Under the firelight, I saw a scarecrow in the tent, and his broken helmet hung on a stake.

"I've been tricked, retreat!" The horse was so frightened that he turned his horse's head and rushed out of the camp.

Before he turned around, he listened to the drums around him, and the ambush soldiers killed from outside the camp, and the arrows were fired in unison, and the Han army fell in large pieces.

Ma Chao was furious, and while leading the cavalry to charge around, beckoning the soldiers to retreat, he looked for Guo Huai to rendezvous.

At this time, the Han army was rushing to kill everywhere, shouting and killing everywhere, coupled with the fireworks, they couldn't hear the order at all, they were attacked by the ambush soldiers, and they ran away.

When Guo Huai heard the sound of drums, he also knew the plan, and hurriedly led the troops to retreat to the camp gate to respond, and when he saw Ma Chao coming, he shouted: "General Ma, this is an empty camp." ”

"Boji goes first, and a certain one comes to break off!" Ma Chao let out a loud shout, Le Ma stopped, looked around, and looked for Xu Huang.

Suddenly, a drum sounded on the road, Guo Huai was stopped, and he raised a big axe and sneered: "You can't escape today." ”

"Xu Huang dog thief!" Guo Huai's eyes were slightly cold, and he immediately stepped forward to fight.

The ambush soldiers outflanked from the left and right, and at this time, the Wei army also chased after the battalion, surrounded the Han army in the middle, and the two armies fought in one place.

Guo Huai caught Xu Huang fighting, and was feeling struggling, Ma Chao rushed to the horse and yelled: "Xu Huang, take your life!" ”

Xu Huang snorted coldly, abandoned Guo Huai to fight Ma Chao, and several other lieutenants entangled Guo Huai, he set up a heavy siege here, specifically to deal with the cavalry, as long as he held on for half an hour, he could wipe out Ma Chao's department.

Listening to the screams around him, Ma Chao saw that the Xiliang army kept falling, and he couldn't see how many enemy troops there were in the dark, so he didn't dare to fight anymore, so he yelled and forced Xu Huang back, and overturned the two people who surrounded Guo Huai.

The two joined forces, relying on the strength of the Xiliang army, Ma Chao opened a bloody road in front, and Guo Huai then responded and rescued some soldiers and horses to retreat along the river.

"The horses are gone!" Xu Huang's whole army was in hot pursuit, the cavalry could not cross the river, and as long as Ma Chao was eliminated tonight, the Han army in Hanoi would not have anything to fear.

When the two of them were retreating in embarrassment, suddenly the torches on the shore in front of them were bright, and Ma Chao exclaimed: "There are still ambushes here?" ”

"General Ma is coming!" When I was nervous, I heard someone calling, and under the firelight, I saw that it was all the Han army, under the banner of Zhang Zi.

"It's General Zhang!" Guo Huai finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stepped forward to rendezvous.

Ma Chao was also in high spirits, turned the horse's head, stood on the riverbank with a horizontal gun, and shouted: "Xu Huang thief, come and die!" ”

Xu Huang was chasing the Han army, and suddenly saw a fire on the shore in front of him, and he had already drunk the horse to stop far away, and saw that Ma Chao was also deploying reinforcements, and he didn't know how many soldiers and horses there were on the shore, and he didn't love to fight, so he retreated in time.

"Do you want to leave after taking advantage?" Ma Chao was so angry that he was about to chase after him, but was persuaded by Guo Huai.

Ma Chao dismounted and hugged his fists and said: "The two generals came just in time, thank you for the rescue, I don't know what arrangements the military division has?" ”

Zhang Wei said: "The military advisor expected that Xu Huang must be prepared, and it was too late to rescue, so he ordered the two of us to meet the general here." ”

"Regret not listening to Yuan Zhi's words!" Ma Chao's face was full of shame, and he thanked the two again.

Everyone got on the boat in turn, crossed the men and horses, the east was already bright, counted the men and horses, lost more than 3,000, and the infantry led by Guo Huai was annihilated.

"Defeat against the order and kill thousands of people, it's all my fault!" Guo Huai stood on the shore, suddenly drew his sword, and was about to commit suicide to apologize.

"Wait!" Ma Chao snatched the sword and said sharply: "I will bear the responsibility of sending troops, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

Guo Huai sighed: "With such a fiasco, what face do I have to meet the military advisor?" ”

Ma Chaoyan said: "Everything has its own military law, and you are not allowed to apologize for your crimes, go back to the camp first." ”

Zhang Wei and Sha Moke also persuaded Guo Huai, and everyone led the remnants to return to the camp, and Xu Shu was already waiting in the big tent of the Chinese army in the left camp.

Ma Chao saw that Xu Shu's face was sinking like water, and Ma Dai and the others were all looking anxious on the side, so he laughed dryly and hugged his fists and said: "Military advisor, I insisted on sending troops last night, and I had nothing to do with Boji, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

"Bold Ma Chao!" Xu Shu slapped the case and said coldly: "I have repeatedly ordered that all battalions are not allowed to send troops without permission, what crime should you be guilty of violating my military law?" ”

"Uh-" Ma Chao was stunned, but he didn't expect Xu Shu to change his face, and when he saw that all the generals on the left and right lowered their heads, he suddenly felt that his face was hot, and he smiled forcefully: "Military advisor, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and there is no need to ...... it."

"Presumptuous!" Xu Shu said in a deep voice: "Don't you hear that there is no joke in the army? Before the three armies, you are the general, how can you spare you if you break my decree first? Come on, push Ma Chao out of the tent and behead him! ”

"It's not ......" Ma Chao's eyes widened and he looked at Xu Shu in disbelief: "Strategist, are you really here?" ”

Xu Shu snorted coldly: "The military order is like a mountain, if it is not punished, how will I command the army in the future?" Don't let go! ”

Ma Chao didn't care at first, but when he saw that Xu Shu was not emotional, he couldn't help but look at Xu Shu and said slowly: "Strategist, do you really want to kill me?" ”

Guo Huai hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Military advisor, this plan is my plan, and it has nothing to do with General Ma, and the last general is willing to bear it." ”

Xu Shu said coldly: "I ordered you to join the army and help General Ma to guard the left camp together, he violated the military order, you should have admonished him, but he actually sent troops instead, causing thousands of people to die in vain, messing with our army's heart, and falling into our army's prestige." Thou art the initiator, and you should have been beheaded, so what qualifications do you have to intercede for him? ”

Guo Huai's face was flushed, and he knelt down and said, "Guo Huai...... May you confess your sins. ”

Ma Chao was dumbfounded when he saw Guo Huai kneeling on the ground, Xu Shu was his savior, and he had always treated him as a brother, and he didn't treat him as an outsider from his heart.

I thought that this time the army failed, and it would be over for him to come back and talk about his personal feelings, but I didn't expect Xu Shu to be so ruthless, and even he had to ask for beheading, and he couldn't say anything about this plea.

In a daze, I saw Xu Shu take a deep breath, waved his hand and said: "First push Guo Huai out of the gate and behead him, and use the military law to correct it." ”

"Wait!" Ma Chao pushed away the soldiers who came over, hugged his fist at Xu Shu and said: "Military advisor, this matter is indeed caused by me, if you want to kill me, you don't have to involve Guo Huai." ”

Xu Shu looked at Ma Chao coldly: "Military law is ruthless, don't you dare to kill you?" ”

When Ma Chao heard this, his head swelled, and he looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahaha, Ma Chao's life was originally saved by the military advisor, and if someone else kills Ma Chao, I will definitely not accept it, and I will die in the hands of the military advisor, and I will die without regrets!" ”

Xu Shu looked pained and said: "I beheaded you, but I acted in accordance with military law, not for personal feelings!" This defeat and the loss of thousands of people are all your fault! If I don't know the discipline of the military, how can I serve the people in the future? ”

Pang De hurriedly knelt down and pleaded: "Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiliang are all obeying Meng Qi's orders, if you kill him, there may be a mutiny, please think twice!" ”

Ma Dai also knelt down and said: "Brother Nian is a first-time offender, please forgive the sin, only the elder brother in the army can defeat Xu Huang, it is better to leave him useful and make meritorious contributions." ”

"In the past, I did not hesitate to risk death to rescue three people, but now how can I bear to behead them? However, the military law is ruthless, but he has to ......" Xu Shu took a deep breath in the sky, his eyes were red, and finally shook his head and said: "Meng Qi, you go!" ”

Ma Chao was stunned and said, "Where to go?" ”

"Where you came from, where you are going!" Xu Shu couldn't help but shed two lines of tears, turned his back, and said slowly: "Take your Xiliang Army, let's go!" ”