Since he divided his troops with Ma Chao a few days ago, Ma Dai, who was ordered to cut off Han Sui's retreat, was afraid that the situation would change, so he led 30,000 horsemen to Longxi County at night. Following Ma Chao's strategy, Ma Dai led his army to the northwest, but crossed the upper reaches of Weishui in one day and marched to the border of Longxi. The first city in front of him was Great Xia City.

Great Xia City was still far away from Ayang City, and Ma Dai expected that the defenders of Great Xia did not know that he had arrived with his army. Ma Dai also found that there were only more than 1,000 defenders in the city of Great Xia, and those who stayed to defend the city must be weak brigades; Daxia City is also only a small city, and the city walls are made of rammed earth. So Ma Dai came up with a plan and instructed his subordinates to fill the soil with bags of grain first.

In the night, taking advantage of the fact that the defenders were not ready for war, Ma Dai ordered dozens of horsemen to take advantage of the night to touch the lowest section of the city wall under the city of Great Xia, and build a slope under the city with bags full of sand. As soon as the defenders noticed that there was a night attack, the ramp had been built, and Ma Dai led 30,000 horsemen up the ramp and rushed onto the city wall of Great Xia in one fell swoop. 30,000 horsemen poured into the city of Great Xia, where was the opponent of the defenders in the city? In just half a moment, the Great Xia City changed the Great King's Banner in the night.

After capturing the city of Great Xia, Ma Dai did not stop, leaving behind two thousand defenders, and immediately led his army out of the city, and his next target was the most important city of Caohan in this attack. Caohan City is the gateway to the southwest of Jincheng, and once he takes Caohan, Han Sui can only take the trail back to Jincheng.

And when I won the Great Summer, it was still at night. The defenders of Great Xia were also dumplings made by Ma Dai, and Ma Dai expected that Caohan City must not have noticed his movements. So Ma Dai wanted to capture the city of Caohan again tonight. The city of Caohan was very close to Great Xia, and Ma Dai led his army to quickly attack the city of Caohan. The defenders of Caohan City sensed that Ma Dai's army was about to attack at night, but Ma Dai's 30,000 horsemen suddenly came down from the sky, and the defenders fell into a panic.

Ma Dai seized this opportunity and ordered his troops to brave the rain of arrows from the defenders to get close to the city walls of Caohan, regardless of casualties. Due to the urgency of time, Ma Dai did not have time to build a ladder truck, and still used earth bags to pile up a ramp under the city wall that was the same height as the city wall. Ma Dai led his troops to charge again, and rushed up the ramp in the rain of arrows from the defenders. The defenders of the city fought back desperately, but they could not resist Ma Dai's troops ten times as many as theirs. In just half a moment, Ma Dai cleared the defenders of Caohan City and set up the banner of Ma Chaojun at the head of Caohan City.

At this point, the battle has only passed overnight. After attacking the two cities, Ma Dai's army was filled with a frenzy of victory. Ma Dai was also undiminished, leaving behind 3,000 defenders, and then led the main force to rush to Baishi in the west of Caohan in the morning light. But after killing Baishi, Ma Dai was taken aback. The White Rock defenders discovered his traces, but they hung a white flag on the top of the city and dedicated the White Rock City to Ma Dai. When Ma Dai asked, he learned that the military marquis guarding Baishi had always been dissatisfied with Han Sui's tyranny and unreasonableness, so he surrendered and offered the city.

Caohan, Baishi and Daxia were in the northernmost part of Longxi, and the capture of the three cities was to build a wall between Han Sui and Jincheng. Ma Dai was overjoyed, and left the marquis to continue to hold Baishi, while he led his army south to capture the remaining four cities. At this time, the cities of Longxi had already learned of Ma Dai's offensive. Ma Dai could not continue to attack at night, so he could only launch a strong attack on the four cities. With more and more elite troops than the defenders of the four cities, Ma Dai successfully captured the four cities of Angu, Xiangwu, Didao and Zhangxian within three days, while Han Sui was deeply involved in the battle of Ayang at this time, unaware.

Ma Dai defended the army under the arrangement of seven cities on the one hand to prevent a possible breakthrough by Han Sui; On the one hand, there was still strength left, and other troops were sent to capture the two cities of Lintao and Xuandao. Ma Dai captured the nine cities in the central and northern parts of Longxi, plus Anding County that Ma Chao had already captured, which made Jicheng fall into a semi-encirclement, almost cutting off the road between Jicheng and Jincheng. At the same time, Ma Dai also intercepted a large number of grain convoys on the way to lead the troops to attack Zhangxian, that is, Han Sui's grain road, and obtained more than 400,000 stones of corn, and the gold silk was not counted.

So far, Ma Dai successfully completed Ma Chao's task, captured most of Longxi, blocked Han Sui's back road, and cut off Han Sui's military rations by the way. At this time, Han Sui had just been defeated by Ma Teng and Ma Chao under Ayang City, and he was so miserable that he gathered the remnants of his defeated army and retreated towards Jicheng, which had already been surrounded.

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Regarding Ma Dai's offensive in Longxi County, Cheng Gongying, Yan Xing and Liang Xing, who had just escaped, did not know. In the Bo Domain, only three of them escaped, and the remaining 2,000 remnants were forced to land by Pound. The three of them had to flee in the direction of Jicheng together.

Due to the loss of troops and food, when they walked a hundred miles, the war horses could still graze along the way, but the three of them had not eaten for two days. In order to survive, Cheng Gongying had to exchange his jade pendant for two liters of millet and a small piece of salt from the villagers. Just these two liters of millet are still mixed with bran, and some millet has not yet been shelled, so Yan Xing and Liang Xing washed it for a long time. But when the corn was cooked, the three of them were still hungry and rushed to eat. Two liters of corn rice were snatched up by the three of them in less than a moment, and all three of them still felt that this meal was the most fragrant meal they had ever eaten. In addition to hunger, they also had to guard against the scouts of Ma Chao's army patrolling everywhere, hiding in Tibet. Sometimes, halfway down, there will be some green forest heroes who come to rob the road. Fortunately, Yan Xing was hungry and could beat away the bandits, otherwise the three of them would have become the bandits' swordsmen. Yan Xing was hungry on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to avoid Ma Chaojun, and on the other hand, he was also worried about the green forest heroes who robbed the road, he felt the cruelty of life for the first time, and once again had the idea of surrendering Ma Chao. But it's just a germination. Because Yan Xing still thinks that Ma Chao and Han Sui are the same kind of people, and they are the same under everyone.

When they came to the vicinity of Luoyang, the three of them heard that Han Sui had been defeated by Ma Chao and was fleeing to Jicheng in a hurry. In the Battle of Ayang, Han Sui's army beheaded 23,000 and surrendered 5,600, leaving only more than 30,000 troops. However, Ma Chao suffered a slight loss, and since this battle, Ma Chao's strength has surpassed Han Sui. Although they had a premonition, the three of them were still very surprised when they heard the result of the battle of Ayang. After this battle, Han Sui may not be able to launch any decent offensive against Ma Chaojun.

The three of them encountered many routs on the way, and only then did they find Han Sui and his only remaining 30,000 parts.

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After listening to the report of the defenders of Xiangwu City, Han Sui fell into deep thought. Ma Chao took advantage of his attack on Ayang to take most of Longxi, and he had already cut off his back roads and grain routes. Jincheng, as well as most of Liangzhou, have cut off contact with him. The fortified city of Jicheng is also precarious. And he was defeated in the Battle of Ayang, no matter how you look at it, Han Sui is at the end of his rope.

When Han Sui was depressed, a terrible voice suddenly came from behind him: "Lord! ”