Although it is true that Ma Chao wants to send troops, it is not a trivial matter that it involves an army of 100,000, and he still needs to plan well. After agreeing with all his generals, a plan was made for the evening attack.

Ma Chao's order was to take himself as the vanguard, first lead 50,000 cavalry to storm Dong Zhuo's military camp, and then his younger brother Ma Xiu and deputy general Cheng Yi followed with 50,000 troops. If the other side is prepared, then the fight will be fought and left, and the rear army will also play a role in responding. And if the other party is not prepared, Ma Chao really didn't say it explicitly, but everyone can feel it, I'm afraid that it will be a chance to kill all the way to Xi'an, Dong Zhuo's lair.

Everyone was very excited about finally being able to send troops, and it was obvious that in the past half a month, everyone had been holding their breath. Especially the statement in the army that the Ma family was afraid of Dong Zhuo made them angry, and now that they have the opportunity to release their anger, who doesn't want to behave well.

The 100,000 army had dinner very early, waiting for it to get dark, Ma Chao, who was dressed in silver armor and had a heroic face, took the 50,000 army out of the city gate first, and soon after, the second brother Ma Xiu and the deputy general Cheng Yi also took the remaining 50,000 horses out of the city.

The news soon reached Pound's ears, and he only sighed when he heard it, and then ordered: "Keep an eye on the movements of the army, and report anything as soon as possible." ”

Even if Ma Chao didn't listen to himself, all Pang De could do was to stabilize the rear as much as possible. Of course, if this is really the enemy's trap, once Ma Chao's life is in danger, he will also need to go to the battlefield in person, after all, once Ma Chao is out of the matter, then no matter what the reason, presumably Ma Teng will not spare himself.

Thinking that he had no merit and that he really needed to bear some responsibility for his defeat, Pound couldn't help but sigh and deeply felt that it was difficult for this vanguard general to do.

What is Pang De's difficulty, he will not put it in Ma Chao's eyes, and now he is excited, and he quickly moved towards the twenty miles outside the city with an army of 50,000. As soon as he thought about it, he felt a fire burning in his heart.

The 50,000-strong army was all cavalry, and they rushed over by the moonlight all the way without stopping.

Dong Zhuo's camp, at this time, is indeed bright with thousands of torches, illuminating the entire military camp as if it were daylight.

At this moment, Dong Zhuo himself had already put on a king-size black armor and was waiting in the military tent. According to Fa Zheng's analysis given to him last night, tonight, Ma Chao is likely to come to rob the camp.

Now that you know this, the best way is to prepare early, but the law correctly says that you want to show the enemy weakness, so that you can attract Ma Chao to chase after you and enter the encirclement. That's what he said about the need for a certain amount of sacrifice.

It's just that he lost some soldiers and horses, but he can indeed defeat Ma Chao, which makes Dong Zhuo think that it is worth it. So even though he knew that the other party would come tonight, he still didn't let the army make any preparations, but just ordered people to wear the battle armor to prevent the enemy from appearing and being too chaotic.

While waiting, a scout suddenly came from outside the tent of the large military camp to report, saying that it was from the direction of Jincheng and found a large number of Ma cavalry rushing here.

"Xiaozhi didn't lie to me, this Ma Chao really came." After hearing the news, Dong Zhuo was not surprised, and then said to Duan Cheng, the general beside him: "Quick, lead the army to evacuate immediately, don't fight this Ma Chao head-on." ”

Duan Cheng didn't know why Dong Zhuo would give such an order, he wanted to be on a par with this legendary No. 1 general of Xiliang, but under the military order, all he needed to do was obey himself.

Immediately, after the general's military order was issued, the 400,000 army began to retreat, and because most people were unprepared, this retreat would inevitably cause panic, and this feeling was exactly what Dong Zhuo wanted Ma Chao to see.

Sure enough, when waiting for Ma Chao to come to Dong Zhuo's military camp with the army, what he saw was chaos all over the ground, and he could even see some soldiers who originally belonged to Yongzhou were lying on the ground wailing at the moment, these were soldiers who had injured themselves because of the chaos.

"Humph! This Dong Zhuo ran fast. Do you just think that's the end of it? General Ben won't let you go. Looking at the hundreds of wounded soldiers who fell to the ground, Ma Chao snorted coldly, and then continued to rush forward with 50,000 cavalry, and he decided to beat the water dogs well.

Dong Zhuo, who was running in front, did not use all his strength at this time, but stopped and stopped, he was not sure if Ma Chao would follow, if not, this plan to lure the enemy would be considered a failure. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the scouts behind him to send news, saying that Ma Chao had followed with a large army, and he was five miles behind him.

"So fast." As soon as he heard that the distance was only five miles, Dong Zhuo was also taken aback, and hurriedly ordered the army to withdraw quickly. He is only luring the enemy, and he will not take the initiative to engage the enemy without entering the encirclement that he has agreed with Fazheng.

Dong Zhuo continued to escape, Ma Chao chased after him, and in the dark night, he saw a torch like a long dragon moving, which looked spectacular.

Because Ma Chao was carrying cavalry, his speed was very fast, and he could gradually see the constantly moving torches in front of him, which made him excited, shouting and speeding up, and he was even more at the forefront of the front.

Ma Chao's pursuit was more than 20 miles, and at this moment, the news had already been transmitted back to Jincheng, and after Pang De heard this information, his face was not only not happy, but also had a trace of bad feelings.

To say that even if Guan Yu and they are gone, Dong Zhuo himself has an army of 400,000, and in the face of an enemy of only 50,000, he retreated without even fighting, this is really incomprehensible, could it be a trap?

The more he thought about it, the more Pound thought that there was such a possibility, thinking that if Ma Teng was beyond the matter, he was afraid that Ma Teng's anger would not be able to resist him, so he said to his deputy general Zhang Heng: "Quick, prepare the war horse, and order 50,000 troops to follow me out of the city." ”

Pound already had a feeling that the victory in this battle had come too quickly, so fast that it gave people the impression that if this was the case, it would be a deception.

Pang De already felt that the situation was wrong, and made the decision to rush to Ma Chao's aid. But the rescued do not know it at all.

In the dark night, Ma Chao's eyes were only on the torches that were getting closer and closer in front of him, as long as he was allowed to rush into them, he would definitely be killed. He wants to use this battle to let everyone know his name and his strength.

As Ma Chao's army continued to advance, it was getting closer and closer to the place of torches, and finally, the distance between the two sides was less than three hundred meters, and at this time he also stopped.

Ma Chao noticed that at this time, the torches that were originally moving had also stopped completely, and they were not running like before, and his expression couldn't help but be a lot more solemn, and he said in his heart, "Could it be that this is the enemy's trick to lure the enemy?" ”

This kind of thought just flashed in his heart, Ma Chao shook his head and refused, at this moment, what he needs is a fighting heart, not to think wildly, that will not have any effect, but will make the morale of the army depressed.

"Major General, the opposite side is the Linshui River, Dong Zhuo and the others should be trying to find a way to cross the river." An adjutant general in the army had been to this place before, and he was familiar with the terrain, so he explained the reason in one sentence.

"It turned out that I encountered the river." Ma Chao couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Originally, I suspected that the other party was cheating, but I never thought that it was indeed blocked by the river. This made his face look overjoyed, and then he said to the soldiers behind him: "Soldiers, Dong Zhuo has been blocked by the river, they can't escape, follow me." ”

The soldiers and horses of Xiliang, who were originally a little trembling because of Dong Zhuojun's behavior, heard Ma Chao's shouting, and their momentum suddenly increased. After seeing the major general riding a horse, he was the first to rush out, and immediately shouted and rushed forward.

Ma Chao came with a cavalry peak, and the impact of 50,000 cavalry made this piece of land tremble like an earthquake.

"Kill!" The shouts of killing kept coming, rushing forward. Ma Chaoyi took the lead and approached the enemy first.

But it was precisely because Ma Chao ran the fastest, with the help of torches, he also saw the Dong Zhuo army standing in front of him, when he saw himself rushing, the other party did not show fear, but had a smug smile on his face, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

This shouldn't be the demeanor of a deserter, is this really the other party's trap?

It was Ma Chao, who was thinking like this, in his surprise, that he saw the soldiers with torches retreating to the side, and then a group of soldiers with spears walked out, and immediately he was in a hurry to rein in the horse, and at the same time the voice of shouting also came out, "It's not good, there is an ambush." ”

Ma Chao reacted quickly, and after seeing that the other party was prepared, he turned over and dismounted. Originally, he wanted to turn his head on horseback, but the distance was too close to stop.

Just as Ma Chao jumped off his horse, his mount rushed straight away, hitting the head of a pikeman's spear, and blood splattered.

Ma Chao's reaction was very fast, but it was really difficult for the cavalry behind him to have such agility as him, and after he jumped off his horse, he saw at least more than 2,000 horsemen rushing straight up and rushing to the spearman's spearhead.

The horse was stabbed, and the strong inertia led the horse to fall off. And once they fell off their horses, they were greeted by several spears piercing at the same time, and for a while, the knight's wailing voices rang out one after another.

Following the appearance of pikemen in front of the army, countless bows and arrows were fired in the sky above them.

Those bows and arrows fell into the middle of the 50,000 cavalry, which immediately caused a burst of chaos, and I don't know how many cavalrymen were shot by the arrows and fell off their horses.

The sudden change in the battle situation completely exceeded Ma Chao's expectations, and when he stood up from the ground in embarrassment, what he saw was the scene he didn't want to see.