386. Reinforcements of Cao's army
Ma Chao was ordered by Han Fei to lead people straight to Wudu City, he walked very hidden, except for Han Fei, no one knew where Ma Chao went.
Ma Chao and Ma Dai took 5,000 men and horses, climbed over a big mountain, and saw a small city appear in the col. "Big brother, that's Wudu City." Ma Dai said, pointing to the small city.
This Wudu city is surrounded by mountains on three sides, but these mountains are not too high, behind the mountain is a plain, there are many villages gathered, see that the style of those villages is different from the architecture of the Han people, it should be the Qiang tribe said by the military division.
Ma Chao thought of this and set his eyes on Wudu City, which is said to be a city, but it looks like a fortress, there seem to be no civilians in it, only the army is stationed in it. While they were observing, the gates of Wudu City opened, and a group of men and horses came out of the city.
Ma Chao's eyes lit up when he saw this group of people and horses: "Second brother, if we kill this team and then pretend to be them, wouldn't we be able to open the city gate by fraud?" Thinking of this, Ma Chao sent people to quietly follow the Cao army, wanting to see where they went.
There is a Qiang tribe fifty miles away from Wudu City, and the Cao army that went out of the city just now came straight to this place. It turns out that they are going to this tribe today to collect taxes.
"Old and immortal! This tax cannot be delayed, and if you do not call for five thousand loads of grain today, I will have them take away all the women, cattle and sheep of your tribe. A man in the form of a commander sat on his horse and said to the leader of the Qiang people.
The leader of the Qiang tribe is an old man in his sixties, he has long passed the age of being brave and ruthless, and he only wants to continue the tribe, but the Taishou of Wudu City is too mean, not to mention the many taxes, and he will add a very heavy interest after expiration.
The villages around Wudu City were all exploited by him. I didn't expect it to be my tribe's turn today. The old man's face was cloudy, but there was someone behind him who couldn't bear it. I saw a person jumping out from behind the old man, holding a steel knife in his hand, and stabbed him at the commander of the Cao army.
The commander of the Cao army didn't expect these Qiang people to dare to resist, and one of them was stabbed in the stomach by this knife without paying attention. "Ahh With a scream, the commander of the Cao army rolled off his horse with a steel knife.
The sudden change stunned both Cao Jun and the Qiang people, but soon both sides recovered, and everyone in Cao Jun rushed up to kill the attacker. The leader of the Qiang people glared at him and shouted, "Fight with them." ”
With the leader's order, all the young and strong people in the Qiang people moved, and each took a weapon and rushed to Cao Jun to kill him. The scuffle here began, and the people sent by Ma Chao hurriedly went back to report.
When Ma Chao heard this, he shouted: "This is really God helping me!" It seems that it is effortless to take this Wudu City! With that, he immediately led someone to do it.
The leader of the Qiang people was commanding his people to fight to the death against the Cao army, when he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he said in his heart: "It's over, the sky is going to kill me!" This is the arrival of reinforcements from the Cao army! ”
However, the truth was beyond his expectations, and a force rushed over at the time, but directly killed Cao's army. Seeing that Cao's army was destroyed by this force, it was quickly wiped out. Only then did the leader of the Qiang people step forward and say, "Dare to ask this general, where are you in the army?" ”
"My general is after General Fubo Ma Yuan, and General Shenwei Ma Chao is also! DID YOU KNOW? The little colonel spoke.
"Who?" The leader of the Qiang people didn't believe his ears, and hurriedly asked again.
"Shenwei General Ma Chao!" The Colonel repeated it again.
"But is it the Shenwei General of the Wuwei Ma family?"
"Exactly!"
"Quick, take me to meet General Ma, General Ma will have a good life in our Qiang people!" The leader of the Qiang people was overjoyed at the moment.
After Ma Chao met with the leader of the Qiang people, the leader immediately said that not only his own tribe would be loyal to Ma Chao, but he would also contact all the nearby Qiang tribes to come and pledge allegiance to Ma Chao.
Ma Chao finally knew the intentions of the military advisor at this time, he had already calculated that the Qiang people here were oppressed, and as soon as he showed his name, the Qiang people would rush to attach themselves to him. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but admire the military advisor Han Fei even more.
Ma Chao appeased the leader of the Qiang people, and then he ordered someone to clean up the battlefield, and then pretended to be Cao Jun to go to the city. Originally, Ma Chao wanted to go by himself, but at this time Ma Dai stood up, and he wanted to lead the people to go to the city. Ma Chao looked at his clan brother, patted him on the shoulder and said, "The Ma family man is now only the two of us, you must be careful if there is something wrong and retreat quickly, the Ma family can't die anymore!" ”
Ma Dai nodded and said, "Don't worry, big brother, I will definitely be more careful." After that, he took someone to change into Cao Jun's outfit and went straight to Wudu City.
Ma Chao followed behind with a large group of men, as long as Ma Dai opened the city gate, then he would lead people to rush in and take Wudu City.
Today is the day when the guards of Wudu City collect taxes, and there are always people entering and leaving the city, so the inspection of the city head is not too tight. Ma Dai successfully deceived the soldiers at the head of the city, and when the city gate opened, Ma Dai immediately rushed in with people. Randomly beheaded the soldiers near the city gate and took the city gate down.
The battle after that was basically not difficult, and as Ma Chao's brigade entered the city, none of Cao's troops, including the city guard, ran out. They were all captured by Ma Chao.
In order to appease the anger of the Qiang people, Ma Chao publicly beheaded what was the use, and then all the Qiang tribes near Wudu City were attached to Ma Chao.
Just as he was reorganizing the surroundings of Wudu City, reinforcements sent by Cao Cao arrived. It turned out that the war in Hanzhong was tense, and Cao Ren immediately sent a letter to Cao Cao for help. As a result, Cao Cao decided to use Han Sui to rescue Hanzhong.
Han Sui sent his son-in-law Yan Xing to be the commander, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu and Li Kan as generals, and Cheng Gongying as the army division to raise 30,000 troops to rush to Hanzhong to rescue.
Soon after Ma Chao captured Wudu City, Yan Xing's army set off. After Ma Chao occupied the Wudu, the banner on the city was not changed, in order to pit a wave of Cao Jun. As a result, I didn't expect it to be my enemy who was waiting for me.
When he learned that it was Han Sui's subordinates who went to rescue Hanzhong, Ma Chao was overjoyed. He silently said in his heart: "Father, you are watching in the spirit of heaven!" I will definitely kill the enemy and avenge the blood of my Ma family. ”
Time passed day by day, and just when Ma Chao was anxious, the scout came to report: Yan Xing's brigade had passed the Tianshui Pass, and there was still a day's journey from Wudu City.
As soon as Ma Chao heard this, he called Ma Dai and Yang Huai over, he had to hurry up and make arrangements again, this time he must kill Yan Xing on the spot and cut off Han Sui's old horseman's arm!
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