Xu Chu had just raised the Huoyun Knife and was about to slash at Ma Chao, when he saw Ma Chao running past him.

He didn't react either.

Call...

The two masters clashed, and the first confrontation at the beginning ended in failure.

This situation can be said to be very rare, even ordinary young generals, in heads-up, will not make such a mistake, but it appeared in Ma Chao and Xu Chu, who have experienced a hundred battles.

Embarrassed...

It's embarrassing!

Ma Chao grabbed the reins of the horse, turned around, he reached out and touched the war horse, and his heart was extremely shocked: "This horse... It's too fast.... ”

In fact, when Yuan Xi gave him the horse, he found that this horse was different from other horses, not only tall, but also fierce in his eyes. At that time, he thought that this horse must be able to help him.

But he didn't expect that the horse that Yuan Xi gave him would be so fast.

Xu Chu was also a little surprised when he turned around, he had seen this kind of horse before, and knew that this kind of horse was extremely fast, but he was careless just now, and he didn't expect that there were also horses from Hebei in the Xiliang army.

"Ahem..."

Xu Chu roared: "Even if your horse is better than mine, you can't even beat me..." ”

"Less!"

Ma Chao stepped forward with a spear and stabbed Xu Chu.

Clang!

Xu Chu's hands were quick and he blocked Ma Chao's attack. At this moment, they all felt the power coming from each other's weapons, no less than their own power. Especially Ma Chao, he felt a little struggling.

"It's worthy of Xu Chu..." Ma Chao thought in his heart.

"Come again!"

Even if Xu Chu's strength is greater, Ma Chao doesn't care. Battlefield confrontation is not only about strength, but also about martial arts and fighting skills, and any factor may affect success or failure.

Ma Chao is confident that with his marksmanship, he can defeat Xu Chu.

Bell, bell, bell...

Both of them were calm, coming and going, and the more fierce the fight became.

In front of the military array in the distance, Cao Cao stared intently, not daring to relax for a moment, every time he saw Ma Chao swinging a spear at Xu Chu, he couldn't help but feel nervous in the bottom of his heart.

Jia Xu also wiped his cold sweat and said in a low voice: "Prime Minister, it's better to recall General Xu Chu, right?" ”

"Why? Do you think Xu Chu can't fight Ma Chao? Cao Cao asked.

"Not really. The minister thinks... There is no need. You think, Ma Chao doesn't have many troops, and Longxi City is not tall, and when our siege equipment arrives, it only takes half a day to break the city, so why let General Xu Chu take the risk? In case he... It will affect the morale of the whole army, and the war will be very difficult at that time. ”

What Jia Xu said is not unreasonable.

Xu Chu has a very high prestige in his army, if he is injured by Ma Chao, the sergeants will feel that Ma Chao is invincible, everyone is in danger, who dares to fight with the Xiliang army?

Cao Cao thought of this, and also felt that it was not considered to let Xu Chu fight.

Sima Yi said: "I look at Xu Chu's bravery, not weaker than Ma Chao, within two hundred moves, it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser." If it is recalled rashly, it will make Ma Chao underestimate. ”

"What do you think?"

"Or wait... At least let them fight until noon, and then recall Xu Chu on the grounds of eating. Besides, the prime minister is not curious, Xu Chu and Ma Chao, who is stronger? Sima Yi asked with a smile.

"I don't want to know."

Cao Cao was reluctant to let Xu Chu take the risk.

Every time he went on an expedition, Xu Chu protected him, and he didn't know how many open guns and hidden arrows he resisted and how many times he saved him. If Xu Chu hadn't protected him, he wouldn't have survived now.

"But what you said is also right, recalling Xu Chu now is indeed not conducive to the entire battle situation. I'd better wait until noon. Cao Cao said after thinking about it.

"The prime minister is wise."

Sima Yi slapped his ass casually.

..........

Time flies.

It's noon in the blink of an eye.

Xu Chu and Ma Chao fought for more than 200 rounds, from the horse to the horse, and then to the horse, tired and sweaty, panting, but no matter how the two fought, they couldn't tell the winner.

It wasn't until near the end that Ma Chao had a slight upper hand, but by that time, Cao Cao had already recruited Xu Chu back.

"Ugh...."

Ma Chao also turned around and returned to the city.

"Brother, how are you?" Ma Yunlu ran forward and took the gun from Ma Chao's hand.

"I'm fine. Xu Chu is worthy of being the first fierce general under Cao Cao, his martial arts are not under me, if you meet him in the future, don't fight him. Ma Chao knew that his sister liked to find a strong martial arts opponent to fight alone, and if he fought with others, he was not worried. Ordinary people are really not Ma Yunlu's opponents. But fighting with Xu Chu, Ma Chao can almost assert that Ma Yunlu can't hold up thirty moves.

"I'm not going to fight him." Ma Yunlu muttered secretly.

At this time, Yuan Xi threw down the drumstick, and also ran over out of breath to ask about Ma Chao's situation. Ma Chao saw that Yuan Xi really beat the drum for him in person, and his heart was extremely moved, but he was also ashamed.

He arched his hand and said: "The last general failed to kill Xu Chu, which disappointed the lord..." ”

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "You are already very brave, if you fight again, within a hundred moves, I believe you will definitely win." ”

"Well, my brother has never been defeated." Ma Yunlu said.

"I know. That's why I said I would win. Yuan Xi laughed back.

Knock knock...

Before Ma Chao could reply to Yuan Xi's words, war drums sounded outside the city again.

The three of them looked sideways.

I saw Sima Yi's Daxu moving from east to west, and then tens of thousands of infantry troops appeared, forming a rigorous formation.

Cao Cao's righteous son, Cao Hai, stepped forward and shouted: "Ma Chao listen, can you recognize the Prime Minister's formation?" Does the Xiliang Army dare to fight? If you don't dare, surrender quickly. ”

When Cao Hai shouted, Cao Cao's Daxu had already gone west, and it seemed that he was going back to the camp to eat. The formation laid out by tens of thousands of soldiers was just to block the gap in Longxi and prevent the Xiliang cavalry from going out of the city, in addition, it was also Sima Yi's tired strategy.

"Lord, look, it's the formation laid out by Sima Yi." Ma Chao raised his hand.

"See."

"Does the lord have a way to break the formation?" Ma Chao asked.

"Hehe... Isn't it easy to break the formation? Yuan Xi chuckled and said, "You forgot what I was doing when I went back to Hebei a few days ago?" I brought the Titan Python, which is the best at breaking formations, and if it plays, it will not be able to resist any formation. You just wait to see the show. I'm going to summon the Titan Python and give Sima Yi a head-on blow. ”

"Wait, lord." Ma Chao said: "The last general will go to gather five thousand elite cavalry, and after breaking the formation, he will go out of the city to chase and kill, and annihilate all the more than 10,000 Cao troops outside the city." ”

"Okay."

Yuan Xi thought that this was also an opportunity to teach Cao Cao some lessons, so as to save him from using the formation to bluff people.

Roar, roar, roar...

A large formation formed outside the city, and as the flags flew, the soldiers roared.

Sima Yi's big banner, located in the middle of the formation, was planted in the most conspicuous place, and there was a carriage under the banner, which was very tall and luxurious, and should be where Sima Yi was.

All the soldiers, the phalanx, surrounded the carriage and seemed to be protecting.