Chapter 247

After Cao Hong led the defeated generals to escape to Zheng County and sent a quick horse to Cao Cao overnight to send the battle report. Then he kept recuperating in Zheng County and brought troops to wait for Cao Cao's support. When Cao Hong received Cao Cao's reply, Cao Hong was also stunned. What is the concept of holding on the spot for 25 days? Then it means that no one will come to help Cao Hong during this period. The distance between Xu Du was not very far. The 800-mile fast horse can arrive in one day, even if the infantry was walking,

It was almost the same for seven days. But Cao Cao let himself stay alone for such a long time? This is definitely not a matter of the journey. The relationship between Cao Hong and Cao Cao also made Cao Hong firmly believe that Cao Cao would never ignore him. What else? Cao Hong, who had led the army for many years, certainly understood the problem. Cao Cao must be in an embarrassing state of insufficient troops. Therefore, Cao Cao gave him such an order.

Cao Hong was so regretful that he accidentally let Ma Chao take Luyang over? Why did he cause trouble for his lord? Cao Hong, who had mixed regrets, was truly red in his eyes this time. Cao Hong made a secret decision that even if he died, his soul would keep Ma Chao's troops here. Cao Hong ordered that the entire army prepare for war, and all his men use everything to strengthen Zheng County. He must fight to the last person. The determination of the chief general was always infected with the morale of the soldiers. Originally, Cao Hong's troops were a little sluggish after being defeated by this crushing defeat. But when Cao Hong's order of death was issued, the so-called atmosphere of mourning soldiers was the one who was killed. Why not die bravely?

This time, Cao Hong's deputy general, Le Jin said to Cao Hong with a guarantee: "General, don't be anxious. It is best to recover from the injury. Even if the Prime Minister doesn't come to support us, we will never lose to Ma Chao and the others again. Ma Chao and the others are only more than 40,000 troops. We just accidentally let Ma Chao and the others gain the upper hand. Now Zheng County originally had 3,000 defenders, plus the more than 20,000 troops we brought out. There are already more than 30,000 troops. In a few days, our collapse

The army will come back one after another. At that time, our troops will not be able to carry them, and there will be 50,000. Even if there are not 50,000, there will definitely be 40,000 soldiers. We have so many troops, as long as we don’t confront Ma Chao and others head-on, relying on the city to hold on, it will definitely be foolproof. We can definitely defend this city. When the Prime Minister sends reinforcements, we will avenge us. We will definitely be able to vent our anger for the general!" When Cao Hong heard this, he felt relieved and healed his wounds with peace of mind.

At this time, Ma Chao was also awakened under the comfort and care of Ma Dai and others. "The awakened Ma Chao was incredible that he could actually take Luyang. With more than 40,000 troops, he actually conquered a major city with several times of heavy troops. This was incredible. Moreover, the significance of victory in this war was too great. Originally, Ma Chao planned to use fraud to come to Cao Cao, so Ma Chao carried not much military ration. If Cao Hong defended Luyang and Ma Chao did not even have enough military rations to return to Hangu Pass, let alone attack Luyang, or retreat to attack Hangu Pass of Xiliang Army. It won't take many days, Ma Chao's little troops would be ashamed of food shortage. Ma Chao, who was sandwiched between the two passes, could only escape.

But now, Ma Chao unexpectedly captured Luyang. There were a large amount of military rations hoarded by Cao Hong in Luyang City. Cao Hong's troops fled in a hurry, so it was impossible to take into account these military rations. Of course, all of these military rations were left to Ma Chao. With these military rations, Ma Chao's room for activities was much greater. As the saying goes, everything was difficult at the beginning. In Ma Chao and the others' opinion, they were now making a good start! When the situation of the military strength was not conducive to them, they could break through the city of Luyang City, so the small county towns in Zheng County that Cao Hong and the others guarded next would naturally be even less problematic!

Ma Chao is not a fool. She now understands her situation! Li Ru cheated herself again and cut off her retreat! She and him are irreconcilable! But she still has no ability to seek revenge on Li Ru! And Cao Cao in front of her, they are in love with Li Ru. They killed their father. The father's revenge is irreconcilable. Besides, now her retreat has been cut off and there are no reinforcements, and she doesn't know whether she can leave here. But no matter what, she has to make Cao Cao, a traitor, pay a price! As long as she attacks the territory of Cacao, she can definitely pay a heavy price!

So after Ma Chao and others made some corrections in Luyang City and replenished the supplies, they immediately attacked Zheng County! They wanted to eliminate these rebellious forces as soon as possible while Cao Cao's base was not responding, and seek revenge on Cao Cao! In their opinion, Cao Hong and others were not their opponents when they had so many advantages. Now they only occupied a small county town, and their troops and supplies were not sufficient, so they would definitely not dare to fight against them. They could break through with one blow!

But when the Ma family army really began to attack Zheng County, the cruel reality broke their beautiful fantasy! Zheng County is indeed not a strong city, but a relatively dilapidated small county town, and Cao Hong's troops were not as much as they were in Luyang, and the supplies were not very abundant. But this time they were not underestimating the enemy. Instead, they were determined to die. From the commander Cao Hong to the most ordinary soldiers, they had already determined to die and must hold on here! They also knew that most of the Ma family army were cavalry, which was conducive to field battles and was not conducive to siege battles! So Cao Hong no longer led his troops out of the city this time, and hid behind the city wall to engage in a city wall attack and defense battle with the Ma family army!

At the beginning, the Ma family army was naturally very uncomfortable! They were still fantasizing about the great victory of Luyang City. When Ma Chao saw Cao Hong hiding behind the city wall, he just couldn't come out to fight him in a decisive battle, and he was furious! He also understood the current situation! Although the Ma family army had strong combat power, it was mainly reflected in field battles. During the Ono siege, the Ma family army could not play out at all! So if you want to win, you still have to find a way to lure Cao's army out of the city to fight! So he asked someone to come forward and scold him, and he followed Cao Cao.

The eighteen generations of ancestors cursed Cao Hong's descendants and eighteen generations. Almost all the people of the Cao clan were scolded. Cao Hong was of course very angry when he heard this, but he also knew the situation in front of him. Only by relying on the city wall can he stick to it, complete the task, and wash away the shame! So no matter how the Ma family army scolded, Cao Hong ignored it, and was determined not to go out for a decisive battle, and did not let the soldiers below go out for a decisive battle! Fortunately, although the soldiers were also very angry, they also knew that Cao Hong was for their own good and ignored the Ma family army and the others!

Although the Ma family army has strong combat power, no matter how powerful the cavalry is, they cannot attack the city! If they want to attack the city, they will dismount! They hurried over this time and did not prepare any siege equipment. So although the city defense in Zheng County is not very good, under the desperate defense of Cao Hong and other Cao troops, the Ma family army really does not like to drink them! Zheng County has not been captured for a long time!

The situation began to gradually detriment to the Ma family army! Although the Ma family army obtained a lot of food from Luyang City during the battle in Luyang City, they could not worry about food for several months! However, their retreat had been cut off and was still in the enemy's territory. If the Cao army could not attack Cao Cao's territory before it could really react, disrupt Cao's army's deployment. When the Cao army reacted and mobilized the army to besiege them, their troops would be really overdue in the past few nights! Although the Ma family army had strong combat power, it was impossible to win under such circumstances!

So after more than ten days of hard fighting and the Ma family army was fruitless in the attack, Ma Dai and Pang De both advised Ma Chao to keep the green mountains there and not be afraid of burning firewood! If you want to avenge, there will be opportunities in the future. If you keep fighting here hard, then the Ma family army may not have been eliminated, and they may have been wiped out here! After more than ten days of bloody battle, Ma Chao's anger has also been reduced a lot. He also knew that if this continues and is surrounded by Cao's army, the Ma family army will really be in his own hands! So he followed Ma Dai and Pang De's opinions! Now the northern section of the rear road of the Ma family army cannot return to his hometown in Xiliang. In front of it is the territory guarded by the central army of Cao's army, and they cannot break through! The only way for them now is to hide in the deep mountains and avoid the edge for a while!

Ma Chao gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and led his troops to plunder the things from Luyang City, and then he hid in the Qinling Mountains with his troops and lost his trace! When Cao Cao finally gathered some troops to arrive in Zheng County, Ma Chao and his group had disappeared without a trace! Even the secret spies from Youzhou had nowhere to go! After all, the Qinling Mountains are so big, although Ma Chao and the others have tens of thousands of people, it is still no problem if they really need to grow more!

Hearing this, Liu Bin and others couldn't help but look at each other. What is this! Rouen became such a strong city, and was jokingly captured. A small county town in Zheng County blocked the attack of the Ma family army! Moreover, the Ma family army was too straightforward. If it wasn't big, it would stop fighting and disappeared immediately! How could this make the people watching the show bear it? Liu Bin shook his head helplessly. Everything on the battlefield is possible! The Ma family army's affairs are not too unexpected! But it's a bit too a pity! Liu Bin sighed and said, "It would be great if we knew the situation of the Ma family army at that time! Zhang Xiu from Wancheng could pick them up, or cooperate with them to attack Cao Cao. In that case, the results of the battle would definitely be much greater! Cao Cao's losses would definitely be much greater! Now... it's too late to say anything!"

Liu Bin looked at Jia Xu again and said, "Wenhe! We must always pay attention to the situation of the Ma family army! I think they can't just forget it! We have to find a way to figure out their situation! If possible, we can support them secretly! Let him destroy it in Cao Cao's territory as much as possible!" After hearing this, Jia Xu bowed and said, "I understand! I will increase the intensity of exploration!"

Liu Bin stretched and said, "Okay, the situation of the Ma family army is just like this for the time being! Next, let's talk about the situation of the Xiliang army! Guo Si, Li Que and others rebelled, and Li Ru took the army back. What was going on? Is it going to fight?" There was a rebellion within the Xiliang army. Although there were conflicts within them, the reason why it happened now was that Liu Bin was that he found a way to ignite this conflict when he encountered trouble in Youzhou! So he is now concerned about this matter.

Love is still very concerned! Of course, the most important thing is the situation of the Western Liang army, but it is related to the important actions of the Youzhou army. □ Bin has to ask carefully! Now the elite of the Ma family army led by Ma Chao will definitely not be able to return to Xiliangle, and the Mahayana coalition is no longer afraid. If the Western Liang army has greatly reduced its strength after internal struggle, then the Youzhou army can take action at this time, and then it can quickly occupy these places! In this way, Liu Bin's overall plan can be implemented!

Jia Xu also knew the problem, so he smiled and said, "Haha, lord, don't worry! The Xiliang army can no longer pose any threat to us! Sanfu and Liangzhou areas will soon fall into the hands of our army!" Then he began to tell the story of the internal struggle of the Xiliang army!

While the Bingzhou War was still continuing, some secret spies lurked in Youzhou, such as the Xiliang Army, began to induce Guo Si and Li Que to rebel according to Liu Bin's orders! Because in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the Far East, which caused chaos in the early stage, was dominated by the Xiliang Army! Therefore, after Liu Bin established an intelligence agency, his main energy was to focus on the Xiliang Army. The intelligence bureau in Youzhou was enough to train personnel, sneak into the Xiliang Army, and bribe the original personnel of the Xiliang Army. The new intelligence system was established to establish a relatively complete intelligence system! When Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Liu Bin used the secret spies lurking in the Xiliang Army to take the opportunity to enter Luoyang, and used the money plundered by Emperor Ling of Han for many years and the books treasured in the palace. It was empty in one volume! He left secretly and Empress Dowager He and others, which also contributed to these secret spies!

Even when the princes attacked Dong Zhuo, the Youzhou Army used the lurking spies to secretly open the Hulao Pass. Lu Bu later killed Dong Zhuo, fled safely, and joined the Youzhou Army. These were all Youzhou spies who made great efforts! After Dong Zhuo died, the Western Liang army was no longer the main target of the Youzhou army. Therefore, the foundation of the Youzhou intelligence system in the Western Liang army was relatively weak! However, Liu Bin still had a certain purpose for the Western Liang army, so he did not let these spies evacuate them all. It was just a temporary incubation period! However, although the Western Liang army was no longer the target of the Han people, it had already had the foundation for so many years. No matter how thin it was, it still had a very objective force!

Before, Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu were the main targets of the Youzhou Army. However, Guo Si and Li Que were also the main generals of the Xiliang Army, and they had a large amount of military power, so these people were also the goal of Youzhou's development! Now that Youzhou is going to take action, it is naturally not necessary to spend too much effort! Guo Si and Li Que were originally the generals of the Xiliang Army, second only to Dong Zhuo, and they controlled a large amount of military power of the Xiliang Army! Even when Lu Bu was there, although his official position was higher than them, in fact, the superiors' troops were not as large as them! In addition, Lu Bu's personal martial arts skills and Dong Zhuo was pressing on them, they naturally would not say anything!

However, after Dong Zhuo died, the power of the Xiliang Army was inherited by Niu Fu! Niu Fu was just Dong Zhuo's son-in-law. Although he had some skills, the reason why he could hold a high position was mainly because of nepotism. Guo Si and Li Que naturally looked down on Niu Fu! It didn't matter before, but now they actually wanted them to be inferior to Niu Fu and worship Niu Fu as the main one! That's not possible! The Xiliang Army is the strongest. If Niu Fu is Dong Zhuo's son and the legal heir, then they have nothing to object to. Now Niu Fu actually inherited the Xiliang Army as Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, which made Guo Si and Li Que, who had always wanted to control the Xiliang Army, naturally they were very unwilling!

But at the beginning, Li Ru, the military advisor of the Western Liang Army, supported Niu Fu in a high-profile manner. In addition, the external environment of the Western Liang Army was very dangerous at that time, and the Xiliang Army was not allowed to stir up internally! Guo Si and Li Que could only temporarily suppress themselves and believed it! But later Cao Cao contacted the Western Liang Army to attack Youzhou together. In order to confirm Binyi and preserve the strength of the Western Liang Army, Li Ru was worried that others would go there, so he went there in person! His departure was equivalent to the main forces supporting Niu Fu leaving, and Guo Si and Li Que began to move! They were old men of the Western Liang Army, and their prestige in the Western Liang Army was higher than Niu Fu, so most of the people in the Western Liang Army still listened to them very much! In addition, there were spies from Youzhou to sow discord. Guo Si and Li Que had become a powerful force with Niu Fu after Li Ru left!

The reason why they did not openly oppose Niu Fu at that time was because their external princes would be unfavorable to them! After all, the Xiliang army has done too many evils, and there are too many people in the world who want to kill them! Now Niu Fu is commanding the Xiliang army and can also serve as a target to attract these princes. But if they overthrow Niu Fu and those princes aim at them, it would be troublesome! They oppose Niu Fu in order to increase their power and do not want to destroy themselves! So although they are not against Niu Fu, they do not openly oppose Niu Fu!

This situation continued until the arrival of a person. He said something to Guo Si and Li Que, strengthened their ambitions and stabilized their emotions. He also gave them a guarantee! With this person's guarantee, Guo Si and Li Que finally couldn't help but openly posed a banner to oppose Niu Fu's command of the Xiliang army!

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