The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 538
The five school lieutenants came forward to meet him and agreed to follow Ma Chao to implement his advanced strategy. Ma Chao then turned his anger into joy, smiled, nodded and said, "This is Hao Erlang from Hebei. Well, five of you will lead the troops of the headquarters." The horses follow me, and the rest are ready in the west of the city, as soon as we lead people out, you will immediately attack and ambush them."

"No!" The other seven generals nodded in unison.

Ma Chao led the soldiers with five lieutenants and headed straight for Langya's headquarters. The rest of the soldiers set up ambushes on both sides of the road, waiting for Ma Chao to lead people to come. Of course, they did this to Ma Chao. I didn't hold out much hope. As the side that is attacking the city, I have to lure the other side out. Do you think the other side has to be strong enough to do such a stupid thing?
However, these generals seem to have miscalculated in today's matter. Ma Chao's soldiers and horses had just arrived at the city of Langya, and before they had lined up to show off their power, they saw the gate of Langya City open, and a Biao army came from the city. Filed out of the city, the leading general, holding a sledgehammer, shouted loudly: "Hebei thieves, how dare you invade my city? See grandpa kill you!"

Ma Chao was taken aback when he heard this.

Before Ma Chao came back to his senses and cursed back, Cao Jun, led by General Cao with a copper hammer in his hand, went straight to kill Ma Chao.

Behind Ma Chao, a school lieutenant hurriedly asked, "General, what should we do? Should we withdraw now, or after a while?"

Ma Chao blinked, then curled his lips slightly, and said: "Make gestures, it's not too fake to make gestures, and it's not too late to withdraw after the gestures are over!"

Ever since, under the leadership of Ma Chao, Yuan Jun roared and killed the enemy. Both sides seemed to be somewhat prepared. Fighting in one place.

In terms of strength, even if there are eight more generals with the copper hammer, they are not Ma Chao's opponents. However, today Xiliang Jin Ma Chao rarely used tricks to lure the enemy. Afterwards, I saw Ma Chao swaying his gun, jumped out of the circle, and said loudly: "No, the enemy is strong, it's not easy to fight today due to fatigue, retreat!"

Everyone in Yuan Jun originally thought this strategic deployment was a joke, and they didn't pay much attention when fighting. After listening to Ma Chao's order, they felt relieved, and the soldiers gesticulated back and forth a few times, then turned around and ran away.

Cao Jun's momentum was not low. Seeing Ma Chao and Yuan Jun running away, he was unreasonable, and then came to cover up and kill.

One side ran and the other chased. They didn't run very far back and forth, and they arrived at the place where Ma Chao set up an ambush.

Seeing that Cao Jun was coming, Yuan Jun, who was lying in ambush here according to Ma Chao's order, roared out, killing Yuan Jun from all directions.

And Cao Jun's posture also seems to have become quite fast. Just now he was still bluffing and imposing like a rainbow. Now when he saw the ambush, he panicked suddenly, as if he couldn't resist the enemy.

Seeing that he could achieve such an effect with his first plan, Ma Chao was overjoyed. He sat down on his white horse, turned around, and shouted: "Brothers! Cao Jun is in my plan, and I will fight back with you. Hit it hard and take this city!"

One side is fully prepared and is in a double-team siege, while the other side is flustered and hastily confronted. Naturally, the combat effectiveness displayed by the two sides cannot be compared. In fact, the difference in manpower between the two sides is not too much difference at present, but the Langya Cao army suffers. Insufficient preparation, too chaotic after being tricked, and Ma Chao now began to use his real power, fighting bravely and skillfully on the battlefield, and the front line was defeated in a short time. Unable to resist, he had no intention of fighting, only looking for opportunities to escape.

Cao Jun withdrew, and this time it was Ma Chao who led his troops to pursue them. Under the leadership of the Xiliang fierce general, this vanguard headed straight for Langye's headquarters, covering and killing them all the way, with great momentum.
When they got to the city, the Tonghammer general yelled to open the city gate, but as soon as the drawbridge was lowered, Ma Chao's soldiers and horses had already stalked him, and it was too late to close the drawbridge. While fleeing, Ma Chao's soldiers and horses took advantage of the momentum to hold down the suspension bridge, and roared into the Langye Administration. In less than two hours, the Langye Administration erected the Yuan character banner, and the city changed hands.

Ma Chao ordered his men to clean up the city, and then led the general into the Langye Prefect's Mansion. As soon as he entered the main hall, he heard Ma Chao laughing.

"Cao Jun is not good at fighting, but he can escape very quickly. With this level of combat power, if my lord wants to destroy Zhongzhou, I am afraid it will take no more than two months at most. Back then, the army led by Cao Cao shocked the world and frightened everyone. Where has the master gone? It has only been a few years, and he has withered into such a state. If Cao Cao saw it, he would jump out of the coffin and scold his useless son to death!"

This battle was fought easily and happily, and the generals under Ma Chao's command were also in high spirits, and they seemed to have a new understanding of Ma Chao's abilities, and they felt infinite guilt for their strategy of underestimating him just now. When Ma Chao spoke, the generals all catered to him.

"What General Ma said is very true. Cao Jun's combat power is really not very good. I'm afraid it is far worse than those rebels in Guanzhong. Once Cao Cao dies and the tigers and leopards are wiped out, Cao Jun has nothing to fear. Our army Going south this time is a winning ticket!"

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Langye's battle to seize the city went smoothly, and Yangdu's side was basically not too far behind. Gao Lan also advanced rapidly, and quickly captured the city, completely sealing the Xuzhou North Road front.

When the news reached Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao was not in a hurry, his opponent was Zhang Yan, but Zhang Yan's main purpose was to prevent him from saving the city, but Zhang Liao refused to save the city, avoiding his edge and sticking to the camp, just He ordered the soldiers and horses under his command to make more hats and put up an awning in Mount Tai to prepare for the coming storm that Guo Jia said.

Neither Ma Chao nor Gao Lan saw Zhang Liao's avoidance of battle, but it made Zhang Yan suspicious.He had some doubts in his heart, and then he asked the deputy general Wang Dang to discuss.

Wang Dang and Zhang Yan were life-and-death friends when they commanded the Black Mountain Army together, so Zhang Yan didn't shy away from talking to him, and got straight to the point when they met.

"Brother Wang, do you think there is anything wrong with Ma Chao and Gao Lan's capture of Langye and Yangdu?"

Wang Dang followed Zhang Yan into the Yuan Army for many years, but he never changed his title of Zhang Yan. Hearing this, he touched the beard on his chin and said, "Could it be that Commander Yan thinks that the two of them won too smoothly?" ?”

Zhang Yan nodded and said: "Success is one thing, and the other thing is that the two of them went to fight the northern border of Xuzhou, but Zhang Liao was not in a hurry. We were ordered to stop him, but he never confronted us head-on. He seemed to be taking it slowly. His family city is the same, if he has this kind of attitude, what is he doing here on Mount Tai? He might as well stay in Pengcheng, wait for us to enter the hinterland of Xuzhou, and then fight with us, there is no reason!"

Wang Dang pondered for a while, and said: "Could it be that Zhang Liao is afraid of Yan Shuai, Ma Chao and Gao Lan's prestige, and dare not act rashly?"

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "Pull it down! Others might have such thoughts, but who are we facing now? It's Zhang Liao! I'm in Yecheng, and I heard my lord comment on the generals of the Cao family. In my heart , this person ranks first! Even Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Xu Huang and others cannot compare to him in the heart of the lord. This person is brave and resourceful, and good at using soldiers. He should not just watch us make power in Xuzhou Too big to ignore."

Wang Dang heard the words and said: "Maybe he is deliberately indulging us. As the saying goes, a proud soldier is bound to lose! Zhang Liao may want to take advantage of our inattention and launch a sudden counterattack. A battle is a decisive battle."

Zhang Yan nodded when she heard the words, and was thinking about it when she suddenly heard a thunderous "rumbling" sound outside the tent, and she couldn't help shaking slightly in shock.

Wang Dang was also taken aback, got up and came to the tent, opened the curtain, looked out the window, and said, "In this weather, if you say thunder, it will thunder. It looks like it's going to rain heavily!"

Zhang Yan took a deep breath when he heard the words. He didn't listen to Wang Dang's other words, but the word "heavy rain" moved his mind.

Zhang Yan got up in a hurry, looked up at the sky, but saw that the sky was overcast at this moment, it seemed so gray that there was no light at all, only the thunder and lightning that constantly aroused "click, click" came into view. Dazzling.

Zhang Yan sniffed, and said, "Looking at it this way, the sudden heavy rain doesn't seem to stop in a day or two... Have we prepared for the rain?"

Wang Dang smiled wryly when he heard the words, and said: "Even if there is, it's not enough. The soldiers and horses go ahead before the food and grass are moved, but about the rain, who in a hurry can think about it?"

Zhang Yan thought for a while and said, "Our preparations before the rain have not yet made the decision. Ma Chao and Gao Lan must have no preparations for attacking the city. If they capture the city, Cao will confiscate and destroy all the rainproof measures in the city before abandoning the city." , what do you think will happen to them now?"

Wang Dang: "..."

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This heavy rain came quickly with the rainy season, and what was even more annoying was that it was accompanied by strong winds. The rain continued and the wind roared. Unable to stop, Yuan Jun spent the whole day damp, the armor on his body was icy cold, and his clothes were hardly dry for a moment.

In the city captured by Ma Chao and Gao Lan, as if cursed, there was no reed grass to weave cloaks and hats at all, and the houses were not known because of the fierce battle during the capture of the city or because of Cao Jun's intention before leaving. It was the same and dilapidated. Even if it was borrowed, it would rain again and again. The food and grass accompanying the army were also wet and wormy. The fiery physical strength even blew away their morale.

Five days later, the wind and rain that made Yuan Jun miserable had just subsided, and Cao Jun, who had been hiding in the grass canopy in the mountains and recharging his energy, finally started to act under the leadership of Zhang Liao.

(End of this chapter)