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Volume 2 Unpredictable Chapter 1189 Ma Chao¡¯s Regret

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    At the same time, Ma Chao had mixed feelings in his heart, including regret and guilt, but more importantly, he felt murderous intent.

    "Wen Bufan!! You deserve to die!!!"

    Ma Chao gritted his teeth and looked like he was crazy. The brocade and silver lion fang gun in his hand suddenly burst out like thunder and wind, and he forced a bloody path, hoping that Wenhan would come to kill him.  Pang Tong was overjoyed when he saw the situation. He moved his hand, and immediately two more soldiers with swords, shields and spears came out and surrounded Ma Chao.  Ma Chao still didn't know that he was surrounded by the core, and he ran wildly with his horse and spear, and the brocade and silver lion's tooth spear in his hand kept flying, like a continuous violent storm, with blood flying.  I saw Ma Chao suddenly charging forward in a bloody light, as if a white lion with a snake tail emerged from his body, and he was extremely ferocious.  Wen Han saw Ma Chao charging in the siege and was not afraid. Instead, he sighed.

    How can such a beautiful person not be used by her in a life-and-death struggle?

    Ma Chao hated Wen Han so much that he wished he could eat Wen Han's flesh and blood.  The two men were as powerful as fire and water, and it was impossible for Ma Chao to surrender to Wen Han's command.  It is impossible for Wen Han to allow Ma Chao to act arrogantly in his own country!

    Pang Tong saw it with keen eyes, so he taught the crossbowmen to fire arrows to attack.  Ma Chao was charging fiercely, and Tang soldiers kept coming from all directions. Suddenly, cold arrows were fired, and Ma Chao could not hit them in time.  In the chaos, blood suddenly appeared on Ma Chao's armor, and several arrows hit his right shoulder, abdomen, and thigh.

    "You treacherous villain!! Even if I turn into a ghost, I will still seek revenge on you!!!"

    Ma Chao screamed in pain, his eyes were red, and Julie's pain had made Ma Chao regain his consciousness.  Ma Chao knew that he had fallen into Wen Han's provocation. He was surrounded by many troops and there were archers and crossbowmen firing secret arrows. If he fought to the death, he would probably die in the chaos before he could reach Wen Han's side.  Ma Chao's great revenge has not been avenged and his ambition has not been realized. How can he be willing to die just like this?

    Suddenly, Ma Chao burst out with momentum, and the snake-tailed white lion on his body looked majestic. He roared like a wild lion, and the momentum was so fierce that the Tang soldiers all around were startled and retreated involuntarily.  Ma Chao turned his horse around, looked back and charged away.  At this time, Mrs. Zhu Rong saw Ma Chao rushing into the enemy's hinterland, and quickly led her troops to rush to rescue him.  At the critical moment of life and death, all the barbarian generals bravely attacked and rescued Ma Chao from the rebel army.  Ma Chao did not dare to neglect and immediately led his troops to flee northwest.  When Wen Han saw Ma Chao escaping, he quickly ordered his troops to pursue and kill him.  In order to delay the attack, several fierce generals led their troops to fight to the death to cut off the rear.  By the time dawn came, all the thousands of barbarian soldiers had died in battle.  Wen Han arrived and saw how loyal these barbarians were. He sighed deeply and then collected his troops to reorganize.

    In the battle last night, the Tang army won a complete victory, and most of Ma Chao's 20,000 troops were lost.  Wen Han thought that Ma Chao was at the end of his battle, so he did not panic and ordered the army to rest first.

    But he said that Ma Chao had greatly reduced his troops and horses. Fortunately, Kuai Liang saw that the situation was not good and withdrew some of his baggage first.  Even so, the barbarian army's food, grass, and equipment were also reduced by seventy or eighty percent.  Ma Chao wanted to conquer Liangzhou and raised 100,000 troops. He was so heroic and heroic, but how could he have expected that he would end up in such a desperate situation today.  Ma Chao was disheartened. Although he moved the arrow, the arrow wound on his body was still in severe pain.  Ma Chao knew that the situation was over, and had no intention of fighting with the Tang army to death, so he led a group of defeated soldiers to the southwest path, bypassed Tianshui, rushed back to Shicheng, integrated the remaining troops and retreated to the southern barbarians.

    However, Li You had already anticipated Ma Chao's thoughts.  It turns out that Li You learned from the barbarian prisoners that Ma Chao attacked Nan'an.  Later, I heard Zhao Yun say that Wen Han had led his troops to Longxi.  Li You then divided his troops into two groups, ordered Zhao Yun to lead one group to Nan'an to intercept, and ordered Wang Shuang to lead the army to ambush on the southwest path.

    But it was said that Ma Chao was leading his troops on the way, when suddenly there was a sound of cannon and a group of men and horses blocked the way.  The leading general is none other than Wang Shuang.  When Ma Chao saw it, he was immediately frightened and panicked. He was afraid that there was an ambush behind him, so he hurriedly led his troops to charge and kill him.  Wang Shuangzong met each other with his horse and sword, Ma Chao fought to the death, and the brocade and silver lion fang spear used all fierce moves.  Although Ma Chao was injured, Wang Shuang was not his opponent yet. The two fought for dozens of rounds, but Wang Shuang retreated in defeat.  The two armies killed each other very quickly. The Tang army originally had the upper hand, but Wang Shuang was defeated.  The morale of the barbarian soldiers increased sharply, and Ma Chao took advantage of the situation to break through the siege and lead his troops to break out.

    Even so, after all, the Tang soldiers were numerous and powerful.  However, the barbarian soldiers were running around for days, and they were all exhausted.  Wang Shuang immediately led his troops to cover up and kill him from behind.  Ma Chao knew that he could not fight for a long time, so he just fled and lost thousands of soldiers and horses. He was afraid that the night would be long and he would have many dreams, and he would rush to Shicheng under the stars.

    Seeing that Ma Chao had escaped, Wang Shuang quickly sent a message to report back to Li You.  But it was said that Wenhan had finished reorganizing his troops and was leading the army forward. Suddenly he heard a report from a scout and saw a large number of troops coming from the front. Looking at the flag of the army, there was no doubt that it was Zhao Yun.  Wen Han was overjoyed when he heard this, so he led his army to meet him. The two armies met at one place. After Zhao Yun paid homage, he told Zhao Yun what had happened.  Wen Han was amazed when he heard that Li You had used clever tactics to defeat the barbarian army.  Even Pang Tong, who was next to Wenhan, had a strange look in his eyes.  It can be seen that when Ma Chao led an army of nearly 60,000 to 70,000 to attack Tianshui, Tianshui was empty of troops, with less than 6,000 soldiers and horses. If Li You had not died to protect him,Once Tianshui fell, Ma Chao's barbarian army could advance, attack, retreat or defend.  Immediately, Xiliang is bound to fall into endless war.  After Pang Tong thought about it, he couldn't help but sigh to Wenhan.

    "Li Gong is full of talents, but he is not as good as the general."

    Hearing this, Wen Han smiled calmly and waved.

    "Shi Yuan is a talented person from hundreds of miles away, how can we belittle ourselves? If it weren't for you to advise me, how could our army pacify the barbarians so quickly. Now that Ma Chao has lost seven or eight of his troops, we should pursue the attack quickly to avoid future troubles!"

    As soon as Wenhan finished speaking, another troop of troops arrived, but it was the baggage team led by Li You.  Wen Han quickly summoned Li You.  After a while, Li You arrived. Wen Han was very happy and praised Li You highly. Naturally, he was rewarded heavily.  Li You thanked him, and suddenly a fast rider came to report that Ma Chao was walking on the southwest path. Wang Shuang could not resist, and Ma Chao escaped.  When Wenhan heard this, his eyes narrowed.  Li You then told him about the division of troops earlier.  When Pang Tong heard this, his eyes became a little more respectful, and he raised his hands in praise.

    "Li Gong knows things like a god, and I deeply admire him!"

    When Li You heard this, he looked around and saw that the speaker was extremely ugly, but his eyes were bright and bright, hiding his wisdom.  Li You quickly guessed that this person must be 'Feng Chu' Pang Tong, and smiled calmly.

    "Shi Yuan has extraordinary wisdom, a talent that knows the world, and is a wizard in the world. Even Zhuge Kongming has been defeated by you many times. You are compared with Shi Yuan. You are like the light of a firefly, a scholar  Yuan is the bright moon!"

    Pang Tong was frightened when he heard this and quickly praised him.  At the same time, Pang Tong was somewhat happy with Li Yougeng.  Pang Tong had an ugly face and poor appearance. He had been looked down upon by others.  Pang Tong was naturally grateful for Li Youneng's sincere appreciation.  Afterwards, everyone discussed and decided that Ma Chao would rush to Shicheng, rectify the remaining troops, and withdraw to the Southern Barbarians.  In order to avoid future troubles, Wen Han ordered the three armies to pursue and attack him. He also decreed that anyone who could capture and kill Ma Chao could be named the 'King of Xiliang'!  The generals received the order and all wanted to strive for success, so they all urged their troops to move forward.

    In other words, Ma Chao didn't care about the lack of people and horses, and finally rushed back to Shicheng after looking for the future.  When Ma Chao entered the city, his tense spirit relaxed, he was exhausted, his injury relapsed, and he fainted.  Mrs. Zhu Rong was horrified, and the sergeant urgently summoned a doctor from the city for treatment.  After a while, the doctor arrived, applied gold wound medicine to Ma Chao, and warned everyone.

    "General Ma must rest for a month before he can recover. If he gets angry and his sores recur, he will be in danger."

    When Mrs. Zhu Rong heard this, she was convinced and quickly ordered the sergeant to get ten taels of gold as reward.  At this time, Kuai Liang suddenly asked the doctor.

    "Now our army is in danger. If there is any delay and the Tang army arrives, we will be annihilated. General Ma is the commander-in-chief of the three armies. If he is injured and unable to move, what will happen?"

    Hearing this, the doctor pondered for a while and sighed.

    "If it is unavoidable, you must rest for ten days. Wait for the wound to heal before you can march. However, if you do this, I am afraid that General Ma will have hidden illnesses in the future. It is up to you to decide how to choose."

    After the doctor finished speaking, he took the reward and left in a hurry with the accompanying boy.  Mrs. Zhu Rong urgently discussed with Kuai Liang.

    "The king is seriously injured and cannot be moved lightly. In Kuai Gong's opinion, what should be done?"

    Hearing this, Kuai Liang narrowed his burning eyes and secretly cursed in his heart.

    "Before coming here, the military advisor taught me to delay three months, and it has been two months now. Now that the Tang army has arrived, it will take at least ten days. Although the army is powerful, there are still more than 20,000 troops and horses available in the city at this time. Unexpectedly,  In this way, I will do my best to fulfill my mission.¡±

    After thinking about it, Kuai Liang was shaken and said in a condensed voice.

    "A general is a man of ten thousand gold, so we must not lose anything. In my opinion, there are still more than 20,000 soldiers and horses guarding the city, and the baggage and food can be enough for three months. Although the Tang army is powerful, it must be huge if it travels a long distance.  Loss of strength. We can first defend the city with deep ditches and earthen forts, and then abandon the city and retreat to the southern barbarians after the general recovers from his injuries."

    Mrs. Zhu Rong loves her husband very much. After hearing what Kuai Liang said, she naturally agreed.  So Mrs. Zhu Rong and Kuai Liang temporarily dealt with major military affairs, and ordered the troops to dig deep ditches outside the city and build earthen forts in preparation for war.  Ten days later, Ma Chao woke up leisurely and hurriedly summoned Mrs. Zhu Rong and Kuai Liang to see him.  After a while, the two of them arrived together.  Ma Chao's pale and colorless face was filled with anxiety and he asked quickly.

    "How long have I been asleep!?"

    "It will take you eight days to report back to the general."

    Kuai Liang bowed his hands and replied in a deep voice.  When Ma Chao heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he shouted quickly.

    "Wen Bufan's army will attack at any time, how can it be delayed for so long!?"

    Ma Chao became so angry that his injury almost recurred and he coughed repeatedly.  Kuai Liang saw this and quickly advised.

    "General, don't worry too much. The previous doctor warned that the general must rest for a month before setting off. We are already hereTake precautions outside the city. If Wen Bufan really comes to kill him, his troops will be exhausted after traveling a long distance.  If our army holds the city and defends it, we can contend with them for at least several months.  After the general recovers from his injuries, the other army will be unable to attack for a long time.  If the general breaks through again with great momentum, he will have nothing to worry about.  "

    Ma Chao heard that Kuai Liang had already made arrangements, and most of his anxiety disappeared. He sighed loudly and told Kuai Liang to go first.  Kuai Liang took the order and came out.  After a while, only Ma Chao and Mrs. Zhu Rong were left in the room.  Ma Chao suddenly grabbed Mrs. Zhu Rong's hand and said with a sigh on his face.

    ¡°This time it¡¯s really hard on you.¡±

    Ma Chao rarely has such tenderness, or a friend in times of need. I don¡¯t know when this strong yet charming woman has already existed in Ma Chao¡¯s heart.  After hearing this, Mrs. Zhu Rong's face showed a bit of blush, she was really pretty, her charming big eyes were watery, and she spoke in a low voice.

    "As long as I follow you, I won't suffer even if I go through mountains of swords and seas of fire."

    The love words are true and there is no falsehood.  Ma Chao's heart moved and he held Mrs. Zhu Rong in his arms.  Mrs. Zhu Rong nestled on Ma Chao's chest, her whole body seemed to melt.

    "If you can escape back to the barbarian territory this time, you can have a few children with me, and the imperial hegemony will be over. It is also good for you and me to just guard the border and live in the barbarian country."
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