Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

The green horses roared, thousands of cavalrymen moved like clouds, and the dust of the Hu people covered thousands of miles in Pingyang.

The Han people sang long songs, their spirits soared to the sky, and the Han flags fluttered on the top of Xiangling City.

"Dexin told me about Gongheng's talent several times before, but I still didn't believe it."

On the top of Pingyang City, Ma Chao leaned on the top of the city wall, looking at the three fortresses of Xiangling, Gaoliangyi and Yangxian in the north that had changed their flags, and laughed heartily:

"Now I know your talent, what Dexin said is less than one-tenth of it!"

Huang Quan, who was beside Ma Chao, just smiled at such praise, but was also surprised in his heart:

When Liu Zhang was the governor of Yizhou, everyone knew about the conflict with Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, and at that time, Liu Yizhou had considered joining forces with Ma Chao more than once.

Hanzhong Zhang Lu therefore tried to win over Ma Chao, so Huang Quan also heard a lot of rumors about Ma Chao.

Apart from the Qiang blood that flowed in this general, the most talked about thing is undoubtedly that General Jin was arrogant, arrogant, unkind, and vicious.

Therefore, when Huang Quan, who had been training in Guanzhong, Yizhou, heard that he was the Northern Army and was going to follow Ma Chao to the expedition, Huang Quan's heart was still a little shocked.

But as the saying goes, military orders are like mountains and cannot be refused. Fortunately, after the expedition, Huang Quan's impression of Ma Chao has changed greatly.

When the army entered Hedong, although there were thousands of good cavalry and tens of thousands of warriors, General Ma Chao rode into the city alone and had a good conversation with the Hedong governor pointed out by Cao thieves. In the end, Hedong fell without a fight, and the governor promised to assign more than a thousand civilians to provide logistics for the army.

When Huang Quan asked later, Ma Chao did not show his merits at all, but just said that this place was the hometown of General Guan, and the villagers all knew the name of Guan Yunchang.

The situation of one city and three forts in Pingyang helping each other was quite troublesome. Huang Quan and Ma Zhong thought about it and thought that they could ask Ma Chao to lead the elite cavalry to cut off the connection between Pingyang City and the three forts, and then Huang Quan would lead the infantry to break the city and the fort.

Although this was the most reliable way to break the situation, Huang Quan said that it was somewhat suspected of stealing credit, but Ma Chao did not even show any dissatisfaction in his expression in the end, and he happily followed it.

Now that Pingyang County has been conquered, the next step is...

"Move the army eastward, directly take Shangdang, force Yecheng and frighten Cao thieves!"

Before Huang Quan finished his daydreaming, Ma Chao clearly shouted out the next goal.

Although he said so, Huang Quan could see clearly that General Ma Chao was still looking far away to the north, and his eyes were not on the east.

Huang Quan knew why - from Pingyang to the north, it was a flat land, Xihe, Taiyuan, Jiuyuan, and then north, it was out of Yanmen Pass and into the frontier. This road was the world of cavalry.

Huang Quan had seen General Ma Chao's cavalry fighting. In his opinion, his might was almost as great as that of General Zhao Zilong who defeated ten thousand with only three hundred men to capture Langzhong.

The difference was that General Zhao's cavalry was like a sharp blade, and whoever it touched would be defeated and whoever it struck would be broken.

The Qiang cavalry led by General Ma often led thousands of cavalry to follow tens of thousands of cavalry. It was said that when they captured a good general named Zhang He under Cao's command, they chased him for nearly a month, almost like a pack of wolves hunting in the wild.

It was natural for such a cavalry general to be eager to show the prestige of the cavalry and make achievements in a flat land.

"Shangdang... is not easy to fight."

Huang Quan told the truth, and during this period of time, the northern army did not stop sending scouts to Shangdang when attacking Pingyang, so he had a general understanding of the situation in Shangdang at this time.

"The terrain is dangerous, with many winding paths. It is difficult to march, let alone attack it."

At this time, Ma Dai and Ma Zhong were standing behind Ma Chao. Hearing what Huang Quan said, Ma Dai was a little unhappy:

"Yongliang warriors, even if you dismount and fight on foot, you will still be brave!"

Before Huang Quan could refute, Ma Zhong shook his head and said:

"Cao's thieves must have a dangerous pass in Shangdang. If we attack from above, there will probably be many casualties. And it is not wise to attack the long with the short."

"De Xin is right!" Ma Dai changed his position smoothly:

"Then how do you think Shangdang should be fought?"

Ma Zhong shook his head and said word by word:

"Please ask General Ma to lead the cavalry to the north."

North? Ma Dai was stunned, and even Ma Chao, who had been silent, turned around with a little annoyance on his face:

"De Xin, who is the garrison commander of Shangdang?"

Ma Zhong recalled a little and answered fluently:

"The governor of Shangdang is Yang Xin, who has a good reputation and is popular among the people in Shangdang."

"He is the son of Yang Xu, the governor of Xuanyu. I know that he is the descendant of such capable officials."

Yang Xu refused bribes in Xuanyu and left a good reputation, so his family has always been famous.

In his early years, Cai Yong avoided the disaster of eunuchs and went to Mount Tai to rely on the Yang family. At that time, the wife of Yang Xin, the second son of Yang Xu, died, and Cai Yong married his second daughter to Yang Xin. The famous marriage added to his reputation. Ma Chao vaguely remembered that Cai Yong's second daughter was named Cai Zhenji.

Ma Chao sighed immediately and felt that Shangdang was becoming more and more difficult to deal with.

This reminded him of the instructions given by Zhuge Jun and Lord Xuande before he left Chang'an:

The northern army is the supporting route. It is not necessary to capture Shangdang, but it is necessary to make a loud noise to make Yecheng feel insecure.

Ma Chao also understood that this was mostly because the Qiang people were brave, but the advantage was in cavalry. Shangdang has a complex terrain and is not easy for cavalry to conquer, so this was given.

This goal is not difficult, but... Ma Chao is not willing.

People say that the Fufeng Ma family is the descendant of General Fubo, and even his father is proud of it, but Ma Chao does not think so.

At the beginning, General Fubo was able to travel to many places as a desperado and finally made an unprecedented achievement.

Now that the world is in chaos and the wise leader has appeared, and there is a light curtain as a once-in-a-millennium opportunity, why can't he, Ma Chao, surpass General Fubo?

A man should die in the frontier, and be buried wrapped in horsehide. General Fubo's words are still ringing in my ears. Now that we are on the battlefield to fight the enemy, how can we just seek peace?

Besides, the ending of the "Ma Chao" in the light curtain is something he can never accept. Jin Ma Chao's bravery should be recorded in history and be ranked alongside his ancestors. How could he cough up blood and die in depression?

Therefore, Shangdang must be taken no matter what.

"What else?"

Ma Zhong's expression became interested:

"Shangdang's troops are divided into two groups. One group is appointed by Cao the thief himself, and the leader is named Bao Shao."

"The other group is the surrendered generals from Hebei, and the leader is also familiar to General Ma..."

Before he finished speaking, Ma Chao had guessed:

"The famous general in Hebei, Gao Lan?"

As expected, Ma Zhong felt that the fighting spirit of the General Jin in front of him was high.

"General Guan Yu killed Yan Liang in battle, relieved the siege of Bai Ma, and killed Wen Chou."

"I once captured Zhang He alive and presented him to Lord Xuande, and now I meet Gao Lan again."

"Could it be that the four generals of Hebei in the past will all die at the hands of me and General Guan Yu?"

Huang Quan scratched his head, not knowing how this was connected.

But Ma Chao had already thrown away his previous hesitation, and he was sure to capture Gao Lan!

Ma Zhong was still unmoved when he heard what Ma Chao said, and even the smile between his eyebrows became a little stronger:

"In this case, it is even more necessary to ask General Ma to go north."