If their Liangzhou army has the advantage in any battle, then there is no need to fight with others, and it is better to surrender directly.

They may not admit it in their mouths, but they do have to admit it in their hearts, that is, the combat power of the soldiers and soldiers of Liangzhou is indeed stronger than their own. However, it does not mean that if you have strong combat power, you will definitely be able to achieve victory, and this is not certain.

Cao Cao and the others are preparing to defend in Xiling, and they all know that this is what they should do now, and they can only do this, or anything else, but they are not so good.

Three days later, Ma Chaoliangzhou's army explored the horse, but he didn't find any changes in Xiling City, and he knew that Cao Cao and the others should have reconciled. After all, the three of them are not fools, they still know the overall situation now, and they know who their great enemy is, so there is indeed no infighting. In turn, they have to deal with themselves together. Otherwise, you said that any team of people and horses before was not your opponent, and it was not easy to form an alliance, but what about the result......

Didn't they still lose the last battle?

Of course, it was said that Cao Cao ran away with the Yanzhou army first, which did put a lot of pressure on Sun Ce and Liu Bei's Sun-Liu coalition army, which is true. However, even if Cao Cao didn't run away with the Yanzhou army early, the final result would not change. It's just that the Sun-Liu coalition army can suffer fewer casualties than before, while the Yanzhou army has more casualties. Isn't that so?

As for defeat, they still have to lose, and win. Your side will still win.

Ma Chao beat the drums and gathered the generals and announced to everyone: "Everyone, let's march into Xiling immediately!" ”

"No!"

To say that everyone is waiting for this day to come, but his lord obviously had to wait for two more days before, and the result is today. However, everyone knew when they knew that their lord was beating drums and gathering generals, and their lord was going to move his real character again.

"However, Cao Mengde, Sun Bofu, Liu Xuande and others are all in Xiling, and the city has enough strength to defend it. It's easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it's a test of our army! ”――

When the people heard what their lord was worried about, they couldn't help but nod their heads. To be honest, my lord's worries are indeed reasonable. If this is the case in Xiling City, Cao Cao's Yanzhou army and Sun Ce and Liu Bei's Sun-Liu coalition army will be nested in the city and waiting for their own side. And they can't admit it. So let's storm Xiling and test the water.

Although everyone didn't dare to say that they could take Xiling City, they still had confidence in it, which was not bad.

So Cui An came out and said: "Lord, isn't it a county seat, watch me personally go out and take it down for you!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all laughed. To be honest, everyone knows that Cui An is unwilling to lead troops to attack the city. But he said so today, which shows that he also knows that his lord is better than Cao Cao, Sun Ce, Liu Bei and others.

Ma Chao smiled and nodded, "Zhang Ren stays behind, and the others go to Xiling with me, there must be no mistake!" ”

"No!"

Ma Chao still left Zhang Ren behind, and Zhang Ren didn't have anything to say about it, and he didn't have any opinions-

To be honest, he didn't have much interest in siege warfare or anything, so Ma Chao left him here in Yixian, and he couldn't ask for it.

Ma Chao took everyone except Zhang Ren, as well as his own brigade, and left the boundary of Yixian County and went to Xiling City in the northwest.

Cao Cao and the three of them were discussing in the Taishou Mansion, only to see the Ma Lai report: "Report, the Liangzhou army is twenty miles outside the city, and Ma Mengqi personally led the troops to Xiling City!" ”

When the three of them heard this, they glanced at each other, and Cao Cao said: "Sure enough, you two, we have to be ready to fight!" ”

Sun Ce clenched his right fist and said, "If the Liangzhou army doesn't come, this time, they will definitely be killed under Xiling City!" ”

Liu Bei didn't say anything, but looking at his expression, it was not difficult to know what he thought-

Walking to Xiling City for three miles, Ma Chao let the army set up camp, and the distance was about the same, not particularly close, it can not be said to be far. The distance of three miles, riding a horse is actually very fast, even if it is a fast walk, it is only about a quarter of an hour.

There is a probe horse to listen to the movement of Xiling City, although Xiling City has long been closed by the gate, but observing the movement of the city, this is still no problem. Ma Chao told Tanma, but there is an abnormality in the city, he must report what he knows as soon as possible, and all Tanma is ordered to go.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Ma Chao said to Guo Jia next to him: "Fengxiao looks at this battle, how is our army?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head when he heard this, "Lord, now the Yanzhou army and the Sun Liu coalition army are relying on the support of the city, but they can deal with our army!" And although our army is strong, it may not be able to shake the Xiling City guarded by this coalition army! ”

If you want to say what Guo Jia said, it is not wrong, in fact, Ma Chao doesn't think so, it's just ...... -

The Liangzhou army rested for a day, and on the second day, Ma Chao asked Cui An to go to the city to scold the battle. Although Ma Chao also knew that the Yanzhou army and the Sun-Liu coalition army still had to shrink back, it could reduce the morale of the enemy army to some extent, so Ma Chao let Cui An go.

"Fuda went to the city to call for a battle, and it is your ability to call out people!"

When Cui An heard this, although he didn't think anyone would be able to come out. But he still listened to his lord's words, "No! ”

Then he went out of the big tent and got on the horse. I went to Xiling City to challenge. Ma Chao saw Cui An go out and said to everyone: "

Everyone, today we can rest for another day, tomorrow is a test attack, everyone is ready, so let's rest! ”

"No! Do as the Lord commands! ”

Ma Chao nodded, and then said to everyone, "Okay." Guys, do what you have to do. If you want to see Fuda call the battle, you go, you don't want to see him. Let's go back to our tents and rest! ”

"No! Lord, I'm waiting to say goodbye! ”

After speaking, everyone withdrew from the big tent, and the Liangzhou army also started the first day of the battle from Cui An.

After everyone was gone. Ma Chao said to Guo Jia next to him: "Fengxiao." It seems that Fuda is going to return in vain today, but it is not necessarily how to blame me! ”

Guo Jia smiled when he heard this, and replied: "Lord, Fuda must follow the instructions of the lord and scold under the city, although no one will go out of the city in the end, but it will still have some effect, but it will make Fuda tired!" ”

Ma Chao also smiled after hearing this. "In that case, you'll have to treat him well. Otherwise, he probably won't do it again! ”

After speaking, he and Guo Jia looked at each other and smiled. It is certainly not advisable to want the horses to run and not give them grazing. Especially for a person like Cui An, if you don't give him benefits, then he will never do this again in the future. So Ma Chao and Guo Jia both understood that the benefits were given to him, so he was still willing to go next time he did this. Cui An is like this, it's still easier to deal with, if you change someone, it's not so easy-

"Report, Cui An, the general of the Liangzhou Army, is scolding under the city, let our army go out of the city to face the battle!"

Sun Ce waved his hand to the soldier, "Got it, you go down first!" ”

"No!"

After the soldiers left, Cao Cao smiled at Sun Ce and Liu Bei and said: "It seems that Ma Mengqi may not storm the city for the time being, just watch Cui Fuda scolding under the city!" ”

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Sun Ce and Liu Bei nodded, and then Cao Cao Sun Ce said, "Someone!" ”

"Lord!"

"Lord!"

The soldiers of the Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army all came in, as for Liu Bei, he didn't say anything, after all, Sun Ce could represent him-

Cao Cao said: "Pass on my generals, my Yanzhou army generals must not open the city to meet the battle without my permission, otherwise the military law will deal with it!" ”

"No!"

As soon as the Yanzhou sergeant heard this, he knew that his lord was going to move seriously. He said that if no one is allowed to fight, that is, he cannot open the city gate to fight, or he will have to be dealt with by military law. The so-called military law disposition, then in the end, it is necessary to directly behead it, and there will be no mercy!

The Yanzhou sergeant withdrew from the house after agreeing to the promise, and Sun Ce also said to his Jiangdong sergeant: "Our army is the same as Cao Sikong said, whoever dares to fight without permission will be dealt with by military law!" ”

Liu Bei next to him also said: "I'm the same here, and I'm bothered to give my subordinates a good voice!" ”

The Jiangdong sergeant also retreated after agreeing, Cao Cao and the others glanced at each other, they were all relieved, since they had already given the order, then absolutely no one left the city-

What happened to their own subordinates, they were quite relieved. Even if Cao Cao knew that it was Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang, he didn't listen to him much, but there should be no problem when he thought about it. Sun Ce also knew that Zhang Liao was not too interested in this, the key was that Zhang Liao could control himself very well, and he would never be provoked by a few words from others, so Sun Ce was also relieved.

As for Liu Bei in the end, he was even more relieved, his subordinates were Wen Chou and Zhou Cang, and the temper of the two was particularly bad, but Cui An wanted to provoke the two, maybe it was not difficult, but if they disobeyed their orders to go to war, this would be almost impossible. For his subordinates, Liu Bei still knows a lot in his heart, so he is also relieved.

Cui An scolded outside Xiling City, it can be said that it was almost half an hour, but there was no movement at all. But it can't be said that it's useless for him to scold the formation, it's just that Cao Cao and they have already ordered to go down, and no one can open the city gate to fight without authorization, so who dares to go, so that's it-

Cui An said in his heart at this time, damn, it's really tiring to do this job, but why is there no one to fight. After scolding for a while, Cui An saw that there was still no one, although he had rested twice, but this time he should go back to the camp and go back to the big tent to rest. It's better to rest in the big tent than to rest on the horse.

I can't blame Cui An for thinking so, the main reason is that he is already quite tired, and he has found that it has no effect. According to his own initial thoughts, why did someone come out to fight, but it turned out to be different from what he thought, so he thought about returning to the camp.

He said in his heart that since no one was fighting, it would be better for him to go back. It's a big deal to wait until he has rested enough and then come back, so he scolded twice: "Damn the grandson of the Yanzhou Army and the Sun-Liu Alliance, whether you can fight or not, if you don't come out, your grandfather Cui An will go back!" ”

shouted three times in a row, and Cui An saw that no one in the city except for the soldiers came, let alone someone to fight, so he had no choice but to go back-

Cui An had no choice but to return to the camp, and Ma Chao and Guo Jia also learned the news for the first time.

Ma Chao looked at Guo Jia and said, "Fengxiao, it seems that Fuda doesn't like to do it anymore, if he comes back a few times, he may have to pick a son and not do it!" ”

Guo Jia smiled when he heard this, "Don't worry, my lord, Jia will go on a trip, and I promise that he will definitely challenge again, maybe he can still let people fight!" ”

When Ma Chao heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he said, "Is Fengxiao's words true?" ”

Guo Jia nodded mysteriously and said, "Lord, Jia is sixty percent sure of this!" (To be continued......)