The Three Kingdoms: The strategist will stop, and Rome will be unified

Chapter 261
On this day, the [-] Xiliang army that came to attack Huaili County withdrew without warning, and had no nostalgia for Huaili County, which had been attacking Huaili County for several days in a row.

This scene was all watched by several people in the city.

"Brother Bodao, they have withdrawn their troops."

Wei Yan on the side showed joy and laughed.

This battle is enough to make them proud. With [-] soldiers blocking the onslaught of a [-] army, they even took the initiative to withdraw their troops today.

Huang Zhong watched all this indifferently, stroked his pale beard and smiled.

"Haha, everyone in the world says Ma Chao is brave, but in my opinion, this horse is nothing more than that."

Hao Zhao also revealed Siyue, looked into the distance and said, "Let someone remove the boulder at the city gate first, and let the spies go and see the reality of Xiliang's army."

Hao Zhao's character is inherently cautious, and everyone did not refute this.

There is more or less a reason for the Xiliang army to evacuate in such a hasty way, it would be safer to let the spies investigate first.

After a while, several spies came back, all of them showing a curve at the corners of their mouths.

"General, Xiliang has withdrawn its troops."

"Everyone's food, grass, and supplies were evacuated, and nothing was left behind!"

Hearing this, Hao Zhao just laughed, looking in the direction of Chang'an, thinking secretly.

Finally, they have lived up to the trust of the lord, and now their mission has been completed.

Everyone can cheer and jump for joy, and the rest will be left to the Lord and the others.

On this day, at the border of Sizhou at this time, tens of thousands of Qiang captives in Qian County were all detained here.

The purpose of the [-] army has been achieved, and there is no need to detour when returning, and it still reaches the Sizhou border, and it only takes a day and a half to reach the vicinity.

However, the [-] troops were not stationed in the city, but near the official road near Qian County.

At this time Zhang Liao looked at Zhao Yun who was beside him and asked curiously: "Zilong, why are we here? Shouldn't we go to Huaili County to surround the Xiliang army?"

Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "My lord has ordered us to lay an ambush here. Within an hour, the Xiliang army will appear."

This made Zhang Liao even more astonished. He naturally knew that he was leading the army, but he didn't think of it at all.

"Will Xiliang withdraw its troops?"

"The lord has already predicted it seven days ago. It seems that there are some experts in Xiliang who can see through the lord's thoughts."

Then he nodded, and asked suspiciously: "It's just that we have 10 people, so we ambush the opponent's [-] troops like this? And most of the opponents are cavalry."

Zhao Yun still said calmly: "Don't worry, they won't fight us, unless they want to stay in Sizhou forever."

Even Zhao Yun could comprehend the truth, Zhang Liao understood it in an instant, and said with a smile: "My lord is still the same as before, everything is in his expectation."

Then the two looked at each other, and then each arranged soldiers and horses to ambush on both sides.

The [-] troops were hidden on both sides, and the [-] iron cavalry did not make any sound, as if they had never appeared, and the messy footprints and horseshoe marks on the ground were covered up early.

In less than a quarter of an hour, news of the Xiliang army came, and the ground trembled slightly.

Even the horses lying in ambush exhaled slightly, obviously sensing the enemy's attack.

The two looked at each other and smiled at the same time, carefully checking the movements of Xiliang. They only need to wait for Xiliang to approach, and the [-] troops will rush out immediately.

The roar of the ground became louder and louder, and Xiliang's [-] troops became more and more restrained. Now you can see the figure of cavalry even looking into the distance.

Among the [-] troops, Sima Yi rode his horse and looked at Ma Teng and others beside him and said, "Don't rest, you must withdraw from Sizhou within today, otherwise, you will be in danger."

Excuse me just now, tens of thousands of troops suddenly appeared on both sides, both soldiers and cavalry were all in armor.

At any sign, the two armies immediately fought together.

Sima Yi's expression changed drastically, and he said hastily, "I didn't expect this army to come back so soon."

Then he immediately shouted to Ma Teng beside him: "My lord, don't stay here for long!"

Ma Teng, who was about to raise his gun to go into battle, turned around and said displeasedly: "The enemy has been killed in the face, should we avoid the battle?"

"Do you really think that my Xiliang iron cavalry will be afraid of Cao Jun's iron cavalry?"

As soon as this remark came out, Sima Yi was enraged by Ma Teng's ignorance, and shouted angrily: "Cao Jun's army must be chasing after us now, otherwise do you think this [-] army would dare to stop us?"

"He is stalling for time. Can we leave when the army from the rear arrives?"

Hearing this, Ma Teng's face instantly turned livid, as if every move he made was under Cao Jun's arrangement, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

But even so, there was nothing he could do. If he didn't do this, he would be a dead end, and he had no choice at all.

It seems that from the very beginning when he chose to attack Sizhou, this matter was destined to be like this.

Even if he was asked to attack again, he would not have thought that Cao Jun would attack the Qiang people first.

But there are quite a few Qiang people in his army, all of whom were greatly affected by this incident.

These changes were totally unforeseen when he first attacked Sizhou.

Immediately there was a trace of determination in his eyes, and he shouted angrily: "Withdraw the troops, don't fight with Cao Jun!"

As soon as this remark came out, many people were surprised, but the soldiers did not have much opinion and began to evacuate one after another.

Although Pound was a little puzzled, he didn't say much.

Ma Chao looked at Ma Teng with a puzzled and shocked expression.

But at this moment, Ma Teng ignored Ma Chao at all, and shouted indifferently: "Withdraw the troops!"

Countless soldiers began to retreat, and following Ma Teng's order, these soldiers also began to retreat one after another.

And Ma Chao looked at the retreating soldiers and had no choice but to face tens of thousands of troops alone.

Turning around, he looked at Ma Teng and shouted, "Father, why!"

"The enemy is already in front of us, why do we have to withdraw!"

Ma Teng's face was also ugly, and he reprimanded him angrily: "Do you think I want to? If the [-] army is held back, and the follow-up army comes, can we still leave?"

After Ma Chao heard the words, he fell silent, looked at the back of Cao Jun with an ugly face, and began to retreat with his horse.

"Hold the horse, hurry up and die!"

Zhao Yun sternly said that he had been paying attention to Ma Chao all the time, and he was the one in Xiliang who he valued the most.

The spear in his hand kept stabbing the surrounding soldiers to death, aiming straight at Ma Chao'er.

Seeing the [-] troops leaving, Cao Jun began to chase after them, with [-] cavalry in front and [-] infantry behind, but Ma Teng didn't even bring his head back.

Ma Chao naturally heard Zhao Yun's yell, but at this moment he could only turn pale, pretending not to know, and continue running away.

Cao Jun is so hot in pursuit, there must be pursuers in the rear.

Since coming to Sizhou, the several battles he has experienced made the extremely proud Ma Chao feel ashamed.

(End of this chapter)