Only half an hour later, Ma Chao was left with only Ma Dai and hundreds of personal guards, still protecting him and desperately trying to break out.
At the same time that Ma Chao was ambushed, Han Sui and other coalition forces on the right also encountered the same ambush carefully prepared by Cao Jun. In less than midnight, they all lost their armor and were defeated.
After a night of fighting, Ma Chao finally broke through the encirclement, got rid of his pursuers, and fled all the way to Liangzhou.
The news that came one after another completely defeated Ma Chao's young momentum. Cheng Yi, Li Kan, Cheng Yin, and Zhang Heng were killed in the ambush that night. Yang Qiu fled to Anding, and Liang Xing retreated to Feng Yi.
Cao's army pursued and intercepted the candidate, but Ma Wan's whereabouts were unknown. The hundred thousand Guanzhong allied forces collapsed, and most of the Guanzhong areas began to fall into Cao Zhi's hands one by one.
But Cao Zhi was not satisfied with this. What he wanted this time was to capture all the Guanlong territory and completely eradicate Ma Chao, Han Sui and other tycoons in Guanzhong.
So Cao Zhi continued his efforts. Han Sui, an ally framed by Cao Zhi, was also captured in the battle that night of the ambush. But Cao Zhi did his best and let him go.
Han Sui fled back to Jincheng, Liangzhou, knowing that he could not be blamed for betraying the Guanzhong Allied Forces and could not be shaken off. So Han Sui retreated to show his relatives, but soon Xia Houyuan led his army. After Han Sui got the news,
, then continued to retreat and avoid.
Xia Houyuan gathered the grain and baggage he had left behind and pursued him to Lueyang City, which was only more than twenty miles away from Han Sui's army. Lu Zhao, one of his generals, advocated an immediate attack, while Zhu Ling suggested attacking Xingguo instead.
Xia Houyuan believed that Han Sui's remaining troops were all elite soldiers, and they took advantage of the favorable weather, location, and landowners. The country was rejuvenated and the city was fortified, so it was impossible to capture it quickly. There were many Qiang people in Han Sui's army who lived in Changli.
It's better to turn to Changli.
Therefore, Xiahou Yuan left Zhang He to guard the baggage and escort the grain and grass behind him. He personally led his elite troops to advance lightly, set fire to the Changli Qiang Village, and captured all of them. When Han Sui heard the news, he led his troops back to rescue him. Xiahou Yuan and Han Sui fought against each other, and his troops
Seeing that Han Sui's reinforcements were strong, the general wanted to dig trenches and build camps to temporarily avoid the enemy's front. Xiahou Yuan believed that the soldiers were exhausted from fighting and could not drag on for a long time. So he ordered a charge with beating drums, and the soldiers rushed to the front and defeated Han Sui's army in one fell swoop.
This was a planned military operation involving elimination and destruction. Han Sui was severely manipulated by Cao Zhi, and soon more and more people secretly deserted him. Especially Yan Xing, who was in Tongguan and Weikou.
Before and after the First World War, under Cao Zhi's hint, he quietly did some work for Cao Zhi to drive a wedge between Han Sui and Ma Chao.
But at that time, Yan Xing did not dare to be blatant. He just wanted to play both sides due to the pressure from both sides and wait until he could see the situation clearly. Now the situation is clear enough. Everyone understands that local warlords like Han Sui were not as powerful as before.
No matter how big it is, it cannot last long under the powerful pursuit and interception of Cao Jun. Cao Zhi's pace of dominating the world cannot be stopped by anyone.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Yan Xing was ready to kill Han Sui and surrender to Cao's army. Then he led his troops on the way to Han Sui's retreat, took the opportunity to rebel, and attacked Han Sui and his own troops at night, but failed.
After the incident was exposed, Yan Xing knew that he could no longer stay in Liangzhou, so he fled eastward with his family to join Cao Zhi. Afterwards, Cao Zhi paid homage to Yan Xing and other princes in recognition of his contribution to Cao Zhi's efforts to pacify the western border.
At this time, Han Sui also had nowhere to retreat in Guanxi, so Han Sui decided to flee to the Qiang. Because Han Sui had always been kind to the Qiang people, Han Sui thought that he would be protected by the Qiang people. Now he only needs to be in the Qiang people.
There is a place outside the country where you can temporarily take a breather. The residence of the Qiang people is a good choice. If you stay there for a period of time, it is impossible for Cao Jun's troops to reach such a remote ravine. As long as Xia Houyuan retreats, he will come back.
, he is also the overlord of the northwest.
So Han Sui besieged Weiwu again, killed Zhang Meng, the governor of Weiwu, and opened the way for the ethnic minorities to escape to the Qiang and Hu border. When he set foot on the border road, Han Sui's heart fell to the ground, and he felt relieved.
Han Suiman thought that Cao Zhi's army would not stay long after conquering the western frontier, and would withdraw after nominally driving Han Sui away. But this time Han Sui was wrong. Not only did Cao Zhi's army not intend to leave,
After Xia Houyuan was shown as a general to conquer the West, he made preparations for long-term stationing.
At this time, Cao Zhiwei's reputation resonated throughout the world, and even some small tribes on the border had heard of his illustrious reputation and immortal achievements. Poor Han Sui thought that he had a good relationship with these border ethnic minorities in the past, so he avoided them.
After waiting for the limelight, he returned to Liangzhou. Unexpectedly, as soon as Han Sui stepped into a place where Qiang and Hu people lived together, these ethnic minorities whom Han Sui thought were ignorant refused to take him in, and even sent troops to attack him. Han Sui's subordinate Qu
At this time, Jiang Shi launched another rebellion and killed Han Sui. After announcing his surrender to Cao's army, he quickly sent Han Sui's head to the following Cao's army and presented it to Cao Zhi.
Han Sui was fifty-seven years old when he was killed. It can be regarded as another historical celebrity whose fate was distorted after Cao Zhi came to this era.
After Han Sui was defeated, Ma Chao, who was also defeated in the battles of Tongguan and Weikou, began to have a hard time. Ma Chao had fled to Anding. After the court dealt with Han Sui, Cao Zhi ordered Xia Houyuan to lead his troops and turn around.
Chase Ma Chao.
Ma Chao fled to the Zhurong area, and when Cao Zhi's men chased him to Anding, it was already the New Year's Day of the ninth year of Jian'an. In this year, Ma Chao claimed to be the General of the Western Expedition, led the Bingzhou Mu, and supervised the military of Liangzhou. Ma Chao claimed to be the leader of the Western Frontier.
He also wanted to show that he inherited his father Ma Teng's ambition and win over his old troops. Then he contacted Yang Fu and other former friends of Ma Teng in Guanzhong, and prepared to launch a massive attack on the real Liangzhou governor Wei Wei before Xia Houyuan arrived.
Jicheng where Kang was stationed.
After Wei Kang received the secret letter from Yang Fu and the subsequent letter from Xia Houyuan asking him to hold on, he did not need to fight Ma Chao head-on and could just wait for his reinforcements. Xia Houyuan's troops were still two hundred miles away from Jicheng at this time. At that time, Wei Kang
With Kang's strength, there will definitely be no problem in holding on until Xiahou Yuan's reinforcements arrive.
But this was probably the minister who made the least meritorious service in Cao Zhi’s many campaigns from Guanzhong to Guanxi. He was also the highest official in Liangzhou in the western border. At this time, he was eager to make meritorious deeds and ignored the objections of his subordinates.
He went out of the city to negotiate with Ma Chao and tried to persuade Ma Chao to surrender.
Ma Chao's failed strategy against Cao Zhi finally got a chance to be verified by Wei Kang. During the negotiation process with Wei Kang, Ma Chao took the opportunity to kill Wei Kang, occupy Jicheng, and surrendered Jicheng's army
. Later, he led various armies to attack Longshang counties. However, Longshang counties were coerced by Ma Chao's force and all surrendered to Ma Chao.
After Ma Chao killed Wei Kang, the governor of Liangzhou, Wei Kang's old subordinates Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, Liang Kuan, Zhao Qu and others ostensibly submitted to Ma Chao, but secretly actively contacted Xia Houyuan and conspired to attack Ma Chao.
Yang Fu originally had a good relationship with Ma Teng. After persuading Ma Teng to enter the capital, he also led his troops to join Cao's army, and was appointed by Cao Zhi to work under Wei Kang. Wei Kang was appointed by Cao Zhi as the governor of Liangzhou, and he was surrounded by
It just couldn't be done without help. At that time, Yang Fu and his troops surrendered to Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhi merged Yang Fu and his troops into Wei Kang's account. Old Guanzhong warlords like them had no interest in Wei Kang in Liang Dynasty.
It is very helpful for the state to carry out the work.
But who would have thought that Wei Kang, who didn't cherish his own life so much, went to negotiate with Ma Chao and died suddenly, leaving the Guanlong area leaderless for a while. Now that Ma Chao is here, he wants to win over Yang Fu and others who have an old relationship with Ma Teng.
An old friend from Guanzhong.
Jiang Xu, Liang Kuan, Zhao Qu and other old Wei Kang generals advocated a fight with Ma Chao. At this time, Yang Fu, who was relatively mature, advocated superficial obedience to Ma Chao, preserving their current strength, and cooperating with Cao Zhi's army inside and outside after they arrived.
, in order to completely solve the problem of Ma Chao, and to establish greater achievements in front of Cao Zhi, he secretly assassinated Chen Cang.
Therefore, in this huge and long-term campaign to conquer the Western Frontier, the last battle took place in the Guanlong area in the land of Jicheng.
After Ma Chao took control of Jicheng and conquered some surrounding armed forces and territories, he sent Yang Fu and Jiang Xu to garrison in Lucheng, while he himself garrisoned in Jicheng. This was also Ma Chao's smart approach to defend against enemies. He fought through Tongguan and Weikou.
, Ma Chao understood the truth that people’s hearts are separated from each other.
But just when Ma Chao was trying to quickly integrate the various troops and horses he had collected, Xiahou Yuan's troops were already approaching the city.
"Brother, Xia Houyuan has come with a lot of troops!" Ma Dai greeted Ma Chao and climbed onto the tower of Jicheng City, then pointed towards the distance below the city and said.
Ma Chao's eyebrows moved and he looked along Ma Dai's direction without saying a word. Being at such a high place, the scene outside the city wall that was originally impossible to see clearly came into view.
I saw dozens of miles outside the city wall, and at a glance there were groups of Cao Jun of various types. The men and horses were breathing white at the mouth, and the horses were walking slowly with low neighs. The sheer number of this army was shocking.
My scalp feels numb just by looking at it.
Looking far into the distance, Ma Chao could faintly see heavily-equipped siege weapons, such as chariot-like catapults that required four horses to be driven, scattered all over the rear of the army, with some soldiers mixed in among them.
"The other party can clearly see our layout. As long as we use those catapults to attack the city with all our strength, the city will be destroyed..."
Ma Chao's words shocked everyone around him. The coach was so discouraged, how could he fight this battle?
After all, Ma Dai on the side is Ma Chao's man. When he saw Liang Kuan on the left and right, Zhao Qu looked surprised and said hurriedly: "General, don't worry, we have laid out reinforcement measures on the basis of the original city defense in the past few days. Even if the enemy's catapults come again,
It’s so powerful, but it can’t break through our city defenses all at once.”
Ma Chao shook his head and said: "That is also a temporary measure, and it cannot completely solve these troubles!"
Ma Chao's words moved Liang Kuan and Zhao Qu's hearts, and Liang Kuan wasted no time in speaking: "General, since our army is trapped and unable to withstand Cao Zhi's heavy weapons attack, it is better to divide the troops and station them outside the city."
"Huh?" Ma Dai glanced at Liang Kuan with a sinister look, and Zhao Qu also glanced at him. The two of them were frightened and lowered their heads in a hurry, for fear that Ma Dai would see something strange.