In order to prepare for the upcoming battle of Yangping Pass, Ma Chao deliberately asked the gang room to add meals to all the soldiers of the Eastern Army. Tomorrow's battle is very important to Ma Chao, it is related to the survival of Hanzhong City, and the success or failure of the Xiliang Army. Ma Chao wanted to use a hearty victory to deter the princes of the world: Xiliang Iron Cavalry is a wolf rather than a sheep, and it is not the idea that anyone can fight the Xiliang Army.

Ma Chao continued to analyze Li Dao's data: Li Dao has a military force of 70, an intelligence of 23, a political score of 20, a command rate of 67, and a charisma of 16, and is good at cavalry combat; Li Dao's own intelligence is not good, but he has a strategist Jia Xu, Jia Xu is the top three in intelligence in the Three Kingdoms 11, second only to Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia, but fortunately, Jia Xu is determined to protect himself under Li Dao, and his personality is a little conservative and selfish, and he doesn't really work hard for Li Dao, or Ma Chao can only defend and dare not have the idea of attacking. Ma Chao remembered that in history, Jia Xu served as a strategist for many princes, first Dong Zhuo, followed by Li Dao, followed by Duan Xuan, then Zhang Xiu, and finally Cao Cao. Jia Xu is full of scheming, and he has no last resort, and his wisdom and strategy are comparable to Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia, but except for Cao Cao, none of the previous lords have a good end! The failures of Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Duan Xuan, Zhang Xiu and others certainly had their own reasons, but they were also related to Jia Xu's conservative approach of protecting himself and not doing his best.

Li Dao is good at using soldiers, and has always regarded himself as the No. 1 Liangzhou general under Dong Zhuo, but he is narrow-minded, stubborn, and quite suspicious, and does not fully trust Jia Xu, so he is unpopular, and his soldiers are not sincere in their lives; It's just that after Dong Zhuo's demise, the generals of the Liangzhou department had no leader, and in desperation, a large group of people joined together, nominally with Li Dao as the leader, and did not completely obey Li Dao's orders, so the cohesion of Li Dao's army was not strong, and Ma Chao still had a great chance of winning.

Tanma continued to send information: Li Wei personally led 20,000 cavalry as the vanguard, and the generals Hu Zhen and Dong Cheng accompanied him, Guo Yan was not in the army, and Jia Xu, together with the infantry battalion, was not with Li Dao. After getting the news that Jia Xu was behind, Ma Chao breathed a sigh of relief, if Jia Xu and Li Wei were together, Ma Chao would have to worry a lot, after all, even if Ma Chao added the knowledge brought by the crossing, the strategy could not compare to Jia Xu; Fortunately, Li Dao's charm is only 16, and he can't get Jia Xu's full allegiance.

After analyzing these data, Ma Chao set the tactics of the Battle of Yangping Pass: Li Wei personally led 20,000 cavalry in front, and the combat power of the Xiliang cavalry, which is famous all over the world, will inevitably underestimate the combat power of Ma Chao's army in Hanzhong, and it is inevitable that the enemy will advance lightly; If he approached Yangping Pass, Li Dao would naturally be on guard; Ma Chao planned to go the opposite, since Li Wei thought that Ma Chao's army would be strictly guarded by the pass, Ma Chao just went out of the pass to meet the enemy, and on the road that Chang'an City and Yangping Pass must pass, find an open terrain that is convenient for cavalry assault and set up ambushes, if there are high ground around to set up archers, rolling wood and radium, it would be better, and the certainty of winning this battle would be greater!

After making a plan, Ma Chao ordered the scouts to disperse in large numbers to find a suitable ambush place, and Ma Chao himself was well fed and drunk, recuperated in spirits, and began to prepare for tomorrow's big battle.

The night passed quickly, when the morning sun tore through the heavy dawn of winter and shone on Ma Chao, Ma Chao woke up, and Ma Chao was high-spirited and refreshed before the war!

After arriving at the barracks, the first thing Ma Chao did was to ask the scouts to see if he had found a suitable ambush. Sure enough, Ma Chao was not disappointed, and after careful search by the scouts, he finally found a suitable place, but it was far away from Yangping Pass, and it took about an hour to go. Far away from Yangping Pass, it is inconvenient for the army of Yangping Pass to go out of the customs to support, but Ma Chao doesn't think so, it is better to be farther away, it is less likely to arouse Li Dao's suspicion, and it is easier to catch Li Dao off guard, this battle does not need Yangping Pass support, this battle will be won, Ma Chao is full of confidence!

Ma Chao summoned all the soldiers of the Eastern Army and began the pre-war training. Ma Chao, who has crossed over, knows the importance of morale, in this era of cold weapons, the mental outlook of the soldiers will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the army; Especially in cavalry combat, it is easier to win the war as long as the momentum of the other side overwhelms the opponent. Therefore, enhancing the momentum of the army through pre-war training has become Ma Chao's routine before every major war:

"The soldiers of the Eastern Army, it has only been more than a month since the victory in Hanzhong, and our opportunity to make contributions is here again!"

"Don't envy the comrades-in-arms around you who have become hundreds of cavalry commanders or thousands of cavalry commanders, and you don't have to envy the friends around you who have won thousands of rewards, now the opportunity for meritorious service is right in front of you!"

"It's not us who hit someone else this time, it's someone else who beats us! Let's talk about it, is Tianshui City comfortable, or Hanzhong City? ”

All the soldiers responded in unison: "Hanzhong City is comfortable!" ”

"But the Hanzhong City that we fought down with great difficulty, but Li Dao is going to snatch it, can we bear it?"

"I can't bear it!"

"If we lose, we will have to retreat to Tianshui City, are you willing?"

"I don't want to!"

"So what should we do?" Ma Chao continued to ask

"Beat him up bitch!"

"Okay, train for a thousand days, use it for a while, Li Dao is also a cavalry, today we will let the whole world know who is the best cavalry in Xiliang, warriors, go on the expedition!"

After Ma Chao's speech, the soldiers held back their strength, and they all wanted to show themselves and make military merits, so that they could find an official and a half-position for themselves. Ma Chao's training and motivation method learned from his previous life had a good effect, and the soldiers set out in high spirits!

This battle is too important, in case of defeat, it will return to the pre-liberation period, Ma Chao can only be cautious and cautious. Ma Chao ordered Yan Pu to lead 5,000 infantry, bring bows and arrows and an appropriate amount of rolling wood and radium to ambush in advance, and when Li Dao's army arrived, use bows and arrows, rolling wood and radium to mess up its formation, but rolling wood and radium will also affect the assault of the Eastern Army, so it should not be too much, Yan Pu has always been meticulous, and this can be left to Yan Pu to handle Ma Chao can also rest assured.

Ma Chao personally led the Eastern Army out of Yangping Pass to the assault site, and ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot, and after recovering their strength, they began to check the terrain. I have to say that the place chosen by the scouts is not bad, I saw an open field in front of me, and the heavy cavalry could launch a surprise attack with complete ease; On one side there is a small hill with deep grass and dense forests, which is ideal for ambush. At this time, Yan Pu also led 5,000 sergeants to the hillside and was arranging an ambush.

Since it is an ambush, naturally it can't leak the news. So Ma Chao called Ma Xiu and asked him to lead a small group of the fastest rangers and the best archers with the best archery, pay close attention to Li Daojun's scouts, and once they find traces, they must be shot at the first time, so as not to leak the matter, so that Li Daojun has a guard.