Xu Chu and Li Yan were unable to encircle Jiang Wei, so they asked Xu Chu to return to the tent to rest, and ordered the injured doctor to treat Li Yan. Fa Zheng sent a scout to pay attention to the battle situation on Ma Chao.

Like Xu Chu, Ma Chao led his army to the foot of Bashan Mountain.

Unlike Li Yan's fate, Zhang Yi led two thousand people to climb up along the cliffs in the back mountain. Except for two soldiers who accidentally fell, everyone else went up the mountain smoothly.

The battle unfolded before dawn. Standing in the military camp, Fa Zheng could also hear the shouts of killing coming from afar.

At noon that day, Ma Chao and Zhang Yi returned with great success.

As soon as Ma Chao entered the military camp, he shouted: "Come to Mr. Fa, we are back!"

Fa Zheng, who had not been asleep for a long time, received a report and hurried out to greet him.

Seeing Fa Zheng, Ma Chao dismounted and said, "According to Fa Gong's plan, we will break through Bashan and capture Liao Hua alive!"

"Bring the person up." Hearing that Liao Hua was captured alive, Fa Zheng hurriedly ordered the guards.

Ma Chao turned around and shouted: "Bring it to others!"

Immediately, two soldiers rushed Liao Hua up.

Liao Hua was covered in blood and his armor was torn apart, which shows how tragic the night battle was.

He was taken to Fazheng, and he turned his face aside and snorted coldly.

Fa Zheng looked at him: "General Liao, what else should I say?"

"The seller is asking for honor, what can I say to you and I?" Liao Hua looked at it without a look, and said in a very bad tone.

His face changed, and Fa Zheng ordered: "Take it down!"

The soldier took Liao Hua away, and Fa Zheng looked at Zhang Yi: "General Zhang and Liao Hua should be more familiar with each other?"

"It's quite familiar." Zhang Yi replied: "Stationed in Bashan, as his deputy general, I have come into contact with more than before."

"Although Liao Hua is not a rival to General Ma, he cannot be considered a mediocre person." Fa Zheng said: "General Zhang can go and persuade him. If he is willing to surrender, I will save him a life. If he is stubborn, wait until I break through Langzhong and execute him and Liu Bei!"

"I can try it." Zhang Yi received the military order.

Fa Zheng accompanied him into the military camp, and Ma Chao asked: "How was Zhongkang last night?"

"General Xu's side is not going well." Fa Zheng said: "Jiang Wei saw through our army's deployment and ambushed General Li Yan in the middle of the road. General Li Yan was seriously injured. Now he doesn't know his life and death. General Xu is also very upset and should be resting in the tent."

"I'll go see him!" He and Xu Chuxing appreciated each other. Hearing that he was not going well, Ma Chao immediately expressed his desire to see him.

Fa Zheng did not stop him and accompanied Ma Chao to Xu Chu's tent.

Ma Chao said to him: "The French and Public Security Bureau are busy with military affairs. Zhongkang and I are just chatting, so we will not delay the important matters of the French and Public Security Bureau."

"I'll say goodbye first!" Knowing that Ma Chao and Xu Chu had something to say, and they didn't want others to hear these words, Fa Zheng said goodbye and left.

When Ma Chao lifted the curtain and walked into the tent, he saw Xu Chu lying there with his eyes closed.

His right leg was raised on his left leg. Although he had his eyes closed, his lying position was not very comfortable.

Ma Chao asked Xu Chu: "Is Zhongkang really asleep?"

"Meng Qi thinks I can fall asleep?" His eyes were still closed, and Xu Chu replied angrily.

Sitting down beside him, Ma Chao asked, "I heard that Zhongkang didn't go well last night?"

"It seems that Meng Qi is doing well." Xu Chu opened his eyes and sat up.

"Fortunately, Liao Hua was captured alive." Ma Chao said: "When our army went up the mountain, Liao Hua was completely unprepared. He fought all night, and all the Yizhou troops he brought were wiped out."

"I have to congratulate Meng Qi first." Xu Chu bowed, but from the tone of his speech, he could not hear any congratulations.

"What's going on over Zhongkang?" Ma Chao asked.

"When I came to see me early in the morning, could it be that I would ridicule me?" Xu Chu said: "When I went up the mountain, General Li and the others had already been ambushed, and Jiang Wei had long disappeared. I had no chance to fight with them."

"How could I ridicule Zhongkang?" Ma Chao shook his head: "I bet with Zhongkang, because I was asking for a bargain."

After he said this, Xu Chu looked at him in surprise: "What does it mean?"

"How can Jiang Wei and Liao Hua be the same?" Ma Chao smiled indifferently: "Jiang Wei is a ghost in his military service and has always been famous. Zhongkang suffered a loss under his command, which is not surprising. Liao Hua is just a vanguard. It is okay to lead troops to fight, but he is much worse for him to plan. Zhongkang can imagine that before you launched an attack, Jiang Wei had already seen inappropriate from the actions of the soldiers and immediately made arrangements. However, Liao Hua could not see so easily what was wrong. Since he could not see the wrong place, how could he make adjustments? There was no strategy to deal with it at all. He could only force his fight. With Liao Hua's ability, what would happen to him when he met me?"

Xu Chu suddenly realized that she had been seen through the deployment by Jiang Wei before going up the mountain.

"So... Jiang Wei is really hard to deal with..." Xu Chu frowned and said, "Although Bashan has been broken, our army is unable to break through Jianmen Mountain. Once the army attacks Langzhong, Jiang Wei can lead troops to harass him from behind..."

"I don't think he has that chance at all." Ma Chao patted Xu Chu's shoulder lightly: "Zhongkang just imagine that although Jiang Wei is a capable man, how could Mr. Fa be an ordinary person? The meeting between the two is just to see who is more profound in wisdom."

Xu Chu nodded.

What Ma Chao said is really a truth.

Jiang Wei is good at using troops, and Fa Zheng is also good at using troops.

Everything that happened the night before could only be said to be Fa Zheng and Jiang Wei win one game.

However, according to the overall analysis, Fa Zheng is better than Jiang Wei.

There were only one or two hundred soldiers who had lost their lives on Jianmen Mountain, and they were unable to completely annihilate them. Jiang Wei could only sneak into the forest with his remaining soldiers.

In the Battle of Bashan, Ma Chao wiped out Liao Hua's troops.

Without Liao Hua supporting each other in Bashan and Jianmen Mountain, even if Jiang Wei comes back, the future war will be extremely unfavorable to him!

In fact, the two battles the night before were considered to be more likely to win by Fazheng.

"Has Zhongkang figured it out?" Seeing that the expression on Xu Chu's face changed a little, Ma Chao said: "Don't think so much, victory or defeat is only one game. What we need to see is who will eventually win in the future!"

"Meng got up and saw me. I was grateful to be able to tell me all this." Xu Chu said: "Jiang Wei suffered a lot this time, and I will let him repay them all sooner or later!"

"As long as Zhongkang has such a mind, it will be a matter of time to rely on Jiang Wei's little men?" Ma Chao stood up: "I was very tired after fighting all night. Zhongkang was also tired. We both rested and waited to fight the enemy in the future!"
Chapter completed!