dai also died in that battle, Ma Chao was still depressed for a while, but after that, he reverted to his old ways, went to the battlefield, and still looked like that, if it were not for him and Zhang Xiu desperately supporting, Ma Chao was afraid to be surrounded and killed by Cao Jun.

Ma Chao is still a little indignant, in his opinion, if he doesn't win, he is defeated, he joined the army as a young man, and he did not encounter a defeat in Xiliang, but after arriving in the Central Plains, he was frustrated more than once, and the battle was not as smooth as in Xiliang, and the ability of the famous generals in the Central Plains was more than one grade higher than those opponents in Xiliang, and it was more difficult.

Looking at Ma Chao's expression, Pang De said with a smile: "In the past, the lord asked you to learn the art of war with General Xu Rong, but you refused, but now you can't win when you meet an opponent, who is to blame?" ”

At the beginning, Chen Mo subdued Xiliang, but he was quite fond of Ma Chao, and even took the initiative to invite Xu Rong to teach him the art of war, but Ma Chao didn't know why, he just refused to see Xu Rong, and in the end, the matter was over.

When Ma Chao heard this, his face was a little dark, Xu Rong was the name he didn't want to mention, that was the first person to break his undefeated record head-on, in the face of Xu Rong, Ma Chao was really powerless, but learning the art of war with Xu Rong, he couldn't pull his face, and then he also wanted to go, but the time dragged on for a long time, will he be made fun of if he goes again?

Anyway, in the end, this matter will not be resolved, Xu Rong served as the protector of the Western Regions, and Ma Chao also followed Chen Mo to Luoyang and began to conquer the Central Plains, and the two had fewer chances to meet.

In order to make up for his own shortcomings, Ma Chao also secretly exerted his strength, and studied the art of war when he had nothing to do, but he just groped for himself and taught by a famous teacher, which is really two different things, Ma Chao's ability is not bad, but if he puts aside the Xiliang cavalry he is used to, the command level can only be regarded as average, far less amazing than commanding the Xiliang iron cavalry.

This is also the reason why Chen Mo is now gradually letting Pang De start to command the infantry, but Ma Chao has always been just a cavalry general, the infantry is handed over to Ma Chao as the commander, and the combat power that can be exerted is a little far from the cavalry he commands, on the other hand, Pang De, may not be as amazing as Ma Chao in leading the cavalry, but he is better in all-round, and in terms of the commander of the infantry army, Pang De is also not bad.

"Let's go and order with the Lord first, Cao Jun is different from the previous enemies, and he should not be taken lightly." Pound patted Ma Chao's shoulder and comforted.

Although Ma Chao was a little angry, he could only nod and go to give orders to Chen Mo.

"Lost?" Chen Mo looked at Ma Chao with a depressed face and asked with a smile.

"No, but not yet." Ma Chao said: "That Cao Hong is too ......"

"Cao Hong is Cao Cao's same clan, since the princes fought against Dong, he has followed Cao Cao, how not to count before, but since then, the southern and northern wars, for Cao Cao to make great contributions, you are defeated today, I am not surprised." Chen Mo put down the bamboo slip in his hand, looked at Ma Chao seriously and said: "Meng Qi, you have passed the year of standing, you used to be in Xiliang, you are the eldest son of General Ma, with your extraordinary bravery, you can always win and be undefeated among the Qiang people, but you have been in the Central Plains for many years, you should know that the Central Plains is different from Xiliang, not to mention others, among these generals under my command, there are not a few who are stronger than you, not to mention Wenhou, Xu Rong, Ziyi, this Wuyi, Yu Sheng, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Xu Huang, Gao Shun These people you have seen, the two armies fight, which one can you win?" ”

Ma Chao was speechless when he heard this, the famous generals under Chen Mo are not weak in ability, if the two armies face each other, Chen Mo said this, which one is brought out, Ma Chao does not dare to say that he will win.

"Fighting a war depends on more than luck, if I hadn't asked Pang De and Zhang Xiu to respond this time, you would have been trapped in Chen Liu, but it is impossible for me to send someone to take care of you every time you go on an expedition, right? Ling Ming is now able to take charge on his own, can you? Chen Mo looked at Ma Chao and asked.

"Yes!" Ma Chao was stunned, and looked up unconvinced.

"Can you be a fart, how can the infantry battalion be established? How to choose a place to set up a village? How do cavalry and infantry work together? Chen Mo scolded: "But if you know this, I won't just let you be a general who charges into battle until now!" If you give you infantry, I'm afraid that you are not as good as Dian Wei, and I am a little surprised that you were not defeated by Cao Hong today. ”

Looking at Chen Mo behind him, the corners of Dian Wei's silent grinning mouth and the white teeth of Sen Sen, Ma Chao looked ashamed, no matter how bad he is, he is better than Dian Wei in leading troops to fight, right?

As if seeing Ma Chao's thoughts, Chen Mo stood up and said, "What's the matter?" Do you really want to command the army with Dian Webbi? 500 people, you really may not be able to beat him! ”

"There will be none." Ma Chao bowed his head and said.

"I'm not convinced, but I don't have the ability to prove anything, starting tomorrow, follow me, and I will personally teach you the art of war." Chen Mo sighed.

"Huh?" Ma Chao looked at Chen Mo blankly.

"Don't want to?" Chen Mo looked back at him, raised his eyebrows and said, "Or am I not qualified enough to teach you?" ”

"Enough~" Ma Chao hurriedly saluted Chen Mo: "Thank you, lord." ”

"Do it yourself, you are the same age as me, and your talent is extremely high, no matter how complacent you are, sooner or later you will be overtaken by young people!" patted Ma Chao on the shoulder, Chen Mo left directly, Ma Chao's talent is really good, and his personality is really bad, if he doesn't beat him, he will be a brave general in this life.

"Whoa!"