The two Ma Chao brothers led 100,000 elite soldiers to camp 20 miles outside Tongguan, and soon led a large army to knock on the city.

Cao Cao, who was defeated and retreated to Tongguan, learned that Ma Chao led his troops to the city, and hurriedly climbed the city tower to look down. I saw that the Xiliang elite soldiers were like a forest, and their momentum was like a rainbow, and Cao Cao's face was a little ugly.

Previously, it was learned that Ma Chao raised troops in Xiliang and invaded Chang'an under the banner of avenging his father. He wasn't surprised. Whoever let Ma Teng's father and son be pushed to the downtown by him and beheaded. Since Emperor Xian was taken away by Liu Bei, although he occupied the north, his prestige did not increase but decreased. All kinds of snight are ready to move. No, Ma Teng also dared to collude with the squire Huang Kui to plot the assassination.

In order to establish a fierce reputation and deter Xiaoxiao, he did not hesitate to kill chickens and monkeys in the posture of a lion fighting rabbits, and personally led a large army to attack Ma Chao, for which the southern expedition was temporarily shelved. Who would have thought that since the expedition has been defeated in successive battles, not only was he killed by Ma Chao to the point of cutting off his beard and robe, but he also lost a number of places, and even the western capital Chang'an was gone. If he hadn't escaped quickly when he saw that the situation was not good, he escaped from Chang'an in time, and now I am afraid that he would have been beheaded by Ma Chao.

I thought that if I fled to Tongguan, I could take advantage of Ma Chao to appease the people of Chang'an, and mobilize a large army from the rear to reorganize the army and fight again. Who would have thought that it would have been so long since Ma Chao had just occupied Chang'an, and it would be unreasonable to lead the army to kill him so quickly?

Not afraid of a fire in the rear?

You must know that it is easy to siege a city, but it is extremely difficult to pacify. But if you capture a city or a place, it is not too easy, it is nothing more than a competition of strength and technology, but occupying it is not the same as taking it for your own use. The people need to be pacified, the hearts and minds of the people need to be reined in, and the remnants of the hostile elements need time to be searched out, and so on, all kinds of work is quite tedious.

But what about Ma Chao? Nothing was done.

"The thief came out to die!" Ma Chao's eyes were sharp, and when he saw Cao Cao appearing in the Guanshang City Tower, it was the enemy who was extremely red when he saw him, and he immediately raised his gun and drank violently.

"Cao thief is killed!"

Under the leadership of Ma Dai, 100,000 Xiliang elite soldiers shouted and scolded in unison, and the sound shook all directions, shaking everyone and changing color. Based on this alone, you can see how elite the Xiliang Army is.

"Prime Minister, the last general is willing to go out of the customs and fight with this fang." Cao Hong was furious and stepped forward on the spot to ask for battle.

"Prime minister." Zhong Xuan hurriedly came out to persuade: "The Xiliang army came with a big victory, and it should not be underestimated. The art of war is cloudy, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, until the Xiliang army is exhausted, and then send troops to win a battle. ”

"Just a little Huangkou, do you want to suffer this humiliation for the prime minister?" Cao Hong laughed angrily and retorted on the spot.

"Zilian!" Cao Cao turned his head, glanced at Cao Hong deeply, suddenly took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Pass my order, no one is allowed to go out of the customs to fight, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

Seeing Cao Cao's resolute tone, Cao Hong had no choice but to give up, and retreated with his fists clenched.

The rest of the generals looked at each other, also helpless. No one dared to raise Guan Yingzhan again, and one by one they blushed, looking at the various flaunts of the Xiliang Army under Guanxia, and their hearts were so aggrieved that they wanted to die.

"Someone, pass on my general order, and urgently summon strangers to meet." Cao Cao behaved quite calmly, turning a blind eye to the Xiliang army that was showing off his might, and ordered again.

The generals looked at each other, and their hearts became even more aggrieved. There's no reason why we can't handle it, we can defeat the Xiliang army if we move in a stranger. It's embarrassing.

However, Cao Cao's words set the tone. The generals had no choice but to listen to the order and go to make arrangements. Although Tongguan is large, the number of Inhumans is extremely terrifying. I didn't arrange and coordinate all aspects in advance, but I was afraid that the strangers would come, and before I repelled the Xiliang army, Guan Nai himself was in chaos first. That's more than worth the loss.

Cao Cao stubbornly waited for help, and Ma Chao was very helpless. For several days, he led the army to shout and curse under the gate, but only to see the gate closed. Before, I could see a few people popping up at the head of the city, but in the end, I couldn't even see the heads.

"I'm mad at me!" Ma Chao once again led the army to no avail, and returned to the camp angrily, venting his anger on the decorations in the big tent.

At this time, Ma Dai hurriedly walked into the big tent, and saw that the tent was full of messes, and said that it seemed that there was no accident, and Cao Cao was determined to wait for help. But he was also helpless.

Tong about 196 years of new establishment, the city wall is thick, known as the second pass in the world, guarding the gate of the Middle East, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Cao Cao made up his mind to hold on, and hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed at Tongguan, and a strong attack was the next strategy. Even if the Xiliang army can fight three of them, I am afraid that they will not be able to exhaust the defenders in the pass.

On science and technology, Cao Cao hung and beat Xiliang.

"What?" Ma Chao was irritable in his heart, and his inevitable tone was much stiffer.

"Big brother, the grain and grass are only enough for the whole army for ten days." Ma Dai can also understand and respond patiently.

"Uncle hasn't sent anyone to deliver food?" Ma Chao frowned.

In this expedition, he and Ma Dai led an army of 100,000 as vanguards. Han Sui was in charge of logistics and sat in charge of the rear army dispatch. Grain, grass, baggage, etc., should all be managed by Han Sui. There is no reason to delay the delivery of grain and grass.

When Ma Dai heard Ma Chao ask this, he immediately looked resentful: "Uncle has sent someone to explain." If it weren't for Zhao Yun and others, the grain and grass would have arrived three days ago. ”

Ma Chao was furious: "The thief is so daring, he dares to block my grain road!" ”

Grain and grass are the foundation of the army. There is no food to snort. The army went out on an expedition, but the food route was blocked by others, which is no different from killing parents and cutting off people's money. I clearly didn't take myself into account.

The more annoyed Ma Chaoyue became, he was suddenly stunned, and asked suspiciously: "General Zhao and the others didn't go to find the whereabouts of the prince, why did they cut off my grain route?" ”

Ma Dai was also stunned. Yes, Zhao Yun and these people still dislike too few people to find the prince, and there is no reason to block their own grain at this juncture. Isn't that full of food?

"Send someone back quickly to ask for an understanding." Ma Chao pondered for a moment, and then ordered.

Ma Dai didn't dare to slack off, and immediately went to make arrangements. Cao Cao couldn't hold on, so it was better to take this opportunity to go back to Han Sui in person to ask for clarification.

Leaving the camp, Ma Dai traveled under the stars and nights, and led more than 100 relatives to Chang'an with the wind and dust. As soon as I arrived halfway, I saw Ma Yu hurriedly coming with more than ten relatives from a distance. He hurriedly patted his horse and asked. I don't want to wait for him to speak, Ma Yu has already complained of bitter love.

"The general is going to call the shots for us." The horse turned over and dismounted in grief and indignation, and knelt in front of Ma Dai to make a sound.

"What?" Ma Dai was startled and hurriedly dismounted and helped the horse to play.

"Zhao Yun and the others were rude, insisting that the thieves had kidnapped the prince, and escaped from the city while we were waiting for the grain to be transported out of the city, and insisted on asking for a search. The last general will not accept it, but will be reviled by him. If the general hadn't escaped in time, I was afraid that he would have been beaten to death. The horse grabbed the ground with his head, and even howled and cried bitterly.

Ma Dai was angry, really angry.

As the saying goes, a man has gold under his knees, and he bleeds without tears. But the big man kowtowed again and cried a lot. How much grievance does this have to be to make this Xiliang man so out of shape.

"Get up and go back to Chang'an with so-and-so. Let's see who dares to deceive me like this. ”