Ma Chao was proud and came out to pursue him with confidence, but was actually run away by two Jiaozhou chief generals. No matter how many soldiers were killed, it was not enough to make up for the mistake of Shi Hui and Shi Gan's escape. Ma Chao didn't know how to report his battle report. The Shenwu court was rigorous about the battle report, and Ma Chao did not dare to fake it.

If you just report truthfully, you will go to the Military Affairs Office and finally into Liu Yu's hands. That would be a bad thing for Ma Chao.

Does Ma Chao think Liu Yu will be disappointed in him?

So many generals made great contributions. Ma Chao was confined to cultivation at the beginning because he was shot in an arrow. It was rare to come out once, and the enemy general ran away. After this comparison, Ma Chao felt that he was worse than others.

At least, this contribution is greatly reduced. After the battle, Ma Chao will definitely be compared by others.

"Damn, what's going on!" Ma Chao was very depressed.

But he could only watch Shi Hui and Shi Gan leave his sight.

"Go back!" Ma Chao wanted to take a detour and chase him, so he had no choice but to go back.

The cavalry of Xiliang followed Ma Chao's words and followed Ma Chao's footsteps to Bianyang City.

At this time, in the camp built by Pang Tong, Guiyang Prefect Zhao Fan had already brought his troops here.

Zhao Fan had received a report from a scout saying that there was a big battle in Bianyang City. Originally, if Zhao Fan had made a quick decision to send troops, Shi Hui and Shi Gan would probably have no chance to escape. However, Zhao Fan was very worried that this was the trick of the Jiaozhou army, so Zhao Fan decided to keep his troops in motion. Zhao Fan was right to have such concerns. He did not receive any news of the arrival of reinforcements.

No matter what the reason caused this, Zhao Fan missed the opportunity anyway.

When Pang Tong sent someone to inform Zhao Fan and Liu's army had defeated the Jiaozhou army with his order, Zhao Fan realized that he was very wrong. Zhao Fan immediately brought his troops and several trucks of food and grass to express his condolences.

Zhao Fan was also clever. Pang Tong suddenly appeared in Guiyang County and fought a fierce battle with the Jiaozhou army in Bianyang City, which means that Pang Tong came in a hurry and there was definitely insufficient food and supplies.

Bringing some food and supplies with him will definitely make Pang Tong happy. Zhao Fan feels that he can at least get less scolded.

Look, after Zhao Fan arrived at Pang Tong, Pang Tong did not meet him, but asked him to wait outside the gate. Pang Tong was angry. If Zhao Fan could be smarter, then the result would not be like this.

Zhao Fan also understood that this was Pang Tong's punishment for him, so he waited obediently outside the gate.

After an hour, Pang Tong slowly came out and prepared to scold Zhao Fan.

At this time, Ma Chao happened to come back with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Seeing Ma Chao's banner, Zhao Fan immediately gave way to Ma Chao and said loudly: "Secretary of Guiyang Zhao Fan, pay homage to General Ma!"

Ma Chao was in a bad mood. When he saw Zhao Fan saluting him, he simply nodded.

Upon hearing that Ma Chao returned, Pang Tong rushed out immediately, hung Zhao Fan aside, and said softly to Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, congratulations on returning triumphantly!"

Ma Chao got off the horse and looked very bad. He said to Pang Tong: "Shi Yuan, don't say anything about triumph. Shi Hui and Shi Gan ran away!"

"Ah?" Pang Tong lost his voice. He did not expect that Ma Chao would be out of the horse and was actually run away by Shi Hui and Shi Fang.

"Speaking of this, a piece of cloth is so long! Let's talk about it when you go in!" Ma Chao said depressedly.

Seeing that Ma Chao was so depressed, Pang Tong couldn't say anything, so he could only let Ma Chao go in first before talking.

When Pang Tong went in, he discovered Zhao Fan's existence and said to Zhao Fan: "Don't come in first! Wait outside."

Zhao Fan had no objection at this time, and he was grateful. Ma Chao was now run away by the main general of Jiaozhou and he was in a bad mood. In addition, Zhao Fan did not send troops in time in this battle, which was also a factor. Zhao Fan had heard of Ma Chao's temper and he wandered in front of Ma Chao. Ma Chao was in a very bad mood, so it would be bad if he used Zhao Fan to vent his anger.

Zhao Fan was even more worried that Ma Chao would kill him in anger.

You should know that as Ma Chao's identity, if you kill a local prefect, the court would not say anything. What's more, Zhao Fan did not do well. Guiyang County became like this, and Zhao Fan was responsible. Fortunately, with the previous contributions, Zhao Fan could still save his life.

Zhao Fan should be glad that he made contributions before, otherwise, Pang Tong would have said that Zhao Fan was guilty of the governor of Jingzhou.

Pang Tong also asked Zhao Fan to wait outside for this reason.

Ma Chao and Pang Tong entered the tent, and Ma Chao found a place to sit down in depressed manner.

Seeing that Ma Chao was so depressed, Pang Tong poured Ma Chao a bowl of water very considerately.

"Meng Qi, you drink water first. Then tell me what the situation is." Pang Tong said.

Ma Chao took Pang Tong's water and drank it dry in one sip.

"Shi Yuan, this time I lost all my face again." Ma Chao began to tell his situation, from how he pursued him to how he was run away by Shi Hui and Shi Jian, there was no omission at all.

Pang Tong finished listening carefully.

At the end, Ma Chao said unhappily: "Shiyuan, what do you think is going on? I was just thinking of making good achievements, but this would happen. If Dian Wei, Zhang Fei and others knew about it, how could I walk in the court in the future?"

Pang Tong was able to understand Ma Chao's embarrassment, but now things have happened, so he said: "Meng Qi, you don't have to worry so much. We drove the barbarians of Jiaozhou out as fast as possible, and we have made contributions! I guess after this crushing defeat, Jiaozhou will never dare to step into Jingzhou again."

As expected, he was the number one scholar in Nanzhou, and he made the most correct judgment at once.

Ma Chao nodded gently and then began to think.

Pang Tong was a little curious when he saw Ma Chao suddenly looked like this. Ma Chao didn't use his brain very much, but once he used his brain, he would have bad water. Ma Chao always went straight, but he really didn't want to continue like this, so he began to think about how to get back his face and made contributions.

Pang Tong looked at Ma Chao and asked out loud, "Meng Qi, what are you thinking?"

Ma Chao walked out of his thoughts, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Pang Tong, have you heard of the story of my ancestor?"

"What? Your ancestor? What are you talking about?" Pang Tong was confused and could not understand Ma Chao's meaning for a while.
Chapter completed!