Three Kingdoms King of the North

Seeing that Ma Chao was angry, the Marquis didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so he could only lead people to follow him and gallop towards the city gate.He thought to himself, if we got to the city and the defenders in the city suddenly came out, even if they risked their lives, they would have to protect the major general from danger.

Fortunately, what he was worried about didn't happen. Fan Chou stood on the top of the tower and shouted at Ma Chao at the bottom of the castle: "Hey, Ma's son, Ma Yu, Liu Fan, Zhong Shao and others who are your internal responses are all gone!" Fu Zhu. Go back and tell your father, if you don't retreat, they will be your fate!"

Ma Teng hadn't had time to tell Ma Chao about Ma Yu and others' internal response, so when Ma Chao heard Fan Chou say this, he thought it was the other party's nonsense.Seeing that Ma Chao and the others looked disapproving, Zhang Ji in the city quickly ordered the soldiers to fetch the heads of Ma Yu and the others.Then he yelled at Ma Chao: "Son of the Ma family, in case your father doesn't believe us, we will ask you to bring some certificates back."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Jichong shouted to several soldiers carrying the head next to him: "Throw the head out." Following Zhang Ji's order, several soldiers rushed the head out of the city.

When Ma Chao saw a bulging object flying down from the top of the wall, he still thought it was a stone thrown by the defenders, so he waved his silver gun and dialed.The heads of Ma Yu and others fell three or four places away from Ma Chao, rolling on the ground.A Dubo who had followed Ma Teng to Beijing and met Ma Yu and others got off his horse, stepped forward to inspect the head carefully, nodded at Ma Chao, and said, "Major General, that's right, it is indeed Ma Si who served them." The heads of the three."

Ma Chao's purpose here is to find out who was killed by Li Guo and others.Now that he knew that it was Ma Shizhong who was killed, there was no need to stay here any longer. He quickly ordered the soldiers: "Pick up the head, and we will return to the camp immediately."

When Ma Teng saw the three heads that Ma Chao placed in front of him, he couldn't help stomping his feet angrily. He said angrily, "I just discussed with them about opening the city last night. I didn't expect that within a day, the three of them would die." They were raided and beheaded by Li Guo and other thieves."

"Shoucheng," Han Sui saw that Nei Ying in the city had been killed, and his attempt to sneak into Chang'an under the cover of night had been shattered, so he could only ask Ma Teng, "What should we do next?"

"We came from Xiliang, are we going back in such a despondent way?" Ma Teng stared at the three heads in front of him, gritted his molars and said, "I will definitely break through Chang'an and kill Li Jue and Guo Si , Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others, to avenge Ma Shizhong and them."

"But our army came from afar, and we don't have enough siege equipment. Facing a city as strong as Chang'an, I'm helpless." Han Sui felt that even if he made a strong attack, it would be almost impossible to take down Chang'an City. , So he continued to persuade: "Moreover, our army's current food and grass are only enough for one month. In my opinion, we should withdraw our troops as soon as possible."

"Impossible, we must not withdraw our troops." After hearing Han Sui's proposal, Ma Chao immediately expressed his opposition: "Once we withdraw our troops, the troops of Li Jue and Guo Si will definitely chase after us before we return to the West." Liang, most of the soldiers and horses under him will be scattered. In my opinion, it is better to attack the city."

"There is a saying about it." Fortunately, Ma Teng did not immediately order the siege, but said to Ma Chao: "We don't have siege equipment now, and it may not be easy to capture Chang'an. My son can lead Three thousand soldiers and horses will go nearby to cut wood and make siege equipment. It will not be too late for us to attack Chang'an after five days."

Not to mention that Ma Chao led his troops to cut down trees and make siege equipment.At this moment in the city, Guo Bang and Li Jue are having a quarrel: "Zhiran, although Ma Yu, Liu Fan, Zhong Shao and others colluded with Ma Teng and intended to open the city gate to let Xiliang soldiers enter the city. But you shouldn't let the three of them Kill all the old and young. Doing so is against the harmony of heaven, and sooner or later there will be retribution."

Unexpectedly, after Li Jue heard this, he sneered a few times: "Did you still kill the people you and I killed on the battlefield? I haven't seen any retribution until now. That's fine, you don't need to say, anyway, people have already been killed. Even if you want to regret it, it's too late. You immediately lead people to patrol the city, and if you find someone colluding with Ma Teng again, regardless of his official position, he will be executed."

"General Guo." Seeing that Li Jue and Guo Si might have an argument at any time, Jia Xu came out to smooth things over in time: "The reason why General Li wanted to kill all three of them was to serve as a warning to others, lest there be more people." Officials who are not afraid of death, continue to collude with outsiders, intending to harm General Li"

"Mr. Jia," Li Jue interrupted Jia Xu without warning, looked up at him and asked, "How are those two people from Jizhou doing now?"

"Report to the general, they are still staying in the post house." Jia Xu just asked Xu Shu and Shi Tao, who were sent by Han Zhan to beg for the military officials, and Li Jue quickly replied, "The subordinates have already sent people to take the post house away." They were completely surrounded and completely cut off their connection with the outside world."

"Report to the general, they are still staying in the post house." Jia Xu just asked Xu Shu and Shi Tao, who were sent by Han Zhan to beg for the military officials, and Li Jue quickly replied, "The subordinates have already sent people to take the post house away." They were completely surrounded and completely cut off their connection with the outside world."

Chapter 263 Ma Teng Retreats

Standing aside, Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan, who had always been brothers with Liang Xing, heard that he was missing, and hurriedly went out to ask Han Sui for orders: "General, please let us lead our troops to rescue Liang Xing." , can't let him have the slightest mistake."

Han Sui looked at his two subordinates, thinking in his heart: the martial arts of the two were comparable to Liang Xing, and it shouldn't be a problem to deal with the young general who defeated Liang Xing with two enemies and one enemy.So he nodded and said to the two of them: "I will give you three thousand soldiers to rescue Liang Xing!"

"Take orders!" Before Han Sui finished speaking, Cheng Yin replied loudly, "Please rest assured, General, we will definitely bring Liang Xing back unscathed."

"Wait a minute," just as Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan were about to leave the tent, they were stopped by Ma Teng.Ma Teng looked at Han Sui and said: "Yue, we don't know how many soldiers the bandits have, and we may lose if we attack rashly. In my opinion, let my son Meng Qi accompany him. In this way, even if the bandits are powerful, they will not be defeated." Can break through the encirclement."

Han Sui thought of Ma Chao's superb martial arts skills. A few days ago, he had shot Wang Fang and captured Li Meng alive.So he only hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "Since Shoucheng said so, let nephew Meng Qi go out with my two subordinates."

After Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew robbed Ma Teng's army of grain and grass, the first thing they thought of was to transport the grain and grass back to the city.As long as there is food and grass, no matter how many Ma Teng's army is, it will not be easy to break through the city.When they were walking along the official road, suddenly a scout came back in a hurry.

Seeing Tan Ma's panicked expression, Zhang Ji guessed that something must have happened, and quickly asked, "What's the matter?"

"Report to General," Tan Ma clasped his fists on the horse's back and saluted, and replied: "There is a Xiliang army ahead, coming here, General, please prepare early."

Hearing that the army from Xiliang was approaching, Zhang Ji immediately understood that it must be Ma Teng and others who knew that the grain and grass had been robbed and sent people to snatch it back.Then he ordered the left and right: "Come here, set fire to burn the food and grass immediately."

"Uncle!" Hearing Zhang Ji's order to burn the grain and grass, Zhang Xiu hastily stopped him: "Since our army has seized the grain and grass, how can we burn it all at once? Uncle can lead the army with the grain cart and wait for my nephew." Go and block Xiliang's generals."

Seeing that his nephew, who had just defeated Liang Xing, was so confident, Zhang Ji wondered if he was a little frightened by the Xiliang troops. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "If that's the case, then my I will give you 2000 troops to go and meet Xiliang troops."

When Zhang Xiu was about to leave with his troops, he also specifically told him: "You and my uncle and nephew only need to transport the food and grass back to Chang'an, which is a great achievement. You must not love to fight. After defeating Xiliang's soldiers and horses, Come and join me."

"Nephew knows." Zhang Xiu agreed, and took the 2000 troops that Zhang Ji gave him, and headed in the direction Ma Chao and others came.

The troops led by Ma Chao, Cheng Yin, and Hou Xuan were on their way forward when they suddenly saw a group of soldiers lining up on the official road ahead.Some of the defeated soldiers who fled back saw clearly that the person leading the team was Zhang Xiu, and hurriedly said to Cheng Yin: "This is the person who defeated General Liang Xing."

Knowing that it was the person in front of him who defeated Liang Xing, Cheng Yin lost his temper immediately, and he said to Ma Chao: "Young General, hold the battle for me here, and wait for me to get the head of that thief general back." After finishing speaking, he rushed out with his legs clamped in the horse's belly.

Seeing someone rushing out from the opposite formation, Zhang Xiu yelled: "Good time!" Waving the silver spear in his hand, Zhang Xiu rushed forward and fought with Cheng Yin.

Cheng Yin, like Liang Xing, was known as Han Sui's Eight Great Generals, but his martial arts were far inferior to that of Zhang Xiu, who was known as the "Northern Spear King".After standing for less than five rounds, the weapon in his hand was knocked flying by Zhang Xiu, and then Zhang Xiu shot his helmet flying.

Seeing how powerful Zhang Xiu was, Cheng Yin hurriedly turned the horse's head, put his body on the horse's back, and rushed towards the main formation.He shouted loudly: "Major General, save me!"

Seeing that Cheng Yin was in a critical situation, Hou Xuan immediately roared and rushed forward, brandishing his weapon.But he was still no match for Zhang Xiu. In just three rounds, Zhang Xiu pierced his left rib with a single shot and knocked him off the horse.Just as he was about to step forward and shoot him to end his life, he heard someone shouting: "Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi from Xiliang are here again, the thief will look at the gun!"

Zhang Xiu stopped the gun in his hand, looked up in the direction of the sound, and saw a young man riding a white horse, with a silver helmet and a silver gun, rushing towards him.He sneered, pointed at Ma Chao, and said, "Which doll is this? Don't you know that swords and guns have no eyes on the battlefield? You don't have to step back quickly, or the steel gun in my hand will be fixed on you." Make seven or eight holes."

Ma Chao is proud and arrogant, and the enemy general he sees is only in his early twenties, but he speaks old-fashioned, like an adult.He snorted heavily and stabbed at the opponent.

Faced with Ma Chao's spear, Zhang Xiu lightly blocked it with his long spear. After the loud bang of "Dang", he felt that his tiger's mouth was almost shaken open, and only then did he realize that although the young general opposite him was still young, his martial arts were far superior to his own.

If he was going out to fight, he probably would have left by now.But now he was transporting food and grass back to Chang'an to cover Zhang Ji, so he could only bite the bullet and fight Ma Chao.Although Ma Chao was skilled in martial arts, he didn't have much time on the battlefield, so he couldn't help Zhang Xiu all of a sudden.

Zhang Xiu secretly groaned in his heart, and said that if he knew that there was such a difficult character among the reinforcements who came, he would have agreed to his uncle's proposal and burned all the rations he had robbed.But at this moment, riding a tiger is hard to get off, so I can only bite the bullet and fight on.

Although Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan's martial arts were not as good as Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu's, they had fought against foreigners at the border for many years and had rich experience.They saw that the other side had fewer troops than themselves, and that the general was entangled by Ma Chao, how could they let go of such a good opportunity, and quickly swung their troops to kill them, fighting with Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses.

The soldiers and horses brought by Zhang Xiu saw that Zhang Xiu was gradually at a disadvantage in the contest with Ma Chao. When they were frightened, they saw that the opponent had already waved their troops to hide and killed him, so they could only bite the bullet and fight.

Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses were small, and they only lasted for two sticks of incense, and lost more than half of them.At this time, Zhang Xiu was also in a panic, his helmet was knocked off, and he was shot more than a dozen times. If it wasn't for Ma Chao's lack of experience, he would have been dead on the ground.

Seeing his soldiers and horses fleeing in all directions, he knew that if he continued to fight, his life would be ruined here, so he quickly feinted his gun, pulled the horses and fled, and rushed to join Zhang Ji who was escorting the grain and grass.

"Take orders!" Before Han Sui finished speaking, Cheng Yin replied loudly, "Please rest assured, General, we will definitely bring Liang Xing back unscathed."

"Wait a minute," just as Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan were about to leave the tent, they were stopped by Ma Teng.Ma Teng looked at Han Sui and said: "Yue, we don't know how many soldiers the bandits have, and we may lose if we attack rashly. In my opinion, let my son Meng Qi accompany him. In this way, even if the bandits are powerful, they will not be defeated." Can break through the encirclement."

Han Sui thought of Ma Chao's superb martial arts skills. A few days ago, he had shot Wang Fang and captured Li Meng alive.So he only hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "Since Shoucheng said so, let nephew Meng Qi go out with my two subordinates."

After Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew robbed Ma Teng's army of grain and grass, the first thing they thought of was to transport the grain and grass back to the city.As long as there is food and grass, no matter how many Ma Teng's army is, it will not be easy to break through the city.When they were walking along the official road, suddenly a scout came back in a hurry.

Seeing Tan Ma's panicked expression, Zhang Ji guessed that something must have happened, and quickly asked, "What's the matter?"

"Report to General," Tan Ma clasped his fists on the horse's back and saluted, and replied: "There is a Xiliang army ahead, coming here, General, please prepare early."

Hearing that the army from Xiliang was approaching, Zhang Ji immediately understood that it must be Ma Teng and others who knew that the grain and grass had been robbed and sent people to snatch it back.Then he ordered the left and right: "Come here, set fire to burn the food and grass immediately."

"Uncle!" Hearing Zhang Ji's order to burn the grain and grass, Zhang Xiu hastily stopped him: "Since our army has seized the grain and grass, how can we burn it all at once? Uncle can lead the army with the grain cart and wait for my nephew." Go and block Xiliang's generals."

Seeing that his nephew, who had just defeated Liang Xing, was so confident, Zhang Ji wondered if he was a little frightened by the Xiliang troops. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "If that's the case, then my I will give you 2000 troops to go and meet Xiliang troops."

When Zhang Xiu was about to leave with his troops, he also specifically told him: "You and my uncle and nephew only need to transport the food and grass back to Chang'an, which is a great achievement. You must not love to fight. After defeating Xiliang's soldiers and horses, Come and join me."

"Nephew knows." Zhang Xiu agreed, and took the 2000 troops that Zhang Ji gave him, and headed in the direction Ma Chao and others came.

The troops led by Ma Chao, Cheng Yin, and Hou Xuan were on their way forward when they suddenly saw a group of soldiers lining up on the official road ahead.Some of the defeated soldiers who fled back saw clearly that the person leading the team was Zhang Xiu, and hurriedly said to Cheng Yin: "This is the person who defeated General Liang Xing."

Knowing that it was the person in front of him who defeated Liang Xing, Cheng Yin lost his temper immediately, and he said to Ma Chao: "Young General, hold the battle for me here, and wait for me to get the head of that thief general back." After finishing speaking, he rushed out with his legs clamped in the horse's belly.