Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Alliance Leader

Liang Xing's camp was broken, and Liang Xing fled to a nearby horse camp. After Xiahou Yuan entered the city, Liang Xing gathered the defeated troops, and he lost 1,500 men in this battle. Liang Xing and Ma Wan are not Ma Chao's subordinates, but the warlords of Xiliang, and they came this time at the invitation of Ma Chao.

"Big brother, we should gather all the centaurs together. It is no longer meaningful to besiege Chang'an like this now, and the dispersion of troops is easy for Cao's army to break through. Ma Dai sat on Ma Chao's side and explained the situation.

Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Ma Wan, Zhang Heng, Cheng Yi, Candidate, Yang Qiu, Liang Xing and others who were sitting below suddenly did not look very good-looking, and Liang Xing's face was particularly ugly. Ma Dai's words slapped Liang Xing's face loudly, what is it easy to make people break it, which pot is not opened. Cheng Yin and the other eight people are not Ma Chao's subordinates, they are warlords who divide Xiliang, and they are not subordinate to each other.

Ma Chao nodded, "What Bozhan (Ma Dai, the word Bozhan) said makes sense, so what do the generals think?" ”

No one made a sound, and there was no sound in the tent except for the crackling of firewood burning and drying. Ma Dai looked at this situation and seemed to understand something. Ma Chao said impatiently, "What do you mean by this, generals?" Is it tacit? ”

"I thought this matter was inappropriate, how can the soldiers and horses of our nine families be gathered together, how can we act in unison?" Li Kan poured a bowl of wine and wiped the wine that had flowed onto his beard.

"Haha, this one is simple. It would be good to elect a leader of the alliance, give orders, and command in a unified manner. Ma Chao also poured a bowl of wine and laughed.

"Then dare to ask who can be the leader of the alliance?" The candidate followed Ma Chao's words and continued to ask downward, this is what everyone wants to know the most.

Ma Chao picked up the wine again, and this time drank it gently, looking very polite. The corners of Cheng Yin's mouth twitched slightly, looking at Ma Chao who was posing, he already understood what Ma Chao meant, Ma Chao wanted to be the leader of this alliance. The Ma family's power is one of the best in Xiliang, and Ma Dai also saw what his brother meant, got up and said, "My eldest brother, known as General Shenweitian, is more than enough to be the leader of this alliance." ”

Cheng Yin smiled and said nothing, while the rest of the people had a bad look. Ma Chao's temper is hot, and when he was in Xiliang, he didn't accept anyone, and his relationship with others has not been very good. Yang Qiu sneered, "Bozhan is a little self-defeating, right?" Although Major General Ma is a Shenweitian general, the young general is still young and lacks qualifications, so it may be difficult for him to take on this great responsibility. ”

With a bang, Ma Chao slapped the table and stood up, pulled out the saber on his waist and pointed at Yang Qiu, "Old horseman, what do you mean, are you doubting my Ma Mengqi's ability?" ”

Ma Chao is famous, and Yang Qiu sweated on his back. offended Ma Chao, a stunned young man, and the consequences were very serious. "Humph! Your sword is sharp, my sword is not disadvantaged! Li Kan also pulled out the sword on his waist and pointed at Ma Chao, and said viciously. At this time, Yang Qiu was already difficult to ride a tiger, so he could only hold on.

"Do you think General Ben really won't dare to kill you?" Ma Chao threatened everyone in an unkind tone, and Ma Chao's personal soldiers all drew their swords and swords and pointed at Cheng Yin and others. Besieging Chang'an City, Ma Chao had the most men and horses, Liang Xing, Ma Play, and Li Jian came with troops, and the rest of the people's soldiers and horses had not yet arrived. Even if Ma Chao's soldiers and horses are not enough, he will not admit it with his temperament, and when he becomes famous as a young man, no one will accept it.

"Now we have to be unanimous with the outside world, this knife and gun are injured and angry." Cheng Yin stood up with a smile, flicked Li Kan's sword down with his hand, and started to make peace, "General Meng Qi, things came too suddenly, how about I think about it and then reply?" ”

Ma Chao put away his sword, waved his hand impatiently, and didn't say anything. Ma Dai said to Ma Chao very anxiously, "Big brother, the matter is urgent, if you don't gather the soldiers and horses together immediately, it will be easy to have an accident." ”

"You see, they don't agree. What can I do, can I really kill them? Ma Chao said helplessly to Ma Dai, "You and Ling Ming go and gather the soldiers and horses together, and send more people to patrol at night." ”

At this time, Xiahou Yuan was arranging combat missions in the Chang'an Governance Office. Xu Kun stayed in Chang'an, and Cao Shuang also stayed. Xiahou Yuan divided his 30,000 cavalry into five squads and went out of the city overnight to attack the major battalions of the Xiliang Army. The large camp re-established by Liang Xing and the large camp of Ma Play were close together, with more than 10,000 people, and they were no longer the target of Cao Jun. Li Kan's 6,000-strong battalion became fat in Cao Jun's eyes, and the two squads quietly approached Li Kan's camp.

Li Kan's camp was in the north of Chang'an City, and at this time, Li Kan was feasting Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi in the camp, unaware that danger had quietly descended. "Who?" The Xiliang sentry on the arrow tower discovered the trace of Cao Jun and asked sharply.

With a whoosh, the sentry fell straight down from the tower. "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Li Kan's camp rang out with each other's undulating shouts. Cao Jun no longer hid his tracks, and all rushed towards Li Kan's camp. There were not many soldiers patrolling the camp, and soon 10,000 Cao troops were defeated. Many soldiers still lost their lives in their sleep, and Li Kan, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yi escaped from Ascension under the desperate protection of their own soldiers.

Seeing the grain and grass and the camp set on fire by Cao Jun, Li Kan's wine woke up. Li Kan gathered the remnants of the army while moving closer to the Ma Chaoda battalion. When Ma Dai and Pang De gathered their troops, they found that the Li Kan camp in the north of the city was in flames, so they led their men and horses towards the north of the city. met Li Kan and others who fled on the way.

"General Bozhan, save me!" Li Kan kept waving at Ma Dai in the distance, looking very embarrassed.

Ma Dai and Pang De exchanged a look, and Pang De shouted at Li Kan's men and horses, "Bypass both sides of our army's formation, or you will be killed." Li Kan also ordered his men and horses to pass on both sides of Ma Chaojun's military formation, if Li Kan's men and horses disrupted Ma Dai's military formation, let alone blocking Cao's army, even Ma Dai and Pang De would have to fold here.

A whistle sounded, and Cao Jun, who was biting Li Kan, suddenly turned around and disappeared into the night. Ma Dai did not rush to pursue, fearing that Cao's army would have an ambush, so he returned to the camp with Li Kan and others. Looking at Li Kan's embarrassed appearance, Ma Chao's face was full of sneers, "The general's sword is sharp, why is it so?" Li Kan's face turned red because of embarrassment, and Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi didn't speak. happily camped at the location designated by Ma Chao.

Some of Ma Chao's troops were not even brought together, and a small part of them were eaten by Cao's army, but due to the timely convergence, the losses of Ma Chao's army were very small. The camp of Liang Xing and Ma Play was also attacked, but the losses were not large. Because Liang Xing was wise enough to increase his vigilance, he discovered the traces of Cao's army in time, so as to avoid being defeated by Cao's army for the second time.