Chapter 1279 Layout Again
"How much was lost?"

Ma Chao sat on the head of the Chinese army tent with a gloomy expression. He could have ignored this failure—it was a trial, and it cost Cai Hao and Liu Bei a lot of troops—but now he felt that he hadn’t seen it for a long time. The humiliation I have experienced, and what is even more abominable, this kind of humiliation was not caused by Jiangdong Army!
At that time, Liu Bei and Cai Mao were defeated. As long as their soldiers had the qualities of the Ma family army, they could launch another Jedi counterattack after the Ma family army resisted the wave of the Jiangdong army.But what he didn't expect was that when he assumed the level of Ma's army to speculate on the Jingzhou army, he actually watched those remnant soldiers crushing his own formation, which suddenly turned the plan into a fake show!Let his last turn be a shameful escape!

"Back to King Yong, more than [-] of General Cai's men were killed in battle, and more than [-] were fled; more than [-] of my men were killed, and more than [-] were fled..." After saying this, Liu Bei tried hard to calm his mind. Some, but under the oppression of Ma Chao's calm and prestige, he found that he still couldn't help being a little embarrassed.

"My lord, our army didn't have many casualties, only about 2000 people. Moreover, most of them were Huya Cavalry and Xiangyang Guards. There were about [-] people who fled. It was also..." Gan Ning's eyes were clearly disdainful, and he forgot to glance at the embarrassing look. Liu Pan and Zhang Yun still finished the sentence: "Most of them are Huyaqi and Xiangyangwei!"

Ma Chao's expression softened a little at this time. Judging from the ratio of battles and flees, the Nanyang soldiers brought by Wenpin did not embarrass Ma Chao. Both casualties and fleeing were the least among the three.

At this time, Cai Mao was about to drop his head into his crotch: his casualties were not as many as Liu Bei's, but the number of people fleeing was more than double that of Liu Bei's. It is clear at a glance.

"Well, what about the grain, grass, and supplies?" Ma Chao turned his attention to Cai Mao, and asked lightly, "General Cai, don't tell me that I asked Cai Zhong and Cai He to supervise the civilian service to transfer the grain, grass, and luggage. !"

"No, no, King Yong is planning for the rainy day, and his subordinates should go all out, but the war suddenly changed, and some food, grass and supplies are too late..." Cai Mao was like a boiled shrimp at this time, not only his face was flushed, but his bowed body was even more serious It is incomparable.

At this moment, he really wanted to kick his two useless younger brothers tens of thousands of feet: these two idiots obeyed Ma Chao's orders, but they secretly drank and had fun after less than half an hour of supervision, and Sun Ce's army arrived At that time, there were still nearly one-third of the food, grass and luggage that had not been transferred, and those people in Jiangdong directly burned them all!

"It's unreasonable!" Ma Chao was so angry that he laughed back at this time, staring at Cai Mao with a gloomy face, which directly made Cai Mao fall to the ground: "Okay, this battle has been fought for three hours, and General Cai actually said those things. It's too late to transfer the food, grass and supplies... Where are Cai Zhong and Cai He?!"

After the law enforcement team brought the two people who were still drunk, Ma Chao's face was indescribable.But Cai Mao was not his subordinate after all, if he really cut off the heads of Cai Zhong and Cai He, it would be impossible for Cai Mao not to rebel.However, if the two neglected their duties so much, if Ma Chao didn't understand the law of the army, it would be hard for him to convince the public.

After thinking for a while, the anger on Ma Chao's face suddenly faded, and he even smiled gently.Only after the three brothers of the Cai family couldn’t see it clearly and were frightened, he said: “The three of you are not under my control, so I have no right to punish you. However, I led the troops to guard against the thieves in Jingzhou for you this time. Because the three of you are so useless, it hurts my face. So, General Cai, what do you think?"

"King Yong!" Cai Mao suddenly spoke righteously, stood up and said, "Although these two are my younger brothers, they are not good at doing things, neglect their duties, and act as military law!"

Cai Zhong, Cai He were so frightened that they repeatedly begged Cai Mao for mercy, but Ma Chao didn't seem to really blame the two of them. Instead, he approached Cai Mao affectionately, patted his shoulder and said in a negotiating tone: "I don't know how much my face is actually worth. However, Chang'an is really in a tight spot. This fire has burned so much food, grass and luggage, and it makes me feel distressed."

Cai Mao immediately understood, and immediately stated: "King Yong, don't worry. Although the last general is not a rich man in Jingzhou, King Yong has helped Jingzhou so much this time. I, Cai Mao, will definitely repay the favor. The military funds burned will definitely be sent to Chang'an soon. , to repay King Yong's loyalty!"

"Okay, okay, okay!" Ma Chao clapped his hands and laughed, and after returning to the main seat in high spirits, it seemed as if nothing had happened, and the atmosphere in the whole big tent suddenly became bright and relaxed, only to hear him continue to say "You guys don't know that General Gaoshun of Yingchuan and General Cao Ren under Cao Cao have combined [-] troops to attack the Lujiang River. Although the battle was defeated and the troops were greatly damaged, the Jiangdong Army did not dare to rush forward due to the constraints of the rear army. Still have the strength to fight!"

At this time, Liu Bei glanced at Cai Mao, who still had a look of luck on his face, and sneered in his heart: Ma Chao let go of Cai Zhong and Cai He, who were deeply guilty, so easily, which only shows that he has completely hated Cai in his heart. Disappointed, that's why I didn't bother to deal with it.Although Liu Bei did not step into Sun Ce's camp as promised this time, Ma Chao would most likely recommend him as Jingzhou Shepherd.It's ridiculous that Cai Hao still thinks that Jingzhou is indispensable for his virtues. I don't know how he will regret playing such a clever trick in front of Ma Chao to save his two idiot brothers in the future when the Cai family is in a slump!
"King Yong, there is another piece of good news for the last general." Liu Bei looked away from Cai Mao, and stepped forward to report: "The second brother of the last general, Guan Yu, received our military order and also sent troops from Runan. When the reinforcements encountered, they defeated Sun Quan and defeated more than [-] soldiers. This is the battle report, please read it to King Yong."

Ma Chao took the battle report and looked at Liu Bei with admiration: the reason why he dared Gao Shun to send troops was because he had the trump card in his hand, and he reached an agreement with Cao Cao after the Jingzhou incident , In exchange for Cao Cao to send troops.However, Liu Bei actually mobilized Guan Yu to join the battle after several unsuccessful calls for help before. This kind of vision and ruthlessness are indeed the demeanor of a generation of heroes.

However, in any case, the news that Sun Ce has called in reinforcements this time is really not good for them.After encountering Sun Ce's fierce blow this time, even if he didn't want to use his full strength, it was impossible.At that moment, he raised his eyebrows solemnly, causing people to spread the high-hanging map on the ground, and said with emotion: "This time, Sun Ce really angered me! Where is Gan Ning?!"

"The last general is here!" Gan Ning stepped forward like a tiger, clasped his fists and replied.

"The strategy you said before can be implemented today. Huo Jun, Liu Pan, and Zhang Yun's Huyaqi and Xiangyang Guards are all at your disposal. When Guan Yu leaves Jiangxia, he will enter Jiangxia again!" Ma Chao glanced at this After Huo Jun, Liu Pan, and Zhang Yun, they took off the iron sword at their waists and handed it to Gan Ning: "This time, you can do everything cheaply. If anyone doesn't obey your military orders, you can use this sword to kill them!"

"The last general will take the order!" Gan Ning respectfully took the sword from Ma Chao's hand, and then flicked it slightly. The compelling brilliance revealed by Su Tie's sword immediately dazzled Huo Jun, Liu Pan, and Zhang Yun. The concealed murderous intent roared past the three of them like a river.Then Gan Ning suddenly closed his sword, and respectfully retreated back to the queue.And those three people looked at each other, and they all saw the deep fear in each other's eyes.

Afterwards, with a smile on the corner of Ma Chao's mouth, he took out the arrow from the arrow barrel on the desk and threw it. It hit the location east of Xiangyang on the map laid on the ground, and the arrow feathers trembled slightly.When everyone looked at it, they saw that there was a place circled by Ma Chao with a brush. Ma Chao stood up with a shake of his brocade robe: "The rest of the generals gathered their troops and horses, and they couldn't hold on. When the time is right, I will turn around here." Battle situation, defeat the Jiangdong army!"

Everyone suddenly took orders, and Liu Bei took a special look at the name of the place on the map: Huarong.

(End of this chapter)

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