I don’t know who shouted “Ma Chao is coming!” first.

But the source is not important. What is important is that after this exclamation was heard, exclamations one after another began to be heard in the Wei army array.

As the exclamations spread throughout the Wei army's formation, the Wei army's morale was on the verge of collapse.

What was their purpose of marching without sleep or rest?

Isn't it just to avoid Ma Chao's pursuit?

But now the way home is right in front of him. He is one step away from returning to a safe environment, but the murderer behind him is chasing him.

In this situation, who wouldn't feel devastated?

Tongguan in front of them represents life, and Ma Chao behind them represents death. But right now, the Wei army is caught between life and death, struggling painfully.

No one can endure such torture.

Many Wei troops behind the formation stopped advancing to fight the Han troops. Instead, they dropped their weapons and ran towards the gate of Tongguan.

While running, he cried: "Open the door quickly!"

"Are you going to die without saving me?"

"How can you ignore General Xu's life and death?"

Either urging, questioning, or threatening, there are all kinds of words.

At this moment, considerations such as superiority and inferiority, and settling scores after the fall were no longer in Wei Jun's mind.

At the moment, they just want to escape as much as possible from the Han army behind them.

Like sheep driven by wolves, numerous Wei troops cried out and begged their comrades on the wall to open the door.

But what's the use?

The Wei army below the city was pitiful, and the Wei army above the city also felt unbearable.

But Xiahou Ba's cold commanding voice still rings in his ears.

No matter how unbearable it was, the Wei troops in the city would not be able to risk their lives to save them.

After seeing that his crying could not cause the tall city gate to open, the Wei army who ran to Tongguan City turned back.

Their return was not to continue the confrontation with the Han army, but to place their last hope on Xu Chu.

Many Wei troops knelt in front of Xu Chu, begging Xu Chu to issue an order to open the door to the Wei troops in the city.

Just begging like this will not be useful.

When the Wei army's array collapsed, Xu Chu had already withdrawn from the battle with Jiang Wei in time.

Xu Chu, who pulled away, knew this clearly.

As for the Wei troops who were still resisting, most of them were members of Xu Chu's tribe. They were also outnumbered and fell to the Han army one by one.

Looking at the tragic deaths of each tribesman, and then looking at the thousands of Wei troops kneeling towards him, Xu Chu suddenly seemed to understand something.

It turns out that Xiahou Ba didn't want to deliberately refuse to save him, but he didn't want to risk losing Tongguan to save him!

Can Xiahou Ba’s actions be considered wrong?

From Xu Chu's point of view, it certainly doesn't count.

Because if Xiahou Ba’s actions at the moment were wrong, then what about his actions of abandoning the wounded two days ago?

Aren't they all the same "helpless actions" made with the high-sounding reason of putting the overall situation first?

The person he was the day before yesterday was just like Xiahou Ba today.

Thinking of this, Xu Chu couldn't help but reveal a sad smile on his face.

The world is so strange. Who would have thought that he, who was the swordsman the day before, would be a victim of slaughter today.

When many Wei troops knelt down and begged Xu Chu to save their lives, Jiang Wei commanded his Han troops to continue to surround and kill those Wei troops who were still resisting. On the other hand, he looked at Ma Chao, who had just stopped his horses.

As Ma Chao stopped, the nearly 10,000 Han soldiers behind him gradually reined in their horses.

When the nearly 10,000 Han troops and their elite cavalry stopped, the smoke and dust that originally surrounded them gradually dissipated under the blowing of the cold wind.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the nearly 10,000 fine cavalry of the Han army were revealed to the eyes of the Wei army under the city and below.

Nearly ten thousand tall war horses raised their heads and neighed with terrifying momentum.

The nearly 10,000 elite Han soldiers on horseback looked coldly at him with their guns drawn, which made the fear in the hearts of the Wei soldiers reach its peak.

Seeing that Xu Chu did not respond to their begging, the thousands of Wei soldiers who were kneeling and begging all kowtowed towards Ma Chao behind Xu Chu in order to survive.

Thousands of Wei troops surrendered.

But after thousands of Wei troops surrendered, and those Wei troops who were loyal to Xu Chu and still resisted were wiped out by the Han army, Xu Chu now had no Wei troops around him who could protect him.

Although the single-shaped Xu Chu was still majestic, at this moment he looked quite small in the eyes of the Wei troops above the city and the Han troops below the city.

Xu Chu's ending may have been doomed from the day he abandoned the camp and fled.

Ma Chao, who looked at Xu Chu as if he were looking at a dying person, finally spoke after thinking for a while:

"When you are abandoned by your allies, you will reap the consequences.

Now that you are about to die, do you have any last words before you die?"

Regarding Xu Chu, his opponent, Ma Chao had complicated feelings.

He and Xu Chu met at each other's peak moment.

According to legend, during the Battle of Weinan that year, Cao Cao met Han Sui and Ma Chao alone, and Cao Cao only took Xu Chu there.

Ma Chao originally wanted to use his bravery to seize the opportunity to capture Cao Cao.

But because of Xu Chu's reputation, Ma Chao was glared at by Xu Chu and did not dare to act rashly.

This legend was widely circulated among the Wei army, and was once thought to be the truth at that time.

But in fact the truth is not the case.

With Ma Chao's pride and confidence, how could he not dare to act rashly just because of Xu Chu's reputation?

Not to mention that Xu Chu had little reputation in the world at that time.

The truth is that Ma Chao decisively attacked Cao Cao at that time, but his attack was blocked by Xu Chu.

The two fought from horse to ground for hundreds of rounds without deciding the winner.

Under such circumstances, Ma Chao finally regretfully turned his horse back to camp.

The rumor among the Wei army that Ma Chao was afraid of Xu Chu was spread purely to deliberately belittle Ma Chao.

But no matter what, after that battle, Ma Chao recognized from the bottom of his heart that Xu Chu was his strong opponent.

Seeing a rare opponent who was about to die in front of him, it was normal for Ma Chao to feel emotional.

Ma Chao's voice was loud, and after his words reached Tongguan, the faces of the Wei troops on the city showed a look of shame.

Even Xiahou Ba, who inadvertently sent Xu Chu into a desperate situation, did the same.

He did it, but after being singled out in front of so many people, Xiahou Ba still felt ashamed.

But after Xu Chu heard Ma Chao's words, he first turned to look at Ma Chao, and then said mockingly:

"If I have regrets in my heart, can you complete it for me?"

Even though he knew that he was destined to die, Xu Chu still didn't want to regard himself as a loser.

The disdain in his words was very strong.

Ma Chao didn't pay attention to Xu Chu's verbal conflict. Instead, he answered calmly:

"If you don't violate your loyalty, you can do whatever you can to do it, or you can violate it."

After hearing Ma Chao's answer, Xu Chu immediately squinted his eyes and said:

"We have fought several times, and we have always been indifferent.

I want to fight you again before I die.

This fight is just for the regret in my heart."

Xu Chu's tone was generous and direct.

Originally, when Xu Chu said these words, he had no hope in his heart.

Because right now, his life and death actually only depend on Ma Chao's thoughts.

No matter how brave he was, he still survived under the siege of tens of thousands of Han troops.

But what Xu Chu didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, a cheerful response came from Ma Chao's mouth.

"You are as lonely as you wish."

Ma Chao's response not only surprised Xu Chu, but also shocked Jiang Wei, who was not far away.

Jiang Wei really didn't understand why Ma Chao would agree to Xu Chu's request under the current situation.

It's not that Jiang Wei doesn't believe in Ma Chao's bravery, it's just that Ma Chao doesn't really need to do this at the moment.
To be continued...