Soon, Princess Tao Zhan, accompanied by several maids, walked into the guest hall. Chen Qun quickly got up and greeted, "See the Princess!"

"Envoy Chen doesn't have to be too polite, please sit down!"

Tao Zhan asked Chen Qun to sit down, and she herself sat beside Liu Jing. At this time, Chen Qun smiled and said, "Mr. Wei thanked the princess for the gift he gave to Miss Xian. In addition, Miss Xian also gave him a gift. The empress has brought it and is outside the mansion."

Liu Jing smiled and said, "I want to take a look. Is it convenient for Zhongcheng?"

Chen Qun hurried out and asked his subordinates to bring the items in. The two followers put down a gold-painted lacquer box and stepped back. Chen Qun opened the box, which was also a tumble skirt inside. At this time, the two maids placed the box in front of Tao Zhan. Tao Zhan slowly picked up the long skirt. He saw that the workmanship was very fine, but the fabric was also woven from fine linen, and there was no decoration on it.

Chen Qun smiled and said, "This is also made by Miss Xian in three days. She hopes that the princess will like it."

Tao Zhan understood the profound meaning of this long skirt and smiled and said, "Please tell Miss Xian that I like it very much, thank her for her feelings."

"I will definitely tell you."

Chen Qun said to Liu Jing again: "Mr. Wei means that he hopes to marry next month. I wonder if Your Highness agrees with this time?"

Liu Jing glanced at Tao Zhan, and Tao Zhan nodded. Although time was a little rushed, she could hold on to it, so it should be time. Liu Jing smiled happily and said, "Then it is scheduled to be in mid-June. I will send Sima Shangshu to Yedu to marry the daughter of Duke Wei."

Chen Qun was overjoyed and bowed deeply, "Thank you for your promise, I hope that the two families can make the Qin and Jin dear this time."

Liu Jing smiled faintly, "I don't think there will be any more accidents."

In Zhangye, Hexi, after ten days of rest, Zhao Yun ordered general Wu Lan to lead 6,000 troops to guard Guzang County, and he personally led 45,000 troops to march towards Zhangye. The Han army was unstoppable, and the Qiang tribes along the way surrendered.

Three days later, the Han army gradually arrived at Zhangye City. At this time, Ma Chao also dispatched troops and generals to transfer 30,000 Qiang troops from Jiuquan County to Zhangye, and mobilized 50,000 troops. Ma Chao knew that defending the city was the weakness of the Qiang army. Once the Han army captured the city, the Qiang army would be unable to resist.

Only by using the advantage of cavalry to fight on the grassland can they have a glimmer of hope. Despite this, Ma Chao also knew that except for the 20,000 troops he directly under, the other 30,000 troops were basically temporary herdsmen, with insufficient training and low morale. They were not well-trained opponents of the Han army at all. Once the two armies fought fiercely, they probably only had 20% hope to win.

At this time, Ma Chao received the news that his brother Ma Dai led 6,000 Han troops out of Dunhuang and rushed straight to Jiuquan County. There was no army in Jiuquan. Ma Dai's army swept across Jiuquan, and the Qiang tribes surrendered one after another. The situation was extremely unfavorable to him. He had to hide the news of the fall of Jiuquan, fearing that the army's morale would change.

But good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles away, and Ma Chao tried every means to conceal the news, but the news of the fall of Jiuquan still spread in the army. For a moment, people were panicked and the army's spirit was shaken, which made Ma Chao panic.

At this moment, Zhao Yun personally led 45,000 troops to Zhangye County, only ten miles away from Zhangye City, which aroused great fear of the Qiang army. With internal and external troubles, Ma Chao decided to make a desperate bet. He ordered 50,000 troops to fight against the Han army and use a battle to decide Hexi and his own destiny.

Five miles south of Zhangye City, two armies set up large formations in the wilderness. The low sound of horns echoed on the grassland. The strong wind blew the grassland, the battle flag fluttered in the wind, the spears on both sides were like forests, the battle flag was like the sea, and the long formation stretched for more than ten miles.

The Qiang army was a cavalry of all kinds. The 20,000 Ma Chao's direct army became the central army. They were well-equipped, wearing neat double-layer leather armor, holding sharp spears in their hands, and wearing battle knives on their waists. The Qiang army, which came from Jiuquan, was arranged on both sides, forming left and right wings, protecting the central army. Their equipment was obviously inferior to Ma Chao's direct army. The leather armor was rough and the weapons were single, either a spear or a battle knives. Many soldiers did not even have helmets and only wrapped their heads with white cloth.

Compared with the Qiang army, the Han army's equipment was very neat. Not only did each soldier have spears, bows, round shields and battle knives, but his helmets were strong and his leather armor was decorated with iron scales. The military was diverse, including spear infantry, bow and crossbow army, bow cavalry, heavy armor infantry, and eight thousand elite cavalry. The morale was high and the army was determined to fight.

Regardless of equipment, morale, training and experience, the Han army is far superior to its opponents. Any general can see that this is an unbalanced battle. Unless a miracle happens, the Qiang army will undoubtedly be defeated.

Under the general flag, Xu Shu whispered to Zhao Yun and said, "Did the governor see that the two wings of the enemy are their weaknesses. We can use Tian Ji's horse racing strategy to match the above horses, dismount the middle horses, and the lower horses, and then the lower horses will be on the horses. In this way, our army will definitely win."

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "The military advisor can talk about it in detail!"

"It's very simple. I suggest using 20,000 spear troops to fight the left wing, using heavy armor infantry to fight against the right wing, and using cavalry to fight against the right wing. In addition, the archers and cavalry are concentrated on dealing with the right wing, and defeating the left and right wings first. Ma Chao's central army will be difficult to support."

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment and said, "But they should use cavalry to protect the two wings of heavy-armored infantry, and they should not be split."

Liu Hu next to him smiled and said, "This time we don't need cavalry guards. I will use a barrel formation to fight against the enemy. We will have no weaknesses."

Zhao Yun nodded, "Since that's the case, we will implement it according to the military advisor's strategy."

As soon as Zhao Yun finished speaking, the soldiers on both sides suddenly burst into shouts. Ma Chao rushed out of the military formation alone and headed straight for the formation. He shouted loudly: "Can Zhao Yun fight with me to the death?"

Ma Chao actually wanted to fight Zhao Yun alone, and Pang Tong said anxiously: "Governor, no, this is because Ma Chao knew that his strength was not good, so he used this inferior strategy to force the coach to play. Once the coach is injured, it will affect the morale of the military."

Zhao Yun sneered, "When I, Zhao Zilong, was in power in the world, I still didn't know where Ma Chao was? How could the military advisor look down on me?"

Liu Hu said sternly: "Let Beizhi fight him!"

Zhao Yun shook his head, "You are not his opponent, let me do it!"

Zhao Yun urged the war horse, and the war horse ran out quickly. Zhao Yun's war horse was called "Snow Li Hongying". It was a top-quality Dayuan horse with snow-white body and only a cluster of red mane on its head. The war horse was tall and strong, with strong running power and extremely fast speed, no less than the Red Rabbit Horse of the past. It was originally the most cherished horse of the Huns' Chanyu Huchuquan. The new Chanyu Daman gave it to Liu Jing as a gift, and Liu Jing gave it to Zhao Yun again. Zhao Yun loved it very much. This time he rode it to Hexi.

Zhao Yun has silver armor and silver helmet, black battle robe, and the silver dragon chasing spear in his hand is 18 feet long, and his majesty is still as powerful as that of the past. However, Ma Chao has a golden helmet and golden armor, wearing a ten-brand battle robe, a red blood horse under his crotch, and a dragon golden spear in his hand. Although he is nearly forty years old, he is still heroic.

Both of them are famous generals, but they have never had a chance to fight. This time, both sides are the main generals and should not have fought in person. However, Ma Chao knew that his army was weak and could only take dangerous tricks and defeat Zhao Yun with a one-on-one challenge. Perhaps they still have a chance to win.

Zhao Yun waved his silver spear and said coldly: "His Highness the King of Han trusts you so much that you have to guard Hexi, but you betray Your Highness, collude with the Western Rong, annex the territory of my great Han Dynasty, and make your ancestors humiliate. What kind of face do you have to stand in the world? If I were you, I would have committed suicide to apologize, but you are shameless and dare to challenge the Han army arrogantly. Today is your death date!"

Ma Chao's face was flushed when he was scolded. He yelled and stabbed the gun. The speed of this shot was as fast as lightning. In the blink of an eye, it stabbed Zhao Yun's throat. Zhao Yun was calm and calm. He slightly leaned his body and stabbed Ma Chao's left chest with a backhand. This shot seemed slow, but it came quickly. The tip of the gun was one inch away from the armor.

Ma Chao used the tail of the gun to open the gun, swept across with one arm, and the tip of the gun hit Zhao Yun's head. It was powerful and the wind was like thunder. If it was smashed, the skull would be shattered. Zhao Yun blocked the gun sideways, and heard a loud "Dang!" sound, both of them were numb, and the war horses took several steps in a row.

Ma Chao laughed, "It's worthy of being Zhao Zilong in Changshan. It's really amazing, just take another shot!"

He ran like a thunderbolt, and he rushed towards Zhao Yun's chest. Zhao Yun smiled coldly and stabbed the spear flat. This shot seemed plain but contained great power, as if he had sucked all the power around him on the tip of his spear. Ma Chao knew it was powerful and dared not attack again. He returned the shot and slightly picked it. The power was extremely clever, breaking through Zhao Yun's solemn shot like a mountain.

The two of them crossed the horses, and they turned over and shot a horseback at the same time. The tips of the gun collided, and the fires flew everywhere. The two shouted at the same time, cheering up their spirits and fighting together. This battle was so dark that the sky was dark. One was the Canglong going out to sea, and the other was the Golden Python shaking the clouds, which was difficult to solve.

These two men are both powerful generals who are the only one in the world. This battle made the soldiers of both armies fascinated and even forget the cheers.

The two fought fiercely for more than a hundred rounds, but they still did not decide the winner, but Ma Chao's physical strength was a little too exhausted. He was extremely extravagant in the past two years and was immersed in the beautiful wine and beautiful ladies all day long. His health was no longer as good as before. On the contrary, although Zhao Yun was a few years older, he was strict with himself, never drank, and would not indulge himself. He got up early every day to practice riding and shooting, sharing the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and his body was as strong as before.

After more than a hundred rounds of fierce battles, he became more and more courageous and his strength seemed to have not weakened. Although he also felt that Ma Chao's power was gradually fading, he did not dare to be careless to prevent Ma Chao from deliberately showing weakness, and he was even more excited to fight Ma Chao.

Ma Chao knew it clearly and complained secretly, thinking to himself, "Can I, Ma Meng, have a reputation that I, will fall into Zhao Yun's hands?"

He was resentful and forced himself to fight Zhao Yun fiercely. The two fought for more than 30 rounds. Ma Chao could no longer support him. He made a flaw and stabbed Zhao Yun in the chest with a shot. The gun was extremely fast. As long as Zhao Yun blocked his shot, he would have the chance to withdraw his horse and run away.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun had already seen that he was exhausted. Although the shot was fast, it was absolutely not powerful. Zhao Yun drew his sword with his left hand and swung his sword to hit the tip of his spear. He single-shot with his right hand, but he pointed at Ma Chao's lower abdomen.

Ma Chao suddenly felt something was wrong. It was too late to get back the shot. With a "click!", Zhao Yun's sword slashed the tip of Ma Chao's spear, and his right hand was single shot, but hesitated to stab Ma Chao's lower abdomen. Ma Chao instinctively turned sideways and dodged the lower abdomen. Zhao Yun's spear pierced "Puff!"* and stabbed Ma Chao's left rib, and the spear tip of a foot long pierced into his body.

Ma Chao shouted, and the spear hit Zhao Yun's head hard. Zhao Yun pulled out the spear and blocked the last blow. At this time, Ma Chao's eyes turned black and turned his head and fled. Zhao Yun urged the horse to run and quickly caught up. He only needed to make up the back and fired Ma Chao under the horse. However, Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment and took back the spear.

"Go! I, Zhao Zilong, will never hurt anyone behind my back, nor will I ruin my reputation because of you."

Ma Chao held the wound, ran back to the formation with pain, shouting: "The whole army attacked!"

As the war drums sounded, 50,000 Qiang cavalry rushed out, rushing towards the Han army formation like storm waves, and the grassland was covered with overwhelming cavalry.

At this time, the Han army was very morale, and the heavy armored infantry was even more eager to try, but Zhao Yun was not in a hurry to let the heavy armored infantry fight. He pointed his spear and said, "The bow and crossbow army is in formation!"

Seven thousand crossbows and crossbows quickly stepped forward, arranged their formations, and used long bows to mount arrows. Four thousand crossbows were raised, and the cold arrows were aimed at the Qiang cavalry that were coming from the sky.

Behind the crossbow army, a thousand bee crossbows were ready, and a massacre drama was about to begin.

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