Ma Chao was very angry, annoyed, frustrated, and depressed. At this moment, Ma Chao had removed his armor and was sitting in the tent. There was a jar of clear water in front of him to calm his anger.
It was already late at night, but it was bustling outside. Ma Chao endured the ear-piercing noise as he sat quietly in the tent. Unable to hold it in any longer, he poured a large bowl of water and drank it in one gulp, allowing the cold water to quell his increasingly exuberant anger.
For three consecutive days, he had to endure this kind of noise every night. At first, Ma Chao had led his troops out to search for the enemy, but now, he could not be bothered with those people anymore. He could already tell that those people were only knocking at the door every night. They did not attack, but only harassed them. Therefore, Ma Chao and Pang De had a discussion and decided to leave only a portion of the soldiers on guard every night. As for these people who were knocking on the door, they would come again after they were chased away, so they might as well ignore them.
However, as a result, none of the soldiers in the stronghold could sleep soundly, and there were endless complaints every day. Pang De once said to him,"If this continues, there will definitely be a mutiny. We have to make a plan as soon as possible. Why don't we retreat to the camp?" When Ma Chao heard this, he only said," We've come this far and we've retreated without even fighting the enemy. If that's the case, won't our morale drop greatly?"”So he did not listen to Pang De's advice and just rested in his original place. However, for three consecutive days, there would be drumbeats at night and Wei Yan's troops in the day. At first, he only cursed outside the stockade. Later, he called thousands of soldiers to shout and curse together outside the stockade. His voice traveled for miles. Even if he sat in the big tent, he could hear it clearly.
"Do you want me to retreat?”Just as Ma Chao was thinking about it, a small school suddenly reported,""The enemy suddenly arrived in front of the temple and ambushed our army with bows and arrows!”"Is the enemy coming?" Ma Chao hurriedly stood up when he heard the report.”"After the enemy shot a volley of arrows, they saw General Pang leading his troops out and fled into the distance!"”When Ma Chao heard this, he sat back down and thought,'I'm not going to do this."This is still Xue Bing's plan to exhaust his soldiers. They didn't want to charge at us, they just wanted to make our soldiers powerless and our generals listless. This way, they would be able to make us lose the strength to fight and then defeat our army in the final battle.”Thinking of this, he quickly ordered,"Men, pass on my order. All troops break camp. When General Pang's troops return, all troops retreat ten li to camp!"”
As soon as the order was issued, the forty thousand troops immediately got busy. When Pang De returned with 3,000 light cavalry, he saw Ma Chao waiting for him on his horse with a spear in his hand. Seeing Pang De return, he said,"Ling Mingxian is right. Let's retreat for a while and have a good rest before attacking this pass!"”
Pang De was overjoyed to see Ma Chao listen to him."If that's the case, we should leave a troop to cover the rear, in case the enemy sends someone to ambush us while we retreat.”"What you say is very good," said Ma Chao. He ordered Pang De to lead 3,000 troops to cover the rear and retreat with his own army.
Ma Chao led his troops to retreat. Xue Bing was resting in the house when a guard called him from outside the window. Xue Bing stood up and left the room. He asked the guard,"Is there anything urgent?" "General Meng Da says he has military intelligence to report!"”"Where's Meng Da?" Xue Bing asked. "They're waiting outside," the guard replied.”"Quickly call him in!" Xue Bing said anxiously. That guard received the order and hurriedly went down to call Meng Da.
A moment later, Meng Da arrived and saw Xue Bing. He hurriedly said,""General, Ma Chao has gathered all his troops and retreated.”"Ma Chao couldn't bear the disturbance and retreated to the camp," Xue Bing said with a smile.”"Ma Chao, can you send people to cover the rear?"”"I saw Ma Chao leaving Pang De to cover the rear, so I didn't lead the troops to attack," Meng Da replied. He only hurriedly led his troops back to the pass to report to the general.”
When Xue Bing heard this, he said," General Meng, you have done well. You can go back and have a good rest tonight!" Also, please tell General Huo that he doesn't need to go tonight!”Meng Da acknowledged and left. Seeing Meng Da leave, Xue Bing said to the personal guard,"You should also go and rest!" Then, he turned around and returned to his bedroom.
When he came back, he saw that Sun Shangxiang had also woken up and was looking at him with her big eyes. "Why are you awake too?" Xue Bing smiled.”"I didn't see you when I woke up. I thought you left me again!" Sun Shangxiang said softly.”"How could that be?" Xue Bing asked. I just went out to discuss some official business with General Meng!”"I heard it!" Sun Shangxiang said. "Ma Chao has retreated, so are you leaving too?"”After saying that, he looked at Xue Bing with a reluctant expression, as if he would never see her again.
Xue Bing laughed when he heard that. He lay back down on the couch and said to Sun Shangxiang,"Ma Chao only retreated for a while and built a new camp. It wasn't like they were retreating. I'll continue to stay here!" When Sun Shangxiang heard this, she smiled and said,"It's good that he's not leaving. I hope that Ma Chao will stay outside the gate for the rest of his life!”When Xue Bing heard this, he thought to himself, I'm afraid that even if I wanted him to stay for a lifetime, Liu Dada and Zhuge Dada wouldn't be willing! Once Chuanzhong settled down, this fierce tiger of Western Liang would be the next target.”As he thought about it, he pulled Sun Shangxiang into his arms and the two of them fell asleep again…
The next day, Xue Bing got up early and rushed to the residence. If Ma Chao retreated and set up a camp, he would have to redeploy his defensive strategy. Xue Bing arrived at the residence and ordered his subordinates to invite the generals over for a meeting. After that, he stared blankly at the map in front of him. Not long after, everyone arrived. Xue Bing retracted his gaze and said to everyone,"Last night, Ma Chao retreated ten miles to camp. What do you think?”
"Could it be that General doesn't wish to use the strategy of exhausting the troops?" Meng Da took the lead and said.”
Xue Bing said," This plan can only be used for a while. Now that Ma Chao has retreated ten li and set up camp, our army will use this plan to deal with him. Then, we will also be quite tired.”Xue Bing said this because he considered that the distance between the two sides was not as close as before. The troops that Xue Bing sent out could not retreat in the shortest time, and it was easy for them to fall into the enemy's ambush, so he simply gave up on this method.
Fa Zheng nodded and said,"For now, we can only defend the pass.”
"Why don't we lead an army to attack Ma Chao's camp today?" Wei Yan said. Ma Chao had just set up a camp, and his soldiers were exhausted from the plan of a few days ago. At this time to attack, should be able to complete the work!”
Xue Bing didn't say a word. He was thinking about this matter just now, whether to advance or not. Advance, if successful, Ma Chao can be pacified in one battle. However, he had just changed to a new camp, so how could he not be on guard? If he didn't advance, then he would let them recuperate and fight to the death on the pass.
Just as Xue Bing was thinking, Fa Zhengxian said,"What Wen Chang said is not impossible, but we need to be wary of Ma Chao's ambush!”"Does Xiaozhi have a plan?" Xue Bing asked Fa Zhengdao.”Fa Zheng smiled." We can ask General Wei to lead a troop. If they are unprepared, we can charge into the enemy camp and complete the battle. If there is an ambush, retreat quickly and lure the enemy to attack. General, you can lead another army to wait outside the camp. When Ma Chao's army comes out, you can seize his camp and destroy his food and grass. In this way, Ma Chao can retreat!"
When Xue Bing heard this, he thought for a while and realized that it was a good plan. The only problem was that if Ma Chao didn't chase after them or left half of his troops behind, what would happen? So he asked Fa Zheng for advice. Fa Zheng said,"With Ma Chao's bravery, he will definitely lead his troops to pursue. As for what the general said, if there are soldiers and horses left there, the general will attack the camp. Why are you afraid of someone shouting in the camp?”
"You're right, Xiao Zhi!" Xue Bing smiled when he heard this.”He thought to himself, My request is too much! Thinking about that Ma Chao, he must have led a large portion of the army to chase after Wei Yan. Even if there were soldiers left in the camp, there wouldn't be too many. If we calculate with our hearts, we should be able to succeed.”He thought,"Anyway, if Ma Chao doesn't have enough soldiers, I'll ask Meng Da to lead an army to make a false attack." We should be able to lure out all the soldiers!" After making up his mind, he said,"Generals, listen up! Wei Yan led 5,000 troops to attack Ma Chao's camp from the front. If you see that there must be an ambush, retreat quickly. If there is no ambush, burn the enemy camp!”"Yes!" Wei Yan said. He turned around and left.
"Meng Da and I will lead five thousand troops, prepare many kindling items, and flank Ma Chao's camp."”Then, he ordered Fa Zheng and Huo Jun to guard the pass. The order had been made, and he and Meng Da went to gather the troops and horses, then went out of the pass to gallop to the Great Stronghold.
Wei Yan led five thousand troops ahead of them. After ten li, they arrived at Ma Chao's old camp. He ordered people to investigate carefully and only continued to move forward after confirming that there were no ambushes. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of a plan and called over his guards to give some instructions. Only then did he lead the 3,000-strong army forward.
After walking for a while, seeing Ma Chao's camp in front of them, Wei Yan thought,""I think that Ma Chao wasn't prepared. Otherwise, why haven't any soldiers come out yet?”As he was thinking, he suddenly heard the sound of a cannon. The soldiers on his left and right were Dongchuan soldiers. The leading general was Ma Dai. He shouted angrily and rushed down.
Wei Yan could see clearly from his horse that Ma Chao's camp gate opened wide as Ma Dai charged down. Countless soldiers rushed out from within, and Ma Chao personally led his men to kill the generals. Seeing this, Wei Yan quickly shouted around and ordered,""Ma Chao is already prepared.”So he led his army back.
Ma Dai rushed down from above and saw clearly. Seeing that Wei Yan hadn't fought yet, he wanted to escape and cursed,""Wei Yan brat! Don't run if you have the guts!" So he urged his horse to dismount and pursue Wei Yan.
Ma Chao chased after Wei Yan for a while, and he was suspicious when he saw that Wei Yan was only running away. However, Ma Dai was burning with anger and was unwilling to give up. He was afraid that something bad would happen to Ma Dai again, so he led the army behind him and ordered Pang De to guard the camp.
Not long after, the two of them had already reached the old stronghold, and Wei Yan was nowhere to be seen. Just as he was feeling puzzled, he suddenly heard a shout from his subordinate. "Fire! It's on fire!" Ma Chao quickly looked to his left and right and saw that a tent in front of him had already been set on fire. Just as he was bewildered, several shouts came from beside him,"Fire! It's on fire!" He looked around and found that there were fires everywhere. "We've been tricked again," Ma Chao hurriedly said to Ma Dai. Take advantage of the small fire, brother and I quickly retreat!”So he led the army back.
Who knew that just as the army was retreating, they heard the sound of a cannon and two troops charged out from the left and right. The one in the lead was Wei Yan. When Wei Yan arrived at Ma Chao's old camp, he suddenly had a plan. He left 2,000 soldiers in the camp to arrange a hiding place and prepare things to start a fire. Then, he left them here to lie in ambush. When he led his troops back here, he could hide as soon as possible. When Ma Chao's army arrived, he used the fire to confuse Ma Chao. When Ma Chao wanted to retreat, he led his troops to attack.
The pitiful Ma Brothers had previously been burned down by Xue Bing's fire, and now they thought of fire attack when they saw fire, and in their panic, they were ambushed by Wei Yan.
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Ma Chao was very angry, annoyed, frustrated, and depressed. At this moment, Ma Chao had removed his armor and was sitting in the tent. There was a jar of clear water in front of him to calm his anger.
It was already late at night, but it was bustling outside. Ma Chao endured the ear-piercing noise as he sat quietly in the tent. Unable to hold it in any longer, he poured a large bowl of water and drank it in one gulp, allowing the cold water to quell his increasingly exuberant anger.
For three consecutive days, he had to endure this kind of noise every night. At first, Ma Chao had led his troops out to search for the enemy, but now, he could not be bothered with those people anymore. He could already tell that those people were only knocking at the door every night. They did not attack, but only harassed them. Therefore, Ma Chao and Pang De had a discussion and decided to leave only a portion of the soldiers on guard every night. As for these people who were knocking on the door, they would come again after they were chased away, so they might as well ignore them.
However, as a result, none of the soldiers in the stronghold could sleep soundly, and there were endless complaints every day. Pang De once said to him,"If this continues, there will definitely be a mutiny. We have to make a plan as soon as possible. Why don't we retreat to the camp?" When Ma Chao heard this, he only said," We've come this far and we've retreated without even fighting the enemy. If that's the case, won't our morale drop greatly?"”So he did not listen to Pang De's advice and just rested in his original place. However, for three consecutive days, there would be drumbeats at night and Wei Yan's troops in the day. At first, he only cursed outside the stockade. Later, he called thousands of soldiers to shout and curse together outside the stockade. His voice traveled for miles. Even if he sat in the big tent, he could hear it clearly.
"Do you want me to retreat?”Just as Ma Chao was thinking about it, a small school suddenly reported,""The enemy suddenly arrived in front of the temple and ambushed our army with bows and arrows!”"Is the enemy coming?" Ma Chao hurriedly stood up when he heard the report.”"After the enemy shot a volley of arrows, they saw General Pang leading his troops out and fled into the distance!"”When Ma Chao heard this, he sat back down and thought,'I'm not going to do this."This is still Xue Bing's plan to exhaust his soldiers. They didn't want to charge at us, they just wanted to make our soldiers powerless and our generals listless. This way, they would be able to make us lose the strength to fight and then defeat our army in the final battle.”Thinking of this, he quickly ordered,"Men, pass on my order. All troops break camp. When General Pang's troops return, all troops retreat ten li to camp!"”
As soon as the order was issued, the forty thousand troops immediately got busy. When Pang De returned with 3,000 light cavalry, he saw Ma Chao waiting for him on his horse with a spear in his hand. Seeing Pang De return, he said,"Ling Mingxian is right. Let's retreat for a while and have a good rest before attacking this pass!"”
Pang De was overjoyed to see Ma Chao listen to him."If that's the case, we should leave a troop to cover the rear, in case the enemy sends someone to ambush us while we retreat.”"What you say is very good," said Ma Chao. He ordered Pang De to lead 3,000 troops to cover the rear and retreat with his own army.
Ma Chao led his troops to retreat. Xue Bing was resting in the house when a guard called him from outside the window. Xue Bing stood up and left the room. He asked the guard,"Is there anything urgent?" "General Meng Da says he has military intelligence to report!"”"Where's Meng Da?" Xue Bing asked. "They're waiting outside," the guard replied.”"Quickly call him in!" Xue Bing said anxiously. That guard received the order and hurriedly went down to call Meng Da.
A moment later, Meng Da arrived and saw Xue Bing. He hurriedly said,""General, Ma Chao has gathered all his troops and retreated.”"Ma Chao couldn't bear the disturbance and retreated to the camp," Xue Bing said with a smile.”"Ma Chao, can you send people to cover the rear?"”"I saw Ma Chao leaving Pang De to cover the rear, so I didn't lead the troops to attack," Meng Da replied. He only hurriedly led his troops back to the pass to report to the general.”
When Xue Bing heard this, he said," General Meng, you have done well. You can go back and have a good rest tonight!" Also, please tell General Huo that he doesn't need to go tonight!”Meng Da acknowledged and left. Seeing Meng Da leave, Xue Bing said to the personal guard,"You should also go and rest!" Then, he turned around and returned to his bedroom.
When he came back, he saw that Sun Shangxiang had also woken up and was looking at him with her big eyes. "Why are you awake too?" Xue Bing smiled.”"I didn't see you when I woke up. I thought you left me again!" Sun Shangxiang said softly.”"How could that be?" Xue Bing asked. I just went out to discuss some official business with General Meng!”"I heard it!" Sun Shangxiang said. "Ma Chao has retreated, so are you leaving too?"”After saying that, he looked at Xue Bing with a reluctant expression, as if he would never see her again.
Xue Bing laughed when he heard that. He lay back down on the couch and said to Sun Shangxiang,"Ma Chao only retreated for a while and built a new camp. It wasn't like they were retreating. I'll continue to stay here!" When Sun Shangxiang heard this, she smiled and said,"It's good that he's not leaving. I hope that Ma Chao will stay outside the gate for the rest of his life!”When Xue Bing heard this, he thought to himself, I'm afraid that even if I wanted him to stay for a lifetime, Liu Dada and Zhuge Dada wouldn't be willing! Once Chuanzhong settled down, this fierce tiger of Western Liang would be the next target.”As he thought about it, he pulled Sun Shangxiang into his arms and the two of them fell asleep again…
The next day, Xue Bing got up early and rushed to the residence. If Ma Chao retreated and set up a camp, he would have to redeploy his defensive strategy. Xue Bing arrived at the residence and ordered his subordinates to invite the generals over for a meeting. After that, he stared blankly at the map in front of him. Not long after, everyone arrived. Xue Bing retracted his gaze and said to everyone,"Last night, Ma Chao retreated ten miles to camp. What do you think?”
"Could it be that General doesn't wish to use the strategy of exhausting the troops?" Meng Da took the lead and said.”
Xue Bing said," This plan can only be used for a while. Now that Ma Chao has retreated ten li and set up camp, our army will use this plan to deal with him. Then, we will also be quite tired.”Xue Bing said this because he considered that the distance between the two sides was not as close as before. The troops that Xue Bing sent out could not retreat in the shortest time, and it was easy for them to fall into the enemy's ambush, so he simply gave up on this method.
Fa Zheng nodded and said,"For now, we can only defend the pass.”
"Why don't we lead an army to attack Ma Chao's camp today?" Wei Yan said. Ma Chao had just set up a camp, and his soldiers were exhausted from the plan of a few days ago. At this time to attack, should be able to complete the work!”
Xue Bing didn't say a word. He was thinking about this matter just now, whether to advance or not. Advance, if successful, Ma Chao can be pacified in one battle. However, he had just changed to a new camp, so how could he not be on guard? If he didn't advance, then he would let them recuperate and fight to the death on the pass.
Just as Xue Bing was thinking, Fa Zhengxian said,"What Wen Chang said is not impossible, but we need to be wary of Ma Chao's ambush!”"Does Xiaozhi have a plan?" Xue Bing asked Fa Zhengdao.”Fa Zheng smiled." We can ask General Wei to lead a troop. If they are unprepared, we can charge into the enemy camp and complete the battle. If there is an ambush, retreat quickly and lure the enemy to attack. General, you can lead another army to wait outside the camp. When Ma Chao's army comes out, you can seize his camp and destroy his food and grass. In this way, Ma Chao can retreat!"
When Xue Bing heard this, he thought for a while and realized that it was a good plan. The only problem was that if Ma Chao didn't chase after them or left half of his troops behind, what would happen? So he asked Fa Zheng for advice. Fa Zheng said,"With Ma Chao's bravery, he will definitely lead his troops to pursue. As for what the general said, if there are soldiers and horses left there, the general will attack the camp. Why are you afraid of someone shouting in the camp?”
"You're right, Xiao Zhi!" Xue Bing smiled when he heard this.”He thought to himself, My request is too much! Thinking about that Ma Chao, he must have led a large portion of the army to chase after Wei Yan. Even if there were soldiers left in the camp, there wouldn't be too many. If we calculate with our hearts, we should be able to succeed.”He thought,"Anyway, if Ma Chao doesn't have enough soldiers, I'll ask Meng Da to lead an army to make a false attack." We should be able to lure out all the soldiers!" After making up his mind, he said,"Generals, listen up! Wei Yan led 5,000 troops to attack Ma Chao's camp from the front. If you see that there must be an ambush, retreat quickly. If there is no ambush, burn the enemy camp!”"Yes!" Wei Yan said. He turned around and left.
"Meng Da and I will lead five thousand troops, prepare many kindling items, and flank Ma Chao's camp."”Then, he ordered Fa Zheng and Huo Jun to guard the pass. The order had been made, and he and Meng Da went to gather the troops and horses, then went out of the pass to gallop to the Great Stronghold.
Wei Yan led five thousand troops ahead of them. After ten li, they arrived at Ma Chao's old camp. He ordered people to investigate carefully and only continued to move forward after confirming that there were no ambushes. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of a plan and called over his guards to give some instructions. Only then did he lead the 3,000-strong army forward.
After walking for a while, seeing Ma Chao's camp in front of them, Wei Yan thought,""I think that Ma Chao wasn't prepared. Otherwise, why haven't any soldiers come out yet?”As he was thinking, he suddenly heard the sound of a cannon. The soldiers on his left and right were Dongchuan soldiers. The leading general was Ma Dai. He shouted angrily and rushed down.
Wei Yan could see clearly from his horse that Ma Chao's camp gate opened wide as Ma Dai charged down. Countless soldiers rushed out from within, and Ma Chao personally led his men to kill the generals. Seeing this, Wei Yan quickly shouted around and ordered,""Ma Chao is already prepared.”So he led his army back.
Ma Dai rushed down from above and saw clearly. Seeing that Wei Yan hadn't fought yet, he wanted to escape and cursed,""Wei Yan brat! Don't run if you have the guts!" So he urged his horse to dismount and pursue Wei Yan.
Ma Chao chased after Wei Yan for a while, and he was suspicious when he saw that Wei Yan was only running away. However, Ma Dai was burning with anger and was unwilling to give up. He was afraid that something bad would happen to Ma Dai again, so he led the army behind him and ordered Pang De to guard the camp.
Not long after, the two of them had already reached the old stronghold, and Wei Yan was nowhere to be seen. Just as he was feeling puzzled, he suddenly heard a shout from his subordinate. "Fire! It's on fire!" Ma Chao quickly looked to his left and right and saw that a tent in front of him had already been set on fire. Just as he was bewildered, several shouts came from beside him,"Fire! It's on fire!" He looked around and found that there were fires everywhere. "We've been tricked again," Ma Chao hurriedly said to Ma Dai. Take advantage of the small fire, brother and I quickly retreat!”So he led the army back.
Who knew that just as the army was retreating, they heard the sound of a cannon and two troops charged out from the left and right. The one in the lead was Wei Yan. When Wei Yan arrived at Ma Chao's old camp, he suddenly had a plan. He left 2,000 soldiers in the camp to arrange a hiding place and prepare things to start a fire. Then, he left them here to lie in ambush. When he led his troops back here, he could hide as soon as possible. When Ma Chao's army arrived, he used the fire to confuse Ma Chao. When Ma Chao wanted to retreat, he led his troops to attack.
The pitiful Ma Brothers had previously been burned down by Xue Bing's fire, and now they thought of fire attack when they saw fire, and in their panic, they were ambushed by Wei Yan.
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