Lao Su naturally knew that he could not show weakness at this time. As the lord of Gaoling defending the city, he naturally understood that his guards were not as strong as those of the Liangzhou Army, which was siegeing the city. So once he was afraid, his side might be defeated immediately. Even if he could not escape the defeat in the end, he would have to make the Liangzhou Army feel hurt and he could not let them take Gaoling so easily.

"Defend Gao Ling, brothers, kill the invading enemies!"

No matter what, the guards were afraid of being afraid, that was right. But when they saw that their guards were so unafraid of death, they really improved their morale. So if they had no use at all, wasn't Lao Su's words uttered in vain? In fact, they did have some effect, although it was not very important.

Yan Yan and the others did not take Gao Ling and Feng Yi seriously. In fact, they also knew that their lord’s intention was. The difficult part was naturally that their lord took action personally, so their lord personally led his troops to Hongnong. And counties like this place that were not very difficult, of course, they would leave it to themselves and others.

The person responsible for leading the soldiers to attack the city this time was Wu Ban. Wu Ban was young and it was really the first time he did this. He really had no experience. But people are always from having no experience to having experience. Isn’t it like this? So Yan Yan and Wu Yi didn’t value Feng Yi too much, so they gave Wu Ban the opportunity, and they were even more willing to watch the battle in the rear, which was relaxed.

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There is no need to test anything when fighting in places like Gaoling. So in the end, Wu Ban successfully climbed to the top of Gaoling City, and captured Lao Su alive in less than ten rounds. All the soldiers guarding the city surrendered, and no one dared to resist.

They were not very brave at first, and they had seen such a powerful attack from the Liangzhou army before. Although they weren't scared to death, it was indeed the first time they had seen this formation, so it was actually very good to be able to defend like this. After all, not all the guards of cities are as strong as Zhang Ren's Yizhou army in Luoyang, so this...

Just like that, it was easy for Yan Yan and the others to take down Gaoling, the capital of Fengyi. As for other county towns, to be honest, the Gaoling in the city has been taken down, so other cities are naturally no problem. After all, not all cities have such a garrison named Lao Su, and not everyone can be loyal to Li Jue.

Lao Su naturally did not escape the death of death in the end. In Yan Yan's words, let him die and be loyal to his loyalty. However, in the end, he did not behead Lao Su, but let him hang him and leave him a whole body. It is considered to be respectful to him. After all, no matter how hostile, the loyal and righteous people are indeed respectful. But he had to die. He could not be ruthless to the enemy. Whether it was Yan Yan, Wu Yi and Wu Ban, they all knew this truth.

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Yan Yan and the others have indeed made great progress in Fengyi, which can be said to be very smooth, but Ma Chao is not as smooth as they are. It can be said that the opponent's level is indeed not at the same level at all. After all, Zhang Xiu is not comparable to his level at Old Su. At least in terms of defending the city, not to mention that the difference between the two is 100,800 miles, but it is estimated that they will have to be 54,000 miles apart.

Ma Chao led his army to attack Hongnong from Jingzhao. Along the way, he also seized two counties in Huayin and Huxian, and finally directly attacked Hongnong City. Sili was not as powerful as Yizhou, not only had fewer troops, but also Li Jue and Guo Si and others had no decent generals. Zhang Ji had a nephew Zhang Xiu, which was quite good, and Zhang Xiu's subordinates had Hu Cheer, martial arts, which was quite good, and the others were really nothing.

In fact, after comparison, Li Jie's nephew Li Xian is not as good as Zhang Xiu, the nephew of Zhang Ji. As for Guo Si, he has no nephew at all, so there is no need to say more.

And you see, Liu Zhang does not have any first-class generals under him. This is good, but the generals under him are really quite small, right? And there are still a few strategists in his tent, which is what Sili can compare to? What's more, the combat power of the Yizhou army is indeed stronger than that of the soldiers of Sili.

Ma Chao couldn't help but wonder if it was because of the previous drought in Sili, so the soldiers were not full, so they became like this. If this is true, then he wouldn't be able to understand it. After all, "people are iron, and rice is steel. If you don't eat for a meal, you're hungry." Even if you are a steel bar, you will still be unable to play with those meals if you don't eat them.

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At this time, Zhang Xiu looked at the Liangzhou army brought by Ma Chao under the city to camp and camp. This was the first time he finally felt as if he was facing a great enemy. He had never felt that he had never encountered any great enemy before. This was right.

On the first day of Ma Chao leading the army to Hongnong City, he didn't do anything. On this day, he asked the army to rest well, and he didn't realize until this time that he should have brought one of Wu Yi or Wu Ban and the others here. But he brought Huang Quan and Li Hui here. Now, this is indeed a bit inappropriate.

Because Huang Quan and Li Hui are both scholars, it is impossible for them to lead troops to attack the city. Although Li Hui's martial arts are indeed good, he cannot do it like that. So until this time Ma Chao discovered this problem, but it was too late. So when he tests the attack tomorrow, he can only be led by no leader.

Of course, this is indeed not a big deal for Ma Chao, it can only be regarded as a small episode.

At this time, Huang Quan and Li Hui were both in Ma Chao's tent. At this time, Huang Quan was asking Ma Chao: "I don't know what the lord has to do?"

Ma Chao smiled: "It's just a test of the attack tomorrow. I wonder what the two gentlemen think now?"

After Huang Quan and Li Hui looked at each other, Li Hui said to Ma Chao: "Master, Hui and Gongheng do have some ideas. They are just about to talk to him at this time!"

"Dion, but it's okay!"

"No! Lord. Now that our army has entered Sili, my subordinates can see that the lord is aiming for Sili but not with Emperor Han. I wonder what Hui said is correct?"

Ma Chao nodded with a smile, thinking that he might have any ideas about Liu Xie, it’s impossible. Don’t say that Liu Bian is on his territory now. Even without him, Liu Bian, he wouldn’t have dealt with him. Not only did Ma Chao not like Liu Xie, but he said the same thing, he knew that he was a big/trouble. So if he didn’t have anything to do with him, then he naturally wouldn’t have anything to do with him. The farther away, the better.

But he had never said this to his subordinates, but Li Hui and the others could see it at this time. After all, his army had been in Sili for a long time. But he had only taken down two counties in Sili in total, and there was no movement afterwards. It was not until the Han Emperor that there was a big stir. His lord advanced again. So he had to make Huang Quan and Li Hui and the others think a lot, and of course they could think of these things in the end.

Seeing that his lord nodded, Li Hui continued, "So, lord knows that now Li Ju, Li Zhiran, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others are chasing the Han Emperor, and have not left the Hongnong land. Therefore, our army's progress should not be too fast, and we might encounter Li Zhiran and others, but this is definitely not what the lord wants to see, right?"

"Mr. De'ang said it well, and it's exactly what it means! I wonder what Mr. thinks this is related to the current war?"

Ma Chao asked the most critical point in one sentence. Li Hui smiled when he heard this: "Hui has already said a lot at this time. As for what happened later, let Gongheng say to his lord!"

Huang Quan is a discerning person. He knew that Brother De'ang was trying to show himself to his lord, and he was promoting young people. But he didn't pretend to be so pretentious and accepted Li Hui's kindness, so he immediately said to Ma Chao: "Lord, now under Hongnong City, there is a way to kill two birds with one stone!"

"Oh? I hope to hear it carefully!"

"Lord, that's right. At this time, Hongnong's side...the enemy will be defeated by then!"

Ma Chao laughed when he heard this. Yes, it wasn't true, but he forgot that now this is indeed a great opportunity for him, right? After hearing what Huang Quan said, he immediately understood that he was sitting in the treasure mountain without knowing it. But that's it. If Huang Quan hadn't said it directly, he wouldn't have thought so. Or in fact, he was even more confused by the authorities, while Huang Quan, Li Hui and others were bystanders.

"Okay, okay! Mr. Gongheng said so much. He thought that he would succeed in the end!"

As he said that, Ma Chao nodded and decided to do this. When he saw that his lord agreed, Huang Quan and Li Hui also smiled at each other. After all, his thoughts could be recognized by his lord, which has to be said to be something that makes people feel very happy at first sight.

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On the second day, Ma Chao still made a tentative attack, and it was his first attack.

This is the first time he fought with Zhang Xiu, Ma Chao really didn't let the soldiers use all their strength. And it was tentative, not to mention that he listened to Huang Quan and Li Hui, so he had other plans.

So this attack was just a warm-up, and Zhang Xiu at the top of the city did not dare to neglect the attack of the Liangzhou Army. Although he also realized that it seemed that the Liangzhou Army did not do its best, this did not become an excuse for him not to defend seriously. So even if the Liangzhou Army was just a tentative attack, Zhang Xiu, the guardian of Hongnong City, still took it seriously and did not dare to be careless at all.

Ma Chao actually agreed with Zhang Xiu's attitude. Because in his opinion, a general should be like this. Zhang Xiu is indeed a talent, but unfortunately, he is not under his own account. Ma Chao does have a love for talent, but he is actually almost immune to an ordinary talent like Zhang Xiu. So for him, that's the same thing, "I learned that I was lucky, but I lost my life." This is what he is now speaking to Zhang Xiu.

Seeing that it was almost done, Ma Chao smiled and said, "Ming Jin, stop the troops!"

"Dingding Dingding Ding...Dingding Ding Ding..."

When the Liangzhou army heard the sound of gold, they retreated. At this time, Ma Chao stepped forward and shouted to Zhang Xiu on the top of the city: "Zhang Xiu, our army is just tempted to attack today, and we will come again in the future!"

This is not the first time Zhang Xiu has seen Ma Chao, it has been several times, right? Zhang Xiu remembers that the first time was in the Jincheng area of ​​Liangzhou, and the second time was probably in Sishui Pass, and this time it was the third time. But although he has seen Ma Chao several times, he really has no idea about him, but he cannot lose the scene. So Zhang Xiu quickly said harsh words, "Hmph, Ma Mengqi, don't be proud, I, Zhang Xiu, I, always accompany you to the end!"
Chapter completed!