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All parties were properly prepared, and with Ma Chao's order, all armies entered the attacking position, ready to launch the final round of onslaught. The black cloud pressed the city to destroy it.

Zhang Yun and Gao Lan stood on the wall and looked out. Gao Lan frowned and said, "Our army has reached its limit, and it must not be able to withstand the next round of onslaught by the enemy!" Zhang Yun said flatly, "I led the army to stop, and you immediately led the other soldiers and horses to break through the east gate! Now! I can't keep it, I just hope to save as much power as possible!" Gao Lan frowned and nodded.

Ma Chao immediately went outside the city, raised his dragoon lance, ready to attack.

However, at this moment, a fast horse came galloping. Ma Yunlu, who was beside Ma Chao, called out anxiously: "Brother, we are the scouts sent to the party!"

Ma Chao's heart moved, put down his dragoon, and turned to look at the scout.

After a while, scout Pegasus arrived. Ma Chao asked anxiously: "How is the Shangdang situation?"

The scout said anxiously: "The Shangdang has fallen. General Zhang Yan's 30,000 soldiers have been defeated. General Zhang Yan has been cut by Ju Yi!"

Although everyone had already expected it, they couldn't help being surprised when they heard the actual report. Ma Chao asked anxiously: "Where are the enemy troops under Ju Yi's army now?" "It's coming to Huguan at full speed!" Ma Chao frowned, and immediately ordered the troops to stop the attack and turn back to Huguan at full speed. At this moment, Ma Chao is not worried that Ju Yi will be raging in Bingzhou, he is worried that he will turn around and grab the pot. If Huguan were to fall, his soldier and horse would not be cut off, but a huge gap would be torn in the eastern defense line of Binzhou. If Yuan Shaojun occupies Huguan, it is equivalent to sitting on the entire Taihang Mountain and overlooking the entire Bingzhou. Under the pressure of Yuan Shaojun's superior forces, it is almost impossible for Yingyangjun to defend Bingzhou.

Yuan Shaojun originally thought that the Eagle Yang Army was about to launch a final round of onslaught on them, but suddenly saw that the Eagle Yang Army, which had already occupied an absolute advantage, retreated! ?

Gao Lan cried out in disbelief, "Why did the enemy retreat suddenly?"

Zhang Yun said with joy; "It must be General Ju Yi who captured Shangdang and turned his head to seize Huguan! If Huguan falls into our hands, Binzhou will become our bag, and Ma Chao knows that the situation is serious and can only give up the offensive. Hurry back to guard!" Gao Lan and the others were all pleasantly surprised when they heard this.

Zhang Yun said anxiously: "The order goes on, all armies assemble, and counterattack with me!"

Gao Lan was taken aback and yelled anxiously: "Our army was fortunately defeated, with heavy losses and low morale. If we attack, I am afraid..."

Zhang Yun waved his hand and said categorically: "The most important thing now is to ensure that General Ju Yi seizes Huguan! Now that the enemy forces are coming out of the nest, it is a golden opportunity! As long as the enemy can be delayed to ensure that General Ju Yi seizes Huguan, our army Even if the whole army is wiped out, it's worth it! Quickly send the order!" Gao Lan waited for the promise and ran down.

Soon after, the city gate opened wide, and tens of thousands of remnants unexpectedly rushed out of the city under the leadership of Zhang Yungaolan and rushed towards the hurriedly retreating Ying Yang army.

The scout immediately reported the situation to Ma Chao. Matthew and the others were furious and shouted: "The defeated generals dare to be rampant! Brother, we turned around and annihilated them in one fell swoop!"

Ma Chao shouted: "We don't have time to pay attention to them!" Then he rushed to the horse and said to the railway: "After you two led three thousand cavalrymen to break, the rest of the soldiers and horses speeded up and returned to defense!"

Ma Chao led the main force back to Huguan at full speed, seeing the sky darkening. Faintly hearing the huge fighting sound from the night wind, Ma Chao couldn't help feeling anxious.

When the sky was completely dark, Ma Chao finally led the army to shut down the pot, and saw the shadows of the pot shut down in the night, as if there were infinite horses and horses, and the whole area around the pot seemed like a boiling soup pot. Ma Chao didn't care about three or seven and twenty-one, he led his army into it, and the two sides were crying and crying in a melee! Ma Chao took the lead and gave up his life, picking Yuan Shaojun's seven titans to shock the enemy! Yuan Shaojun finally couldn't stop him, and Ma Chao led his army to cut a **** path into Huguan. The battle came to a halt, and Yuan Shaojun, who was in confusion, gathered again.

Ma Yunlu Ma Dai, who was in charge of guarding Huguan, saw his brother come back, hurriedly greeted him, and exclaimed excitedly: "Big Brother!"

Ma Chao ignored Ma Yunlu and Ma Dai, so he hurried up to Huguan and looked outside. Seeing the crowds rolling in the darkness slowly receding eastward. Ma Chao couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Later that evening, Ma Xiu Ma Tie, who was in charge of the break, returned with less than half of the cavalry. Everyone was wounded, the horse was covered with blood, and a knight who turned over and staggered and almost fell to the ground. You don't need to ask, just by looking at this, you can feel how tragic the battle of Matthew Ma Tie is!

Matthew Ma Tie came to see Ma Chao. Ma Chao saw the bloodstain of the two younger brothers, and he patted them on the shoulder and nodded.

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Ma Tie couldn't help but said, "Zhang Yun Gaolan and the others are crazy! They kept coming up to fight us desperately! We were almost surrounded by them and couldn't get out!"

Ma Chao said: "Zhang Xi Gaolan are all Hebei famous generals, you can break through their encirclement, very good!" When the two heard the big brother's praise, they couldn't help being full of joy. They just felt that there was nothing more than a **** battle. Ma Chao said to the younger brothers and sisters: "Today's battle, everyone has worked hard, let's go and rest!" Everyone clasped their fists and promised, and went out one after another.

Ma Chao thought of one thing and immediately shouted to Ma Dai: "Ma Dai!"

Ma Dai stopped, turned around holding a fist and asked, "What's the big brother's order?"

Ma Chao said, "The situation in the Shangdang party must be bad at this moment. You immediately rushed two thousand people back to the Shangdang party to clean up the mess. What is the situation and immediately send someone to report back to me!"

Soon after, Ma Dai led two thousand infantry troops and hurriedly left Huguan and rushed to the party.

On the other side, Ju Yi saw that Ma Chao led the army into Huguan, and felt that it would be thankless to continue the fight, so he immediately decided to suspend the offensive, and the handsome army headed east, ready to return to Handan to rest before making plans. Halfway through the road, they ran into Zhang Yun Gaolan, who was coming west. The two were very ashamed and pleaded guilty to Ju Yi. However, Ju Yi did not punish them, but comforted them with gentle words, which made the two of them particularly moved. Then Ju Yi led the army back to Handan.

When he arrived in Handan, Ju Yi ordered his generals to count the losses. Soon after, the statistics were sent up. The huge loss made Ju Yi and others feel depressed, and the hall was silent.

At the same time, Ma Dai led two thousand infantry troops to the Shangdang. It was discovered that the Shangdang city was not destroyed, but the food and grass gathered on the outskirts of the Shangdang city were burned.

Ma Chao received the report from Ma Dai and was very annoyed. After calming down, thinking about the current situation, I could only order the various armies to guard against the dead, and for the time being there was no way to attack.

The situation on Ju Yi's side is the same. In this battle, Ju Yi and Ma Chao were evenly matched, and both suffered considerable losses. They had lost their aggressiveness and could only temporarily stop in Handan to rest.

Yuan Shao led an army of 600,000 main forces approaching Hulaoguan Xiazhai, a joint camp for more than 20 miles, with great momentum.

This morning, Yuan Shao called all the generals and counselors to discuss the strategy of entering the army. However, at this moment, the commander sent a report from Ju Yi's side: "Enlighten the Lord, General Ju Yi and Ma Chao have been fighting in Huguan for many days. Failing to win, I have temporarily retreated to Handan for a rest!"

As soon as this was said, there was a lot of discussion in the big account, some people looked worried, and some people looked gloat. Yuan Shao said with great dissatisfaction: "What did Ju Yi do! He attacked one hundred thousand with 200,000 troops, but he couldn't win!? He dared to be so arrogant before, and I must severely impose punishment on him!"

Jushou hurriedly said: "The lord calm down! Although General Ju Yi has more troops than the opponent, the opponent has a convenient location. This is enough to erase General Ju Yi's military advantage. Moreover, Ma Chao is brave and is definitely not an ordinary opponent. It is very commendable that General Ju Yi can compete with him!"

Yuan Shao snorted, put the matter aside for the time being, and said to everyone, "Do you have any good solutions for the Hu Lao Pass in front of you?"

Jushou clasped his fist and said: "Not long ago, the scout came with information that Chen Lang has reached the Hulao Pass, and Lu Bu is also with him. Now is the time to activate this chess piece!" Guo Tu immediately agreed; , This victory ticket is in hand!"

Yuan Shao smiled and nodded, and immediately said to Guo Tu: "Guo Tu, you immediately send someone to secretly contact Lu Bu and ask him to seize the gate in the middle of the night two days later, and unite with me, inside and outside, to defeat the enemy! After success, I will definitely Keep the previous promise!" Guo Tu clasped his fist to accept the promise, thought for a moment, and then said: "At this time the two armies are facing each other. It is not easy to contact Lu Bu. If you accidentally leak it, you will fall short. It is better to send a person to pretend to be an emissary and say that Chen Lang will be killed. After that, the leader handed the secret letter of the lord to Lu Bu."

Yuan Shao nodded appreciatively, and said: "This plan is very clever, let's do it." Guo Tu clasped his fists and agreed, and hurried away.

Later that day, Yuan Shao’s envoy stood proudly in front of Chen Lang, and said loudly: "My Patriarch ordered me to tell you, and if you surrender in accordance with the fate switch, you can also protect this glory and prosperity. Otherwise, if the city is broken, you I'm afraid I won't be able to save his life!"

When the generals heard this, they were furious. Zhang Fei drew his sword and wanted to kill. Fortunately, he was caught by Guan Yu on the side. Zhang Fei couldn't kill anyone, so he could only stare and scolded: "You are a straight thief! Yuan Shao is something! Grandpa kills you first, and then goes to kill Yuan Shao!"

Seeing Zhang Fei's fierce appearance, the messenger was so frightened that he almost collapsed to the ground. There were still a lot of words to say to Chen Lang, but now he couldn't say it anyway!

Chen Lang yelled at Zhang Fei, who kept yelling at him, "Yide, give me peace!" Zhang Fei stopped yelling and stared at the messenger as if he wanted to kill at any time. How dare the messenger look at him, clasped a fist at Chen Lang, and stammered: "My family, my Patriarch sent me out of good intentions. Don't let the general down!"