Seeing something was wrong around, Ma Chao couldn't help but alert, and he stopped the war horse. Seeing this, the soldiers stopped. Ma Dai couldn't help but ask, "Brother, what's wrong?" Ma Chao frowned and said, "It's too quiet here! No! There's an ambush! Retreat!" However, as soon as his voice fell, countless torches and earth-shaking war drums suddenly appeared around him! Before the Qin army could react, locust-like arrows flew from all directions. The Qin army suddenly fell and were shot down countless people in the middle of the Qin army! Ma Chao roared sharply: "Xu brother, Yunlu, wait for the quick commander infantry to break through! Tie brother, Dai brother, follow my cavalry to attack against the counterattack!"

Almost at the same time Ma Chao was ambushed, a Qin army rushed to the Hanzhong City Gate in a mess, and a figure who looked like a general shouted loudly: "Open the city gate quickly! We are General Ma Chao's subordinates!"

Wei Yan immediately appeared beside the wall and asked loudly: "You are the subordinates of General Ma Chao? But why are you the only ones back?" "We were ambushed by Liu Bei's army near Jigu, and the army was defeated. We finally broke through the encirclement! Please open the city gate quickly and let us in!" Wei Yan turned around and said to Xu Shu: "Military advisor, just as you said!..." Xu Shu shouted to the lower side: "Where is General Ma Chao at this moment?" The general said loudly: "General Ma Chao has been captured in a siege!" Xu Shu frowned and asked again: "Where is General Wen Chou? Did he break out?" The general below paused and said loudly: "General Wen Chou was also captured!"

Xu Shu nodded and said loudly, "I will order someone to open the city gate later!" Then he turned around and said to Wei Yan, "Do what I said to you before!" Wei Yan showed surprise on his face, then understood, clasped his fists and agreed, and walked quickly.

The defeated soldiers waited outside the city for a while, and saw the city gate open and the suspension bridge was lowered. The leading general showed joy and immediately led his troops into the urn city! He led his troops into the urn city and rushed towards the second city gate. However, when they rushed to the second city gate, the second city gate that had originally opened was suddenly closed. The general was shocked and subconsciously stopped the war horse. At this moment, a scream came from behind: "No! The outer city gate is also closed!" The general quickly turned around and saw that the iron gate of the outer city gate had fallen. The general changed his face and shouted, "No! We were ambushed!"

At this moment, the war drums suddenly sounded loudly on the walls around the city city. Then, locust-like arrows flew down from the city walls in all directions. The officers and soldiers in the city had nowhere to hide and were beaten by the arrows flying all over the sky! The general rushed to the outer city gate and tried to break the city gate and rushed out of the city! However, they rushed to the city gate but could not raise the iron gate at all! At this moment, the rolling stones on the top of the city fell like rain, and the officers and soldiers flew everywhere in the gate!

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When everything calmed down, the city was already filled with bloody tragic scenes! All those who were lucky enough to die became prisoners of the Qin army!

Xu Shu stood on the city wall and looked at the scene in front of him, frowned slightly, and sighed. Wei Yanxing rushed to Xu Shu, clasped his fists and said, "Military advisor, all the five thousand enemy troops entering the city were annihilated, and the enemy general Liao Hua has died in chaos! Another 20,000 troops ambushed outside the city have retreated!" Xu Shu nodded. Seeing that Xu Shu was not very happy, Wei Yan couldn't help but ask, "Why are the military advisors not happy?" Xu Shu glanced at the layers of corpses in the city, sighed, and said, "They are all descendants of China. What's the place to be happy about such victory?" Wei Yan couldn't speak.

Xu Shu remembered something and asked, "Is there any news about General Ma Chao?" Wei Yan shook his head and said, "The scout sent has not replied yet!..."

Xu Shu thought for a moment and immediately said to Wei Yan: "You gather ten thousand people immediately, and then..."

Ma Chao and others led elite cavalry to sacrifice their lives to counterattack Liu Bei's army. The sudden fierce attack and killing made Liu Bei's army shake the formation. The iron-hoofed blade was unmoved, like a strong wind or a thunder, and it broke down the Liu Bei's army's front one by one! At the same time, the infantry led by Ma Yunlu and others took the opportunity to break through the siege. The two sides launched a tragic and bloody battle on a hill! The officers and soldiers of both sides followed one after another, and the bodies of the fallen soldiers quickly covered the hill! Finally, Liu Bei's army could not resist the crazy attack of the Qin army and was about to be out of the siege by the Qin army!

When Liu Bei, who was immediately at the height of Jigu, saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's really as Kong Ming expected!"

Ma Yunlu and others led their troops to defeat Liu Bei's army in front. At this moment, they transformed into elbows and suddenly rose from the hills, blocking the road in front of them. Ma Yunlu was shocked, and Ma Xiu couldn't help asking, "Yunlu, what should I do?" Ma Yunlu frowned and shouted immediately: "Retreat for the time being and revolt with his elder brother!"

Ma Yunlu and Ma Xiu led the infantry to retreat, and at this moment Ma Chao also discovered the changes in the rear and led his army to retreat. When Ma Yunlu saw Ma Chao, he immediately told the situation. Ma Chao frowned and saw a small hill by the river not far away. He immediately pointed to the side and said, "Go there! Make plans when the fire is extinguished!" Then Ma Chao led his army to retreat to the hill. The fierce battle came to an end.

At this time, the sun was rising from the east. The brilliance of the rising sun shone on the earth, and there was a tragic scene. After a night of fierce battle, both officers and soldiers on both sides suffered heavy losses!

Ma Chao got off the horse's back and stood on the top of the mountain to look around. He saw that Liu Bei's army had formed an encirclement on his side. Ma Chao frowned and felt a little worried. After a fierce battle last night, the arrows were almost exhausted, and many people were injured. Moreover, the battle last night was unfavorable, and morale was already frustrated. It was probably not easy to break through again!

Although Liu Bei's army had surrounded Ma Chao, they did not feel that what happened next was easy. The fierce battle last night still made them feel scared.

Accompanied by everyone, Liu Bei rode a horse near the hills, looking at the hills in front of him and the Qin army that were shaking shadows on the hills. He frowned and said, "The enemy retreated to the hills! Although it was already a turtle in the jar, it was not easy to wipe them out in one fell swoop!" Zhuge Liang, who was standing beside him, smiled and said, "Lord, don't worry! At this moment, General Liao Hua must have seized Hanzhong. Ma Chao's lonely army, with no reinforcements outside and no food inside, we don't have to attack forcefully, so we can trap them to death!" Liu Bei showed joy and nodded.

At this moment, an officer rushed straight to Liu Bei. He suddenly stopped the horse and reported urgently: "Lord, it's not good! General Liao Hua failed to attack Hanzhong, and General Liao Hua and 5,000 elite troops were trapped in the city and were wiped out!..." Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Liu Bei came back to his senses and asked hurriedly: "What about the other army?" "He has retreated!" Liu Bei breathed a little relieved, then frowned and said, "How could Liao Hua be lost?" Zhuge Liang frowned with a thoughtful look on his face.

Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "Kong Ming, what should I do now?" Zhuge Liang clasped his fists and said, "Our army still has a chance of winning! Ma Chao is in my siege, and the enemy will definitely come to rescue him. He can send retired troops to ambush the enemy reinforcements on the road he must pass! The rest of the main forces trapped Ma Chao to death according to the original plan! Ma Chao's main force was annihilated, and Hanzhong was at his fingertips!" Liu Bei nodded and prepared to send an order.

However, at this moment, a huge trumpet and shouting suddenly came from the south. Liu Bei and others were shocked and quickly looked south! A sudden Qin army had already broken into the camp they arranged in the south of the hill! The officers and soldiers in the camp were caught off guard and were washed into chaos! Liu Bei couldn't help but widen his eyes and screamed: "What's going on?"

Ma Chao was worried about breaking through on the hills, but suddenly saw the Liu Bei army camp in the south being in chaos. He couldn't help but be overjoyed and shouted: "Great! The military advisor must have sent troops to pick us up! All the officers and soldiers followed me to attack!" After a while, Ma Chao and others led the army to pounce down from the mountain and broke into the Liu Bei army camp like a tide. Liu Bei's army was now in chaos by the Qin army coming from behind. Facing the fierce attack of Ma Chao's main force, they could not resist it, and the armies were defeated. In a blink of an eye, Ma Chao joined forces with Wei Yan, and then the two armies formed a single army and headed straight to the south! Liu Bei watched helplessly, but was unable to stop it!

Zhuge Liang felt a little regretful and admired when he looked at this scene, and muttered to himself: "Xu Yuanzhi is indeed extraordinary!..." Then he clasped his fists at Liu Bei, who was still a little unwilling to accept it, and said, "Lord, things have come to this point, so I can only give up Hanzhong for the time being! Now Hangu Pass is in danger, so I dare to return to the army as soon as possible!" Liu Bei sighed helplessly, nodded, and immediately issued an order to retreat.

However, before Liu Bei returned to Guanzhong, bad news came. Hangu Pass had been captured by the Qin army led by Lu Bu. Liu Bei was shocked and quickly led a large army to drive Hongnong in the east of Chang'an to prevent Lu Bu from seizing Hongnong. However, after breaking through Hangu Pass, Ailang stopped and did not continue to move westward.

Liu Bei came to Hongnong, Mi Fang knelt in front of him, and said with shame: "I am incompetent, throw away Hangu Pass!..." Liu Bei looked at Mi Fang kneeling in front of him, feeling depressed and annoyed, and asked angrily: "How did you lose Hangu Pass? Although you only have 5,000 troops, Hangu Pass Xiong Pass is a natural danger and is not open to the gate. How could it be taken away by Lu Bu so easily?"
Chapter completed!