Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 366
After some fighting, Chang Yuchun and Zhou Qing had already crossed the river, so Ma Chao had no choice but to give up and lead his army back to Tongguan.

"It's a pity! Ma Chao was never left behind!" Seeing Ma Chao gritted his teeth and left unwillingly, Zhou Qing felt a little regretful.

"Ma Chao's defeat this time, after returning home, his prestige will definitely drop! All the warlords will renounce him. This is a great opportunity to defeat the Xiliang Army." Chang Yuchun said.

Zhou Qing said: "Although Ma Chao retreats temporarily, he will definitely come back tomorrow. I wonder if the general has a good strategy to deal with the enemy."

Chang Yuchun said: "Zhou Qing, you can rest assured, I have prepared for it long ago, as long as the enemy dares to come, I will definitely let him come and never return."

"So that's it! Then I can rest assured, what does the general plan to do next?" Zhou Qing said.

"Now order the soldiers to build tunnels along the river separately, and temporarily serve as the foot of the village. When the enemy army arrives, Chen Bing will stand outside the tunnel."

"Stand up banners inside to serve as suspicious soldiers; and dig trenches along the river with empty soil sheds, and Hanoi sends troops and horses as bait."

"As long as the Xiliang army dares to come, they will fall into the trap. As long as the Xiliang army falls into it, they can attack them."

"The general's plan is very good! I will arrange it right away!" Zhou Qing was overjoyed!He cupped his fists and saluted, turned around and left.

Tongguan, after a fierce fight, Li Songjun receded like a tide, Han Sui couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and fell to the ground.

"Report! My lord! General Ma is back!" Han Sui's personal guard hurried over and knelt down on one knee in front of Han Sui to report.

Han Sui was overjoyed!Immediately got up and went back to look for Ma Chao, before the man arrived, the voice came first, "Meng Qi! This time, the interception went smoothly."

Ma Chao turned around and saw Han Sui stepping in, saying, "Oh! It's hard to say!"

"Why? Could it be that the enemy army has never crossed the river?" Han Sui asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"That's not the case! Today I led the troops to the river, and I was about to capture the enemy general, but suddenly an army came out from behind, and my success fell short."

Han Suidao: "There is such a thing, Meng Qi knows who the other party is?"

Ma Chao thought for a while, described Chang Yuchun's appearance, and asked, "This is the person, does uncle know who this person is?"

"I haven't seen many generals under Li Song's command. I've heard of the others, but I haven't heard of this person either. I haven't heard of when Li Song had this person under his command."

Even if they thought about it, they would not know that Chang Yuchun was a famous general of the Ming Dynasty that Li Song had just been summoned recently. Since following Zhu Yuanzhang, he had never been defeated and always won.

After thinking about it for a long time, Han Sui said, "If you meet this person again, don't underestimate the enemy, be careful."

Ma Chao said: "Uncle, don't worry, I have my own sense of proportion!" Ma Chao really didn't take it seriously in his heart, a guy who can only play tricks, if he let me get close, he would definitely die on the spot.

Seeing Ma Chao, Han Sui readily agreed!He didn't know the little Jiujiu in his heart, and then said: "Now that half of the enemy's troops are crossing the river, they will surely attack the rear of our army. You can attack them quickly. Don't let him set up a camp. If you let him set up a camp, whoever will destroy the other at that time It's hard to say."

Ma Chao said: "Based on my nephew's humble opinion, I think it is better to block the north bank so that the enemy cannot cross the river."

Han Sui secretly sighed in his heart, he was still too young after all!His thoughts were not mature enough, so he said: "Nephew guarding the stronghold, let me lead the army along the river to meet the enemy for a while, what do you think?"

Ma Chao said: "Alright, I will make Pang De the vanguard and go with my uncle."

"Okay! It's not too late! I'm leaving now!" After Han Sui said that, he turned and left. Ma Chao called Pang De and asked him to follow Han Sui to send troops.

"Report! General, there are [-] troops coming towards our army." The flying horse came to report to Chang Yuchun!

"Good time, hurry up and order the soldiers to lure the enemy beside the corridor." So Han Sui and Pang De sent [-] soldiers straight to Weinan, and Chang Yuchun immediately ordered the soldiers to lure the enemy on both sides of the corridor.

Pang De didn't know what to do, so he first led more than a thousand cavalry, and they clashed. Wherever the shouts came, all the men and horses fell into the horse pit.

Pang De jumped out of the pit, stood on the ground, killed several people at once, and cut out the siege on foot. Han Sui was already trapped in Gaixin.

"Ling Ming, save me!" Han Sui chopped down an enemy soldier in front of him and called for help from Pang De.

Pang De looked back and saw that Han Sui was besieged by the enemy. If he didn't save him, Han Sui would definitely die!Pang De had no choice but to turn back and walk back to rescue Han Sui.

When a cavalryman charged over, he was cut off by Pang De's horse. He seized his horse, opened a bloody road, rescued Han Sui, and fled southeast.

Cao Bing came behind, Ma Chao got the letter and led the army to meet him, defeated Cao Bing, rescued most of the army and horses, and returned after fighting until sunset.

After counting the men and horses, it was discovered that two warlords, Cheng Yin and Cheng Yi, had been killed, and more than [-] people died in the trap.

Ma Chao discussed with Han Sui: "If time delays for a long time, Li Song's army will set up a camp in Hebei, and it will be difficult to retreat from the enemy; why not take Qingqi to rob the camp tonight."

Han Suidao: "Just in case, it's better to divide the troops to rescue each other."

So Chaozi was the front, and Pang De and Ma Wan were the rear, and they would do it that night.

Chang Yuchun withdrew his troops and stationed in Weibei, and said to Zhou Qing: "Ma Chao will come to rob the camp before our army has set up a camp, but the soldiers will scatter to ambush, emptying the army. Capture Ma Chao alive, and pass the news of this place back to the prime minister."

"What the general said is true! I'll arrange it right away!" Zhou Qing took the order, turned around and left.

Zhou Qing's arrangement for the ambush was over, but that night, Ma Chao first sent Yang Qiu to lead thirty cavalry to the outpost.

When Chang Yuchun saw Xiliang soldiers arriving, he ordered the firing of trumpets and ambushes on all sides, only [-] cavalry were surrounded, and Yang Qiu was killed by Zhou Qing who rushed over.

Ma Chao, however, swarmed in three ways with Pang De and Ma Wanbing from behind.

Chang Yuchun laughed loudly: "It turned out as I expected! Immediately set off the signal flare! Join forces with the right army to kill Ma Chao. This time, he will definitely not be able to escape again."

"Promise!" The messenger responded, took off the bamboo tube behind him, ignited the fuse behind the bamboo tube, and with a "swoosh", a signal bomb was launched into the air.

The right army, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately attacked the Xiliang army. Tan Daoji and Yu Wencheng divided their troops to attack the Xiliang army, and surrounded and killed Ma Chao and others together with the left army.

Ma Chao was shocked!Knowing that he had fallen into the enemy's trick, he immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops, ordering Pang De and Ma Wan to go first, and he stayed behind.

When Han Sui learned that Ma Chao was besieged, he immediately mobilized his troops to respond. The two sides fought together, and Ma Chao retreated while killing.

The two armies fought in a scuffle that night, and until dawn, each withdrew their troops, and most of the Xiliang army was lost. Ma Chao had to retreat to Weikou to set up troops, not daring to invade in the slightest. The Xiliang army was defeated and its morale was low.

(End of this chapter)