Ma Chao's voice was sonorous and powerful, deafening.
Although due to the obstruction of the door opening, the Wei army on the city wall could not see the tragic scene of Xu Chu's body hanging on the city gate.
But the situation where Xu Chu's body was dragged along by Ma Chao just now was clearly visible to the Wei army in the city.
Xu Chu's body is strong and powerful, comparable to that of a strong bull.
Back then, Xu Chu's feat of pulling an ox with one hand shocked the bandits who besieged his hometown, and it became a legend.
Originally, the Wei army thought that Xu Chu was a rare strong man in the world, but what they didn't expect was that Ma Chao was even more powerful.
Ma Chao did not drag the ox in public when he dragged Xu Chu, who was as strong as an ox, all the way to the city gate and nailed his body tightly to the heavy city gate.
Although Ma Chao was able to accomplish this feat largely with the help of horse power, it can also be seen how powerful Ma Chao himself must be!
In addition to worshiping strong men, people in the world often also have awe.
Today, Ma Chao showed too many things that ordinary people could not do, which made the Wei army on the city wall fear Ma Chao to an unbearable degree.
No wonder that during the Battle of Weinan, the late emperor had so many famous generals, but he faced the risk of being chased by Ma Chao several times.
It’s not that the many famous generals back then were useless, it’s just that the horses are more powerful than the others!
As the fear of Ma Chao continued to accumulate in his heart, for a long time no Wei army on the city wall dared to respond to Ma Chao's call.
Ma Chao is below now, and with the bravery Ma Chao showed today, who dares to go down and collect Xu Chu's body?
Not to mention that Xu Chu's body was hanging on the city gate today, even if Cao Pi's body was hung there by Ma Chao, I am afraid that except for the Cao clan, no Wei army would dare to go down to collect the body.
And if they didn't dare to collect the corpse, how would the Wei army on the city wall respond to the second sentence Ma Chao shouted?
After Xu Chu died in battle, who could resist Ma Chao's bravery, not to mention inside and outside Tongguan, or even within the territory of Wei?
Forget Ma Chao's bravery, he also brought a large number of Han troops to Tongguan.
The Han army has both unparalleled generals like Ma Chao and tens of thousands of well-trained soldiers. Can they withstand the Han army's offensive with the thousands of people in Tongguan?
When this question appeared in the minds of the Wei soldiers as Ma Chao shouted, different thoughts began to emerge in the hearts of the Wei soldiers.
Of course, not all Wei troops will lose their will because of Ma Chao's bravery.
For example, Xiahou Ba was a very loyal person to the Wei Dynasty.
His origin determined that he would not be rebellious against the Wei Dynasty - unless the power of the Wei Dynasty was replaced by someone with a different surname.
However, although Ma Chao's shouting could not shake Xiahou Ba's determination to defend Tongguan, Xiahou Ba was not an unwise person. He knew that he would not be shaken, but it did not mean that others would not.
Xiahou Ba's eagle-like eyes kept scanning everyone around him.
Every Wei Jun he glanced at had a look of dodge in their eyes.
After seeing this scene, Xiahou Ba knew that Ma Chao's words or provocation had shaken the military morale in the city to a great extent.
After realizing this, Xiahou Ba angrily asked the defenders on the city to shoot arrows downwards.
I don’t know if this can hurt Ma Chao.
But if nothing is done and Ma Chao is allowed to shout arrogantly outside the city, the military morale in the city will collapse within a few days.
No one is willing to fight a war without hope.
Under Xiahou Ba's repeated urging, Wei troops finally began to lie on the wall and shoot arrows downwards.
But looking at their powerlessness, what harm could they do to Ma Chao?
The arrows falling sparsely from the city wall made Ma Chao laugh.
Outside Tongguan City, he was defeated by Cao Cao and became a bereaved dog.
Although that defeat was mostly due to his being less resourceful than Cao Cao, the Wei army's combat effectiveness at that time was still recognized by Ma Chao.
What I didn't expect was that a generation had not passed yet, and now, both inside and outside Tongguan City, the combat effectiveness of the Wei army was so reduced.
After laughing, Ma Chao rode his horse and rushed out of the door.
Even though his back was turned to the Wei army on the city wall, with his superb riding skills and the fact that the Wei army was unwilling to fight, Ma Chao finally returned to the Han army's camp safely.
Ma Chao's safe return undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Wei army on the city wall.
Xiahou Ba was so angry that he almost jumped up.
After realizing that the morale of the Wei army in Tongguan had been severely damaged by him, Ma Chao ordered to Jiang Wei beside him:
"The whole army is encamped.
After the rear army arrives, immediately launch a fierce attack on Tongguan!"
Ma Chao's general order passed through Jiang Wei's mouth and quickly spread throughout the army.
After hearing Ma Chao's general order, unlike the Wei army with low morale, the Han army with high morale burst into cheers.
No soldier would not want to fight a war that has great hope of victory.
The morale of the Han army was so high that Xiahou Ba on the city wall noticed it. At this moment, even he suddenly lost the anger to jump.
He must guard Tongguan.
But based on the current situation, can Tongguan really be defended?
Thinking of this, Xiahou Ba finally walked towards the city in despair.
Looking at Xiahou Ba's leaving figure, the eyes of some Wei generals on the city wall communicated invisibly.
...
Late at night, as the movement of the Han army camping outside the city gradually stopped, several Wei generals couldn't help but gather together under the eye contact during the day.
The leading Wei general was named Zhu Ling.
Zhu Ling was one of the generals who followed Cao Cao in his early years. Because of his seniority and Zhu Ling's many military exploits, Cao Pi granted Zhu Ling the official post of General after he became emperor.
When Cao Zhen launched his southern expedition last year, Zhu Ling, as a veteran general, accompanied Cao Zhen on his southern expedition.
It's just that Zhu Ling was once a general of Yuan Shao, so he never gained the true trust of the rulers of Cao Wei.
Therefore, Zhu Ling was not active much during the Southern Expedition.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Throughout the entire Southern Expedition, Zhu Ling was responsible for one and only one task, which was to lead his army to guard the dam built by the Wei army on the Han River.
This was originally an easy task that did not get much credit, which was very consistent with Zhu Ling's unpopular situation.
What Zhu Ling didn't expect was that the damned Han army would suddenly appear outside the Han River and defeat him.
And his defeat directly led to the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of Wei troops being flooded.
Therefore, despite the terrible flood, he was lucky enough to escape back to Chang'an.
But Cao Zhen was furious afterwards and demoted Zhu Ling from the post general to a military commander.
If some veterans hadn't interceded at that time, Zhu Ling might have been directly killed by Cao Zhen.
But even if he saved his life, the huge gap in status from a general to a military commander still often made Zhu Ling secretly resentful.
Not to mention that even before this incident, Zhu Ling was dissatisfied with Cao Wei - during the Jian'an period, Cao Cao sent Yu Jin to seize his military power without any reason.
In the past, when Cao Wei was strong and powerful, Zhu Ling did not dare to hold grudges about this past incident.
But now that Cao Wei's country is in a state of decline, Zhu Ling, who is already restless, will inevitably combine the two injustices he suffered into one, and let the resentment in his heart reach its peak.
The strong resentment that originally existed in his heart finally catalyzed Zhu Ling's idea after witnessing everything that happened outside Tongguan City today:
Since Cao Wei is getting worse and worse, why doesn't he choose the right tree to roost again?
Zhu Ling was originally a subordinate of Yuan Shao. Later, Zhu Ling saw that Cao Cao was a man who could achieve great things, so he decisively abandoned his old master Yuan Shao and defected to Cao Cao.
So for Zhu Ling, it is quite normal for him to have this idea.
In addition, Zhu Ling once sat back and watched his entire family being massacred by Gongsun Zan for the sake of glory and wealth.
For such a person, once he becomes rebellious, even ten oxen cannot pull him back.
Tonight, Zhu Ling summoned either his old troops or generals who had long been dissatisfied with Cao Wei.
To these people, tonight's secret discussion shines with the light of like-mindedness.
Of course, people want face and trees want skin. After all, rebellion is an indecent thing, so you shouldn't be too direct at the beginning.
Looking at the Wei generals sitting in front of him, Zhu Ling sighed heavily and said:
"Looking at Ma Chao's actions today, he seems to have the courage of an overlord.
But looking at Xia Houba as a person, how can he be as strange as Han Xin?
As a result, Tongguan is in danger."
Zhu Ling first used an obvious contrast to highlight the gap between Ma Chao and Xiahou Ba.
Zhu Ling's comparison is effective.
As soon as he finished speaking, several Wei generals in front of him also sighed together with him.
"If Tongguan is not protected, it will be easy for me to die. What will the people in the city do?"
After sighing repeatedly, one of Zhu Ling's former subordinates opened his mouth and said a high-sounding sentence.
It was these high-sounding words that seemed to touch Zhu Ling's heart. He immediately slapped the table and said angrily:
"Today Xiahou Ba refused to save Hu Hou, which really chilled the hearts of the soldiers in the city.
I see that he has a deer head and rat eyes, and he does not look like someone who fights to the death. Maybe he is like Cao Hong, planning how to abandon the city and escape."
Zhu Ling's words caused several Wei soldiers in the tent to sigh.
Regardless of whether what Zhu Ling said is true or not, in this situation, it must be true.
"If this is the case, what can we do?"
A Wei general said this after sighing.
After hearing this sentence and realizing that the atmosphere had been set, Zhu Ling could not help but lower his voice and said:
"It's for the sake of the people, and it's also our plan, why don't we sacrifice Tongguan to Ma Chao.
No matter how we say it, this is a great achievement.
The Han Dynasty has always been generous in rewarding those who have made meritorious deeds.
Like Su Ze and Yang Xiao, didn't they surrender early and now receive generous rewards?"
In order to inspire people, Zhu Ling directly used the examples of Su Ze and Yang Xiao.
Su Ze and Yang Xiao were both ministers of the Wei Dynasty not long ago.
After hearing these two examples, several Wei generals had expressions of emotion on their faces.
But there was still a Wei general who hesitated and asked: "Even if Ma Chao is willing to accept us, I heard that Mi Yang has a bad taste in people like us in the army!"
The Wei general hesitated subconsciously, but he didn't expect that as soon as he said these words, Zhu Lingtong blew his nose and glared:
"What the hell...
That's the general.
Is it possible for us to call the general by his name?"
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