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While everyone was waiting, the alien coalition took the lead in attacking with the sound of horns.

But it's not that the army is charging densely, but the catapults in front of the army are constantly throwing gravel or boulders at a distance of 300 meters from the city wall.

"Raise your shield!"

Looking at the gravel thrown from the sky, Zhang Guang immediately ordered loudly.

The next moment, dense shields and thick door panels were spread out on the city wall, protecting the soldiers at the top of the city and the boiling pot of oil.

The veterans lay on their stomachs between the battlements, carefully watching the alien coalition formation in the distance.Once the enemy starts to approach, they will also take the lead in counterattacking against the sky full of gravel and the ensuing arrow rain.

Behind the city wall, under the command of the chief, the catapults in the city also started to fight back.Compared with the simple catapults of the foreign race, the catapults in the city were used for defense. They were built a long time ago, and they were much larger. The weight and distance of the projectiles were also farther than those of the foreign race.

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Time passed by minute by minute, and an hour passed quickly, and the top of Yanmen Pass was also covered with gravel.

"what happened!"

Under the shield, Zhang Guang could not help frowning as he looked at the Huns army formation on the opposite side through the battlements.

These alien coalition forces have been throwing gravel for an hour, but there is no sign of charging.

After an hour, except for a very small number of unlucky soldiers who were hit, it can be said that not many people were injured on both sides fell.

Zhang Guang couldn't help but feel that something was wrong.

Although the Xiongnu and other races came to plunder in previous years, they would send troops to pretend to attack Yanmen Pass to restrain the defenders of Yanmen Pass, so as to send a small group of troops to bypass Yanmen Pass to plunder.But even if it was a feint attack, the foreign race would still charge, not to mention that this time the foreign race coalition forces came, he didn't think it would be a feint attack.

As for sending troops from other races to bypass Yanmen Pass, Zhang Guang felt that it was impossible.If the army bypasses Yanmen Pass, then the defenders of Yanmen Pass can cooperate with the army in the Central Plains to directly cut off the enemy's rear, cut off supplies, and attack from both ends. This is a big taboo for military strategists.

"Woooo!"

Just when Zhang Guang was still in doubt, the humming horn sounded again.

Zhang Guang quickly looked at the foreign allied forces outside the pass again, thinking that they were finally about to launch an attack.

But the next moment, the alien allied forces lined up outside the city retreated in Mingjin, and turned back with their catapults and battering rams.

In this battle, these alien races did nothing other than projecting gravel for an hour with a catapult. They seemed to be here to put on a pose.

This made Zhang Guang more confused and uneasy, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in these alien gourds.

In the following time, the alien coalition forces opened up outside Yanmen Pass until noon, and then retreated again after smashing stones with catapults for an hour, and came again in the afternoon and evening.

This has been the case for several days in a row. Every time, the army formation is opened outside the Yanmen Pass, and the arrogance is fierce, but every time they smash some stones and go back. There is no real attack at all, not even an arrow shot. branch.

It was as if they were just here for training.

But even so, Zhang Guang didn't dare to be careless, and he was ready every time.

Because every time the coalition forces of foreign races opened up the army formation, the [-] troops would really line up at Yanmen Pass, because a real attack could be launched every time, because Zhang Guang still hadn't figured out what kind of medicine was sold in the gourds of these foreign races.

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On the other side, within four days, Ma Teng also fled back to Xiliang Mansion.

It's just that when he went, he took an army of 11, and he was full of arrogance, but when he came back, there were only more than 300 people, all of whom were downcast.

Plus the [-] troops Ma Chao lost before.It can be said that almost the entire Ma family army was buried in Zhenyuan City.

Today's Ma family has less than [-] troops left, [-] of these troops are stationed in various cities, and [-] are used to guard against Cao Cao.

With such a huge loss, Ma Teng also knew that he was powerless to avenge Ma Chao, and even within a year or two, the territory in his hands would be lost.

With only [-] troops, whether it is to stop Lu Bu's expansion or to prevent Cao Cao's expansion, he has more than enough power, and there are wolves, tigers and leopards on both sides.

It can be said that now is the weakest time for his Ma family, and it is too late to train recruits.

With so many new recruits in his hands, Lu Bu might give up this great opportunity for expansion, but Cao Cao certainly wouldn't.Once Cao Cao gets the news, he will definitely seize the opportunity to attack on a large scale, and will not give him a chance to recover from training.

Now even though Ma Teng is sad, he can only put aside the matter of revenge for the time being and think about how to protect himself.Otherwise, Nuo's family business will be taken away, I'm afraid the whole family will be hard to survive.

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Three days passed in a flash.

After three days of hesitation, Ma Teng finally made a decision.

Immediately Ma Teng called Ma Tie and asked Ma Tie to visit Cao Cao in person.

Ma Teng finally decided to take refuge in Cao Cao, and exchanged his territory for future wealth and the lives of his family, and also for Cao Cao to help him avenge himself and deal with Lu Bu.

He is not at ease to entrust this matter to any of his subordinates, so he can only let Ma Tie do it himself.

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On the other side, Lu Bu, who was rushing towards Yanmen Pass, also received the news from Yanmen Pass.

Lu Bu was also full of doubts about the actions of these alien races.

I don't understand why the Xiongnu joined forces with Xianbei and Qianghu to attack aggressively, and why it seems to be pretending.

"My lord! I think the Xiongnu and other foreign races are probably trying to reap the benefits of the fisherman!"

Hearing Lv Bu's doubtful words, a counselor beside Lv Bu thought for a while, and said to Lv Bu: "In the eyes of the Huns and other foreign races, we, as a new force on Ma Teng's territory, will inevitably fight against Ma Teng because of the territory. Because of the conflict, they invaded aggressively. The private soldiers were at Yanmen Pass, but they did not launch an attack. They might intend to contain the Yanmen Pass defenders, so that the Lord had to send troops to reinforce Yanmen Pass, thus affecting the decisive battle between the Lord and Ma Teng.

On the contrary, if they attack violently, Yanmen Pass is in danger, and it may lead to the alliance between the Lord and Ma Teng, which is not worth the loss for them.They only need to wait for the outcome of our war with Ma Teng, or wait until we are about to be defeated by Ma Teng, and it will be much easier for them to break through the Yanmen Pass and even go deep into the Central Plains. "

Hearing this, Lu Bu thought about it for a while, and felt that what his counselor said was reasonable, so he asked, "Then in your opinion, how should we deal with it?"

The counselor smiled and said: "My lord, we have just defeated Ma Teng in less than three days. The Xiongnu and other foreign races must have not heard of it, and they will not really storm Yanmen Pass. My lord may as well take this opportunity to divide our troops to expand westward and divide the land west of Guyuan. Take all the territory. This can also guard against Wusun."

"This plot is exactly what I want!" Lu Bu nodded.

Guyuan City is located in the middle of Xiliang, which just divides Xiliang into two parts. The east side is Xiliang Mansion, the west side is still under the rule of Ma Teng, and borders Wusun Kingdom.

Now Wusun is about to make a move, and he attacks to the west by himself, that is to eliminate the hidden dangers in the west, and it happens to take precautions against Wusun in advance.Kill two birds with one stone.