Chapter 321: Since Cao was born, why did you give birth to horses?

Green Bull Pass.

Amid the desolate and distant horns, Ma Chao ran towards the pass. At this time, the two hundred iron cavalry who could still follow Ma Chao were still following Ma Chao. However, the casualties of the Wu army were even more severe. Nearly a thousand elite soldiers were defeated by the counterattack of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and the leading general Zhou Tai was also injured by Ma Chao.

"Xiaozhi!" Ma Chao turned over and dismounted and shouted, "Why do you blow the trumpet?"

"Major General!" Fa Zheng faced Ma Chao with an excited expression, waved his hand and shouted, "General Xu Chu's three thousand iron cavalry are coming, killing him, the major general doesn't have to fight with Sun Jian anymore, hahaha!"

Fa Zheng laughed loudly, and came up and punched Ma Chao hard in the chest.

Surprisingly, Ma Chao was actually knocked to the ground by a fragile scholar, Fa Zheng, and lying on his back on the ground and moaned for a long time. Ma Chao, who was originally energetic, became exhausted in an instant. Only then did Fa Zheng realize that a blood mark had been cut on Ma Chao's right face.

"Major General." Fa Zheng rushed forward and helped Ma Chao up, and asked with a sniff, "Are you okay?"

Ma Chao shook his head, feeling his eyelids weighing a thousand pounds, and said, "I'm so sleepy, I want to have a sleep, huh~~"

"Ah!?" Fa Zheng was shocked, grabbed Ma Chao's shoulder and shook it hard twice, then leaned against Ma Chao's ear and shouted loudly, "You can't sleep! Major General, you must not sleep. You will be afraid you will not wake up again after you fall asleep! Major General, you must hold on. Come, go and find the Doctor Suijun, hurry up!"

Fa Zheng thought Ma Chao was fatally injured, and this shock was extremely impressive.

The personal soldiers left in a hurry, and within a short while, they found the Doctor of the Army. At this time, Ma Chao had already started to sleep soundly. The Doctor of the Doctor of the Doctor had checked Ma Chao for a long time before saying to Fa Zheng: "Sir, the Major General has only injured his vitality in succession. He will be cured after lying for a few days, and it will be fine."

"It's really not a problem?"

Fa Zheng asked suspiciously, and as he said that, he stretched out his fingers to Ma Chao's nose and tried it. He found that Ma Chao was still angry and felt completely relieved.

In front of the pass, the Wu army camp.

Sun Jian turned his back to the generals and stared at the screen behind the case.

It had been half an hour, and Sun Jian had been standing like this, without saying a word. The atmosphere in the tent was so depressing that it was suffocating. All the generals of the Wu army lowered their heads, especially the four generals Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Quan Cong and Xu Sheng, who were even more ashamed and wanted to find a crack to get in.

The four generals Zhou Tai led 2,000 elite soldiers to attack the Qingniu Pass for nearly a long time, but failed to attack. Instead, due to the repeated counterattacks of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, they suffered heavy casualties. The eight thousand elite soldiers actually killed more than 2,000, and nearly half of the injured soldiers. The four generals Zhou Tai have been in battle for a long time, but they have never fought such a cowardly battle!

"Lord." Zhou Tai suddenly stepped forward and fell to one knee and sang with his first silence, "The last general is willing to lead the eight hundred elite soldiers of the headquarters to raid at night and swear to seize the Qingniu Pass to atone for his sins to achieve success. If things fail, the last general is willing to come and see you!"

Zhou Tai was shot and fell off the horse by Ma Chao in the chaos. Although he was a little confused at the time, he was not seriously injured.

"Lord, the last general is willing to attack with General Zhou Tai!"

Jiang Qin, Quan Cong, and Xu Sheng also stepped forward one after another and knelt behind Zhou Tai.

"Master!"

"Master!"

"Master!"

Amid the rising and falling roars, He Qi, Lu Dai, Zhu Zhi, Zulang, and Lu Meng also stepped forward and volunteered to fight. The tent was full of anger. Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong, Bu Zhi and other military staff members also looked at him. In an instant, everyone's eyes gathered on Sun Jian's back.

"General Zhou Tai please get up!" Under the burning eyes of the generals, Sun Jian suddenly turned around, stepped forward to help Zhou Tai up, and said to the generals Su, "Please get up, Ma Chao is brave and the Western Liang Iron Cavalry is good at fighting. I have long known all that I have suffered today. The crime of my defeat lies in my fault, not all of you."

"Master!"

Seeing Sun Jian like this, Zhou Tai became more and more embarrassed.

"Okay." Sun Jian sighed with a long sigh and sighed, "No need to say the general, he was alone. The casualties of these thousands of soldiers could have been avoided."

After saying this, Sun Jian turned to look at Xu Shu and said with some guilt: "I regret not listening to Yuan Zhi's words, which will lead to the disaster today."

Xu Shu said: "Lord, it's still time to change the strategy."

"Oh?" Sun Jian said, "It's still time?"

Zhang Zhao disagreed and said, "Yuan Zhi, General Taishici's army had just been defeated. The three thousand Xiliang cavalry in the north of the pass had already killed the pass and met Ma Chao. With these three thousand iron cavalry, with the help of the favorable terrain of the pass, our army had a large army of 100,000, and I am afraid that it would not be able to take it down without ten days or half a month. But in return, the butcher's army was only one day away from Qingniu Pass, and the eight thousand iron cavalry of the vanguard general Ma Dai had also arrived at the pass. At this time, if you want to attack and defend, how could it be too late?"

Gu Yong and Bu Zhi also echoed: "Yes, how can it be too late?"

Xu Shu smiled slightly and said, "Did you forget that there are five thousand Cao troops on the north side of the pass?"

"Well, Cao's army?" Zhang Zhao retorted, "General Taishici replied that Cao's army had reached a tacit understanding with Liang's army. How could he help our army in turn?"

Xu Shu said: "This time and then, the Cao army and the Liang army temporarily cooperated not because they wanted to help the Liang army, but because our Wu army was strong and the Liang army was weak at that time. Cao army temporarily cooperated with the Liang army for fear that the emperor would be taken away by the lord. Now the situation is changing, and the Liang army continues to spread to the Qingniu Pass. The momentum of welcoming the emperor is already established. Cao army is worried that the emperor will fall into the hands of the horse butcher, and will turn the spearhead and stop it! After all, the Cao army does not want the emperor to be welcomed by the lord, nor does the emperor want the emperor to be obtained by the horse butcher. They are still fantasizing about where Prime Minister Cao can lead the army to aid."

"So that's it." Sun Jian said angrily, "Who dares to go to Cao's army camp."

"I want to go."

As soon as Sun Jian finished speaking, Zhechong Captain Lu Meng suddenly stepped forward.

"Okay!" Sun Jian said happily, "Zi Ming can go quickly!"

"Get orders."

Lu Meng took the order and left.

When Lu Meng left, Xu Shu said again, "However, Cao's army has only 5,000 people. Even if General Taishi Ci gathered the defeated troops to help, the total force was only 10,000. Under the attack of the two sides of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, it is afraid that it will be difficult to last. Therefore, the lord needs to condemn another general to lead the elite troops of Shanyue to cross the mountains and ridges to assist in the battle. Shanyue's elite troops are not afraid of death and are very good at fighting in the mountains. The terrain of the Qingniu Pass is mostly mountainous, which is conducive to defense. If there are eight thousand elite troops of Shanyue who are on the dangerous side, even if the horse butcher brings 100,000 iron armor to attack, he will be incapable of doing anything."

"Yes." Sun Jian focused his head and raised his head and asked, "Who dares to lead the army?"

"I dare to go!"

As Sun Jian finished speaking, Zhou Tai had already volunteered to step forward.

"Okay!" Sun Jian said, "General can ignite the elite troops of eight thousand mountain Yue to set out overnight, cross the mountains and meet with General Taishici's troops, and then form camps on the spot to defend the enemy, stuck on the official road like nails. He can neither let the butcher's army go south nor let Ma Chao's army escape north. The Xiliang army is rushing troops to attack far away. Once the food and grass are not supported, they will naturally collapse without fighting!"

"At that time, I will definitely capture Ma Chao alive and sacrifice to the undead in my life!"

At the end, Sun Jian's face had become ferocious again.

Zhou Tai said: "The last general will receive the order."

Xu Shu also reminded: "The Western Liang Iron Cavalry is well-equipped, well-trained, and has been through many battles. He is very brave. The general should not fight with him. If he sets up a camp, he should dig more trapped horse pits inside and outside the camp, set up more tripping ropes, and then set up heavy deer antlers. In addition, the mountain path is narrow, the power of the Iron Cavalry will naturally be greatly reduced. In this way, it is not difficult to resist the attack of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry."

"Yes." Sun Jian sighed, "If General Taishi Ci could dig some trenches and lay out some pits and antlers in front of the camp as the military advisor said, he would not have been broken into the camp so easily by the cavalry of Xiliang. General Zhou Tai should take it as a warning."

Zhou Tai said solemnly: "Please rest assured, lord, the last general will never repeat the mistakes of General Taishi."

"Okay." Sun Jian waved his hand and said loudly, "Go."

Zhou Taihu turned around and pressed his sword and left.

That night, Zhou Tai called up the elite soldiers from Eight Thousand Mountains, climbed over the steep mountains to join the defeated soldiers of Taishici on the north side of Qingniu Pass.

On the north side of Qingniu Pass, Cao's army camp.

After letting Ma Dai go to the five thousand Western Liang cavalry, Cao's army immediately came out of the valleys on both sides and occupied three camps again.

Ma Dai was young after all. Although he had mastered martial arts and had been studying military books under Jia Xu for several years, he had not yet led the army alone. In addition, he was in a hurry to go to Qingniu Pass to meet with his brother Ma Chao, so he never thought that after the army, he would leave another group of people to occupy the Cao army camp.

Late at night, Cao Hong’s military tent.

Cao Zhen and Yu Jin arrived together, and Cao Zhenren said to Cao Hong outside the tent: "Uncle Hong, the Xiliang army that had just explored horses to repay the horse butcher has arrived outside the mountain, and is only one day away from Qingniu Pass!"

As Cao Zhen finished speaking, Yu Jin continued: "Xu Chu's three thousand iron cavalry have also stepped on the Wu camp and killed the pass and met with Ma Chao. The Eastern Wu army led by Sun Jian had arrived outside the Qingniu Pass at noon. Unfortunately, it took a whole afternoon to attack, and countless soldiers were damaged, but in the end it was unable to break through the pass guarded by Ma Chao's only hundreds of cavalrymen. Now, the reinforcements of Xiliang are constantly driving, and the Wu army can no longer stop the butcher Ma from robbing the emperor back to Guanzhong!"

"Oh no!" Cao Hong frowned, "When the butcher army arrived, why has there been no news for the lord army?"

Yu Jin couldn't help but a trace of gloom flashed through his eyes. Yu Jin speculated that there was no news about Cao Cao's army so far, so there was only one possibility, that is, Cao Cao had already encountered great trouble. Yu Jin originally wanted to tell Cao Hong that the lord's army would probably not be able to arrive at Qingniu Pass again, but then he thought about it and swallowed the words back and said to Cao Hong: "Major General, the lord's army has not arrived for a long time. If our army does not stop it and let the butcher Ma rob the emperor to Guanzhong, then the world's situation is already in Xiliang, and the lord's great cause is difficult."

"Don't think about it!" Cao Hong said angrily, "With this general here, the butcher Ma can't even rob the emperor to Guanzhong."

"Report~~" Cao Hong finished speaking, and suddenly a small school entered the tent and reported, "General, the Wu army envoy asked for a visit outside the camp!"

"Envoyee of Wu Army?" Cao Hong said impatiently, "Boll this general away, no see!"

"General, no." Yu Jin advised urgently, "The Liang army has all the advantages at present, and the Wu army is at a disadvantage. This must be to join forces to fight against the Liang army!"

Cao Zhen also advised: "Yes, Uncle Hong, if he can join forces with the Wu army, he will be protected from the attacks on both sides of the Liang army. If he wants to trap Ma Chao in this mountain, his hope will increase greatly."

"Yes." Cao Hong agreed and nodded, "So, call the Wu army envoy to see you."

On the south side of the Cao army camp, the former Taishici's military camp had been trampled into pieces by Xu Chu's three thousand iron cavalry, but even so, Chen Dao still left five hundred iron cavalry to guard it, because although the Wu army camp was dilapidated, the terrain here was dangerous. Once Taishici gathered the remaining soldiers and brought them back, even if there was no military camp as a support, he still had the opportunity to turn defeat into victory and block the Liang army's northward road! In fact, after Taishici gathered the remaining soldiers in the mountains, he really wanted to regain the camp and block Xu Chu and Ma Chao's way, but Chen Dao's caution made him inadvertent.

At midnight, Zhechong Captain Lu Meng climbed the cliff under the order of Sun Jian and found Taishici's army in the dense forest.

After conveying Sun Jian's military order, Lu Meng set out to Cao's camp as a lobbyist. As a result, the Wu army hit it off. The two armies immediately agreed to camp on the spot to intercept Xu Chu, Ma Chao and Ma Dai's cavalry to escape north. The Wu army camped behind Cao's army to block Ma Yue's Western Liang army! After the two armies agreed, Taishi Ci quickly led the remaining troops of each unit to the dangerous place on the north side of Cao's camp to re-camp again. He followed Xu Shu's suggestion to dig a trapped horse pit in front of the camp, arrange a tripping rope, and acted as a long-term defense.

Green Bull Pass.

Ma Chao had just woken up and was greeting Xu Chu and Chen Da, and there was another quick horse to report to Ma Dai, leading 5,000 cavalry to help. Ma Chao was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly led the generals out of the tent to welcome Ma Dai into the camp. Although it was already late at night, Ma Chao's central army tent was brightly lit and crowded.

Ma Chao sat in the middle and sat on the ground, Xu Chu, Ma Dai, Chen Dao, and Fa Zheng were all in the left and right.

Ma Chao and Xu Chu looked a little pale, especially Xu Chu was even less bloody. Fortunately, the injuries they suffered were only skin injuries, but they were only damaged by excessive fighting. If it were normal, they would be able to recover as before after ten days and half a month of rest. Unfortunately, the situation is now in the face of the enemy, and the situation does not allow the two to rest at all.

Fa Zheng asked Ma Dai: "Second General, how many reinforcements did the lord send this time?"

Ma Dai said: "In addition to the 5,000 iron cavalry led by the last general, there are also 10,000 elite naval troops in Gan Ning."

"Oh." Fa Zheng nodded, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and asked, "Wait, how did the vanguard of the second general lead the Iron Cavalry to live in the Cao Jun camp?"

Ma Dai laughed proudly and said, "The last time the Cao army was restricted from the camp and gave up the official road. The Cao army was afraid of our army's military and gave up the way. As expected, it was a pleasure to give way. Hahaha."

Fa Zhengdao: "Have you left the army to garrison?"

Ma Dai said in surprise: "Nothing is there."

"It's broken!" Fa Zheng was shocked and said, "It's broken, it's broken!"

Xu Chu said: "Mr. Fazheng, what's wrong?"

Fa Zheng said: "Oh, the second general should leave half of the army to defend the Cao army camp. Now the Cao army will inevitably turn around and occupy the camp again. If the Cao army colludes with the remaining soldiers of the Wu army, our army may be affected by the enemy from both sides and still cannot break out. Even if the lord's army arrives, it will still not be able to handle it. What if it does?"
To be continued...