Song Xian and Zhang Liao were both generals under Lu Bu, and when they surrendered before, they also complained to Hou Cheng about Zhang Liao, who was outspoken in public.

But as Zhang Liao successively followed Ganling and Yan Xing to attack the Koji Rebellion, the Southern Xiongnu, and Guo Yan's army, after accumulating merit and being promoted to Zhonglang General, he began to respect Zhang Liao again.

At present, Hou Cheng was sent to the right flank as a cavalry general Duan Xuan, and he followed Zhang Liao to lead the left flank cavalry to defeat the enemy in front of him, preparing to outflank Ma Teng's Chinese army.

Therefore, when he heard the horn of shrinking troops from the array, Song Xian saw Zhang Liao who was frowning at Le Ma, and his heart moved, and he immediately blurted out and said what he thought in his heart.

In his opinion, this is a very tempting and promising idea.

The Ma Teng army fighting in front of him is the enemy, but the Hongnong soldiers who are fighting together behind him may not be the enemy.

If Zhang Liao can kill people with a knife while annihilating the main force of Ma Teng's army, so that Duan Xuan, the veteran of Hongnong, has some mistakes, it will not only make a great achievement on the battlefield, but also leave an impression in the hussar general's heart that Zhang Liao can not only fight tough battles, but also entrust him with great things.

Maybe he will be able to become one of the few cadres under the command of the hussar general.

Although the degree of closeness is definitely not as good as Gan Ling, who is a poor friend of the hussar general, Yan Xing, who is the brother of the hussar general, and Yang Feng, who is about to become the sister-in-law of the hussar general, but it must be able to be tied with Xu Huang, Zhai Hao, Cao Yuan and other generals under the command of the hussar general.

At that time, he Song Xian will also rise to the top, and he will generally be able to mix with a miscellaneous lieutenant in the army.

Song Xian was secretly thinking about his own careful thoughts in his heart, but Zhang Liao listened to Song Xian's words, and his heart chuckled, but he only hesitated for a while, and then he had already made up his mind and no longer hesitated.

As a military general, the Chinese army does not obey orders, and he is bent on dogs and flies, and he is afraid that in the end, he will harm others and benefit himself, but he will harm others and himself.

Zhang Liao had a murderous aura on his body, turned his horse and glared at Song Xian, and was immediately so frightened that Song Xian swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, and lowered his head in fear.

"Military orders are like mountains, as a general, how can you not obey the orders and do your own thing, don't mention this kind of thing in the future!"

Zhang Liao's voice was not high, but with a majesty that could not be underestimated, Song Xian, who lowered his head, could only respond.

Zhang Liao no longer cared about Song Xian, he raised his eyes to see his own flag waving, riding the noisy Chinese army array, and waved his hand to give the order categorically.

"Shrink your forces and return to the Chinese army!"

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The twilight was dark, and a great battle had come to an end.

Faced with the pressure of Duan Xuan shrinking the front line and the two flanks returning to reinforce, Ma Chao's cavalry suffered greatly increased resistance when charging into formation, and it became more and more difficult and painful to break through the previous distance.

Once the cavalry that rushed into the enemy's formation was entangled by the opponent's cavalry and lost the speed of the horse to charge and assault, it was only a matter of time before the whole army was destroyed.

Although he is young, Ma Chao, who has long been experienced in a hundred battles, knows this very well.

Fortunately, his father's army had a gap in Duan Xuan's shrinking forces, and it had already taken a breath of air, and was able to re-form the formation, maintain the formation and open a large distance from Duan Xuan's army, and slowly retreated back to the camp.

My desperate fight has achieved the greatest results, and it is time to retire instead of blindly fighting to the death.

Ma Chao raised his head to the sky and roared, the spear in his hand was raised, pointing in another direction, and the cavalry under his command turned together, followed by Ma Chao, who was charging ahead, and followed the gap in the unencircled military formation, and re-killed the enemy formation.

Although the cavalry under his command continued to be intercepted and killed along the road, Ma Chao finally fought his way out of the bloody road before being surrounded by the shrinking Duan Xuan army, and with less than six hundred cavalry, Ma Chao rushed back to the left flank army formation.

Ma Dai saw Ma Chao covered in blood, with the cavalry under his command with wounded men and horses, and killed him back from Duan Xuan's military formation, he was immediately overjoyed, the situation was critical before, he thought several times that Ma Chao was going to collapse and fall into Duan Xuan's military formation.

It's really good to see Ma Chao return safely now!

Although Ma Teng's army was defeated in this battle, because of the Jedi counterattack led by Ma Chao at the critical moment, Duan Xuan was forced to shrink his forces and concentrate on the Chinese army, so that the main force in the army avoided the doom of being outflanked and annihilated by Duan Xuan's army.

Duan Xuan saw that it was already dusk, and he did not dare to risk attacking the enemy camp overnight, so after Ma Teng's army slowly retreated and retreated into the camp, Duan Xuan also ordered a temporary truce, gathered soldiers and horses and returned to his own camp, preparing to repair the soldiers, and then choose an opportunity to enter Ma Teng's army the next day, which was bound to annihilate the enemy's main force as soon as possible.

It's just that Duan Xuan's plan to completely annihilate Ma Teng's army in the coming day is destined to not be realized.

That night, Ma Teng's army took the initiative to burn the camp and retreat, leaving behind the baggage in the army, blocking the pursuing soldiers with flames, and withdrawing lightly overnight.

In the following days, Ma Teng did not plan to defend Chang'an City, but crossed the river at Weiqiao, north of Chang'an, all the way north, and accelerated his retreat to Gukou.

After Duan Xuan learned that Ma Teng had fled, he did not chase and fight, but commanded the army to continue to advance and regained Chang'an City in one fell swoop.

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Feng Yijun, Gaoling.

When Duan Xuan's good news of recovering Chang'an City came, Gan Ling, who was discussing in the account with Yan Xing, saw it, but he didn't show much joy.

He raised the military newspaper in his hand to Yan Xing on the side, and said angrily:

"This general of Zhengxi, but I'm really afraid that I will rob him of his credit, if I wait a few more days, wait for this army to collect Chiyang, Changling, Duling and other cities, and surround the Ma Teng army from Weibei, this time I will be able to wipe out the Ma Teng army in the south of Weishui in one battle!"

When Yan Xing heard this, he got up and took Ganling's military report in his hand, and after looking at it a few times, he also laughed out loud:

"After all, he was the veteran of Dong Ying, and he could grab the credit for this hand, but he couldn't share the profits with other friendly forces."

"I don't expect him, a veteran of Dong Ying, to be able to share the credit for recovering Chang'an City with me, as long as he can annihilate Ma Teng's army on the south bank of Weishui, what can I do even if I don't make an inch, but he didn't leave Ma Teng after all!"

Gan Ling raised his eyebrows and said with a sneer.

Yan Xing glanced at the military newspaper a few more times before he continued to persuade him:

"But in the final analysis, Ma Teng's army has many cavalry, and he retreats to avoid battle, and Duan Zhengxi does not have many cavalry, so he can only be defeated, but cannot be annihilated, which is reasonable. And the military situation is like fire, fighters are fleeting, and the general is out in command, and he can't sit back and wait for friendly troops, which is also common sense. Duan Zhengxi gave up Hongnong County, but he still counted on this great credit to consolidate his position, so you don't have to complain! ”

When Gan Ling heard this, he smiled coldly, and also got up and turned to the map hanging on the tent wall, pointed to the mountains, rivers and cities above and said:

"Forget it, it's good that you and I know about this matter, he Duan Zhengxi's identity is special, don't mention it more. defeated Ma Teng and recovered Chang'an, most of this pass is worth it, and now there are only some corners left, and we need to wait for the troops. ”

Yan Xing also moved over, staring at the mountains and rivers on the map and said:

According to the scout's report, Ma Teng rushed to the valley, afraid that he was going to take Xiaoguan Road, and after settling down, he fled back to Wuwei. And in the direction of this Wuguan, according to Duan Zhengxi's military report, Liu Biao's soldiers and horses were also unbearable, and he even let a nobody Wang Zhong defeat him, and now he is fighting with the Liang Xingbu between Lantian and Shangluo, and these two forces will be extinguished by Duan Zhengxi's army, which is also a matter of time. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Xing paused, pointed to the area located west of Chang'an, between Wangyu and Chongqing, and said with a slight frown:

"At present, most of Guanzhong has fallen into our pockets, and the only tricky thing is the corner of Fufeng County. The military newspaper said that the forwards of Jincheng Hansui had already been stationed between Wangyu and Chongqing. Although Jincheng is a little late, but now it is the time of autumn high horse fat, Han Sui led the army of Hanqianghu to come, and he is still a fierce rival in the battle for Guanzhong! ”

The name of Jincheng Han Sui was almost heard by Gan Ling and Yan Xing when they were young.

But at this time, after listening to Yan Xing's words, Gan Ling snorted coldly.

Once upon a time, this was also a big man who needed him to look up to, but now Hedong is powerful and sweeping Guanzhong, Gan Ling, as the chief general of the army all the way, grabbed the land advantage in advance, and he is completely able to compete with him, and he doesn't have to be afraid of Jincheng Han Sui.

The arrival of the strong enemy aroused the strong fighting spirit on Gan Ling's body, he turned his eyes, looked at Yan Xing and said with a smile:

"The Han Sui coalition army seems to be powerful, but there are many constraints in Liangdi, and the Han family has repeatedly committed three auxiliaries in the east with the army of Hu and Han in Liangzhou, but it has been defeated by Huangfu Song and Li Dao, not without reason. After the battle of Chencang that year, we saw this clearly, and now most of the Guanzhong fell into the hands, so why worry, gather troops to defend the wall, and wait for the time when the army is weakened, and then attack, we will be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop! ”

Yan Xing also laughed when he saw Gan Ling's victory in hand, but after laughing, he was a little worried.

"The world is unpredictable, when Chen Cang was coerced by the Han family to fight, and the army was defeated like a mountain, how could he have thought that we would still have today. It's just that Guanzhong has been in the army for a long time, it was originally broken, the army marched westward, all relying on the supply of grain and grass in Hedong, before the army and Ma Teng's army held for a long time, which has made Henan and Hanoi fall into danger, although the current crisis in Kanto has been lifted, but then confronted Han Sui for a long time, I am afraid that the grain and grass of the army will not be able to support it! ”

When Yan Xing said this, Gan Ling remembered what had just happened in Kanto before, and also frowned, these generals who led the troops outside could only care about asking for grain, grass, baggage, armor and equipment from Hedong's strict instructions, and then wait for the most favorable fighter plane to send troops to break the enemy.

However, Yan Xing, who was a hussar general, and was in charge of the logistics of the Western Expeditionary Army, could not only consider these.

Gan Ling thought for a while, waved his hand, and said a little helplessly:

"Well, it's useless for me to talk about it now. Duan Zhengxi has sent Zhang Wenyuan to lead the army into Huaili to defend the west of Chang'an City, whether to fight or defend, or wait for the hussar general to arrive in Guanzhong, and then make a decision! ”