Three Kingdoms: I ran for my life all the way, but was forced to become the master of this world!

Chapter 166

Outside the city of Yancheng, Ma Chao's handsome tent was full of alcohol.

It has been more than a month since the soldiers came out of Chen Cang, but he was blocked by Zhang Cheng, and it was difficult to move an inch, and Ma Chao had a sense of anger in his heart.

After continuously attacking the city for a period of time, the soldiers of Xiliang suffered heavy losses, but the city was still solid, which made Ma Chao's mood worse and worse, and his temper became more and more irritable.

Chengcheng, also known as Chengcheng, was once built by Dong Zhuo for the pleasure of himself and the mink cicada, and the city wall was tall, strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhang was a native of Gaoling, Feng Yi County, and had been serving as an official in the Guanzhong area since he was sixteen years old, and when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought the Hedong War, Zhang Yi, Zhong Xiu, and Ma Teng formed a coalition army, which defeated Gao Gan and Guo Yuan's army, and killed Guo Yuan in the chaos, and Ma Chao was in the Western Liang army.

He was not only good at defending the city, but also very familiar with the Western Liang soldiers and horses, especially Tsushima Chao. Therefore, since the beginning of the war, Ma Chao has not bargained for the slightest.

Ma Chao was in the handsome tent, drank a lot of stuffy wine, then threw away the wine glass and looked at the map carefully. After watching it for a while, my eyes suddenly lit up and I was in high spirits.

"Come, beat the drum for me!"

"No!"

Immediately, the drums of war outside the marshal tent sounded, and in a short time, the generals, deputy generals, and military simas came to the marshal tent.

Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying, one left and one right, sat on either side of Ma Chao, and the others stood on both sides.

"Gentlemen, the city of Chencheng is tall and strong, and Zhang has 15,000 soldiers and horses, which is not conducive to a strong attack. I can now think of a plan, but I can go straight to Chang'an. I hope that you will forge ahead bravely and kill the majesty of our Western Liang soldiers and horses. Ma Chao saw that everyone had arrived and said loudly.

"What is the general's plan?" Cheng Gongying asked.

"About eighty miles to the north from here is Yongcheng, which has gradually deteriorated since Qin, and there must not be many soldiers and horses stationed at this time. However, there is a small road from Yongcheng to the east, which can directly reach Feng Yi on the left, Fufeng on the right, and Xianyang, thus taking Chang'an. At that time, the city will be just an isolated city, and it will be self-defeating!

After Ma Chao's words, everyone quietly began to talk.

"General, bypassing Chencheng and sneaking up on Yongcheng can indeed avoid the real attack." A moment later, Cheng Gongying said, "It's just that Zhong Xiu is by no means an idle person, and he will not ignore Yongcheng. Moreover, the road to the north is rough, and it is not easy for the large group to walk, and even if the small force bypasses, it is easy to fall into the encirclement of the Cao army.

After Cheng Gongying's words, many people nodded, and this is indeed the truth. Once the lone army goes deep and is besieged by the other side, food and grass are a problem first.

"Chenggong army division, the art of war, with the right combination, with the odd victory, where does the surprise soldier come from? And if you go out of surprise, how can you not take risks? As a military master, you don't even understand this truth, right? "

Ma Chao is the general Ma Yuan, after Fubo, comes from a family of generals, and has been familiar with military books and strategies since childhood, and he is by no means brave and unscheming. And his words are obviously full of contempt for Cheng Gongying.

"General, what the division of the Chenggong army said is reasonable, there are more than two hundred miles from Chencheng to Chang'an, even if there are no garrisons in Yongcheng, Zuo Feng Yi, Xianyang and other places, the transportation of grain and grass is very difficult, and once the help is not available, the whole army will be destroyed." Yan Xing also raised objections.

"Ha...," Ma Chao sneered a few times, "When did we Xiliang boys become so greedy and afraid of death. In that case, I will personally lead the troops! Jingzhou Liu Zhou Mu promised to send troops, now is the best time, as long as we break through Chang'an, Liu Zhou Mu is out of Yique Pass and occupies Luoyang, then the entire division and Jing Zhaoyin will be ours!

"Generals must not be reckless!" Cheng Gongying hurriedly said, "It's right that Liu Zhou Mu promised to send troops, but Jingzhou has just experienced a big war, and the soldiers, horses, food and grass can't be quickly assembled, in case we can't stop Cao Cao's army at that time, our army will fall to death!"

"General, Chenggongjun Master is reasonable!" Ma Dai came out of the queue and saluted Ma Chao, "Didn't Liu Bei promise to come out of the valley to help us?" As a result, his aim was to capture Hanzhong and leave us passive. Cao Cao is powerful..." "

How is Cao Cao's power?" What am I afraid of! Ma Chao directly interrupted Ma Dai's words, "Now I order Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying to lead their headquarters from tomorrow to attack Chencheng. Ma Dai led 5,000 soldiers and horses, moved towards the mouth of the Xie Valley, and released news that he wanted to receive Liu Bei's soldiers and horses. Ben Shuai personally led an army of 10,000, with Yang Qiuchengyin as the general, and sent troops to Yongcheng! "

No!"

Ma Chao has already made a decision, and the others can only accept it.

The next day, the Western Liang Army began to act. Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying, ordered 5,000 soldiers and horses, and slowly came to the west gate of Yancheng.

At this time, the defender of the city was already neatly dressed and standing at the head of the city.

When the Western Liang army first arrived, it launched several fierce attacks, but achieved no results, and did not even climb up the city head, losing more than 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Later, the two sides only confronted. Zhang knew that Ma Chao was waiting for Liu Bei's soldiers and horses to come out of Xie Valley Road and occupy the south bank of Weishui, attacking on both sides.

If that's the case, the city will be difficult to defend.

But later, Zhang got the news that Liu Bei suddenly took Hanzhong, and this time he was relieved. It turned out that Liu Bei was a false way to destroy Yu, and the target was in Hanzhong.

Zhang Lu of Hanzhong has been operating for many years, and although Liu Bei occupies it, he is not stable internally, and at this time, he absolutely does not dare to leave.

Now just facing Ma Chao's soldiers and horses, Zhang is full of confidence.

Yan Xing commanded the soldiers and horses to attack only twice, then stopped attacking, and lined up under the city, which made Zhang a little puzzled, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in Ma Chao's gourd.

After a while, the soldiers came to report, and Ma Dai led 5,000 soldiers and horses to the mouth of the Xie Valley, and heard that Liu Bei's army was coming.

Zhang Yi laughed loudly after hearing this.

"Hah... Ma Chao, you are clever, and you still want to fight the east! But I don't know that Zhong Yuanchang has already opened the net, so that you can go back! "

The attack and defense of Yongcheng is going on every day, and Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying's purpose is only to drag Zhang Ji and prevent him from dividing troops to reinforce Yongcheng, so it has always been a feint.

Zhang knew that he was not in a hurry with Yan Xing, and the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, as if they were practicing.

Half a month later, the soldier came to report, and Ma Chao returned. This made Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying somewhat surprised, and they hurried out of the camp to greet them.

It turned out that Jinma Chao has the style of the past! It looks embarrassing. Covered in dust and blood, there were only a few hundred soldiers behind him. Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu were even worse than Ma Chao, and there were only dozens of personal soldiers left.

Needless to say, it was a fiasco, the whole army was destroyed, and it was good luck to be able to come back alive.

After folding 10,000 soldiers and horses, he was unable to attack the city at all, so he had to retire to Chen Cang.

Western Liang Ma Teng Han Sui and Yizhou Liu Zhang, the vigorous joint Northern Expedition, ended hastily.