On the day Han Sui launched the Battle of Didao, Ma Teng led 50,000 troops to invade Hanyang County as promised, and directed his troops towards Pingxiang.
Facing Ma Teng's army who descended from the sky, Huang Zhong responded calmly and repelled Ma Teng's attacks again and again.
In fact, from the day Huang Zhong entered Pingxiang, he was always on guard against enemy attacks.
Because Mengda took a detour to Wuwei County, Huang Zhong knew that Ma Teng wanted to surrender.
But facing tens of thousands of troops under the city, Huang Zhong did not hesitate and immediately ordered a counterattack.
The situation of Ma Teng's army is very similar to that of Han Sui's army. They all have cavalry under their command. Even in the entire Liangzhou area, almost all armed forces are cavalry.
If Huang Zhong was unprepared and the city gate was still open every day, it would undoubtedly give Ma Teng an opportunity to take advantage of him.
However, Huang Zhong was on guard day by day and never relaxed at all. Ma Teng could only rely on his troops to attack forcefully.
Unfortunately, under the arrow formation of the Wushe camp, Ma Tengjun was shot and turned upside down.
Ma Teng's army was not good at attacking cities and lacked siege equipment. They made no progress for more than ten days and were never even able to climb the city wall.
After leaving thousands of corpses in Pingxiang City, Ma Teng finally couldn't bear the heavy losses and immediately gave up the idea of attacking Pingxiang.
Ma Teng decided to leave his cousin Ma Yue to lead thousands of cavalry to keep an eye on Huang Zhong in Pingxiang.
According to Han Sui's news, Liu Zhang has led 60,000 to 70,000 people to appear in Longxi County, so Ma Teng can definitely believe that all the strength of Hanyang County should be in Pingxiang.
As long as Ji County is conquered, the entire Hanyang County will be shaken. Pingxiang will be unable to support a single tree and will be defeated sooner or later!
Ma Teng firmly believed and immediately led an army of 40,000 to Ji County, intending to defeat it in a single battle.
Unfortunately, things went counterproductive, and Ma Teng's dream came true again.
Zhang Liao, who had received Liu Zhang's warning, had already assembled all his forces.
Ten thousand elite Han soldiers were waiting for Ma Teng's arrival in Ji County.
Ma Teng became angry and immediately ordered 40,000 troops to surround Ji County and attack the four gates at the same time.
If Ma Teng had bypassed Pingxiang and taken Ji County on the day of the Battle of Didao, Zhang Liaozhen might not have been able to stop him.
Unfortunately, with more than ten days of preparation time, Jixian County was already impregnable.
In addition, the city walls of Ji County itself are tall and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even without the arrow formations of Wusheying, Hanxingying still had a firm advantage.
After another ten days of offensive, Ma Teng suffered thousands more casualties under the city of Ji County, and is now stationed ten miles away from Ji County.
"Hey! I didn't expect the war to go so poorly!"
Ma Teng sighed heavily. It had been a month since Zu Li sent out troops, and the siege battle alone had lasted more than twenty days.
The battle situation was completely horrific, with not a single victory being achieved, and even every time the gold was raised, the soldiers were defeated and fled.
Repeated battles and defeats, repeated defeats and battles, have caused Ma Teng's army to have extremely low morale.
As a last resort, Ma Teng could only order a suspension of the attack to allow the soldiers to rest and restore morale.
The generals in the Chinese army's commander's tent also lowered their heads. Faced with this predicament, they had no choice.
"Lord, since our troops left Zuli and attacked Hanyang County, our losses have exceeded 10,000 people! According to the current situation, I am afraid that even if all the troops and horses are lost under the walls of Ji County, we will not be able to achieve anything!"
Ma Teng looked up at the speaker, who turned out to be his general Pang De.
"Please, my lord, make a decision as soon as possible!"
As soon as Pang De said this, the atmosphere in the handsome tent became even more depressed.
Ma Teng sighed again, not even blaming Pound for his cholera military morale.
Although Yongliang soldiers were brave, most of their abilities were on horseback.
It is natural to be invulnerable when charging into battle, but if it is to attack a city, its strength will be greatly reduced!
Ma Teng knew this very well, so he never made it too difficult for his subordinates for the failure of every siege battle.
"Ling Ming's words are not unreasonable. If it doesn't work, we will besiege Ji County and wait for Han Sui to defeat Liu Zhang!"
Thinking of Han Sui, Ma Teng couldn't help but frown.
"It's strange to say that when Han Sui sent someone to deliver the message, he clearly said that he was sure to annihilate Liu Zhang! But it's been a month and there's still no news!"
If everything was as Han Sui said, Liu Zhang in Longxi County should have been captured or killed long ago, and Han Sui should have appeared in Ji County long ago!
"My lord, Han Sui is capricious and has no faith. You can only listen to half of what he says!"
"Even if Liu Zhang is eliminated, we still have to deal with Han Sui's sneak attack on us at any time!"
Like Ma Teng's son Ma Chao, Pang De also despised Han Sui's character.
Han Sui's unscrupulous character to achieve his goals may have penetrated into the hearts of the people of Yongliang.
Ma Teng nodded in agreement. Currently, the enemy Liu Zhang is coming, and he can still join hands with Han Sui to fight against the enemy. Once Liu Zhang is dealt with, Han Sui may immediately turn against him!
After all, the two had an example of fighting to the death just after forming an alliance, so Ma Teng completely despised Han Sui's blood-based alliance.
Even if Han Sui swears to God, he has no credibility to Ma Teng.
"Pause the attack! Preserve our strength to the maximum extent! Send additional manpower to investigate. I don't believe it. There really is no news coming out of Longxi County!"
At this moment, Ma Chao suddenly burst in from outside the tent, looking extremely anxious.
"Father is handsome!"
Ma Teng was already depressed, and when he saw Ma Chao acting so recklessly, he became even more angry.
"Meng Qi, how many times have I told you as a father to stay calm! How can you lead an army if you are so rash and impatient?"
"Father is handsome!"
At this moment, Ma Chao was so anxious that he was not in the mood to listen to Ma Teng's lectures.
"Han Sui, that bitch, is deceiving us again!"
"What!"
Hearing Ma Chao's words, Ma Teng, who had just been teaching Ma Chao to be calm in times of trouble, immediately couldn't sit still.
"what happened?"
Ma Chao clenched his fists loudly, his eyes full of resentment.
"How can Old Gou Han be Liu Zhang's opponent? The 40,000 troops he brought were completely wiped out outside Didao City, and he finally escaped back to Jincheng alone!"
"This thief blocked the news just to use us as a shield to contain Liu Zhang for him!"
Ma Teng's eyes widened and he was immediately shocked.
"What do you mean, Han Sui was defeated? Or the entire army was wiped out!"
What is calm, steady, collected?
At this moment, Ma Teng forgot them all!
Panic, fear, confusion and other negative emotions filled Ma Teng's mind.
"Meng Qi, when was Han Sui defeated?"
Ma Chao became even more furious when he heard Ma Teng's question.
"Commander Father, Han Sui was defeated that day! The day we sent out troops, Han Sui's 40,000-strong army was completely wiped out!"
broken!
Ma Teng exclaimed in his heart, Han Sui had been defeated for a month, why was there no movement from Liu Zhang, who had won a great victory in Longxi?
"Quick! Order the entire army to pack up, we will withdraw immediately!"
He defeated Han Sui in one day and annihilated all 40,000 Liangzhou cavalry! How could Ma Teng dare to confront Liu Zhang?
Ma Teng knew very well that the ability of the Liangzhou cavalry under Han Sui was no less than that of the cavalry under his command.
As soon as Ma Teng's order to retreat was given, a soldier covered in blood broke into the commander's tent.
