Judging from the news from the rear, Cao Jun has not made a major move recently, and there is a Long Pass guarding it, and it is not easy for Cao Jun to break through, and the letter sent by Wei Yan is more like a mockery of the loser in Ma Chao's view, which makes Ma Chao very unhappy.

"My lord." Pang Dece walked beside Ma Chao, hesitated for a moment and said: "What Wei Yan said is not completely unreasonable, Liu Bei seized Hanzhong, if he occupies Yizhou again, his momentum will not be weaker than Cao Cao, how can Cao Cao sit idly by, but Cao Jun has not moved so far, it is contrary to common sense, and it must be guarded against!" ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he nodded a little irritably, without saying much, Pang De's words made him a little irritable, since Cao Cao did not move, how would he deal with himself?

Some possible things, which Ma Chao has always doubted, are constantly flipping in his heart at the moment, and subconsciously ordered the army to step up the march and rush back to Ji County as soon as possible.

Seeing that after Rongqiu, his territory was already far away, and the ground suddenly trembled.

Ma Chao frowned, Le Ma stopped, Pang De waved his hand, several sentry spies rushed out, and after a while, the sentry came back and saluted Ma Chao and said: "Lord, there are two teams of centaurs fighting in front, one of them, it seems, is our banner!" ”

"Our flag?" Ma Chaojian raised his eyebrows and looked at Pang De.

"The last will go and go back!" Pang De nodded, ordered a group of men and horses to gallop out, Ma Chao continued to lead the army forward, and the sound of fierce fighting could be faintly heard in front of him.

The ominous feeling haunted Ma Chao's heart, how could there be enemies in this place? When he left, in order to avoid Yang Ang from making ghosts, he not only left Ma Dai, but also left 3,000 elites for Ma Dai to dispatch, plus Yang Ang's 10,000 Han Chinese army, even if the Cao army came to attack, it was impossible to conquer Longguan in a short time, and it was even more impossible for the Qiang people around him......

After the army marched a few miles, he saw an army coming from the front, the number was not large, plus the thousand people that Pang De had just taken away, there were only less than two thousand people, but when he saw the general who was the leader, Ma Chao's face changed suddenly.

"Bo Zhan, why are you here!?" Ma Chaoce stepped forward immediately, looking at Ma Dai, who was tired and had many wounds on his body, frowned and shouted.

"Brother!" Seeing Ma Chao, Ma Dai rolled the saddle and dismounted, knelt in front of Ma Chao, and said astringently: "My brother is incompetent, Ji County has been ...... Snatched! ”

"Is it Yang Ang?" Ma Chao only felt that his eyes were a little black, his body shook on the horse's back, and he gritted his teeth.

Ma Dai nodded: "That Yang Ang has already secretly surrendered to Cao Cao, this time taking advantage of the change of defense, opened Longguan to bring Cao Jun in, when the younger brother noticed, Longguan and Luoyang had been lost, that Yang Ang led the army to attack Ji County, and the Cao army led by Zhang He came to attack together, the younger brother couldn't resist, so he could only protect the generals' families to travel, and was chased and killed by Yang Ang all the way to this point!" ”

It was also Ma Dai's cleverness, who sensed that something was wrong, and immediately led troops to escort the families of a group of generals to break through when the enemy army had not been encircled.

"Zhang He......" Ma Chao squeezed the reins in his hand, this is also an old opponent, Ma Chao naturally knows Zhang He's ability, it is not easy to defeat him.

"How can you abandon the city so easily!" After a long time, Ma Chaocai hated and said, if Ma Dai could hold on for a few more days, he would lead the army back, and with Ji County as the backing, he would not be as homeless as he is now.

Now he has an army of tens of thousands, but he has no place to stand, and he is counterattacking at this moment, and he doesn't even know where to raise the next meal of food and grass, and how to conquer the city.

"Lord!" Pang De saluted Ma Chao and said: "Don't be rash at the moment, the grain and grass in the army are only enough for three days, it is not easy to attack the city at this time, make plans as soon as possible and find another way!" ”

It is unrealistic to fight back, the soldiers have no food to use, and once the three days pass, I am afraid that the end of the mutiny will be immediately, and the most important thing at this moment is to find another place to live and make plans again.

Ma Chao naturally understands this truth, but the depression and anger in his heart are difficult to calm.

Ma Dai frowned and said: "It's just that Longguan has been lost, where else can we go?" ”

Pang De thought for a while and said: "The two counties of Longxi and Wudu are mostly gathered by the Qiang people, and the lord is quite famous among the Qiang people, why don't you throw yourself into the two counties for the time being, and then make plans?" ”

It is impossible to fight back, other places to the north, have been occupied by Cao Cao, to the south is Hanzhong, and now there is only the territory of the Qiang people, with Ma Chao's prestige among the Qiang people, hiding in the land of the Qiang people, Cao Jun can't fight even if he wants to.

Ma Chao nodded, now there is only this way, in fact, if Zhang Lu is still there, he can consider defecting to Zhang Lu, but Zhang Lu has already surrendered to Liu Bei, he has just attacked Yangping Pass, if he goes to defect at this moment, don't say whether Liu Bei agrees or not, Ma Chao himself feels panicked on his face, or find a place to live first, as for the future...... Let's talk about it.

was about to set off, but saw a scout coming to report that a large number of Cao troops had appeared in the north and were approaching this side.

"Who is leading the troops?" Ma Chao frowned.

"Look at the flag, it should be that Zhang He and Yang Ang!" The scout bowed.

"Yang Ang?" When Ma Chao heard this, he saw a murderous opportunity in his eyes.

Pang De hurriedly said: "Lord, at this time, you should take a place to stand first, and you must not fight!" ”

"If I don't take revenge, I can't feel at ease!" Ma Chao ignored Pang De's advice and immediately ordered the army to meet him directly.

Yang Ang has been in charge of Ma Chao's logistics before, and now that Ma Chao is back, he naturally already knows, although he voted for Cao Cao, but Ma Chao's power Yang Ang also knows, after all, he has been cooperating with Ma Chao last year, and has seen Ma Chao's ability, since he has seized Ma Chao's city this time, he heard that Ma Chao has returned, and immediately persuaded Zhang He to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, if Ma Chao sneaks into the territory of the Qiang people or votes for Liu Bei, God knows when Ma Chao will retaliate and come back, leaving such a fierce person who is thinking about his head at such a moment, Yang Ang felt that he would not be able to sleep well in the future.

Let yourself clean up Ma Chao, Yang Ang asked himself if he had that ability, but it was different with Zhang He, this is a famous general under Cao Cao.

"General Yang doesn't have to worry, General Ben is here to eradicate Ma Chao and prevent future troubles!" Zhang He glanced at Yang Ang, who looked a little flustered, and comforted him.

It is difficult for Ma Chao to surrender, and even if he surrenders, Cao Cao will wipe out the Ma family and the three clans, who would dare to use this kind of person under his hands? So this time, Cao Cao really had a murderous intention towards Ma Chao, although he loves talents, but who can accept it, who can only kill, Cao Cao has a rod and scale in his heart.

Yang Ang nodded, and wanted to say something, but at the end of the line of sight in front of him, there was suddenly billowing smoke and dust, Ma Chao not only did not escape, but also took the initiative to meet him, Yang Ang's face suddenly turned pale.

"Array!" Zhang He is very bland, it is not the first time to compete with Ma Chao, after being familiar with Ma Chao's tactics, Cao Jun also has a countermeasure.

The army halted its advance and quickly formed a formation over the open field.

Ma Chao's army also became clear in the sight at this time, and thousands of troops galloped in, and the violent military might made the Hanzhong soldiers who really stood opposite the Xiliang Army for the first time pale.

Zhang He entered Longguan this time, in order to avoid being detected by Ma Chaojun early, he brought not many people and horses, this time he pursued Ma Dai, and the army he led were all Yang Ang's Hanzhong soldiers, not the elite of the Cao army.

Zhang He naturally saw it, but the matter had come to this point, and it was too late to retreat at this time, seeing the surging Xiliang army, Zhang He raised the spear in his hand and said sharply: "Release the arrow!" ”

Rows of arrows swept through the air, converging into a jungle of death in the air, and shooting down towards the surging Xiliang army.

The cluster of arrows hit the shield, ejected, and many directly hit the Xiliang army, casualties began to appear, and counterattacks followed, Ma Chao personally led three hundred elite cavalry to gallop to the front of the battle, these cavalry were heavily armoured, and they were the most elite soldiers under Ma Chao's command, but when they saw that these cavalry were about to approach the front of the battle, they picked up a throwing gun from the horse, and with Ma Chao's burst, three hundred throwing guns roared towards the Hanzhong army.

The range of the spear was not far, only about thirty paces, but the attack power was quite strong, ordinary shields could not block it at all, and the spearmen and shield soldiers in the front row were suddenly emptied.

Zhang He didn't have time to organize the formation, Ma Chao had already brought three hundred cavalry into the fierce killing, the spear was opened, and the people who passed by turned over on their backs, and the cavalry in the rear surged, and the three hundred people were like a sharp cone, fiercely penetrating the formation.

"Hang!" Seeing this, Zhang He did not panic, waved the order flag, and ordered the soldiers on both sides to squeeze to the middle, compressing the space of Ma Chao, while the archers in the back row continued to release arrows towards the Xiliang army.

Ma Chao didn't care about those, his eyes were murderous, his eyes locked on Shuai Qi's side, and no one could stop him wherever he passed.

Yang Ang looked at Ma Chao, who was quickly killing this side, his scalp was numb for a while, and he subconsciously wanted to turn around and flee, but he was grabbed by Zhang He and scolded sharply: "Flee at this time, do you want the three armies to be defeated!?" ”

"Will ...... The general ...... "Seeing that Ma Chao had already killed him, Yang Ang was about to cry.

Seeing this, Zhang He secretly scolded a waste, not only Yang Ang, but also with this Han Chinese army, if the Cao army formed a formation, how could it be so easy to be killed by Ma Chao to the Chinese army?

With his legs between the horse's belly, he took the initiative to meet him.

"Get out!" Ma Chao came with anger this time, he had already discovered Yang Ang at this moment, how could he have the heart to entangle with Zhang He, his marksmanship was not as dexterous and fast as Zhao Yun, but it was powerful, and the spear was much heavier than ordinary spears.

Ma Chao ignored Zhang He's surprise, seeing that Zhang He's move was sluggish, he ran through his arms and smashed out with a fierce shot, knocking Zhang He back, but Ma was already killing Yang Ang.

"Stop!" Zhang He was furious when he saw this, if Ma Chao was asked to behead Yang Ang in the three armies, the Hanzhong army would probably be defeated immediately, and he was furious, and hurriedly chased after Ma Chao.

Yang Ang saw Ma Chao repelling Zhang He, he felt bad in his heart, and hurriedly turned around and was about to run, but the sound of hooves behind him was already approaching, and the army in the rear blocked his way, making Yang Ang feel like a ghost, frantically urging the war horse, and shouting at the same time: "The general spares his life, this matter is ......."

Before the words fell, Ma Chao, who had already arrived from behind, picked up a chicken from the horse's back: "Go and talk to the king of Hades!" ”

As he spoke, Ma Chao put the spear on the horse's back, pinched Yang Ang's head, and in Yang Ang's terrible scream, he twisted Yang Ang's head off, and blood splattered all over his body, Ma Chao threw away Yang Ang's body, quickly picked up the spear, and did not look back, and threw the spear back in his hand.

With a bang, he knocked away the spear that Zhang He had stabbed.

Suddenly turning around, the cold and cold gaze, Rao is Zhang He's heart trembled a little.

The Xiliang army was killed, although the main general was Zhang He, but these Hanzhong soldiers recognized Yang Ang, seeing Yang Ang's death, the army's heart was in turmoil, and the Xiliang army that came after him was killed.

Zhang He was helpless when he saw this, Ma Chao was extremely terrifying at this moment, Zhang He was also a little stunned in his heart, so he could only turn the horse's head and retreat to Ji County along the rout.

Ma Chao led the troops to chase and kill for ten miles, before he stopped, above the four fields, but seeing the blood and corpses all over the ground, Ma Chao vented, his heart was relieved a lot, and he watched Zhang He leave, sneered, integrated the soldiers and horses, and ran away.