Ma Chao was so entangled by Wei Yan that he really wanted to beat him up now!

It's just that Tongguan is a big deal, and now is not the time to get angry, so I have to endure it first, and prepare to send a few hundred more cavalry, and then go to pick up those Wei Yan's subordinates, urging them to come over quickly. Vertex updates are the fastest

At this moment, Tan Ma reported that in Chang'an City, the panicked Xiahou Ru and Jing Zhaoyin learned that Ma Chao went straight to Tongguan, and had let the only remaining 10,000 defenders in the city urgently divide 5,000 men and horses, led by the general Zhang Shun, and rushed to Tongguan in the starry night to rescue him.

Wei Yan hurriedly said to Ma Chao: "General, next, we will all rely on you to protect!" ”

Ma Chao snorted, but his mood brightened up all of a sudden.

Since defeating Xiahou Ba at the edge of the water in Changli, he has only been running wildly all the way, and he has not taken the initiative to fight when he encounters enemies, except for scaring people everywhere, he has not really fought a battle, and his hands have long been itchy.

Of course, along the way, no enemy dared to take the initiative to come out to fight him, even Guo Huai, who commanded more than 10,000 horses, only dared to shrink in Chencang City, keep the grain and grass in the city, and wait for Cao Zhen's army to come back.

If Jing Zhaoyin had sent one or two thousand men to Tongguan to help defend it earlier, it would have really worked, but now that Tongguan has been lost, he can only send people to death if he sends someone again!

If these 5,000 men and horses are solved first, then there will be even fewer defenders in Chang'an City, and maybe they can take Chang'an in one fell swoop before their army returns.

Ma Chaoyue thought about it more and happier, and immediately ordered all the troops to gather, there were still 4,000 cavalry left, and it was too easy to go to the 5,000 foot soldiers who rushed against the battle.

Wei Yan also thought of this, and immediately opened his mouth and shouted: "General, wait for me!" Wait for me! ”

Ma Chao had almost forgotten about Wei Yan, and as soon as he heard his shout, the unhappiness came up again, and he finally couldn't hold it back at the moment, took out his title of hussar general, and said to Wei Yan with a straight face: "Wei Yan listens to orders!" ”

"The last general, the last general is willing to follow the general's horse and go to kill the enemy!" Wei Yan straightened his waist and clenched his fists, and responded loudly, thinking that Ma Chao should take him to charge into battle together.

Ma Chao shouted: "Order you to lead the headquarters to stick to Tongguan, there must be no loss!" Then he turned around and rode away, leading his troops at a gallop.

"General......" Wei Yan raised his right hand and called affectionately, but Ma Chao didn't reply.

This...... Hum! He reluctantly withdrew his right hand, touched his Luo Quan's beard, and then sneered and ordered loudly: "Thoughtful!" ”

"Here!" Thoughtful and immediately respond loudly.

Wei Yan pointed in the direction of Meridian Valley: "Order you alone, quickly go to meet our follow-up troops, and urge them to come quickly!" ”

There's no way, I can't force Ma Chao to chase them now, after all, Baotong Pass is important, but if my follow-up troops arrive, then ......

It turned out that in Chang'an City a few days ago, Jing Zhaoyin and Xiahou Ru, the commander of the Chang'an garrison, received a letter from Mi, saying that Ma Chao's department had broken into Guanzhong, and was frightened, and hurriedly ordered all armies to strengthen their defenses to prevent Ma Chao from sneaking up on Chang'an.

Fortunately, news came immediately, saying that Ma Chao did not go straight to Chang'an, but went to Chencang, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, that is, he Ma Chao really dared to take Chang'an Jiancheng garrisoned by 10,000 troops with thousands of light horses, and it was too self-sufficient.

Unexpectedly, only two days later, there was another fast horse from the county, and Ma Chao had already left Chencang and went east to kill.

Moreover, as soon as the news arrived in Chang'an, only two hours later, Ma Chao's department had already appeared outside Chang'an City.

Fortunately, he was already prepared, and Xiahou Ru hurriedly went to the city tower and organized all armies to defend strictly.

Ma Chao challenged outside the city, and Xiahou Ru naturally couldn't defend it.

Ma Chao shouted for a while, and then led the horses to run away around the Chang'an city wall.

It seems that the enemy is looking for a weak place in defense, and Xiahou Ru did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly followed.

Ma Chao ran outside the city, and Xiahou Ru ran on the Chang'an city wall.

The Chang'an city wall is dozens of miles long, it is not easy to run a circle, Ma Chao's department is a light horse, but the Chang'an city wall is very wide, and horses can also run on the city wall, Xiahou Ru has been able to follow Ma Chao's whereabouts, and does not give the enemy a chance to take advantage of.

Ma Chao didn't finish a lap, ran from the west to the south, and then ran to the east, provoked for a while, rested the horse, and then left Chang'an and went directly to the east like another gust of wind.

Xiahou Ru was afraid that he would fall for the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so he stayed in the city and did not dare to move, so he only sent fast horses to Chencang and Luoyang to report and request reinforcements, and sent a probe horse out of the city to follow up to see what Ma Chao was going to do.

After two days, the horse returned, and Ma Chao went straight to Tongguan all the way without stopping!

Xiahou Ru and Jing Zhaoyin panicked, they didn't expect the enemy to abandon Chang'an again, there are not many people guarding Tongguan now, if it is occupied by the enemy, wouldn't it cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Luoyang, and the reinforcements will not come in the future, and they will not be able to go back?

No, we have to quickly send the general Zhang Shun to lead 3,000 men and horses to support Tongguan.

Zhang Shun was reluctant to go: "That Ma Chao was outside the city the day before yesterday, and it seems that there are five or six thousand cavalry, and now I am asked to lead three thousand foot soldiers to rescue Tongguan, wouldn't it be a drop in the bucket, what role can it play?" At least seven or eight thousand foot soldiers. ”

"Seven or eight thousand?" Xiahou Ru and Jing Zhaoyin exclaimed at the same time, "There are only 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and seven or eight thousand are sent out, so do you want Chang'an?" No, no, three thousand at most! ”

"However, 3,000 foot soldiers against 5,000 cavalry is tantamount to sending sheep into the tiger's mouth." Zhang Shun didn't want to die in vain.

"I didn't let you die." Xiahou Ru said comfortingly, "Ma Chao is running so fast, Xinfeng and Zhengxian along the road must be safe." You go, lead an army of 3,000, known as 5,000 to the outside world, don't stay away from Zheng County, once Ma Chao learns the news, you will quickly return to Zheng County to protect yourself. Tongguan is dangerous, the horses are all light horses, and it is not so easy to take Tongguan in one fell swoop, and you can contain them in the back, and wait for the Tongguan defenders to hold on for more than ten days, and the reinforcements sent by Luoyang, or the soldiers and horses who return from Longyou, can reach Tongguan. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Shuncai was reluctant to lead 3,000 men and horses, and went to Zheng County first.

It's just that he didn't expect that as soon as he saw the gate of Zhengxian County, before he could enter, he met the rushing army of horses.

Although Ma Chaozhong has been running all the way, he has been doing nothing under Tongguan for a few days, regardless of the soldiers and mounts, he has long been full of energy, and then all broke out, and went straight from Tongguan all the way.

Zhang Shun sent several scouts before, and found that Ma Chao's army had come back, and they turned around to run, but they were all caught by the elite horsemen selected by Ma Chao.

Ma Chao didn't want to miss the fighter, and even questioned the prisoners on horseback, while running. Knowing that the enemy was not far ahead, he was even more energetic and galloped wildly.

Zhang Shun didn't expect Ma Chao to return to the army so quickly, seeing that there was no time to set up a formation to resist, and the gate of Zhengxian County had been opened, so he hurriedly whipped his horse and took the lead in rushing into the city.

The Wei army had long been frightened by the overwhelming dust and the deafening sound of horses' hooves, so they just buried their heads in the city and desperately drilled into the city.

It's just that the narrow city gate, how many people can pour in at once? Ma Chao's cavalry had already arrived in a blink of an eye, rushing and killing, venting all the unwillingness to be busy these days on these enemy troops.

The Wei army did not have time to enter the city, and immediately scattered and fled, but in the face of the Zheng Zheng Iron Cavalry, where could they run, many people had to quickly throw away their weapons and raise their hands to surrender.

Zhang Shun hurriedly closed the city gate, according to the city to hold on, about counting the men and horses, actually lost half of it, frightened, couldn't help but scolded Xiahou Ru and Jingzhao Yin Tu, said that he was here to send him to death, and he wanted to get some support, this is good, and he lost more than 1,000 people in vain, but the enemy didn't even knock his teeth a little.

Even the remaining more than 1,000 people seem to be able to retreat in this city, and the defenders of Chang'an City have gone to a third like this.

Ma Chao finally had a win, and he was in a good mood, but immediately, he looked at the thousands of captives and had a headache.

All he led were light cavalry, and he killed all the way, hoping to meet the enemy in the field, take advantage of the cavalry advantage, quickly impact and trample, and take advantage of the enemy's chaos to kill wantonly, if he held these nearly a thousand prisoners, he would be dragged down by them, and the advantage of the cavalry would be lost.

According to his temper, he can't wait to slaughter these people directly, but now he is following Liu Bei to fight the world, Liu Bei will not allow him to do this, Ge Liang also specially told him.

What to do? Do you want to divide a thousand men and horses and take them to Tongguan? Wouldn't that be another 1,000 men and horses to that damn Wei Yan, and even fewer of his own men and horses, and the impact on the enemy would be weakened in the future?

Or just let these captives go? But if they want to let go, they can't just be released outside this city, then won't they be immediately rearmed by the enemy generals in the city, and will they continue to fight against our army?

At this moment, a large group of men and horses in the distance quickly drove towards this side, and judging from the dust raised, it must also be cavalry.

Ma Chao was busy getting the army in formation, preparing for battle on the one hand, taking care of the prisoners on the other, and at the same time strictly preventing the defenders of the city from rushing out of the city to flank the attack.

The people and horses who came were their own people, and the first general, led more than a dozen horsemen to rush over, shouting as they ran: "Big brother, I'm here!" Big brother, I'm here! ”

Ma Chao looked at it, and it turned out to be his brother Ma Dai, and he hurriedly greeted him.

Ma Dai was full of joy, rushed over and rejoiced while panting: "Finally let me catch up, finally catch up!" Eldest brother! ”

Ma Chao also smiled from ear to ear: "How do you know that I am here?" "It stands to reason that he may still be in Tongguan at this time.

Ma Dai pointed to the only two flags in Ma Chao's army, one with the word "Han" and the other with the word "Ma", and replied with a smile: "Big brother, in this pass, there may only be our brother's team, and there are only two flags." ”

Ma Chao slapped his head, but no, in order to reduce the burden and act quickly, they came to Guanzhong this time, and there were only four flags in total, if it weren't for the fact that the two brothers might have to divide their troops, maybe they would only carry two flags. (To be continued.) )