Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 375 Ma Chao's Defeat
Seeing that the Xiliang army was almost dead and wounded, fearing that Ma Chao would take the opportunity to flee, Li Song ordered the soldiers on all sides to rush out. Xu Chu was in front, Zhang He was behind, Yuwen Chengdu was on the left, and Xiang Yu was on the right. Li Song was guarded by Li Yuanba. Wait and see.

The Xiliang soldiers killed each other. Ma Chao disappeared from Pang De, so he led more than a hundred riders to cut off the Wei Bridge. The sky was twilight, and he saw Li Kan leading an army passing under the bridge. The enemy was very jealous when they met At that time, Ma Chao raised his gun and rode his horse to chase Li Kan. Li Kan saw Ma Chao charging towards him, so scared that he dragged his gun and ran away.

It happened that Zhou Qing came from behind Ma Chao. In a hurry, Zhou Qing opened his bow and shot at Ma Chao. Ma Chao heard the sound of strings behind him, and hurriedly dodged. die.

Ma Chao returned to Malaysia to kill Zhou Qing, Zhou Qing was not afraid at all!He rushed to Ma Chao and stood with Ma Chao for fifty rounds. Zhou Qing was defeated and Ma Chao returned to the bridge to live.

Li Bing was so big that the Xuanjia Army was the first, shooting at Ma Chao with random arrows, Ma Chao brandished the long spear in his hand and swiped hard, the arrows all fell to the ground.

"Kill!" Ma Chao saw that the enemy army was gradually surrounding him. If he didn't break out of the encirclement, he was afraid that he would have to confess here.

Unexpectedly, Cao's soldiers were surrounded tightly and could not rush out. Ma Chao yelled on the bridge and rushed into Hebei, where all his cavalry were cut off. .

"Heavy rewards for those who take the head of Ma Chao!" Seeing Ma Chao's landing, Li Jun rushed up overjoyed, everyone wanted to take the head of Ma Chao to receive the reward.

In a critical situation, suddenly a Biao army came from the northwest corner. Pound led the troops to rescue Ma Chao. Pound rescued Ma Chao. The general's war horse and Ma Chao rode together.

When Li Song heard that Ma Chao had escaped, he sent an order to the generals: "No matter day or night, you must rush to the horse. If you win the first rank, you will be rewarded with a thousand taels and be made a marquis of ten thousand households; whoever captures Ma Chao alive will be made a general."

All the generals were ordered to fight for success and chase after them. Ma Chao didn't care about the lack of men and horses, he just ran, and his cavalry gradually dispersed. Most of the infantry could not escape, and most of them were captured. Go to Lintao.

Li Song personally chased him to Anding, and knowing that Ma Chao was far away, Fang withdrew his troops and returned to Chang'an. After all the generals had assembled, Han Sui had no left hand and became a disabled person. He came to Li Song. In the position of Marquis, Yang Qiu and Hou Xuan were all named Liehou and ordered to guard Weikou.

He ordered troops to be stationed in Chang'an, without mentioning what to do next. Yang Fu, who joined the army in Liangzhou, named Yishan, came to Chang'an to meet Li Song. Li Song asked, "Yang Canjun came here to see the truth, why?"

Yang Fu said: "Prime Minister! Ma Chao has the courage of Lu Bu, and won the hearts of the Qiang people in Xiliang. Today, the Prime Minister is stationed in Chang'an, not taking the opportunity to wipe out Ma Chao's remaining forces. In the future, he will cultivate the climate and the counties in Longshang. It is no longer the land of the imperial court, I hope the prime minister will send troops to destroy Ma Chao immediately."

Li Songdao: "I've already thought about this matter and made arrangements, so you can rest assured, but with all the secrets, I still need you to guard Liangzhou for me."

"No!" Yang Fu took the order, "Prime Minister, I want to recommend someone to defend Ma Chao with me."

"Oh! I don't know who Fang Juncai is?" Li Song laughed.

"This man's surname is Wei and his name is Kang. He is a master. The minister recommended Wei Kang as the governor of Liangzhou, and he and I will lead the army to station in Jicheng to guard against Ma Chao." Yang Fu said.

Li Song didn't know much about Wei Kang. Judging from the history books, he should be able to be recognized by Cao Cao and appoint me the governor of Liangzhou.

"Okay, according to Yang Canjun's words, order Wei Kang to be the governor of Liangzhou, and to station troops in Jicheng with you." Li Song said, and Yang Fu thanked him.

Before leaving, Yang Fu asked Yu Li Song and said, "Chang'an must leave heavy troops as backup."

Li Song said with a smile: "I've made a decision, but you can rest assured." Yang Fu left.

"Report! Report to the Prime Minister! The prefect of Hanning, Zhang Lu, sent general Yang Ang to lead Ma Wanyu to help Ma Chao. After learning that Ma Chao was defeated and fled, the troops were handed over to Hanzhong and Guanzhong." Yang Fu just left. Someone to report!
"Okay! Hahaha!" Li Song was not worried but happy after hearing this!Laugh up to the sky!All the civil and military people were puzzled.

All the generals asked: "In the beginning, Ma Chao and Han Sui occupied Tongguan, and the Weibei Road was lacking. The prime minister did not attack Feng Yi from the east, but instead defended Tongguan. After a long delay, he crossed north and set up his camp. Why? "

Li Songdao: "At the beginning the bandits were guarding Tongguan, if I had sent troops directly to take the east of the river, the bandits would have divided their villages into various crossings, and it would be impossible for them to cross the river west."

"That's why I deliberately gathered all my troops in front of Tongguan, and put on a posture of attacking Tongguan, in order to let the thieves try to defend south as much as possible, so that Hexi would not be on guard, so Gao Lan and Zang Ba were able to cross."

"Then I will lead my troops to cross the north. I will build a city of ice with cars and tree fences. I want the thieves to know that I am weak and to be proud of them. This way, they will not be on guard against us. I will use the tricks in the opposite direction, and the beasts will fight against us." Strength, one hit is sure to hit, as the saying goes, thunder can never cover your ears! The change of soldiers is definitely not the same."

The generals asked again: "Every time the prime minister hears that the thieves have increased their troops, he is not worried at all, but happy. Why?"

Li Songdao: "Guanzhong is far away. If a group of thieves follow their own dangers, it will not be enough to calm them down in a year or two. Now they all come to one place. Although there are many of them, they have different hearts. They are easy to separate and can be destroyed at one stroke; so I listened. Great joy later."

All the generals bowed and said: "The prime minister has a plan, I can't wait for one ten-thousandth."

Li Songdao: "This requires the concerted efforts of all the civil and military forces to accomplish it. Otherwise, I'm afraid it may fail." Then he rewarded the troops heavily.

Everyone was overjoyed after receiving the reward, and Zhang He stepped out, clasped his fists and saluted, "I heard that Zhang Lu helped Ma Chao, why did the Prime Minister laugh?"

"Now, Ma Chao has retreated to the Qiang people. Ma Chao has won the hearts of the Qiang people, and he will definitely get the help of the Qiang people. Now that Zhang Lu is coming to help, Liangzhou may be in danger." Gao Lan continued.

Li Song laughed loudly and said: "Gao Lan, you don't have to worry, I have already sent Chang Yuchun, Tan Daoji, and Chen Qingzhi to Liangzhou to lead [-] troops to guard. Ma Chao can't afford to make trouble."

"As for why I heard that Zhang Lu sent troops to help Ma Chao, I was not worried but happy. It was because I wanted to take Hanzhong, but I didn't have a suitable opportunity. With this, I can send troops to Hanzhong in a fair and honest manner."

"It turns out that the prime minister intends to take Hanzhong, so why bother to make a name for it, just take it directly." Zang Ba was puzzled by Li Song's approach.

"Zhang Lu is the prefect of Hanning personally appointed by the imperial court, and he has made contributions to the imperial court all year round. If there is no suitable reason, it is not easy to use troops." Li Song said.

Zhang Lu has been operating in Hanzhong for a long time, and has formed a situation where the tail is too big to lose. However, he always abides by his duties as a Hanchen. Li Song has no reason but is not good at sending troops to seize Hanzhong. In Hanzhong, Zhang Lu dared to get involved, and Li Song seized the opportunity.

(End of this chapter)