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"Brother, this is a repeating crossbow!" Ma Dai exclaimed.
"Liannu?" Ma Chao was also surprised. How could this Han army have a Liannu? Looking carefully, I saw Han soldiers charging forward and firing crossbow arrows. It was obvious that the strange thing in their hands was a repeating crossbow.
The crossbowmen of the Xiliang army had no time to put their arrows on the strings and were shot dead. In front of the formation, Hou Xuan and Yang Qiu's troops were already dead and wounded.
Ma Chao had a sneer on his face, and then shouted, "Withdraw!"
Pound seemed to have been ready to withdraw his troops long ago, and the Xiliang army quickly left the battlefield.
"Yuan Jian, this horse is running too fast. Should we chase it or not?" Zhou Cang asked.
"There's no need to chase. General Deng's order to us is to capture the street pavilion. Ma Chao only has a few soldiers and horses left. He can't stay in Longxi!" Liao Hua shook his head.
The Han army had no casualties, but there were too many corpses here, and the battlefield was cleared until night.
Deng Ai led an army of 10,000 people across Xiao Pass, and after passing through Beidi County, they arrived at Tianshui. But I didn't expect that Ma Wan Yang Qiu was stationed in Anding. If he attacked, he would definitely alert Zhao Yan of Tianshui and Du Xi of Jieting. By then, even if Anding was taken, it would be difficult to capture Tianshui and Jieting, because these two places The defenders are all five thousand.
When the news of the great victory in Yicheng came, Deng Ai immediately thought of a strategy, so he had people spread rumors to Longxi and Longyou, saying that the Han army had captured Chencang, Cao's army's retreat was cut off, and Han Sui in Jincheng was preparing to Send troops to attack Tianshui and Jieting.
After Ma Chao learned of the situation, he immediately united with Cheng Yin, Hou Xuan, Yang Qiu, and Ma Wan to send troops. Because Tianshui used to belong to their Ma family, how could they be given to Han Sui? He promised a few people that after taking Tianshui, he would give them the entire Longxi.
Ma Chao and others fought a fierce battle with Zhao Yan and Du Xi, but they didn't know that the mantis was stalking the cicada, and the oriole was behind, so Deng Ai captured Tianshui and Jieting without any blood. Although Ma Chao returned to Longxi at this time, he only had more than 3,000 troops left. Moreover, Anding and Longyou have also become empty cities, which is extremely beneficial to Deng Ai.
Deng Ai sent people to hurry up and send the battle report on Tianshui to his lord Liu Cong. At the same time, he ordered Liao Hua to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Tianshui. He led Zhou Cang and the rest of the army to approach Longxi.
At the Longxi Prefecture, Ma Chao summoned Ma Dai, Pang De, Yang Fu, Jiang Xu and others to discuss countermeasures.
"Deng Ai has led his army to attack Longxi. Do you have any strategy to retreat from the enemy?" Ma Chao asked with a gloomy face.
"General, Deng Ai has 7,000 soldiers and horses, and they are very powerful. We only have 3,000 soldiers and horses! And there is not enough food and grass to fight against the Han army!" Jiang Xu obviously had no confidence in holding Longxi.
"Boyi, don't try to increase others' ambition and destroy your own prestige!" Ma Chao's voice was very cold.
"What Boyi said was not to destroy his prestige, but the truth!" Yang Fu was extremely dissatisfied with Ma Chao's behavior. Although they were plotted by Deng Ai in the battle of Jieting, Ma Chao was obviously using a borrowed knife to kill people, leaving Cheng Yin, Yang Qiu, Hou Xuan, Ma Wan and others died in the battle one after another. "Longxi cannot be defended at all. Now there are only two ways before us, either to withdraw or to surrender!"
"You" Ma Chao shouted at Yang Fu, "Yang Fu, do you want to surrender to Liu Cong? Well, I'll chop off your head first!"
Ma Chao took out the sword from his waist.
"Ma Chao, do you still want to borrow a knife to kill someone?" There was no fear on Yang Fu's face.
"Brother" Ma Dai hurriedly stopped Ma Chao, "Brother, how can we start fighting among ourselves when we are facing a formidable enemy? Yishan is right, Longxi really can no longer be defended."
"General, what's the matter? We can't defend Longxi. We need to make plans early." Pang De also advised.
Ma Chao returned the sword to its sheath.
"How far is Deng Ai's army from Longxi?"
"About eighty miles, but the marching speed is not very fast. We will be outside the city at noon tomorrow!" Pang De said.
"Every general, go down and prepare to defend the city!" Ma Chao knew that further discussions would have no results.
"No!"
In the evening, Ma Chao called Pang De and Ma Dai to his camp.
"Bo Zhan, Ling Ming, given the current situation, do you two have any clever ideas?"
"Brother, fighting for hegemony requires a lot of bravery. Lu Bu is invincible, and in the end"
"How can Lu Bu, a common man, be compared with me!" Ma Chao interrupted Ma Dai, "My ancestor was General Fubo. In today's troubled times, it is the time for heroes to use force. How can I rely on others and do nothing!"
"Since the general wants to dominate the world, then we willGoing to Yinping, the capital of Wu, if Liang Xing and Li Kan can stop the Han army, we will temporarily base ourselves there and look for opportunities again. If you can't stop him, you can first rely on Liu Zhang of Yizhou. Pang De thought for a while and said.
"It makes sense, brother, make a decisive decision!" Ma Dai agreed with Pound's point of view.
"Okay, then we will take our troops, horses, food and grass and leave Longxi tonight!"
"General, what should we do with Yang Fu and Jiang Xu?"
"They are not of the same mind as us. It is not good to take them with us. Kill them all!" Ma Chao gritted his teeth and said coldly.
"Brother, no!" Ma Dai immediately objected, "Back in Tianshui, General Jiang Juan fought tooth and nail to defend the city. Jiang Xu is General Jiang Juan's nephew, and General Jiang's son Jiang Wei is only a teenager. If brother kills them, he will lose the support of the people. How can we strive to dominate the world in the future?¡±
"General, what Bo Zhan said makes sense!"
"Okay! We don't have to tell them!"
"No!"
Ma Chao left Longxi overnight. When the Han army arrived at the city the next day, Yang Fu and Jiang Xu surrendered directly to Deng Ai.
Deng Ai was very happy. Now not only Longxi, but also Longyou was an empty city, and Deng Ai had no generals available under his command. Yang Fu and Jiang Xu were both wise generals, and they were sincere in surrendering at this time. Deng Ai sent someone to deliver a message to his lord Liu Cong and appointed him directly.
Yang Fu led 3,000 soldiers and horses to station in Longyou, while Jiang Xu led 2,000 soldiers and horses to return to Anding. They formed horns with Tianshui Liao Hua to prevent Han Sui from Jincheng. Deng Ai led the remaining two thousand soldiers and horses to station in Longxi.
"My lord, Shi Zai's battle report has arrived. Tianshui and Jieting have been captured!" Fa Zheng held a battle report in his hand and ran into Liu Cong's handsome tent excitedly.
"Shizai has succeeded, okay, okay!" Although Liu Cong seems to be very leisurely recently, he thinks about Deng Ai's situation all the time.
Liangzhou is desolate and chaotic. The governors from all over the country are separatist. Foreign tribes such as Xiqiang and Xianbei are also unstable. The lone army goes deep into the country and is full of dangers.
"Lord, as soon as the sky floods, Chencang is completely isolated and helpless, and the food and grass in the city will also be exhausted. It is probably time for Hao Zhao to make a decision." Fazheng said to Liu Cong, "But the number of soldiers is too small. Now we can bypass the street pavilion." , marching into Xiliang."
"Xiaozhi means that the troops are divided into two groups, continuing to confront Hao Zhao in Chencang, and marching to Xiliang."
"Yes!" Fazheng nodded, "We will wipe out the entire Xiliang with lightning speed!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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