With Xu Huang's night attack, although because of the number of people, he failed to do his best, but after this battle, the white wave thief also injured his vitality, and in a short period of time, it was difficult to rise again, and the trouble in the east of Chang'an could be temporarily relieved, as for Ma Teng and Han Sui in the west, Guo Yan didn't care.
Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, plus Li Meng, Wang Fang, Li Li and other Xiliang generals sent later, gathered a full 60,000 Xiliang army, which was enough to deal with Ma Teng Han Sui's soldiers and horses.
Changpingguan, the Ma family's camp, Ma Teng knelt in the handsome tent, thinking about the current situation, and couldn't help but feel a little retreating in his heart.
This time he secretly served Yang Biao's edict, thinking that Li Dao left Beijing, plundered Yingchuan, and the land of Sanfu must be empty, and united Han Sui and Bai Bo soldiers and horses, thinking that he could take advantage of the weakness to enter Chang'an, assist His Majesty to revitalize the Han family, and also revitalize his Ma family.
I didn't want to fight in the near month, but I couldn't help a group of Xiliang generals, that Fan Chou was brave, not under Ma Teng, Zhang Ji, Li Meng, Wang Fang, these Xiliang veterans have rich experience in the battle formation, plus he did his best this time, combined with Han Sui, the two sides added up to only 40,000 soldiers and horses, but Xiliang sent 60,000 troops against the enemy.
The battle was quite bitter, and the stalemate lasted for a long time, and the food and grass in the army were about to be exhausted.
"General, the young general is back," a guard swaggered in and saluted Ma Teng.
"Let him in" Ma Teng shook his head when he heard this, leaving the helplessness in his heart behind.
"Father" a teenager strode in, although his face was still a little childish, but quite a bit heroic, a pair of tiger eyes flashed, faint anger, dare not look directly, this person is Ma Teng's eldest son, Ma Chao.
"My son is in such a hurry, what is the matter" Ma Teng looked at Ma Chao, smiled and asked, for this eldest son, Ma Teng still loves it very much, although after this year, he has only turned eighteen years old, but he has been able to carry a gun into battle, among the Qiang people, he has a great prestige, he only needs to be tempered in the future, and he will be a tiger general in the future.
"Father, I just got the news that the white wave thieves took advantage of our army to attract the main force of the Xiliang Army in a vain attempt to attack Chang'an, but they were broken by a military general named Xu Huang under Guo Yan, and now they have retreated to Hedong, and the siege of Chang'an has been resolved."
Ma Chao said in a deep voice.
"Hmph" When Ma Teng heard this, he couldn't help but snort coldly: "Just a stupid thief, he dares to covet the artifact."
Although it is nominally a coalition army, the Ma family is a family of generals, although it is now declining, but in his bones he attaches great importance to orthodoxy, no matter what background he has behind him, but a thief is a thief, even if he is forced to join forces temporarily, for this group of people, Ma Teng still dislikes it from the bottom of his bones, if he has the opportunity, he will not hesitate to destroy this group of stupid thieves.
"Father, what should I do now" Ma Chao nodded, he couldn't get used to these thieves, but now that there is no white wave thief to contain, even if they break the Xiliang army in front of them, they will not be able to attack Chang'an again, not to mention that if they really fight to the end, their family may have to be defeated, the population of Xiliang is withering, and the soldiers and horses are not easy to recruit.
Although Ma Teng and Han Sui released their previous suspicions, Ma Chao hated this nominal uncle from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't believe that if they damaged their vitality too much, then Han Sui would let them make a comeback.
"Go to the ward and ask your uncle to retreat" Ma Teng sighed helplessly, since the white wave thieves have retreated, then they are difficult to support on their own along the way, it is better to retreat early and recuperate, and at the same time wait for the changes of the times, just wait for there to be changes in the court, and it is not too late for them to make a comeback.
Although he was reluctant in his heart, the military order was like a mountain, and since Ma Teng had already given the order, there was no possibility of changing it.
At that moment, he said yes and turned to leave.
At the same time, Han Sui also got the news of the defeat of the White Wave Thief, and was about to persuade Ma Teng to retreat, but saw that Ma Chao had already come in.
"Meng Qi is here, but what is the important matter of Brother Shoucheng" Although he was annoyed by Ma Chao's behavior of coming in without being informed, the Cold Moon City Mansion was extremely deep, and he did not show it, but said with a gentle smile.
"Father has an order, and he ordered him to withdraw immediately, and there must be no mistake" Ma Chao let out a muffled snort in his nose, said coldly, turned around and left.
"Father-in-law, this person is too arrogant, watch me teach him a lesson" Behind Han Sui, Yan Xing, who was nearly thirty years old, couldn't help but be angry when he saw Ma Chao being so rude, and said sharply.
"Don't pay attention to him" Han Sui took a deep breath and looked at Yan Xingdao: "You secretly passed on Ma Teng's retreat route to the Xiliang Army, and you and I took the opportunity to withdraw from the army." ” "This" Yan Xing looked at Han Sui with an indifferent face in amazement, although Ma Chao was rude first, but Ma Teng treated them well after all, it would be immoral to do so, but looking at Han Sui's face, he didn't dare to disobey, and immediately sent someone to secretly report to the Xiliang Army who were gathered on the other side, and informed the Xiliang Army of Ma Teng's retreat route.
"Ma Teng is going to retire" The Xiliang army camp, after getting the news from Yan Xing, Fan Chou frowned and said: "Where did you get this news?"
"If you return to the general, it will be shot from outside the camp."
The little colonel who had sent the letter in replied.
"General, will there be fraud" Zhang Ji frowned and looked at Fan Choudao.
"General Zhang is too careful, we are already preparing to launch a general attack, what are you afraid of General Fan, the last general will lead all the way to intercept and kill along the way, even if there is fraud, the generals can also take the opportunity to attack, and when the time comes, Ma Teng will be captured in one fell swoop" Under the account, before everyone spoke, Li Li had already stood up and bowed down.
When Fan Chou heard this, he couldn't help frowning slightly, Li Li wanted to take credit, he had no choice, after all, he was Li Dao's nephew, if this letter was true, it was okay to give him a meritorious service, but if there was fraud in it, Li Li would not be able to explain it.
Just as he was hesitating, Wang Fang on the side also stood up, bowed down and said: "General, the fighter plane is fleeting, if Ma Teng can be defeated this time, our army can be safely located in the west, and the last general is willing to accompany Gongzi to fight together." ” "Okay" Fan Chou saw that the generals began to ask for battle, and he couldn't make people think that he was timid and afraid, so he immediately nodded and said: "Then the two of you will each lead 3,000 elite soldiers, according to the letter, intercept and kill Ma Teng, and I, Zhang Ji, and Li Meng will lead the army to arrive later, if there is anything wrong, immediately release arrows for help." ” "Huh" Li Li was overjoyed when he heard this, got up with Wang Fang, bowed to Fan Chou, received the order, received the arrow, and went to order the troops.
On the other side, after Ma Chao went to Han Sui to pass the military order, he came back and packed up with Ma Teng, and while sending people to watch the movements of the Xiliang army, he hung sheep and beat drums and secretly withdrew the army.
There was no difference all the way, and everyone gradually relaxed, and when they arrived near Changpingguan, Ma Chao smiled at Ma Teng: "Father, after that Changpingguan, the terrain will open up, and our army will be able to return to Longyou safely all the way." ” When Ma Teng heard this, he couldn't help but nodded, but he was still depressed in his heart because he couldn't get rid of the thief.
Just when everyone was preparing to quickly pass through Changpingguan and return to Xiliang, they heard a gong, and on the mountain road on both sides, two armies and horses were suddenly killed.
Ma Teng's face changed, and he shouted: "Form a formation, resist the enemy" But at this moment, the army has been in chaos, although Ma Teng has stopped the surrounding troops, but the other two ends have been completely chaotic, the two Xiliang army horses clashed back and forth in the crowd, and Ma Teng's army trampled on each other under the two cavalry back and forth.
Seeing this, Ma Chao was furious, turned his head to look at Ma Teng and said, "Father is here to appease the army, and I went to get the head of the thief general."
"Meng Qi and go" Ma Teng saw that his army was killed in chaos at this moment, and nodded fiercely when he heard this.
Ma Chao got the order, rode out of the horse, his crotch is a very rare West Pole horse in the Western Regions, which is used by traders in the Western Regions to Ma Teng, not only the gods are abnormal, but also come and go like the wind, there are Xiliang soldiers who saw Ma Chao rushing and wanted to block, but they were picked off by Ma Chao with a gun, and there was no one who passed through.
"Ma family soldiers, I am Ma Chao, don't panic, listen to my orders, and kill with me" Ma Chao killed a Xiliang soldier with one shot, looked at the chaotic Ma family army around him, and shouted.
Although he is young, he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has few opponents in martial arts, coupled with the prestige of the Ma family in the army, Ma Chao's loud shout made many Ma family soldiers calm down and quickly converge on Ma Chao.
Ma Chao gathered a group of men and horses, and did not continue to wait, while leading the men and horses to attack the enemy formation in reverse, and at the same time asked the soldiers to call their companions and let them return to the team, but in a short time, thousands of men and horses had been gathered.
Li Li was killing happily, suddenly felt a lot of pressure, turned his head to look, and saw that Ma Chao was gathering people, and he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, picked up his bow and arrow, and saw that Ma Chao's direction was an arrow.
He is Li Wei's nephew, he has been in the military since he was a child, and his martial arts are not how strong he is, but this one-handed archery is really extraordinary, not to mention a hundred steps through Yang, but above the military formation, within fifty steps, he can also hit a hundred shots.
Ma Chao was gathering the soldiers, and suddenly a cold air rose in his heart, he didn't have time to think about it, he instinctively dodged it, but saw an arrow cluster almost touching his cheek, if he wasn't alert, this arrow would have killed him, his heart was nameless, he turned his head to look, and saw Li Li seeing that an arrow missed, and he was about to come with another arrow, and immediately shouted angrily: "Shameless thief, look at the gun" Shaking his hand, the spear in his hand has burst out of the air with a terrible roar, Li Li was startled by Ma Chao's thunderous roar, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a cold light in front of him, and a bright spear had broken through the air, in Li Li's stunned gaze, pierced his chest, and the huge inertia directly dragged his whole person from the horse, and a slip of blood mixed with internal organs fell to the ground in the shocked gaze of the Xiliang army. t1706231537: