The pouring rain and strong winds continued for several days, which extinguished the morale of the Yuan army and blew away the fighting spirit of the Yuan army, Zhang Liao took the opportunity to send troops and began to attack the vanguard of the Yuan army.

Although Zhang Yan reacted too hard, but it was too late, Zhang Liao and Zang Ba, Le Jin, the soldiers were divided into three ways, Zang Ba launched a fierce attack on Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan's soldiers and horses because of the heavy rain and wind blowing, the fighting spirit was low, and they couldn't resist, in the face of the Cao army that was ready to go, how to resist, Dazhai was broken in an hour, fortunately, Zhang Yan had little preparation in advance, and there was no loss that was too great, and a part of the vitality was saved, and slowly retreated towards Qingzhou.

However, Ma Chao and Gao Ran were not so lucky.

They were baptized by the wind and rain, did not make timely responses and preparations, and the soldiers and horses were guarded in the low-lying two cities, and the wind and rain were even worse, the three armies were miserable every day because of the rainy weather, and they were damp all day long, not to mention the war, even the normal rice and grain were eaten tide rice, and their morale was completely lost, not to mention that the opponents they faced were Cao's famous generals Zhang Liao and Le Jin!

Gao Lan over there, there is Le Jin to attack, Zhang Liao led the army to attack Ma Chao personally, Lang Xiezhi was fragile because of Cao Junxian's arrangement, there were almost no heavy armor in the city, there was no advantage to hold, in the face of Zhang Liao's sudden arrival of soldiers and horses, Ma Chao had no choice but to face the battle in the muddy land after the rainy season.

The problem is that even so, Zhang Liaojun's preparation is far better than Ma Chao's, the three armies are not only fully prepared with hats, cloaks and straw shoes, but even the weapons are properly kept in advance, and they have not been rusted because of wind and rain, while Ma Chao's army is different, and has not been prepared at all in these aspects, and the two armies are fighting, and the results can be imagined.

The two armies fought a great battle outside the Lang Evil Place, and Yuan's army was repeatedly defeated. can't resist the enemy, not to mention the command of the army, Zhang Liao's ability is already above Ma Chao, the two armies fought for less than half an hour, and Ma Chao's soldiers and horses were already difficult to resist.

In desperation, Ma Chao could only lead the army to abandon the city and retreat, but Zhang Liao didn't seem to want him to be able to withdraw easily, and he personally deployed defenses to block Ma Chao's retreat to the north.

Ma Chao lost the battle, and he was already on fire. Now that he was blocked by Zhang Liao, where could he bear it, so he personally went out to pick the enemy's main general to fight.

"Vulna thief! Attack in a gap, what kind of hero is a hero, dare to come out and compete with your general! ”

In the blocking army, an elegant general with a long beard with a national character face and a beard came out of the horse, and he looked Ma Chao up and down a few times. smiled slightly, and said: "Everyone in the world says that Ma Mengqi is like a fire, fiercer than Qiongbu, and it is indeed worthy of his reputation when I see it today." ”

Ma Chao saw the enemy general come out. His eyes erupted with fire, and he seemed to be eager to rush forward and bite the man twice: "Who are you?" Get your name in! You General Ma and I don't kill the nameless! ”

Zhang Liao sneered and said, "You don't even know me Zhang Liao, and you dare to come out?" ”

Ma Chao took a deep breath when he heard this, gritted his teeth and said, "It's just a thief who betrays the master." Are you embarrassed to brag about yourself? My master's mother, Mrs. Lu, has long wanted to eat your meat raw! Today, the will of heaven has made me accomplish this great achievement, and I will kill you and dedicate my head to Mrs. Lu! It's also a credit! ”

"Hahaha!" Zhang Liao laughed when he heard this. said: "If Lingqi wants to kill me, even if he lets him come by himself, what are you?" How can it come out? The matter between the Wenhou family and my Zhang Liao is also worthy of you to ask? After saying that, with a wave of his hand, he saw the surrounding Cao Jun roaring around, surrounding Ma Chao and the others who wanted to escape.

Hum! Look at Zhang Liao's situation, today is the young master of Dingben!

Ma Chao looked around, although he was shocked, his face was still full of indifference, and said with a smile: "I thought you had to block how many generals there were, it turned out that there were just a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals, if you want to do it, then come on!" With that, he turned around and greeted, pulling out the momentum and getting ready for battle.

Zhang Liao nodded, and secretly said yes! Although this Xiliang Jinma Chao is arrogant, it is quite imposing, and it is very Wenhou's demeanor. He took two steps forward and said, "I'll give you a chance!" Come and fight with me, win, you take your men away, lose, but don't blame us for bullying more and less, and not giving you a way to live! ”

"What to bully less with more! Zhang Liao, how many people do you have to let the horses come over! General Ben is not afraid! ”

The horse is super like a fire, how can he endure Zhang Liao's ridicule, he rode his horse with a gun and galloped wildly, rushing towards Zhang Liao is straight away.

Zhang Liao was not in a hurry, he raised the knife in his hand to block the eyebrows, and with a "bang", Zhang Liao was secretly surprised, this Ma Chao really deserves his reputation, such a strong arm strength! However, I was also happy to see the hunt in my heart, and I was fighting with Ma Chao in one place.

Playing chess with a master is a kind of enjoyment, and confronting a mediocre hand is a kind of torment. Although Zhang Liao is a commanding general, but the martial arts have never been left behind, when under the command of Lu Bu, Zhang Liao went to him to learn from him when he had nothing to do, learned a lot of skills and knowledge, and the knife skills are improving day by day, and now he is fighting with Ma Chao, although it is slightly inferior, but it is also the more brave and fun the more he fights.

He saw the move, and Ma Chao fought dozens of rounds, although the defense is more and less attack, but it is decent, not the slightest down, but Ma Chao's martial arts are above Zhang Liao, but he can't clean him up in a short time, his subordinates and Zhang Liao's army are fighting, but they can't resist, little by little they are being eaten, I can't help but be anxious, and the shot is getting faster and faster, looking forward to the early victory, but Zhang Liao just didn't follow his wishes, just followed Ma Chao's hard grinding, after a long time, this thing is not like that.

"Ma Chao, although you are brave, but your soldiers are losing more and more, if you continue like this, you will win against me, and the most reckless is just a bare-bones general, what is the use? It's better to think of a way out early! ”

Ma Chao was anxious when he heard this, and his anger surged upward, he shot several shots sharply, attacking Zhang Liao's neck and chest, the latter sneered, his body shook slightly, and let go of the other party's edge, and then, his arm reached forward and suddenly slashed at Ma Chao's left skull and neck fossa.

Ma Chao was shocked, and secretly said that this Zhang Liao is powerful, not comparable to leisure, not only playing psychological warfare, but also pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, hiding his strength, he wants to recruit again, it is too late, so he can only try his body to the side and tilt sideways.

Hiss!

Zhang Liao's knife passed under Ma Chao's armpit, cutting a large knife wound on his left brother. However, Ma Chao reacted quickly, tightened his arm by the trend, tightly clamped Zhang Liao's knife blade, changed from passive to active, and then raised the war spear and stabbed Zhang Liao in the face.

"Huh!"

Zhang Liao didn't expect Ma Chao to use this kind of deadly play, Ma Chao didn't want to die, but he wanted to, randomly withdrew his hand and discarded the war knife in his hand. He turned his horse's head and ran backwards.

And it was at this time that the archers who were ambushed in the forest shot at Ma Chao............

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Linzi City, Qingzhou.

"Zhang Yan, Gao Ran's army was defeated...... Ma Chao was seriously injured? ”

Yuan Shang pinched the battle report in his hand, frowned, and looked at the cramped and uneasy Ji in the lower hall.

Xiao Ji replied in a low voice and said, "The subordinates did not give good advice, which led to the defeat of the vanguard army. The general is injured, it is really a crime and deserves death, please ask the lord to surrender the crime. ”

Yuan Shang shook his head and said, "I don't blame you. The decision of this battle is not only you, I also think so, you are not alone if you lose, how is Ma Chao's injury? ”

Xiao Ji sighed. said: "Zhang Yan and Gao Lian are facing Le Jin and Zang Ba, although they are defeated, they are not hindered, but Ma Chao is facing the elite led by Zhang Liao himself. It was okay to be scratched by Zhang Liao on the side of the body, but he was hit by three arrows in a row, and then he fought bloodily, broke out of the encirclement, and lost a lot of blood from the wound. ”

"Oh." Yuan Shang breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately in misfortune, he finally did not hurt his life. He stood up, took two turns in the hall, and said, "Zhang Liao won a big battle, what is the movement of his soldiers and horses?" ”

When Xiao Ji heard this, he said: "Zhang Liao recaptured Langxi and Yangdu, but he did not send troops to garrison them, but collected his troops back to Pengcheng and withdrew his troops from Xuzhou, I don't know what he was thinking." ”

Yuan Shang frowned when he heard this, and said, "After winning the battle, he collected his troops and went back?" This is not Zhang Liao's style, it must be Guo Jia's idea...... It's just that what he wants to do, I haven't figured out ...... right now."

Hearing this, Xiao Ji thought for a while and said, "Lord, what should we do now?" Standing still? ”

Yuan Shang shook his head and said: "My second brother is still frustrated, Tian Fengshang is still fighting against Cao Zhi's main force in the Yellow River, if we don't move, it will affect their morale, it doesn't matter how many times we fold, but we must not affect the morale of the frontal battlefield of the Yellow River...... I will set off tomorrow, the whole army will enter Xuzhou, one force will win ten meetings, Guo Jia's battle is better than the familiar weather, but God can't help him all the time, I don't believe that in the face of absolute strength, he can still have any room for struggle. ”

Lu Lingqi also stood up and said: "Husband, what you said is right, the tentative move is not the style of action that we should have in this march, our soldiers are strong and strong, and Guo Jia has no chance of winning in a head-on duel, I am willing to be the vanguard in this battle!" Go and cut off Zhang Liao's head! ”

Yuan Shang shook his head and said, "Madam, you should stay with me, so that I can rest assured...... As for Zhang Liao, I pondered carefully, and only by sending Zhang He to deal with it can I guarantee the bottom, I have already issued an order, send someone to quickly take Zhang He to come to lead the army, Guo Jia and Zhang Liao cooperate, then I will partner with Zhang He, and I will not lose to him left and right! ”

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Xuzhou Zhisuo, Pengcheng.

Indeed, as Yuan Shang said, after Zhang Liao defeated the vanguard of Yuan's army, he did not stop, but immediately led his troops back to Pengcheng, which was indeed not Zhang Liao's style, but Guo Jia's idea, although he was very puzzled by his move, but Zhang Liao still acted in accordance with Guo Jia's generals.

After resisting Pengcheng, Zhang Liao immediately made a report to Guo Jia on the battle situation of the first battle in Xuzhou, Guo Jia, who was sitting in Pengcheng, smiled leisurely, and immediately gave Zhang Liao the second step of action instructions.

"Give up Pengcheng?"

When he heard Guo Jia's general order, Zhang Liao immediately showed a look of surprise, looked at him puzzled, and said: "Guo Xijiu, we won the first battle, and it is just a matter of giving up the Lang Evil Yang Capital, and now even Pengcheng has to be thrown, this battle is more and more won, how can it be fought less and less, and Pengcheng is the seat of Xuzhou, once you give up, isn't it equivalent to letting Yuan Shang enter Xuzhou?" ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly, and only returned nine words as an answer to Zhang Liao's question.

"Give up Pengcheng because of Sun Quan."

"............" (To be continued......)