As soon as he got the news of Ma Chao's march into Tianshui, Cao Xiu immediately understood that what the enemy really wanted to capture was the Longyou Prefectures!

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And Longyou is different, there is Ma Chao leading the troops, this guy, all say that there is a letter, cloth bravery, deeply respected by Qiang, Di and other Hu people, every time in Longyou chaos, there are a large number of people respond, the enemy does not take advantage of this advantage, heavy troops out of Longyou, prefer to this well-guarded Guanzhong to bring benefits? That's really beyond my means.

Well, after determining the direction of the enemy's main attack, things will be easy to do, Cao Xiu immediately ordered the army and quickly rushed to Shangqi to rescue along the main road of the Weishui River.

Hurry up, hurry, if the enemy has already captured Shangqi, then they may block the avenue, and then they will have to make a long detour to enter Longyou.

The soldiers were very fast, and he led the cavalry to set off first, allowing the infantry to follow.

Arriving at the martial arts area, Guo Huai came to greet him.

"Where has the enemy reached now?" He seized the time to make sure again.

Guo Huai hurriedly said: "According to the news of the sentry ahead, the enemy is still stopped in the middle of the road!" ”

What do you mean? Now that their army has already arrived in Tianshui, why are they still staying on the way?

But he didn't have time to think about it, he told Guo Huai a few words and urgently marched forward.

When he arrived in Yixian, he asked the garrison generals: "How is General Zhenxi doing now?" ”

The general replied: "I have just received news that the general has been engaged with the enemy for several days. The enemy has been defeated and retreated for nearly 100 miles, and it is estimated that they will soon be able to defeat them and advance into Hanzhong. ”

Alas, in fact, I don't approve of him rushing forward without knowing the enemy's situation, but since he has to do this, now that the enemy's army has come out of Longyou, please God bless the emptiness of Hanzhong, and Cao Zidanma will succeed.

Cao Xiu asked the guards to quickly tell Cao Zhen the news that the enemy army had appeared in Longyou, and told him to act carefully.

The army entered the vicinity of Chencang, and Zhang He was already waiting for him on the side of the road: "Leading general, the enemy is still stagnant in the Sanguan area, should we simply take the initiative to attack and drive them back?" ”

Cao Xiu hurriedly shook his head and said: "Don't, according to the danger, don't you get the news that Ma Chao has left Qishan and is attacking Shangqi in Chencang?" How can this work, if he throws down Shangqi, quietly follows the Weishui, and sneaks up on Chen Cang, won't you suffer a big loss? ”

Zhang He was worried about this: "If I knew this, it would have been better to take the initiative to attack and drive the enemy back on Chencang Road, and I would have been able to lead the troops to rescue Shangqi with peace of mind." It's good now, but I have to worry about them being caught in both directions, and I don't dare to move. ”

That's right, but Cao Xiu doesn't have the heart to care about these now, and said to Zhang He: "Since the enemy has come to Shangqi and the enemy on Chencang Road is not retreating, it shows that their purpose is to attack and occupy Longyou." Perhaps, in a few days, the enemy on this Chencang Road will get that their team in the direction of Tianshui has arrived, and they are really about to attack. You have to be careful. ”

Zhang He was stunned: "Since you have already led the army to Shangqi, then I, can I attack the enemy near Sanguan?" ”

Cao Xiu thought for a while and said, "Wait a minute, wait for the situation on the Tianshui side to be clear, and then decide whether this side should take the initiative or not." ”

The army was still marching day and night, and within a few days it had reached Shangqi.

However, outside the city, there was not a single enemy.

The walls are so good that there are no signs of fierce battles at all.

"What about the enemy? What about Ma Chao? Where did Ma Chao go? Cao Xiu felt like a dream, as if he had been fooled by someone.

Shang Ling hurriedly shouted: "General, I didn't lie about the military situation." A few days earlier, Ma Chao did lead a large army and surrounded Shangtai City. ”

Cao Xiu raised his eyes and looked around: "Could it be that he came here and ran away after a few days of fighting?" ”

"He didn't siege the city, but just besieged the city for three days and ran away?" Shang Tai ordered to defend himself.

Cao Xiu didn't understand: "What do you mean?" After three days of running, is he full of food and has nothing to do? ”

Shang Ling felt that what Cao Zhen said was wrong: "No, no, no, he didn't have nothing to do when he was full, but he ran away when he was full and didn't do anything." He harvested almost all the wheat in our wheat field and ran away. ”

Isn't this just that you're full and have nothing to do? Cao Xiu felt that with Ma Chao's identity, he wouldn't do it like this.

"Where did he go?" Cao Zhen was angry.

Shang Tai Ling hurriedly replied: "I heard that three days ago, I went to Jicheng. ”

It turned out that the thief's heart was not dead, and he actually wanted to try to govern Liangzhou Prefecture, Cao Xiu no longer talked to Shangqi Ling, and urgently led thousands of cavalry to Jicheng.

When he rushed to Jicheng, he found that it was similar to Shangqi, and there was no shadow of Ma Chao at all.

How can it be? Ma Chao didn't even fight, only grabbed some wheat, and ran back to Qishan?

Cao Xiu asked Liangzhou Thorn History: "How many people did Ma Chao bring here?" ”

Liangzhou Thorn Shi replied: "The people who brought it to Jicheng are probably three or four thousand cavalry, but I heard that they still have nearly 10,000 foot soldiers, and they used the car to carry the wheat they snatched, and they retreated to Qishan first." ”

Do you want to chase it immediately? Cao Xiu hesitated.

It stands to reason that when he came in the starry night, with the thousands of elite horsemen around him, he could completely chase after him and catch the enemy off guard.

However, now Ma Chao's behavior is too weird, how could he, a person who was named a hussar general by Liu Bei, just come to grab some food and run away?

The enemy retreats without fighting, there must be some kind of trick!

He decided to pause for a moment, find out what was going on with the enemy, wait for the infantry behind him to arrive, and then attack the enemy.

Now that Ma Chao has retired to Qishan, he no longer poses any threat to Longyou.

Ma Chao led the cavalry to wander around outside Jizhou City, and immediately caught up with the sergeants who were carrying the car on their shoulders and urgently retreating to the Qishan camp.

Xu Shudu had already led the sergeants to come over to receive them, looking at so much food, if it was really just for more than 10,000 people and horses to eat, maybe they would be able to eat it for a month.

"Quick, move them all to the car and transport them to the rear." He happily asked the sergeant who had followed him and pushed many grain carts to hurry up and load the cart.

"What is this doing?" When Ma Chao saw Chen Yin and the candidates who came over, he always felt that this kind of thing was like a child being angry.

Chen Yin and Hou Xuan looked much more away: "General Ma, don't worry, you have been away from Longyou for so many years, and you don't want to fight for this time." Besides, I don't think we can wait long. (To be continued.) )