Ma Chao had been in Di Dao for nearly ten days, secretly monitoring Pang Gong, and unlike Cao Jun, with Ma Chao's bloodline and prestige in Qiang, people who delivered news to him abounded.

Ma Chao was anxious but couldn't be anxious, he was waiting, waiting until Pang Gong moved to a place where he could annihilate him and set up camp.

According to a large amount of information, Ma Chao judged that Pang Gong was by no means trying to plot Di Dao, but more like surveillance and temptation.

Pang Gong would never camp in the same place for more than three days, and this kind of vigilance was very sophisticated.

Pang Gong sent scouts to investigate, and as the scope of the exploration deepened, most of the scouts were killed by Qiang Di under the command of Ma Chao, and Pang Gong's efforts to buy Qiang Di's spies did not work.

Ma Chao even selected the condor archers among the Qiang people to block the Cao army scouts ten miles away from him. Pang Gong was wary of this, but he couldn't find anything, and tried his best to grasp the wind and grass of the place.

Ma Chao finally waited for the opportunity he wanted. Pang Gong, who was monitoring Di Dao, was unwilling to watch the soldiers and horses breaking through in the distance fall, he never expected that Ma Chao would lead 20,000 cavalry to take advantage of the night of the furious wind, take advantage of the night, divide into four roads, and quietly besiege him.

Poor Pang Gong's 3,000 cavalry, stubbornly resisted, and fought through the three-layer encirclement but still did not stand out, and was used as a target for Ma Chao to practice.

Ma Chao had already divided several teams of cavalry, and once the Cao army broke through, the arrows were fired to death. Xiahou Yuan made a lot of calculations, but after all, he underestimated Ma Chao. At the same time, he underestimated Liu Bei.

Liu Bei actually raised more than 30,000 cavalry in Liangzhou. Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong were very secret, indeed, when the cavalry entered Yizhou or Jingzhou, horse feed, horse breeders and racetracks were huge consumption.

But now it's Liangzhou, the grasslands are everywhere, it's good to need to bear the consumption of knights, it's true that the cost alone is quite considerable, Liu Bei is out, raising soldiers for a thousand days, it's today!

In addition to the 30,000 cavalry, plus the previous rebellion, he also shocked the rebellion and recruited 7,000 Qiang cavalry (mentioned in chapter 96), which paid a heavy price for the misjudgment of the Han army.

Looking at Pang Gong's corpse, Ma Chao stabbed Pang Gong's corpse fiercely and said: "Traitor, kill my wife, kill my young son, you have a share, and I will finally take revenge today!" ”

Cheng Ji whispered in front of Ma Chao: "General Ma, stop!" He is dead, he is dead in battle, just as your ancestor Ma Yuan said of the Shroud of Horse Skin, bury him! ”

Ma Chao stopped, Cheng Ji mentioned his ancestors, Ma Chao felt sad in his heart, how majestic the ancestors were, how miserable he was.

With a wave of his hand, his men carried Pang Gong away. Cheng Ji whispered to his cronies: "You go and follow Haosheng to bury this person, and write his name and official position!" The subordinate agreed.

Ma Chao continued to march and found a strange phenomenon, most of the pursuing Cao troops ran in one direction.

This is strange, it stands to reason that the Cao army was defeated, and it was only survivable to scatter and flee, and running in one direction was not equivalent to letting himself be chased and killed behind? Less chance of escape.

Thinking of this, Ma Chao ordered the captured Cao Junjun Sima and above to be left behind, and ordinary Cao Jun cut off his middle finger and index finger, and then let them go. As a result, most of the Cao army still ran in one direction, which was instinct, and ran to a place where they had the ability to protect themselves.

Ma Chao said with a smile: "Cao Jun has a ghost and wants to ambush me, I don't know which fool came up with it!" Ambush me Ma Chao in my hometown! ”

Ma Chao shouted: "Soldiers, listen to my command and come with me." ”

Ma Chao took advantage of the new victory and followed Cao Jun to ambush Cao Jun. Ma Chao was familiar with geography, so he naturally guessed a rough idea of where Cao Jun was ambushed.

After confirming the location, Ma Chao gave full play to the advantages of his cavalry, surrounded the ambush soldiers, and cut off the connection between the ambush and Zhong Ti.

Liang Kuan, the commander of the Cao army, was a step slower when he noticed that it was not good, how could the infantry be faster than the cavalry!

After Ma Chao roughly figured out the situation, he sighed that he was indeed an expert, and the ambush was set up very well, even if he found that there was an ambush, how to take it now is a problem, Cao Jun occupies the position, and he is purely a cavalry, so it is not easy to attack.

Cao Hong is a veteran general in the army, and he is very good at the layout of the battle, but he is not a general, after all, he failed to cooperate with Xiahou Yuan's plan, if it is not for the reduction of the ambush force, it is entirely possible to retreat into Zhongti City at this time, but unfortunately there is no if.

Ma Chao was not ready to let go of this Cao army, and constantly sent small troops to bring wet firewood to set fire to the Cao army in ambush according to the wind direction, and at night it was ten thousand horses galloping, and the sound of drums formed a coercion.

After three days, Cao Jun was exhausted. Yang Fu received the news of Ma Chao's killing for the first time.

When Yang Fu learned about it, he hurriedly sent the only 3,000 cavalry to support, hoping to receive Liang Kuan's retreat into Zhongti to hold on. He can't die without help, that would be too fatal to morale.

His own troops were limited, and he didn't dare to leave the grain and grass easily, and he was supported by foot soldiers, so if the battle situation was unfavorable, he would just send his head to Ma Chao.

Yang Fu scolded Cao Hong in his heart for being stupid, the worst situation occurred, Ma Chao came, and the strength was far beyond the prediction. Pray that friends Pang Gong and Liang Kuan can break through. It's a pity that Ma Chao is invincible in the field.

Three thousand cavalry cautiously approached, looking for fighters. But in the end, they didn't even see Liang Kuan's Cao Jun, and they were noticed by Ma Chao. Ma Chao is very smart, and Cao Jun will definitely run away with his army.

So Ma Chao selected a thousand cavalry to come to fight. Cao Jiang saw that Ma Chao's strength was lower than his own, thinking that it was the outlying Sentinel Han army, and after determining the safety of the surroundings, Cao Jiang chose to engage him.

It is true that the Han army has few troops, but there are Ma Chao. Ma Chao put away his banner and hid his body and blended in the team.

When the two armies clashed, Ma Chao unfurled the banner and started a war. Cao's army was unstoppable, whoever touched it died, and this battle ended with a huge victory for Ma.

Ma Chao killed happily and was invincible. Cheng Ji sighed afterwards: "The general's courage is worthy of his name!" "Ma Chao is very proud of his victory. Continue to deal with Liang Kuan.

Ma Chao divided his troops to attack the east and west, pretending to break through, one moment to the east and one moment to the west, which made Cao's army highly nervous. On the fifth day, Ma Chao sent hundreds of people to put on Cao Jun's clothes and armor, and they were covered with cloaks.

Ma Chao personally launched an attack and rushed into the Cao army's formation. Cao Jun deserved to be an elite, and rows of arrows rained down obliquely, erecting sharp logs buried in the soil. Ma Chao rushed into the rain of arrows, passed through the sharp wood, and killed Cao Jun in front of a pit several feet deep.

The horse let out a loud shout and used his horsemanship to restrain the warhorse. Some Han troops did not have time to move into the pit.

Ma Chao shouted: "The person who fell into the pit immediately abandoned his horse and hid on both sides!" Don't stop in the back, rush me! In this way, he filled the pit with horses, and Ma Chao saw the opportunity and urged the horses to enter the Cao army's array.

Cao's army had retreated into the woods, using trees to limit the Han cavalry. Ma Chao ignored it, and used his excellent horsemanship to kill into Cao's army, resisting spears on all sides.

The Han army, who was wearing Cao Jun's clothes and armor before, took off their cloaks and blended into Cao's army after engaging with Cao's army, and suddenly attacked.

Ma Chao saw that the time had come, and shouted: "Dismount and fight!" ”

The reason for not abandoning the horse before was to let Cao Jun's attention be on himself, after all, the cavalry was condescending, and the invisible sense of oppression would put pressure on Cao Jun, and he did not dare to relax.

If the battle is fought on foot at the beginning, Cao Jun can resist in a calm and relaxed formation. The Han army was changed to infantry, and its combat effectiveness was not low at all, after all, it required excellent skills to control horses.

The two armies of Han and Cao fought. The spy Han army creates chaos, and the inside should be combined with the outside. On the other side, Cheng Yi led the Han army to surround him. Cao Jun deserves to be an elite, five days of tossing and mixed in, or stubbornly resisted under the leadership of General Liang Kuan.

After three hours of fierce fighting, Cao's army could not hold on, and was finally outnumbered and defeated by the Han army, and Liang Kuan was captured and taken to Ma Chao.

Liang Kuan would rather die unyieldingly, scolded Ma Chao, and refused to surrender. Ma Chao was unceremonious and cut off the head to deter Cao Jun.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Cheng Jiqi said: "It's strange that the Cao army dares to ambush so many of us with 8,000 soldiers and horses!" ”

Ma Chao said: "I just asked, it was originally Cao Hong who led 15,000 soldiers and horses to set up an ambush, and Pang Gong was the bait. I don't know why Cao Hong suddenly took away half of the soldiers and horses. Our army won by luck. Cao Jun probably never thought that we had such soldiers and horses! ”

Cheng Ji said: "Well, I didn't expect us to annihilate Pang Gong, Pang Gong didn't even have a chance to warn, and he was found in an ambush!" ”

Ma Chao said: "In fact, if there are really 15,000 people here, this battle will not be easy to fight." 20,000 people besieged 8,000 Cao soldiers, and the total number of dead and wounded was nearly 5,000, which took five days.

If we add seven thousand, it will take at least ten days, and the casualties will be even greater, and we will lose half of our combat strength at once, and then I will lose my advantage. Besides, Cao Jun still has reinforcements. ”

Ma Chao continued to clean up the battlefield, while Cheng Ji interrogated the captives and received happy news. The Cao army was divided into troops, and the Cao army stationed to protect grain and grass was less than 10,000 people.

However, it is not a good thing for Yang Fu to lead the troops, Cheng Ji looked at Ma Chao who was commanding the cleaning of the battlefield, don't do anything in the sea of blood!

Cheng Ji ordered the surrounding Han troops not to reveal the news that the person leading the troops was Yang Fu! Cheng Ji told Ma Chao the news, and the two of them weighed it, there was nothing to be afraid of, Cao's army was no longer able to pose a threat to them, and he acted according to Huang Quan's plan.

Ma Chao gave an order, ignored the Cao army of Zhongticheng, and rushed to the line from Houhe and Lintao to Lishan, contacted the Qiangdi tribes scattered and hidden everywhere, and began to set fires, burn the grassland, and cut off the supply of Xiahou Yuan's cavalry.

Ma Chao ordered, Qiang Di hesitated slightly, and immediately beheaded! Ma Chao cavalry is a team of 1,000 people, bringing hay and igniting the grassland on all sides.

Ma Chao personally urged the tribe closest to him to set fires. The Qiang tribe was heartbroken. Ma Chao scolded: "We will compensate for your losses, and there are cheap profits, what are you hesitating about!" ”

What Yang Fu was waiting for was bad news, and the cavalry with 3,000 supports couldn't even get together 500 people.

Yang Fu stomped his feet anxiously, panting and said, "What about Pang Gong and General Liang Kuan?" Any news? ”

Cao Jun's answer made Yang Fu's mood even lower. Yang Fu didn't have time to think about the life and death of his friend, and the Cao Jun scout brought back the news of Ma Chao's burning of the grassland, and a huge crisis came. Yang Fu felt bad.

In three or five days, hundreds of miles of grassland will be burned to the ground. Xiahou Yuan retreated north, and the horses lost their fodder, and their combat effectiveness would be weakened, and they would be defeated without a fight. Now he only has 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands to guard the grain and grass, and Zhang He's reinforcements will take two days.

Yang Fu scolded Cao Hong for not knowing the art of war, if he listened to his own army, Ma Chao would be able to deal with it, but now it is good, Ma Chao ignores himself.

In a flash of inspiration, Yang Fu suddenly thought that he and Ma Chao had a common enmity, so why not use himself to lure Ma Chao into the scheme.

Yang Fu sent the plan to Zhang He on the one hand, and reported the emergency situation to Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, asking Cao Hong to return it.

Yang Fu made proper arrangements and led his subordinates to attack Qiangdi, who set fire to it. Things have exceeded Yang Fu's expectations, and the scattered Qiang tribes that had been neglected actually dug trenches, set up horses to resist horses, dig pits, and set up tripping ropes on the burned grassland.

Yang Fu's eyes widened, whether General Xiahou could come back or not. After the migration of the Qiang tribe was completed before, he was ordered to intercept and captured tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and captured thousands of people, which was quite a success.

At the moment, Yang Fuke didn't have the heart to think about these at all, without the drag of the tribe, these people who stayed behind could let go of the fight.

Yang Fu sighed: "If Cao Hong is here, it is more than enough to stop Ma Chao, or attack Qianqiang to prevent them from setting fire to the grass, even if he suffers a loss to the cavalry, Ma Chao will have to pay a heavy price."

It's good now, the division of troops has lost 6,000 cavalry and 8,000 foot soldiers in vain, and the lives of our soldiers are cheap! Because of Liu Chan, who didn't know if he could be caught, the whole situation collapsed. ”

Yang Fu didn't expect it, and Huang Quan didn't expect that it was Liu Chan and a greedy Cao Hong that finally worked.