Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 540
In the Cao camp, all the generals were talking about the bravery of the Xiliang people, and some even brought the spears and corpses to Cao Cao, talking about the sharpness of the flying spears and thinking hard about how to solve them. They didn't expect another attack in Tongguan. There are so many waves.

Han Sui welcomed Ma Chao back to Tongguan.Ma Dai led [-] troops to garrison Tongguan, and other ministries camped in the west of Tongguan, stretching for dozens of miles.

"Meng Qi defeated the Cao bandits, the enemy's army was terrified, and the army's dispatch is just around the corner." He looked around while talking. "Why don't you see Cheng Yi, Cheng Yin, and Zhang Heng?"

"These three people have all died in battle." Ma Chao said indifferently.

It's so easy to say, people say that Ma Chao is cold-blooded, and it's true, Han Sui was startled, three of the eight parts were lost, and the only one left, Liang Xing, was secretly glad that he didn't play, he had already started planning to recruit the three men Use it for yourself.

Han Sui hosted a banquet to ask for credit for Ma Chao, but in private he asked Cheng Gongying to recruit the former subordinates of Cheng Yi, Cheng Yin, and Zhang Heng. Cheng Gongying returned empty-handed, saying that he was one step too late. He argued with Pound, but Pound wanted to compete with him in martial arts, so he had to come back and report, adding fuel and vinegar is indispensable.

Counting that there were nearly ten thousand people who did not follow the three of them, Han Sui secretly scolded Ma Chao in his heart for not being of one mind with him.When the compilation failed, Han Sui immediately sent someone back to Jincheng to deliver a letter to Yan Xing, ordering him to take the three people's territory into his arms, and finally comforted his wounded heart.

The rabbit died and the fox was sad.At night, Liang Xing secretly came to Han Sui's tent to express his sincerity, expressing his willingness to join Han Sui.

Hmph, this is because he was worried about being annexed, and he came here to save his life. Han Sui comforted Liang Xing, and promised that if Liang Xing could defect sincerely, he would hand over Cheng Yin's territory to Liang Xing in the future, and Liang Xing would be overjoyed leave.

Two days later, Ma Wan and Li Kan, who had not moved from the eight tribes, led 5000 people each to join them.These two people were not in a hurry to come because they were worried about losing the battle and losing their own strength. After hearing that Ma Chao had won a big victory, they rushed here without stopping, wanting to get a share of the pie.

After arriving at Tongguan, the two regretted it. It was true that Ma Chao’s victory was true, and it was true that Cao Cao’s defeat was true. However, Cheng Yi, Cheng Yin, and Zhang Heng died in battle. Coming here to wade through the muddy water, if I had known it would be better to pretend to wave the flag and shout at the rear, maybe I could get some chassis.

The man had already arrived, and it was useless to regret. The two sneaked into Han Sui's tent in the middle of the night, expressing their willingness to follow Han Sui's lead.Han Sui was overjoyed, and once again promised to share Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng's chassis between them.

All Han Sui sent out were empty favors, and it was absolutely impossible to honor them.However, the relationship of the Xiliang Alliance has changed. Originally, Han Sui was the leader of the ten divisions, but now there are seven divisions left.The three soldiers and horses who died in battle were acquired by Ma Chao, and the chassis was owned by Han Sui. The three troops in Tongguan completely surrendered to Han Sui and became Han Sui's subordinates.Only Yang Qiu, the candidate for besieging Chang'an, remained unchanged.

Two camps, Han Sui and Ma Chao, formed in Tongguan. Although Ma Chao had recruited 1 people, his men had reached 5, but Han Sui had also increased to nearly [-].Ma Chao was not aware of the changes in the three of them, but was delighted by his strength, but he was still a little behind Han Sui, so he sent people to Xiliang to recruit [-] Qiang Hu to help in the battle.

Cao Ying naturally had no way of knowing the subtle changes in the situation in the pass, but he was able to find out the news because two troops came to help.All the generals frowned. Although the tiger and leopard cavalry came, the bravery of the Xiliang people was already chilling. How could they be defeated by adding new troops?

Only Cao Cao smiled and praised him for his winning streak.Cheng Yu asked Xun You: "Gongda, what is the meaning of this, my lord? Is it just to stabilize the morale of the army?"

Xun You shook his head: "I think Wenhe seems to have realized something, why don't you ask him."

The two found Jia Xu to tell the questions in their hearts, and asked Jia Xu to answer them.Jia Xu laughed and said, "It's not that you two didn't expect it, it's just that you don't know Xiliang."

This said the two were very comfortable. "Wenhe is from Wuwei. He has lived in Xiliang for a long time, so he must know it very deeply."

"The various tribes in Xiliang are brave and brave, but they fight on their own, especially the Qianghu tribes. They don't worry about gathering but worry about dispersing. The road to the northwest is long and long. If all the tribes hold their ground, it will be difficult to pacify them in two or three years; Once dispersed, the territory is vast, and it will be even more difficult to encircle and annihilate, and when our soldiers and horses retreat, he will make a comeback, so Huangfu Song and Zhang Wen could not be calmed down at the beginning. I remember that Liao Hou followed Tao Qian in the army at that time. Three strategies are discussed: one is to support war by fighting, and send elite cavalry to attack, destroying the troops and destroying its roots; the other is to advance layer by layer, making it useless; .”

"How did Wenhe know Zhou Weiguo's strategy?" Cheng Yu was a little displeased.

Jia Xu said indifferently, "I was in the Niu Fujun at that time."

Xun You nodded: "That is to say, my lord asked him to get together and be happy. If he wins this battle, will it be more effective to pacify Xiliang?"

Jia Xu smiled with wisps of goatee.

Xun You frowned, "As you said, you still need to win. Does Wenhe have a clever plan?"

Jia Xu laughed and said, "Duke Ming has already planned, why worry?"

Xun You and Cheng Yu were puzzled, and were about to ask again, when they heard Xu Chu's voice from outside the tent: "Several gentlemen told me to find it easy, my lord, please."

When they came to Cao Cao's big tent, Zhang Liao was already in the tent.

"My army is stationed at Tongguan, and the horse thought that I wanted to fight against him at Tongguan, so I also hoarded a large number of troops here. Hehehe." Cao Cao laughed. "Now, more than half of its ministries have gathered. It's ready to be used. Wen Yuan, tell me."

Zhang Liao coughed lightly. "Your Majesty has brought a large army here, but the enemy no longer divides their troops to guard Puban, which shows that they lack strategy. Please give me a good army to cross Pubanjin, as the forerunner of the army, and cut off the way back, so that Ma Chao and Han can be captured. So."

Xun You and Cheng Yu already understood that this must be Cao Cao's strategy before he sent troops, because Zhang Liao volunteered to invite Ying, so saying it through his mouth was enough to give Zhang Liao face.It's not that they haven't thought about this idea, it's just that they were too bold and abandoned by them.

Cao Cao unfolded the map and said: "Look, our army crosses the Yellow River in the north to Hedong, crosses the Yellow River from Pubanjin in the west to Hexi, and crosses the Wei River in the southwest of Hexi to reach Huayin." At the lower right corner of the corner, it is necessary to cross the Yellow River to the north, then cross the Yellow River to the west, and when crossing to the south, it becomes a tributary of Weishui.

"Even if Ma Chao didn't take precautions, how could our army be able to cross the Wei River?"

"This matter is simple. I just need to let the boats enter the Weishui River from the Yellow River. The boats and boats connect to each other and build a pontoon bridge. It will take a few days for a large army to pass."

Look at Cao Cao's plan. "Wen Yuan, you and Zhu Ling led 5000 people to cross north to Hedong first. In order to prevent the news from leaking prematurely, we need to cross Pubanjin west while our army is crossing north."

(End of this chapter)