On both sides of the gate tower is the horse road, and the horse road is a slope that extends from under the city wall to the city wall, or the stairs can allow war horses to run up. Ma Dai immediately ordered 3,000 cavalry to divide into two routes, and while clearing the stubborn defenders on the city wall, they rushed down the city wall along the horse road and occupied the whole city.

The ecstatic Xiliang soldiers, the crazy shouts suddenly resounded throughout Anmi City. Countless Xiliang soldiers quickly rushed off the road on the city wall of Anmi, and then quickly rushed into Anmi City, immediately filling all important streets, barracks, warehouses, and government offices in Anmi City. The battle on the city wall continued, and the armored cavalry led by Cherrigi had lost their physical strength at this time, so they had to stop, and the light cavalry continued to clear the entire city wall of the remnants of the enemy. But Ma Dai searched everywhere, but could not find any trace of Zhang Heng, the guard of Anmi City. Suddenly, a cavalry came to report that they had found that an enemy army had retreated from the city through the north gate and was fleeing in the direction of Lufu City.

While arranging for Cherrigi and others to take control of Anmi City, Ma Dai personally led more than 500 horsemen out of the South City Gate, which was the city gate he had attacked, and bypassed Anmi City to pursue the remnants of the enemy who escaped from the city. Because Ma Dai estimated that since Zhang Heng did not appear in Anmi City, he must have led that group of remnants of the enemy to run.

On this side, Han Sui and the other three saw from a distance that a group of remnants of the defeated soldiers had escaped from the already lost Anmi City, and hope was once again ignited in the hearts of Han Sui and the others.

Ma Yu said: "Lord, it must be Zhang Heng who leads his troops to break through!" ”

Cheng Gongying said: "The lord might as well go out of the city to pick up Zhang Heng into the city, first, to boost morale, and second, Jin Ma Chao is bound to use the sandbag slope method to attack my Lufu City, it is better to go out of the city first and fight with one, maybe it can delay Ma Chao's offensive, so that he has to postpone the siege until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." ”

Han Sui said: "Bo Ying's intention is to take advantage of this day or two to come up with a strategy to deal with the sandbag slope?" ”

"But our army is far inferior to the army of Jinmachao, and I am afraid that going out of the city is doomed." The horse was a little scared.

Cheng Gongying said: "Not necessarily. Our army still has 30,000 horsemen, twice as many as the army of Jinmachao. Moreover, Jin Ma Chao divided his troops into four and used them to surround me Lufu City on all sides. Our army can dispatch 20,000 cavalry to meet one of them, and naturally there is a possibility of victory. And to defeat the army of Jinmachao and damage its military strength, Jinmachao will inevitably need a day or two to repair. Within these days or two, we will have a way to deal with the sandbag slope. My lord, my subordinates have already thought that our army can build a wooden fence on the section of the city wall near the city gate to block the sandbag slope. ”

Han Sui said: "Okay! In that case, the old man will go! ”

Cheng Gongying and Ma Wan did not stop him, because at this time, Han Sui except for himself, only Ma Wan could command.

Soon, when Zhang Heng's remnants quickly approached Lufu City, Ma Chao also immediately discovered his movements. Ma Chao just wanted to send his generals to lead the army to annihilate the enemy, but he heard a deafening drum beat on Lufu City, which indicated that Han Sui wanted to send his troops out of the city to respond.

Ma Chao thought to himself, it's just in time! I wanted to send Zhang Xiu to solve Zhang Hengbu, and I went to deal with Han Sui's main force in the city. Jia Xu immediately stopped: "Young master, don't!" ”

"Why not?"

Jia Xu said: "The reason why Han Sui went out of the city to answer the answer was that he intended to enter the city and maintain morale; The second is the intention of a decisive battle with our army. And the number of our troops outside this city gate is only a few thousand, and it is difficult to resist Han Sui's main army. If we want to mobilize the troops outside the other three gates, it is also easy to form a melee, which is not only bound to cause many casualties, but also exhausts our army. This is exactly what Han Sui wanted, and Han Sui had time to think about how to crack my sandbag slope. Therefore, at this time, it is better to let Zhang Heng enter the city and avoid fighting with Han Sui's main army. And when General Ma Dai completely takes Anmy City, and the armor and cavalry of Cherrigi are decorated for a while, it is not too late to attack the city again! ”

Zhang Xiu said: "Then what about Han Sui's old tricks and sending the whole army out of the city to fight a decisive battle with our army?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said, "That's just right!" Our army will gather all the troops at that time, how can we not defeat the Han Sui army! ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "Order, the whole army withdraws from the encirclement of Dulufu City, retreats to the city of Anmi, and is not allowed to engage the enemy!" ”

The flag was changed, the flag was conveyed, including Ma Chao here, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry that surrounded the four gates of Lufu City turned their horses and retreated.

Han Sui had just sorted out 20,000 horsemen, and as soon as he left the south gate of Lufu City, he saw Ma Chao leading the army to retreat. Han Sui understood that he must have seen through the plan to delay the siege by borrowing the decisive battle out of the city, so he withdrew from the siege of Dulufu City. Han Sui was angry and panicked, so he had to collect his troops and return to the city. Soon, the remnants of Zhang Heng, who had escaped, also retreated into Lufu City.

At this time, it was just past noon, and the time was still very sufficient for Ma Chao. After avoiding the battle, Ma Chao began to think about what Han Sui would do next in the face of the next round of siege tactics of sandbag stacking.

Ma Chao said: "Wenhe, what do you say will happen to Han Wenyu?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Han Sui still has 30,000 cavalry, of which 20,000 cavalry are his elite, and they are his old pawns preserved from the Battle of Caohan. With such capital, it is expected that Han Sui will choose to stick to the city. ”

Ma Dai caught up and said, "I don't agree with Mr. Jia's judgment. Fang Cai Zhang Heng also used a strategy of perseverance, but it was only a blow, and he was immediately captured by me in Anmi City. How could Han Sui be so stupid as to repeat the mistakes of the past? ”

Jia Xu said: "This time and that time. Han Sui's army was huge in number, twice as large as ours. The reason why the general was able to break through his defending forces in one fell swoop was because Zhang Heng's troops were not many and not elite. And Han Sui's army is many and fine, if Han Sui mobilizes the morale of his troops and makes the music fight to the death, then he can also resist our army's armor and cavalry with a human wall, at most its casualties are more heavy, but if it can keep Lufu City from losing, then Han Sui will win. Moreover, Han Sui has always regarded the young master as his great enemy in this life, and Han Wenyue will definitely refuse to be easily defeated in this battle and give up Lufu City to the young master. Therefore, Han Wenyue must have an unswerving heart, intending to use the attack and defense of Lufu City to make a final battle with the young master. ”

Ma Dai nodded and said, "Hearing what Mr. said, I also think that Han Wenyue's intention is to hold Lufu City. ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said, "That's not right. ”

"What's wrong?" Jia Xu asked.

Ma Chao said: "Although Wenhe knows that Han Sui still has heavy troops to rely on, he has the will to stick to it. However, you forgot that there was another person by Han Sui's side. ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he immediately understood, and said, "What the young master said is right, it is indeed a lack of consideration. ”

Ma Dai, Zhang Xiu, Cheriji and others all said, "Who is that person?" ”

Ma Chao smiled: "Nai Cheng Gong Bo Yingye." ”

Jia Xu said: "My subordinates understand, Cheng Gongying has always been loyal to Han Sui. He must not want to see Han Sui defend a lonely city that is in turmoil and may be captured at any time. For Han Sui's sake, Cheng Gongying must persuade Han Sui to escape from Lufu City. ”

Zhang Xiu said: "But after Han Sui escapes from the city, where will he go?" ”

Jia Xu said: "The east is our army, and the north and south are wild deserts, Han Sui has no choice but to flee west." ”

Ma Dai said: "Fleeing west? It was in the direction of Dunhuang County, Yan Xing led 10,000 cavalry to garrison, how could Han Sui flee west? ”

Jia Xu calmly analyzed: "First, Han Sui's army has 30,000 horsemen, and when he flees in a hurry, he must have a strong desire to survive. With this attack, Yan Xing may not be able to resist it. Moreover, Yan had few troops, and it was difficult to hold back three times the enemy for too long; Of the three, Yan Xing had never known about the situation here, and he may still be concentrating on attacking the cities of Dunhuang County. We don't know where Yan Xing is in Dunhuang County, and if Han Sui raids him, it will be difficult for Yan Xing to be prepared. Therefore, Han Sui fled west to Dunhuang, but he had a better chance of winning than sticking to Lufu City. ”

Ma Dai and Zhang Xiu were impressed and said: "Mr.'s insight is really incisive!" ”

Ma Chao was angry and funny, and said: "This is obviously what I thought of first!" Where was his idea for Jia Wenhe? If you want to be incisive, it should be my incisive! ”

Ma Dai and Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "Brother is just mentioning it, Han Suizhi's choice, that is what Mr. Jia specifically explained!" ”

"You two stinky boys, you turned your elbows out!" Ma Chao couldn't help laughing and scolded, making a gesture to hit the two.

"Oh, brother, spare your life!" The two begged for mercy.

After a while, the three of them stopped laughing.

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Young master, since we have learned that Han Sui will most likely choose to abandon Lufu and flee west to Dunhuang with Cheng Gongying on his side, his subordinates suggest that the young master can immediately mobilize the army to get close to Lufu City, and prepare for the sandbag slope while waiting for the opportunity to move, preparing to pursue Han Sui." ”

Ma Chao just wanted to nod in agreement, but when he heard the direction of Lufu City, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves.

Ma Chao turned his head and said to Ma Dai, Zhang Xiu and others: "This Han Wenyue is really decisive, and he made up his mind to flee west so quickly and fled out of the city!" You wait with me and lead the army to pursue it! ”

"Yes!" Ma Dai, Zhang Xiudao.

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However, it was said that while Ma Chao, Jia Xu and others were discussing, Han Sui, Ma Wan, Zhang Heng, and Cheng Gongying were also discussing.

Ma Yu was depressed and said: "Fang Cai Jin Ma Chao has no plan, he will definitely come soon, and use the tactics of sandbag slope to attack my Lufu City." How is it good? ”

Han Sui glanced at Ma To, his face was full of anger, and said, "What? Scared?! ”

Ma Yu saw that Han Sui was angry, and he was so frightened that he resigned, and said, "Lord, the last general is not afraid of ......."

Knowing that he was about to lose this last Lufu City and was about to be defeated by Jin Ma Chao, Han Sui did not feel hopeless, but instead aroused a sense of grief and indignation, he shouted angrily: "Jin Ma Chao wants to attack the city, using his sandbag method of stacking slopes? All right! Let him come! The old man knows that this battle is likely to be the last battle, and it is difficult to avoid the fate of being completely defeated by Jinma Chao, okay! Then the old man will do this battle of the trapped beast, and fight with him again before he is defeated and killed! ”