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The battle that day ended again with the defeat of the Xiliang army.
The Xiliang army, which originally numbered 40,000, dropped to about 30,000 after Li Kan and Yang Qiu's troops were destroyed, but Ma Chao's troops increased to 23,000.
Although Ma Chao lost thousands of troops in the two defeats, by annexing the remaining troops of Li Kan and Yang Qiu, Ma Chao not only made up for the losses, but also gained more than 3,000 troops.
After this "killing with a borrowed knife", Ma Chao had an absolute advantage in the Xiliang coalition, and the remaining two princes in Liang and Xing could only obey orders.
Ma Chao, who was extremely angry, seemed to have lost his mind and ordered his troops to be divided into massacres in Nanyang counties.
While dividing his troops to slaughter the city, Ma Chao was ready to assemble his troops again and launch a fatal blow to Yan Liang's camp.
This time, Ma Chao does not intend to retain his strength. He can no longer tolerate Yan Liang's repeated challenges to his reputation. He will use all his strength to eliminate Yan Liang's thorn in his side.
Just when Ma Chao was gathering his troops and planning a massive attack, an urgent message from Huaili in Guanzhong disrupted Ma Chao's overall deployment.
It was an urgent and secret letter from his father Ma Teng.
Ma Teng claimed in the letter that Han Sui's troops stationed in Yong County had recently mobilized more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the name of aiding the war, and were showing signs of marching eastward into Ma's territory.
At the critical moment, Han Sui suddenly stepped in, which really gave Ma Chao a headache.
The Ma family and Han Sui were originally allies who raised troops in Xiliang. Later, in order to compete for power, they turned against each other and attacked and killed them for many years.
In recent years, although under the regulation of Zhong Yao, the Ma family and Han Sui separated into Guanlong and coexisted peacefully on the surface, they have always been wary in private.
Now that the main force of the Ma family is in Nanyang, and the strength of the old base in Guanzhong is less than 10,000, Han Sui's intention of raising troops to advance eastward at this time is really suspicious.
In the Chinese army tent, Ma Chao slammed the urgent letter on the table.
"Brother, by Han Sui's move, he probably saw our intention to annex the four princes." Ma Dai said worriedly next to him.
Ma Chao snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "How can an old thief like Han Sui be so knowledgeable?"
"Whether Han Sui sees through it or not, my uncle's army currently only has seven or eight thousand troops. If Han Sui comes to attack, Huaili City will definitely be difficult to defeat. Brother, no matter what, we have to return our troops to rescue him." Ma Dai sighed.
Ma Chao fell into deep thought.
Huaili is the home of the Ma family. If the foundation is damaged, even if he defeats Yan Liang here, the gains will outweigh the losses. Ma Chao is still very clear about this.
After thinking deeply for a long time, Ma Chao said: "There is no room for loss in Huaili. Ziyue, please quickly bring 6,000 troops back to Guanzhong to help. I will command the remaining troops and continue to attack Yan Liang."
Ma Dai frowned and said worriedly: "Once these 6,000 soldiers and horses are transferred, my brother will only have more than 20,000 troops left. With such a force, it will not be easy to break through the enemy camp, and Yan Liang has another
If we can't hold on and use it up for such a long time, sooner or later our food and grass will run out."
Ma Chao looked towards the direction of the enemy camp and said coldly: "If Yan Liang doesn't go out to fight, I will bloodbath Nanyang until he goes out to fight!"
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Three days later, Yan Jun camped.
The atmosphere in the Chinese military tent was unusually solemn.
The desk was piled with silk books like snowflakes, which were bad reports from various counties in Nanyang.
The Xiliang army defeated Champion City and slaughtered four thousand people.
The Xiliang army captured Xi'e and killed five thousand men and women.
The Xiliang army failed to attack Bowang and slaughtered all the countryside, leaving no one alive within a hundred miles.
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One after another bad news recorded the brutal behavior of the Xiliang army, and the cruel killing methods horrified even people like Hu Che'er who were born in Xiliang.
Because Yan Liang did not have enough troops, he could only concentrate his limited troops on Wancheng and other strategic locations for defense. There were almost no regular troops stationed in the remaining Nanyang counties under his rule.
In fact, according to the normal way of using troops, those counties without troops garrison also mean that they have no strategic significance for attacking. As long as Wancheng falls, the other counties will naturally surrender without a fight.
In order to support the war with war, Ma Chao would inevitably divide his troops to attack various counties and seize grain and grass. Yan Liang was actually mentally prepared for this.
In a war, there is no reason why the people should not suffer. What's more, the war is burning on one's own territory, so it is normal to suffer some losses.
But what Yan Liang didn't expect was that while Ma Chao was plundering, he would commit such a shameful act as massacring the city.
"Ma Chao!"
Yan Liang's iron fist hit the case hard, and in the hawk's eyes, Xunxun's murderous intent was flowing.
All the generals on the left and right were shocked and solemn.
At this time, Wen Chou came out and said with emotion: "Brother, Ma Chao is really bullying people. Wen Chou is willing to lead his army to fight to the death with that man named Ma."
When Wen Chou asked for a fight, the other generals such as Hu Che'er and Zhou Cang followed suit and shouted angrily and asked for a fight one after another.
Yan Liang's heart was filled with anger, and he wished he could immediately start a bloody battle and kill Ma Chao without leaving any trace of his armor, to vent his hatred.
But Yan Liang knew clearly that Ma Chao massacred the city in this way just to force him to fight, and with his current military strength, without the equipment of profit and loss repeating crossbows, he still did not have the strength to fight a decisive battle in Ma Chao.
However, the generals are so impassioned that as the leader, how can he be timid and undermine the spirit of the generals?
Yan Liang then turned his gaze to Jia Xu and gave him a signal with his eyes.
Jia Xu understood Yan Liang's intention and hurriedly said: "Ma Chao's move is clearly to force our army to fight. As the saying goes, a small impatience will mess up a big plan. You should stay calm and don't fall into Ma Chao's tricks.
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Jia Xu expressed what was in his heart for Yan Liang. All the generals knew that Jia Xu was scheming. When he explained it like this, the generals' anger subdued a little.
The generals' eyes turned to Yan Liang, and their faces were filled with excitement, waiting for him to make a decision.
Yan Liang pondered for a long time and then said slowly: "Mr. Wen He's words make sense. The more critical this moment is, the more we must remain calm. Now is not the time to go to war. How could I be fooled by Ma Chao?"
When Yan Liang spoke like this, the generals had no choice but to suppress their fighting spirit.
Wen Chou said: "Having said that, if our army keeps standing still like this, how can we repel Ma Chao?"
The other generals nodded one after another, and it could be seen that he also had doubts in his heart about how to defeat the powerful enemy.
At this time, Yan Liang stood up, looked around the generals, and said boldly: "Don't worry, everyone, I have my own strategy to defeat the enemy. I only need to endure it for a few more days. The Xiliang army's new and old grudges will be unleashed."
They paid back tenfold."
Yan Liang's tone was decisive and full of fearless confidence.
All the generals couldn't figure out what good strategy their General Yan could take in this difficult situation. Even Jia Xu couldn't understand why Yan Liang had such confidence.
But they were infected by Yan Liang's perseverance and had no choice but to put down their doubts and uneasiness.
After appeasing the generals, the military meeting dispersed and all generals retreated.
Yan Liang secretly let out a breath, sat down and planned to take a good rest.
At this moment, the soldiers outside the tent came inside and said, "General, the female prisoner named Ma wants to see the general."
