Chapter 34: The Coalition Defeat
The camp was broken by Cao's army, which made Ma Teng a little flustered. In the first battle of Xingping, Cao Jun's courage and good fighting impressed Ma Teng too deeply. Now that the camp was suddenly attacked by the Cao army at dawn, Ma Teng didn't have to listen to the report, as long as he looked at the Xiliang coalition army running around, he knew that he was already powerless. Once the momentum of the bombing camp is formed, its power is simply unstoppable. Fortunately, although his soldiers were tired and demoralized, they were not panicked. Together, the shouts and killings quickly gathered around him, and for Ma Teng, this was already a blessing in misfortune. Now I have to think about how to fight my way out of the encirclement.
It's just that the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the camp was broken by Cao's army, but now he still has to face the ambush of Han Suijun, and the anger in Ma Teng's heart can be imagined. Han Sui is so calculating! Now the entire camp is in chaos, the Cao army is killing fiercely, and the leaders of the ten coalition armies are all scattering and fleeing. Han Sui took this opportunity to send people to ambush him, which was to kill him! When the time comes, once he dies, who can tell whether he and the others died in the hands of Han Sui or Cao Jun's knife! When the time comes, as soon as he dies, Han Sui returns to Xiliang is his family, and then throws the pot to Cao Jun, from then on, he Han Wenyue can dominate Xiliang, it is really a good plan!
If Han Sui, who was fleeing for his life, heard Ma Teng's heartfelt voice, it is estimated that he would not be able to write a big word of injustice when he was full of grievances. Although Han Sui was indeed choked by Ma Teng today, although Han Sui has always had the heart to dominate Xiliang. But now that he was killed by the Cao army, the entire battalion fell into complete chaos, and he himself was even more exhausted, wanting to escape from the encirclement of the Cao army, where would he have the time and mind to calculate the various departments of the coalition army?
Speaking of which, these soldiers and horses are really not Han Sui's subordinates, if Ma Teng observes more carefully, he will find that the bows used by these archers are very different from those of the Xiliang army. If Ma Teng had time to inspect the soldiers and horses of Liang Kuan and Zhao Ang, he would find out who he was who he was! It's just a pity that all this is just if, the battlefield is already chaotic, Ma Teng was suddenly ambushed by a group of soldiers wearing Han Sui's military uniform, coupled with the grievances over the years, how can the angry Ma Teng not preconceive and blame everything on Han Sui's ambitions?
This kind of anger broke out completely after Ma Teng finally broke out of the encirclement, and the soldiers and horses under his command suffered heavy losses, Pang Rou broke off alone in order to save himself, the big camp was broken, the coalition army was defeated, and even the upcoming disintegration made Ma Teng furious, and he couldn't even wait for the army to get off his horse and rest, just got out of the battlefield, and immediately began to scold Han Sui for his insidious cunning and disregard for the overall situation.
In this battle that began at dawn, Ma Teng did not stabilize his position until almost noon. It wasn't until Zhang Heng and Ma Teng joined forces that they completely settled down. The gathering of countless defeated soldiers also gave Ma Teng a thorough understanding of how heavy the losses of the Xiliang coalition army were! He and Zhang Heng have escaped smoothly now, but unfortunately from the mouth of the rout, the two of them have known exactly the death of Liang Xing, Ma Wan, and Cheng Yi. Although the others didn't know whether they were alive or dead, when Ma Teng learned that Zhang Heng was also ambushed by Han Sui, Ma Teng knew that they must be more than lucky. It's just that I don't know where Han Sui is now.
Han Sui, who Ma Teng was thinking about, had just stabilized his position at this moment, set up a camp, and gathered the rout. From the time the camp was broken by a blow to the present, Han Sui has been thinking about where he lost! Did you lose in tonight's bombing camp? In such an attack, there must be an internal response, and the people who respond internally, I am afraid that there is no one else except Zhao Ang and Liang Kuan! If this is the case, I am afraid that I will have lost from the moment I believe that the two of them have surrendered. From the beginning of Liang Xing and Cheng Yi's fight for a little grain and grass, to his desire to pit a horse Teng because Cao Jun did not surrender to Han, to today's fiasco, Cao Jun lured himself into the hub step by step. In vain, he claims to be the Nine Songs of the Yellow River, and now he is not being played by Cao Jun in the palm of his hand! I still underestimate the Central Plains Junjie!
It's just that I don't know where Ma Teng is now, except for a few people who have received the news of his death, none of the eight generals have leaned towards him, and Ma Teng doesn't know where to go. If everyone unites now, it is still possible to safely withdraw to Xiliang. If it falls apart... Han Sui couldn't even think about it.
What he didn't dare to think about, Sima Yi had already helped him think about it. This heavy calculation, since Sima Yi put it forward, he and Lu Xun have deduced it several times. It is not difficult to win this battle, but it is not easy to achieve the result that Gao Ye wants. It is necessary to consume the vitality of Xiliang and make them dare not go east in a short time; And you can't let any of the two of Ma Teng and Han Sui have an overwhelming force to rule Xiliang, and they must let Xiliang be chaotic. For this result, Sima Yi can be regarded as having worked hard to create today's situation.
The war has ended, and Cao's army has begun to clean up the battlefield. Xiahou Yuan, who had won a great victory over the Xiliang Army, no longer had the gloomy appearance of the past, and when he saw Sima Yi, he patted Sima Yi's shoulder while laughing, and the words of praise almost gushed out like a spring. Zhao Ang and Liang Kuan followed closely behind Xiahou Yuan, although they didn't speak, the joy on their faces couldn't be concealed no matter what. It's just that when I saw Sima Yi, I couldn't help but be surprised, I didn't expect that the person who made such a clever plan would be such a young little doll
I don't know how big the specific results will be, but based on a rough estimate of everything in front of him, Sima Yi's calculation really completely knocked the Xiliang coalition army back to his hometown. With Liang Kuan and Zhao Ang cooperating with Xiahou Yuan, Xiliang's soldiers and horses were really killed and wounded. What's more, Sima Yi also specially instructed the two of them to send troops to disguise the soldiers of Han Sui's army and ambush the generals, especially Ma Teng, in order to drive a wedge between the coalition forces. For this reason, Zhong Xuan allocated a thousand Cao Jun's best recurve bows to each of them, if it weren't for Sima Yi, he would have kept Ma Teng and Han Sui to fight in Xiliang, and specially instructed the two of them not to kill Ma Teng, but I was afraid that the two would rather give up other generals and take Ma Teng. Although Ma Teng was spared, but the two of them have now killed five of the eight generals of Xiliang, which can be regarded as a great achievement, didn't you see that Xiahou Yuan was already laughing from ear to ear after hearing this.
also laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, as well as Ma Chao, who was far away in Yaxian, maybe since his defeat, he laughed happily this night. Although victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, such a big defeat can be said to be a huge blow to Ma Chao, and Ma Chao is in a state of depression. If it weren't for the sudden arrival of someone to report Pound's return, I am afraid that Ma Chao would have to be depressed like this for several days before he could come out of the shadow of this failure.
Yan Xing has now taken over the defense of the entire city, after all, Ma Chao's soldiers and horses have suffered heavy casualties and urgently need to rest. Budugen's Xianbei army is even more proficient in field warfare, but has almost no experience in defending the city. Yan Xing wanted to consume Ma Chao's military strength and weaken Ma Teng's strength, but he didn't want to lose to Gao Ye here. After all, he didn't know that Han Sui had just experienced the worst defeat in his life, and he still had to think about how to deal with it in the north, how to help Han Sui win the high night, take Chang'an, and maybe dominate Yongliang.
Pang De's return, Yan Xing knew that in Yan Xing's view, his return could be said to have injected a powerful combat force into Ma Chao's damaged soldiers and horses. After all, everyone lives in a small place in Xiliang, and there is even more conflict between Han Sui and Ma Teng, but what kind of strength Pang De has, Yan Xing knows very clearly. 888
Although Ma Chao's strength has increased, Yan Xing has not organized Pang De's return, after all, with Ma Chao's current strength, he really can't make any waves. The scout reported that after Gao Ye's soldiers and horses rested, they came to Yaxian in a mighty way, although Bu Dugen had already sent soldiers and horses to delay Gao Ye's attack, but at this moment, how to integrate their strength to deal with Gao Ye was a problem that Yan Xing had to consider. Although Pound's return has restored Ma Chao's strength, but now Ma Chao's strength is also the strength of the coalition army, so what's wrong with increasing it? It's just that Yan Xing's heart has been beating the drum, who let himself have several waves of scouts in return, saying that he saw Gao Ye and Pang De walking all the way in parallel, and they chatted quite happily.
How did Pang De come back, and whether he came back or was not from his own camp, Yan Xing's heart was uncertain. But Pound's combat effectiveness is obvious to all, if he is still on his side, then the pressure to defend the city will be greatly reduced, but if Pound has now surrendered to Gao Ye, as Gao Ye's internal response, the consequences are incalculable.
The same problem also exists in Ma Chao's body, after all, after Pang De Ma stumbled that day, but Ma Chao was unable to rescue, Ma Chao felt that Pang De was more than lucky. Even if he didn't die in battle, he would inevitably become a prisoner of the high night. But now Pang De has returned unharmed, which really makes Ma Chao curious. Therefore, after Ma Chao was happy, the first thing he asked was how he Pound got out of such a dangerous situation.
It's just that Pang De scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "Actually, after I fell out that day, I was captured by Cao Jun......" said that Pang De told Ma Chao about his experience in the past two days, and he was even more respectful to Gao Ye between words, after all, Gao Ye was quite appreciative of Pang De, not only came to persuade him to surrender in person, but also ordered someone to treat his injuries, and he also took the money for food and drink. Even if he didn't surrender, he didn't force it, he actually let himself return, and sent it off in person. This appreciation and kindness really moved Pound a lot.
Ma Chao heard Pound's reverence for Gao Ye in his words, and naturally felt a little unhappy in his heart, but after all, Pound was also his right-hand man, and now that he can return safely, Ma Chao doesn't care so much. It's just that after hearing Pound tell him about Gao Ye's analysis of why he was defeated, the whole person fell into deep thought. After a long time, he let out a long sigh and said, "Gao Ye is really amazing!" Just by the marching arrangement of our army, we can see through those arrangements of Yan Xing! This battle is not unjust! Yan Xing! Hum! Saying that, he snorted coldly twice, and then patted Pound's shoulder and smiled: "This defeat has benefited me a lot!" Ling Ming, it's good if you can come back, are you willing to continue to follow me in the future, crisscrossing the Quartet? ”
Pound immediately knelt down on one knee when he heard this, and responded loudly: "I am willing to smear the liver and brain of the young general, and I will not hesitate to do anything!" ”