Ma Chao also discovered a new change in him, that is, he became more and more timid. This is not to say that he is afraid of going into battle to kill the enemy, but he has too many concerns, he thought that the big enemy was Han Sui's rebels, but he didn't expect that the imperial court that was helping behind his back turned out to be his potential enemy, and when Han Sui failed, the imperial court's attack would come unexpectedly.

Dealing with Han Sui, Ma Chao felt physically and mentally exhausted; Not to mention the powerful imperial court with deep roots and trees. Although Ma Chao knew that the Han family was now only two years away from collapse, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was mediocre and weakened after the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. However, although the Han family at this time was declining and not dying, it was still not something he could provoke.

However, when the six counties succeed, Ma Chaoke will have confidence. Thinking about it, Ma Chao looked up at Cheng Gongying's back again, but saw that Cheng Gongying had already galloped away on horseback, and he turned around and laughed at Ma Chao. Ma Chao was startled, realized that the big thing was not good, and subconsciously looked at the rebel camp, which confirmed his conjecture, at this time, Han Sui's rebels had all retreated into the camp, closed the gate of the village again, and many soldiers and horses on the wall of the wall were under martial law.

Hit the trick! It's a trick to confuse and procrastinate!

Cheng Gongying's face still had the pride of succeeding in his treacherous plan and endless ridicule of him. Ma Chao could even feel bursts of ridicule coming from the rebels' camp. Ma Chao recalled Cheng Gongying's words at this time, and realized that his deception was full of loopholes: although Han Sui was defeated now, he was not completely defeated, how could he willingly give up half of Liangzhou? But what made Ma Chao feel even more ridiculous and ironic was that he really believed it, and he was convinced, and even began to imagine his plans to occupy the six counties without blood!

Ma Chao didn't know how to color for a while, and the feelings of anger, regret, humiliation, and self-blame came to his heart one by one, so angry that Ma Chao's body was crooked, and he almost fell off the horse.

Pang De and Duan Xuan also came back to their senses, knowing that Cheng Gongying had deceived them, and just bought enough time for Han Sui to retreat! It's ridiculous that the two of them were actually fooled as bystanders!

Cheng Gongying's hearty laughter spread far away in the wilderness, and Ma Chao was so angry that he trembled and gritted his teeth. He really wanted to lead the army to immediately set foot on the rebel camp, capture Cheng Gongying, who humiliated and deceived him, and chop him alive to vent his hatred. But it was too late, the rebels had already held the camp, and he had no chance. A God-given opportunity, just gone; Cheng Gongying also swaggered and slipped away under his nose!

Ma Chao was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time. Pang De, Duan Xuan, and the soldiers were all hesitant. After a long time, Pang De said: "Lord, since this is the case, let's lead the army back to the camp, it's not too early." ”

Ma Chao sighed and said, "Go back to the camp." ”

"Yes. The lord didn't have to blame himself too much, although he couldn't launch a fierce attack when the rebels were scattered, but after all, our army won a complete victory today. ”

"That's it, the lord is just letting Han Sui survive for a few days. With the wisdom of the lord, isn't it easy to catch Han Sui'er? Duan Xuan also persuaded.

Ma Chao looked at the two of them and said, "If I lose, I will be defeated, so there is no need to say more." ”

Both generals bowed their heads. Ma Chao said again: "Forget it, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and I should have known this a long time ago." It's my short-sightedness. Let's go back to camp. ”

The two could see that Ma Chaosui said this, but they were still very disappointed.

Ma Chao went first, and the scenes of Fang Cai resurfaced in his mind again, and Cheng Gongying's every sentence was vivid, which made him blame himself in his heart. Ma Chao was very puzzled, how could he easily see through Han Sui's plan, but he was convinced of Cheng Gongying's words?

Ma Chao quickly figured it out, or he was too careless. Han Suizhi used the time in time, he has not yet achieved today's victory, so he is particularly concerned about Han Sui and is extremely vigilant. That's why he saw through the sinister plan in a very short time.

But after today's defeat of Han Sui, he became a little inflated, and even really wanted to row a river with Han Sui, who was strong and powerful. Ma Chao smiled bitterly and shook his head, still unable to hold his breath.

In addition, Ma Chao found that he was still too insecure. As soon as Cheng Gongying exaggerated the threat of the imperial court to him, he directly thought that he could only survive by fighting against the imperial court with Han Sui. In the final analysis, it is because there is no problem of territory and strength.

Soon, Ma Chao led his troops back to the camp. However, to the surprise of Ma Chao, who was depressed, despite this, the soldiers welcomed him into the camp warmly and respectfully. In today's battle, Ma Chao was always able to quickly adjust the attack strategy according to the changes in the battlefield situation, and the rebels were defeated. The soldiers have long regarded him as the god of war, and the name of "General Shenweitian" is becoming more and more worthy of the name, and no one dares to question whether Ma Chao deserves this title anymore. Ma Chao was a little happier at this time.

Another point and found that only 4,000 horses were folded today, although this was the heaviest casualty battle, but this casualty did not hurt Ma Chao. After all, Han Sui's troops were more than five or six times his strength, and it was already a big victory if he didn't lose half of his troops in a battle with the rebels. Because Ma Chao knew that the casualties of the rebels in this battle were far higher than his troops.

Not only that, the camp was also full of military funds transported from Han Sui's camp, more than 300,000 cattle and sheep, and the crowded camp was instantly insufficient. It was also necessary to build a granary to carry more than 600,000 stone of military rations; As for the gold and silver, Ma Chao estimated that at least he would recruit another 100,000 parts; Han Sui's 27,000 war horses are all rare good horses, plus his own war horses, Ma Chao has 60,000 war horses; rescued thousands of people, which made Ma Chao even more proud.

Seeing this mountain of loot, the unhappiness and depression that he had just fallen for Cheng Gongying's plan were swept away in an instant, and Ma Chao was very happy.

Ma Chao thought that Han Sui had lost so much military resources, and his strength must have decreased a lot. Although Han Sui escaped the catastrophe because of Cheng Gongying's clever plan, he must not be in a good mood when he saw that his camp was empty.

But looking at Han Sui's side, he really did as Ma Chao imagined, it was not a big problem for those women to be rescued, but he saw that his war horse was either dead or injured, or let Ma Chao take the sheep by the hand; Most of the cattle and sheep grain and grass were taken away, and the rest was burned by fire; The treasury of gold, silver, weapons, armor, etc., which had been accumulated over the years, was also empty...... It was the first time since he had raised his army that he had suffered such heavy losses; All the previous losses added up are not as heavy as today's.

Everything in front of him made Han Sui angry.