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- Chapter 185 "Ma Chao Escapes 2"
Ma Chao led his troops here and fought with Cao's army who was transporting grain for more than an hour. When they headed southeast, the troops led by Xu Chu were still more than an hour away from the battlefield. After reuniting with the grain transport soldiers who were beaten by Ma Chao's cavalry, the brave Xu Chu did not dare to continue the pursuit. He just camped on the spot and prepared to pursue again tomorrow, and at the same time asked his men to help the defeated ones clean up the scene.
After Xu Chu waited for the matter to be basically completed, he discussed with Xia Houyuan the purpose of Ma Chao and others.
"General Xiahou, what do you think Ma Chao wants to do when he runs in the opposite direction like this?" Xu Chu said distressedly.
¡°Could it be that they want to drag us around here and wait until we are exhausted before catching us off guard and escaping from our encirclement?¡± Xia Houyuan said uncertainly.
"It's impossible. They should also know that they can't succeed without this tactic. We have reinforcements everywhere and a supply of food and grass at any time. If we really can't stand running anymore, we can let the soldiers take turns to replace us. If we run like this, we won't be too tired. , but without food or reinforcements, they will collapse first. In fact, if we take a step back and think about it, even if we are overwhelmed by them and defeated by them, we will still have General Cao Ren guarding behind us. He, Ma Chao, can't even rush out!" Xu Chu shook his head.
"Even so, Yuan also has a very bad headache." Xia Houyuan said thoughtfully.
"Could it be that they are hungry and need to grab something to put in their mouths first? One day is just another day." Xu Chu asked again. In fact, he looked more like he was talking to himself.
Xia Houyuan said at this time: "The only explanation is that they are still hoping that Liu Jia will come to rescue them. They are just running around to get a little bit, and one day is just a day of food. As long as Liu Jia and the others can rush in, they will survive."
"But how many days can they survive in the wild if they do this? Like this time they robbed food in a big way, only to get less than 200 tons of food and grass, and more than 200 people died. It's really not worth the loss." Xu Chuxiao road.
"It's good if their large army can survive at this time. What's the point?" Xia Houyuan also laughed.
The next day Xu Chu arranged for the distant grain soldiers to leave. He continued to lead 40,000 troops to pursue the Shu soldiers. Ma Chao's troops also walked in front unhurriedly and did not rush hard. It also brought Cao Jun closer. More than 50,000 soldiers from both sides held an armed march in the ice and snow. Some Shu soldiers who froze to death or were injured and died without treatment were hastily buried in the snow by the Shu soldiers. After all, the severe cold was difficult to withstand.
There is a large space between Mi City and Chang'an City. As long as the Shu soldiers don't turn around and pay a little attention, they can completely avoid Xu Chu's troops. Of course Xu Chu and the others were not worried, especially when they saw the Shu soldiers buried shallowly on the roadside. They were relieved. If this continues, the Shu soldiers would definitely be the first to collapse, and the time would not exceed a month. If you don't freeze to death, you will starve to death and die of exhaustion. So they followed without haste.
Just like this, he was walking around in the circle surrounded by Cao Jun, sometimes in the east and sometimes in the west.
A few days passed, and on the day agreed upon by Liu Jiaxin, the Shu soldiers suddenly changed their approach in the past few days, and suddenly rushed into a village, leaving all the wounded and unhorsed soldiers in the village, while leaving a small group of soldiers behind. Batch food. He also told these soldiers that if a large group of Cao soldiers came over, they would surrender to them and asked Cao soldiers not to kill them. Then he led the remaining 14,000 or so streamlined cavalry toward the city of Mi.
Naturally, Xu Chu's tens of thousands of soldiers could not catch up with the cavalry, so he had to take in the wounded soldiers and unhorsed infantry left behind by Ma Chao, and follow Ma Chao's cavalry forward. Of course, he was afraid that more than a dozen elite cavalry would approach from other roads. Report the news to Yumi City.
All Cao soldiers believed that Ma Chao and the others were simply going to die. There are hundreds of thousands of elite troops waiting in front of Wei Mi City, led by King Cao Cao of Wei himself, looking forward to your passing. The distance between the Cao soldiers who had been running for several days and the Shu soldiers who were cavalry heading west was getting farther and farther away from each other.
When they were less than two days away from Wei Mi City, Ma Chao's army really encountered Cao's army who had retreated from Wei Mi City. Although there were a large number of people, they all seemed frightened and just kept running forward. There was no formation and no discipline. Many Cao soldiers did not even have weapons. Soldiers on horseback and arrogantly rushed on the road, while the unarmed and weak ones were pushed to the roadside, hillside or mountainside. It looked like the mountains and plains were filled with these defeated and routed troops in a state of embarrassment.
Ma Chao and others were overjoyed, and they shouted and went to kill them as soon as they were assigned. Ma Chao and Zhang Ren are in the middle. Pang De was on the right, and Ma Dai was on the left and charged into the defeated army.
The defeated army had little morale. First, he was killed or trampled to death by Ma Chao's cavalry because he didn't know what was happening. When they understood, they quickly shouted: "We surrender! We surrender"?¡±
Except for a few soldiers walking on the top of the mountain who saw something was wrong and rolled to the other side of the mountain, the other tens of thousands of Cao soldiers were captured by Ma Chao and others so easily.
By interrogating the prisoners, we learned that Shu King Liu Jia won a very big victory using gunpowder in Suimi City. Just because these Cao Cao soldiers escaped very early, it is not clear whether Cao Cao died, was captured, or escaped.
Just when Ma Chao was worried that so many prisoners had no food to provide, the soldiers in front came back with news that a large amount of grain and grass had been seized on the road, and even the grain transport soldiers who had fought with them east of Luoying Village that day were also there. They were heading towards the city of Mi, but they were defeated by the defeated soldiers. Although a lot of food and grass were snatched by the defeated soldiers, the panicked defeated soldiers could not grab much because they had no one to organize them, and most of them were scattered and piled on the road. superior.
Hearing the news, Ma Chao couldn't help but laugh and kept saying: "God is really helping me! God is really helping me!"
So he sent someone to report the news to Liu Jia while taking in the prisoners. At the same time, Pang De and Ma Dai were asked to lead five thousand cavalry back to block Xu Chu's possible attack.
When 30,000 elite soldiers led by Xu Shu and Zhao Yun met Ma Chao with provisions and cold clothes, Ma Chao and others were even more grateful. Ma Chao and Zhang Ren knelt on the roadside and kowtowed three times to the west. Ma Chao cupped his fists and said to the west: "Ma Chao, the guilty general, thanks my lord for his magnanimity!"
That night, the three armies cheered loudly and drank happily.
With the fierce general Zhao Yun and the 30,000 elite soldiers they brought, the cavalry that had been fearful for several months was naturally no longer afraid of Xu Chu's troops behind them. What's more, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, and Zhang Ren are all first-rate generals here. What troops cannot be eliminated? If Ma Chao's troops were not too tired and had tens of thousands of prisoners, and Liu Jia wanted to recruit Xu Chu's troops, these Shu soldiers with high morale might have turned back and killed Xu Chu, who had been following behind.
In the morning, Xu Chu and Xia Houyuan were stunned when they heard that Cao Cao had been defeated in Wei Mi City and that his life and death were unknown now. It was like a bolt from the blue. Xia Houyuan still managed to stabilize himself somewhat, but Xu Chu was like a fool, nagging: "How is this possible? How is this possible? Three hundred thousand troops! Three hundred thousand!"
"Kill!" Xu Chu suddenly drew his sword and shouted, "Kill me! Avenge the King of Wei!"
Originally, the formation was about to set off, but Cao Jun heard a vague rumor and was startled. Only when he heard Xu Chu's roar did he truly understand that his supreme leader, Cao Cao, had been defeated in Wei Mi City.
They were all stunned with shock. It took them a while to react, and shouted in response to Xu Chu: "Kill! Avenge the King of Wei!" At the same time, they took big steps and ran westward with Xu Chu.
But there were no enemies in front of them at the moment, and they were still far away from Ma Cao. The soldiers who finally bulged up quickly fell down. They couldn't run more than two miles. The soldiers were panting like cattle, their shouts were low, but their steps and mood became heavy. They asked each other with their eyes, and in their hearts Asking: ¡°What do we do next?¡±
Crazy Xu Chu calmed down somewhat at this time, slowed down the horse, and let the horse move forward mechanically. Seeing that Xu Chu had become more stable, Xia Houyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. You must know that there are tigers ahead. Even if Xu Chu can defeat Ma Chao, can he still fight against Zhao Yun?
The two armies, which were at peace with each other, were now less than ten miles apart from each other, and both were advancing towards Kuimi City. When Ma Chao's troops entered the city, the gates of Yumi City were closed, blocking Xu Chu's 40,000 elite troops from outside.
Outside, Cao's army camped in obscurity, and after settling down, it was still lifeless. But it's a completely different scene in the city. There was laughter and laughter everywhere.
When Ma Chao saw Liu Jia, he wanted to apologize again, but Liu Jia had already pulled him up and said happily: "General Ma is a bloody man. Although he is a little impatient, who has not made mistakes? Thank you for your hard work. You have really worked hard. "
Pang Tong, who was beside Liu Jia, also said: "If General Ma hadn't attacked Chang'an City and lured Cao Cao out, we wouldn't have achieved such a great victory. If we must apologize, let's consider the merits to be equal to the faults."
Ma Chao said quickly: "The only crime will be guilt, and there will be no merit. If the lord and the prime minister hadn't turned the tide, I don't know what the situation would have been like."
Huang Zhong said from the side: "Meng Qi, please don't blame yourself. After all, we are military generals, we only know how to kill the enemy. If we don't kill the enemy, are we still considered generals and men? Stop talking, go drink, go drink."
Gan Ning, Wu Tugu and other generals also echoed: "Go drink, let's go!"
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Soon, Cao Ren, who received the news of the defeat of Wei Mi City and the capture of Cao Cao, also took all his troops and horses to Wei Mi City, joined forces with Xu Chu's men, and began to attack the city non-stop.
? ?Due to Liu Jia's obstruction, the defenders only passively defended and did not rush out. The most unhappy were the generals such as Huang Zhong and Wutu Gu. Wu Tu Gu, in particular, saw that the Five Tiger Generals Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others were on his side, so he said to Liu Jia many times: "My lord, why don't you rush out and kill these ungrateful guys? Do you want them to be with us every day?" Isn¡¯t it possible to make noise in your ears?¡±
Liu Jiadao: "Let's wait for a while. It's been too hard for us, let them make trouble."
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