Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Because Ma Teng didn't have a forward base, he wanted to take control of the Central Plains and take the lead in the big event of dividing the Cao from the four. First, he had to win a forward base.It is also because of this that Ma Teng has to act first. If others act first, Cao Cao will be on guard. Then he wants to occupy a city of Cao Cao as a forward base, so it will not be so easy.

Wuwei County is a large county, not only has a large population, but also has a lot of grain in this county.Cao Cao specially stored food here in order to prevent the invasion of foreign races in the grassland and rescue in time.

Tonight, Ma Teng was preparing to attack Wuwei County by surprise, and it was precisely because of this that Cao Cao had a dream about a horse trough.

In the dead of night, on the way to Wuwei County.The cavalry is galloping, and the flag is waving.The black-armored cavalry, which is full of mountains and tens of thousands, exudes a terrifying aura.Xiliang horses run rampant all over the world.After Dong Zhuo's death, this Xiliang fell into the hands of Ma Teng, and Han Sui couldn't compare with Ma Teng for Beigong Boyu.

[-] to [-] cavalry opened the way ahead, Ma Teng's cavalry was not only Han cavalry, among his cavalry, in addition to Han cavalry, there were also many ethnic minorities on the grassland.It is precisely because of this that Ma Teng's cavalry is very powerful.On the grassland, Ma Teng's team can be said to be invincible.

Under the banner of the Chinese army, the burly Ma Teng sat on a horse. On his left and right sides were his son Ma Chao and his most outstanding nephew Ma Dai.

This Ma Chao is not simple, with a tiger's head gun in his hand, he has undue courage.Ma Teng often uses a thousand-mile horse on the grassland to describe Ma Chao.

In contrast, although Ma Dai is not as powerful as Ma Chao, he is proficient in the art of war,

Today, Ma Teng took his son and nephew with him when he made a surprise attack on Wuwei County. From this, it can be seen that Ma Teng has entrusted his son and nephew with a heavy responsibility.

In fact, Ma Teng can be regarded as a descendant of a famous family, but he is a descendant of General Fubo Ma Yuan.Because of this, in fact, Ma Teng can't look at Cao Cao very much.Especially in these years, since Li Chen and Cao Cao fought, Cao Cao has been defeated repeatedly.It is also because of Cao Cao's repeated defeats that Ma Teng feels that Cao Cao is now a strong outsider, just like a window paper, which can be broken with a poke.

On the big flag of the Chinese army, there is a word "horse" written in dragons and phoenixes.Ma Teng led the army to advance cautiously on the road, and now it was approaching the direction of Wuwei. Ma Teng was afraid that Li Chen would give him a bottom line and attacked him.

Wuwei is a big county, but also a heavy county.In addition to being the largest city in the northern part of Wei State, it also shouldered the important task of defending the grassland aliens and Ma Teng.

The guard of Wuwei County is also surnamed Cao, named Cao Hong.Cao Hongnai is Cao Cao's younger brother. Although he is not a top general, he has some skills. It stands to reason that it is not difficult to defend Wuwei.However, what he has to face now is Ma Teng's [-] cavalry plus [-] infantry.

Ma Teng's army, ten miles away from Wuwei County, stopped marching and stationed the army ten miles away from Wuwei County.

Because Ma Teng sent troops in a hurry, the information he had before sending troops was very common, and there was no private temptation.

"Report" At this moment, a messenger hurried in and knelt down on one knee to report to Cao Hong.

"What happened?" Cao Hong frowned before asking.

"Report to the general, the Ma Teng army outside the city is stationed, what are you paying attention to?" the scout reported.

Now that Cao Hong has not many soldiers, Cao Hong is not very low in his heart.If he lost Wuwei County, it would be regarded as taking Cao Cao's own life.

"Pass down the order. Without my order, no one is allowed to go out of the city to fight." Cao Hong waved his big hand and issued the order.

Cao Hong thought to himself, since he may not be able to fight well, then he should stay in the city first, there is nothing you can do.

The army was stationed ten miles away from Wuwei County, which would allow the soldiers to take a good rest and recharge their batteries, and it would also allow the soldiers to relax and save themselves from being gloomy all day long.

Of course, Cao Jun's information was not a joke. Ma Teng's army had just arrived ten miles outside Wuwei County, and Cao Hong had already received the news.Cao Hong is also very calm in doing things. Before he learned about Ma Teng's strength, he had no plans to go out to invite battle.

2 Chapter Twenty

Since Wuwei County is facing Ma Teng's territory, it will be attacked by foreigners from the grassland from time to time.Therefore, during the years when Cao Hong was stationed in Wuwei County, he continued to strengthen Wuwei County.Therefore, after so many years of reinforcement, Wuwei County can be regarded as a high city with thick walls, so in Cao Hong's view, Wuwei County is not in danger of falling in a short time.

Cao Hong's idea is to stay in the city first, and when the news of Wuwei County's siege spreads at dawn, Cao Cao will definitely send troops to support him.At that time, Wuwei County will not be in any danger.

Ma Teng is like a rootless duckweed. If he can't occupy Wuwei County as a foundation in a short time, then once Cao Cao's support arrives, Ma Teng must have the only choice to evacuate.

You know, Ma Teng has been planning to take over the Central Plains for a long time. Since the defeat of Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng, as the largest warlord in Liangzhou, has been planning to take over the Central Plains.After so many years of deliberate planning, he was not sure how Ma Teng would do it so easily.

Wuwei County is a large county, and it is an important military base of Wei State in the north.In recent years, in order to expand the city, strengthen the city walls, and build military facilities, Wuwei County has recruited refugees, and many of these refugees were inserted by Ma Teng.

It can be said that half of Ma Teng's schemes over the years have been focused on this small Wuwei County.As long as Wuwei is won, then Ma Teng has the ticket to enter the Central Plains.Taking Wuwei County is the first step for Ma Teng to take control of the Central Plains. Whether this first step can be taken well depends on whether Ma Teng is qualified to compete with Cao Cao and others in the world.

Ten miles outside Wuwei County, Ma Teng's army had just stopped when Ma Teng called Ma Chao to his side: "Chao'er, go and see if there is anything unusual about the layout of the city."

Over the years, Wuwei County recruited refugees to build the city wall, and many of these refugees were placed by Ma Teng.The refugees placed by Ma Teng secretly built a secret passage when building the city wall. This secret passage connects the inside and outside of the city, allowing Ma Teng's army to appear in the city unexpectedly.

Ma Teng asked his son Ma Chao to see if there was anything unusual about the layout of the city. He wanted Ma Chao to take someone to explore the secret passage first, to see if the secret passage could still be entered and exited normally.

It is precisely because of the existence of a secret road that Ma Teng has certainty about Wuwei County.

From Ma Teng's point of view, my son Ma Chao has the courage of a thousand men, and if Ma Chao suddenly appeared in the city with thousands of soldiers and horses, he would surely be able to catch Cao Jun by surprise.

Ma Teng gave an order for Ma Chao to lead a team of scouts into the city to take a look through the secret road first.Then they went in rashly, that would be a big deal.

Therefore, before the army enters the secret passage, it is still necessary to send someone to explore the way.The matter is so important that Ma Teng, an outsider, can't rest assured, and he can only rest assured if Ma Chao is allowed to go.

"Father, wait a moment. I'll go ahead and explore the way." Ma Chao waved his hands and ordered to leave.

Ma Chao led hundreds of scouts and galloped towards Wuwei County. After a while, Ma Chao brought the scouts to a small forest a hundred meters away from Wuwei County.

Ma Chao searched the woods for a while, only to find a large bluestone covered with moss.

"You guys, push away this boulder." Ma Chao ordered several scouts.

"Squeak."

Several scouts pushed the huge bluestone aside with all their strength.Under the bluestone is a cast iron plate, Ma Teng lifted the iron plate, and saw a dark secret passage under the iron plate.

Men have always had little resistance to this kind of dark hole, so after lifting the iron plate, Ma Chao led a few scouts and rushed into the dark hole.

Ma Chao took the lead, and several big men lined up and got into the dark hole.The dark hole was wet and slippery. Ma Chao almost fell over because he rushed too fast.

After steadying his steps, Ma Chao slowed down his pace, and then carefully looked at the entrance of the cave with a torch.This tunnel has been built for a long time, and it has been closed since it was built. Because of this, the entire tunnel is covered with moss.

The tunnel was covered with moss, which was good news for Ma Chao. No trace of anyone appeared, which meant that the tunnel had not been discovered.

Going straight along the tunnel until he reached the end of the tunnel, Ma Chao looked up and saw another cast iron plate.There is no doubt that this is the exit of the tunnel, and this exit is naturally the city.

Ma Chao was very brave, he lifted the iron plate with one arm.Ma Chao got out of the tunnel and found that the exit of the tunnel was actually in the room. The room was empty, but it was full of grain and grass.

The exit of the tunnel is in the granary of Wuwei County. Cao Hong has stockpiled a lot of grain in Wuwei County. This is one of the reasons why Cao Hong is confident to stick to Wuwei County.

Ma Chao couldn't help being surprised when he saw this authentic exit appear in Cao Jun's granary.It is also a coincidence that when they built this tunnel, it was just some abandoned houses.But no one thought that Cao Jun actually built a granary here.

Ma Chao couldn't help shouting in his heart, God help me, now the authentic exit is in the granary, which is the military base of Cao Jun.Although there were many patrolling soldiers outside the granary, few people came inside the granary.In this way, they can hide well in the granary.Then suddenly the general came out and burned Cao Jun's food and grass. If it is so ordinary, then there is no doubt that Cao Jun will be defeated.

After inspecting the surroundings, Ma Chao found that the granary was so large that at least [-] soldiers and horses could be hidden there.

"The few of you stay and watch, and the rest follow me back." After Ma Chao ordered, he immediately led people back to the tunnel.

Not long after, Ma Chao led people out of the tunnel entrance, and quickly turned around to report the situation like Ma Teng.

"Father, Cao Jun has now built a granary above our tunnel entrance."

"At least [-] soldiers and horses can be hidden in this granary. If we burn Cao Jun's granary first, Cao Jun will be in chaos. Then we will be able to capture Wuwei County when we take advantage of the chaos of Cao Jun." Ma Chao told his father. Ma Teng said.

Ma Teng was overjoyed when he heard the news.You know, in ancient wars, this food was the most important.If the food and grass were burned, Cao Jun would be in chaos immediately.

"Ha ha!"

"It's really destiny to help horses, not Cao. I am a horse, and Cao Cao is grass. It is only natural for a horse to eat grass."

"My son, you lead [-] elite soldiers to sneak into the granary through the tunnel. After your father started to attack the city, you heard the sound of the three-way drum, then led the army to burn the granary and fight out from the granary." Ma Teng's order was conveyed.

"No." Ma Chao accepted the order.

Chapter 221 Night Attack on Wuwei

After Ma Chao took the order, he led three thousand elite soldiers to sneak into the city along the tunnel.During the whole process, Ma Chao can be said to be extra careful.In order to prevent the armor from colliding and making noise, Ma Chao ordered his soldiers to take off the armor on their bodies. All the people wrapped their shoes with cloth, and there was no sound at all during the whole process.

You must know that there were a total of 3000 people who sneaked in. If one person made the slightest noise, it would be easy to alarm the defenders in the city.But fortunately, until all the soldiers arrived inside the granary, Cao Jun did not disturb.

Firstly, it was because Ma Chao was really cautious when sneaking in, and secondly, because Cao Jun, who was in charge of guarding the granary, were all new recruits, their experience was really lacking.Not to mention that Ma Chao didn't make any noise during the whole process, even if Ma Chao made some noises, I'm afraid they would think it was a mouse, or a cat, or a cat catching a mouse.

Due to Ma Teng's attack, all the veterans in Wuwei County had already climbed the city wall, and the granary was inside the city.Cao Hong believed that as long as Wuwei City was not destroyed, the granary would not be in any danger.Therefore, there are not many troops left behind in the granary, and they are all recruits.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

At this time, there was a sound of horseshoes, and tens of thousands of black armored cavalry came from afar and appeared outside Wuwei City.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack."

"Go up the city wall, go up the city wall." At this time, only the veterans on the city wall shouted loudly, calling out to the soldiers who were carrying rolling logs and stones under the city.

Under the city, there are more than 2 cavalry and nearly [-] infantry, which are almost all the soldiers and horses in Ma Teng's headquarters.Although Liangzhou is big, it is not suitable for farming, and the population is sparse. It is already very difficult for Ma Teng to raise [-] soldiers and horses.

In order to win Wuwei County, Ma Teng went all out.Wuwei County is very important to Ma Teng. Only after Ma Teng takes Wuwei County can he mobilize more troops and find more allies in Liangzhou.

The situation in Liangzhou is very complicated, and Ma Teng is not the only warlord.Han Sui and Beigong Boyu each have 3 to [-] men, but these two men are masters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles.Before seeing the hope of taking over the Central Plains, he would never obey Ma Teng's command.Therefore, there is only one way before Ma Teng, and that is to take Wuwei County.

Only after he took Wuwei County, Han Sui and Beigong Boyu would hand over their soldiers and horses to him to command.Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Beigong Boyu's soldiers and horses gathered together. This is a total of [-] cavalry. With [-] cavalry in hand, Ma Teng can be regarded as having the capital to dominate the Central Plains.

There are many reasons here, which make Ma Teng unable to lose, and Ma Teng dare not lose. If he loses once, then it can be said that he has lost all games.If you win, you will enter the Central Plains. If you lose, you can only live in Liangzhou for the rest of your life. This battle in Wuwei is very important for Ma Teng.

"Siege."

When the army arrived at the city, they didn't even rest for a moment. With a wave of Ma Teng's hand, [-] infantry shouted hoarsely, holding ladders and pushing all kinds of siege equipment towards Wuwei County.

Normally speaking, a warlord on the grassland like Ma Teng would not train infantry, let alone build siege equipment.But now it seems that Ma Teng not only has [-] infantry, but also has all kinds of siege equipment.This shows how long Ma Teng has prepared for this battle.

On the grassland, not to mention the lack of iron, there is even very little wood.You know, grass grows on this grassland, but it doesn't grow wood.In Liangzhou, which is short of iron and wood, it can be said that Ma Teng has spent a lot of money by making so many siege equipment.

With a wave of Ma Teng's hand, the soldiers scrambled towards the city wall. On both sides of the infantry were the most elite rangers under Ma Teng's command.These rangers are all barbarian archers, and their arrow skills are far better than those of Han archers.

Hu people are good at riding and shooting. For them, riding on horseback is like walking on flat ground.They stretched their bows and arrows towards the city wall on horseback, and in a moment they saw Cao Jun on the city wall fall down.

On the city wall, Cao Jun's archers also fought back against Ma Teng's cavalry.Although Cao Jun's archers are condescending in terms of terrain, Ma Teng's cavalry are all rangers.In consideration of the horse's maneuverability and evasion, Cao Jun's arrow rain did not hurt Ma Teng's ranger at all.

"Don't shoot the cavalry, shoot the infantry."

"The cavalry has horses, but the infantry has no horses. The infantry is easy to shoot, and the infantry is quick to shoot." Cao Hong's order was conveyed.

Since the arrow rains just now were all rushing towards the cavalry, without the suppression of the archers, Ma Teng's infantry had already set up the ladder on the city wall.These soldiers have already taken this opportunity to climb up the ladder, and are climbing towards the wall towards the ladder.

"Shoot quickly, shoot quickly." Cao Hong couldn't help being surprised when he saw the densely packed enemy infantry on the ladder.Fortunately, the reaction was still timely. If it was delayed, these infantrymen might have already climbed the city wall.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Cao Hong gave an order, and a round of arrows shot towards the infantry on the ladder.Many soldiers were hit by arrows, screaming and falling down from the ladder, as if they were dumping dumplings.

For a moment, the city of Wuwei seemed to be a meat grinder, with arrows everywhere, corpses everywhere, and blood everywhere.

Although Ma Teng dispatched a full [-] infantry, there were more than [-] Cao troops on the top of the city.As the saying goes, surround it three times, attack it ten times.If you want to attack Wuwei County, although you don't need [-] troops, only [-] infantry are not enough anyway.

Looking at the deadlocked battlefield, Ma Teng knew that he must win no matter what.If Cao Cao failed, he only lost Wuwei County, but if he failed, he would completely lose the chance to take over the Central Plains.

Looking at the battlefield not far ahead, Ma Teng gritted his teeth, and shouted cruelly: "The cavalry has changed into infantry. Except for the rangers, the rest of the troops will participate in the siege."

Ma Teng gave this order, that is to say, except for the cavalry archers, all the cavalry in the army dismounted and used as infantry.You know, the cost of training a cavalry is far greater than training an infantry.

Now Ma Teng uses the infantry as cavalry, which shows that in order to capture Wuwei County, Ma Teng can be said to have spent a lot of money.

For a while, Ma Teng almost invested another [-] troops.Immediately, all available siege equipment, such as ladders, siege engines, battering rams, archery towers, etc., had been used by Ma Teng.

Before and after, all of Ma Teng's [-] troops have been invested, including these siege equipment, which are also Ma Teng's treasures.

Today, all the things that can be seen on the battlefield are Ma Teng's foundation. For Ma Teng, this battle can be said to be a battle of success if it is unsuccessful.

Chapter 221 Bloody Battle of Wuwei

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

On the battlefield, the cavalry under Ma Teng's command abandoned their horses and were completely used as infantry. They all rushed forward desperately.

Fifty thousand Xiliang troops stormed the city wall, and there were black soldiers everywhere under the city. From a distance, Wuwei County looked like a flat boat in a stormy sea.

"Fire arrows!"

"Don't panic, let the arrows go." Cao Hong looked at the dark crowd below the city, and his heart turned pale with shock.

Every time I thought that a small Wuwei County would attract Ma Teng's all-out attack.Fortunately, Wuwei County has been continuously reinforced over the years, and it can be regarded as a high city with thick walls.Although Wuwei seems to be on the verge of collapse, Cao Hong has the certainty of defending Wuwei County.

"Swoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

On the city wall, a dense formation of archers launched intensive shooting at the Xiliang soldiers below the city.At this time, the sky was full of black arrows, covering the entire sky like locusts passing through.

The passage of locusts may not be able to kill people, but this dense rain of arrows can really kill people.If it is shot by these arrows, it can turn into something like a porcupine or a hedgehog in an instant.

Xiliang is located in the grassland, and the people on the grassland are all barbarians. When these barbarians charge, they look even more barbaric.Holding giant shields in their hands, they charged forward without fear of death.

"Hold on! Hold on!"

"Hold on, you must hold on."

"Look, there are Xiliang soldiers and barbarians outside. Once the city is broken, the wives and children in your family will be humiliated."

"No matter what, we must defend Wuwei. Our reinforcements are on the way. Three days, at most three days, the reinforcements will arrive."