Before Ma Chao broke the formation today, Han Sui and others persuaded him to send hundreds of soldiers to test first, but they were refused.

In other words, the defeat in this battle is all on Ma Chao alone, but with Ma Chao's character, no one dares to stand up and blame.

Ma Chao looked angry and said angrily: "Cao Hongpifu, after breaking the pass, he will be broken into thousands of pieces, so as to vent the hatred in his heart." ”

The charging army led by Ma Chao were all soldiers who had followed him for a long time, and there were so many casualties in the first battle, how could he not be angry.

Seeing Ma Chao like this, Han Sui smiled secretly in his heart, but his face showed regret, and comforted: "Lord Zhou Mu is not angry, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. ”

"Looking at today's battle, Cao's army must be short of soldiers and horses, otherwise it will not be able to withdraw troops in the case of dominance."

Pang De echoed and said: "Yes, don't worry, Lord Governor, tomorrow our army will attack the city, and we will be able to make a shame." ”

Under the leadership of the two, the small princes who newly voted for Ma Chao spoke out one after another, expressing their willingness to take the lead tomorrow and capture Tongguan.

In the words of everyone, Ma Chao's anger was slowly calmed down, and he said: "Okay, whoever attacks Tongguan first, Benzhou Mu will make him Taishou." ”

This word fell in the ears of various small forces, which was naturally a delicious temptation, but it was a bit harsh when it fell in Han Sui's ears, but with Han Sui as a person, it would not be shown.

Pang De on the side found that Ma Chao's words were wrong, and hurriedly said: "Tomorrow's tackling will be a hard battle, and we should have a plan." ”

"Pang thought that an echelon should be formed and attacked in turn, so that Cao Jun had no chance to breathe."

Pang De's words successfully diverted everyone's attention and turned to attack Tongguan.

Han Sui said: "This statement is reasonable, so I agreed, in order to avoid the large losses of the various departments, I feel that a rotation time should be set." ”

Han Sui's method is a best policy for all small forces, after all, they have fewer soldiers and horses, and if they lose all their strength in the first battle, they may lose their foundation.

But for the belligerent Ma Chao, it was too troublesome. "What's the use of deciding this, you have to fight to the death."

Han Sui smiled and explained: "Mazhou Mu, this method is to give all armies a chance to rest and recuperate, and they will not lose their combat strength in a battle. ”

"Tongguan is a dangerous pass in the world, and now the Cao army should have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed, overnight, it may be difficult to capture, so this method is also for follow-up preparations."

Although there are many Xiliang troops, they can attack Tongguan, and it is not like attacking the city, and there are only a few people who can stand down.

This method is very safe, and Pang De also agreed: "Yes, Lord Governor, this is also the meaning of the general, if you attack desperately, then in case of defeat, it will deal a heavy blow to the army." ”

Since both of them agreed, Ma Chao could only reluctantly agree.

The leader of the plan was set, and the rest was just a few details, Ma Chao listened drowsily, and didn't say a word, until everyone finished discussing and left, he stood up with disdain and walked out of the tent.

Early the next morning, Ma Chao did not give up and decided to go to call the battle first, but he was greeted by a rain of arrows.

Seeing that Cao's army avoided but did not fight, Ma Chao led the army to retreat to his own position, and the siege troops who had been on call for a long time began to advance slowly, and a tough battle officially kicked off.

Tongguan is an important place to guard against the Xiliang army, and Cao Cao has already transported supplies, and all the garrison tools are also sufficient.

The Xiliang army was not afraid of death to attack the city, and the Cao army defended in an orderly manner, and the two sides fell into a stalemate as soon as they began to tackle the fortifications.

If the various units of the Xiliang Army attack for an hour, someone will lead the army to replace them, so the casualties and morale are not serious.

And Cao Jun won a small victory in the battle yesterday, and he is also full of confidence in defense, everything is within the acceptable range of both sides, except for the belligerent Ma Chao.

After a day of non-stop attack, the Xiliang army finally retreated slowly when it was dark, leaving more than 2,000 corpses under the pass.

Because the Xiliang army was the attacking side, the casualties were more than twice that of the Cao army, but the wounded accounted for the majority.

After a hard day's fighting, the spirit on the battlefield was concentrated, so that the soldiers on both sides were exhausted, and when they returned to the camp to eat and eat well, they returned to their tents early to sleep.

But in the coach's tent, the lights were still bright at this time, and the group of people were silent, obviously dissatisfied with today's results.

Ma Chao glanced at everyone and said coldly: "I said it a long time ago, regardless of the onslaught, maybe with these casualties, Tongguan would have been taken a long time ago." ”

"It's good now, there are so many casualties in vain, and I haven't even broken the gate, I'm afraid that Cao Jun is laughing at me at this time."

Hearing the whining words, Han Sui said: "If Ma Zhoumu wants to attack, he can try it tomorrow to see if he can break through in one fell swoop." ”

Ma Chao said disdainfully: "Okay, the Japanese general will lead the army tomorrow and let Cao Jun see the bravery of the Xiliang Army." ”

Pang De, who was about to speak, heard that Ma Chao had already spoken, so he quickly changed his tone and said: "Since Lord Zhou Mu is attacking, you must first consume the strength of Cao Jun, and I have asked to reduce the difficulty. ”

Anyway, the losses were all Ma Chao's soldiers and horses, Han Sui didn't care and said: "Okay, this little thing, I will do it later, I hope that Ma Zhoumu will win the battle tomorrow." ”

Don't speculate for more than half a sentence, Ma Chao didn't want to get the answer he wanted like yesterday, so he stood up on the spot and walked out.

Seeing this, Pang De also left with his fists clenched, leaving Han Sui and those small forces and princes, and the atmosphere was awkward for a while.

"Ahem." Han Sui coughed and said, "Everyone, today's battle has been hard, the old man ordered someone to prepare a banquet and have a drink with you." ”

Compared with Ma Chao's disdain, Han Sui's politeness made these small forces gain considerable respect.

Liang Xing, who had a scruffy beard, rolled his eyes slightly at this time and said, "General Han is so polite, how can we not appreciate it, you say yes?" ”

"Yes, yes, if it weren't for General Han, I'm afraid that today, our casualties would be even more serious than this."

"Well, General Han is a great favor to us and others."

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Looking at the flattering crowd, Han Sui nodded and said, "You guys have to be polite to the old man, now that we are talking to Cao together, how can we divide you, me and him." ”

Han Sui's words pulled these people to his side and made them feel important.

Zhang Heng suddenly lowered his voice and said: "General Han, we are forced to take refuge in Mazhou Mu, these days, if it weren't for General Han, I'm afraid that we would have died on the battlefield." ”

"Alas, General Han is only temporarily allied with Ma Chao, but in case that alliance breaks down, we don't know where to go."

Zhang Heng spoke with a little sorrow, and he only had to express his allegiance to Han Sui.

Han Sui's eyes slowly swept over everyone, and he said, "What does General Zhang mean, are you all the same?" ”

Compared with Ma Chao, they are naturally more willing to work under Han Sui, after all, they don't have to worry about it all day.

Liang Xing and the others glanced at each other, nodded their heads, and expressed their willingness to follow Han Sui.