Chapter 50 Nanye Zhu Rongtong Nanzhong Ma Chaoxing soldiers avenge his father (16)
Ma Chao got Pound's trick and ordered all the troops to retreat. After Ma Chao broke off himself, the troops and horses gradually retreated. When Dong Zhao went to the city the next day, he saw all the troops outside the city retreat. He was afraid of being tricked, so he sent a horse to search. Seeing that Ma Chao's soldiers and horses were really far away, he was relieved.
Chang'an has been besieged for many days, and the army and the people have no firewood and no food. As soon as Ma Chao's soldiers retreated, the people had to go out of the city to fray firewood and water. Dong Zhao made people open the gate and let people go in and out. For several days in a row, nothing happened until the fifth day, when Ma Chao reported, Ma Chao's soldiers arrived again, and the soldiers and the people scrambled to enter the city, and Dong Zhao closed the city again.
The person who guards the west gate of Chang'an is Ren Jun, the general of Diannong, who is in charge of Tuntian. About three nights that night, a fire broke out in the west gate. Ren Jun saw a fire in the city and hurriedly led people to rescue him. Suddenly, a man rushed out of the wall and raised a knife and shouted, "Pangde is here!"
Ren Jun was caught off guard and was killed by Pound, and another sergeant under Pound's command came to kill the guard of the West Gate. After defeating Cao's army, Pang De cut off the lock and released Ma Chao and Han Sui's army into the city. It turned out that Ma Chao retreated a few days ago, but Pound did not leave, but led his troops to dress up as people scattered among the mountains and forests. Later, when Dong Zhao opened the city and the people cut firewood and transported grain, he sneaked into the city to ambush, and then set fire to open the gate.
When Dong Zhao learned that the West Gate had been lost, he knew that Ma Chao's soldiers were unstoppable, so he led the troops to abandon the city from the East Gate. Ma Chao and Han got the city and rewarded the three armies.
When Chang'an lost, Dong Zhao had no danger to defend, and he did not dare to fight with Xiliang Iron Horses, so he had to retreat to Tongguan and fly to report to Cao Cao. After Xu Chang killed Ma Teng, Cao Cao discussed with the generals to enter Xiliang. At that time, Xun Yu offered a plan to alienate Ma Chao and Han Sui, and Cao Cao did not move for the time being, but waited for Han Sui to reply. Unexpectedly, Han Sui didn't wait for his reply, but Ma Chao's soldiers arrived first.
When Cao Cao first heard the news, he didn't pay attention to Ma Chao. After all, Ma Teng is dead, and Ma Tie and Ma Xiu have not shown anything extraordinary. Cao Cao thought that Ma Chao was as fearless as Ma Tie and Ma Xiu. However, when Cao Cao heard that Chang'an had been broken, he immediately became anxious and gathered the generals and said, "I thought that Ma Teng would be able to get it as soon as he died, but I didn't expect Ma Teng to have a son so much better than his father. Gongren is not good at military affairs. Zilian and Mancheng obeyed the order. You two first attracted 10,000 horses to guard Tongguan for Gongren. If you lose the pass within ten days, all of them will be killed! Ten days away, I won't do anything for you two. Our army will arrive later."
Cao Hong and Li Dian took the order and set off on a starry night to replace Dong Zhao. Cao Ren was well aware of his brother's temperament, so he said to Cao Cao, "Zi Lian is impatient. I'm afraid it's wrong."
Cao Cao said, "It's not difficult to keep the customs for ten days with Zilian's talent, and there is no need to worry about Man Cheng's help. There is a saying that soldiers and horses go first before moving food and grass. Please help me escort the food and grass to Tongguan, and I will take over. Cao Ren took the order and left.
Cao Hong and Li Dian came to Tongguan to replace Dong Zhao and saw that there were many cavalry in Ma Chao's army, so they still stuck to the pass and did not fight. Ma Chao also knew that his soldiers and horses were not good at attacking the dangerous city. He led the troops to the gate and scold Cao Cao's ancestors for three generations and wanted to defend the generals to fight.
Ma Chao's scolding array was not rich in vocabulary, but later he learned a lot of scolding arrays from Nanye, Taishici and others. Although he could not scold for an hour without heavy weight, he was much more virtuous than ordinary generals.
Cao Hong and Cao were close to Cao, listened to the eight generations of Ma Chao's ancestors in the city and did not say hello to his family's women, and did not let go of their ancestors. Naturally, he was so angry that he wanted to take troops to fight.
Li Dian dissuaded: "This is Ma Chao who wants to urge the general to fight. Don't be tricked. When the Prime Minister's army arrives, there must be a plan.
Cao Hong knew that what Li Dian said was reasonable, but he still said angrily, "The thief in the city didn't scold your ancestors. If you can stand it, I can't stand it."
Li Dian can be called a wise general and shook his head to persuade him, "General, this is not good! The so-called Lord was worried about the humiliation of the minister, and the Lord humiliated the minister to death. Although Ma Chao did not scold me, my heart was bleeding, and my anger was not inferior to the general. I also want to go down to the city and fight to the death of the super thief, but once the plan is caught, the defeat is small. What should I do if I lose the pass and break the prime minister's big plan to break the enemy?
Cao Hong calmed his anger for the time being when he heard this. Ma Chao saw that the defenders did not come out, so he sent sergeants to take turns to scold day and night. Cao Hong endured for a while, but he couldn't bear to be humiliated for many days, and he had to go out of the barrier to fight. Thanks to Li Dian's death, he didn't win.
On the ninth day of guarding the customs, Cao Hong looked at the customs and saw that the Xiliang people and horses under Guan were tired of cursing. They tied the horses aside, and the soldiers sat on the grass in front of the customs to rest. Many people who are sleepy sleep on the ground.
Cao Hong endured for many days. At this time, when he saw a rare opportunity, he ordered people to prepare horses and did not notify Li Dian. He directly ordered 5,000 soldiers and horses to kill him. When the Xiliang soldiers saw Cao Hong coming out of the customs, they all abandoned their horses and left. Cao Hong was even more reluctant to see this.
Li Dian was closing the food and grass. Suddenly, he heard the shouts of killing under the gate, and only to know that Cao Hong was fighting under the gate. Li Dian was shocked and hurriedly led the troops out of the customs, then caught up with Cao Hong and shouted Cao Hong to return to the horse.
Before Cao Hong received the army, Li Dian suddenly shouted for killing behind his back, and Ma Dai led the army to kill him. Only then did Cao Hong know that he had made a plan and wanted to return to the customs with Li Dian. At this time, I heard a drum sound. Two soldiers and horses behind the mountain came out, with Ma Chao on the left and Pound on the right. The three armies killed in three sides.
Cao Hong and Li Dian couldn't resist, and most of the military horses were damaged. They rushed out of the siege and rushed to the front of the customs. Before the two led all the troops into the customs, they heard a drum on the side of the gate. Han Sui led the troops to kill them, and Ma Chao and the other three also chased them together. Cao Hong and Li Dian had to abandon the customs and leave.
Ma Chao stayed in Han to guard the customs, led Pang De and Ma Dai to chase through Tongguan and killed countless Cao's army. Seeing that he caught up with Cao Hong and Li Dian, he saw a man and horse coming out behind the mountain, and countless military flags were erected on the mountain, all of which were Cao's banners, and the handsome flag was a "Cao" character. Ma Chao did not expect that there was an ambush here. He mistakenly thought that Cao Cao's army was here, so he did not dare to chase him again and collect his troops back to the customs.
Cao Hong and Li Dian fled for their lives and came to see the generals. It turned out that it was Cao Ren who escorted grain and fodder. At this time, Cao Ren also broke out in a cold sweat. If Ma Chao came to fight just now, he would not be an opponent at all, and the grain and fodder would be robbed by Ma Chao. It was because Cao Ren knew that Ma Chao was powerful that he did not lead troops to respond when he heard the sound of killing, but falsely inserted banners on the mountain, so he suspected that he ran away from Ma Chao.
After Cao Ren saved Cao Hong and Li Dian, he did not have to go to Tongguan. He directly returned to see Cao Cao. At this time, Cao Cao's army was only one day away from Tongguan.
Cao Cao saw Cao Hong and said angrily, "I ordered you to guard the gate for ten days. Why did you lose Tongguan on the ninth day?"
Cao Hong bowed his head and defended with shame: "The soldiers of Xiliang have been insulting in every way for many days, and I have been tolerant of it. Later, when he saw that his army was slacking, he took advantage of the situation to kill him. Unexpectedly, he was tricked by the thief.
Cao Cao looked at Li Dian and said, "Zi Lian is young and grumpy. Man Cheng, you should dissuade him!"
Li Dian said aggrievedly, "The last general repeatedly refuses to follow. On that day, I closed the inventory of grain and fodder. When I knew it, the little general had already gone down. The last general rushed away for fear of loss, so he was tricked by the thief.
Cao Cao asked Cao Hong, "Is what Man Cheng said true?"
Cao Hong was also a bachelor and nodded and said, "Every sentence is true!"
Cao Cao said angrily, "The loss of this battle is not in Mancheng, it's all your Cao Hong. Come on, push it out and cut it!"
When the generals heard that Cao Cao was going to kill Cao Hong, they hurried forward to persuade Cao Cao to calm his anger. After saying a lot of good words, Cao Cao saved Cao Hong from the death penalty and ordered people to pull down and blame 50 military sticks to serve as an example.
After punishing Cao Hong, Cao Cao ordered to enter Tongguan. Xun You said, "There are many horsemen in the Ma Chao army, and our army may not be the enemy. It's better to set up a camp first, set up more horses, iron and thisburs, and then close the customs. Even if you are defeated, you can retreat to defend the camp.
Cao Cao was safe for this, so he ordered the soldiers to cut down trees, set up the fence, and divided them into three villages. Cao Ren in the left village, Xia Houyuan in the right village, Cao Cao and the generals live in the middle village.
The big camp was well tied, and Cao Cao led three battalions of large and small soldiers to kill Tongguan. Ma Chao heard that Cao Cao's soldiers did not come to guard the customs, and directly led Xiliang to set up a position in front of the customs. This is not that Ma Chao abandoned the superior terrain of the pass, but that Xiliang iron riders are not good at attacking the city and not good at defending the pass. If they abandon their horses and defend against the siege, it is not as effective as riding horses in front of the battle.
After the two armies fought against each other, Cao Cao looked at the opposite Xiliang Iron Horse under the door flag. I saw these iron riders with bright armor, brave and heroic. Looking at the leading Ma Chaosheng's face like Fu powder, his lips are painted with red, his waist is thin and wide, his voice is strong, his white robe is silver armor, and he is holding a golden gun. He is so majestic immediately in front of the battle. Not only is Ma Chao handsome and eye-catching, but also Pound and Ma Dai behind Ma Chao have heroic generals.
When Cao Cao saw that the three generals on the opposite side were extraordinary, he couldn't help but be surprised. He had a love for talent and wanted to attract them. So he immediately said, "You are a descendant of a famous general of the Han Dynasty. Why did you rebel against the court and send troops to attack?"
As soon as Ma Chao saw Cao's eyes red, he gritted his teeth and scolded, "Fuck the thief! You apologize, and you can't be punished! Harm my father and brother, and I don't share the hatred of heaven! I will skin you and eat your meat raw!" After saying that, Pegasus went straight to Cao Cao.
How can the generals behind Cao Cao make him wish when they see Ma Chao's gun to kill Cao Cao? Lejin patted the horse and danced the knife to welcome him, and the two horses fought in one place. Now that Ma Chao is an adult, his shooting skills are even more successful. Today, he comes with hatred, and the already fierce and strong Ma's gun is three points more murderous. After a fight, Le Jin couldn't stand it and turned around and was defeated.
Ma Chao was about to chase Lejin, but another general in Cao Cao's array killed him, causing a Xuanhua axe to hit Ma Chao. Ma Chaohu's golden gun blocked the huge axe, and the sergeants of the two armies only heard a loud noise. Ma Chao said in his heart: This man is so powerful! Looking up, I saw that the general in front of him had a black face and a steel cheek, which was a little similar to Zhang Fei.
The big axe is not a stranger, but General Yuan Shao, who surrendered Cao in the Battle of Guandu. As one of the four pillars of Hebei, Gao Lan is also a brave person. He is more powerful than Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but his martial arts skills are slightly inferior to Yan and Wen, but he also has a first-class level. Ordinary generals are by no means his opponents.