At the time when Ma Tan urgently gathered Chen Cang's military power and quickly adjusted his deployment to prepare for the battle. Guo Huaiqin led a large army across the Huangshui, and tens of thousands of Wei troops arrived at Chencang Road.

The water is not wide, and it is good to use small-scale battles as cover, but such large-scale battles are useless at all. The Wei army quickly built a pontoon bridge and crossed the river.

I have to say that this time in order to snatch back Chen Cangdao, Cao really made a lot of money. gave Guo Huai more than 20,000 troops, and forced the northern Qianghu people to go out to support Guo Huai.

At the same time, because he was worried that Guo Huai's strength was weak, Cao Zhen also transferred another general from his own army to support Guo Huai.

This person's name is Chen Tai, and he is Chen Qun's son.

These soldiers and horses, together with Guo Huai's own troops, combined more than 40,000 troops came to recapture Chencang.

Of course, in order to deal with Guo Huai, Cao Zhen also tried to put some pressure on Shu Han on another battlefield. He ordered Sima Yi, the newly appointed assassin of Liangzhou, to launch an offensive against Anding County, trying to force the Shu army to abandon Chencang.

No way, Chen Cang is too important. Once this place is lost, it is a matter of time before Yongzhou falls.

Yongzhou is lost, so don't want to keep Guanzhong, sooner or later it will be eaten by the Shu army. Although the northwest side is not Cao Wei's core territory, it is also a large region with a population of one million, so how can it be handed over.

Therefore, Cao Zhen must snatch back Chen Cang, and at the necessary moment, Cao Zhen already plans to kill himself personally.

Forty thousand Wei troops crossed the river, and the scouts of the Wei army sent the movements of the Shu army to Guo Huai. Guo Huai was very surprised when he saw it,

"The various units of the Shu army left Chencang and formed a formation behind the city?" A trace of consternation flashed in Guo Huai's eyes, he didn't expect that the Shu army not only didn't stick to it, but planned to knock them down?

At the same time, Guo Huai was also very keenly aware of the wrong thing with the Shu army.

"The commander of the Shu army is not Li Yan?"

"That's right, the banner of the Chinese army of the Shu army is embroidered with the words "General Ma Tan of Han Fenwei". The scout nodded and replied respectfully.

"It looks like there is chaos within the Shu army...... God help me! The deputy general Chen Tai rode the horse and Guo Huai stood side by side, and said to Guo Huai with a smile.

Cao Wei also had a general understanding of the internal situation in Shu Han. For example, the open and secret struggle of the three major factions, as well as the contradiction between Ma Tan and Li Yan.

During the Three Kingdoms period, although diplomatic relations between countries were basically severed, there was no shortage of private exchanges. The officials and scholars of the three countries exchanged letters very frequently in private, and they basically had a certain understanding of each other's situation.

Obviously, Chen Cang's Shu army is estimated to have experienced a power struggle. Li Yan didn't know why, he didn't compete with Ma Tan, and was seized by Ma Yan.

It's really fishing, the dignified hussar general has never even competed with a small Fenwei general, Li Yan might as well die.

"General Guo, it should be a chaotic period of power transfer within the Shu army now. Ma Jian estimated that he was afraid that he would not be able to hold the troops in the city, so he chose to give it a go. Chen Tai quickly straightened out his thoughts and guessed the specific situation.

Ma Yan's status is just a miscellaneous general. forcibly seized the post of hussar general, and there must be many people in the army who are not convinced. Looking at Ma Yan's posture, it is estimated that he wants to gamble with Cao Wei head-on and defeat Wei Jun.

It's really in line with the rumored character of Ma Tan, who likes to take risks and make strange moves to win.

It's a pity that with the 20,000 Shu troops with ghosts and fetuses led by you, can they really beat my Great Wei Heavenly Army?

"General Zhenxi should now speed up the march of his troops and horses, and feel that Chen Cang is holding down the position to confront the Shu army as soon as possible." Chen Tai thought for a moment and quickly proposed to Guo Huai.

"As far as Ma Tan's prestige is concerned, it is estimated that the military spirit is still floating within the Shu army. If the general can take advantage of this attack, he will definitely be able to break the Shu army! ”

"No way!" However, to Chen Tai's surprise, Guo Huai vetoed this suggestion without saying a word.

"Ma Yan'er, I have fought with him several times, this person is very scheming, and he is extremely good at sneak attacks. If we speed up our march, it will be easy for us to fall into the path of the horse, and if we are attacked by surprise, it will be dangerous. ”

"It's better for us to fight steadily and slowly advance to defeat the Shu army."

Since Yongxian was attacked and Hao Zhao and Wang were both plotted to die in Chencang, Guo Huai doubled the threat of Ma Yan.

Hao Zhao knows that he is one of the top ten players in the Northwest. Wang Shuanghe understands that the force value and the ability to lead the troops are all the talents of generals.

As a result, these two people guarded Chen Cang and were killed by Ma Tan's 1,000 people. In addition, the thousand horsemen robbed Yongxian, and Ma Tan's name had already shocked the Yongzhou soldiers to the extent that they were afraid when they heard his name.

This is a great enemy no less than Zhuge Liang, and he can't relax a little in the face of him.

The ghost knows if this is the horse tanuki for the prince, pretending to seize power and deliberately attracting him.

Under Guo Huai's order, the 40,000 Wei troops stabilized the phalanx and marched steadily step by step towards Chencang.

When the Wei army marched to the vicinity of Chencang, Ma Tan led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to wait for a long time.

Although Ma Tan is Zhuge Liang's apprentice, he hasn't learned much about the prime minister's set of formations.

Therefore, the deployment of Ma Tan was very simple, and 20,000 soldiers and horses were arranged into an infantry phalanx. Bai Shou Zhang Xiu was on the left, Wang Ping's headquarters was on the right, and Li Yan's old Jiangzhou soldiers were placed in the Chinese army.

Ma Tan personally led the 3,000 cavalry of the headquarters that had just arrived, and arranged them in the front as a vanguard a mile away from the army.

Seeing Ma Yan's arrangement, both Guo Huai and Chen Tai felt a very familiar feeling.

"This is Yuan Shao's formation against Gongsun Zan in the Battle of the Boundary Bridge?" Chen Tai said in surprise,

"Is Ma Tan'er so old? Came out in an exact formation? ”

In the past, when Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou, Gongsun Zan led his troops to rob him. When the two sides met the boundary bridge, Gongsun Zan led 30,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry against Yuan Shao's 40,000 infantry.

Theoretically, Yuan Shao was bound to lose, because Gongsun Zhan had 10,000 cavalry that could be called nuclear weapons in this era. If conventionally speaking, Yuan Shao's infantry was absolutely crushed by Gongsun Zhan.

As a result, Yuan Shao arranged such a strange lineup to face Gongsun Zhan. In order to cover up the inability of his own infantry to fight, Yuan Shao asked Lu Yi to lead thousands of troops to be stationed one mile in front of the battle.

As a result, Gongsun Zhan's 10,000 soldiers and horses were disrupted by these 1,000 people, and the infantry was crushed by his own cavalry. Yuan's army then covered up and defeated Gongsun Zhan's Youzhou elite.

The Battle of Jieqiao established the position of Yuan Shao Hebei, and this military array was also studied by Cao Cao.

Ma Tan is now in such a formation, he can think of whatever Chen Tai wants to do with his ass.

It is to lead the Wei cavalry to attack and reproduce the battle of the boundary bridge.

It's a pity that Cao Wei's side already knows how to crack it. There is no need to care about the horses, let the infantry slowly press up and fight them hand-to-hand.

The Shu army was unstable internally, so it had to come up with such a set. In Chen Tai's opinion, they only need to press up slowly, and a close fight with the Shu army is enough to defeat them!

It's just that this time Guo Huai's eyes were deep, staring closely at the three thousand Shu army cavalry. At the front of them was a well-dressed general, with a somewhat pale face but resolute eyes.

The banner behind him stood tall and was embroidered with the words "General Ma Tan of Han Fenwei".

Ma Yan, this guy, actually plans to personally lead the vanguard to stop it?

"Something is wrong! Ma Tan is a deceitful! Guo Huai suddenly burst into a shout, with a thick look of jealousy in his eyes.

Ma Tan dared to sit at the front in person without fear, there was definitely a conspiracy!

(End of chapter)