Crossing the Battle of the Three Kingdoms

Cao Hongneng had fought Ma Chao for [-] rounds. Pang De had already analyzed his strength in his mind, but he did not expect that Cao Hong was stronger than he estimated.

Cao Hong originally thought that Pound was a wise man, but he did not expect that Pound was still a brave general.

The two sides looked at each other a few times, reassessed the opponent's strength, and raised their spirits to deal with it.

Chapter 494 One-sided

The two of them flattered their horses and fought fiercely together. The strength of the two was equal, and there were no scores of rounds. It was impossible to tell the winner.

When they really decide the winner, I am afraid that Cao Jun in the encirclement will have died long ago.

Cao Hong became more and more anxious, and his sword skills became messy. The wound on his arm, which had just healed, began to crack, and blood slowly seeped out of the armor.

Pang De took all this into his eyes, and began to calm down 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 defender, so it is even more difficult to tell the winner.

Seeing Pound's intentions, Cao Hong swung his knife and slashed, and shouted: "All officers and men obey the order, follow this general and rush over, don't worry about anything else."

Cao Jun's veterans' orders to forbid them were quite outstanding. Hearing the order, they quickly gave up fighting and gathered behind Cao Hong.

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

When Pang De stabilized his figure, he saw Cao Jun continuously rushing towards him. He quickly swung his sword and slashed Cao Jun, trying to find a way to entangle Cao Hong again.

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

Throwing off Pound's entanglement, Cao Hong rushed forward, leading the soldiers and horses following him, and quickly tore a hole.

Han Sui, who was suddenly killed by Cao Hong and guarded the encirclement, quickly ordered people to block the gap again.

Letting Cao Hong go, Han Sui had a plan, he knew he could not fight for world hegemony, he just wanted to be the king in Xiliang.

And if Cao Hong died here, it would be tantamount to offending Cao Cao. If Cao Cao's army came under pressure in the future, I'm afraid there would be no room for a good detour.

But letting Cao Hong go is different. Even if he loses the battle, Cao Cao will not hold grudges, and there may be a better way out.

As for the Cao army in these encirclement circles, presumably Cao Cao would not say much, after all, casualties on the battlefield are normal.

After Han Sui tried his best to encircle and kill them, it is conceivable that those Cao troops who were surrounded would naturally die and surrender.

The annihilation of tens of thousands of the main force of Cao's army in World War I can be said to have put Zhong Yao's hard work on the sidelines.

There were less than [-] defenders at Tongguan. Although Cheng Yin led nearly [-] soldiers to vote, the defenders also lost more than [-].

Cao Hong led the pursuing army and almost emptied Tongguan's defense force. Now that he has escaped with him, there are less than a thousand remnants.

Seeing Cao Hong flee back in embarrassment, Zhong Yao's face turned pale on the spot, and he walked back and forth anxiously. After a while, he regained his composure, and quickly asked someone to block the closed door with a huge stone, planning for the worst.

After arranging to guard the gate, Zhong Yao personally wrote a letter asking for help, which was urgently sent to Xuchang.

What should be done has been done, and whether Tongguan can be held in the future can only depend on God's will.

Fortunately, after the Xiliang army finished besieging and killing the trapped Cao army, it was already dark, so they did not attack.

The long night was so unbearable, Zhong Yao fell asleep for a while in a daze, and the scene in his dream was the scene of the fall of Tongguan.

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

When he came to Tongguan, seeing the morale was slightly low, Zhong Yao stepped forward to comfort and encourage the morale one by one, stabilizing the morale.

As a bright light rose high in the sky, the smoke from the cooking fires over the Dazhai of the Xiliang Army loomed into his eyes. Zhong Yao knew that a great battle with no chance of winning was coming.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army and avoid the onslaught of the Xiliang army, which would cause the soldiers to fear war, Zhong Yao decided to stay in Guanlou and command the battle.

An hour later, the Xiliang army gathered at Guanxia, ​​and Ma Chao, in high spirits, led hundreds of soldiers and horses to Guanxia to persuade him to surrender.

But before Ma Chao could speak, Zhong Yao ordered people to shoot him back with random arrows, and Ma Chao left angrily.

Since it was too soft, the Xiliang army did not hesitate, and began to attack with an echelon of [-] troops for half an hour.

Cao's army in Tongguan was small in number. Facing the Xiliang army's attack, they were able to defend in an orderly manner at the beginning, but after half a day, they became weak.

The Xiliang army changed every echelon every half an hour, and everyone was able to maintain sufficient physical strength, but Cao's army couldn't. They only had so many soldiers and horses in total.

It is divided into two echelons and the reserve team, which is already very compact. If they take turns to defend, if there is a slight change, they will not be able to defend.

In one day, Cao Jun lost [-] soldiers and horses, and finally defended, but judging from today's battle losses, I am afraid that within three days, Tongguan will have no soldiers to use.

Zhong Yao looked sad, and called Cao Hong to discuss whether to abandon the pass and leave, and keep the remaining soldiers and horses.

It is not too much to say that Cao Hong was the fault of Cao Hong alone for the situation in which the battle ended. Zhong Yao proposed to leave at this time, and he would naturally not agree.

With a bearded face, Cao Hong said resolutely, "No, Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you give up, I'm afraid the prime minister will find it even more difficult to take it back."

Zhong Yao persuaded: "Zilian, Tongguan has been lost, and you can take it back here, but if you stay here and die in battle, the prime minister will be even more sad."

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

"Alas." Zhong Yao said helplessly, "Since Zi Lian won't leave, then Yao will give up his life and die."

Under the influence of Cao Hong, Zhong Yao also decided to stay and live and die with Tongguan. After all, he was the main general. If he left first, Cao Hong might not be able to defend for two days.

Now that he had made the worst plan, Zhong Yao ordered all the materials in Tongguan to be transported away in a hurry, so as not to fall and be taken by the Xiliang army.

Compared with the pessimism of Zhong Yao and the others, the Xiliang Army Dazhai was full of joy, which was completely different from the previous days.

Han Sui and Ma Chao also stopped arguing after this plan, and showed mutual respect in front of the generals of the various minor forces.

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

About to win Tongguan, Ma Chao is in a good mood, all the depression of many days is gone, his face has taken on a new look, and he is drinking wine with everyone in the handsome tent.

Ma Chao glanced at the crowd, and said in a rare way: "Everyone, the pastor of this state was a little unhappy with you earlier, I hope you don't worry about it."

Ma Chao took the initiative to show his favor, and everyone in the tent was overwhelmed with flattery, and quickly agreed with him, flattering him with all the good words he could think of.

The general is kind, united as one, and it is easy to win Tongguan now, but in order to inspire people, Ma Chao still made a big promise.

Ma Chao smiled and said: "Okay, if we take Tongguan, we can go straight to Chang'an. When we enter the city, the three armies will have a carnival for seven days."

Chapter 495 Reinforcement

Although Tongguan was not won, judging from the situation, it would not take a few days.

Once Tongguan is broken, Chang'an is like an egg with a broken shell, allowing the Xiliang army to eat.

The prosperity of Chang'an is in the territory of Xiliang, but it has been rumored for a long time. Of course, they are very excited to have this opportunity now, and they all feel restless in their hearts.