The Chu army in Yixian County only had half of its strength left, that is, 60,000 troops. Most of the rest are injured, and those who are not injured are also tired and abnormal. Kou Feng asked Zhang Fei, Deng Ai, Chen Da and others to lead 20,000 troops to garrison Dacheng or Pass.

It's a little tighter. It took Zhang Fei and the others more than half a day to select the soldiers, reorganize them, and lead the troops to the east.

After that, Pang Tong, in accordance with Kou Feng's order, first sent people to inform Fa Zheng to assemble troops. Then, he ordered Xiang Chong, Ma Yan, Xu Sheng and others under his account to reorganize the army and start to recuperate.

In this battle, the Chu army basically had nothing to gain except for defeating the tiger and leopard cavalry and letting Ma Teng escape. Because of the escape of Ma Teng, Ma Chao, Yan Xing and others, there were hardly any prisoners.

However, it has mastered the situation of the whole world, which is an intangible and huge gain.

In the northwest, on the edge of the Yellow River, there is a small city called Changku, which is not large, with a population of only a few thousand. But this city has now become the best place for the remnants of Ma Teng.

At this moment, Ma Teng's army has entered the city.

In the city, in the county government. Ma Teng sat on the first seat, and below him were Ma Chao, Yan Xing, and Pang De.

None of the four people's faces were normal, and they were all gloomy. In the gloom, there is also anxiety about the future.

Even if the blood is as strong as Ma Chao and Yan Xing, these two people are famous generals in the northwest, and they are both brave champions of the three armies. Ma Chao was the later general of Shu.

But at this moment, I also felt fear.

Especially Ma Chao, he instigated Ma Teng to establish a state in front of him, and asked to lead troops to resist Chu. That is self-reliance, and there are many generals. But now, the Qin army was defeated twice by Kou.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry had already lost more than half of their infantry in the previous war, and now they had consumed most of their infantry in the first battle. The cavalry also suffered heavy losses, and what was even more rare was that they had no foreign help.

Since then, Wei has also lost Cao Hong, and the army has lost 80,000 troops including tiger and leopard cavalry, foot soldiers, and ordinary cavalry. What is left inside the Wei State?

For the first time, Ma Chao felt a trace of fear for the action of dominating the world.

"Father, what should we do next?" To be honest, in the past, Ma Chao was hesitant about Ma Teng, and he looked down on Ma Teng when he was getting old, but now he is like a drowning person, grasping the last straw, hoping that Ma Teng can make a decision.

"Now, Chao'er still wants to compete with Kou Feng?" Ma Teng did not answer immediately, but asked.

Ma Chao was stunned when he heard this, then immediately shook his head and said, "Even if the child is arrogant, he doesn't dare to say anything at this time to lead his troops to compete with Kou Feng." The starter"

But it's really a little timid.

"Good. For the general, there must be fear, not only the courage of the horseman, but also the best to supplement it with wisdom, so that he can really be called a famous general, and now Chaoer has fear in his heart, and the future is limitless. ”

Ma Chao's discouragement not only did not disappoint Ma Teng, but he was very happy.

This son has always been Ma Teng's pride, but he is also vaguely worried in his heart that the strong Ma Chao may not be able to defeat the powerful princes, such as Cao Cao, Kou Feng and others, and even Han Sui may be able to defeat Ma Chao in intrigue and trickery.

If after his death, Ma Chao bravely conquered the world, and the end may be death. Now, with fear, he is willing to admit defeat and defeat Kou Feng.

In this way, although the country has not been saved, they should be able to be healthy.

Ma Teng's happiness also vaguely revealed some flavors. That is, Ma Teng has already decided to surrender. Otherwise, it would be impossible to be happy that Ma Chao is no longer proud of his bravery.

This made Pang De and Yan Xing think deeply.

Ma Teng also glanced at Pang De, Yan Xing, Pang De is okay, he is his general, and he is a loyal person, whatever he does, Pang De will follow.

But Yan Xing is Han Sui's son-in-law. But now Han Sui is thousands of miles away outside Wuwei City, inside the Qiang camp.

Yan Xing and Ma Tengjun have a very obvious gap.

"What does it mean to be more than General Yan?" Ma Teng said tentatively. And in his heart, the killing machine flashed away, if Yan Xing obeyed, it would be fine, if he did not obey, he would be killed on the spot.

Although Yan Xing is Han Sui's son-in-law, he is also more loyal. But today, when the situation is all directed towards Jing Chu, it is impossible to be an enemy of Kou Feng.

After thinking for a moment, he immediately said: "Whether it is surrender or resistance, it is all up to Lord Qin." ”

Yan Xing said it more cleverly and ambiguously, just asking Ma Teng to call the shots. What if he was wrong? This is an early vaccination.

Ma Teng's heart was very appreciative, nodded and said: "Today, Kou Feng's advantage is too obvious, and Gu decided to go home." ”

"Lord Qin is wise."

Yan Xing saw that Ma Teng clearly said that he wanted to surrender, and he was also relieved in his heart, and bowed to him.

"What wisdom is just knowing the current affairs." Ma Teng smiled bitterly and waved his hand.

"Father, since you surrendered, why do you have to lead your troops to defend yourself?" Ma Chao asked a little puzzled.

"If we surrender in the midst of the defeat, we will be embarrassed, and the credit will be slightly smaller. And at this moment, we are always strenuous and resting our soldiers, and we still have the strength to fight again, and if we surrender at this time, the merit will be much greater. Now that the family and country can no longer be saved, the old man also has to think about it for the Ma family. ”

Ma Teng said with deep calculation, he didn't even want to call himself Lonely, and called himself an old man instead.

Ma Chao, Pang De, and Yan Xing suddenly realized in their hearts that this was the case, and admired Ma Teng's old scheming in their hearts.

"Anyway, that's it, you go down first to rest the soldiers and make up a list. Even if it is a surrender, it cannot be confused. Ma Teng said.

"What about the food problem?" Ma Chao asked. When they came out, they were so embarrassed that they only brought back the soldiers, and they lost all their baggage.

"Let's recruit the people in the city first, but if you have good words, just say that the Chu State has fought here, and the old man intends to surrender, just waiting for the opportunity, ask them to supply some food, and then Chu Tianzi Kou Feng will return it."

Now, Ma Teng is also going to value peace, if he usually doesn't care about this, he forcibly conscripts food.

"No."

Ma Chao, Pang De, and Yan Xing agreed, and immediately turned around and went down to do things.

"If you go home, you don't know if it's a blessing." After the three of them left, Ma Teng was stunned for a long time, and finally smiled slightly and said.

At the beginning, he gradually felt that he was old and his ambition was gone. He didn't have to fight for hegemony, but Ma Chao was brave and sharp, so he started from his son.

Later, his own ambitions swelled, even if Ma Chao was defeated, he still raised troops with Cao Hong to attack Yixian, and when he was in Yixian, he still wanted to capture Kou Feng alive, occupy Liangzhou, and expand the power of Qin.

It can be said that it is blindly arrogant, and now all reason has returned.

Ma Teng knew that he had lost his rights and status, but it was a blessing to keep his whole family and the Ma family.

Therefore, at this moment, Ma Teng's heart is more relaxed than the bitterness of failure.

"Father, the army has been recounted, and there are more than 68,100 wounded soldiers." Soon after, Ma Chao came back and reported.

"Sixty-eight thousand one hundred."

After hearing this number, Ma Teng gasped and said.

They were disciplined to retreat, and there were very few soldiers who scattered and fled without knowing what to do. That is to say, when they set out, there were 180,000 troops, and more than 110,000 died outside the city of Yixian, plus the losses of the Chu army.

Nearly 200,000 bones were buried at once, except for a fierce general like Bai Qi, anyone who heard this number would gasp.

"Divide into three parts, and give them to the three of you. When the Chu army goes north, we will surrender again. Ma Teng calmed down a little in his heart and ordered.

"No." Ma Chao promised, turned around and walked out again.

"How long will it be?" Ma Teng faced forward and said secretly in his heart. With the intuition of a veteran, Ma Teng dared to conclude that Kou Feng would solve his worries, that is, the Qiang people, and would raise troops to fight Cao Cao.

This is not a speculation without evidence, but a judgment based on Kou Feng's own ruthlessness towards the alien race.

Kou Feng would not allow the Qiang to occupy Xiliang.

Yi County.

After ten days of rest, most of the army of Chu had recovered. After all, they are all strong soldiers, and in the absence of war, the ability to recover is still very strong.

The rest were seriously wounded, or severed hands, broken arms, or wounds or something.

In the Taishou Mansion, Kou Fenggao sat on the throne, and under him were Pang Tong, Xu Sheng, Xiang Pet, Ma Jian and others.

"Your Majesty, there are a total of 38,000 soldiers in the city of Yixian who can move with the army." Pang Tong reported to Kou Fengyu.

"Thirty-eight thousand."

Although he was prepared in his heart, after hearing this number, Kou Feng still sighed, although the battle was won, but more than half of the 120,000 troops were buried outside this city.

After all, he has also experienced a hundred battles and has seen countless lives and deaths. Kou Feng quickly put away the sigh in his heart, nodded and said: "This army, for the time being, will be handed over to the non-commissioned officer to you as the commander, tomorrow the army will go north and go to Xiliang." ”

"No." Pang Tong promised and said.

The problem itself is almost the same, after all, the Chu army is strong, and some subsequent baggage supplies and food problems are very abundant.

Next, of course, it's an external problem.

Zhang Fei, Deng Ai, and Chen Da 20,000 elite soldiers went east, and at this time, Chen Da had already captured Chang'an. Deng Ai and Zhang Fei have already led their troops through Tongguan and gone to Sili.

It is estimated that Zhang Fei's 10,000 elite soldiers are now stationed in the Tiger Prison, just waiting for the news to come.

In other words, now there is only one question left for Ma Teng. Sitting on the hardships and recuperating. It's worth digging into.

Kou Feng's eyes flashed, and he had some guesses in his heart.

Old fox