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    Chapter 144 "Close your fists"

    Yang Hong continued:

    Knowing that Ma Chao's army was cut off from their way home by Zhang He's army, Cao Cao was more concerned about preventing Yizhou troops from entering the Central Plains than besieging Ma Chao's army.  Besides, as long as it blocked the Yizhou troops from entering the Central Plains, it also indirectly blocked Ma Chao's way of surrendering to Liu Jia.  Therefore, even if Cao Cao knew that Yizhou troops were sending troops from Hanzhong, he might not withdraw immediately. The most likely thing Cao Cao would do is to use troops to block the Yizhou soldiers from coming out.  []

    By the time Cao Cao fully understood that Yizhou's troops were only sent to support Ma Chao's army to withdraw to Hanzhong and that the cities in the south of Yongzhou and Yizhou's feet could not be captured and instead surrounded Chang'an City, Ma Chao's army had almost rested and reorganized. At that time, another  With the support of Hanzhong soldiers, Ma Chao's army, which is a new force, can Cao Cao withstand it?

    After Yang Hong said this, seeing Ma Chao and others nodding, he suddenly asked:

    "By the way, there is another question. What is the purpose of the generals leading their troops to withdraw to Chang'an? Isn't it because they want to return to Xiliang and rescue your families?"

    Ma Chao replied painfully and lowly: "Yes, if we hadn't been in a hurry to return to Xiliang to save our families, how could Cao Cao's thieves easily eat our 20,000 rear troops?"

    Pound lowered his head.

    Ma Dai said with tears streaming down his face: "I can only avenge them in the future"

    Yang Hong smiled and said: "Generals, there is no need to be so depressed. According to Yang's estimation, the generals' children will arrive in a few days."

    Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang Tong were all shocked and asked in unison: "Really?"

    But there was obviously a look of disbelief in their eyes.

    Yang Hongdao: "Of course! Our lord thought of the situation that happened today when the generals and Cao Cao started fighting. When the army set off from Weinan to retreat back to Chang'an, our lord sent General Lingbao and some elite troops to enter.  Liangzhou. Now Zhang He's large army has moved. Xiliang must be in a panic, and our soldiers will definitely be able to pick up the families of the generals. Maybe they should take action now or even on their way home. Soon, generals  You will receive news from Xiliang that your family is missing. Haha"

    The three generals looked at each other in shock, not knowing what to say for a moment, and even had goosebumps on their bodies.

    Yang Hong said quickly: "Generals, don't think wrong. Because you are in the game. When you retreated, you didn't know how dangerous you were. You probably thought you could fight back to your hometown with your strength? But as a  Outsiders. Especially our King of Shu and military advisor Pang Shiyuan, they all know that it is impossible for you to return to Xiliang safely. Even if you are lucky enough to fight back, your family may have fallen into the hands of the enemy a long time ago. Therefore, King of Shu  I ordered General Ling and others to set off in advance and pick up the children of the generals first. The reason why we did not report to the generals before the operation was because we were afraid that you would misunderstand and think that we were going to kidnap your children. I wonder if the generals had some impressions.  : When Yang first came to General Ma¡¯s camp, there was a black-faced officer next to him?¡±

    Pang Tong nodded and said: "I have a little impression. But I didn't see him when we retreated. Does this mean anything?"

    Yang Hongdao: "He did this under the command of General Lingbao. Yang brought a group of people over, and there were only two or three people left around him. Didn't the generals notice? Haha"

    Pang De smiled bitterly and said, "Hey, who has the time to pay attention to you at this time?"

    Ma Chao felt a little more at ease now, but he still asked: "Should our family come to Chang'an first or be sent directly to Chengdu?"

    "Haha, of course your baby will be delivered to you. This is one of the reasons why Yang advised the generals to rest in Chang'an for a while." Yang Hong laughed boldly.

    "That's great! Thank you so much, thank you King Shu!" Several generals breathed a sigh of relief and expressed their heartfelt thanks.

    Ma Chao immediately ordered the guards to bring pen and ink.  He personally wrote letters to the garrison generals of each city and ordered them to take the initiative to welcome the troops coming out of Hanzhong, hand over the city to them, and guard the city under their command.

    After a while, the families of Ma Chao and others were sent to Chang'an City.  There are men and women among these people, including elderly people in their 60s and 70s and babies waiting to be fed.  When they saw Ma Chao and others, they were all so surprised that they were speechless: from being suddenly captured by strangers, to being stacked in small wooden boxes and rattan baskets, to endless bumps.  Except for the ignorant children and the confused old people, everyone thought they were dead this time.

    So when they were released and saw Ma Chao, they thought they were meeting in the underworld.  After a long time, they realized that they were not dead but had arrived in Yongzhou, and they were relieved and cried loudly.  cried ?Soon, these frightened family members began to complain about the hardships on the road and the feeling of being a second generation.

    Ma Chao and others had no choice but to do their best to comfort them, and also told the family members who still knew some sense that Zhang He's army had now officially entered Liangzhou. Only after a vigorous complaint meeting came to an end did these people stop yelling.

    Because these "kidnappers" set out when Ma Chao's army retreated from Tongguan.  When they set out, Han Sui, Hou Xuan, Liang Xing, Cheng Yi and others were still in the army.  So the family members they "kidnapped" included not only Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De.  And I have the family members of the above people.  Cheng Yi died in battle.  Of course Ma Chao brought his family to Yizhou, but what about the others?  Han Sui and Hou Xuan have surrendered to Cao Cao.  Although Liang Xing was seriously injured and did not wake up, he still belonged to Cao Cao.

    Pang De waved his hand and said to Ma Chao: "Cut it down. There will be no further trouble!"

    Ma Chao was a little hesitant. Looking at Yang Hong, who had now officially begun to discuss the military aircraft, he said, "What do you think, general? These people were captured by your soldiers. It's up to you to make the decision!"

    Yang Hong smiled and said: "According to Yang's opinion, let's let them go. Just be a favor."

    "Release?" Ma Dai and Pang De asked at the same time in disbelief, and then they shook their heads at the same time.  "No, this is too cheap for these traitors!"

    Yang Hong objected: "We didn't bring many family members this time. We only brought the wives, children, and children of the generals, even Meng Qi, and those uncles, aunts, and uncles. If we let them go now  , Cao Cao's army may not bother the relatives and friends where the generals stayed. Also, we will eventually go to war with Cao Cao. Although these people have surrendered to Cao Cao now, they may not really give up. Once our situation is advantageous in the future,  They may defect to us again. Besides, we can also win the hearts of some soldiers by doing this."

    The three generals nodded.  Ma Chao finally made the final decision: "It's useless to kill these people. Let's let them go as we are working together."

    When Han Sui, Hou Xuan, Liang Xing and others sent their men to take their families back, I heard that only Hou Xuan stiffened his neck and said: "I'm sorry you don't dare to kill me! Humph, I will have to deal with you in the future."  The account was so shaken that my wife¡¯s hand was broken.¡±

    Han Sui and Liang Xingze, who had just woken up, did not say a word.

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    After this period of time to rest.  The Xiliang soldiers' physical strength was fully restored, and their morale improved accordingly.  Tan Ma also came to report that Cao's army had occupied Chencang and was marching towards Guangwei.  After Zhao Yun handed over the task of defending Hanzhong to Gao Pei, Lu Yi, and Zhang Yi, he personally led 8,000 soldiers to successfully enter Tianshui City, which was guarded by Ma Chao, blocking Cao Cao's way to continue westward, and at the same time providing Ma Chao's army with  A safe passage into Hanzhong.

    Ma Chao, who had contacted Zhao Yun, led 40,000 Xiliang soldiers and more than 30,000 ordinary people in Chang'an to immediately abandon Chang'an and head west.  When leaving the city, the murderous breakout army caught the enemies outside the city by surprise and easily broke through the defense lines set up by Cao Ren and Hou Xuan.

    And Cao Cao¡¯s main energy, as Yizhou had estimated, was already on how to intercept the Hanzhong troops¡¯ northward advance.  The prevention of damage to the Ma Chao army was not a top priority.  When Ma Chao's 40,000-strong army marched westward for a certain distance and then turned south to drive directly towards Tianshui, Cao Cao mobilized only tens of thousands of light troops to pursue them. Although he finally killed nearly 5,000 rear troops and intercepted more than 10,000 civilians, Ma Chao's large army was still  Entered Tianshui City smoothly.

    At this time, Cao Cao also received news that Xu Shu's army had achieved an unprecedented victory in the south, and also learned that Xu Shu led 150,000 troops to march to Chengdu.  What he was thinking about most now was naturally how to block Liu Jia in Yizhou.  How to prevent Liu Jia from using Yongzhou as a springboard to enter Xiliang and the Central Plains.

    So when he heard that Ma Chao fled into Tianshui without losing any troops, he didn't feel particularly disappointed.  He immediately ordered people to take over Chang'an, which had become an empty city; he ordered people to start repairing the cities in various places to prevent the Yizhou army from attacking; and ordered Zhang He to quickly eliminate Ma Chao's remaining forces in Xiliang.

    Cao Cao himself led the army to Xuchang regardless of the fact that there were still some sporadic enemies in various places that had not been eliminated. At the same time, he took the initiative to give up the fight with Zhao Yun for Tianshui City.  Cao Cao believed that the battle could no longer be limited to one city and one place.

    He wanted to take advantage of Liu Jia's opportunity to reorganize his troops to treat the wounds caused by the battle with Ma Chao.  Cao Cao knew that the scale of the battle in the future would be far greater than the current one, and it could be said to be the battle that established the world.  His opponents are naturally Liu Jia and Sun Quan. They are far beyond the comparison of Ma Chao and his like. If they are eliminated, the world will naturally be unified, and only then can we say that we can dominate the world.

    This battle to pacify Xiliang is considered a victory, and it can even be said to be a complete victory.  Cao Cao's 120,000-strong army defeated Ma Chao's 130,000-strong army, causing Ma Chao's coalition to lose more than 90,000 people.?, and even their place of survival was taken away.  If Liu Jia hadn't sent troops to respond.  Ma Chao's remaining 30,000-odd troops couldn't escape either.

    But Cao Cao's losses were not small.  First, the carefully formed heavy cavalry was defeated; second, more than 50,000 elite soldiers were wiped out by the opponent in the battle, although Hou Xuan and Han Sui later surrendered.  Some more men and horses were added, making it seem that the loss of the entire army was only 30,000. However, Cao Cao knew that the combat effectiveness of his army was reduced by more than 30%; another point was that the loss of logistics materials such as grain and grass was huge, and hundreds of thousands of horses and horses were compared with Ma Chao.  The armies consume each other in the bitter cold wasteland, which requires countless amounts of food, grass and logistical materials to support them.

    Soon after Cao Cao dispatched his troops, to the surprise of Cao Cao's men and the Hanzhong garrison, Liu Jia also ordered the Yizhou army to tighten.  Zhao Yun was ordered to accompany Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai and others back to Chengdu, while the soldiers brought by Ma Chao were handed over to General Yu Jin for reorganization and training.

    Starting from the next chapter, we will enter the fourth volume

    Chapter 144

    "Close your fists"
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