Lao Su naturally knew that he could not show weakness at this time, as the main general of Gaoling City, he naturally understood that the number of his own guards was not as good as the Liangzhou army attacking the city. Therefore, once your side is cowardly, then your side may be defeated immediately. Even if the most reluctant, it is difficult to escape defeat, but it has to make the Liangzhou army feel pain, and they can't let them take Gaoling so easily.

"Defend Gaoling, brothers, kill the enemy who will retreat!"

Anyway, the guards are scared, and that's right. But at this time, seeing that their guards were so fearless of death, they really raised their morale a little. So if you want to say that it's useless at all, isn't Lao Su's words shouted in vain, in fact, it did play a role, although it was not big.

Yan Yan and the others really didn't take Gao Ling and Feng Yi in their eyes. In fact, of course, they also knew the intentions of their lord, and the most difficult place was naturally that their lord went out in person, so his lord personally led the troops to Hongnong. And counties like this place are not too difficult, of course, it is left to themselves and others.

And this time the person responsible for leading the soldiers to attack the city was Wu Ban, Wu Ban was young, and it was really the first time to do this, so he really had no experience. But people, always from inexperienced to experienced, aren't they all like this? Therefore, Yan Yan and Wu Yi don't value Feng Yi too much, so they don't give Wu Ban the opportunity, and they are even more willing to watch the battle in the rear, easy-

In a place like Gaoling, you don't need to test anything. Therefore, the most reckless Wu Ban climbed to the top of Gaoling City very smoothly, and captured Lao Su alive in less than ten rounds, and the soldiers defending the city all surrendered, and no one dared to resist.

Originally, they didn't have much courage, and they had seen such a strong attack by the Liangzhou army before. Although I won't be scared early, it's the first time I've seen this formation, so it's actually very good to be able to hold it like this. After all, not all the guards of the city are as strong as Zhang Ren's Yizhou army in Luoyang, so this ......

In this way, it was very easy, Yan Yan and the others took down Feng Yi's governance of Gaoling. As for the other counties, to be honest, now that the city's strong tombs have been taken, then the other cities are naturally not a problem. After all, not all cities have such a guard named Lao Su, and not everyone can be loyal to Li Ji.

Lao Su naturally did not escape death. In Yan Yan's words, let him die, so that he can be loyal. However, the last one was not to behead Lao Su, but to let him hang himself, leaving him a whole corpse. I guess I respect them. After all, no matter how hostile they are, loyal people are indeed still admirable. But he had to die. We must not be soft on the enemy. Whether it is Yan Yan, or Wu Yi and Wu Ban, they all know the truth of Lu Dao-

Yan Yan and they are indeed making great progress all the way to Feng Yi, which can be said to be very smooth, but Ma Chao's side is not as smooth as them, and it can be said that the opponent's level is indeed not on the same level at all. After all, Zhang Xiu is not comparable to his old Su Na's level. At least in terms of defending the city, not to mention that the two are 108,000 miles apart, but it is estimated that there will be a difference of 54,000 miles.

Ma Chao led a large army from Jingzhao is straight to Hongnong. Along the way, he also captured the two county towns of Huayin and Huxian, and the last was to directly attack Hongnong City. He is not as subordinate as Yizhou, not only is the army small, but Li Dao Guo Yan and their subordinates have no decent generals. As far as he Zhang Ji has a nephew, Zhang Xiu is not bad, and Zhang Xiu's subordinates also have a Hu Che'er, and his martial arts are acceptable, and there is really nothing else.

In fact, after such a comparison, Li Dao's nephew Li Xian is not as good as Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu, as for Guo Yan, there is no nephew at all, so there is no need to say more.

And if you look at Liu Zhang, he really doesn't have any first-class generals, this is good, but the generals under him are really not few, isn't it. And there are a few strategists under the people's account, is this comparable to his subordinates? What's more, the combat power of the Yizhou Army is indeed stronger than that of Si Li's soldiers.

Ma Chao couldn't help but wonder if it was because of the drought in the previous Si Li, so the soldiers couldn't eat enough, so it became like this. If that's the case, then it's not incomprehensible. After all, "people are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you'll be hungry and panic", even if you are steel and iron, you can't play after you don't eat the most meals-

At this time, at the head of Hongnong City, Zhang Xiu watched the Liangzhou army brought by Ma Chao under the city to camp in the village, and this was the first time that he finally felt like a great enemy. He hadn't felt this way before, maybe he hadn't encountered any great enemies, which was true.

On the first day when Ma Chao led the army to Hongnong City, he didn't make any moves. On this day, he just let the army have a good rest, and he didn't realize until this time that he should bring Wu Yi or one of the two of them here. But he brought Huang Quan and Li Hui here, and now that I look at it, this is indeed a little inappropriate.

Because Huang Quan and Li Hui were actually scribes, it was impossible for them to lead troops to attack the city. Although his Li Hui's martial arts are indeed good, he can't do that himself. So it wasn't until this time that Ma Chao discovered this problem, but it was already too late. Then when the attack is tried tomorrow, there can only be no main general to lead.

Of course, this is really not a big deal for Ma Chao, it can only be regarded as a small episode.

At this time, Huang Quan and Li Hui were both in Ma Chao's account, and at this time, Huang Quan was asking Ma Chao: "I don't know what the lord has planned?" ”

Ma Chao smiled: "It's just a trial attack tomorrow, I don't know what the two gentlemen think now?" ”

After Huang Quan and Li Hui glanced at each other, Li Hui said to Ma Chao: "Lord, Hui and Gongheng do have some ideas, and they are just trying to talk to the lord at this time!" ”

"De'ang, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

"No! Lord. Now that our army has entered the division, the subordinates can also see that the lord is intended to be subordinate to the division and not in the Han Emperor, I don't know what Hui said is right? ”

Ma Chao nodded with a smile, and said in his heart that he might have any idea about Liu Xie, impossible. Not to mention that Liu Wei is on his own territory now, even if he Liu Wei is not there, it is impossible for him to deal with Liu Xie. Ma Chao not only doesn't like this Liu Xieqi, but he also knows that he is a big trouble. So if you can have anything to do with him, then you will naturally not have anything to do with him, and the farther away you are, the better.

It's just that he has never said this to his subordinates, but Li Hui and them can also see it at this time. After all, now his own army has been in Sili for a long, long time. But only two counties of Sili were taken in total, and there was no movement after that. And it wasn't until there was a big movement on the side of Emperor Han. His lord entered the army again. So they had to let Huang Quan and Li Hui think a lot in their hearts, and of course they could think of these things at the end.

Seeing that his lord nodded, Li Hui continued: "Therefore, the lord also knows that now Li Dao, Li Zhiran, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji are chasing after Emperor Han, and they have not yet left this Hongnong realm. Therefore, the progress of my army must not be too fast, or I may encounter Li Zhiran and others, but this is definitely not what the lord wants to see, right? ”

"What Mr. De'ang said is right, and that is exactly what he means! I wonder what Mr. thinks this has to do with today's war? ”

Ma Chao asked the most critical place in one sentence. Li Hui smiled when he heard this: "Hui has already said a lot at this time, as for the back, let Gongheng say it to the lord!" ”

Huang Quan is a clear-eyed person, but he knows that his brother Deang is letting himself behave in front of the lord, and he is promoting young people. And he was not hypocritical, and directly accepted Li Hui's kindness, so he immediately said to Ma Chao: "Lord, now under Hongnong City, there is a way to kill two birds with one stone!" ”

"Oh? I want to hear about it! ”

"Lord, that's the case, at this time, Hongnong's side ...... Then the enemy army will be broken! ”

Ma Chao laughed when he heard this, yes, yes, he forgot, now this is indeed a good time for himself, isn't it. And after listening to what Huang Quan said, he immediately understood that he was sitting on Baoshan without knowing it. Isn't that the case, if Huang Quan hadn't said it directly, he really didn't think so. Or in fact, he is even more of a fan of the authorities, and Huang Quan and Li Hui are bystanders.

"Yes, yes! What Mr. Gongheng said is very true, if you do this, you will definitely succeed in the end! ”

Saying that, Ma Chao couldn't help nodding his head, so he decided to do so. And as soon as they saw that their lord agreed, Huang Quan and Li Hui also looked at each other and smiled. After all, his ideas can be recognized by his father-in-law, which has to be said to be a very pleasant thing at first sight-

On the second day, Ma Chao still made a tentative attack, and it was also the first time to attack the city.

This is the first time to fight against Zhang Xiu, Ma Chao really didn't let the soldiers use all their strength. And it was tentative, not to mention that he listened to Huang Quan and Li Hui, so he had other plans.

So that this attack was just a warm-up, and Zhang Xiu at the head of the city did not dare to slack off on the attack of the Liangzhou army. Although he also saw that it seemed that the Liangzhou army was indeed not doing its best, this did not become an excuse for him not to take the defense seriously. So even if the Liangzhou army only attacked tentatively, as Zhang Xiu, the defender of Hongnong City, he still took it seriously, and he didn't dare to be careless at all.

Regarding Zhang Xiu's attitude, Ma Chao actually agrees with it very much. Because in his opinion, as a general, it should actually be like this. And Zhang Xiuqi is indeed a talent, but unfortunately, he is not under his account. And Ma Chao does have a heart for talent, but for an ordinary talent like Zhang Xiu, he is actually almost immune. So for him, it is still the same sentence, that is, "I learned that I was lucky, but I lost my life", and he can now say that this is his attitude towards Zhang Xiu.

Looking at it, Ma Chao smiled and said, "Mingjin, collect the troops!" ”

"Ding Ding Ding Ding...... Dingdingding......"

As soon as the Liangzhou army heard the sound of gold, they retreated. At this time, Ma Chao stepped forward and shouted to Zhang Xiu at the head of the city: "Zhang Xiu, today our army is just trying to attack, and he will definitely come again to learn again!" ”

Zhang Xiu This is not the first time I have seen Ma Chao, it has been several times, isn't it. Zhang Xiu remembered that the first time was at the boundary of Jincheng in Liangzhou, and the second time should be in Bishui Pass, and this time it was the third time. But although he has seen it several times, he really doesn't know much about Ma Chao, but he can't lose the words, so Zhang Xiu also hurriedly put down the cruel words, "Hmph, Ma Mengqi, don't be proud, I, Zhang Xiu, will accompany me to the end at any time!" ”

Ma Chao laughed when he heard this, and said three good words in a row, but only he and Huang Quan and Li Hui knew what they meant, while the others were confused. (To be continued......)