Yuan Xi had a very bad impression of Ma Chao, thinking that he was disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust, and was good for nothing except high force value and handsomeness.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a novel, and it has beautified him, but you can still see his bastard from the clues.

Not to mention the real history, Ma Teng's death was completely caused by him, Cao Cao never wanted to kill Ma Teng, and Ma Teng never received any edicts.

It was he who knew that his father and two younger brothers were officials in Xudu, and he also allied with Han Sui, the enemy who killed his mother, to raise troops against Cao.

Cao Cao killed the killer and killed Ma Teng, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and other Ma clans.

After the defeat, he defected to Zhang Lu, and surrendered to Liu Bei in Zhang Lu despite his own nephew.

Needless to say, his poor nephew was beheaded by Zhang Lu, no wonder Pang De, the general of the Ma family, would rather surrender to Cao Cao than follow him.

This is a complete egoist, until the whole world is defeated, he began to regret it, and it was also his fate, and the last master who took refuge was Liu Bei, who was known for his benevolence, and he was able to die a good death.

Let's say that Wei Yan arrived in Bingzhou, Ma Teng had already attacked Shangdang County, fought with the Gaogan army for half a month, and the Bingzhou army lost two games in a row, retreated to Huguan, and held on to the dangerous pass.

Wei Yan's arrival boosted morale, and after deliberation that night, it was decided that Wei Yan would face the enemy head-on tomorrow, Zhang Bai cavalry responded, and Gao Gan personally led the Wuhuan cavalry to wait for the opportunity.

This Wuhuan cavalry originally belonged to the Karasuma cavalry of Jizhou, and was originally led by Zhao Zhao, and recruited from the Wuhuan people, not friendly troops, but purely an army belonging to the Yuan family's army sequence.

Among the princes at the end of the Han Dynasty, only Yuan Shao had Wuhuan cavalry, which was due to the geographical location, and there were too many Wuhuan tribes in Youzhou and Zhou.

The Wuhuan people of these small tribes are gradually sinicizing, and they are more willing to join the Yuan family's army, and even slaughtering Wuhuan is also a pioneer.

At the beginning of the Battle of Bingzhou, Yuan Shang sent them over to support Gao Gan, but the main general was no longer a leader, but Shu Shao, a subordinate of Yuan Shu.

Shu Shao was famous all over the world, scattered 100,000 loads of military rations to save the people, Yuan Shu was angry and wanted to kill him, and finally was moved by his righteous deeds, and instead promoted him to the head of Fuling.

After Yuan Shu's death, Shu Shao returned to his hometown Chenliu County, unwilling to do Cao, half a year ago after Yuan Xi became famous, he went north to Youzhou to defect, which can be regarded as the righteousness of the monarch and minister of the Yuan family.

Let him lead the Wuhuan cavalry, is the main reason for his management skills, as for the charge, Yuan Xi doesn't dare, it's strange if he loses a talent in vain.

This time he brought troops to Merge Prefecture, and he also handed over the command to Gao Gan, and he made suggestions on the side.

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The next day, Wei Yan and Chen soldiers leaned on the city in front of Huguan and lined up, with their backs to Huguan, sword and shield soldiers in front, pikemen followed closely behind, and finally three thousand crossbowmen, a typical phalanx, I couldn't see anything surprising.

Ma Teng heard that Huguan was out of the formation, and said to everyone happily: "It seems that Gao Gan can't hold on, and can only fight to the death to save the defeat. ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he hurriedly asked for battle, Ma Teng looked at the others, they were all high-spirited, and couldn't help laughing: "Chao'er is the vanguard, let the people be the leader, and give you three thousand cavalry for your father, and you will follow me to suppress the formation." ”

Don't blame Ma Teng for underestimating Yuan Jun, everyone was angry when he won the battle before, and Wei Yan led all the infantry troops, and he didn't know that this was Youzhou Bing.

Three thousand Xiliang iron cavalry, dealing with five thousand infantry troops on the battlefield, this is already worthy of the other party.

After the two armies faced each other and set up a formation, Pang De realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly called Ma Chao, who wanted to attack immediately, and said: "Big Prince, slow down!" ”

Ma Chao turned his face to look at him, and when he saw his solemn face, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong, what's wrong with Ling Minjue?" ”

"The eldest prince looks at the opponent's military formation, and his morale is high, not like a general of a defeated army."

Ma Chao frowned after looking back, and said to himself: "Is something wrong, is there still a new force hidden under Gao Gan's subordinates?" ”

Both of them hesitated at this time, Ma Chao is indeed a bad character, but his sensitivity to the battlefield is definitely the top one in the Three Kingdoms era.

"First go up to a thousand horsemen to outflank the two wings, let's advance steadily head-on, don't rush into the range of crossbow arrows, and see how the other party responds."

After Ma Chao pondered, he gave a steady order, Liang Xing and Zhang Heng responded to the call, and each led five hundred cavalry to rush to Wei Yan's two wings, and Ma Chao personally led the troops to press on the front.

"The horses are really difficult, no wonder the lord told me to be careful, I reacted so quickly."

Wei Yan scratched the mustache that didn't have a few roots on his chin, muttered to himself, and then ordered: "Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan are responsible for the left and right wings, and the rest will meet with General Ben." ”

Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan, two of Ma Chao's eight strong generals in the Romance, were generals under Gao Gan at this time, and were transferred to Wei Yan's army to assist in the battle.

It's not that the two of them surrendered to the top cadres, but that these two people were originally from Hedong, and they followed Ma Chao in Jian'an for 16 years in history.

These two brothers were originally from Haoqiang, and when Dong Zhuo occupied Hedong, he followed him to Guanzhong, but because he was not a descendant of the Liangzhou army, he was not reused.

After Dong Zhuo's death, there was chaos in Guanzhong, and he led thousands of troops to occupy some remote and small places, but life was sad.

Guanzhong was broken and failed to harvest for many years, and I heard that Hedong was occupied by Gao Gan, and it was better for the two of them to return to their hometown, and the two families were originally protected by the Wei family before.

Wei Gu followed Yuan Xi, and the two of them naturally secretly took refuge in Yuan Xi.

Ma Chao was indeed cautious enough, but the first time he encountered the Youzhou army, he didn't understand the horror of the Youzhou crossbowmen at all, although he was prepared, he was still careless.

Wei Yan is not easy to match, and he can make Liu Bei feel at ease to hand over all the military and political power in Hanzhong to him, which shows that this guy is not only capable of fighting.

As soon as he saw that the horse on the front was not raised, he immediately understood what the other party wanted to do, and directly ordered to meet him.

It's impossible if you want to stop outside the range, and by the time you react to the hedge, it's too late to stop the running warhorse.

Ma Chao was taken aback when he saw that the opposing infantry chose to hedge, but with this hesitation, the distance between the two sides had already entered the firing range.

Pang De shouted anxiously: "The eldest prince quickly changes his formation, and he must not stop rushing forward!" ”

Ma Chao was stunned, "That's right, didn't I fall into the other party's calculations this stop?" No matter how fast the reaction is, there is mental arithmetic on the battlefield, and the difference is just that moment.

The rainstorm of arrows was endless, and the soldiers who had just reined in their horses suddenly became live targets, and when they rushed up again, they could no longer speed up and made a mess.

The cavalry is most reluctant to be half-hearted, either stopping outside the firing range, or rushing into the opponent's formation with speed in one fell swoop within the firing range.

But as soon as this stops within the firing range and is covered by arrows, most of the people will not be able to speed up the charge, but will be frightened by the war horse, causing the entire charging formation to be chaotic.