Chapter 1282 Good come

Liu Bei and Cai Mao's letter of asking for help was still sent to Ma Chao, but even so, Ma Chao's march was still a little unhurry. Because he knows that, first of all, Liu Bei is a good master in war, and he is by no means the fool in history who was killed at the sight of Cao Bing. Most of his failure was faced by Cao Cao, who took action in person.

As long as he does not face Cao Cao, even for masters such as Xiahou and Xiahou Yuan, Liu Bei has almost never failed. Although Sun Ce came aggressively this time, Liu Bei fought a procrastination battle. Ma Chao did not believe that Liu Bei would be completely defeated by Sun Ce in just three or four days.

And another reason is Cai Mao. In fact, Ma Chao can master Jingzhou, and it goes without saying that Cai Mao plays a role in it. But this Cai Mao was not recruited by Ma Chao, and he really needs to be verified. This time, his strength completely overwhelmed all forces in Jingzhou to prevent him from losing some meat in this battle. Ma Chao will not be relieved in any case.

It is impossible for Cai Mao to know Ma Chao's intention, so he will contribute the most in this battle. Not to mention, there is still Zhuge Liang around Liu Bei, and he will certainly not let Liu Bei suffer losses.

To sum up, although Ma Chao is worried about the war, he is not very anxious. Moreover, along the way, he did not even play his own battle flag. The flags in front of him were the flags of historical second-rate Jingzhou generals such as 'Huo', 'Liu' and 'Zhang'.

Yes, this time, Ma Chao commanded 20,000 direct Nanyang elites, 5,000 Xiangyang guards, and 3,000 tiger tooth riders. In total, there are only 28,000 combat forces, but there are more than 50,000 people recruited. Along the way, it was also vast and powerful.

After reading Liu Bei's latest war report, Ma Chao still said that Sun Ce was as brave as a tiger. He and Cai Mao's battalion were forced to retreat and almost did not dare to fight. He asked Ma Chao for quick support, but after reading too many such letters, Ma Chao was a little numb. He was not without any eyeliner on the front line battlefield. Although the situation is similar to that of Liu Bei, it is definitely not so serious.

"Little Feng, who do you think will be better in this North-South competition?" Ma Chao put down the war report and asked Pang Tong beside him.

"You." Pound collapsed a word, which seemed to be a little absent-minded.

"Why?"

"Sun Ce is indeed a good commander, but unfortunately, he was only a general under Yuan Shu before, and later pacified Jiangdong. I thought that the world's heroes were nothing more than this, but how could the disciples of Liu Yao, Xu Gong, Yan Baihu and Wang Lang in Jiangdong be compared with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lv Bu and others in the Central Plains? The world only sees his Sun Ce's achievements, but not how his opponent is. What's more, the Central Plains have fought several times, and its combat strength is even more than Jiangdong's. Pang Tong hummed twice after saying that, as if he didn't want to boast about Ma Chao, but what he said was true.

Hearing Pang Tong's reasonable words, Ma Chao actually had some joy in his heart. But he was unhappy with Pang Tong's arrogance, and even more angry that this guy almost took away his old nest in Chang'an. He couldn't help thinking of it and deliberately said, "Pang Degong is good in Chang'an. I arranged him to teach in Taixue, and his reputation is increasing day by day. I remember that when he was tied into Chang'an, he looked like he was going to die. Now it seems that he doesn't want to leave.

Ma Chao originally wanted to make fun of Pang Tong, but Pang Tong didn't care at all. Instead, he was a little awkward for a moment, and finally asked shyly, "How is Huang Gong recently?"

Huang Gong naturally pointed out that it was Huang Chengyan, but Ma Chao didn't think so. Looking at Pang Tong's look and the situation that even his own uncle didn't care much, he would naturally miss Huang Chengyan. Then a man's name came to his mind. Ma Chao smiled and replied, "Mr. Huang is also doing well, but he is worried about A Chou. He has reached the age of marriage, but he has not yet found a suitable candidate. But don't worry, there are a lot of talents in Chang'an. When I go back, I will definitely find a good son-in-law for Huang Gong!"

"Nonsense!" Pang Tong immediately became excited and shouted, "I had a bet with Huang Gong. He will be famous in the world, so he will marry A Chou..."

"Hm?" Ma Chao's eyes flashed at Pang Tong, but he didn't expect to get this exciting news unexpectedly. After seeing Pang Tong's rough and yellow face flushed, Ma Chao suddenly asked, "So you came out of the mountain without permission to prove it to the old man Huang Chengyan?"

This is very possible. Pang Tong and Ah Chou are two little guessless, and the smart guy is generally precocious. It is not too much for Pang Tong, a bold guy, to have this idea. What's more, Ma Chao has seen Huang Yueying with his own eyes. In fact, she is not ugly at all, but her hair is slightly burnt yellow, but for Ma Chao, who is used to those girls with hair like dyeing in her previous life, Huang Yueying's slightly yellow hair is more fashionable and pure.

Pang Tong did not answer, but this is already an acquiescence for Ma Chao. Ma Chao couldn't help laughing at that time, but after seeing Pang Tong's appearance of eating people, he tried to endure it. However, when he shook his head again, he was a little stunned: "No, I remember that old Huang has been talking about marrying A Chou to Zhuge Liang. Is it because that guy is more handsome than you? ..."

Ma Chao became more and more suspicious, but Pang Tong was furious. Thinking that he was not Ma Chao's opponent, he simply became angry and never spoke back. Ma Chao was stunned when he saw this, and then laughed wildly: I didn't expect that there were such interesting things in history! And Pang Tong came out of the mountain ahead of schedule, not for fame and wealth, but just a hot-blooded head of young love!

But when Ma Chao finally caught Pang Tong, the army in front of him suddenly came quickly: "Master, I found a large number of refugees fleeing in front of me!"

Ma Chao's expression was immediately cold. At this time, there were still refugees fleeing. It was only because of the defeat in the front battlefield. That is to say, Liu Bei was forced back by Sun Ce again, and even during the chase. Therefore, Ma Chao quickly asked, "How many refugees are there?"

"There are more than a thousand people."

Ma Chao nodded again. As soon as the war broke out, the local people generally had escaped. At this moment, there were not a few thousand people who could escape. Ma Chao immediately waved his gun and ordered: "Nanyang elites are in front, waiting in line. Xiangyang Wei and Huya rode two wings to protect them, let go of the refugees and the defeated soldiers after defense, and then they were ordered to counterattack the enemy!"

"No!" The scout got the order and left, and then the order flag passed down.

Gan Ning and Tai Shi Ci immediately heard the news and commanded the array. Although the Nanyang Army was not trained by them, the order of the Ma family army had already been unified, and the two command was still like an arm. On the contrary, Xiangyangwei and Huyaqi, who have never cooperated with Ma Jiajun, reacted a little sluggishly, but only defended on both wings. Huo Jun, Liu Pan and Zhang Yun performed quite well.

As soon as the array was completed, the atmosphere of solemnity permeated the official road. Those fleeing people looked at the strict swords, guns and shields. How dare they come forward and make detours from both sides one after another. Then he saw Jingzhou's defeated soldiers shouting for the fleeing generals. They even lost their weapons and their armors were taken off, and they fled in horror. Seeing that the reinforcements were here, instead of revitalizing, they shouted and rushed to seek asylum in the battle.

"Gun, raise the crossbow!" Ma Chao was slightly angry when he saw this, and this situation would definitely not happen with Ma Jiajun!

In an instant, the strict square array suddenly became a porcupine with sharp thorns. The cold head of the horse gun, which was about two feet long, pointed straight to the sky, and the fine but fatal arrows were ruthlessly raised. Those defeated soldiers were dumbfounded when they saw such a situation. Huo Jun finally couldn't bear it. Seeing that Ma Chao might order to kill these defeated soldiers at any time, he shouted, "Go around with both wings and don't hit the battle array!!"

The defeated soldiers were like an amnesty, and suddenly turned into two streams and surged through the battle. Ma Chao frowned slightly, angry and doubtful. Angry, when they saw that the reinforcements were here, they did not want to fight back steadily, but they still had doubts about the reinforcements; and wondered what happened in front of them made them so panicked?

Soon, Cai Mao also appeared in panic. After fleeing to Ma Chao, he opened his mouth and said, "Sun Ce is here!!"

Ma Chao immediately pulled the iron sword around his waist, and the sword appeared like lightning and chopped it according to Cai Mao. Cai Mao's face turned pale with fear and didn't even react. With a crisp sound, the lion's helmet on his head was broken, but his head was unharmed.

"Can you speak calmly now?" Ma Chao slowly collected his sword, but his murderous spirit did not decrease by one point.

This sword directly cut out Ma Chao's coldness and ruthlessness and broke Cai Mao's heart and courage. In this young coach's cold and disdainful eyes, Cai Mao finally tried to swallow: "Our army listened to Liu Bei's order and could not defend for days. Sun Ceming scolded the battle, but secretly took Huang Zu's men as a guide. , sneak attack on my camp. The last general rose up to fight back and lost to Sun Ce..."

Before the words fell, Cai Mao saw that Ma Chao had already laughed. Looking back, I saw a standing up and rising high, and a white-robed general rushed with a spear, and thousands of Jiangdong cavalry behind him followed closely. It was Sun Ce.

"Good luck. We met in the first battle, Sun Ce." Ma Chao's eyes crossed Cai Mao and directly locked on Sun Ce.