"I plan to be a tiger, but why did I mistakenly win a dog? How could I be sad?"

In Guo Si camp on the banks of the Lishui River, General Xuanyi Jia Xu sat upright in the central army's tent, drinking while watching the sound of killings on the Jieting Mountain Pass on the west side, sighing.

As the shouts of killing gradually stopped, and the "horse" flag on Jieting Mountain had not fallen, Jia Xu knew that Guo Si's attack was not taken down again.

After all, Ma Teng is a long-time general with more than ten years of battlefield experience, so the Jieting he guarded is not as stupid as he is completely stationed on the mountain.

Ma Teng chose to camp on the road, set up deer antlers to resist horses, and then set up a few side troops on the top of the mountain to serve as a warning and to observe the enemy's situation. Of course, he would also slightly arrange some crossbows in the dangerous places to block the enemy's attempt to take a detour and cross the mountain.

There were deer antlers and horses, wooden walls, long spears and crossbows, and the valley entrance was narrow, so it was not surprising that Guo Si had not yet attacked for a day.

The sound of drums and horns in front of him was not long before Jia Xu heard an angry irritable sound from afar, and there was also a metal bump that was throwing the ground. Then there was a clattering sound of the door curtain. It was indeed a bad temper Guo Si made a fortune:

Guo Si poured a jar of thin wine to quench his thirst, and then asked: "Wenhe, what are you talking about just now? You are such a person who speaks so hard. I don't like to play dumb puzzles."

Jia Xu ate a wine date and spit out the pits of the date: "Of course the tiger is Ma Teng, any dog, anybody can do it. He blamed Ma Teng, who is a veteran in military affairs and refused to go to the dangerous land. He actually asked his son Ma Chao to lead the troops to plunder and stabilize the country. Those people were all dogs.

From this point of view, although Ma Teng is called Han, his habits are no different from those of barbarians. It must be because his mother was a Qiang man. He only knows how to be nepotism and ignores the overall situation - I blame me for not being able to predict it in advance, but there is no way. Who would have thought that his nepotism would be so greedy."

Although Guo Si heard every word of Jia Xu, he still did not understand everything. He could only say that the literati's mind was too twisted.

To translate it in human terms, the reason why Jia Xu did not expect that "Ma Teng would not lead troops to attack Anding" this time was because with his understanding of Ma Teng's forces, he really couldn't imagine who Ma Teng could send to take on such a task of leading more than 10,000 soldiers. Ma Teng's son was too young, and Ma Chao had never heard of it, and had never fought a war. How dare Ma Teng?

Although other generals were older, they were not trusted by Ma Teng enough, and they were not yet at the level of "being able to make Ma Teng believe that most of his elite troops in his lineage were handed over to the other party for full command", so after thinking about it, Ma Teng should take it personally.

In the end, Ma Teng was so unexpectedly cautious in playing cards. If he didn't guess, he couldn't blame Jia Xu. He could only blame Ma Teng for being "nepotent" and was too spoiled and trusting his son without principles.

Even though Jia Xu has excellent governance, he is not a prophet after all. All his predictions are based on his understanding of the enemy. Ma Chao has never appeared before, and there is no information other than his age that Jia Xu knows, so Jia Xu cannot deduce this uncertain factor.

But even though he didn't guess, Jia Xu still made a profit, just a little less.

It's similar to a good handful of cards in hand, but failing to lure the enemy through psychological warfare to put all the chips on the table. The enemy still left a small amount of money to fail to suppress it in order to make a comeback.

As long as the card is opened, the winner is still Jia Xu.

Guo Si drank some wine and was so angry that he was too lazy to make plans with Jia Xu. He slapped his thigh and said, "Don't care about that many of him! Anyway, a big victory in this battle is inevitable. Ma Teng has more than 20,000 people, and only seven or eight thousand left behind. Now the 3,000 people in Huating Pass have been attacked and wiped out by our army.

There are four or five thousand people in Jieting Pass, and the two-day attacks have been lost by more than one thousand. I think Ma Teng has at most three thousand left. If the thief army in Linjing does not return and delay for a few more days, Ma Teng wants to save his son and refuses to leave, I can definitely use up all Ma Teng's men. Now I hope Ma Chao will come back later."

Guo Si was drinking when suddenly a scout came to the camp east behind him: "Report! General, Yang Xiaowei was charged and attacked by Ma Chao's cavalry in Huating Camp. He was almost unable to withstand it. Yang Xiaowei asked for help urgently."

Guo Si threw the wine jar: "Yang Ding is a waste! Our 40,000 to 50,000 troops, didn't we leave more than 10,000 people for Yang Ding to block Huating Pass? Can Ma Chao have more people than him? There are as many armies as the two, and he is still defending, and he can't stand it so quickly? When he goes back, he will definitely punish him and get on the horse!"

Guo Si immediately ordered the troops who had just retreated to attack Jieting immediately to return to DuHuating. The two places were only thirty or forty miles apart, and were two Longshan passes on both sides of the Weishui River.

Guo Si's camp happened to be on the banks of the Weishui River, less than twenty miles away from each side, so the cavalry reinforcements were very fast and arrived in a quarter of an hour.

Compared to Guo Si's irritability, Jia Xu was very calm and even a trace of surprise flashed:

"Oh? In the face of a desperate situation, Ma Chao could fight Yang Ding so quickly with less than Yang Ding's troops, so it was difficult to support him? It seems that I would have to forget about this Ma Chao. I didn't expect that a person who was under 18 years old and had never led a soldier was quite capable. In this way, I have to take back the evaluation of "Ma Teng is a nepotist like a barbarian chief". Let's go and have a look."

Since the son has real skills, it cannot be called "neck-only". It's like outsiders know that Wang Jianlin gives Wang Sicong money to start a business, so they can spit on: Bah! Neck-only!

This is also the concern of normal people.

But if it was IBM founder Thomas Watson, the elder brother, who passed the throne to his son Thomas Watson Jr., it could not be called nepotism, it was Thomas Watson Jr., who had the strength of a top business genius.

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When Guo Si and Jia Xu came to the Huating battlefield with nearly 20,000 reinforcements, they saw that Yang Ding's defenders were almost defeated one side, and the mountain pass was only a few miles deep, and they had been repeatedly torn by Ma Chao's cavalry assaults, almost shaking.

There was blood everywhere on Huating Mountain. The deceased on both sides added up, and there were probably thousands of people, and at least 70% of them were Yang Ding's army.

But Yang Dingjun knew that his side had many people and Guo Si's support, so he suffered such serious casualties and still did not collapse, and it was even more impossible for him to surrender. At this time, surrender was almost like a 1945-year-old man who would win over Germany and would suffer repeated humiliation. In the end, Ma Chao must have lost.

The reason why Ma Chao's troops fought to the death was because Ma Chao had better morale before the war, and the whole army knew that the situation was critical. Now it was time to fight to the death. If you were desperate, you would jump over the wall to break through, and of course you would burst out with amazing combat power, so everyone fought to the forefront.

Otherwise, with the loyalty and morale of the armies of all parties at the end of the Han Dynasty, it would be impossible to create a situation where more than 20% of the cumulative casualties still remain unrest.

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes and immediately wanted to understand the situation of the front army. He caught a fangmen and asked: "This Ma Chao is amazing. Can the main generals of our army suffer casualties?"

The Gate Gate's face was covered in blood and he replied tremblingly: "Report to General, Yang Ziwei is safe. He commanded his soldiers to guard the Central Camp to death and never fought. However, when Ma Chao first came to challenge, Yang Ziwei asked the Chief of the Chief of the Chief of the Army to retaliate. Cui Duwei fought with Ma Chao several times and was stabbed to death by Ma Chao."

Yang Ding is still quite timid in his personal martial arts. When he encounters a strong and brave general in the enemy, he will not easily lead the way and fight with others, so he will be trapped.

When Guo Si heard this, he was furious: "Yang Ding is so cowardly! When I ask the Feixiong Army to attack Ma Chao's son!"

Jia Xu was anxious and quickly pulled Guo Si's sleeves: "General Guo should not be impatient! As the right general, how can you fight with a little boy in a battle with a small group of people? The son of a daughter cannot sit in the hall!"

Guo Si laughed: "I can't kill Lu Bu, and I can't kill Ma Chao? Last year, the battle at the South Gate of Chang'an, I've been holding this breath in my heart for almost a year. Today I will use Ma Chao's sacrifice knife to vent my anger!"

Friends who only read "Romance of the Romance" and do not understand the official history may be surprised by Guo Si's confidence and think that his martial arts are just a bottom. But this person is still very outstanding in official history. Among the powerful generals under Dong Zhuo, Guo Si and Fan Chou are among the best, and Guo Si may even be slightly better, probably above Hua Xiong.

In the Battle of Chang'an last year, when Lu Bu broke through the city, he tried to break out of the south gate and went to Wancheng on Wuguan Road. He met Guo Si on the narrow road in the urn city corridor. The two fought one-on-one. In the end, Guo Si was stabbed in the thigh by Lu Bu, and blood was flowing. He had to defeat Lu Bu successfully breaking through. However, after being injured, Guo Si still struggled to resist. With Lu Bu's martial arts, he was unable to kill him in a hurry.

This one-on-one challenge was recorded in "The Three Kingdoms", which shows Guo Si's bravery. (It is not the original text written by Chen Shou, but Wang Can's "Heroes" quoted by Pei Zun)

Guo Si took the direct Western Liang Iron Cavalry Feixiong Army, who was left from Dong Zhuo's era, and retaliated against Ma Chao who was pressing against Yang Ding. Both sides were elite long-spike cavalry, and their armor was also excellent. They went directly into Huating Valley and collided with each other.

While the cavalry of the two armies were bloody and bloody, Ma Chao and Guo Si and others met naturally after each killing more than ten enemy cavalrymen.

Guo Si's sword was strong and powerful, and the alliance roared away.

Ma Chao had been fighting for an hour, and after all, he had not reached his peak in his physical strength and martial arts, so he felt a little ominous for a moment.

But inspiring by the bloodthirsty atmosphere, Ma Chao did not show any weakness. He pushed his gun to fight Guo Si who could survive more than ten bloody battles under Lu Bu.

The intersecting swords and guns, and the sound of metal rubbing that makes people feel sour, like a turning milling machine, soon both of their weapons were deformed.

Ma Chao thought he was completely unlucky today. After more than 30 rounds of bloody battles, he gritted his teeth and turned the Lingtai Kongming and entered a calm state of fearlessness.

He took advantage of the round to pull the horse and pull a few steps away, and then while Guo Si was chasing, Ma Chao penetrated the gun with both arms and stabbed back from the top of his head and returned the horse gun. He jumped like a dragon in one go, and he also opened the empty door.

A sharp look flashed in Guo Si's eyes. The big knife struggled to smash it, directly cutting off the gun rod that Ma Chao was about to break. However, he did not expect that Ma Chao's gun was so powerful that when the gun rod was cut off, the stabbing had accelerated to a very high speed.

Although the gun rod was broken, the gun head continued to fly against inertia, piercing into Guo Si's iron armored heart protection mirror, scaring Guo Si into a cold sweat.

Fortunately, the heart protection mirror was forged by steel. The spear head that was shot by inertia could not completely penetrate the heart protection mirror. It was just more than half an inch of flesh and was stuck by the ribs.

But Ma Chao had lost his weapon and could only draw a sword to protect him. He could not get far away immediately. Guo Si took this opportunity to endure the pain in his chest and slashed his sword to chase him. Ma Chao blocked him repeatedly, but was finally hit on the back with a knife. Fortunately, the two were far away at that time, and Guo Si's big sword was not easy to use force. He cut a few iron scales on Ma Chao's back. After pulling out a wound, the remaining strength was weak and he could not be injured again.

"The whole army retreated!" Ma Chao looked at the increasing number of enemies, several times higher than his side, and knew that he would never be able to break through successfully again, so he had to retreat.

Guo Si chased after him, and Ma Chao ran away in dispersed ways.

Although Guo Si's tens of thousands of people have strong combat power, not all the cavalrymen. After chasing and suppressing more than half of the Ma Chao troops, they gradually lost their targets.

The Guo Si army is only a 10,000 or 20,000 troops, and it is possible to gather the entire cavalry. If it is a large army of 40,000 or 50,000, the cavalry can only be part of it. Ma Chao's army is a full cavalry, so as long as Guo Si's cavalry force is dispersed and the cavalry army is paid a heavy price, they can still escape.

As the night came to an end, Guo Si gradually lost Ma Chao's traces.

In addition, Guo Si was chasing Linjing County, the capital of Anding County, but Ma Chao knew that Linjing County was still at the opponent and was planning to escape to Qixian County, which was called to Pang De to seize, so the route was more southerly and not close to Jinghe River. There was a small angle between the Mercedes-Benz directions, and the distance was getting further and further in the darkness.

Ma Chao escaped for two nights and a day, and lost 10,000 cavalry before the Battle of Huating to the end of only 3,000 left, and finally escaped to Qi County.

Fortunately, Pang De used fraudulent tricks to open the gate of Qi County and was already stationed in the small town of Qi County. After Ma Chao arrived, he would not have nowhere to stay.

At the same time, Ma Teng, who was in Jieting, had not waited for his son to come back, and his soldiers were less and less, and there was no news. Finally, the next night after Ma Chao was defeated, Ma Teng could not hold on anymore. He gave up Jieting with two thousand cavalry and flew back to Wuwei County for hundreds of miles.

In Qi County, Pang De took out the wounded medicine with a cold expression and bandaged the long wound on Ma Teng that was cut out by Guo Si: "Major General, what should we do today? If we guard Qi County to the death, it is afraid that the enemy will surround him in less than three days.

The food in the city is enough. You and I have five or six thousand war soldiers. Now the autumn harvest has just ended and the autumn grain is put into storage. It is enough to eat until the famine next spring. But it is not a solution to defend the lonely county behind the enemy. Sooner or later, they will die at the hands of Li Jue and Guo Si.

I originally thought that I would be abandoned by the Major General and stayed alone in Qixian County, but I didn't expect that the Major General would come back to pick me up - by the way, I haven't asked about the specific situation of the Battle of Jieting? In fact, even if our army was defeated, Jietingsai could not be used to withdraw troops. As long as we arrived at the Lishui Valley, we could still go south along the Lishui River to Chencang and date with Han Wen to retreat? Why didn't the Major General take that road?"

Ma Chao grinned in pain and said angrily: "Why do you think Huating Sai will be taken down by Guo Si so soon? I was also trying to retake Huating Sai's battlefield and learned about the situation. It turned out that Han Wenyou did not surround Chen Cang with heavy troops! I guess he didn't work hard, so he hoped that my father would fight to the death to fight Li Jue and Guo Si. Han Sui would wait for us to lose both sides and reap the profits!

Two days before I arrived at Huating Pass, Guo Si led a large army to attack Huating from the east. Behind him was Chen Cang's thief army going up the river. He led by Zhang Xiu and inserted it between Jieting and Huating, blocking my father's camp in Jieting to reinforce Huating, and causing Huating to be attacked from both sides. He was captured by Guo Si in just one day!

If Han Sui followed the plan agreed before the war, he would have to siege Chen Cang with tens of thousands of troops, and would not let Chen Cang's enemy soldiers come to reinforce the Jieting battlefield! Han Sui's dog thieves will not die well!"

When Pang De heard this, he was speechless. Ma Teng and Han Sui, the two warlords, both expected each other to fight Li Jue and Guo Si to win the bargain.

Fight against friendly forces and rob yourself. In the end, this is what happened.

Since that's the case, even if Ma Chao wanted to go around the water and retreat by Chencang, it would be impossible. Zhang Ji was not surrounded by Han Sui at all. Maybe Zhang Ji still had the strength to go out of the city to fight in a field and completely block the mouth of the Wei River Valley. In that way, even if Ma Chao was exhausted, he would give Zhang Ji a head.

Forget it, I had to temporarily defend this lonely city behind enemy lines, and wait until Ma Chao and the soldiers recovered their injuries and recovered their strength before making plans.

"If there is really no way out, surrender to Li Jue for the time being." Pang De also thought about this retreat in his heart. Anyway, he would not have the need to sacrifice his life for Ma Teng and his son.

Although Li Jue and Guo Si are traitors, if they surrender to the emperor, it would not be embarrassing.

But Ma Chao certainly refused to think so. He knew what would happen if he was captured to Chang'an. After bandaging the wound, he took out the map to continue researching.

"When we go west, we have a straight line of 260 miles. We will definitely not be able to break through, and the enemy is guarding against this direction. Where else can we go?"

Ma Chao looked at each county in the surrounding Three Auxiliary Areas and wanted to find a point closest to the "Enemy-occupied Border Line".

"There are still 220 miles to Chang'an. Bypassing Chang'an and Lantian, entering Wuguan Road, it will be 280 miles away, which is even further away from Huayin. And if you go east and leave Wuguan, you have to surrender to Yuan Shu. That is the choice when Lu Bu was desperate. How could I, a Liangzhou native, go to that kind of place? Even if I surrender, I was excluded.

If you go directly east to Puyangjin and cross the Yellow River to be a White Wave thief, it will be even further away, with a straight line of 370 miles, and how can you cross the Yellow River..."

Starting from the route back to my hometown at 9 o'clock in Huating Road, Ma Chao almost turned clockwise and measured all the simple and rough routes in detail. Finally, when he was almost at the moment of despair, he saw Mei County in the south at 6:30.

"This place is 180 miles from Ji County, which is the closest. As long as you get off the Linyou Yuan and enter the Weibei Valley, you will have a flat horse. Cross the Wei River, which is Wugongshui and Wuzhangyuan... I heard that the Baoxie Plank Road there was burned down last year when Liu Bei withdrew his troops. I don't know if it has been repaired. If it is repaired, our army will abandon its horse and flee into the plank road and surrender to the King of Hanzhong. But there is no hurry, so I will recover first. I am anxious to see if Li Jue and Guo Si besiege. If it is not urgent, the food and grass can support it for half a year."

This is the reason why Qiu Cheng sent troops just now. You don’t have to worry about not having food anywhere you are surrounded.

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Chapter completed!