Cao Cao is now attacking Xuzhou with the slogan of avenging his father and bloodbath Xuzhou.
But unlike Wang Ding, Cao Cao really wanted to bloodbath Xuzhou and massacre the city.
Wang Ding really just asked Zhang Liao to shout a slogan.
If they really want to attack Xuzhou, Wang Ding will not let them shout slogans.
It would be best if the Han and Qiang people in Liangzhou could be made to collapse and become too timid to fight against the Han army.
However, shouting such slogans can easily arouse the determination of the Qiang and Han people in Liangzhou to resist to the death.
Cao Cao encountered this kind of problem in Xuzhou.
Everyone in Xuzhou did not give up resistance because of Cao Cao's massacre. Instead, they supported Liu Bei even more and wanted to fight Cao Cao to the end with Liu Bei.
Never compromise.
Wang Ding estimated that if Cao Cao knew what would happen, he would definitely not order the massacre of the city.
The next day, Zhang Liao appeared in Beidi County with 10,000 cavalry.
Went to Tianshui County on the third day.
On the fourth day, we returned to Anding County.
Zhang Liao did not go deep into Liangzhou.
It's just that they move back and forth between these three counties, which makes the Qiang and Han people in the three counties panic.
I don’t dare to leave the city at all.
Ma Teng has already received the news.
However, Zhang Liao was always on the move with 10,000 cavalry. Ma Teng had just received news a moment ago that Zhang Liao's men and horses appeared in Baiyue City. An hour later, he received news again that Han troops had also appeared in Ningkou City.
Cavalry.
Ma Chao and his several thousand cavalrymen fought hard behind Zhang Liao for three days.
The next day, he stayed in Anding County, but received news again that Zhang Liao had gone to Beidi County next door.
Ma Chao was too lazy to chase.
On the fourth day, he was in Anding County and really waited for the cavalry led by Zhang Liao.
Ma Chao did not dare to fight.
Ma Teng gave him too few soldiers and horses, only three thousand cavalry.
No matter how stubborn Ma Chao is, it is impossible for him to use 3,000 cavalry to fight against 10,000 Han cavalry, not to mention that among the 10,000 Han cavalry, there are 5,000 Qiang cavalry.
In the eyes of Ma Chao and Ma Teng, among the ten thousand cavalry in Zhang Liao's hands, the five thousand Qiang cavalry must be the stronger ones.
"Three thousand miles of bloodbath in Liangzhou."
"The horse will not surrender!"
"Three thousand miles of bloodbath in Liangzhou."
On the city wall, Ma Chao listened to the arrogant words of the 10,000 Han cavalry outside the city, and his arrogant expression made him grit his teeth.
Although he was standing on the city wall and could not clearly see the expressions of the Han troops below the city, it did not prevent Ma Chao from making his own thoughts.
"Wu is going to kill them." The spear in Ma Chao's hand stabbed the city wall fiercely, and the spear tip penetrated three inches into the city wall.
Zhang Heng quickly grabbed Ma Chao and said, "Major General, please calm down. Major General, please calm down."
In addition to the three thousand cavalry brought by Ma Chao in the city, Zhang Heng, the county guard, can also gather one thousand cavalry and one thousand infantry.
But outside the city, there were fully 10,000 cavalry at the moment, and their sound was overwhelming.
Even if Ma Chao is brave and is known as the enemy of ten thousand people, this is just a title. If he really wants to lead his troops out of the city, Zhang Heng feels that they will be overwhelmed by the Han cavalry outside the city in an instant.
Even now, the Han troops outside the city are all cavalry and it is difficult to attack the city. Zhang Heng can still stand on the city wall with Ma Chao.
If the Han army under the city had ten thousand more infantry, Zhang Heng would have abandoned the city and fled.
"Let me go." Ma Chao struggled.
"Release quickly."
Zhang Heng didn't care about this, he hugged Ma Chao tightly from behind.
Zhang Liao didn't know that Ma Chao was already in the city.
As before, he led the cavalry and shouted a few times under the city, and then left with the billowing dust.
Seeing the Han army leaving the city, Ma Chao stopped struggling, and Zhang Heng also wisely let go of Ma Chao.
"Young General, why don't you ask your lord to send more troops and horses for support?" Zhang Heng asked cautiously.
Ma Chao deserves to be known as the enemy of thousands of people. In this moment, he almost collapsed.
On the other hand, Ma Chao, after struggling in his arms for so long, still doesn't blush or breathe, and his heart doesn't even beat a beat.
Zhang Heng had no doubt whether Ma Chao was playing with him just now.
But just play, you are old, you shouldn’t argue with Ma Chao, you still have to let Ma Teng and send some troops to support you.
The city was full of weapons and there were only 5,000 fighting soldiers. Zhang Heng really didn't feel safe at all.
Ma Chao said: "I know."
He wanted to, but Ma Teng didn't want to give him more troops.
Ma Teng is now in Longxi County in the rear. He still has 50,000 troops in his hands.
Most of them were recruited from the Qiang tribe in the past few days.
Last year, he was defeated twice by Wang Ding, causing him to lose more than 40,000 troops. So far, Ma Teng has not been able to fully recover.
Last year, he suffered two major defeats, and his authority in Liangzhou was wiped out. Some of the Qiang tribes below were already dissatisfied with him and wanted to compete with Ma Teng for power.
It's just that Ma Teng and Han Sui have rebelled many times before, which seriously damaged the vitality of the large Qiang tribes in Liangzhou. Those large tribes are now sparsely populated. Even if they are dissatisfied with Ma Teng, they are not Ma Teng's opponents yet.
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Zhang Liao did not come to Longxi, but Ma Teng also heard the slogans of the Han army.
Now several Qiang tribes have sent people to ask him whether he wants to fight the Han army or surrender to the Han army.
Ma Teng has a headache.
In the past few days, every night, he would quietly take out Han Sui's letter and read it before going to bed.
Ma Teng wanted to have a chance encounter with Wang Ding's cavalry.
It's just that Zhang Liao's route was irregular and the cavalry was very fast. He tried to touch them but couldn't.
Ma Teng did not dare to give too many troops to Ma Chao. First, he was worried that Ma Chao would not be a match for the Han army and he would lose his troops and generals.
Secondly, he was worried about his own safety. With too few troops at his disposal, Ma Teng himself did not feel safe.
Ma Teng appeased the tribesmen, and then sent hundreds of scouts again to guard all the arteries and cities in the three northern counties of Anding Tianshui.
But when the news from the three counties reached him, at least half a day had passed.
If he sends troops, it is impossible to block Zhang Liao.
He was waiting. When Zhang Liao entered Longxi County, he would lead a large army and cut off the Han army's return route.
But for several days, Zhang Liao had no intention of entering Longxi County, and just ran back and forth between the three counties of Tianshui and Dingbei.
Ma Chao was still brought to Anding County. Every time Zhang Liao came, he would go out of the city to fight Zhang Liao to the death, but he would be hugged by Zhang Heng every time.
"Ma Teng, if you still don't surrender, we will start a bloodbath in Liangzhou tomorrow."
"Tomorrow, Liangzhou will be washed with blood."
"Tomorrow, Liangzhou will be washed with blood."
Zhang Liao couldn't just shout slogans. Ma Teng had not expressed anything for several days. He also had to show some sincerity to let Ma Teng understand that he was not joking.
"The Han army is really going to take action."
"What will we do tomorrow?"
"Don't worry, we are in the city and the Han army cannot enter."
Zhang Liao really didn't want to attack the city, but there were many Qiang tribes outside the city.
These days, Zhang Liao seems to be just running back and forth between the three counties, but he has already found out the camps of many tribes.