"Brother! Listen to me! On the battle array, how can you know that you can't do it, as the main general, you should now focus on the overall situation. Ma Dai anxiously persuaded.

"I know the art of war, I am the main general, but I am also Ma Chao!"

After saying this, Ma Chao didn't say much, and suddenly slapped the war horse, which was already like a meteor and returned to the battlefield. "Now that you are the main general, take the sons and daughters away!"

"Brother!" Ma Dai had tears in his eyes and shouted loudly, but he couldn't make Ma Chao turn back at all, so he could only watch Ma Chao go away.

"Huh!" After Ma Dai sighed heavily, he did not hesitate any longer, and led the soldiers who broke through the siege to flee south.

The choice of the two of them at this moment, no one is right, and no one is wrong!

As the main general, Ma Dai is more competent, but as a hot-blooded man, Ma Chao is even more admirable!

When Ma Chao once again brandished the tiger-headed Zhan golden spear and entered the battlefield, the shape he faced was already more severe, and the soldiers of the Chu State were under the command of Wang Xu, quickly shifting from the pursuit and melee to the strict array, which also made it more and more difficult for him to advance.

Wei Yan and Gan Ning failed to intercept Ma Chao several times earlier, and they were already furious, and when they saw him kill him again, they instantly stared at him and ran away.

Ma Chao knew that these generals were powerful, and he was not reckless, but saw the needle, rushed left and right among the soldiers of the Chu State, and killed Cheng Yin who was trapped in the chaotic army, and he used the soldiers of the Chu State as an obstacle to make it difficult for Wei Yan and others to catch up, which can be described as brave and shrewd.

"Xiliang Ma Chao, it's really extraordinary!"

Wang Xu stood on the hill in the distance to supervise the formation, of course, he noticed that Ma Chao had killed in and out several times, and he loved his bravery and courage very much. I couldn't help but exclaim.

Soon. Ma Chao, who is very powerful. Successfully converging Cheng Yin and the remnants of his subordinates, and then leading them to the south to break through, under his guidance, Cheng Yin and nearly a thousand elite horsemen burst out of their amazing potential, and fought a bloody road with a decisive spirit, so that Wang Xu could only sigh from afar.

At this time, the battle was nearing its end, and most of the Liangzhou sergeants who could not escape were surrounded and killed, or knelt on the ground and asked to surrender.

Such a time. After Ma Chao still personally broke off for Cheng Yin and others, he was naturally surrounded and killed by Wei Yan, Yan Liang, Gan Ning, Dian Wei and others, as if they were stuck in the quagmire, and the soldiers beside him fell one after another, and only twenty or thirty people were still following closely, which can be described as lingering.

Cheng Yin, who escaped a long distance because of his broken back, seemed to notice that Ma Chao hadn't caught up, and couldn't help but look back.

When he saw the situation he was in, his pupils dilated instantly, and his heart was cold. Hesitantly stopped the war horses, as if he wanted to lead the troops back to the rescue.

I don't know why. His feet and hands were as if they were frozen in by something, and he just couldn't move.

He hesitated, struggled, and his face was complicated, but after all, he still couldn't muster up the courage to turn back and save him!

After a moment of effort, he saw that Wei Yan, Yan Liang, Gan Ning, Dian Wei and other generals of the Chu State had already slaughtered the remaining soldiers in Liangzhou, and rushed to Ma Chao's side together, and went away.

This can't be blamed for Cheng Yin's timidity, as a brave general in Liangzhou who has fought for many years and is famous, he also relies on his courage and wisdom to fight today.

But when a person is faced with tens of thousands, or even an unknown number of enemies, that fear comes from the heart, from instinct.

Not everyone can calmly face tens of thousands of iron horsemen to kill themselves, and not everyone can be so bright!

However, Cheng Yin fled with the last hundreds of people, but faintly cut off Ma Chao's hope of survival.

No matter how brave Ma Chao is, it is impossible to fight so many people alone!

In the fierce battle, he saw Cheng Yin's back, and it was hard to say that there was no expectation in his heart.

He is also a human being after all, he is actually afraid, but he has served his own fears! After all, people also have the instinct to survive, and the instinct of emotional needs, he fulfilled his promise and fulfilled his responsibility to Cheng Yin, he didn't ask for anything in return, and even knew that Cheng Yin's return was useless, and intellectually he didn't agree with the other party coming back to die, but emotionally there was also some desire after all, that was the desire for emotional sincerity, and it was difficult for people to avoid it.

Cheng Yin finally fled, making his eyes slightly gloomy!

"Ah!!!!h

Ma Chao suddenly let out a long roar, and the sound shook the sky, as if he was about to pass through the nine heavens and pierce the sky!

There is no anger in this roar, just pure catharsis of his emotions and his heart!

With the roar, his already weakened energy instantly burst out, his long hair flew flying, his face was fierce, and he burst out with a true will to die. The tiger-headed Zhan golden spear with a cold light in his hand roared like a storm, shaking back the soldiers of the Chu army who came to besiege and kill, and galloped wildly.

"Where to run!"

Wei Yan and Gan Ning shouted in unison, one left and one right, and intercepted in time.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Fierce energy collision, Ma Chao brandished a spear, shocked the two of them to attack at the same time, although his mouth spurted blood, but still took advantage of a moment of opportunity to frantically survive.

"Where is Ma Chao going!"

The generals of the Chu State were furious, they didn't want to besiege them together for so long, but they still couldn't take it, which was a great shame.

"Bang!"

Yan Liang intersected with him, repelled with a blow, and was almost injured, Ma Chao at this time was like a mad demon, under the instinct of the will to survive, he burst out with far more combat power than usual.

"Bang! Bang! ”

Dian Wei and Wei Yan attacked again angrily, but they were still rushed by Ma Chaoqiang, but they sprayed blood again, obviously extremely injured!

At this time, those ordinary generals and colonels did not dare to go over to stop them at all, and they had already been shocked by Ma Chao's bravery.

Taking advantage of this moment, Ma Chao threw out the saber on his waist and threw it at Gan Ning, who was pasted up again, so that he was forced to dodge, and he took advantage of this fleeting moment to ride his horse and fly vertically, dodge and rush out of the encirclement, with scars all over his body, and went away!

The generals were furious and pursued after them.

Seeing this scene from afar, Wang Xu sighed lightly, with indescribable admiration in his heart, at least even him, it is difficult to say that he can break out of the encirclement like this under the attack of Gan Ning and several people, this is beyond common sense, not that Ma Chao's martial arts are higher, but his desperate will and courage. gave him a glimmer of life.

Wang Xu stared for a moment. Finally silently turned away from the hill. Only a faint sound lingered in the ears of the flag bearer and drummer.

"Tell the generals, don't chase anymore, collect the troops!"

With the sharp sound of gold, the army of Chu slowly retreated, and only a few soldiers were silently cleaning the battlefield under the pursuit.

In this battle, the state of Chu suffered some small losses. Including Wang Xu, all of them underestimated the combat power of Ma Chao's troops, and even underestimated Ma Chao's bravery, so that the battle of the street pavilion, which should have been perfect, had some flaws at the last moment.

It's just that this flaw does not have a big impact on the overall situation, and Longguan and Longxian still successfully fell into the control of Chu as planned.

In the days that followed, both Chu and Liangzhou fell into peace. Ma Yi did not dare to send troops hastily, and was starting to contact all parties. Redeploy to full strength. Wang Xu was shocked by the combat power of the lancers led by Ma Chao, and he was even more determined to fight steadily and firmly establish a firm foothold first, and he did not have the certainty of attacking and winning.

Five days later, Guo Jia arranged the rear affairs and rushed to the front line.

Wang Xu immediately discussed with him how to stabilize the people of Liangzhou, but Guo Jia didn't think about how to deal with this matter, and his main energy over the years was focused on how to break Xiliang and focus on the war, so he didn't know much about it, and he didn't dare to put forward the proposal in vain.

The two of them were also worried about this, both of them were distressed by this matter, who would have thought that two days later, Zhuge Liang's handwritten letter came from Xiangyang.

The content of the letter was extremely simple, but in just one paragraph, it instantly made Wang Xu smile.

Its general meaning can be boiled down to two parts.

One is to "win over the Han people in Liangzhou, crack down on the stubborn Haoqiang, divide their land among the people, appease the obedient Hao, and reward them with honor!" Treat the people with stability, promise to support the Chu State to exempt from taxes for one year, the next year will only collect five layers, and again six layers a year, increasing step by step! ”

"Help persuade others to support the state of Chu, and those who reach a certain number will be exempted from tax for two years, and the rest will be equal!"

"Those who provide heavy intelligence and contributors to the State of Chu will be exempted from tax for five years, and the rest will be equal!"

"Arrest those who spread rumors and sow discord, forcibly relocate the people who insist on opposing the Chu State to the hinterland of the Chu State, properly resettle, and enrich the households of Hanzhong, Shangyong and other counties."

The second is to fight against the mixed foreign races, which are generally dealt with in the same way, except that they are not forcibly migrated, and they have more names and additional gifts for their ethnic groups.

As for the specific measures and means, Zhuge Liang made it clear that he had submitted them to Zuo Shangshuling Pang Tong, and was ready to convene the Shangshutai ministers who were still in Xiangyang to draft them together, and once they were determined, they would be sent to Wang Xu as soon as possible, so that he would no longer worry about this matter.

Wang Xu and Guo Jia understood Zhuge Liang's intentions almost the moment they saw the letter, and they agreed without much thought.

I have to say that Zhuge Liang understands Wang Xu's mind very well, and these measures are completely the same as Wang Xu's goal of punishing his heart, which can not only help the Chu State stabilize the shape of the area occupied by Liangzhou, but also isolate the distance between the ruling group of Liangzhou and the people, so as to reach the point where the Ma family is not extinguished, but the heart is dead.

It must be known that for the people of Liangzhou, the reason why they hate Chu is not the hatred of the ethnic group or the country, but the fact that Chu has interfered in the affairs of Liangzhou, which has caused many years of war in Liangzhou, and the people have suffered a lot, and have accumulated hatred in many local wars between the two forces.

But if Zhuge Liang's measures come out, it will be the real punishment.

What the people want, nothing more than stability and wealth, the whole people are exempt from tax for a year, Liangzhou will never dare, because there is no harvest for a year, and its use is not enough, but Chu dares to save money and grain materials from the land of the four states to support the operation needs of a state, and it can afford it!

In particular, the fact that it is profitable to win over others has caught the weakness of ordinary people!

One family convinces ten families, ten families convince hundreds of families, one by one, faster and faster!

Especially when they actually participate, they will feel that the benefits of tax exemption are earned by their own hard work, and since they have paid for it, they will care more.

In this way, they will slowly stand on the side of the Chu State, because their future is here, and if the Chu State is defeated, they will lose what they have gained.

As for those stubborn people, they are forced to move inward, so that the opposition will be smaller, and they will no longer be able to set off storms!

The two countries are fighting each other, and the heart is the first! (To be continued......)