Ma Chao led his troops and horses to break into the urn city and was ambushed, it turned out that Xun Yu had already prepared, he found that Ma Chao led his soldiers across the river and set a plan to lure the king into the urn. Seeing the rain of arrows flying all over the sky, the stones and trees flying wildly, and the blue wolf army suffering heavy casualties and falling into a desperate situation, Ma Chao stood up to raise the iron gate at the critical moment, and the army finally escaped proudly. However, just as Ma Chao was about to leave, a sharp arrow was shot from the city wall, and Ma Chao couldn't dodge the middle of his left chest, and almost dismounted on the spot. The generals desperately moved forward to save Ma Chao.

The army withdrew from Huainan and retreated sharply towards Dingfengjin, but was ambushed again on the side of the woods on the bank of the river. In the night, arrows are like flying locusts, countless torches illuminate the night sky, and the shouts resounded in the sky, and I don't know how many people and horses were ambushed. The Blue Wolf Army did not dare to stay and continued to retreat.

Soon after, on the hill in front of him, the enemy army was in battle formation.

At this time, Ma Chao had fallen into a coma, and Ma Dai took the lead to lead the army to the southwest in an attempt to bypass the enemy army. However, they fell into a trap carefully designed by the other party, and the army retreated into a desperate valley with one entrance due to unknown geography. By the time Ma Dai realized something was wrong, Cao Jun had blocked the only exit from the valley.

In the dead of night, Ma Chao woke up and coughed.

The soldiers who were waiting for Ma Chao were overjoyed when they saw this, and while coming over to help Ma Chao, they ordered their companions to inform the other generals.

Ma Chao sat down with the support of his own soldiers. Looking around, I found that I was lying on the grass, on top of which was a simple shed, surrounded by mountains and mountains, the night sky was full of stars and moons, flashing and blinking, and the chirping of insects and birds echoed in the valley from time to time, as if a sleeping person occasionally dreamed.

Ma Chao was about to speak, when Ma Dai and a few people hurriedly walked in. Seeing that Ma Chao had already sat up, everyone showed surprise and bowed together: "I've seen the general!" ”

Ma Chao asked, "Where is this?" ”

Ma Dai said: "This is a valley in the west of Huainan. Then he blamed himself and said: "The little brother is incompetent, he fell for Xun Yu's tricks and brought the army into this desperate situation!" ”

"Desperate?"

Ma Dai told what happened after Ma Chao fell into a coma and the situation in this valley. Ma Chao frowned. Asked Ma Dai: "How many soldiers and horses do we have?" ”

Ma Dai lowered his head, "Our army has lost nearly 10,000 people, and there are still 40,000 soldiers and horses. The morale of the soldiers is good, but the grain and grass they carry with them can only cope with two days! ”

Ma Chao instructed: "Send someone to inform the soldiers and soldiers that I'm fine!" The generals behind Ma Dai clenched their fists and ran down.

Ma Chao stood up, took a breath, pushed away the soldiers, slowly walked in front of Ma Dai, and said, "Come out with me to have a look." Ma Dai hurriedly said: "Big brother is injured, it's better not to act rashly!" Ma Chao said: "I can't die!" "Out of the big tent.

Ma Dai rushed to Ma Chao's side and said, "When the eldest brother was unconscious, the younger brother had already explored the entire valley. This valley is like an iron bucket, only the valley we entered can get out, but the valley mouth has been heavily guarded by the other side. The terrain there is narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult for our army to rush out! ”

Ma Chao looked at the lush woods and ordered: "Order all armies to assemble immediately!" ”

Ma Dai hurriedly said: "Cao Xuan should have received a message from our army asking for help, and I believe that he will be able to come to the rescue soon." There is no need for our army to take risks, just hold on! ”

Ma Chao frowned and said, "I don't want people to come to the rescue!" Especially the little feet like Cao Xing! If he is saved, will my Ma Chao still have the face to see the general and his colleagues in the future? Besides, we are trapped here, and they will definitely not be able to find us for a while, and when they find us, I am afraid that we will all starve to death! ”

"But ......"

Ma Chao raised his hand to interrupt Ma Dai's words, and said categorically: "I have made up my mind, I don't need to persuade again!" Immediately pass on my generals, and the whole army will assemble! I'm going to rush out in one go! Ma Dai couldn't, so he had to clench his fists and run down.

The army gathered and saw their General Ma Chao, and their morale couldn't help but be greatly boosted. Ma Chao gave an order, and two thousand horsemen immediately launched an attack on Taniguchi. I saw two thousand cavalry rushing with horses and lances, like a mountain torrent, surging out of the valley mouth, unstoppable, and slammed into the first line of Cao Jun!

In the blink of an eye, the Cao army on the front line was rushed to pieces. At this moment, the stones on the hills on both sides rained down and made a loud rumbling sound, and at the same time, the Cao army on the front sent out a dense rain of arrows. The turquoise cavalry turned on their backs, and due to the narrow terrain, it was difficult to form a strong enough attack front, and after paying a considerable price, they could not get close to Cao's brigade at all, so they had to retreat.

The battlefield was silent, and the corpses of the Blue Wolf Army's war horses filled the valley mouth, and those who were not dead were still wriggling; The blood stained the stone, which had been silvery white, and then merged into the nearby stream.

The general who led the assault returned to Ma Chao with his wounds, and knelt down with a look of shame and said: "The last general is incompetent, he failed to break through the valley, but he damaged his brother who was dressed up!" ”

"I'll deal with it later, and I'll step back now!" Ma Chao shouted with a calm face. The general did not dare to say anything, stood up and stepped aside.

Ma Chao took a step forward, looked at the mouth of the valley, and saw that the dense woods and grasses had crossed the cliff and turned out of the valley, and saw the treetops next to him dancing in the direction of the valley mouth like flags, and he couldn't help but have an idea. Immediately said to Ma Dai: "Send someone to prepare firewood and grass immediately, after all, set fire on both sides of the valley mouth." When the fire burns, the army will be killed with me! ”

Ma Dai was startled, and said urgently: "Big brother, we are in the dense forest of the valley, if there is a fire, I am afraid that we will suffer first!" ”

Ma Chao said: "There is no other way now but to take a risk!" Moreover, the current wind direction is out of the valley, the fire is outward, the momentum will inevitably go outward, our army will not receive much impact, as long as our army moves quickly enough, it will not be trapped by the fire! Order all the soldiers to prepare a wet towel to cover their heads and faces so as not to be injured by the fireworks! Ma Dai clenched his fists and promised, beckoning the generals to go down and prepare.

……

Although the night was deep, he could not sleep peacefully, and stood on top of the castle tower and looked into the distance. Sometimes I was worried about the battle situation ahead, and sometimes I thought about how the main force of Lu Bu's army would attack and how my own side should respond, full of thoughts and sadness.

Suddenly, I felt a bright light shining in front of me, and quickly raised my head. I saw that the firelight in the distance in the west rose into the sky, getting brighter and brighter, illuminating the night sky into blood red, and there was a faint sound of fighting in the wind. Xun Yu frowned tightly and muttered, "The wind is not in the right direction!" Could it be that Ma Chao set fire to the assault? Xun Yu hoped that his speculation was wrong.