Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 365
In Tongguan, Ma Chao sits on the main seat, Han Sui sits next to Ma Chao, and the rest of the generals sit on both sides. The No. 1 on the right is Pang De, the general of Zhonglang under Ma Chao's command.

"General, now our army is newly defeated, morale is damaged, and the enemy is powerful. Please show me how we should deal with it." Hou Xuan, one of the Liangzhou warlords, came out and saluted with fists.

"That's right! The enemy army is so powerful that we can't compete with it."

"General, it's not a problem for us to be trapped in Tongguan like this..."

All the warlords talked a lot, and the scene got a little out of control.

Since they were defeated by Li Song's army and Ma Chao fled back in defeat, these warlords had the heart to retreat. The reason why they agreed to Ma Chao's request to send troops together was just to reap some benefits. .

Once the battle is lost, you will feel resigned. It is impossible to expect them to play an effective role at critical moments. It would be good not to stab you in the back.

Ma Chao knew the careful thoughts of these warlords. Ma Chao reached out to suppress everyone's commotion. The warlords looked at Ma Chao, waiting for his decision.

"Although I was defeated in this battle, I just tested the enemy's situation. You really think that Li's army can do nothing to me! These are just to paralyze the enemy." Ma Chao laughed.

Everyone sneered in their hearts, they obviously didn't believe what Ma Chao said, if it was really for the purpose of paralyzing the enemy, how could Ma Dai and Zhang Heng die?

One of them laughed and said, "The general is such a good plan! It's really admirable to fold two generals in our army. I never thought that it was the general's plan to paralyze the enemy."

Ma Chao saw that this person was Liang Xing. Liang Xing's words seemed to be a compliment to Ma Chao, but in fact, he had hidden evil intentions, which meant that Ma Chao could sacrifice Ma Dai and Zhang Heng this time, and he would be able to sacrifice any of them next time. one person.

Ma Chao was furious!He roared angrily: "Liang Xing, you are so brave, you dare to confuse others here, how can I tolerate you, come here, let me pull this down and chop it up." The sergeant outside the door heard the words and entered.

"Meng Qi can't do it! If you have something to say, say it well. In front of the enemy, you will only chill the hearts of the soldiers." Everyone was shocked!Han Sui hurriedly grabbed Ma Chao and waved his hands to make the sergeant retreat.

"For uncle's sake, I'll let you off once, and if there's another time, I'll never let you go." Ma Chao said with lingering anger.Everyone was terrified!No one dared to touch Ma Chao again.

"In fact, everyone has misunderstood. The deaths of Ma Dai and Zhang Heng were only caused by their greed for meritorious deeds. I have never used them as bait." Ma Chao said.

The crowd obviously didn't believe it, and Ma Chao didn't bother to argue with them, and continued, "I have already sent people to invite the Qiang people to help me this time. All the tribes of the Qiang people are willing to send troops to help us. Please rest assured, as soon as the Qiang people arrive, we will defeat the enemy." when."

Although everyone was dissatisfied, they had no other good solution, so they had to listen to Ma Chao, and after some discussion, they all dispersed.

A few days later, a detailed report came: "Ma Chao added another [-] new troops to help the battle, and they are from the Qiang tribe."

Li Song was overjoyed when he heard about it.The generals said: "Ma Chao added troops, but the prime minister was overjoyed. What is this for?"

Li Song smiled and said, "When I win, it won't be too late to tell you."

Three days later, it was reported that there were more troops and horses at the customs. Li Song was overjoyed and held a banquet in his tent to congratulate him. All the generals laughed secretly.

Li Songdao: "My gentlemen laugh at me for having no plan to defeat Ma Chao, what good plan do you have?"

Zhang He said: "The Prime Minister's troops are here now, and all the thieves are now stationed at the pass. If we go to Hexi, we will be unprepared. If an army crosses Pubanjin secretly, and intercept the thieves' way back first, the Prime Minister will attack them from Hebei. If the thief and the thief do not match each other, it is bound to be dangerous."

Li Song smiled and said: "Jun Yi's words are just what I want. I have already ordered Tan Daoji, the general of the right army, to lead the elite soldiers of the left army and Yu Wencheng to attack Hexi together, and lie down in the valley, waiting for my left army to cross Hebei." Hit them at the same time."

"And ordered Pei Yuanqing to lead [-] troops to Tongguan to contain the enemies of Tongguan."

Everyone suddenly realized!No wonder that at this banquet, General Chang Yuchun of the Right Army, General Yuwen Chengdu of Tianbao, General Pei Yuanqing of the Silver Army, and General Tan Daoji of the Right Army were not present at the banquet. They had been sent out by the prime minister long ago.

Chang Yuchun first ordered people to arrange boats and rafts in Pubanjin, and personally led the troops to cross the Weihe River.Ma Chao has been reported to Ma Chao for a long time.

Ma Chao said: "Now Li Song ordered people to line up outside Tongguan, but instead of attacking Tongguan, he ordered people to prepare boats and rafts to cross Hebei. He must be trying to steal our army's back."

"I will lead an army along the river to block the north bank, so that the Song soldiers will not be able to cross. In less than [-] days, the grain in the east of the river will be exhausted, and the loose troops will be in chaos. When the time comes to attack along the south, Li Song can be captured."

Han Sui pinched his beard and said, "No need to do that! Don't you know that there is a saying in the art of war: 'Soldiers can be attacked halfway through the crossing,' and when the loose soldiers are halfway across, you will suddenly kill him on the south bank and kill him by surprise. They will all die in Hanoi."

Ma Chao was overjoyed: "Uncle's words are very kind, why didn't I think of them."

"Meng Qi! If you lead the troops out of Tongguan, the enemy troops outside the pass will know. What if they attack by force?" Han Sui said.

"Uncle, don't worry! I have a plan! Come here, uncle." Ma Chao laughed.

Han Sui stepped forward, and Ma Chao whispered in his ear, so so!Han Sui praised it very much after hearing it.

Ma Chao immediately asked people to find out when Li Songjun would cross the river.However, it is said that Tan Daoji, the general of the right army, has finished reorganizing his army. He stopped the army in three parts and crossed the Weihe River.

Chang Yuchun first sent elite soldiers across the north bank and established a camp.Chang Yuchun led himself to accompany a hundred guards, and sat on the south bank with their swords pressed, watching the troops cross the river.

Suddenly someone reported: "General, there are a large number of soldiers coming towards our army from behind, and the leader is the general in white robe!" Everyone recognized Ma Chao.

As soon as they got off the boat, the army by the river was fighting to get on the boat, and there was a lot of noise. Chang Yuchun still sat still and stopped making noise according to his sword finger.I could only hear people screaming and swarming over. A general on the boat jumped ashore and shouted: "The bandit soldiers are coming! Please get off the boat!" Chang Yuchun saw that this person was actually one of the eight captains under Xue Rengui's command. Zhou Qing, this time the prime minister was worried that he was short of manpower, so he transferred Zhou Qing to listen to him.

Chang Yuchun smiled and said, "What's the matter if the bandits come?" After saying that, looking back, Ma Chao couldn't get away from him for more than a hundred steps.

Zhou Qing was anxious, what was going on with this right general, the army had basically crossed the river, how could he fight against the opponent with this little manpower, not to mention that these soldiers and horses were still very chaotic.

Chang Yuchun glanced at Zhou Qing, saw his thoughts clearly, and said with a smile: "I have already expected that Ma Chao will come to sneak attack, I have already set up an ambush, waiting for him to fall into the trap."

Zhou Qing was taken aback when he heard this, he didn't expect that General Zuo had predicted the enemy's prophet and ambushed soldiers and horses to wait for Ma Chao. Zhou Qing stood quietly beside Chang Yuchun, holding the handle of the knife.

Before Ma Chao arrived, he heard a sudden shout of killing behind him. Looking back, tens of thousands of loose soldiers were killed on the left and right sides.

Ma Chao was furious!Seeing that the enemy is close at hand, but he has to give up and turn around to kill the enemy, otherwise, if he is attacked by the enemy, the only one who will die will be himself.

(End of this chapter)