The two of them slapped their horses and fought fiercely together, the strength of the two was equal, and there were no dozens of rounds, so they couldn't tell the winner at all.

If they really wait for them to decide the winner and loser, I am afraid that the Cao army in the encirclement will have died a long time ago.

Cao Hong's heart became more and more anxious, and his knife technique began to be messy, and the injury on his arm, which had just healed, began to crack, and blood slowly seeped out of his armor.

Pang De took all this into his eyes, and began to be unhurried in his heart, most of them only defended, and did not take the initiative to attack, wanting to drag Cao Hong to death.

The strength of the two is equal, one is the main attacker, and the other is the main defense, so it is more difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser.

Cao Hong saw Pang De's intentions, and shouted while swinging his knife and chopping: "All the soldiers obey the order, follow the general and rush over, don't care about anything else." ”

The order of the veteran of the Cao army was forbidden, which was quite outstanding, and when he heard the order, he quickly gave up the fight and gathered behind Cao Hong.

Seeing that the army was gathered behind him, Cao Hong used all his strength to slash out several knives, temporarily suppressing Pang De, and hurriedly pulled out his horse and rushed to the side.

When Pang De stabilized his figure, he saw Cao Jun constantly rushing towards him, and hurriedly waved his big knife and continued to kill Cao Jun, seeking a way to entangle Cao Hong again.

But in the face of the pressure of death, Cao Jun was not afraid of death, and only followed Cao Hong to rush forward to kill, and Pang De could not quickly clear the way.

Shaking off Pang De's entanglement, Cao Hong rammed forward, leading the soldiers and horses that followed, and quickly tore a hole.

Han Sui, who was suddenly killed by Cao Hong and guarded the encirclement, hurriedly ordered someone to plug the gap again.

Let go of Cao Hong, Han Sui has a plan, he knows that he can't compete for hegemony in the world, he just wants to be the king and dominate in Xiliang.

And if Cao Hong dies here, then it is equivalent to offending Cao Cao, in case Cao Cao's soldiers are pressed in the future, I am afraid that there will be no good detour space.

But it's different to let Cao Hong go, even if he is defeated, he won't let Cao Cao hold a grudge, and there may be a good way out.

As for the Cao army in these encirclements, presumably Cao Cao will not say much, after all, the battlefield casualties are normal.

Under the siege of Han Sui with all his might, it is conceivable that those Cao troops who were surrounded were naturally dead and surrendered.

The annihilation of tens of thousands of Cao Army's main forces in World War I can be said to have brought Zhong Xuan's hard work to the side.

Tongguan was originally less than 40,000 defenders, although Cheng Yin led nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses to surrender, but the pass also lost more than 10,000.

Cao Hong led the pursuing army, which had almost emptied the Tongguan garrison, and now fled back with him, with less than a thousand remnants.

Zhong Miao saw Cao Hong fleeing back in embarrassment, his face turned pale on the spot, and he walked back and forth in a hurry, and after a while, he came to his senses and quickly asked people to block the door with a boulder, and planned for the worst.

After arranging the guards, Zhong Miao personally wrote a letter asking for help, and asked people to send 100,000 to Xuchang in a hurry.

What should be done has been done, and whether or not Tongguan can be held next can only depend on the will of God.

Fortunately, after the Xiliang army surrounded and killed these trapped Cao troops, it was already dark, so they did not attack.

The long night, how difficult it was, Zhong Xuan fell asleep in a daze for a while, and the scenes in his dreams were all scenes of the loss of Tongguan.

After waking up from nightmares several times, Zhong Miao lost his sleepiness, put on his clothes, and went to Tongguan alone to inspect.

When he came to Tongguan and saw that his morale was slightly low, Zhong Miao stepped forward one by one to comfort and encourage him and stabilize his morale.

As a little light rose high in the sky, the smoke of the cooking in the sky above the Dazhai of the Xiliang Army loomed into his eyes, and Zhong Miao knew that a big battle with no chance of victory was coming.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army and avoid the onslaught of the Xiliang army, which caused the soldiers to be afraid of war, Zhong Miao decided to stay in Guanlou in person and command the battle.

An hour passed, the Xiliang army assembled at the pass, and Ma Chao was in high spirits, leading hundreds of soldiers and horses, and came to the pass to persuade him to surrender.

But before Ma Chao could speak, Zhong Miao ordered someone to shoot him back with random arrows, and the angry Ma Chao left with anger.

Since it is not soft, the Xiliang army does not hesitate, and starts the 2,000 army as a half-hour echelon to launch an attack.

The Cao army in Tongguan was not numerous, and in the face of the attack of the Xiliang army, it could defend in an orderly manner at first, but after half a day, it was weak.

The Xiliang army changed an echelon in half an hour, and everyone could maintain sufficient physical strength, but the Cao army couldn't, they only had so many soldiers and horses in total.

Divided into two echelons and reserves, it is already very compact, and if you take turns to defend, if there is a slight change, you will not be able to respond.

At the end of the day, Cao's army lost 2,000 soldiers and horses, and finally defended it, but according to today's battle losses, I am afraid that in less than three days, Tongguan will have no troops available.

Zhong Xuan had a sad face, summoned Cao Hong to discuss, and decided whether to abandon the pass and leave, leaving the remaining soldiers and horses.

Such a scene in this battle is not too much to say that it is Cao Hong's fault alone, Zhong Miao proposed to leave at this time, and he naturally would not agree.

Cao Hong had a scruffy beard on his face, and said resolutely with a face: "No, Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you give up, I am afraid that when the prime minister wants to recapture it, it will be even more difficult." ”

Zhong Xuan persuaded him: "Zilian, Tongguan is lost, you can recapture it again, but if you stay here and die in battle, I'm afraid the prime minister will be even more sad." ”

Cao Hong said: "Lord Zhong, Hong knows that you are for my good, but if Tongguan is lost, Hong will have no face to go to see the prime minister, so Lord Zhong will leave by himself." ”

"Ugh." Zhong Xuan said helplessly: "Since Zilian doesn't leave, then Xiang will also sacrifice his life to fight, or just die." ”

Under the influence of Cao Hong, Zhong Xuan also decided to stay and live and die with Tongguan, after all, he is the main general, if he leaves first, Cao Hong may be difficult to hold for two days.

Since the worst plan has been made, Zhong Xuan asked all the materials in Tongguan to be transported away urgently, so as not to be occupied by the Xiliang army.

Compared with the pessimism of Zhong Xuan and the others, in the Xiliang Army Village, there is a happy color, which is completely different from the previous days.

Han Sui and Ma Chao, after this calculation, did not quarrel, and in front of the generals of various small forces, they also showed respect.

This made the generals of the small forces find out the situation for a while, thinking that the two had always been like this, and the previous quarrel was just to paralyze Cao Jun.

is about to take Tongguan, Ma Chao is in a good mood, the depression of many days is gone, his face is completely new, and he is drinking wine with everyone in the handsome tent.

Ma Chao glanced at everyone, and said with a rare opening: "Everyone, the pastor of Benzhou was a little unhappy with you before, I hope you don't rest assured." ”

Ma Chao took the initiative to show favor, and everyone in the tent was flattered, and quickly echoed his intentions, flattering all the good words he could think of.

The generals are handsome and hearted, and they are united as one, and it is easy to win the current Tongguan, but in order to be inspiring, Ma Chao still made a heavy promise.

Ma Chao smiled and said: "Okay, take Tongguan, we can take Chang'an directly, and then enter the city, and the three armies will carnival for seven days." ”

(End of chapter)