Ma Chao's army was defeated like a mountain, and they rushed back quickly. Yuan Xi's army then took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack, defeated the Xiliang army, and captured countless grain, grass and baggage!
While Ma Chao was galloping, he looked back at the Xiliang athletes who were constantly being killed by Yuan Jun and fell on the battlefield. His heart seemed to be pierced by thousands of arrows, and he was heartbroken.
While trying to stabilize his mind, he turned around and asked Pang De: "Ling Ming, tell me, why didn't the princes of Guanzhong and Chen Gong come to rescue us when we suffered such a huge defeat?"
Pang De, who was following Ma Chao, couldn't help but reveal a wry smile when he heard this, and said helplessly: "Before the general left, he sent people to greet all the princes, asking them to lead troops to respond. If we win, we will advance together, and if we lose, we will advance together." Leading troops to support each other...I don't want these profit-seeking villains to stand still and watch from the side...My eldest son, I will forgive you for saying any offensive words. I'm afraid it was your previous general who offended them all. It's too thorough. Now these princes in Guanzhong all want us to die in the hands of Yuan Jun, so how can they lead troops to rescue us?"
"You bastard!" Ma Chao got angry again after hearing this and said: "As an ally, how can you abandon military affairs for one or two indifferent words! These princes are not the sons of men!"
Pang De saw Ma Chao's anger welling up and his face flushed, and he hurriedly asked: "Then, what does the eldest son want?"
"Since they are living in the camp one by one, sitting unmoved and watching us fighting with Yuan Jun, Ma does not have to lose face to them anymore! If I, Ma Chao, are defeated, they will never have an easy time!" Ma Chao said sternly.
Ma Chao gritted his teeth and became furious. Apparently, he had transferred the humiliation and resentment of being defeated by Yuan Jun to the princes in Guanzhong. This is the so-called making love to his father because he is angry with his wife.
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But when Ma Chao and Yuan Jun were fighting, the princes in Guanzhong had already made a plan, and each of them stood still and refused to respond. Not only that, they also came to Chen Gong's Dazhai together and jointly persuaded Chen Gong not to send troops. Let's take this opportunity to observe what Chen Gong's true attitude is towards Ma Chao.
In the stronghold, Duan Yan, a prince, was smiling and advising Chen Gong: "Prefect Chen, although Ma Tengqi from Xiliang has a good character, his son Ma Chao is a bit too arrogant and indulgent. You have also seen his behavior during this period. He is truly a ferocious tiger! It is neither our luck nor Prime Minister Cao's luck to keep such people next to us in the pass. I hope the prefect will learn from this and not rely too much on Ma Chao."
Chen Gong stroked his black and white beard, took a deep look at Duan Xuan, and said, "The war is happening right now, and we are allied forces. Duke Duan's words are a bit hurtful, right?"
"Otherwise!" The candidate also came out and said: "Prefect Chen, it's not us who are unreasonably chattering, but it's Ma Chao who is really a big hidden danger! This boy is less than thirty years old, but he has the courage that no one else would deserve. , he is also good at commanding troops, and his ability is stronger than that of his father Ma Teng! Just imagine, how can such a person not become ambitious over time? If we don't take advantage of now to cut off his power, in a few years, I'm afraid The land in Guanzhong is no longer under the command of Prime Minister Cao!"
Before Chen Gong could say anything, he saw Zhang Heng also said: "Duan Gong and Hou Gong said very well. Although we and others are called foreign vassal princes, they all follow Prime Minister Cao! Only this Ma Chao , has a violent personality and a perverse temperament. If he waits for his wings to mature, he will definitely be Lu Bu again! When the time comes, all of us here will sit back and watch, who can cure him? By then, how can the land of Guanzhong belong to the Han Dynasty again? Wouldn’t everyone just follow him? His surname is Ma?"
As soon as Zhang Heng finished speaking, he heard a burst of loud laughter suddenly coming from outside the tent. Although the sound was laughter, it was full of shame, hatred, and anger!
I saw Ma Chao walking into the tent covered in blood, his eyes like thunderbolts, scanning the princes in the tent back and forth fiercely.
Whoever Ma Chao glared at would tremble uncontrollably, and his legs would start to tremble uncontrollably.
"Very good! Very good! I, Ma Chao, fought with Yuan Jun on the front line and fought bravely to kill the enemy! Not only did you not send troops to help, you are still here to slander me! Could it be that your conscience has been eaten by dogs!?" Ma Chao was angry said
In front of the handsome tent of the Guanzhong Allied Forces, Ma Chao stood in front of him covered in blood. His eyes were filled with fierce light, and he was full of power. A kind of fierceness filled the air in the entire tent, making all the princes daring. Trembling, frightened, and feeling guilty.
Ma Chao's eyes swept back and forth like lightning, shuddering at whoever he looked at.
Then he suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled. The endless indignation and deep hatred in the smile were so harsh that anyone could hear it!
Almost coincidentally, an unpleasant thought flashed through the minds of all the princes...
The boy named Ma, is he going to go crazy?
Facing Ma Chao's angry and angry gaze, all the princes couldn't help but tremble, fearing that this bastard would start killing people in the tent if he didn't calm down!
The cold air in the tent was spreading rapidly. The prince Yang Qiu couldn't bear the huge pressure and couldn't help but start to run away... He glanced at Ma Chao cautiously.
Yang Qiu smiled naively, raised his hands to everyone and said: "Gentlemen, Yang suddenly remembered that there are still some trivial matters in the military camp that have not been done~, I need to go back to deal with them! The matter is too urgent, so Yang will not bother you here and take leave. Farewell~......"
After that, he nodded around and cautiously walked out of the tent!
Upon seeing this, all the princes couldn't help but secretly scolded Yang Qiu for being cunning, despicable and shameless, but they had the upper hand, but there was nothing they could do about it.
Yang Qiu walked to the door of the camp, smiled at Ma Chao and nodded. Just as he was about to step out, he was suddenly grabbed tightly by a big plier-like hand stretched out from the sky!
The one who reached out to catch him was none other than the furious Xiliang Jin Machao!
"Ma...Major General Ma...you...what are you doing? Let go, it hurts me~" Yang Qiu's face turned pale, and he forced himself to give Ma Chao a false smile.
Ma Chao looked at Yang Qiu coldly, wanting to rub oil on his soles, but he didn't answer, sneered, raised his leg and kicked him directly into the tent!
But he saw Yang Qiu scream sadly and fly into the tent like a dog chewing shit, falling into the dust. He looked so embarrassed.
Although the expressions on the faces of the princes remained unchanged, they began to carefully consider Ma Chao's intention in their hearts.
At the same time, their hearts were full of relief, and everyone could not help but curse Yang Qiu secretly in their hearts...
Let you sneak away! Should!
Ma Chao's face remained as usual, and he strode into the tent with quick strides. He glanced around the princes coldly, snorted coldly, and said: "Want to leave? It's not that easy! Despicable villain! I tell you! If you don't make things clear today, Each of you wants to get out alive!"
As soon as Ma Chao finished speaking, the room was full of surprises. Duan Yan suddenly stood up, kicked the table in front of him, and said angrily: "Ma Chao! You are too presumptuous! Don't stay here anymore." You are talking nonsense! You are looking for trouble!"
"Am I talking nonsense? Am I looking for trouble?" Ma Chao sneered and said, "Calling you despicable villains really flatters you! Look at how shameless you are, how can you still look human? You are just a bunch of people. brute!"
"Bastard!" Li Kan suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist, pointed it at Ma Chao from a distance, and said angrily: "Ma Mengqi, do you dare to say what you just said again?! Believe it or not, I will chop you alive!"
When Ma Chao saw Li Kan getting angry, he was not afraid at all, but he looked up to the sky and smiled, saying: "Okay! Okay! Very good! You are just watching from the sidelines and plotting against my Ma family's soldiers out of thin air. Mr. Ma is not angry yet, but you are." Instead, you lost your temper first? Li, you are a bit too shameless, aren't you?"
Li Kan was furious when he heard this. With the sword in his hand, he took Ma Chao's head without asking anything else and walked away with murderous intent!
But Li Kan already understood that Ma Chao had already murderous intentions towards them. What happened today would be difficult to resolve. If he didn't do it to him first, he would kill him soon, and everyone on the left and right would be killed. The fire is over, it's better to strike first!
Li Kan suddenly took action, Ma Chao didn't expect it, and was slightly stunned. Just as he was about to draw his sword and attack, he saw a knife shadow suddenly passed by beside him, and blood suddenly overflowed, and the sky was filled with red.
In the blink of an eye, Li Kandou's big head rolled to the ground. His eyes were wide open, full of surprise, and contained a strong meaning of unwillingness to rest in peace.
Behind Ma Chao, Pang De, who looked calm, waved the simple knife in his hand, and the tent was immediately stained with a few hot blood drops, the long knife was cold, and the murderous aura was solemn.
When all the princes saw Li Kan's head spinning around, they were all shocked. They didn't expect Ma Chao to actually take action.
Chen Gong, who was sitting at the top, staggered and almost fell down from his knees. He thought that the alliance was over.
"Ma Chao! You are so brave!" Duan Yan was the first to react when Pang De killed Li Kan. He quickly pulled out the sword from his waist to protect himself and shouted angrily.
The rabbit died and the fox was sad. The other princes also came to their senses, drew their weapons one after another, lined up in a formation, and faced Ma Chao and Pang De at the entrance of the camp.
Ma Chao laughed angrily and said: "Hahaha! Okay, today you and other princes not only plotted against Ma, but also wanted to join forces with me when the matter came to pass? Yes, it is not in vain that you and others guard one side. ! Mr. Ma will have a good time with you today..."
Chen Gong stood up in a hurry, his thin body shivering like chaff.
"Everyone, you can't... you can't! We are facing a powerful enemy. You must not get angry with each other and kill each other out of anger. If you have anything to say, sit down and say that you are getting a free advantage by acting like this. Gao Rou! You have taken advantage of Yuan Jun’s army..."
"Prefect Chen! Please wake up!"
The candidate's teeth were cracked, and he said angrily with his eyes: "Today's situation has reached an inextricable situation! Horses are more powerful than human nature. If you don't kill us all, you can give up! Either he dies or I die, Governor Chen , Why don't you quickly gather troops and horses to suppress this beast?"
Before he finished speaking, he saw that Ma Chao and Pang De on the other side had already taken action, fighting with more than ten princes in the tent, and started beating each other ping pong.
There were sounds of fighting in the tent, and outside the commander's tent, the pro-army troops led by Ma Chao, Pang De and others who came to raise an army to question the crime also swarmed up and fought against the pro-army troops of other princes.
For a time, there were attacks inside and outside the tent, and the tent of the central commander of the allied forces of the princes suddenly turned into a mess.
The entire coalition camp inside and outside was also in disarray due to the melee among the leaders, and the whole situation was in chaos.
Chen Gongshui stayed in a corner of the tent, looking at the miserable situation of the feudal princes in front of him, he couldn't help but close his eyes, looked up to the sky and sighed, and slowly said two words.
"It's over..."
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The coalition army's tent was crowded with chaos, and a mile outside their camp, the main force of Bingzhou Yuan's army had gathered here under Gao Rou's call.
The soldiers held their breaths one by one and prepared themselves for action. Their sharp eyes were fixed on the chaotic United Army camp not far away.
Just as Yuan Xi expected, the princes watched the fire from across the bank and watched Ma Chao's troops suffer heavy losses from Yuan's army. Ma Chao's fiery nature was indeed intolerable, so he immediately returned to the army and went straight to the camp to find the princes to settle accounts.
Yuan Xi, on the other hand, chased Ma Chao for a while and then returned to collect his troops. However, he killed a carbine on the way and ordered Gao Rou to prepare all the soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, assemble them into formation, and go to the Allied Army's stronghold, intending to defeat him in one fell swoop. enemy.
Just as Yuan Xi expected, when his own troops were about to arrive at the coalition's stronghold, the enemy's interior was already falling apart. There was a commotion of noise and the shouts of kills from the sergeants fighting each other, even from a mile away. The ground can also be heard clearly.
The general of the Bingzhou Army, who had always had doubts about this reversal, saw the chaotic situation of the enemy army, and his doubts suddenly disappeared, and he couldn't help but smile to himself.
Since the Guanzhong Allied Forces are internally dispersed, this battle will definitely achieve full success!
Zhang Liao came to Yuan Xi's side with his horse and said in a low voice: "Master, let's attack the stronghold now, the time is right."
Yuan Xi smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry Wenyuan, let them go crazy for a while longer."
Zhang Liao turned his head and looked at the military camp in the distance. He suddenly tightened his grip on the sickle and hook in his hand and said, "That Ma Chao has extraordinary abilities and invincible bravery. If we let him go, he will definitely become a trouble in the future! The general will do it in a while." I will take the lead in going to the camp to catch him. Apart from this trouble, what do you think, my lord?"
Yuan Xi smiled slightly, continued to shake his head and said: "No, although Ma Chao is brave, he is too arrogant by nature. He is a prodigal and a troublemaker. It is best to let him go back to stir things up..."
Zhao Yun on the side frowned when he heard this and said: "In that case, I will lead the Xiaoqi camp to capture a few princes from Guanzhong and bring them back to worship the flag and establish their authority, so that the world will know that Hebei's prestigious reputation is inviolable. , I wonder what my lord wants?”
Yuan Xi shook his head again and said calmly: "The princes in Guanzhong are not under their own control. Wouldn't it be better to leave them to fight with Ma and Han Sui in Guanzhong, bring disaster to Cao Cao's western territory, and make the old guy unable to stop? In my opinion, We will attack the coalition's stronghold soon. We can let Ma Chao and all the princes in Guanzhong go, but one person must stay!"
Xu Chu was stunned when he heard this and asked curiously: "Who!"
Yuan Xi paused and said: "We will rush in soon. You don't have to arrest anyone, just arrest Chen Gong! This man now guards Chang'an for Cao Cao, leads Guanzhong, and plays the role of a peacemaker in the complicated situation in Guanzhong." ....Now that Ma Chao and the princes of Guanzhong are in trouble, if we keep this peacemaker in Hebei, no one will control the Guanzhong area in the future, and it will become a prairie fire! At that time, we will find an opportunity to send troops Go south and enter the Pass, and secure yourself in this most beautiful place in the world. Are you still worried about being unable to destroy Cao Cao?"
