"What did you say?" After hearing Fa Zheng say that Ma Teng is in danger, Ma Chao immediately became anxious and his tone became extremely stiff.

"I wonder if the old army leader is going to Chang'an alone or lead his army to?" Fa Zheng did not answer Ma Chao, but instead asked Ma Xiu in a deep voice.

"Dad has only brought more than a hundred people..."

"You stupid..." Before he could finish his words, Ma Xiu's face was hit hard, and Ma Chao cursed with red eyes: "You actually asked your father to meet Han Laogou like this? Don't you know what kind of person Han Laogou is?"

"..." Ma Chao was extremely prestigious among Ma Teng's children. After being slapped, Ma Xiu did not dare to complain at all and said in a trembling voice, "Brother, let's find a way to save my father first! As long as my father is fine, you can hit me anyway..."

"Hmph~!" Ma Chao snorted angrily, thinking for a while, but still couldn't figure it out. He had to turn his head and ask Fa Zheng: "Mr. Fa, do you have any solutions?"

"The situation is not completely clear yet, how can we make suggestions?" Fa Zheng felt helpless about Ma Chao's impatient attitude. After sighing inwardly, Fa Zheng said in a deep voice, "Military Master, please tell the two generals about the whole story..."

"Uh~~" Ma Chao was slightly stunned and said to Ma Xiu urgently, "Speak out what you know quickly..."

After Ma Xiu finished speaking, Fa Zhengluo thought for a while and said, "It seems that it is probably too late to chase the old army leader. However, Han Sui sent the old army leader to Chang'an and would not harm him for the time being.

As long as the army leader is present, Han Sui will not dare to kill easily. In my opinion, Han Sui may use the old army leader as a condition to force the army leader to hand over the army..."

"Old Dog Han dreams!" Ma Chao roared angrily, "He wants to touch a hair of my father, I will let him be buried with the nine clans!"

"Young Master! Hulao Pass may not be able to stay..." Pang De said worriedly. "Let's withdraw back to Luoyang first..."

"..." Ma Chao stood up, his face extremely gloomy and walked back and forth in the tent. After a while, he nodded helplessly and said, "Transfer the order, withdraw to Luoyang overnight..."

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The next morning, news of the Xiliang army retreating overnight reached Hulao Pass. Cao Cao was confused and urgently summoned all the civil and military officials to discuss matters.

Xun You believed that the retreat of the Western Liang army was very likely to be a trick to lure the enemy. The purpose was to lure Cao's army out of the pass and pursue him. Xu You agreed with Xun You, believing that Cao Cao should act cautiously and keep Hulao Pass as the best.

But Guo Jia put forward an astonishing point - the previous plan to remove firewood from the cauldron may have been successful. If Han Sui counterattacked Ma Teng, the Xiliang army would have a chance to retreat.

But in the end, Cao Cao decided to send scouts out of the customs first and go to Luoyang to inquire about information. But before obtaining the exact information, Cao Cao did not dare to act rashly. After all, the mysterious "master" in the Xiliang army was not a vegetarian character.

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After Ma Chao led the army back to Luoyang, he immediately transferred Ma Dai to Hangu Pass to guard it in case Hansui's army continue to advance eastward.

At the same time, Ma Chao also condemned the fast horses to all stationed troops and counties, and strictly ordered the troops not to obey any person's orders without their own orders.

On the evening of December 12th, Luoyang welcomed Han Sui's envoy. The development of the situation was exactly the same as Fa Zheng expected. Ma Teng was detained as soon as he arrived in Chang'an.

Han Sui's envoy came to negotiate with Ma Chao for the sake of Ma Teng.

"... Let me exchange all the soldiers in my hands for my father?" Ma Chao's face was extremely gloomy. The cold murderous aura enveloped the entire conference hall.

The crowd in the hall felt chilling. Han Sui, who was facing Ma Chao, had his legs like sieve bran and sweated like slurry.

Ma Chao slowly walked to the messenger and said coldly with sarcasm, "The famous 'Nine Curves of the Yellow River' (the nickname of Han Sui means that he is cunning, vicious and cunning, and his mind is as sarcastic as the 9 Curves of the Yellow River.

Quoted from "The Essence" by Brother Magic) Are you old and confused? When I, Ma Chao, is a three-year-old child? If I hand over all the troops, not only my father, I am afraid that no one in my Ma family can survive!"

"...Young Army Master...Don't worry!" The messenger pretended to be calm, but his trembling voice revealed his panic in his heart. "The Han Army Master and the Horse Army Master are brothers, how could he harm..."

"Hahaha..." Ma Chao suddenly burst out laughing, but the laughter was even more panicking, "Brother? Keep my father away. Is this the 'brother' that Han Laogou said?"

"Clang~!" Ma Chao suddenly pulled out the sword from his side and pointed directly at the messenger, "Get back to Chang'an and tell Han Laogou that he dared to touch a hair of my father. I cut all his family...get out!"

Ma Chao shouted with a last shout. He almost scared the messenger's courage. The messenger didn't dare to say anything else and turned around and left tremblingly.

"When did the horse army leader die?" Fa Zheng suddenly spoke and asked.

"The night before yesterday..." Under the pressure of Ma Chao's capturing momentum, the messenger was in a state of high tension. After Fa Zheng suddenly asked, he was unable to defend himself, and he blurted out the truth. After he woke up, he was too late to regret.

"Sure!" Fa Zheng's eyes flashed and he said in a deep voice, "Han Sui has indeed harmed the old army leader Ma!"

"What?" Ma Chao's right hand holding the sword tightened suddenly, looked straight at Fa Zheng, and asked anxiously, "What did you say?"

"The old military leader may have been killed by Han Sui!" Fa Zheng said with considerate.

"Young Master, don't listen to this person's nonsense. The Master of Horse is safe and sound in Chang'an..." The envoy had already woken up and argued anxiously.

"The military leader can immediately send an envoy to Chang'an and told Han Sui that he must first see the old military leader safe before he can entrust military power.

I dare to guarantee that Han Sui will not dare to let the envoy meet the old military leader!" Fa Zheng did not take Han Sui's envoy's argument at all, and said to Ma Chao in a deep voice, "With the character of 'Han Jiuqu', if the old military leader is really captured alive, would he be so polite to the military leader?"

"I'll arrange for someone to go to Chang'an. If it's really like Mr. Fa said..." Ma Chao turned his head suddenly, looked at the messenger fiercely, and said coldly. "I'll cut you alive..."

The envoy knew that Ma Chao had indeed done "slashing people" in Xiliang, and more than once. The person who was scratched was able to suffer for one or two days. The tragic situation was really chilling.

When the messenger thought of the scene of being cut into the ground, the messenger trembled all over, his calves became weak, and he collapsed to the ground.

At this point, Ma Chao also saw that the situation was wrong: "If you don't tell the truth, I will cut you down now!"

"Young Army Master, please spare me!" The messenger was like a sieve. He dared not hide it anymore, "The old military master was indeed killed by Han Sui's traitor..." In order to survive, the messenger even changed his title.

Soon, the envoy said everything he knew: after he arrived in Chang'an, he was indeed captured by Han Sui. Originally, Han Sui did not intend to execute him (or he did not have such a plan for the time being). Ma Teng.

But unfortunately, after Ma Teng learned about Han Suidi's plan, he broke free from the shackles because he was too angry and angry. He wanted to force the city to break out and finally died under the arrow. More than a hundred relatives who followed Ma Teng died with the Lord.

"Clang~!" The sharp sword fell to the ground.

"Dad~~!" Ma Chao was stunned at first, then his body trembled slightly, and his eyes became dull. After a while, a heart-wrenching roar came from Ma Chao's mouth.

The harsh sound of gold and iron colliding in the magnanimous hall. The people in the hall felt dizzy and almost fell. The dozens of torches on both sides of the hall also jumped violently with the sading sound.

After a while, Ma Chao stopped his crazy whistle. Pang De and the generals were not greatly affected. Fa Zheng, who was not skilled in martial arts, and the messenger who faced Ma Chao were all soaked in cold sweat.

"Uh~!" Ma Chao suddenly kicked, hitting the abdomen of the panic.

The messenger just felt a severe pain from his abdomen, and his whole body had flew back 5 or 6 meters. His head was facing forward and he hit the hall column hard. His brain immediately broke and red and white liquid splashed all over the floor.

"Han Laogou killed my father, and I was incompatible with him.

You can't eat his flesh with your own ruthlessness! If you don't cut all the Han Laogou clans, I will not be a descendant of the Ma family!" Ma Chao's eyes were about to break, and his lower lip was bitten bloodied. He shouted sternly, "Send an order! The three armies are rectifying, Ma Xiu is used as the vanguard and Pang De is the supporter, and the troops are sent to Chang'an!"

"Get orders!" The generals of Xiliang, led by Maxiu and Pang De, received the orders in unison.

"..." Looking at Ma Chao who was extremely sad and angry, Fa Zheng opened his mouth. He wanted to say something, but in the end he chose to give up helplessly.

"So hasty and reckless. How can you accomplish great things like this? It seems that Ma Chao can only be a general of one army, but he cannot be the leader of one side... Where is my wise ruler?" Fa Zheng shook his head gently and sighed silently.

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An hour later, Ma Chao gave up Luoyang and led a large army to move westward quickly. Along the way, Ma Chao mobilized all the troops stationed in various places. When he arrived at Hangu Pass, Ma Chao's army had reached nearly 60,000.

Ma Dai, who arrived at Hangu Pass in advance, was also heartbroken when he learned about Ma Teng's death.

Ma Dai told Ma Chao that Han Sui had indeed sent people to Hangu Pass to recruit the troops in the pass. Fortunately, Ma Dai arrived in time and killed Han Sui's envoy and stabilized the situation.

After hearing this, Ma Chao's hatred became stronger and immediately led a large army to attack Tongguan in the west. Fa Zheng's painstaking persuasion was ineffective, so he could only ask Ma Chao's troops to stay in the army to guard Hangu Pass to prevent Cao Cao's possible attack in the east.

After leaving the lieutenant Zuo Zong and 5,000 infantry guarding Hangu Pass, Ma Chao commanded all the remaining troops and rushed straight to Tongguan.

On the Chang'an side, Han Sui learned that Ma Chao's army was rushing towards Chang'an, and knew that the news of Ma Teng's death must have been revealed. According to Ma Chao's character, Han Sui also knew that unless he had a life-and-death relationship, the matter would never be settled.

Although he was quite afraid of Ma Chao's bravery, Han Sui had no choice but to send troops to fight.

After making up his mind, Han Sui personally led a large army to reinforce Tongguan, and sent a quick horse to ask Cao Cao for help.

On the morning of December 15, Ma Chao's army rushed to Tongguan. After a short rest, Ma Chao personally led his troops to launch a fierce attack on Tongguan. The battle between the Xiliang Army and the Xiliang Army was extremely fierce.

The two armies of Han and Ma have their own strengths and weaknesses, and the fight is difficult to distinguish: Tongguan is Han Sui's biggest barrier and support, but morally speaking, Han Sui is a rebel. Many Xiliang soldiers are unwilling to fight with their former brothers and comrades, and the morale in the army is relatively low.

After Ma Chao's side, most of the soldiers were tired after the marching. They were facing the world-famous Tongguan natural barrier, which was extremely difficult to attack forcibly. But Ma Chao also had his own advantages - Ma Chao was extremely famous in the Xiliang army.

The tragic offensive and defensive battles in Tongguan lasted from the morning of the 15th to noon of the 17th. During this period, only a few brief rests were held, and the casualties of the horse and South Korean armies reached more than 15,000.

But at this moment, the balance of victory suddenly tilted towards Ma Chao. At Fazheng's suggestion, Ma Chao sent brave general Pang De to lead tens of elite cavalry to the south, pass through Wuguan, bypass Huashan, and suddenly appeared outside Chang'an City.

The Chang'an garrison was unable to defend, and most of them were originally under Ma Teng's original command. Seeing that it was Pang De who attacked the city, he did not make much resistance, so he offered the city to surrender.

After Pang De attacked and occupied Chang'an, he led his troops back to attack Tongguan without any stop. He formed a cross-bone attack with Ma Chao, east and west.

Under the enemy from both sides, Han Sui's army immediately fell into chaos and his fighting spirit was overwhelming. Some Qiang soldiers who were originally dissatisfied with Han Sui's rebellion also made a counterattack against Han Sui. A 4,000 yard

The Qiang soldiers of the rest of the people, instigated by the leader, took advantage of the chaos to open the door and welcomed Ma Chao's army into the pass.

After losing the natural danger of Tongguan, the situation of Han Sui's army became more passive and gradually showed a trend of total collapse.

However, God once again joked with Ma Chao and Han Sui!

Just as Han Sui's army began its collapse, a Cao army, a mixed cavalry and infantry, suddenly appeared behind Ma Chao's army under the leadership of Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang, and quickly launched an attack.

The joining of Cao's army caused the situation to reverse again. When Han Sui's army learned that reinforcements had arrived, they gradually stabilized their positions, but Ma Chao's army had to fall into the dilemma of fighting on both sides.

At this time, the entire battlefield was in an extremely delicate state. Ma Chao and Pang De fought to the death to attack Han Sui, intending to fight quickly and then fight back to Cao's army. However, Cao's army and Han Sui fought to attack Ma Chao again, intending to defeat him in one fell swoop and completely resolve the battle.

The three armies fought in one place, and an army of more than 120,000 people gathered on the land less than 30 miles east and west of Tongguan. Crazy fights, flying swords and guns, howling waves, manic roars, miserable wails...

The strong bloody aura soared into the sky, covering the sky and the sun. Until the evening, more than 30,000 casualties were killed and killed in the three sides.

Corpse, silences, bloody land, broken flags, dead horses turned the land of Tongguan into hell on earth.

The fight continues, and all three parties are struggling to support it, and no one is willing to give up. Give up means death!
Chapter completed!