Liu Bei and Cai Mao's letters for help were still passed to Ma Chao's hands one by one, but even so, Ma Chao's march was still a little unhurried. Because he knew that, first of all, on the whole, Liu Bei was a good master in battle, and he was by no means the fool in history who was killed and abandoned his armor when he saw Cao Bing. Every time he failed, most of them were faced with Cao Cao, who took action personally.

And as long as he doesn't face Cao Cao, even against a master of Xiahou and Xiahou Yuan, Liu Bei has almost never failed. Although Sun Ce was menacing this time, Liu Bei fought a delaying battle, and Ma Chao did not believe that Liu Bei would be completely defeated by Sun Ce in just three or four days.

And another reason, that is, Cai Mao. In fact, Ma Chao can master Jingzhou, and Cai Mao's role in it goes without saying. But this Cai Mao was not recruited by Ma Chao, and his sincerity still needs to be verified. This time, his strength completely overpowered the forces in Jingzhou, and he was not allowed to lose some meat in this battle, Ma Chao would not be at ease no matter what.

It is impossible for Cai Mao to not know Ma Chao's intentions, so in this battle, he will also contribute the most. Not to mention, there is also a Zhuge Liang by Liu Bei's side, and he will definitely not let Liu Bei suffer.

To sum up the highlights, although Ma Chao is worried about the war, he is not very anxious. Moreover, along the way, he didn't even play his own battle flag, and on the several colored flags in front of him, there were the banners of 'Huo', 'Liu', 'Zhang', and other historical super second-rate Jingzhou generals.

Yes, this time Ma Chao commanded 20,000 Nanyang elites, 5,000 Xiangyang guards, and 3,000 tiger tooth riders. In total, there were only 28,000 combat strength, but counting the requisitioned civilians and servants, there were more than 50,000 people. Along the way, it is also mighty and quite powerful.

This time, Ma Chao read Liu Bei's latest battle report, which still said that Sun Ce was as brave as a tiger, and he and Cai Mao's battalion were forced to retreat again and again, and they almost didn't dare to fight. asked Ma Chao for quick support, but after reading too much of this kind of letter, Ma Chao was a little numb, and he was not without half a point of eyeliner on the frontline battlefield. Although the situation is similar to what Liu Bei said, it is definitely not that grim.

"Xiao Fengxiao, you said that this time the north and the south competed for power, who will be better?" Ma Chao put down the battle report and asked Pang Tong on the side.

"You." Pound burst out a word, looking a little absent-minded.

"Why?"

"Sun Ce is indeed a good commander, but it's a pity that he was only a general under Yuan Shu before, and later pacified Jiangdong. I thought that the heroes of the world were just like this, but how could the disciples of Jiangdong Liu Xuan, Xu Gong, Yan Baihu, and Wang Lang be compared with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu and others in the Central Plains? The world only sees his Sun Ce's exploits, but they don't see his opponents. What's more, the Central Plains has fought several times, and its combat strength and strength are even more incomparable than those of Jiangdong. Pang Tong snorted twice after speaking, as if he didn't want to boast about Ma Chao, but he had no choice but to say the truth.

Hearing what Pang Tong said, Ma Chao actually felt a little happy in his heart. But I was not happy with Pang Tong's arrogance, and I was even more angry that this guy almost got rid of his Chang'an old nest, so he couldn't help but think of something, and deliberately said: "Pang Degong is good in Chang'an, I arranged for him to teach in Taixue, and his reputation is increasing day by day." I remember that when he was kidnapped into Chang'an, he still looked like he was going to die or live, but now it seems that he doesn't want to leave even if he is driven away. ”

Ma Chao originally wanted to ridicule Pang Tong with this sentence, but Pang Tong didn't care at all. On the contrary, he was a little squirming for a while, and finally asked a little embarrassedly: "How is Huang Gong doing?" ”

Huang Gong naturally refers to Huang Chengyan, but Ma Chao doesn't think so, looking at Pang Tong's expression and the fact that even his own uncle doesn't care too much, he naturally won't miss Huang Chengyan. Then a name floated in his mind, Ma Chao sneered, and replied: "Huang Gong is also doing well, but he is worried about being ugly, and the marriageable age has come, but he has not yet found a suitable candidate." But don't worry, Chang'an is full of talents, and after I go back, I will definitely find a good son-in-law for Huang Gong! ”

"You talk nonsense!" Pang Tong's emotions immediately became excited, and he shouted loudly: "I have a gambling contract with Huang Gong, and one day I can become famous in the world, he will marry Ah Chou......"

"Huh?" Ma Chao looked at Pang Tong with sparkling eyes, but he didn't expect to get this exciting news unexpectedly, and after seeing Pang Tong's rough yellow face flushed, Ma Chao suddenly asked again: "Then you went out of the mountain without permission, in order to prove it to Huang Chengyan, the old man?" ”

This is very likely, Pang Tong and Ah Chou are two little guesses, and smart guys are generally precocious, and it is not an exaggeration for Pang Tong, a bold guy, to have this idea. What's more, Ma Chao has also seen Huang Yueying with her own eyes, she is actually not ugly at all, but her hair is slightly burnt yellow, but for Ma Chao, who is used to seeing those girls with heads like dyeing workshops in her previous life, Huang Yueying's slightly yellow hair is more fashionable and pure.

Pang Tong didn't answer, but this was already a default for Ma Chao. Ma Chao couldn't help but want to laugh at that time, but after seeing Pang Tong's appearance of wanting to eat people, he tried to endure it. However, another thought flickered, and he was a little stunned: "No, I remember that Old Man Huang kept talking about marrying Ugly to Zhuge Liang, could it be that it is because that guy is more handsome than you?" ……”

Ma Chao became more and more suspicious, but Pang Tong was furious, thinking that he was not Ma Chao's opponent, so he simply acted like a gambler and never spoke back again. Ma Chao was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then laughed wildly: I really can't imagine that there are such interesting things in history as dragons and phoenixes fighting! And Pang Tong in this era went out of the mountain ahead of schedule, not for any fame and wealth, but just a young man's first enthusiasm!

But just when Ma Chao finally tricked Pang Tong, the army in front suddenly had some commotion, and a horse galloped quickly: "Lord, I found a large number of refugees fleeing from the front!" ”

Ma Chao's expression immediately turned cold, there were still refugees fleeing at this time, and it could only be because of the defeat on the battlefield ahead. In other words, Liu Bei was forced to retreat by Sun Ce again, and he was even during the pursuit. As a result, Ma Chao quickly asked, "How many refugees are there?" ”

"About a thousand people."

Ma Chao nodded again, as soon as the war started, the local people had generally fled, and it was not a small number of people who could flee thousands at this moment. Ma Chao immediately waved his gun and ordered: "The elite of Nanyang is in front, wait in formation, Xiangyang Wei and Huya Cavalry will guard the two wings, let go of the refugees and the rout after the defense, and then listen to the order to counterattack the enemy!" ”

"No!" The scouts were ordered to go, and then the flag was passed on.

Gan Ning and Tai Shici immediately heard the news and commanded the array, although the Nanyang Army was not trained by their own hands, but the orders of the Ma Jiajun had already been unified, and the command of the two was still like an arm. On the contrary, Xiangyang Wei and Huyaqi, who had never cooperated with Ma Jiajun, reacted a little slowly, but they only defended on the two wings, and Huo Jun, Liu Pan, and Zhang Yun performed quite well.

As soon as the array was formed, the atmosphere of majestic slaughter permeated the official road, and those fleeing people looked at the strict array of swords, guns and shields, how dare they step forward to attack, and they detoured from both sides. Then I saw the defeated soldiers in Jingzhou shouting and fleeing, but they all lost their weapons and took off their clothes and armor, and they fled in a trance. Seeing that the reinforcements were here, instead of regaining their strength, they rushed in shouting, trying to blend in with the battle array and seek refuge.

"Raise your gun, raise your crossbow!" Ma Chao was slightly angry when he saw this, this situation would definitely not happen to Ma Jiajun!

In an instant, the tight phalanx suddenly became a porcupine that released sharp thorns, the cold head of the rejecting rifle about two feet long pointed straight at the sky, and the thin but deadly arrows were ruthlessly raised. When the routs saw this, they were dumbfounded for a moment. Huo Jun was still a little unbearable in the end, seeing that Ma Chao might order the killing of these routs at any time, he shouted loudly: "Rush around the two wings, just don't impact the battle formation!" ”

The routed army was like a pardon, and suddenly turned into two streams and rushed through the battle array. Ma Chao frowned slightly, annoyed and puzzled in his heart. Angry that they saw that the reinforcements were here, they did not think about the counterattack, but they were still suspicious of the reinforcements; And the wonder is, what is going on in front of them, so scared that they are so panicked?

Soon, Cai Mao also appeared in a panic, and after fleeing in front of Ma Chao in embarrassment, he said, "Sun Ce is here!" ”

Ma Chao immediately drew the iron sword on his waist, and the sword appeared like lightning, and slashed at Cai Mao. Cai Mao's face turned pale with fright, and she didn't even have time to react. There was a crisp sound, and the lion's helmet on his head snapped, but his head was unscathed.

"Can you calm down now?" Ma Chao slowly retracted his sword, but his murderous aura did not decrease by a single point.

This sword directly slashed out Ma Chao's coldness and ruthlessness, and shattered Cai Mao's heart, in the cold and disdainful eyes of the young coach, Cai Mao finally tried to swallow a mouthful of saliva: "Our army listened to Liu Bei's orders, and could not defend for days, Sun Ce scolded the battle in the open, but secretly used Huang Zu's subordinate scouts as guides to sneak attack our battalion." The last general fought back and was defeated by Sun Ce's bravery......"

Before the words fell, Cai Mao saw that Ma Chao had already laughed. Looking back, I saw a team standing up and raising it high, a white-robed general under its banner rushing with a spear, and thousands of Jiangdong cavalry closely following behind him, it was Sun Ce.

"It's a good time, we'll meet in the first battle, Sun Ce." Ma Chao's gaze crossed Cai Mao and locked directly on Sun Ce.