And when Cao Hong arrived, he was also clearly instructed by Cao Cao, that is, to try to hold it until next year and wait for the army to rest and recuperate.

In other words, Zhong Miao and them have to rely on the only remaining soldiers and horses to resist the 100,000 army for several months, and the difficulty of it, needless to say, is a difficult thing.

Zhong Jian thought for a long time and said: "Zilian, only by sticking to this battle and relying on the danger can we have a chance to hold it until next year." ”

Cao Hong naturally knows the current situation, but he has not been able to defend it, and it is not a long-term solution.

Cao Hong thought for a moment and said: "What Lord Zhong said is not unreasonable, but this battle will be held for several months, and if you have been passively defending, I am afraid that your morale will fall into a depression." ”

In the battle of defending the city, morale is an important factor, if morale is low, the combat power will also decline, which will directly lead to the loss of the city, which is not impossible.

But if you want to fight, you can only take advantage of the fact that Ma Han and other coalition forces are not firmly established, Zhong Xuan said: "Whether Zilian has a plan, it is better to listen to it." ”

Cao Hong said: "In the next meaning, it is to lead the army out of the city to fight, strike a blow to the arrogance of the enemy, and then defend the pass." ”

Zhong Xuan nodded slightly and said: "That's right, but Ma Chao's courage is already famous in Xiliang, but I'm afraid that Zilian is not an opponent." ”

Cao Hong thought for a while and said: "This is easy to do, the generals of Xiliang are all a group of reckless men, and tomorrow a certain person will set up a battle formation and introduce Ma Chao to him, and he will definitely be able to gain something." ”

Set up a formation to greet each other, watch Ma Chao and others act, the probability of success is still quite high, Zhong Xuan thought for a while and said:

"This method is good, but our army has limited troops and horses, and I am afraid that the Maham-Korean coalition army will attack desperately, and when the time comes, it will not be able to resist, and there will be a risk of failure."

Cao Hong said with a resolute face: "A battle out of the customs is inevitable, if it is really as Lord Zhong said, you can refuse to switch at that time, everything is based on the overall situation." ”

Hearing Cao Hong's words, Zhong Xuan's face was solemn, if Cao Hong died outside the pass, then Cao Cao would blame him, and he would definitely be implicated.

But what Cao Hong said is not unreasonable, from beginning to end, if you don't go out of the battle, then the soldiers will definitely complain in their hearts, after all, others have come to the door, and they have been shrinking turtles.

Seeing Zhong Xuan's hesitation, Cao Hong said: "Don't worry, Lord Zhong, you will leave a letter, and the prime minister will not blame you at that time." ”

Zhong Miao nodded and said, "Okay, but Zilian must obey the order, if Ming Jin collects his troops, he should immediately lead the army back." ”

Since he chose to fight, Zhong Xuan could only try to minimize the danger, after all, Cao Hong was a general, and if he died in battle, it would also affect morale.

For Zhong Xuan's request, Cao Hong naturally agreed, the fighter plane was fleeting, and the two discussed it, and then dispersed to prepare.

An hour later, Cao Hong led an army of 10,000 and went out of the customs to call the battle, and Ma Chao learned the news and immediately led the army to battle.

The two had a righteous conversation before the battle, and began to wave their weapons and fight together.

After more than ten rounds of fighting, Cao Hong's defeat gradually became apparent, but Ma Chao wanted to kill him, and it would take some more time.

Twenty rounds have passed, and beads of sweat have oozed from Cao Hong's face, and his hands are slightly numb, obviously lacking strength.

Gathering all his strength, with a knife through the air battle circle, Cao Hong pulled out his horse and galloped back to his own formation.

Seeing this, Ma Chao chased after him, but Cao Hong ran back into the formation and disappeared into the army, and then Cao Jun began to move in formation.

Unable to see Cao Hong's figure, Ma Chao stopped and took a closer look, seeing that Cao Jun was full of smoke and couldn't see the situation inside, his face showed a trace of hesitation.

Just when Ma Chao paused, Cao Hong's voice came from the depths of Cao Jun's array. "Ma Chao Piff, Ben will be here, and he has the ability to come in and fight for three hundred rounds!"

Hearing the provocation of the words, Ma Chao showed a trace of anger on his face, and wanted to rush into the Cao army's array, but then after thinking about it, he pulled his horse and ran back to his own formation.

Seeing Ma Chao leaving, Cao Hong was shocked, thinking that he had seen something, and he was annoyed at the time, blaming himself for not fighting with him for a while.

Unexpectedly, Ma Chao returned to his own formation, just to gather soldiers and horses to break the formation with him.

Seeing Ma Chao leading thousands of soldiers and horses to kill, Cao Hong was ecstatic in his heart, this array was the eight-door golden lock array that was broken by Gao Shun at the beginning.

Since it was broken last time, Cao Cao has improved a lot, added some changes to it, and can be regarded as a strengthened version, but how much Cao Hong has learned is unknown.

But for the Xiliang army such as Ma Chao, it is still more than enough.

Ma Chao rushed into the big array, and saw the continuous Cao army rushing in front of him, and immediately raised his spear and kept stabbing and provoking, and the Cao army was killed by one move along the way.

Ma Chao can deal with the inexhaustible Cao army, but the thousands of soldiers and horses he leads do not have the same martial arts as him.

escaped a round of Cao Jun's attack, but was stabbed to death by the next round of Cao Jun's indiscriminate guns, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers and horses following Ma Chao.

After an hour of fierce fighting, Ma Chao was already covered in blood, and there were only more than 100 people behind him, but there was no end in sight to Cao Jun's big array, let alone looking for Cao Hong, who was presiding over the big array.

Lost in the big array, Ma Chao had no choice but to lead the army to continue to rush and kill, and he had already asked to break through the formation.

Pang De, who was fighting on the outside, couldn't help but feel a trace of worry in his heart when he saw that Ma Chao's department in Cao's army was gradually disappearing.

Glancing at Han Sui, who was thinking slightly, Pang De asked, "General Han, what can you see?" ”

Han Sui shook his head slightly and said: "I haven't seen it yet, but I'm afraid that it will be difficult for Mazhou Mu to break this formation, this Cao Hong really has some ability." ”

The scheming Han Sui couldn't see anything, and Pang De was even more anxious. "In this case, it is better for us to lead the army to rush and kill, so as not to let the Cao army take advantage of the momentum."

The charging army led by Ma Chao has disappeared into the Cao array at this time, and if he does not send troops, Ma Chao's life will also be in danger.

Han Sui thought for a while and agreed to send troops together to break the formation, after all, Ma Chao was damaged, and it would be unfavorable to his side.

Zhong Xuan, who was watching the battle, saw that the Xiliang army wanted to lead the whole army to charge into battle, so he was frightened and hurriedly withdrew his troops, for fear that Cao Hong would be entangled outside the pass.

"Dingdingding............

Hearing the sound of gold, Cao Hong, who had the advantage, was not greedy for merit, so he hurriedly waved the flag and led the army to slowly retreat.

The Xiliang army originally wanted to follow the Cao army to break through the pass, but Zhong Xuan was so decisive, and when he saw that most of the soldiers and horses had entered the pass, he ordered the gate to be closed, and ordered people to shoot the Xiliang army that was entangled with the Cao army.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the Xiliang army could only retreat quickly, leaving corpses everywhere.

In this battle, the Cao army lost more than 2,000 people, the Xiliang army lost nearly 5,000 people, and the Ma Chao alone lost more than 4,000 people.

Although the first battle was not completely victorious, the Cao army occupied Xiaoyou, and in the face of the encirclement of the Xiliang army, he also had a trace of confidence in his heart, and he could be regarded as achieving the expected goal.

Compared with Cao Hong Zhongxuan's peace of mind, Ma Chao and the others were indeed ugly at this time, and discussed how to break the barrier together.