Five lieutenants came forward and agreed to follow Ma Chao to use his profound strategies. Ma Chao then turned angry and smiled, nodded and said, "This is the good man from Hebei. Well, you five lead the troops from the headquarters to follow me, and the rest are ready in the west of the city. As long as we attract people, you will attack immediately and ambush the crowd."

"No!" The other seven generals and school nodded together.

Ma Chao led his five subordinate captains to the capital of Langya. The rest of the troops set up ambush on both sides of the road, waiting for Ma Chao to attract people. Of course, they did not have much hope for Ma Chao's strategy. As the siege, they had to lure the other party out. How tough do you think the other party has to do this?

However, today, these generals seemed to have miscalculated this matter. As soon as Ma Chao's troops arrived at the city of Langya Metropolitan City, before the formation was arranged, the gate of Langya City opened, and a Biao army emerged from the city. A general, holding a sledgehammer, shouted loudly: "How dare you, thieves from Hebei? Let's see grandpa kill you!"

Ma Chao was stunned when he heard this.

Before Ma Chao could come back to his senses and curse, he saw Cao's army heading to Ma Chao to fight, led by the general Cao holding a copper hammer.

Behind Ma Chao, a lieutenant asked, "General, what should I do? Should I withdraw now, or should I tell you and then withdraw?"

Ma Chao blinked, then curled his lips slightly and said, "It's too fake to gesture, it's not too late to move after the gesture is finished!"

So, under the leadership of Ma Chao, Yuan Jun roared towards the enemy and rushed towards the enemy. Both sides seemed to be prepared. A cover was a fight without any reservation. Ma Chao personally met the bronze hammer general and fought with him.

In terms of strength, the bronze hammer generals had eight more. They were not Ma Chao's opponents. However, today, Ma Chao, a Jin Jin of Xiliang, rarely used a strategy to lure the enemy, so he took action very casually. After absent-mindedly and casually fighting for several rounds, he saw Ma Chao firing a shot, jumping out of the circle, and whispering loudly: "No, the enemy is so great, it's not easy to fight today. Retreat!"

Yuan Jun and others were originally thinking that this strategic deployment was a joke and they were not very attentive when fighting. After listening to Ma Chao's orders, they felt relieved. They gestured the soldiers forward and back a few times, then turned around and ran away.

Cao's army was not low in power. When he saw Ma Chao running and Yuan Jun ran away, he was unreasonable and refused to forgive him. Then he came to kill him.

One side ran and the other side chased. Without going far back and forth, we arrived at the place where Ma Chao set up an ambush.

Seeing that Cao's army was coming, Yuan's army, who was ambushing here as Ma Chao ordered, roared out and rushed towards Yuan's army from all directions.

Cao's army seemed to have become quite fast. He was still whispering just now, and his momentum was like a rainbow. At this moment, he was suddenly panicked when he saw an ambush. It seemed that he could not resist the enemy.

Seeing that he could achieve such an effect for the first time, Ma Chao was overjoyed. He would sit down and pull the white horse. He turned around and roared: "Brothers! I have a plan in Cao's army. Go back with me and fight hard to capture this city!"

One side was fully prepared and showed a double-team siege, while the other side was panicked and rushed to fight. The combat power reflected by the two sides naturally could not be compared. In fact, the human power difference between the two sides was not much different at present. However, the Cao army in Langya suffered a loss because it was not prepared enough and was too chaotic after being trapped. In addition, Ma Chao has now started to use his real power and is brave and good at fighting on the battlefield. For a short time, the front line was defeated like a tide. In this way, the strength of the two sides was even greater, and the Cao army could no longer resist and had no intention of fighting, and was only concerned about finding an opportunity to escape.

Cao's army withdrew, and this time it was Ma Chao who led his troops back to chase after him. This vanguard side army, led by the powerful general of Western Liang, headed straight to Langya Governor, and kept hiding along the way, with its momentum reaching its peak.

When he arrived at the city, the general of the bronze hammer shouted to open the city gate, but as soon as the suspension bridge was put down, Ma Chao's soldiers and horses had already been blocked and killed. It was too late to close the suspension bridge. The general of the bronze hammer had no choice but to lead his army to escape along the side of the city. Ma Chao's soldiers took advantage of the momentum to suppress the suspension bridge and roared into the Langya Governor. In less than two hours, the Langya Governor raised the Yuan banner, and the city walls changed its owner.

Ma Chao ordered his subordinates to clean up the city and participate, and then led the generals into the Langya Prefect's Mansion. As soon as he entered the main hall, he heard Ma Chao laughing.

"Cao's army cannot fight, but it's quite fast to escape. If the lord wants to destroy Zhongzhou with such combat power, it will probably not take at most two months. Where did the Zhongzhou tiger and wolf army led by Cao Cao that was so powerful that the world was shocking and shocking the masses? In just a few years, it has withered into this shape. If Cao Cao saw it, wouldn't he jump out of the coffin and scold his incompetent son to death!"

The battle was easy and refreshing. The generals and officials under Ma Chao were also very energetic. They seemed to have a new understanding of Ma Chao's skills and felt infinitely guilty of his underestimation of his strategy. At this moment, when Ma Chao said something, the generals and officials catered to him.

"General Ma said very much. The combat power of Cao's army is really not very good. I'm afraid it's not as good as those rebels in Guanzhong. Once Cao Cao dies and the tiger and leopard cavalry are destroyed, Cao's army has nothing to fear. Our army is sure to win this time!"

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The battle of capturing the city in Langya was smooth, and the difference in Yangdu was basically not much. Gao Lan also advanced quickly. He quickly captured the city and completely sealed the front line of Xuzhou North Road.

When the news reached Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao was not in a hurry. His opponent was now Zhang Yan, but Zhang Yan's main purpose was to stop him from saving the city, but Zhang Liao did not go to save him, avoid his edge, and defended the camp. He just ordered his subordinates to make more hats and set up a rain tent in Mount Tai, preparing to deal with the upcoming storm that Guo Jia said.

Both Ma Chao and Gao Lan saw Zhang Liao's actions of avoiding the war, but Zhang Yan became suspicious. He was confused in his heart, and then he found the deputy general Wang Dang to discuss it.

When Wang Dang and Zhang Yan commanded the Black Mountain Army together, they were a friend of life and death, so Zhang Yan didn't shy away from him and went straight to the topic as soon as they met.

"Brother Wang, Ma Chao and Gao Lan seize Langya and Yangdu. Do you think there is anything wrong with this?"

Wang Dang followed Zhang Yan into Yuan’s army for many years, but his name for Zhang Yan has not changed much. When he heard this, he immediately touched the beard on his chin and said, “Does Yan Shuai think that the two of them won too smoothly?”

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "It's a little bit smoother, and another thing is that they are going to fight the northern border of Xuzhou, but Zhang Liao is not in a hurry at all. We were ordered to stop him, but he has never confronted us head-on. It's as if he was slow to seize his city. If he had this attitude, what would he do here in Taishan? It's better to stay in Pengcheng and wait for us to enter the hinterland of Xuzhou before fighting with us. There's no reason!"

Wang Dang thought for a moment and said, "Is it because Zhang Liao was concerned about the reputation of Yan Shuai, Ma Chao and Gao Lan, and did not dare to act rashly?"

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "Take it down! If someone else had this idea, but who is the person we are facing now? It's Zhang Liao! I'm in Yecheng, and I heard the lord comment on the generals of the Cao family. In the lord's mind, this person ranks first! Even Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Xu Huang and others are not as good as him in the lord's mind. This person is brave and resourceful, and good at using troops. You shouldn't watch us expand our power in Xuzhou and ignore it."

Wang Dang heard this and said, "Maybe he is intentionally indulging us. As the saying goes, arrogant soldiers will be defeated! Zhang Liao may want to take advantage of our inattention to make a sudden counterattack. One battle is a decisive battle."

Zhang Yan nodded when she heard this and was thinking, and suddenly heard a rumbling sound of thunder that shook the sky and shook slightly outside the tent.

Wang Dang was also stunned, got up and came to the tent, lifted the curtain, looked out the window, and said, "This weather is like thunder, and it seems that it will rain heavily!"

Zhang Yan took a deep breath when he heard this. He didn't listen to Wang Dangbang's words, but the word "it's going to rain heavily" moved his mind.

Zhang Yan hurriedly got up, looked up at the sky, but saw that the sky was covered in haze, gray as if it was not transparent at all, only the lightning that kept causing thunder and lightning came into view, which was particularly dazzling.

Zhang Yan sniffed and said, "Looking at this, the sudden heavy rain doesn't seem to stop in a day or two... Are our rainproof preparations ready?"

Wang Dang smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said, "Even if there is, he feels it is not enough. The troops and horses will go first before they move their food and grass. But if it rains, who can think about it in a hurry?"

Zhang Yan thought for a while and said, "Our preparations before the rain are not yet decided. Ma Chao and Gao Lan must be even more unprepared for conquering the city. If Cao, who was conquering the city, confiscating all the rainproof measures in the city before abandoning the city, what do you think will happen to them now?"

Wang Dang: “…………………”

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This heavy rain came very quickly with the rainy season. What's even more annoying is that it was accompanied by strong winds, with continuous rain and strong winds roaring. Yuan's army that blew into Xuzhou was in sorrow that the temporary rain shelter was unable to resist. After days, Yuan's army had been tide all day long, the armor on his body was cold, and his clothes were almost dry.

The city captured by Ma Chao and Gao Lan seemed to be cursed, and there was no reed grass to build a cloak and hat. The house was not known to be broken because of the fierce battle when seizing the city or the Cao army deliberately did it before leaving. Even if it was to stay, it was raining continuously. The food and grass that followed the army were wet and worms. After eating, it was diarrhea and hungry. The heavy rain and strong wind blew for several days. Not only did it wipe out Yuan Jun's energy, but it also blew away their morale.
Chapter completed!