Chapter 341 The difference between courage and cowardice
After receiving the news sent back by Ma Chao, Ma Teng immediately ordered to stop moving forward, let his subordinates seize the favorable terrain and form a formation and wait for battle.
He joined the army with a young age, from an ordinary soldier to today, and he knew the cruelty of war best. If he was not careful, he would suffer setbacks and even annihilate the entire army. Therefore, if he did not seek victory in any battle, he would seek undefeated first, and be safe first
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It is precisely because of this concept that he has accumulated his strength today and become one of the few forces in Xiliang. Even famous scholars in Xizhou like Han Sui cannot ignore it.
His subordinates were all elites he selected. They followed him for many years and understood his combat style. Without further ado, they all knew what they should do.
Standing on the hillside, Ma Teng looked north while envious and jealous.
He didn't dare to expect the armored cavalry to have equipment from the Yulin cavalry or Yueqi camp, so he was satisfied.
Only the imperial court has these, so it is very necessary to get closer to the imperial court.
The knight ran back and forth, and the news came. When Ma Chao learned that he did not rush up directly, he fought and retreated, and led the Xianbei people over, Ma Teng felt more comfort in his heart.
Ma Chao has made progress.
At noon, Ma Chao led the smudge to arrive.
Seeing that half of the Xianbei team had passed, especially the flag of the vent of the vent, Ma Teng issued an order to attack.
The sound of war drums sounded, and the knight appeared on the hillside, and charged along the slope.
Ma Chao also broke back and launched an attack on the flag that was leaking back to the mud.
Yi Guini chased Ma Chao for half an hour, and his physical strength and horsepower had been consumed a lot. He was suddenly ambushed by the Han army and was immediately disorganized.
Before the battle was met, the formation was in chaos. Some people accelerated and rushed forward, some wanted to turn around and go back, and some people rushed towards Daze.
Ma Chao and Pang De took advantage of the situation to enter and flee back to the mud.
The scattered man responded in a hurry, and in one round, he was picked by Ma Chao.
Pang De dismounted, cut off the head of Yuguini, put it in the leather bag, and then pulled off the Yuguini flag.
The Xianbei people collapsed.
Listening to the vague sound of war drums in front of him, Fu Luohan tightened the reins and the corners of his mouth twitched.
After receiving the news that he had returned to the mud, he led his troops to come, but in the end he was still one step late.
If you are ambushed in the mud, there will be many dangers.
He wanted to rush up and rescue the slug.
But he knew very well that at this point, his horsepower was exhausted. The Han army occupied the favorable terrain and waited for work. He had just defeated the mud and was in full swing, and his morale was in full swing, and his chances of winning were slim.
He ordered the cessation of advancement and sent a large number of scouts to inquire about the news to ensure that there were no other Han troops around.
If it were just Ma Teng and his son, he would still have a chance to win the battle.
If there were other people lying nearby, such as Lu Bu, or even the Han emperor, he would have to reconsider the combat plan.
Upon receiving the news that Fu Luohan was approaching, Ma Teng did not dare to neglect it. He simply cleaned up the battlefield and ordered to retreat south.
As a result, the terrain gradually became narrower, which was not conducive to the Xianbei people's military advantage.
If he could withdraw from Shuofang City and defend it based on the city, he would have greater confidence in winning and less casualties.
The white horse bronze has been defeated by Fu Luohan, and Fu Luohan's main force is restrained by him. As long as the royal service does not act randomly, safety will be guaranteed. With the combat power shown by Yue Qi Battalion, even if it encounters a considerable number of Xianbei.
People and royal clothes can also defeat them.
Fu Luohan saw through Ma Teng's plan, but was not in a hurry to catch up, and followed slowly.
At night, Ma Teng camped by the river.
The two armies were thirty miles apart, and both sides were very nervous and dared not relax at all.
Ma Teng sat by the bonfire, staring at the map, frowned with thick eyebrows.
Ma Chao walked over quickly. "Aweng, are you looking for me?"
"Sit." Ma Teng didn't raise his head and pointed at Hu Biao opposite him.
Ma Chao sat down, cut off a piece of meat with a short knife, and threw it into his mouth to chew it. He had been working on the task of cutting off the back, killing happily, but he was so hungry that he was touching his back.
After a while, Ma Teng raised his head, his eyes looking puzzled.
"Meng Qi, what do you think about this Fu Luohan fighting without fighting, and retreating without retreating?"
Ma Chao said vaguely: "What are you thinking? Follow us like a wolf, and pounce on us while we are unprepared and take a bite. Isn't it always the method of these barbarians? He was defeated by us and was not sure about the frontal attack.
Can think of sneak attacks.”
Ma Teng looked at Ma Chao with dissatisfaction, his fingers flexed.
Ma Chao felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he stopped quickly, raised his head, and looked at Ma Teng vigilantly.
"The Xianbei people were defeated, and most of them were still around. I heard that Fu Luohan will inevitably gather here." Ma Teng tried hard to control his anger and said in a deep voice: "Fu Luohan is not in a hurry to attack, I am afraid he still hopes to gather more
With more troops, it is not just about just wanting to attack."
"Uh... you're right." Ma Chao lowered his head and started gnawing on the meat again.
"If Fu Luohan gathers the defeated troops again, and with the surrendered soldiers from the White Horse Copper Division, he will have at least 30,000 cavalry, enough to surround us. With our current strength, winning will be no easy task."
Ma Chao hesitated for a moment. "What Ahon means..."
Ma Teng continued, "But if the emperor can come too, then the situation will be different."
Ma Chao was very unhappy.
Ma Teng is just too conservative and dare not take any risks, for fear of too much loss. It would be fine if the main force of Fu Luohan was not afraid to attack, but now Fu Luohan has been crippled and dare not fight alone.
Thinking of the emperor coming.
The emperor is here, is the credit yours still yours?
Last time, he defeated Fu Luohan, and his first contribution was taken away by Lu Bu, so his daughter became a man because of this.
Seeing that Ma Chao did not respond to the topic, Ma Teng had to take the initiative to say, "Meng Qi, go to Chengyi, explain the situation to the emperor in person, and then ask Shizhong Yang to come forward to help explain."
"What is the explanation?" Ma Chao stood up and rubbed his hand on the battle robe. "Since Ahweng was worried that he would have too many troops to defeat after helping Luo Han gathered the defeated troops, why not take the initiative to attack when he did not have enough troops?
Kill Fu Luohan and it's all over."
"Meng Qi..."
"Aweng!" Ma Chao shouted: "The soldiers are in the spirit, not in the many. The Xianbei people have been defeated. So what if there are too many people? Aweng has ten thousand elite soldiers and dare not attack, but he puts his hopes on only three thousand.
Are you not afraid of laughing at the emperor who rides?"
"Damn it, do you dare to laugh at me?" Ma Teng was furious and raised his hand to beat him.
Ma Chao was prepared early and stepped back. "Aweng, I will go to the camp tonight. If I can win, it will not be so troublesome. If I can't win, I will listen to you and I will invite you tomorrow morning.
Soldier.”
After saying that, he jumped onto his horse, turned around and left.
"Come back!" Ma Teng screamed in anger, but couldn't call Ma Chao back. He watched Ma Chao's figure disappear into the night. He stomped his feet and said hatefully: "Zhu Zi only knows how to be brave and ruthless, not to mention the situation.
If you want to broaden the door, you have to look at Yunlu’s.”