"The Cao general named Zhang He on the other side seems to be intent on cheating."

When Ma Chao said this in an unquestionable tone, Ma Dai's hand paused, and his expression was a little happy.

He has followed Ma Chao since he was a child, so he can be said to be very familiar with his brother's combat style, and he has the style of Qiang riding:

There's no problem that Iron Cavalry Charge can't solve.

If there is, then the iron rider turns around and rushes again.

It is by relying on this method of warfare that the elder brother can give an order, and Wan Qiang will follow.

But Ma Dai knows better that this method of warfare is not invincible.

After all, not all places can be as cool as Yongliang, allowing cavalry to attack unscrupulously.

Not to mention those Han generals who are well versed in military strategy.

The defeat of Tongguan is still in sight, but such a strong Cao army was deflated in Jingxiang, which shows that there are many factors that can affect and affect the outcome of the victory.

Now seeing that his brother has begun to change, Ma Dai is sincerely happy.

Ma Chao didn't notice how excited Ma Dai was when he left.

Moving his butt closer to the charcoal stove, Ma Chao stretched his body comfortably, so that the sweat on his body could dry faster.

At the same time, I carefully recalled Mr. Jane's explanation before I came.

"On this trip, the general will most likely meet two Cao generals."

"One is Xu Huang and Xu Gongming, this will govern the army with punishment, be feared by soldiers, be able to order and prohibit, defend like mountains, and attack like wildfire."

"One is Zhang He and Zhang Junyi, this general will recognize the opportunity to change, will choose the opportunity to decide, can make a strategy to win, be good at handling the camp, and make changes in the face of the enemy."

Ma Chao remembers very clearly that Mr. Jian had a pearl of wisdom on his face when he talked about the two of them, and he was radiant.

And after coming to the street pavilion, as Mr. Jian said, it was Zhang He who intended to break through from the street pavilion.

Ma Chao is neither familiar nor unfamiliar with Zhang He, after all, if you calculate it carefully, this Zhang He seems to be there when he fought with Cao Cao in Tongguan.

However, at that time, the Yongliang Coalition Army and the Cao Army combined with more than 100,000 people, and this Zhang He was not a peerless general, so it was difficult to be conspicuous on such a battlefield.

But at this time, after two days of fighting in the street pavilion, looking at Zhang He, who was about to retreat at every touch, Ma Chao became more and more convinced of Mr. Jian's judgment.

Although the Cao army under Zhang He can hardly be called elite, it is definitely not a mediocre army.

Zhang He himself was even more with Yuan Shao and was no stranger to fighting with cavalry.

Later, he changed the court in the battle of Guandu, if he was a mediocre general, then the vast majority of generals could be called stupid and stupid.

Thinking of what Mr. Jian said, Ma Chao became more and more clear in his heart.

This Zhang He is now trying to "recognize the opportunity and change by skill", and wants to "face the enemy to make changes" in order to win.

After sorting out his thoughts, Ma Chao did not hesitate to let Ma Dai lead the scout to explore.

He is not a mediocre general, since Mr. Jian has explained to him the habits of the two of them, it is equivalent to telling him this method of destroying the enemy.

As Ma Chao expected, but at dusk, Ma Dai reported:

"Brother, that Cao Jun has built a camp on Nanshan."

Ma Chao touched his chin and walked out of the camp tent to the low lookout.

Jieting itself has a small county town, but because of the war, it has long been broken, and the people have fled to nearby Luoyang to live.

The terrain is two mountains and a river, and the river is close to the foot of the South Mountain, so the wide place is located at the foot of the North Mountain, where Ma Chao and Zhang He are camped, and the east and west are divided.

The north and south mountains are said to be mountains, but in essence they are not much different from hills.

"How big is the barracks on the mountain? Possibly accommodating the entire army at the foot of its mountain? Ma Chao asked.

Ma Dai thought about it for a while, shook his head and said:

"The barracks are not big, and it seems that they can accommodate more than 2,000 people at most."

Ma Chao lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then ordered:

"Just scout carefully at dusk, don't alarm Cao Jun."

Ma Dai nodded and asked:

"Brother, but he already has a way to break the enemy?"

Ma Chao scolded with a smile:

"Just do it."

Then the street pavilion seemed to fall into an eerie calm.

Ma Chaori was invited to fight at sunrise, and Zhang He also responded to the battle again and again, but they all collapsed at one touch.

The Qiang cavalry was restless and wanted to pursue, but they were all stopped by Ma Chao, and there were quite complaints in the army.

There are small victories every day, so the front of Ma Chao's military camp unconsciously pushes forward a little bit every day.

But as hard as the cold ground is today, these new daily camp lines are not as strong as before, and the crooked stakes can be seen from the appearance alone.

Ma Chao didn't seem to know anything about this, and only occasionally looked up at the hills, thoughtful.

In the Cao Jun barracks, Zhang He's face was not depressed, and his eyes were hot as he watched the battle line of Ma Chao's military camp slowly advance.

After another day of engagement, Ma Chao's battalion line advanced a little.

Looking at the enemy barracks that were already in a rush, Zhang He made up his mind:

"We can't delay any longer, tomorrow will be the winner!"

But after a while, a soldier came to report:

"General, smoke rises from the enemy barracks."

The adjutant general next to him was about to scold, what is there to say about the smoke?

But Zhang He had already gotten up in fright:

"Not good! Quickly pass the order, the south camp is on alert! ”

But Ma Chao was more decisive, after playing with Zhang He today, seeing the sun gradually sinking in the west, Ma Chao rarely took the initiative to order to bury the pot and make rice.

And after the unknown Qiang riders were full, Ma Chao personally beat the drum and gathered the troops, and after the Qiang riders got on the horse, Ma Chao took the lead and rushed to the front:

"Yongliang Erlang, follow me!"

Zhang Hexiu's skills in the military camp are quite skillful, and the heavy defense lines are all to resist the cavalry, which seems to be a headache, which shows that this general does know how to deal with the cavalry after Yuan Shao's expedition against Gongsun Zhan.

But it's a pity that Ma Chao didn't want to storm this military camp.

With the boss taking the lead, the Qiang cavalry turned into a torrent, and in Zhang He's unbelievable eyes, they easily stepped on the hill and killed the ambush camp hidden behind the hill.

It was an unexpected surprise attack, and Ma Chao could even clearly see the stunned look on the face of Cao Bing, who was closest to him.

So Ma Chao finally smiled, but this time his smile was very reserved, this Zhang He was praised by Mr. Jian for his clever change, and said that he could make a strategy to win, didn't he still plant a heel here?

If Ma Chao's guess is correct, Zhang He must have planned to choose early morning tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and the two battalions will come out to ride with each other.

Because the street pavilion where he is stationed now is in the east-west direction, Ma Chao is in the east of the west Zhanghe, and he has to look directly at the sun while facing Cao Jun in the early morning, which is very unfavorable.

This is also the reason why Ma Chao explained that Ma Dai scouted at dusk and chose to send troops at dusk, when the sun was behind them, and if Cao's army was attacking, they would need to look directly at the sun to fight the Qiang cavalry.

As for Zhang He, does he have any more secure plans? Ma Chao has no way of knowing.

He didn't plan to wait any longer, it was enough to approach the foot of the mountain as Zhang He wanted.

Because this so-called hill is not a problem for Qiang Qi at all!

The mounts of the Qiang horse are not Liangzhou horses, these Yongliang horses, which are shorter than Liangzhou horses, are slower and shorter, so they are lighter, more agile to run, and climb mountains and mountains like walking on flat ground.

Whenever Qiang Hu invades the land of Sanfu, he can come and go freely by relying on the advantage of horses, and it is at this time to give full play to the strengths of Qiang Qi!

It stands to reason that Ma Chao's back attack was at a disadvantage, and the Cao army on the hill was at an advantage by holding the camp.

However, these advantages and disadvantages were not enough to make up for the difference in numbers between the 8,000 Qiang cavalry and the 3,000 Cao army.

Before the sun could completely set, the Cao camp on the hill had already been breached.

Under the huge gap in strength, the Cao army had no choice but to surrender, and then was robbed of the captive Qiang cavalry.

Looking at the elated Qiang riders and the Cao soldiers who were only clothed, Ma Chao was speechless.

instructed the leader of the Qiang cavalry to return Cao Jun's warm clothes, and before Ma Chao could order the whole army, he received news from Ma Dai:

"Zhang He escaped?"

Ma Dai said with a pity on his face:

"Soon after my brother sent out his troops, the Cao army pulled out the camp and retreated, and they had already withdrawn from the street pavilion when I came up."

Ma Chao was speechless, and finally shook his head and smiled:

"The meaning of ingenuity, I see...... Is it good to save your life? ”

In fact, after Mr. Jian provided information, Ma Chao didn't think that he would lose this battle.

He arrived at the street pavilion earlier, he is more familiar with the street pavilion, and the Qiang cavalry under his command is more familiar with Yongliang, and even has more troops than the other side, how can he lose?

The only pity is that this Zhang He has no determination to fight against the water.

When he first heard that Ma Dai said that Cao's army was building a camp on the mountain, Ma Chao thought that Zhang He wanted the whole army to move to a high place, and then lured him to attack.

If this is the case, you only need to besiege but not attack, and wait for the enemy to defeat itself, and then you can completely annihilate it.

It's a pity that Zhang He is obviously not so stupid, just like this, knowing that this battalion will be lost, he simply retreats without saving it, which is very decisive.

"Brother, what should we do next?" Ma Dai asked.

Ma Chao did not hesitate to do this, and laughed out loud:

"Chase!"

"Now Po Cao, of course pursue!"

"How did Cao Jun chase Lao Tzu last year, how will Lao Tzu chase and kill him this year!"

The Qiang riders agreed loudly, and the atmosphere was extremely warm for a while.

For the Qianghus, what is still set for the three assistants, and what the general trend of the world is, has nothing to do with them.

There are only two things the Qiang riders know now:

They want to take revenge on Cao Jun in the same way, and then plunder them to the fullest!

At the same time, in the Cao military camp on the battlefield of Linwei.

Du Xi opened the tent door and came in, bringing in a trace of cold wind that made the flames of the charcoal stove sway, so frightened that Zhang Ji hurriedly got up and stretched out his hand to protect it.

However, looking at Du Xian's heavy face, Zhang Ji also guessed:

"General Xiahou is still unwilling to retreat?"

Du Xi was still very personable, but the smile on his face had become a bitter smile at this time.

Choosing a side away from the tent door and sitting down, Du Xian Ha twice pulled the cold air out of his lungs, and then reached out to the charcoal stove to get a little heat.

Then he was a little irritated and said:

"After being attacked by that Zhang Fei that day, General Xiahou's mood was a little wrong..."

Speaking of which, Du Xun also whispered:

"It's late February now, and according to the time, the lord's army has already started, and at this time, even if this Zhang Fei returns to Wancheng, it will already be too late."

"In this case, we can withdraw from the army, although we can't attack Linwei, but if the retreating army has a strength advantage, the thief army can't stop it."

"Why is General Xiahou ......?"

Sighing, Du Xi and Zhang Ji glanced at each other with sad faces.

It's a well-known thing that it can't be fought anymore.

Linwei is just a small city, and it took more than ten days to capture it, but the coach almost died.

And Du Zhan still remembers the flying thunder like a "Zilong".

He remembered the cavalry that charged through the valley like a long electric switch.

But after General Xiahou came here, the cavalry did not appear, which made Du Xian feel as if he was weighing on his heart.

Du Xun was not stupid, he faintly felt that outside Linwei City, the roles of Cao and Liu had been reversed.

If you don't leave, I'm afraid it's really too late.

So after hesitating, Du Xun got up again:

"De Jong might as well go with me to ask for a meeting with General Xiahou."

"That's exactly how it should be!" Zhang Ji did not shy away from getting up.

Although the two had conflicts before, they no longer seem to be important.

It is a matter of life and death for the army all the way, and now General Xiahou must be persuaded to be cautious no matter what.

The two of them went out of the tent together, and the cold air on their faces made people can't help but wrap their clothes tightly.

It's almost March, and the temperature is moderate at noon during the day, but it's still very cold at night.

Now it is the same in the barracks, except for the necessary sentry, everyone else tries to hide in the tent, twisting and curling up beside the charcoal basin.

Du Xun was no longer surprised, but Zhang frowned a little:

"Such slackness, if the thief army attacks......"

"Hah...... De Jong laughed. ”

Du Xun wanted to laugh a little, but he poured a mouthful of cold wind into his mouth, so he could only hurriedly wrap his fur tightly and whispered:

"I'm afraid that the weapons can't be held steadily in such weather, why do you attack at night?"

"The thief army can't everyone wear furs, can they?"

But before Du Xian's words fell, he heard a commotion from the front gate.

This made the two of them nervous.

Then, after only two breaths, a familiar explosion sounded:

"Xiahou Yuan has escaped! Cao's army is defeated! ”

This familiar shout made Du Xian's face turn white in an instant, as if he had powdered in this night.

With this shout was the voice of the soldiers, who shouted with this voice:

"Xiahou Yuan has escaped! Cao's army is defeated! ”

Zhang Ji was the first to react, and he couldn't help but drag Du Xun away:

"General Du, where is General Xiahou's tent?"

Du Xun already felt a coldness spread from his heart, and he reluctantly raised a finger to indicate the direction:

"Go straight...... A hundred steps away. ”

"Offended." Zhang Ji did not hesitate, and dragged Du Xian and galloped up.

Du Xi saw that there were constantly blank-faced soldiers sticking out their heads to see what was happening in the camp tents along the way, and they still had obvious sleepiness on their faces:

After all, if it's so cold today, if you want to have a better time at night, you will sleep around the charcoal stove.

That's why Du Xun didn't understand: how could the thief army take the opportunity to sneak attack?

At the same time, he also saw that Zhang Ji was dragging him to run, and at the same time he was shouting loudly, asking the soldiers not to panic, and to move closer to the Chinese army flag after quickly rearizing, General Xiahou would meet the enemy with them!

Du Xi even had the leisure to praise it in his heart:

This De Jong was born poor, but he is not chaotic in the face of danger, and he is quite popular!

Following Du Xun's guidance, Zhang couldn't help but say that he was about to break into the Chinese army's tent, but it was as if he had hit the wall headlong.

When I looked up, I saw Xiahou Yuan, who was already wearing a simple armor, and was looking at the direction of the main gate with an angry face.

Seeing Zhang Ji sitting on the ground, Xiahou Yuan casually pointed at him:

"Drums! Kill the enemy with me! ”

(End of chapter)