Appearing on the horizon were the other Xiliang troops who had just been sent to another direction not long ago.

Looking at a melee in front of him, on the horizon in the distance, the general of the Xiliang Army who was responsible for leading the troops couldn't help but be a little stunned. "No wonder Mr. Jia asked us to rush back as soon as possible, I don't want the battle situation here to be so rotten, it's just strange, how could Ma Teng's soldiers and horses appear here, shouldn't they still be in Chang'an? Even if they turned over from Chang'an, how could they cross the Hangu Pass..."

It's no wonder that this general is so shocked, but Ma Chao's appearance is completely unreasonable.

The lieutenant general next to him was actually even more unbearable, and he didn't expect the terrifying army before leaving, but it became like this in a day or two. Looking at this situation, it won't even take long for the last essence of this Xiliang army to be lost.

"It's good that we're back, anyway, General, let's hurry up!" The lieutenant general hurriedly arrived at the main general, and there was no time to hesitate now, even if it was only a quarter of an hour of delay, it could cause irreparable damage.

Anyone who could not understand what he meant, the Lord immediately nodded in agreement.

After receiving the order of the commander-in-chief, the Xiliang army, which had just returned, immediately threw itself into the battlefield. Tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers and horses, like a new force, quickly broke the balance on the battlefield.

Originally, at this time, the Xiliang Army on the battlefield was about to collapse under the attack of the coalition forces and Ma Chao, but now it has received assistance to directly stabilize the situation. The soldiers and horses who had just returned seemed very smart and directly found Ma Chao.

No matter how brave Ma Chao is, an indisputable fact is that he has too few soldiers and horses in his hands. With less than 3,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, if they were still on the way to charge, perhaps tens of thousands of infantry troops might not be able to resist it. But now it's different, these 3,000 iron horsemen are already trapped in the battlefield, and it is difficult to give full play to their mobility expertise.

If it weren't for the fact that the Xiliang Army was still in chaos at this time, and there were no other reserves, and even only a few thousand troops were needed, Ma Chao could be delayed. Now there are more than 10,000 people here, and it is really a simple matter to delay the main Ma Chao.

Without Ma Chao making trouble behind his back, Li Dao and Guo Yan are sure to stabilize the battle again.

Seeing that the battle situation was finally stabilized, the main general was also relieved.

Not long ago, before receiving the order of Li Dao and Guo Yan to flank Luoyang, Jia Xu personally summoned him over and whispered to him. If they had not found any trace of the Son of Heaven after they had been away for some time, they would immediately lead their soldiers and horses back.

If you find a trace of the Son of Heaven, you will continue to track it.

At that time, Jia Xu had already expected that Yan Shao and Cao Cao must have some backhand, and this army of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses went to Luoyang, which was simply a waste. However, Li Dao and Guo Yan's generals have already issued an order, so they directly let this general listen to themselves, not to mention that doing so will definitely have contradictions with Li Dao and Guo Yan, and that general may not be willing to listen to him.

Jia Xu still has a relatively clear understanding of his identity, he is just a strategist, these people respect their wisdom, but they may not take him to heart, after all, he is just a strategist.

Therefore, he can only let this general go halfway, make sure first, if the Son of Heaven and his party really escape, continue to follow the plan, if not, return immediately.

As for the traces? Of course, this does not mean that you have to see the Son of Heaven with your own eyes, you can start from other aspects, the simplest of which is the traces.

The frame of the Son of Heaven, even if it is small, I am afraid that it will not be less than a few hundred people, plus the ministers and concubines who follow him, you can imagine how huge the team should be. They only have to follow the road to make sure that they have not lost it.

The general took a turn around Luoyang City, and after making sure that he had not found any superfluous traces, he immediately ran back and obeyed Jia Xu's orders, which could be regarded as saving the fate of Li Dao and Guo Yan and others, which made Jia Xu breathe a sigh of relief.

Yan Shao didn't know much about him, but he knew something about Cao Cao, and these two people were not easy to deal with.

Now his decision has worked, and the returning army has become a decisive force on the battlefield.

To be honest, these more than 10,000 soldiers and horses are actually not very much, and in ordinary times, it is certainly important, but that's all. Especially after a long journey, exhausted, it is already very good to be able to exert 10% of the strength.

But even such a force, if placed in the right place, can also exert a huge effect, and this is the case right now.

Li Dao and Guo Yan's Xiliang army was about to collapse, but Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Yan Shao, Cao Cao and others' soldiers and horses were not exhausted, but they were just holding on.

In the face of the sudden appearance of the Xiliang rebels, it was difficult for the coalition forces that were fighting hard in front to resist, and Zhao Yun, Xiahoudun and others worked hard to maintain it in front so as not to make the situation worse.

"Hell, how did these Xiliang troops come out..."After holding a big knife in his hand and cutting an oncoming Xiliang army in two, Xiahoudun couldn't help but say angrily.

"Hey..."Li Dian next to him also sighed. It was a coincidence that this army came, and Li Dao and Guo Yan were already about to be defeated, even if it was a quarter of an hour late, the overall situation had already been decided, but they appeared at this time..."At this time, Li Dian has begun to emerge in Cao Cao's army, and he can be regarded as a talent who is trusted and valued.

"Humph!" Xiahou was angry, and he really wanted to take the soldiers and horses to defeat these Xiliang troops, but he also knew that what Li Dian said was right, and now they had lost this opportunity.

In fact, they also had such an opportunity before, at least before this army suddenly appeared, Xiahoudun and some other Cao army generals had not been involved.

Among the princes at this time, the Qingzhou army has always been famous for its fierce generals. In fact, although the Yanzhou Army is a little worse, the gap is not particularly large. At least there are a lot of fierce generals in the Yanzhou army, not to mention anything else, this Xiahoudun is a rare fierce general, and his martial arts can already be said to be the top of the first-class, almost at the same level as Tai Shici, but he is not proficient in archery and other aspects, and his own martial arts are also brave and subtle...

Don't underestimate this, this is actually the biggest gap between first-class and super-first-class.

Except for a few talented generals who can sweep everything with just this brute force, if the remaining generals want to reach the super-first-class level, not only their own qualifications must be achieved, but martial arts are also very important.

Among the many super-first-class generals, Zhang Fei is already the bravest one, but while sweeping the opponent with brute force, his spear technique is also subtle. and Dian Wei, don't look at Dian Wei's reckless background, it's not easy to use those two halberds well.

You must know that the halberd is inherently difficult to use, and the reason why Lu Bu can become the apex of all the generals is that in addition to his innate divine power and ability to compete with Zhang Fei, the exquisite halberd method is also a very crucial point. Fang Tian's halberd is easy to use, but it is not very simple to master it.

And with a painting halberd, Lu Bu can overwhelm the crowd. It is not much worse to imagine Dian Wei's martial arts, at least not as many people think, just a reckless man who relies on brute force.

If nothing else, if it's just brute force, why not use a blade like a hammer or a broadsword?

Wu Anguo under Yan Shao's account used two hammers because he had good strength, but he didn't have any exquisite martial arts. But with the weight of these two hammers, they can also be among the best among second-rate generals.

Other super-first-class generals, Zhao Yun needless to say, the exquisite martial arts can definitely be ranked in the forefront of the world's generals. The martial arts of Ma Chao, Huang Zhong and others are also quite good, and even Tai Shici and others, who are at the bottom, also have their own specialties.

And Xiahoudun's words...

As I said before, there is more than enough bravery, but unfortunately the martial arts are not exquisite enough, and there is no problem with such strength when encountering a second-rate opponent on the battlefield, it can almost be easily tortured and killed, but it will become very troublesome when encountering a difficult opponent.

In particular, he is not good at defense, and many times he uses the method of exchanging injuries for injuries, and if he doesn't pay attention to it, he may be seriously injured.

In addition to Xiahoudun, there were also some other outstanding generals in the Yanzhou army, among which the Cao generals were the mainstay. Such as Cao Ren or Cao Hong, or Xiahou Yuan and so on. But these are all barely ranked in the first-class, to the point that they are not particularly powerful, as for the five sons who are very famous in later generations?

Considering that Zhang Liao is still under Lu Bu, Zhang He is still under Yuan Shao, and Xu Huang is still working under Yang Feng, there is only one Le Jin and one Yu Ban left.

Among them, Lejin's reputation is not very big in later generations, which does not mean that Lejin's ability is worse than that of other Wuziliang in the future, but Lejin died very early, which can be regarded as a young death. did not catch up with several major battles later, and did not have a chance to become famous.

But having said that, it doesn't mean that Le Jin has no ability, especially now that he is at the peak of a person, and he is also brave in battle, and he can also be ranked among the first-class generals.

As for the forbidden...

In later generations, many people believed that if it weren't for Guan Yu's flooding of the Seventh Army, the position of the head of the five good generals would have been forbidden.

That's right, Yu Ban's martial arts are indeed not good, at most they are ranked second-rate. But in addition to martial arts, the most important thing for a general is the ability to lead the army. Yu Ban's martial arts are not good, but his ability to lead the army is very strong, especially being good at training, which is a great advantage.

And he is also loyal to Cao Cao and has many achievements.

If he hadn't surrendered and been captured later, even if Zhang Liao had the peerless prestige of Xiaoyaojin, he might not have been able to overshadow the ban. It's a pity, it's a pity...

In any case, the Yanzhou Army at this time is still full of famous generals, especially with the support of Cao's generals, it will not be much worse than the Qingzhou Army.

Especially just now, if Xiahoudun and Li Dian and the others ended up at the same time, even if they couldn't completely destroy the Xiliang army, at least they could accelerate their collapse. It's a pity that just now they all felt that the Xiliang Army was about to end, and there was no need to end up in person, so they just sat back and watched the flow of an opportunity.

But it's hard to say, after all, if the soldiers and horses that Jia Xu designed to get back suddenly appeared, they were still in the battle formation, which would be equivalent to losing the opportunity to rectify the formation.

—————— Dividing Line——————

With these new forces that Jia Xu got back, it means that it is difficult for the battle to end in a short time.

Seeing that it was difficult for him to completely defeat Li Dao and Guo Yan, and the new Xiliang army was very difficult, Ma Chao was very decisive and withdrew from the battle with his soldiers and horses.

Without Ma Chao's stabbing in the back, the pressure on Li Dao and Guo Yan has also decreased a lot, and they have the strength to solve the problems in front of them.

And after Ma Chao withdrew, Yan Shao and Cao Cao also understood that it was no longer meaningful to continue to hold on now. That's right, now the Xiliang Army is still in chaos, but the numerical advantage of the Xiliang Army has not been weakened, just continue to fight, even if the Xiliang Army can be defeated in the end, its own casualties will be amazing, and it will be cheaper for nothing.

It's better to just disengage first, although it would be a pity to give up such a great opportunity. But there seems to be only one way to do it.

So after Ma Chao broke away, the rest of the coalition forces also broke away. After the coalition forces broke away, Li Dao and Guo Yan did not take the opportunity to pursue, but like Yan Shao and Cao Cao, they gathered up the forces in their hands.

Yan Shao and Cao Cao can't fight anymore, how can they continue to fight? It's better to just rest and recuperate.

So Yan Shao and Cao Cao returned to Luoyang City with their soldiers and horses, and Li Dao and Guo Yan also returned their soldiers and horses to Hangu Pass. However, the area of Hangu Pass is not very large, and there is no way to fully accommodate the soldiers and horses of Li Dao and Guo Yan, so there are still a few soldiers and horses who can really live in Hangu Pass, and most of them still live in the camp in the wilderness...

escaped from a situation where he was almost about to fail, and the credit was all on Jia Xu alone, and Li Wei and Guo Yan were grateful to him for self-evident. Although this kind of thing of not telling himself and secretly doing orders to the generals below makes the hearts of the two people a little unhappy, but the ending is good, isn't it?

On top of that, it's not a good time to pursue this issue either. Now the soldiers and horses of the coalition army are eyeing each other from the opposite side, and the only strategist they can use in their hands is Jia Xu alone, so they are falling out with Jia Xu now? That's not something a smart person can do.

Moreover, this incident also gave Jia Xu a high prestige in the Xiliang Army, and it was not something they could easily move.

It's just that...

On the second day, when the casualties were counted, the two were stunned...

Because the casualties this time are so great...

Although the two had thought that the casualties would be very large yesterday, they did not expect that it would be so large, and the advantage of the two over the coalition forces was almost certainly gone.