Seeing Ma Chao's indifferent mentality, Pang De thought about it for a while and said, "Young General, there is something I want to report to you. ”

"Oh! What's the matter? Seeing Pang De suddenly become so solemn, Ma Chao couldn't help but be stunned, and then his expression became a little more formal.

"Major General, in the meeting just now, I talked about resting for one night tonight and heading to Yun Street tomorrow. But there is another point that I would like to explain here, that is, the sudden breaking of the east gate of Zhiyang today was not caused by the earthquake. Pound said as he noticed the change in Ma Chao's expression.

"Hmm." Ma Chao nodded first, Zhiyang City was taken, and the next step was naturally to attack Yunjie, which was nothing to dispute, and everything was reasonable. He nodded habitually. But when he heard what he said later, the city gate was broken, and it was not caused by an earthquake, his eyes lit up and he said, "What's the matter?" ”

Intuition told Ma Chao that there should be some stories in this.

Seeing that Ma Chao was so sensitive, Pang De couldn't help but praise in his heart, "A young general is a young general, and I heard the difference just from one sentence." ”

In admiration, Pang De told what happened at the end of the meeting, "Major General, the breaking of the gate of Zhiyang City is not the work of heaven, but the effect of detonating a secret weapon made by Zhang Chao. ”

"What?" After hearing Pang De's words clearly, Ma Chao was excited, and suddenly stood up straight and said, "General Pang, please say it again." ”

"Today's earthquake was caused by Zhang Chao's faction." Pound continued to repeat.

This time, Ma Chao heard it very clearly, and the shock on his face was even worse, after a few seconds of slowing down, he did shake his head suddenly and said: "This is impossible, how can such a great power be created by Zhang Chao, this must be what he said on purpose, just to show his strength." ”

No wonder Ma Chao didn't believe it, after all, changing gunpowder to explosives was Zhang Chao's first initiative at that time. It's normal for others not to believe it.

"Major General, this is all true. General Wen Chou and General Jiang Yiqu of the First Army Corps have confirmed all this, and this cannot be faked. Otherwise, why is the earthquake just the epicenter, and it happens to be under the East City Gate? That's not normal, isn't it? Pound shook as he spoke. He also thought about whether Zhang Chao said it in order to boost morale, but just think about it, there is really no such need, now that the soldiers of the army are rising, there is no need to use such means to prove anything.

Pound said solemnly, which made Ma Chao not believe it. For a moment, his face turned gray.

Pang De naturally knew what Ma Chao was thinking, so he said: "Young General, if all this is true, then this Zhang Chao is really too powerful." With such a powerful weapon on his body, after that, I am afraid that the siege of the city will not be difficult for him. If that's the case, who else in the world will be his opponent? ”

"Yes, with such a secret weapon, who else in the world will be his opponent?" Ma Chao was repeating this sentence.

"Fortunately, he is not our enemy, but will be our master in the future." Pound added another sentence.

If Pound still wanted to compete with Zhang Chao before, then now he has no such thoughts.

has a meticulous strong general, has a strength that is several times stronger than his own side, and now has such a strong secret weapon, just ask? Who would be his opponent?

Pound's words are also the question that Ma Chao is thinking about.

As the first fierce general of Xiliang, Ma Chao has his own ideas. He even once thought that surrendering Zhang Chao was just a helpless move, and once he had the opportunity, he would definitely go out, and at that time, he could still be his king of Xiliang, and the Ma family could rise again.

But now, after listening to Pound's words, he knows that if he wants to realize this idea, it will be too difficult. People have such powerful siege weapons, doesn't that mean that the so-called defense is not worth mentioning in the eyes of others? How can there be a war like this? Is it a decisive battle on the plains? If so, what advantage does he have?

Pound's words when he came back gave Ma Chao a great shock. made his heart of not wanting to surrender also suppressed a lot, which will play an extremely crucial role in Zhang Chao's submission to him in the future. And this may be a benefit that Zhang Chao did not think of before using the bomb.

After the army rested for a night, early the next morning, except for 10,000 soldiers who were left behind to guard Zhiyang City, the other three legions marched towards Yun Street in unison.

Just when the army arrived at Yunjie the next day, there was good news sent by Lu Bu in front, he pursued Li Tong all the way, not only captured Yunjie, but also took Lingju City by surprise, and is now moving to Dong Zhuo's rear.

The news came, causing Zhang Chao to be very excited, after Bai He immediately praised the vanguard legion, he ordered the army to speed up, and strive to reach Lingju City as soon as possible, in order to relieve Ma Teng's danger.

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The city of Lingju was occupied. Li Tong fled to Cangsong City with more than 10,000 remnants, which was also where Dong Zhuo was.

After suddenly seeing Li Tong in the city, Dong Zhuo was very surprised. Intuitively told him that something bad must have happened behind him, and after hearing the other party's crying, he couldn't help but be angry, kicked out, and kicked Li Tong to the ground.

"Waste, a bunch of waste. Fifty thousand people defend a city, and they don't hold it for a day, and you say, "What use do I want you?" Dong Zhuo's face turned red and roared.

"King Yong, it's not that I'm useless, even God is helping Zhang Chao, who would have thought that an earthquake would suddenly surge? It completely killed us by surprise. Li Tong struggled to stand up, and then cried to Dong Zhuo who was standing there.

"Words, it's all words." Although he was shocked that even God was helping Zhang Chao, Dong Zhuo didn't want to admit it. In a fit of rage, he wanted to kill Li Tong to vent the anger in his heart. "Someone, pull this person out and behead him."

"King Yong can't." General Wang Fang on the side saw that Dong Zhuo was about to kill Li Tong, so he hurriedly stood up and persuaded him. "King Yong, killing the general before the war is really disadvantageous to the army. Please also give Li Tong a chance to make meritorious contributions. ”

As soon as Li Tong heard that he was going to kill himself, he was also frightened, and immediately knelt on the ground, and couldn't stop knocking his head to the ground: "King Yong, please give the villain a chance, I am willing to make meritorious contributions." ”

Dong Zhuo was also angry for a while, seeing that someone was interceding for him, and thinking that Zhang Chao's army was coming soon, and he still needed to employ people at that time, so he suppressed his anger and said: "Okay, for General Wang's sake, I will give you a chance, but you remember, if there is a next time, you will not be spared." ”

"Yes, thank you King Yong, thank you General Wang." Li Tong knocked his head to the ground like garlic again.

"Humph! Pass the order and prepare for war. There is also a concentration of all the current forces for me to storm Guzang, in short, this time we must take this city before Zhang Chao arrives. Dong Zhuo didn't pay attention to Li Tong, who was kneeling, but issued a military order to Wang Fang on the side.

Zhang Chao is about to arrive with a large army, once he is attacked, Dong Zhuo will be attacked on both sides, and at that time, it is likely that Cangsong Chengcheng will be his burial place. And if you want to change all this, there is only one way to go, that is, to capture Guzang and enter the hinterland of Xiliang, at that time there will be more routes for him to escape, even if Zhang Chao wants to catch him, it will be very difficult.

Forced by Zhang Chao to appear, after Wang Fang took the order, when he led his troops to attack Guzang, he became more and more crazy.

Above the tower of Guzang City.

Ma Teng, who had been guarding for a while, looked at the dense Dong Zhuojun Peak under the city with a worried face.

"This is Dong Zhuojun going to work hard." Looking at the many ant-like enemies under the city, all the generals on the city tower had solemn faces.

These days of defending the city are not easy. Under the continuous attack, the original 200,000 Ma Teng army is now less than 50,000 capable soldiers. Of the other 150,000 people, only about 30,000 were killed, and many more fled.

The land of Xiliang was vast and boundless, and there was a very vast space behind Guzang City, and those soldiers fled after feeling hopeless with Ma Teng. And once you escape, it is like a dragon entering the sea, and it is difficult to find any trace.

When Ma Dai saw that there were deserters every day, he once gave his uncle Ma Teng a message and asked him to make an example of him to shock the army.

It's just that even Ma Teng didn't have the belief to defend the city, he just said, "Forget it, just go if you want, maybe this is also an escape road for them." ”

Under the kindness of the Ma Teng woman, more soldiers fled, and even some generals fled with their troops. In the end, most of the 50,000 people left behind were the first to follow the Ma family, and some were the personal soldiers of the generals.

On the top of the city tower, Ma Teng stood in the center, and the generals under him stood on the left and right. There are more than a dozen. They include Ma Dai, Liang Ju, Candidate, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, Yan Xing, Cheng Gongying and others.

Looking at these generals who were still willing to follow him at this time, Ma Teng was both relieved and a little helpless. He was afraid that he would delay the future of these people, so he took the initiative to speak after hesitating: "Generals, I'm afraid that Guzang City can't hold it, and now if anyone wants to lead the troops to leave, Teng won't stop it." ”

"King Liang." All the generals, led by Ma Dai, fell to their knees on the ground, crying and sad with a sad face.