At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Knowing that Han Sui let go of Longdi and let Cao Ren lead his troops into Liangzhou to help in the battle, and then his son Ma Tie died. The army was defeated and Han Sui was saved from a desperate situation. Ma Teng rolled his eyes and passed out, making Ma Chao panic. Only then did Ma Teng wake up.

But it's useless for Ma Teng to wake up, the ending is already doomed.

Wei Jun crossed the Longdi line of defense and entered Liangzhou, and joined forces with Han Sui to attack. The situation was reversed, and Ma Teng was in danger.

It just so happened that Cao Ren sent a letter of war saying that he wanted to fight against Ma Teng, an unfaithful and rebellious thief, for Guo Peng. of.

Then Ma Teng flew into a rage.

"Cao Zixiao, does this idiot just listen to Han Sui's one-sided words? It's all a fabrication! It's all a fabrication! How could I insult Guo Zifeng in public? How is it possible? Han Sui is also an idiot! Doesn't this idiot know the consequences of letting Cao Zixiao in?" Is it? Now people are knives and I'm fish, it's over! It's over!"

Ma Teng slumped down on the bed all of a sudden.

Seeing Ma Teng's appearance, Ma Chao picked up Cao Ren's gauntlet and looked at it, gnashing his teeth in anger.

"Han Sui, the traitor, actually slandered my father! When did my father say that Guo Zifeng is Dong Zhuo's second? There is no such thing! Father clearly just said that Guo Zifeng is a villain who is greedy for power and position! You bastard!"

Ma Teng looked at Ma Chao inexplicably.

Ma Chao blinked.

Shaking his head and sighing, Ma Teng gave up some thoughts and began to scold Han Sui and Cao Ren for being stupid, then shook his head deeply and sighed.

"Cao Zixiao is an idiot. He has been deceived by Han Sui. He only wants to kill the enemy and make meritorious service. He doesn't care about Guo Zifeng's orders. Now that Guo Zifeng is far away in Yecheng, even if we send someone to defend him now, it will take at least three months. For three months, can we hold on? Can we hold on until Guo Zifeng's order comes?"

Ma Teng, who was in Longxi County, looked at the map and felt that the situation was very dangerous.

"Then send someone to Cao Zixiao to explain the matter, and at the same time send someone to Guo Zifeng. All in all, we can't sit still and let Han Sui get his way!"

Ma Chao said so.

"Do this first."

Ma Teng nodded, gave the order, and then sent an order to the warlords of Liangzhou, ordering them to lead troops to approach Longxi County immediately, and prepare to gather the forces of the warlords of Liangzhou to fight against Cao Ren and Han Sui.

They didn't think it was Guo Peng's order. They thought it was Han Sui who tricked Cao Ren into sending troops to assist him. So as long as he insisted on resisting and pleaded to Cao Ren, Cao Ren would definitely retreat.

At the beginning of June, Cao Ren sent people to find out the defense of Ma Teng's troops in the direction of Longxi County, and was about to lead troops to attack, but he received a letter from Ma Teng.

"Ma Teng told me that I sent troops indiscriminately, against Wei Gong's wishes, and wantonly attacked the governor of Liangzhou appointed by the court. It was against the principles of righteousness. If you don't want to cause trouble to your upper body, you should withdraw your troops and leave Liangzhou immediately. That's the best policy."

Cao Ren showed Ma Teng's letter to his generals, Wei generals read it one after another, and then laughed in unison, Han Sui and Yan Xing laughed awkwardly.

Because Ma Teng said that they were slandering themselves, and everything was nothing, they could only forcefully laugh to cover up their guilt.

In the end, they didn't expect that Cao Ren didn't seem to care about this, but instead focused on other concerns.

"I wantonly attack officials appointed by the court? Isn't Han Biejia an official appointed by the court? Ma Teng can attack Han Biejia, but I can't? What's the reason for this?"

Cao Ren's face was full of sarcasm, and he said with a smile: "In my opinion, Ma Shoucheng is old and confused, and he can't tell right from wrong. Can such a person continue to be the governor of Liangzhou? I thought he couldn't." Yes, therefore, this battle must be fought, and if it is fought, it must be won!"

"Definitely!"

All the generals under his command shouted in unison.

Han Sui and Yan Xing were overjoyed and let out a long sigh of relief.

So Cao Ren immediately began to arrange tasks and prepare for the march. After the food and grass were in place, Xia Houyuan was the vanguard and asked him to go first to open the way for the army, and then decisively ordered the whole army to march.

A 5000 crusade army consisting of [-] Wei troops and [-] Han Sui Liangzhou soldiers set out from Ji County and marched towards Xiangwu County, intending to wipe out Ma Teng's defenders in Xiangwu County in one fell swoop.

In order to resist Cao Ren's attack, Ma Teng arranged for Ma Chao and Pang De to station [-] troops in Xiangwu County to resist, and then he prepared an army near Didao.

Ma Teng won all the warlords he could win, promised to make a lot of money, and took advantage of Ma's prestige among the Qiang people to mobilize many Qiang people and got five thousand Qiang soldiers.

So Ma Teng prepared another [-] rear troops, ready to lead himself to resist Cao Ren.

Cao Ren was not ambiguous at all. He led the army to attack Xiangwu County, led by Guan Yu, changed his previous cautiousness, and thought of marching quickly, intending to end the war in the shortest possible time.

This war is not suitable for dragging on for too long.

Guo Peng told him that Liangzhou soldiers are good at tactics, short at strategy, and they don't have a long-term vision.

So Cao Ren asked Guan Yu, who was more courageous, to command the front army, and himself to sit in the middle army.

Guan Yu's combat effectiveness has always been very strong, which is recognized.

Among the generals under Guo Peng's command, Guan Yu's ability to lead troops in battle has always been ranked among the top five.

In Guo Peng's mind, Guan Yu's ranking is higher than Zhang Fei's, and he is also more reliable than Zhang Fei.

However, because of Guan Yu's personality, it was difficult for him to get along with his colleagues normally, so Guo Peng never released Guan Yu, and only stayed by his side to lead the army.

After taking Guanzhong, it was also because the leader of Guanzhong was Cao Ren, Cao Ren was Guan Yu's old superior, and one of the few people who could convince Guan Yu, so Guo Peng put Guan Yu in Guanzhong with confidence.

Now is the time for Guan Yu, who is good at attacking, to reinforce Cao Ren.

Cao Ren was too cautious in using troops, good at defense, but not good at offense, so Guo Peng arranged for Guan Yu, who was good at attacking and dared to attack, to be his subordinate. The cooperation between the two was just right.

Chapter 669 .670 Eight Guan Yu besieged Xiangwu County

Guan Yu lived up to everyone's expectations, decisively led his army forward, assumed an extremely powerful offensive posture, and defeated the troops led by Maxiu in Nanda, Xiangwu County.

The young Matthew is no match for Guan Yu, who has experienced many battles, but he doesn't look at Guan Yu squarely. He thinks that Guan Yu killed his brother Ma Tie, and he only wants to avenge his brother. He is full of desire to fight. ferocious.

But Guan Yu will only be more cruel than him.

As soon as they fought, Ma Xiu was overwhelmed by Guan Yu's aura, and the army he led was no match for Guan Yu's army at all.

Guan Yu's army formation is very sharp and full of offensive posture. The purpose of the fight was to attack from the beginning, and by the way, it was supplemented by powerful long-range firepower.

Matthew's army lost more than half of it before it collided head-on with Guan Yu. After the official collision, Guan Yu was hit by Guan Yu, and they were defeated in a short while.

Guan Yu fled back to Xiangwu County after Ma Xiu beat the shit out of him, and then sent troops to sweep the surrounding area of ​​Xiangwu County, wantonly destroyed the military facilities around Xiangwu County, and isolated Xiangwu County.

When Cao Ren arrived, Guan Yu was already preparing to besiege the city.

After losing for a while, Ma Chao was terrified and angry. He felt that the pain of losing his younger brother was unbearable, so he held back his anxiety and refused to obey Ma Teng's order to defend the city. Instead, he took the initiative to attack Cao Ren and Guan Yu. Play wild.

It was as if Ma Chao never accepted the lesson. He had never won a battle before, but he was willing to give up only after defeating the Wei army. It seemed that he wanted to prove his combat effectiveness and bravery.

On June [-]th of the first year of Jian'an, Ma Chao and Cao Ren fought fiercely a few miles south of Xiangwu County.

Ma Chao still used the housekeeping skills of the Liangzhou soldiers. The army formation and the Wei army formation fought against each other. The Wei army formation was obviously superior. Contend against the Wei army.

Under the command of Guan Yu, the main force of the Wei army pressed forward step by step to oppress the Liangzhou soldiers. The attack posture far exceeded Ma Chao's expectations, and the formation of the Liangzhou soldiers gradually became unstable.

In fact, the two armies were evenly matched at the beginning, and Ma Chao was indeed not weak, and his fighting will was also very strong, but the physical fitness of the Liangzhou soldiers could not last long, while the physical fitness of the soldiers of the Wei army was obviously stronger than that of the Liangzhou soldiers.

The soldiers of the Wei army roared and stabbed the spears in their hands, and swung the ring-swords in their hands. They stepped forward step by step, fighting steadily, pushing back the Liangzhou soldiers' formation all the way.

The Liangzhou soldiers could hardly resist, retreating step by step, and the army formation gradually collapsed to the point of no return.

Pound repeatedly urged Ma Chao not to lead troops to fight the Wei army, but Ma Chao refused to listen, saying that he wanted to avenge his younger brother, but the result was a disastrous defeat and it was difficult to deal with it. When the whole army retreated, Pang De desperately dragged Ma Chao back. Only then was he able to escape from the battlefield.

After this battle, not only did Ma Chao fail to avenge his younger brother, but he also took the life of another younger brother, Matthew.

It was Guan Yu who did it.

Guan Yu captured Ma Xiu when he broke the Liangzhou army, galloped his horse, pursued him, killed all the soldiers of Ma Xiu, and then stabbed Ma Xiu under the horse with a spear, killing him. Ma Chao then lost another brother.

When Ma Chao fled back to Xiangwu County and saw Ma Teng who had just arrived with his troops, he felt quite speechless.

When Ma Teng learned that his two sons had died on the battlefield, he rolled his eyes and passed out.

Originally, the people brought by Ma Teng were here to help in the battle, and they would feel at ease if Ma Teng could win the battle. As a result, when they first came to Xiangwu County, they learned that Ma Chao had suffered a disastrous defeat and even his younger brother had died, and they were immediately frightened. I was so frightened that I realized that the Wei army was still the Wei army, and its combat effectiveness was strong.

Not something they can fight.

And this time Ma Teng also offended Wei Jun badly. It seems that the honeymoon period between Ma Teng and Guo Peng will come to an end in less than half a year.

It's probably too fast.

So the big and small warlords began to think about the gains and losses of continuing to fight with Ma Teng, but the Qiang people recognized Ma Teng more, and they didn't know much Chinese, so they still fought with Ma Teng.

However, the current situation is confusing, and I don't know what is going on with Cao Ren. Ma Teng keeps saying that he was slandered by Han Sui, and he wants to defend himself, but the result of the defense has been delayed, making the warlords, big and small, do not know how to stand in line, and are very distressed .

Ma Teng realized that the problem that needs to be solved now is not when Guo Peng ordered Cao Ren to retreat, but that this battle is in front of him, and his life has been seriously threatened.

Outside Xiangwu County, the Wei army had already lined up to attack the city, but he could only resist until Guo Peng's order arrived, or Cao Ren realized the problem himself.

It's a pity that Ma Teng didn't know that these two options were not available from the beginning.

Guo Peng wanted Cao Ren to kill him.

"Cao Zixiao didn't listen to our defense at all. It's very likely that he was anxious to make military achievements, so he didn't care about our innocence. Right now, we have no other way out, we can only fight to the end, exhausting Cao Zixiao and Han Sui's food and grass .”

Ma Teng found Pound and ordered Pound, who was cautious, to lead troops to defend the city. Then he angrily reprimanded Ma Chao, put Ma Chao in confinement, and said that he would settle the matter with him after the loss of soldiers and generals.

Ma Teng was disappointed with Ma Chao, and found that this son was useless except for rushing and beating.

Now that the other two sons are dead, I really don't want Ma Chao to have an accident, so I let Pound temporarily command the army, and let my nephew Ma Dai be Pound's deputy and take charge of defending the city.

So from mid-June to July, almost half a month, Pang De and Ma Dai presided over the defense of the city, stopped the crusade army commanded by Guan Yu outside Xiangwu County, and repelled Guan Yu's attack on the city more than a dozen times. It's an achievement.

After that, Guan Yu stopped attacking the city and waited until the arrival of the trebuchet.

The trebuchets moved slowly and came relatively slowly. After the trebuchet troops arrived, Guan Yu resolutely used the trebuchet as the main force of the attack. The huge stone bombs flew in the air, and then smashed hard on the city wall of Xiangwu County. It caused a great shock to the Liangzhou coalition forces.

Han Sui stood in the distance and watched the attack power of the new counterweight trebuchet, and his heart trembled.

He found that the trebuchets used by the Wei army were different from those used in the Guanzhong battlefield. They had a longer range, larger stones and more accurate aim.

Evolved, this is the evolved version.

Fortunately, I am not an enemy of Wei Jun...

Han Sui comforted himself in this way.

But Pang De and Ma Dai couldn't comfort the defenders on the city. They collapsed under the fierce bombardment of the Wei army, and they abandoned the city wall to flee for their lives.

Guan Yu looked at the right time and gave an order, the whole army attacked. Wei Jun pushed the well fence and the ladder and rushed up the city wall, jumped onto the city wall and fought fiercely with the defenders on the city wall. Countless lives are lost every minute and every second.

More and more Wei troops rushed up the city wall, and the Liangzhou soldiers kept retreating. Pound and Ma Dai fought desperately with their troops, trying to stop the Wei army's attack, but the Wei army's attack was too sharp. Although the Liangzhou soldiers were strong, it was difficult to stop the Wei army's advantage Superiority in strength and weapons.

Liangzhou soldiers fought against Wei Jun's swords. Wei Jun's swords were intact, but Liangzhou soldiers' swords were broken. Of course, they were killed by Wei Jun.

Even the relatively stronger and more fierce Qiang soldiers, the Wei army did not lose the slightest when facing the Qiang soldiers. They fought back and forth with the Qiang soldiers, and slowly suppressed the Qiang soldiers.

Under the city wall, soldiers of the Wei Army pushed their carts and slammed into the city gate fiercely. The upper and lower walls attacked together, and the Xiangwu County was crumbling.

At this time, Ma Teng and Ma Chao led the Qiang soldiers and other troops to fight out to support the city gate defenders, trying to restore the situation that was about to be defeated.

Chapter 670 Ma Chao, who had been fighting all this time, finally died (repair)

Ma Teng and Ma Chao tried their best.

However, when Ma Teng and Ma Chao led their troops towards the city gate, the gate of Xiangwu County was smashed open, and the soldiers of the Wei army rushed forward and quickly passed through the city gate.

Ma Teng and Ma Chao turned pale with fright, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight forward. The soldiers around them invested a lot in an attempt to stop Wei Jun's advance, but they soon found that it was impossible.

Ma Chao personally led his troops to fight to boost morale, but the opponent's strong general Guan Yu also personally led his troops to kill on the front line.

Guan Yu was also accompanied by 200 tiger guards, which Guo Peng handed over to Cao Ren to protect Cao Ren's safety. Cao Ren handed over [-] of them to Guan Yu's leadership to serve as sharp sword troops, and now they are in good use.

The ferocity of the Tiger Guard's soldiers was well known to all the Wei troops in the Guanzhong theater.

A military flag embroidered with tiger patterns is invincible, and all the enemies encountered will not be broken. Although the number is small, it is a symbol of absolute elite.

With a wave of Guan Yu's hand, two hundred tiger guards rushed forward, pushing back the battle line fiercely. Ma Chao personally led the fierce Qiang and Hu guards to the front line. Even so, they could not stop the advance of the tiger guards.

Seeing that his own soldiers were killed in large numbers, Ma Chao was shocked and very annoyed, so he swung his sword and fought against the Tiger Guards in person, beheading two Tiger Guards in a row, and was attacked by three Tiger Guards , For a while, dangers abounded.

Fortunately, Ma Chao's remaining Qianghu soldiers rushed forward to isolate Ma Chao, and then dragged Ma Chao back desperately, so Ma Chao could only keep retreating under the protection of the remaining soldiers.

It was not easy for Ma Chao to retreat, but it was miserable for Pang De and Ma Dai who were still fighting on the tower.

The Liangzhou soldiers on the tower were slaughtered, Pang De and Ma Dai were separated, and the soldiers around him could only try their best to escort them back down the tower.

The soldiers continued to die in battle, and Pang De and Ma Dai managed to get down from the tower, but they were immediately surrounded by the Wei army, and fell into a desperate situation in an instant.

Ma Dai, who was fighting desperately, accidentally rushed into the battle formation of the Wei army, slipped and stopped, and rushed straight forward. A spear pierced his chest directly, sprayed a mouthful of blood, and rolled his eyes. Died on the spot.

Pang De witnessed Ma Dai's death in battle, and was extremely sad and indignant. He tried his best to kill Ma Dai's body in the past, but was targeted by Xia Houyuan who rushed into the city.

Xia Houyuan led his army to charge into the formation, charged at Pound's formation, rushed forward to find an opportunity, raised his hand crossbow and shot an arrow, which hit Pound's back. Pound yelled and fell to the ground all at once. Struggling to get up.