Chapter 1320: Yangping Pass

Zhang Lu had no idea, so he nodded in agreement after hearing Zhang Wei's words.

Zhang Wei took Yang Ang, Yang Ren and a group of Hanzhong generals to Yangping Pass. Zhang Lu was behind, allocating food and grass.

Yang Ren was very familiar with the terrain of Yangping Pass, and suggested: "There is a pass in front of Yangping Pass, and the terrain is extremely dangerous. It is better to set up a camp above this pass, and Yuan Jun can't even enter a single soldier."

Zhang Wei took it for granted, and said, "I will guard Yangping Pass myself, and the two of you will go to the pass to build a stronghold to prepare for the battle."

Yang Ang and Yang Ren took orders and left.

Eager for revenge, Ma Chao led 10,000 soldiers and horses, traveled day and night, entered the territory of Hanzhong, and headed all the way to Nanzheng, the capital of Hanzhong.

It is still forty miles away from Yangping Pass.

Ma Dai persuaded: "Brother, don't act too hastily. We have already reached the territory of Zhanglu, and the soldiers have been marching for a day and two nights, and they are exhausted. It is better to camp and rest for a while, and wait until we have enough strength before attacking the pass."

Ma Chao said: "I look at Hanzhong as if I were looking at patterns in the palm of my hand; Zhang Lu and others are all native chickens and dogs. During the Battle of Chang'an, Zhang Lu was sitting in a fortified city, but he was still defeated by our army. How can he be defeated by a mere pass today?" block me?"

So Ma Chao sent an order that the vanguard army marched fifteen li before Yangping Pass, and only then did they dig trenches and set up camp.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, a fire broke out in the camp. Ma Chao hurriedly put on his horse and led Ma Dai and others to meet the enemy. It turned out that Yang Ang and Yang Ren came to rob the camp in two ways.

The camp caught fire and was attacked again, and the morale of Ma Chao's army was greatly reduced. What's more, Ma Chao's army traveled day and night, and the soldiers were exhausted; and the terrain in front of Yangping Pass was so dangerous that it was not enough for the cavalry to show their strengths.

When the two fought, even though Ma Chao was unparalleled in bravery and even beheaded two Hanzhong generals, he couldn't save the soldiers from being defeated. Seeing that he was about to be besieged to death by Zhang Lujun's soldiers, Ma Chao didn't dare to fight, so he could only fight and retreat with Ma Dai and Ma Yunlu.

At dawn, Zhang Lujun just withdrew his troops and returned to the pass.

Ma Chao inspected the soldiers, but this time he was robbed of the camp and lost more than 3,000 men, which can be said to be a bad start.

This is the result of Ma Chao's brave battle, which made Zhang Lujun feel jealous. If it were a commander with a low force value, it would be even worse. It is hard to say whether there will be 3,000 people left.

The loss of 3,000 people came second, but the camp was robbed as soon as they arrived. The morale of the vanguard was almost lost, and there was a pessimistic mood everywhere.

These vanguard troops originally belonged to the Yuan family. Although they were not the most elite troops, they had won many victories in the southern and northern wars. Under Bai Xiaowen's hands, where have they suffered such a loss?

Ma Chao has always had his own unique means of boosting morale. He ordered the camp to be repaired, and then led five hundred cavalry to challenge Yang Ang and Yang Ren's pass camp.

However, after experiencing the battle of Chang'an and last night's battle, Yang Ang and Yang Ren knew Ma Chao's bravery well and avoided fighting instead. When Ma Chao led his troops close, they would be shot back by a shower of arrows.

If Ma Chao couldn't restore his low morale, it would be even more impossible to mobilize the 7,000 soldiers to attack the pass.

Ma Chao was depressed, but there was nothing he could do.

Ma Yunlu persuaded: "Brother, don't worry, when Duke Yan's army arrives, there will be a good strategy to break through."

It was good that Ma Chao didn't listen to this sentence, but after listening to it, he felt even more depressed, staring blankly at his hands in a daze.

Ma Dai saw Ma Chao's little mood,

He said: "Although our army was robbed of the camp, we did not suffer a great loss because of our brother's bravery in fighting. Zhang Lu's army lost no less than us that night. Since the enemy is avoiding and not fighting, we can send more spy horses to go deep into the vicinity of Yangping Pass After drawing the geographical figure, we will study the strategy of defeating the enemy."

Ma Chao nodded and accepted Ma Dai's opinion.

However, after several days of drawing geographical figures and studying them, Ma Chaojun discovered the danger of Yangping Pass.

There is a path, but it is rough and difficult even for horses. Yang Ang and Yang Ren are the generals of Hanzhong, they are more familiar with the terrain here, they have already sent people to cut off the path, so they don't even want to sneak across.

Ma Chao was helpless. And just three days later, Bai Xiaowen's army arrived at Yangping Pass.

When Ma Chao visited Bai Xiaowen, Duke of Yan, he was ashamed when asked about the war.

Ma Yunlu and Ma Dai tried to find excuses for their elder brother.

Bai Xiaowen nodded and said: "The bandit army is holding on to the danger, and they are eager to attack. I can't blame Meng Qi for this matter."

In fact, Bai Xiaowen had long expected that Ma Chao would not be able to conquer.

Don't talk about conquering, if you don't lose a lot, it's already good.

After all, the enemy waited for work at ease and guarded against danger; Ma Chao was eager for revenge, traveling day and night, and the terrain before the pass was dangerous, which was not suitable for Ma Chao's "Iron Cavalry Commander" style of rushing.

Military adviser Xun You said: "General Chenglie (referring to Ma Chao) was a few days before the pass, has he ever explored the geography of the mountains and rivers around here?"

Ma Chao then ordered someone to present the geography book, and Xun You opened it to look at it.

After a long while, Xun You raised his head and said, "Duke Yan, when I look at the terrain of Yangping Pass, I can't break through with a large number of people. Duke Yan needs to be prepared for a long-term stalemate."

Ma Chao felt a little better after hearing this. It turned out that Duke Yan's army had nothing to do.

Bai Xiaowen said: "I have a plan to break through the pass camp. Once the camp is breached, Yangping Pass can be stormed down. If Zhang Wei can be captured and killed, Zhang Lu will surely surrender, and Hanzhong can be settled."

Ma Chao was stunned, but Yuan Jun's generals were all excited, and the haze of Vanguard's defeat was swept away.

Ma Yunlu's gaze towards Bai Xiaowen was full of admiration, but it was as if Bai Xiaowen hadn't seen it.

On the same day, Bai Xiaowen led a pro army to the pass to check the terrain of the pass.

Unexpectedly, with the sound of a drum, an ambush broke out, and Yang Ang and Yang Ren split into two groups to kill them again.

Suddenly encountering a surprise attack, Bai Xiaowen's soldiers did not panic.

Cao Hong took the lead on his flying horse to resist Yang Ang; Zhang Xiu resisted Yang Ren.

Under Bai Xiaowen's dispatch, Camille, Li Shuyi and other friendly awakeners worked together to attack Yang Ren, trying to kill him.

However, the hundreds of soldiers around Yang Ren were not vegetarians, and all of them were good fighters, protecting Yang Ren. In addition, Yang Ren's ability is not weak, and they fought for a while, and each retreated with money.

However, in this battle, he did not lose troops like Ma Chao did, but killed many soldiers of Zhang Lujun.

Yang Ang and Yang Ren did not lose money by stealing chickens, so they resumed the tactics of shrinking their heads and turtles, sticking to the pass and staying behind closed doors.

"These two Hanzhong generals are very brave when they should fight, and they are calm when they should not fight. They are also generals." Bai Xiaowen commented.

The next day, Bai Xiaowen took people to check the terrain in front of the village again. This time Eryang learned how to be good, and only sent his subordinates to curse in front of the stronghold, and did not go out to fight.

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