After Lu Meng withdrew his troops, Wang Can ordered the battlefield to be cleared.
In this battle, both sides invested a total of more than 100,000 soldiers in the battle. Wang Can led more than 40,000 soldiers, and Lu Meng led more than 20,000 soldiers. Together with Ma Teng's 60,000 soldiers, the total number was 120,000.
The battle was extremely brutal, with heavy casualties.
Wang Can's army lost more than 15,000 people, while Ma Teng's army suffered nearly 40,000 casualties.
This kind of battle is entirely based on the lives of soldiers.
After the battlefield was cleared, the army stopped to rest.
Now, Ma Teng has been killed by Wang Can, and only Ma Chao and Ma Xiu are left to escape, which is no longer the case. The only remaining person is Han Sui, who led troops to Wugong County. But compared to Ma Teng, Han Sui's strength
Even weaker, with only 30,000 soldiers under his command, and this was not Han Sui's territory, so Wang Can was not too worried.
The army camp, the army tent.
Wang Can sat on the main seat, and below him were Zhao Yun, Lu Meng, Guo Jia, Fazheng, Chen Dao and Zhang Ren and other civil and military generals.
Wang Can said in a deep voice: "Amen, please tell me about the situation in Huaili County."
"promise!"
Lu Meng replied and carefully told everything about what happened in Huaili. From leading the army to encounter Ma Teng's army halfway, to finally arriving at Huaili County and successfully capturing Huaili County.
At the end, Lu Meng said: "My lord, Ma Teng's family members and Ma Teng's daughter Ma Yunlu have been sent to Xinping County by the general, waiting for the lord to deal with them."
Wang Can smiled and said: "Let's put this matter aside for now and let's talk about it after dealing with Han Sui's affairs."
Lu Meng continued: "Old Han Sui has led his soldiers to Wugong County. We must hurry up, otherwise Han Sui will take over Wugong County and defend the city, which will take a lot of effort."
Fazheng said: "My lord, Han Sui's matter is very important, but we cannot relax our pursuit of Ma Chao!"
Wang Can raised his eyebrows and asked, "Xiaozhi, what suggestions do you have?"
Fazheng said with a serious look: "Although Ma Chao escaped, if Ma Chao is not eliminated, there will be hidden dangers every day, so Ma Chao must be eliminated. I think checkpoints should be set up on the official road to allow soldiers to strictly check the people passing by.
.In this way, Ma Chao’s actions can be restricted and there is also a chance to arrest Ma Chao.”
Wang Can said sternly: "What you say outright and filial piety makes sense and is feasible."
In one sentence, the strategy of Fa Zheng was affirmed.
Fazheng nodded slightly, with a faint smile on his face.
Guo Jia continued: "Lord, the news that Huaili County was captured by the young general has spread. I believe that Ma Chao will definitely not go to Huaili County after knowing that Huaili County has been captured, and will definitely bypass Xinping County.
Rush to Wugong County. They will definitely defect to Han Sui and use Han Sui's power to take revenge."
Wang Can thought for a moment and said: "Fengxiao, do you mean to determine the target and let the soldiers set up checkpoints on the official roads of Xinping County and Wugong County?"
Guo Jia nodded and said, "My lord is wise!"
Lu Meng also stood up and said: "The general agrees with Mr. Guo's opinion. Ma Chao will definitely defect to Han Sui."
Wang Can nodded slightly and asked, "Zilong, what do you think?"
Zhao Yun cupped his fists and said: "Ma Chao's father was killed, and his brothers Ma Tie and Ma Dai were also killed. Now only Ma Chao and Ma Xiu are left in the Ma family. They hate their lord so much that they will never give up. Now, the only way to help them is
Han Sui is the only one, and the general also thinks that the two of them will defect to Han Sui and take the opportunity to take revenge."
Seeing that everyone agreed, Wang Can said: "Since everyone agrees, we will immediately send troops to set up checkpoints between Xinping County and Wugong County to check people passing by along the way." After a pause, Wang Can looked at Zhou Cang and ordered:
"Zhou Cang, it's up to you to carry out this matter."
"promise!"
Zhou Cang looked at Wang Can gratefully and agreed.
…
After Wang Can withdrew his troops, Ma Chao and Ma Xiu had already escaped.
As night falls, there is still a waning moon hanging in the sky. They fled in a hurry and did not bring any dry food or water with them. Now they are resting in the mountains and can only hunt some small animals to roast and eat. So far, Ma Chao and Ma Xiu
There are not many soldiers around, only twenty-four.
"Crack!"
The bonfire burned brightly, dispelling the darkness.
Ma Chao sat next to the fire and simply treated the wounds on his body.
He looked at Ma Xiu with a solemn expression and said: "Third brother, Huaili County has been conquered. Our family has been destroyed and homeless. Only the two of us are left. But the hatred of father, Ma Dai and Ma Tie are all.
We need to get them back one by one, but we have no troops and no power, so I plan to go to Wugong County to defect to Han Sui and use Han Sui's power to take revenge, what do you think?"
After hearing this, Matthew frowned.
Among the three Ma brothers, Ma Chao is brave and highly skilled in martial arts; Ma Tie and Ma Xiu are not as good, but Ma Xiu has a calmer character and always makes decisions before doing things. It is precisely because of Ma Xiu's character that he was not injured.
Ma Xiu knew what kind of virtue Han Sui was, so it might be difficult for him to rely on Han Sui's power.
However, that's all it can do for now.
Seeing that Ma Xiu was silent, Ma Chao asked, "Third brother, what do you think?"
Ma Xiu said: "Brother, can you think of defecting to Han Sui? Could it be that Wang Can's advisers can't think of it?"
When Ma Chao heard this, he was suddenly shocked.
He nodded and said: "What you said makes sense. Wang Can is likely to know our next movements, and may be waiting in front. However, if we want to take revenge, we must use Han Sui's power to attack Wang Can. Now the Ma family
After being defeated by Wang Can, it will be Han Sui's turn next. In order to protect himself, he will accept us."
Matthew said: "My brother understands what he said. I think you can't take the official road, you can only take the mountain road, and you have to stay up day and night and be less visible."
Ma Chao nodded in agreement, with a pleased expression on his face.
Fortunately, Matthew is still here!
The hatred between Ma Teng, Ma Tie and Ma Dai is like a big mountain pressing down on Ma Chao's shoulders, making him unable to breathe. Wang Can's strength is extremely powerful and difficult to shake. He alone can definitely
It is difficult to succeed. Now that Ma Xiu is helping him, the pressure on Ma Chao will be less.
"well!"
Suddenly, Matthew let out a long sigh.
Ma Chao asked: "Third brother, why are you sighing?"
Matthew showed a worried expression on his face and said, "Yunlu was caught by Wang Can's people. I wonder what will happen?"
After hearing this, Ma Chao's expression changed drastically.
Ma Teng only has one daughter, Ma Yunlu, who is loved by Ma Teng. Not only that, Ma Chao and his brothers also love Ma Yunlu very much. Now that Huaili County has been breached and Ma Yunlu has been arrested, both Ma Chao and Ma Xiu are worried. Ma Chao looks ugly.
, but still said: "The war between the two armies will not bring harm to my wife and children. I believe Wang Can will not attack Yunlu."
Matthew said: "I hope so!"
Ma Chao's mood suddenly became depressed because of Ma Yunlu's incident. After a while, Ma Chao said: "Third brother, get some rest early. We have to be on the road tomorrow."
Matthew nodded, with a worried expression still on his face.
Under the night, the bonfire was lit.
Ma Chao, Ma Xiu and the twenty-four soldiers under their command rested around the campfire. When they escaped, they had no horses, no dry food, and no clean water, so they had no choice but to survive in this way.
Once you reach Han Sui's army, you will be able to relax.
As long as you are alive, there is hope for everything.
Ps: The second update of the fourth update; Well, continue to ask for flowers and be on the list~
