Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 233 A Cow Is A Cow, A Horse Is A Horse

Xu Huang led the army to cross the river again with light vehicles and familiar roads. Thousands of people worked all night after arriving at the south bank of the Weishui River, building a wall with sand and soil irrigation according to Lou Gui's method.

In the early morning of the next day, a solid sandy-earth city rose from the ground, and now these simple earthen walls can completely withstand the impact of Xiliang cavalry.

After Cao Cao received the news, he summoned soldiers and horses, and successively assembled towards the position where Xu Huang crossed the river.

It was just dawn, and all the tribes in Kansai on the south bank of the Wei River were in commotion, and Cao Cao on the north bank made a big move.

It was freezing cold at night in winter, and the food in all parts of Kansai was about to run out. In Ma Chao's camp, cattle and horses were slaughtered to serve as meat to keep out the cold.

Last night Ma Chao drank wine and ate meat, and was sleeping soundly in the camp. Suddenly, the curtain of the main tent opened wide, and a gust of cold wind poured into the barracks.

"Bo Zhan, why are you in such a panic?" Ma Chao asked.

Ma Dai said anxiously: "Brother, Cao Jun crossed the river in Li Kan's defense area last night."

Ma Chao didn't take it seriously, "Ask me about this kind of thing? If Li Kan can't hold it, we can go to help the battle as usual. We just need to take advantage of Cao's bandit's unsteady foothold and use the cavalry to attack the battle. If we can capture more War horse military supplies may survive this winter."

"Brother, Cao's army built an earthen city for no reason, and our cavalry can't rush in at all. The main force of Cao's army has already assembled to that position, and it is estimated that we will start crossing the river soon."

Ma Chao stood up in shock with his upper body bare, and asked with a look of disbelief, "Where do you get an earthen city? You can build a city with sand alone?"

Ma Dai nodded and said with certainty: "It's true, and it was just last night's work."

"Could it be that there are ghosts and gods helping each other?" Ma Chao said to himself.

"It's just too strange, Dudu Han and several other generals have already passed." Ma Dai reminded.

"Let's go see too."

After Ma Chao finished speaking, he jumped up from the couch, and then put on his inner shirt, winter clothes, and outer armor layer by layer. The less he wore at night when the weather was too cold, the warmer he slept under the quilt.

Ma Chao and Ma Dai led their troops to Cao Cao's Weinan camp, and they found a long earthen wall surrounded by a river, and there were guards every two feet above the earthen wall.

At this time, the warm sun was shining on the earthen wall in the east, reflecting the dazzling white light. Han Sui, Cheng Yi and others had already rushed to Ma Chao one step ahead.

"General Li, when did this happen? Why did this Tucheng appear all of a sudden?"

Han Sui frowned and asked, Cheng Yi, Yang Qiu, Ma Wan and others looked suspicious.

Li Kan quickly explained: "It was still a sandy land at dusk yesterday, and I don't know why the Cao thief was able to build the city overnight."

"General Li also used sand to build a big camp overnight?" Cheng Yin didn't believe it at all.

"This matter is absolutely true, how could I deceive you generals?" Li Kan felt that his mouth was full of words and he couldn't speak clearly, but suddenly his eyes lit up, and he pointed to the back and said excitedly: "General Ma can testify for me, he The soldiers and horses of the army often come to my defense area to help defend, and they came here yesterday."

"Meng Qi is so enthusiastic, he often comes to my defense zone." Yang Qiu nodded in agreement.

Ten generals in Kansai, Zhang Heng, were beheaded at the Hexi ferry, and now the remaining nine soldiers and horses are scattered on the south bank of the Weishui River for defense, among which Han Sui and Ma Chao are the strongest.

In troubled times, there are very few enthusiastic actions, all of which are driven by interests. Ma Chao helped Li Kan and Yang Qiu in the left and right defense areas to assist in the defense because the Cao army who crossed the river carried military supplies, and most of them were infantry. With the help of strong fortifications, the Xiliang cavalry charged like a rape.

Ma Chao's troops have recently not only not run out of food, but also often slaughtered cattle and horses because of their frequent defense assistance. The enthusiasm of the soldiers is quite high.

"Nephew, did you hear what General Li said? Is it really so bizarre?" Han Sui asked with a frown.

Ma Chao nodded, "General Li is right. I asked Bo Zhan just now. He came here to inspect yesterday. I don't know what kind of tricks Cao Cao used."

After hearing this, Han Sui nodded slightly to Li Kan, and Ma Chao's testimony was enough to clear away the suspicion.

"If all Cao's troops cross the river, the barrier of the Wei River will be gone," Cheng Yin said worriedly.

"Let's organize elite forces and attack Cao's army before it has a firm foothold. I don't know if Cao's bandits are stable." Han Sui said.

Li Kan hastily waved his hand to stop him: "This earth wall is as hard as iron. I sent troops to attack it this morning, but it turned out"

"Could it be possible that this traitor knows demon skills? I heard that he once hosted the demon Zuo Ci at a banquet. Could it be that he has acquired some demon skills?" Ma Chao asked suspiciously.

Han Sui shook his head and said: "My nephew's words are half true and half false. Mr. Wujiao fooled Cao thief with immortal methods in the early years, and then escaped from the world after being captured by Cao Cao. How could he come here to help the thief?"

"Then let's join forces to attack again. If Cao's thieves are all crossed, it will be the same as Pubanjin's situation." Ma Chao suggested.

After Ma Chao finished speaking, Liang Xing and Cheng Yi turned green when they saw Han Sui. Before Xu Huang crossed from Pubanjin to the west, Ma Chao proposed to attack immediately, but Han Sui abruptly dragged him into a stalemate.

Seeing Ma Chao's old story being brought up again, Han Sui said awkwardly: "That's fine, our coalition forces will also fight a 'siege battle'."

The Nine Divisions of Kansai gathered 3 elite soldiers and launched an attack on the Weinan camp guarded by Xu Huang. Without siege equipment, the cavalry was not as good as the infantry in attacking the city. The first round of attack lost [-] cavalry and fell on the warship. The dead and wounded horses became Cao Jun's trophies.

It's really a good reincarnation. The generals in Kansai, especially Ma Chao's troops, returned a lot of the horses they plundered before.

With such high battle losses, the Kansai Allied Forces gave up storming the Weinan camp, and they each sent troops to invite battle in front of the camp, but Xu Huang ignored Cao Cao's instructions.

Later, after all the main forces of Cao's army crossed the river, the Kansai coalition forces thought they could usher in a decisive battle. As a result, Cao Cao still adopted the strategy of not being able to hold on.

The generals in Kansai were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. Everyone gathered in Han Sui's main camp. Cao Cao's move was clearly to consume them to death.

"Captain, please think of a way, my camp will soon be cut off from cooking." Cheng Yi said.

"Immediately? My military rations are still enough for one day. This is the result of reducing rations, otherwise we would have mutinied." Ma Wan said with a wry smile.

Liang Xing took over Zhang Heng's army, and he asked with a look of surprise: "You still have food in stock?"

Everyone is complaining, they actually have a little food, but they can't hold on for a few days. If you want to say that you have enough food and grass at this time, the result is quite dangerous.

"Is my nephew's military rations enough?" Han Sui asked meaningfully.

"Meng Qi has recently defeated many Cao troops crossing the river, and also captured a lot of military supplies."

Li Kan suddenly felt his back go cold while he was speaking, and turned his head to find that Ma Chao was looking at him coldly, so he immediately shut his mouth and didn't speak, as if he hadn't spoken just now.

Ma Chao frowned instantly, thinking that if you complain, you can complain, but you must seek truth from facts.

A cow is a cow, a horse is a horse, so you can't use your brain?

How can anyone take cattle across the river in a march?
At this time, Ma Chao burped from the cold in the morning, and a smell of meat came out of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)