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Chapter 523 Ma Chao’s First Defeat
Under Ma Chao's intimidation, Zhang Shun rushed into the camp of the Lucheng Army who knew it was a trap. He wanted to communicate with the Lucheng Army, but he didn't know that the fire attack of the Lucheng Army began as soon as he entered.

Zhang Shun finally rushed out in disgrace, the thousands of confidantes around him were no more than three hundred, and Ma Chao had long since disappeared. Everyone said that water and fire are ruthless, Zhang Shun has seen it.

"Sima, where are we going?"

Lu Chengjun didn't see him, and Ma Chao left, one of Zhang Shun's confidants asked.

"Where?"

Who the hell knows where?Zhang Shun was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother, but he didn't know whether to scold Ma Chao or Lu Chengjun, anyway, this time Zhang Shun didn't get any good from either side.

Zhang Shun hesitated for a long time, when the ambushes of the Lucheng Army rushed over, and Zhang Shun surrendered without much thought. Since Ma Chao coerced himself into the Lucheng Army's trap, no matter whether he found out that he had surrendered to the enemy, he couldn't go back. You can only mix with the Lucheng Army.

"Who is Zhang Shun?"

Joining the army, Zhao Yan saw the kneeling soldiers and shouted.

"Someone is."

Zhang Shun struggled to get up, it wasn't Zhang Shun's affectation, but the fire was too strong, his legs were burned by the fire when he rushed out.

"Didn't you make an appointment to ambush Ma Chao together? Why did Ma Chao go back there when you all fell into the trap?"

Zhao Yan obviously showed distrust of Zhang Shun.

Zhang Shundao: "Ma Chao and that guy may have noticed something, but this surrender is a sincere act."

Zhao Yan thought about it for a while, and said: "If it is true, you may be willing to die for Liu Houxiao."

Zhang Shun was overjoyed: "If Liu Houxiao can die, I will be lucky! I would like to listen to the captain's orders."

"And come closer."

Zhao Yan squinted and said to Zhang Shun.

Zhang Shun hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and leaned forward, but his hand was on the handle of the knife in his waist just in case.

Naturally, Zhang Shun's little tricks could not be hidden from Zhao Yan, who is a background in intelligence, but Zhao Yan didn't take it seriously, and whispered to Zhang Shun: "You enter the city while you are defeated, and swindle the city gate to welcome a certain army into the city. If this city falls, a certain Let me ask for credit for you in front of Liu Hou."

Zhang Shun's pupils shrank when he heard the words, it was a desperate job to take advantage of the defeat to swindle Chaona City, but when he heard that Zhao Yan wanted to ask for credit for himself in front of Liu Bei, Zhang Shun's heart became hot, if he could hang up in front of Liu Bei, Then there is no need to worry about the future.

Zhang Shun thought that the guard of the south city gate had always been at odds with the candidate, and now he must be sitting on the wax, and he would not give up the opportunity to join the Lucheng army.

Zhang Shun calculated the gains and losses, and it took him a long time to make up his mind: "Lieutenant, don't worry, someone will definitely be able to capture the city gate and welcome the army into the city."

"Okay, then wait for Zhang Sima's good news."

Zhao Yan cupped his hands and bowed: "However, in order to strengthen Sima's combat power, a certain army will send a garrison of land troops into the city with Sima."

surveillance?
Zhang Shun murmured in his heart, but he didn't dare to object, and hurriedly said: "Okay."

Looking at the back of Zhang Shun leaving, Zhao Yan finally understood that Zhang Shun could not compete with Zhang Heng. The reason was that Zhang Shun was too concerned about gains and losses, and being too conservative was not a good thing in troubled times.

Ma Chao thinks that he can easily get out of the trap by driving Zhang Shun into the trap, but unfortunately he underestimates the combat power of the Lucheng Army.

Ma Chao rushed left and right, and finally broke out of the encirclement with only dozens of elite cavalry left. Ma Chao couldn't help sighing secretly: Lucheng Army really deserves its reputation.

"Ma Chao rests, the horse stays alive."

"Whoever captures Ma Chao alive will be rewarded with a hundred gold and promoted to three ranks."

"..."

As soon as Ma Chao ran not far away, he heard shouts one after another. He heard the voices of thousands of riders. If he was as elite as the Lucheng army he had just experienced, would he be able to fight out again?
Ma Chao's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly patted his horse and ran towards the city. Although the plan was a bit biased, it was still under control. He only hoped that Hou Xuan could last half a day longer and buy himself time to find reinforcements.

As soon as Ma Chao left, teams of torches appeared in the darkness, and under the light of the torches Linghu Yin appeared with a sneer.

The Lucheng army led by Han Meng this time has no more than [-] cavalry, and the rest are miscellaneous knights recruited by Xun You. Except for Han Meng who just intercepted Ma Chao, who is from the Lucheng army, Linghu Yin and Zhao Yan are both Xiutu miscellaneous horses. Fight to the death, the ending is not so bleak.

Ma Chao fled desperately to Chaona City, and met the rout soldiers who escaped from the city gate a long way away, Ma Chao was taken aback: What's going on?

He caught a broken soldier and asked him if he didn't know. He only said that there was a great chaos in the city and that the Lucheng army had entered the city.

Ma Chao wondered: The Lucheng army was dealing with their own night attack, so how could they divide their troops to take the DPRK? Besides, are the thousands of knights under Hou Xuan's command just for nothing?

The candidate's subordinates are naturally not for nothing, but for the smooth progress of the plan, the candidate did not strictly order his subordinates to defend the city, but only warned his cronies to strengthen defense.

The guard at the south gate was Zhang Heng's old general Yu Zui, and Hou Xuan didn't replace him immediately in order to stabilize the morale of the army. It was because of this man that Zhang Shun opened the gate as soon as Zhang Shun called him.

Zhang Shun said in a few words that he had defected to the Lucheng Army, and then Zhao Yan took Zhang Shun and Yu Zui as the vanguard to recruit and accept the rebellion all the way, and even successfully let the two gather thousands of people who were at odds with Zhang Heng's old army and the candidate.

These thousands of people desperately killed Hou Xuan's army under the armor supported by the Lucheng Army.

Some unknown peripheral troops broke out of Chaona City. This is what Ma Chao saw when he came to Chaona City. After Ma Chao figured it out, he had no choice but to withdraw from Chaona City.

Tens of thousands of troops are fighting in the small Chaona city, no matter how brave he is, what's the use?Hou Xuan's defeat is inevitable, the most important thing is to go to Fanting Mountain to find reinforcements first.

Ma Chao gathered the rout and headed towards Mount Fanting.

In Chaona City, after a night of fighting, Zhang Shun and the candidates were exhausted, but Lu Chengjun joined the attack after a full meal, and quickly defeated the remaining candidates one after another with their excellent armor and coordination.

Hou Xuan knew that the situation was not good when he heard the sound of fighting getting smaller and smaller. He was afraid that the Lucheng army would also join the ranks of the siege, so he immediately organized his own soldiers to fight out, and abandoned his thousands of knights.

As soon as Hou Xuan left the city, he also ran towards Fanting Mountain. Fortunately, the Lucheng Army was not familiar with the geography of this place, otherwise a village chief would have captured Hou Xuan and Ma Chao.

However, after the Lucheng Army obtained Chaona City, Han Meng immediately recruited Zhao Yan, Linghu Yin, Zhang Shun, and Yu Zui to discuss the direction of the next advance.

As new recruits, Zhang Shun and Zhang Shun couldn't intervene, and Han Meng and the other three wouldn't listen to them. They discussed it on their own, and finally decided to go to Fanting Mountain and attack from Fanting Mountain to occupy Kaikai Mountain and Boluo Valley. It can completely cut off Han Sui and Ma Teng's retreat. Once the retreat is cut off, can they still besiege Niyang?
"Zhang Sima, Yu Junhou, the two of you are familiar with the roads leading to Fanting Mountain, Kaikai Mountain, and Boluo Valley."

Zhao Yan, who joined the army, asked.

Zhang Shun patted his chest and said: "I know, Captain, don't worry, I can find this place with my eyes closed."

(End of this chapter)