The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 765 764 Crossing the River
Some time ago, Ma Chao and Gan Ning had one or two conflicts. If Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were not on the sidelines, they might have already started fighting.Since then, Gan Ning has always been very hostile to Ma Chao and confronted him everywhere.However, Ma Chao has a stronger personality and is at the time of his youthful vigor, so he certainly cannot stand Gan Ning's cynicism, so once the two of them meet, it is like meeting an enemy.

Not only that, Ma Chao didn't get along very well with Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wu Yi, Wen Pin and others, and even the interim commander Zhang Liao felt a headache for Ma Chao.

Ma Chao made great achievements in Pingshu, and his arrogance was very arrogant. In addition, the tens of thousands of elite Liangzhou soldiers he brought were only under his orders, so he was confident.

Fortunately, Zhang Liao was smart and divided the troops into different areas on the second day after the army gathered in Dianchi Lake. Otherwise, they would have already started fighting before Meng Huo and others attacked.

As Ma Chao's confidant, Pang De knew all the situations well. Ma Chao had always been used to being a loner, and he did his own way in Liangzhou, and he developed a bad habit. Putting anyone in his eyes also created his rebellious and bohemian character.

This kind of personality may not be a problem in the eyes of the Qiang people, and Ma Chao himself is worshiped by the Qiang people, but in the eyes of the Han people, they will think that Ma Chao has an uneducated character and is not easy to be restrained.

If in front of Yan Wang Zhang Yan, Ma Chao might restrain himself a bit, but in front of others, Ma Chao would show his character to the fullest, as if he was number one in the world.

When Pang De heard Gan Ning's question, he was not angry. In fact, Ma Chao was not ill. Being ill was just an excuse. Ma Chao was not ill, but was very healthy.It's just that Ma Chao didn't want to come to meet these people. These people were more hostile to him. If he didn't come, he was afraid that he couldn't bear the behavior of being looked at by others, and that he couldn't control himself and would fight.

"General Gan, just because my general went hunting yesterday and didn't come back until after dark, so the cold air entered his body, and he got the wind chill, and he is still lying on the couch." Pang De replied tactfully to Gan Ning's question talk.

Gan Ning wanted to open his mouth to refute something, but Zhang Liao took the first step and interrupted what he was going to say, only to hear Zhang Liao say: "Since General Ma is not feeling well, let's rest in the barracks until General Ma recovers." I'll talk about it later. I just received news that Meng Huo's army has already moved, and the vanguard of 5 troops is forcibly crossing the river. The enemy's goal is obvious, and it is to come to a decisive battle with our army. At this time, I hope All the soldiers can cheer up, forget about the past unpleasantness, and cooperate sincerely."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Liao fixed his eyes on Pound, and said slowly: "General Pang, since General Ma is ill, it seems that he can't lead the army to fight. It is a time of crisis, I hope You can take the lead and lead all the Liangzhou soldiers to fight against the enemy instead of General Ma!"

"Here!" Pound clasped his fists.

Zhang Liao went on to say: "Meng Huo has gathered more than 30 troops in the Ailao Mountain area. This is a force that cannot be ignored. If we cannot completely defeat Meng Huo's army, Nanzhong will no longer be a big man in the future. All. Although our troops are small, they are excellent. The soldiers are brave and good at fighting. I hope that after you go back, you will mobilize all the troops and fight Meng Huo. No matter what, you must win. Otherwise, How will we face the world?"

After Zhang Liao's speech, all the people present were full of energy, and they all shouted bold words, intending to completely wipe out the rebel army headed by Meng Huo.

The meeting didn't last long. This meeting was just a mobilization meeting before the battle. The most important thing was that Zhang Liao hadn't received the imperial decree yet, so he couldn't justifiably issue orders.

After Pang De went back, he told Ma Chao about today's meeting, and he learned every word for Ma Chao.

Ma Chao held the wine glass alone, drank the wine, and after listening to Pound's words, he directly threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground heavily, and said angrily, "Gan Ning is too deceitful!"

"General, calm down!" Pound hurriedly persuaded.

Ma Chao said: "Everyone has put their hands in my face, and they are about to beat me. How can you let me calm down? And Zhang Liao, why does he command my army? I have made great achievements in Pingshu, and I killed Zhang. Fei, you have made a lot of contributions, but the imperial decree of rewards has been delayed, otherwise how could I be bullied by them?"

Pang De comforted and said: "The general has made great contributions, and the regent must know it well. It's just that this place is far away from Pengcheng, and it's snowing in the north, but the road to Shu is difficult to walk. From my guess, the imperial edict must have been issued, but But he didn't arrive here, the general just needs to wait patiently. Nowadays, Zhang Liao's official position is still the largest. It stands to reason that the general should still listen to him, so please be calm and don't be impatient, general. When the imperial decree arrives here, the general You don’t have to suffer from this kind of uselessness any more.”

Hearing Pang De's persuasion, Ma Chao felt much better in his heart, so he simply stopped asking.But he didn't want to participate in the war against Meng Huo this time, and said to Pound: "Since entering Shu to fight, the 3 troops I brought have been dismantled, and now I have only Of the 5000 troops, 5000 of these [-] people are Qiang people. They are all carefully selected by me, and they are also the elite of the elite. I wanted to take this opportunity to make another greater contribution, but now it seems , I’m afraid I won’t have that chance. Since outsiders know that I’m sick, you can fight instead of me, but I only give you [-] people, and you are only responsible for cooperating with them in fighting, but you can’t kill thieves desperately. Wait until the end of the war , How many people will I give you, and how many people will you bring back! Do you understand?"

Pound had followed Ma Chao for many years, and he was very clear about what Ma Chao was thinking. After hearing what Ma Chao said, Pound immediately asked, "General, isn't this very good?"

"What do you know? I am saving my strength! I will return to Liangzhou sooner or later. If I have no soldiers under my command, who will be afraid of me? What's more, the Qiang people followed my expedition and have not gained any benefits so far. , if so many people died in battle again, it’s no wonder they didn’t complain after returning to Liangzhou! How can the Qiang people be willing to fight for me in the future? After I return to Liangzhou, no one will be in my Go crazy!" Ma Chao said.

Pang De didn't say any more, he had already deeply felt Ma Chao's inner thoughts, but he couldn't dissuade him, because he knew Ma Chao, once a decision was made, even ten bulls would not be able to pull it back.Now, he can only take one step at a time. He can't predict what the future will look like now.But he had an ominous premonition in his heart. If Ma Chao continued to go his own way, he was afraid that there would be no room for him in the world in the near future.

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On the banks of the Pushui River, countless barbarians landed in boats one after another. Meng You rode a steed standing on a high place and looked at the entire Pushui. On both sides of the river bank were his subordinates, so densely packed that you couldn't see the edge at a glance.

This is an army of 5 people, mainly barbarians, and a small number of southern barbarians. Meng You is the commander of this army. Now he is carrying out a secret mission entrusted to him by his brother Meng Huo.

As early as ten days ago, Meng Huo had assembled all his troops and sent scouts to Dianchi Lake to inquire about information. When he learned that 13 troops were stationed in Dianchi County, Meng Huo was also impressed by the speed of the Han army's assembly.Not only that, the scouts reported that the Han army was well-equipped, led by the chariot general Zhang Liao of the Han Dynasty, and under him were Ma Chao, Gan Ning, Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Pang De, Wen Pin, Wu Yi and other fierce generals. Elite soldiers and fierce generals.

Meng Huo was surprised by these news. He did not expect the Han army to be so sophisticated.In addition, Meng Huo also accidentally obtained the news that Zhang Fei, who occupied Yizhou, had been killed, his power had completely disintegrated, and Yizhou had returned to the rule of the Han army.

For this reason, Meng Huo gathered his generals and discussed how to deal with this situation. The army had already assembled, as if the bow and arrow had been wound, and it had reached the point where it had to be fired.If Meng Huo disbanded, then he would lose face in Nanzhong and no longer have any prestige at all.

After some intense discussions, Meng Huo finally decided to fight the Han army again.However, this time the battle is different from the last one. He has learned from the failure of the last war. Although the Han army is small in number, it is very well-equipped. He fought a maximum of 10 people, and made up the rest.

Meng Huo knew his own strength best, so he changed his war strategy this time. Since the barbarians were not good at attacking the city, and the Han people could not get out of the city, he decided to lure the snake out of the hole and lure the Han army to fight in the wild. , Then lure the enemy to go deep, set up an ambush, and use the local terrain to ambush the Han army.

Meng You was sent by Meng Huo to carry out this kind of mission. The army he led said that there were 5 people, but they were all old, weak, sick and disabled. The purpose was to lure the enemy out of the city for a decisive battle.

Together with Meng You to carry out this mission is Meng Huo's confidant Wu Tugu. After all, Meng You is also Meng Huo's younger brother. Five hundred barbarians accompanied him to defend, ensuring that Meng You could safely evacuate from the battlefield.

Seeing how slow the troops crossing the river, Meng You sighed heavily, and said to himself: "Even if it is to lure the enemy army, giving me a soldier like this is too conspicuous. The Han army is not a fool." , can you not see it?"

After hearing this, Wu Tugu at the side said comfortingly: "Three Generals, Your Majesty must have a reason for such an arrangement. Don't worry, as long as I accompany you, I can definitely ensure your safety and well-being."

After hearing Wu Tugu's words, Meng You felt relieved. This time Wu Tugu brought [-] of the most powerful barbarians in his tribe, and they were wearing the most famous clothes from the Wugo tribe. The rattan armor can be invulnerable.This time Meng You was also lucky to get a rattan armor, wearing it on the body and covering it with clothes, nothing could be seen at all, with the protection of the protruding bones and the rattan armor, Meng You had nothing to be afraid of.

"Give the order that all of them must go ashore in an hour, otherwise, they will be shot to death!" Seeing such a slow speed, Meng You couldn't bear it anymore and yelled out.

(End of this chapter)