At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

But before Pound could get up, several soldiers of the Wei army rushed up and slashed with their knives. Seven or eight steel knives slashed randomly, and they hacked Pound to death.

Ma Dai and Pound died tragically not far from the city gate. The soldiers they led would be surrounded by the Wei army and all killed.

Some people tried to surrender, but Wei Jun was so red-eyed that he didn't care about their surrender at all, so he swung his knife and slashed, causing blood to flow into rivers.

At this time, Ma Teng, Ma Chao and the rest of the Liangzhou generals were also very dangerous.

General Cheng Yin followed Ma Teng to Xiangwu City to resist. The Wei army attacked the city. Cheng Yin followed Ma Teng and killed him. As a result, he was separated by the main force of Wei Jun and Ma Teng, fell into a tight siege, and was hacked to death by Guan Yu, the leader. separate.

General Li Kan also followed Ma Teng to Xiangwu. After the city was broken, he was stabbed to death by a random spear among the rebellious army, and his head was chopped off for military merit.

General Zhang Heng led his troops to fight hard with Ma Teng, and was also surrounded by Wei Jun breaking through the army formation. He was hacked to death by Xia Houyuan.

General Liang Xing led his troops to try to surrender, but the red-eyed Wei Jun did not accept it. He tried to escape in desperation, but was surrounded by Wei Jun, defeated and killed.

Seeing that the situation was not good, General Yang Qiu opened the north city gate and fled. Abandoning Ma Teng and Ma Chao and his son, he fled for his life in the direction of Anding.

The Qiang soldiers were very loyal to Ma Teng. They followed Ma Teng and fought to the death with the Wei army. The casualties were extremely heavy. They protected Ma Teng and retreated to the north of the city.

Wei Jun refused to let go, and entangled Ma Teng's troops. Ma Teng and Ma Chao were also forced to separate because of Wei Jun's too fierce pursuit.

At this time, both Guan Yu and Xia Houyuan were killed, and Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying also followed Guan Yu and Xia Houyuan's army to kill them. Together, they dealt a fatal blow to the Liangzhou coalition forces.

A large number of Liangzhou soldiers died in battle and were also captured in large numbers. This battle almost wiped out the vitality of the Liangzhou soldiers led by Ma Teng.

Seeing the situation where the army was defeated like a mountain, Ma Chao was extremely sad and indignant. Under the grief and indignation, he lost his mind, broke free from the protection of his own soldiers and rushed forward desperately.

Ma Chao rushed to the front line and fought hand-to-hand with the soldiers of the Wei army, slashing and slashing with a knife, killing many soldiers of the Wei army.

But in the end, fewer people can't beat more people, and the Liangzhou soldiers and personal soldiers around Ma Chao were completely lost.

These conscientious personal soldiers blocked many killer moves for him, and suffered serious losses.

In the end, Ma Chao lost all his soldiers. The roaring generals of the Wei army charged at Ma Chao with their spears upright. More than a dozen spears shot at Ma Chao head-on. Ma Chao could block the bottom but not the top. Pierce directly, blood spilled on the spot.

His eyes were wide open, as if he didn't believe in such an ending, that he would die like this.

But the rapidly draining strength and consciousness were telling him that he couldn't do it, he was really going to die.

So he died.

Ma Chao, who had been fighting all this time, finally died.

The dead seemed of little value.

But it didn't matter, his life was a tragedy.

Guo Peng will not allow him to survive, he must die.

Die early or die late, the outcome is the same.

Ma Chao died in the battle in Xiangwu City, but Ma Teng didn't know it yet.

Ma Teng was guarded by his own soldiers and fought his way out of Xiangwu City, and fled all the way north. The Wei army was temporarily unable to pursue him, but Han Sui took his own soldiers to pursue him all the way.

Cao Ren did not give an order to pursue, but only ordered to kill all Liangzhou soldiers within Xiangwu City. All those who were still resisting were killed, and only those who dropped their weapons survived.

The sporadic resistance ended quickly. After the war, according to a little statistics, the Wei army killed nearly [-] enemies and captured more than [-].

In addition to the [-] troops that were defeated before, the new force of the Liangzhou soldiers was basically wiped out, and it was impossible to continue to resist the Wei army.

All the available combat power was lost, and all the weapons and materials were lost. Even if the army could be pulled up later, they were all militias without equipment, and they were courting death against the Wei army.

And Cao Ren is not very interested in the hob meat descendants coming out of the Shura field.

These soldiers could not be used at all, so Cao Ren directly ordered the officers in the soldiers to be selected and buried alive on the spot, so that these soldiers had no leaders and could not resist.

Among these descendants were Han Chinese, Qiang people, and Huns, as well as some miscellaneous people who did not know their ethnic groups. The composition was complicated and it was very difficult to deal with, so Cao Ren simply decided to send them to Hanzhong.

They will be sent to Hanzhong to repair the road to Shu, and there will be no chance of returning to Liangzhou alive. They will spend their short lives in the mountains of Qinling.

The First World War was completely won, and when the army was cleaning the battlefield, good news kept coming.

The corpses of the major warlords in Liangzhou were discovered and recognized one after another, and it was only then that Cao Ren realized how rewarding this battle was.

Ma Chao was dead, Ma Dai was dead, Pound was dead, and almost all the core figures of the Ma Teng Group died. There was only one Ma Teng who didn't find out, and he might have escaped from the encirclement.

But that doesn't matter anymore, Ma Teng is the only commander left, so what can he do?

Cao Ren was overjoyed.

Chapter 671 680 You are not going to end well

Cao Ren knew that this military operation was basically a success.

What needs to be done after this battle is to bring more troops to Liangzhou, and decisively increase the number of troops when Han Sui and others can't react.

So Cao Ren immediately sent someone to send a message to Cao Xiu, who was staying in Chang'an, and asked Cao Xiu to bring [-] troops to Liangzhou, occupy Longdi first, and expand the Wei army in Liangzhou.

Han Sui wants to be the governor of Liangzhou?

I'm afraid it won't be that easy, or even possible.

To be precise, Guo Peng never thought about it this way.

"General Cao, you have won a complete victory this time. It's really hearty! General Cao has basically wiped out the Ma family in this battle. His achievements are so great. Duke Wei will be very happy to know!"

After the big victory, Yan Xing hurriedly went to Cao Ren to compliment Cao Ren, but he didn't even have time to wipe off the blood on his body.

Cao Ren looked Yan Xing up and down, smiled and nodded.

"Where's Han Biejia?"

"Han Biejia went after Ma Teng."

Yan Xing told Cao Ren about Han Sui's whereabouts.

"oh, I see."

Cao Ren said with a smile: "Han Biejia also made great contributions, which is a good thing. This time, Duke Wei will be very happy, because not only this victory, but also the entire Liangzhou will be captured for Duke Wei."

"Yes, that's... the whole Liangzhou?"

Yan Xing was a little surprised by Cao Ren's sudden and thoughtless words, and Cheng Gongying beside him didn't react for a while.

Suddenly, two sharp arrows flew from nowhere, and they were firmly inserted into the necks of Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying. The two of them fell to the ground in response, their bodies shook several times, and then they were silent.

The two died silently in front of Cao Ren without making any sound, without causing any movement.

"Drag them out, cut off their heads, show them to the soldiers under their command, and say that these two men are traitors and have already been beheaded. The rest of the soldiers don't have to kill them if they disarm. If they want to resist, they can be killed on the spot. Do not stay."

Cao Ren's face was cold, and he gave the order to Xia Houyuan who was beside him.

Xia Houyuan nodded and took the order to leave.

Later, Liangzhou soldiers under Han Sui's command were shocked when they saw the heads of Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying.

A few people tried to fight violently, but were shot dead one by one by the crossbowmen arranged by Xia Houyuan. Most people were terrified, and they all threw down their weapons and crouched down with their heads in their hands, expressing their surrender.

The only remaining son of Han Sui was captured by Xia Houyuan, killed on the spot, and beheaded, cutting off the intention of these people to make trouble. Then Cao Ren repeated his old trick and arrested all the officers in this army Come out and kill them together, so that they will no longer have the ability to resist.

Therefore, there are no longer any Liangzhou generals in Xiangwu County.

Cao Ren was even happier.

This battle is really very profitable, and it already belongs to Wei Jun completely, so there is no need to bring other people.

Thanks to Ma Teng gathering all the forces he could muster to resist, most of the Liangzhou warlord forces were wiped out in the First World War, and the military operation went very smoothly.

The next step is a clear division of labor. The generals of each army will go out to attack Anding, Beidi, Hanyang, Longxi, Wudu and other counties, and completely attack the places that the current troops can capture. Xu Tu went west.

The Battle of Xiangwu came to an end, but the grievances between Ma Teng and Han Sui were not over yet.

Ma Teng fled to the north like a bereaved dog, and Han Sui pursued him closely.

Ma Teng didn't know that Ma Chao was dead, and Han Sui didn't know that his old nest had been taken over by one pot.

After chasing for a day and a night, the horse was exhausted from running. Finally, Ma Teng couldn't run anymore, fell to the ground panting, and couldn't even get up.

Han Sui was not much better, he also lost half of his life in the pursuit, Ma Teng fell to the ground and couldn't run anymore, he was too tired to run, and he was about to collapse, but at least he managed to catch up.

The last dozen or so soldiers around Ma Teng had all died in battle. They were shot to death with bows and arrows when Han Sui was chasing him, leaving Ma Teng alone.

Panting heavily, Han Sui rested on the spot for a long time before leading someone to hold Ma Teng down and tie him up.

"Shoucheng, why are you running so fast? Huh? Hey, I'm so tired..."

Han Sui panted heavily, and a very happy smile appeared on his face: "For the past six months, you have been very happy to attack me, right? My subordinates, my army, my food and fodder, and my power have all been taken away by you." Yes, I almost lost my life, are you happy?"

"Wen Yue, the matter between the two of us...can...we can solve it ourselves...you...why did you call Cao Zixiao here?"

Ma Teng knew that he couldn't run away, so he took a breath for a while and gained some strength, so he said intermittently what he had always wanted to say.

"What about the two of us?"

Han Sui couldn't help laughing: "You took away almost everything I had by relying on your position as governor of Liangzhou, and you let your son humiliate me like this, insulting me and my son-in-law in front of so many people, Is this a matter between the two of us? You are killing people!"

"Even so...you...you can't let Cao Zixiao in!"

Ma Teng gritted his teeth, his face full of hatred.

"If you don't call Cao Zixiao here, then you will be happy. All my soldiers will be drawn away by you. If you want to kill me, I have no power to fight back. Is there such a reason in this world? If you want to kill me, I will Don't fight back, and I'm not allowed to call someone to help me, right?"

Han Sui reached out and squeezed Ma Teng's chin, and looked at Ma Teng viciously: "Shoucheng, you are too greedy and ruthless!"

"I'm ruthless, but if you let Cao Zixiao in, we'll have no way out!"

Ma Teng said angrily: "It's easy for you to let him come, but it's not so easy to let him go! Once he crosses Longdi and enters, Liangzhou's biggest support will be gone! The defense line is useless. What will Liangzhou do then? Isn't it just a matter of Guo Zifeng's words?"

"That's better than being killed by you! You want to kill me! Guo Zifeng will let me be the governor of Liangzhou!"

Han Sui patted Ma Teng on the face: "We have been friends for so many years, but you want to kill me. Once you are rich, the first thing you want to do is to kill me. You are really kind and righteous." Ma Shoucheng! Do you have the right to say me? Do you have it?"

Faced with Han Sui's questioning, Ma Teng felt guilty.

He knew that he had no such qualifications, but he knew better that after Cao Ren led his army into Liangzhou, he might not leave. Liangzhou could no longer be separated, and sooner or later it would be taken by Guo Peng.

"You must be very proud now, you are thinking about being the governor of Liangzhou."

Ma Teng suddenly smiled: "But Wenyue, don't forget what I said, I tell you, you are not going to end well, you opened the door of your house and brought the robbers in, do you think they will leave? I want your life, and they want your life too! You must die! Hahahahahaha!"

Ma Teng looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, then suddenly got angry, stood up and ran into Han Sui's soldiers beside him, the soldiers were shocked, and slashed at him like a reflex, and Ma Teng's head was chopped off.

Ma Teng died before his eyes, but Han Sui unexpectedly found that he was not so excited, but rather a little...

sad.

A sad feeling of rabbit dead fox.

I don't know why, but Han Sui suddenly had this feeling in his heart. He thought he would be very happy, because he survived by relying on a wave of miraculous operations. Ma Teng, who wanted to put him to death but died.

"Go back, take his body with you, and go back together."

Han Sui was silent for a while, then gave an order, and took the remaining dozen or so soldiers on the way back.

Chapter 672 The death of Han Sui in 680

On the way back, Han Sui kept thinking about what Ma Teng had said to him before he died.

Open the door of your own house and invite the robber in?

If the gate of your home is the Longdi line of defense, then Cao Ren and the Wei army are robbers?

Is such a metaphor really appropriate?

But thinking about it carefully, Han Sui felt that it really seemed to be the case.

Longdi was an important line of defense against the Guanzhong army's attack. He let go of the line of defense directly, allowing Cao Ren to enter Liangzhou without any effort.

It was easy to let him in, he came in smoothly, but it seemed not so easy to let him go.

Can Beidi and Wudu counties satisfy Cao Ren's appetite?Will Cao Ren make more and more excessive demands?

Han Sui began to worry.

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