Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 1002 Suspicious Clouds
"Kill one thousand enemies, and damage yourself by eight hundred!" Ma Chao leisurely looked at Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Wei Yan, and Tai Shici, the four generals who were scarred and bruised, with a sad expression, and finally sighed helplessly: "Go down and rest first. , this battle cannot be said to be won or lost, but you are absolutely not at fault. The counselors behind Yuan Shao are not all just for nothing..."

The four nodded, but no one spoke, and then left with fists in their hands.It wasn't that they were too tired to say anything at this time, but that the heavy casualties really made them not in the mood to say anything.

In this battle, Gao Shun's heavily armed soldiers lost more than 2000 soldiers; Zhang Liaoyan's northern cavalry lost more than [-] soldiers;And the worst thing was Wei Yan's two battalions of infantry, more than [-] people, and less than [-] people were able to return afterwards.

Moreover, this is only the number of deaths, if the number of casualties is counted.In this battle, the 1 Ma family army shrank directly to [-]!In particular, Wei Yan's elite infantry were directly beaten into disabilities...

Of course, the damage to the Ma family was so severe that Yan Liang and the high-ranking officials were not able to please. Afterwards, they counted the corpses and reported that Yan Liang's 8000 elite soldiers were also maimed, and the remaining five or six thousand wounded soldiers could be returned to Wuzhi It was a great fortune; and the later high-ranking officials also suffered heavy losses. The [-] Youyan cavalry did not fully deploy the charge formation because they broke through the rescue quickly.

These reports are naturally not exact data, because many corpses on the battlefield are incomplete, and when cleaning and burying them, officers can only judge by the people who belong to the banner and their experience.Calculated in this way, Yan Liang and Gao Gan lost a total of about 5000 people this time.

Ordinarily, the Ma family army lost nearly 5000 people in exchange for 5000 enemy troops, which is considered a victory.But in Ma Chao's eyes, it couldn't be converted that way.This time, all the elites of the Ma family lineage were dispatched, and the average investment of each soldier was more than three times that of the general elites of the princes.If it was a normal confrontation, the Ma family's army would definitely be able to reduce casualties.However, the sudden arrival of high-ranking officials turned the war of encirclement and annihilation into a chaotic war, and large-scale casualties of the Ma family army were inevitable.

"Thousands of calculations, I just don't want to fight this kind of unskilled battle. But when an elite coach meets an elite coach, and an elite warrior meets an elite warrior, all that remains is downright desperate... Hey!" sighed again. With a sigh of relief, Ma Chao couldn't help turning his attention to Meng Da who came from Chang'an to prepare food and grass: "How is the preparation of food and grass?"

For more than a month, Meng Da has been very busy.Standing in front of Ma Chao right now, he had a clear face, sunken eye sockets, and even a few crow's feet appeared at the corners of his eyes.After listening to Ma Chao's question, he flipped through the account books and replied: "This time, I inspected the nine counties of Yongzhou, except for Tianshui County, which has already paid for it once, and the new Wudu County, and brought back a total of 73 grain and grass. Seven thousand five hundred stone."

This is more than half of Youzhou's annual income this year. Ma Chao couldn't help but nodded and said, "Zidu has worked hard. How is the situation in Chang'an?"

"Fortunately, my lord's New Deal is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, not to mention that the war is out. The people's hearts are good, and they have not complained about the Ma family's successive battles this year. Although there are spies and rumors spreading in the city, the two-pronged approach of shadow control and ritual propaganda has been cut off. The enemy's tricks, please be at ease, Lord."

"Go down and rest first," Ma Chao nodded after hearing this, and after thinking for a while, he said again: "When you leave tomorrow, remember to deliver a letter to the old fox for me. It's not urgent, but Remember to remind me tomorrow."

Meng Da didn't say much after hearing this, and left.

At this time, Ma Chao was the only one left in the big tent. After he got up and walked back and forth for a few steps, he felt that his mood was still restless, so he simply took off the tent, hung a cowhide map, spread it on the ground, and began to think carefully.

At this moment, the war has just started, and although the Ma family's march has twists and turns, they are going smoothly every step of the way.From Xingyang to the present Huai County, the Ma family's territory has expanded a bit.Moreover, from other aspects, the Ma family is also safe.

In terms of military strength, although the war inevitably lost some combat power, Ma Chao still has an army of 37 in his hands at this time, and he is not slightly better than Yuan Shao's 40 main force, but at least he is evenly matched.

In terms of military rations, in addition to the military rations collected by Meng Da during this inspection, Ma Chao also seized the inventory of Huai County, Hanoi for several years, and also intercepted the Yuan family's military rations once.No matter how you calculate it, spending a year or so with Yuan Shao is not a problem.

In terms of defense on the battlefield, after the capture of Huai County this time, the Ma family army launched a large-scale mobilization. In one day, the three counties of Huai County, Qinshui, and Shanyang adjacent to the Qinshui River have set up a defense line.Even if Yuan Shao came to attack, his own army had already established a firm foothold, waiting for work at leisure.

Finally, in terms of civil servants and generals, the lineup of the Ma family is not weaker than that of Yuan Shao.Although Ma Chao didn't think he was really wise and powerful, he accepted the advice and advice of his subordinates with an open mind.Compared with Yuan Shao's gang of factions fighting for power and gain and quarreling endlessly, it is much better.

But the more so, Ma Chaoyue felt a little uneasy-that feeling was an intuition without any reason.As a vassal, Ma Chao has long been used to the determination to control everything in his hands. Although he can't see any problems now, his feelings can't deceive his heart.

First of all, what Ma Chao couldn't bear to mind was Duanmu Ruoyu's death.After this incident for such a long time, Ma Chao never forgot that Meiji Yingying, not to say that the kindness between Ma Chao and Duanmu Ruoyu is so great.But after calming down, Ma Chao found that Duanmu Ruoyu's assassination failed, and there were too many doubts in it.

Half a year ago, the shadows mixed with the craftsmen to build the wall that could hide people, it can be said that the gods did not know it.Moreover, Duanmu Ruoyu didn't think of using that wall until he had a sudden idea.To say that there is no shadow betrayal, it can only be said that everything is too coincidental.

In addition, Ma Chao also felt that there were many strange things about the ambush of Yan Liang this time.The reason why Ma Chao didn't back up after dispatching an army of [-] was because he knew that Shen Pei and Yan Liang were not on the same front at all.And neither Yan Liang nor the judge will really go to save Huai County, so the judge is also relieved to let Yan Liang go out to let the wind go.

In this way, it is impossible for the judge to send senior officials to rescue Yan Liang.In fact, if Yan Liang died in battle or the entire army was wiped out, it would still be a good gift for the judge.But the strange thing is that the judge, who had known for a long time that he would not be able to command the entire army, actually dispatched a high-ranking official to rescue Yan Liang with [-] Youyan cavalry.Such a move is really unreasonable.

If it hadn't been for Sima Yi's impulsive impulse to let the ugly brother who was free to meet Gao Shun's army, I am afraid that the two armies would have fought to the last breath on that official road - so it seems that someone among them must have seen through Ma Chao's siege and rescue However, it missed a move and did not mobilize Wuzhi's [-] troops to rescue him with all his strength, so he slapped Ma Chao hard.

Is that person low on energy?Or did he deliberately give Ma Chao a reminder?And if Duanmu Ruoyu was involved in that matter, what exactly did he intend to do?
What's even more frightening is that if these two incidents were all attributed to coincidence, it would be completely clear: who stipulated that high-ranking officials would not act on their own will, and want to bring their army to cooperate with Yan Liangzhen to fish in troubled waters here in Huai County?
All in all, a white mist immediately rose in front of Ma Chao's eyes, covering all his intentions hazyly, making it difficult to see clearly.Ma Chao speculated for a long time, but couldn't figure out a reasonable explanation.In the end, there was no choice but to put away the map and convene a military meeting to deal with Yuan Shao's army.

"After the desperate battle, there is a protracted war." Ma Chao smiled wryly and sighed again: "War is really burning money and killing people. I don't know when it will end..."

(End of this chapter)