Chapter 44: Take the Sichuan (Twelve)

Ma Chao was sitting in the big tent, feeling very angry. Just as he was about to fall asleep, a shocking sound of drums suddenly sounded outside, which made him sit up quickly and rush out with his armor. However, when he led his troops out, he found that the group of people disappeared in the blink of an eye, causing him to chase after the army for a while, but he didn't even catch a single person.

At this time, Ma Chao's armor was also tilted, and the helmet on his head was also tilted. He was sitting in the tent and felt sulking. "What was Xue Bing's idea? He sent troops, but he just knocked and retreated." After thinking for a while, he couldn't figure it out, so he fell on the collapse and closed his eyes to rest. This time he had never removed his armor. He was afraid that Xue Bing would come to attack the camp after tempting twice.

While lying down, Ma Chao felt more and more confused. He had been marching for several days, and delayed on the mountain road for a long time yesterday. At this time, he was extremely tired and now he was lying down on the collapsed side. He felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. Soon, he could no longer hold on.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!

The drum sounded suddenly and shook the sky, and Ma Chao, who was about to fall asleep, jumped up from the collapse in shock. As soon as Ma Chao got up, a small school ran in and reported: "General, the sound of war drums sounded outside the village!" Ma Chao was also annoyed by the trouble that night. Hearing the words, "I can hear it! I will pass on my order! Get the whole army to prepare for war, follow me out of the camp and catch these guys!" The small school took the order and retreated. After waiting for a while, Ma Chao also left the tent...

Ma Chao led the army back to the camp, then dispersed, and returned to their tents to rest. They hung their heads, nodded all the way, as if they were about to light their heads off. Ma Chao felt tired at this time, just holding his head hard and forcibly motivated.

At this time, Pang De welcomed Ma Chao into the camp, and then followed him into the tent together. After Ma Chao sat down, Pang De said, "The enemy came to harass him again and again, but he thought that his intention was not to attack the camp!" Ma Chao heard this, looked up and didn't speak. He was extremely tired now, and even if he felt it was difficult to speak. When Pang De saw it, he continued, "The enemy's move is to prevent our army from resting, and to drag down our army with fatigue. The general should make a decision to deal with it early."

Ma Chao moved his neck as if to make him feel more comfortable, and then said to Pang De: "Ling Ming thought, what should I do to deal with it?"

Pang De said: "If this continues, our army will be destroyed by fatigue. It is better to divide the soldiers into two teams, one team is alert and the other team rest. In this way, if the enemy is harassing again, there is still a group of troops to continue to rest. If the enemy really comes to attack, they can retreat with this group of troops."

Ma Chao said: "Ling Ming said so much, so do what Ling Ming said!" So he ordered Pang De to arrange a matter and asked Pang De to lead his army to guard tonight. Ma Chao rested in the big tent.

If Pang De's method is good, but Ma Chao just fell asleep in the tent, he was woken up by a rude noise, followed by the messy footsteps outside the tent and shouting. When all this calmed down, Ma Chao had no intention of sleeping. After Pang De led his troops back and gradually recovered from peace outside, Ma Chao could slowly fall asleep. Then, he was woken up again, angry, sleepy, fell asleep, and woke up again...

This situation lasted for a whole night. Not to mention that Ma Chao couldn't sleep well, none of the soldiers left in the village could sleep well. As soon as the sky was dawn, they all forced themselves to open their eyes. Ma Chao and Pang De looked at these equally tired soldiers with tired faces, only feeling bored. Ma Chao was so angry that he kept trembling all over.

Seeing Ma Chao's appearance, Pang De had to say, "General, now there are no people and horses, and the soldiers have not rested well. Let's take another day off today and work on the challenge tomorrow!"

Although Ma Chao was extremely angry, he knew that attacking now was like dying, so he ordered: "The whole army rested in the camp!" After saying that, he entered the tent with Pang De. He was afraid that he would look at it for a while and would be so angry that he could not help but lead the troops to kill him.

The two of them had just entered the tent and had not spoken yet, a small school came to report: "The enemy general Wei Yan led his troops outside the camp to call!" After hearing this, Ma Chao looked at each other with Pang De. Pang De said: "Now our army is tired, so we should not fight against the enemy!" Ma Chao said: "If we do not meet the enemy, will we weaken our morale?" He also said: "Let Ming rest in the village, and I will lead my troops out to meet the enemy." So he went out of the tent and ordered five thousand troops and horses to go out to fight Wei Yan.

Ma Chao led his troops out of the village, arranged five thousand soldiers, and directly pushed his guns to the front of the formation, looking at the future opposite. But he saw a general on the opposite side wearing armor and holding a knife, looking at him proudly, and said in his heart: "This person is extraordinary and he doesn't want to be a mediocre person! Could it be Xue Bing himself?" Then he shouted: "Who is here?"

Wei Yanyu immediately looked at Ma Chao and saw him wearing silver armor and holding a spear in his hand. Wei Yan looked at this person's demeanor and knew that it was Ma Chao. He heard his shouting, and then said, "I am Wei Yan and Wei Wenchang! Are you Ma Chao?"

Ma Chao replied: "I am Ma Chao. Since you know my name, how dare you stop me?"

After hearing this, Wei Yan shouted, "Don't be rampant! You have violated my borders for no reason, and you will be sure to see my methods today!" So he sent Ma Wudao to attack. When Ma Chao saw it, he said intimately, "Good come!" Yi rode his horse and came to fight with a gun.

The two generals fought to one place in the blink of an eye, but saw two horses wandering around in circles. The two generals danced their swords and spears, and they fought to the right moment. For a moment, the swords and guns were coming and going, but no one could do anything to anyone.

Wei Yan slashed Ma Chao with another sword, but Ma Chao blocked him with a gun and stabbed him in front of him. Fortunately, Wei Yan didn't use all his strength just now, so he still had the strength to return the sword. Blocking Ma Chao's shot, Wei Yan said to himself: "I heard that Ma Chao's martial arts are rare in the world, and he is still unwilling to accept it. After fighting today, I realized that what the world said is not false. He was tired from afar and was harassed by General Xue for a night last night. I think he was extremely tired at this time. I have been raising my energy since yesterday and couldn't fight him. Ma Chao is a powerful general in the world!" Thinking of this, I remembered Xue Bing's previous order, so I swayed a knife and said, "Ma Chao is really powerful, I can't beat you now! I will meet you next time!" He patted the horse and walked back, leading his soldiers to escape from Jiameng Pass.

Ma Chao wanted to pursue, but his five thousand soldiers were exhausted. After chasing for a while, they were left far away by Wei Yan. He had to withdraw his troops in disappointment and return to the camp. When he returned to the tent, he saw Ma Dai and Pang De were both in the tent. Ma Dai had not been injured, and after several days of cultivation, he had recovered.

When Pang De saw Ma Chao return, he asked, "How is the battle?" Ma Chao said, "Wei Yan fought with me for twenty times, but he couldn't fight me, so he led his troops back to Guanzhong."

Upon hearing this, Ma Dai said angrily, "Is the enemy general Wei Yan?" Ma Chao said, "However! My brother knows this person?" Ma Dai said, "It was this person who lured me deeper and was hit by a fire." Ma Chao was furious when he heard this, and said, "If I knew it before, I would not have spared this person!" He also said to Ma Dai: "Good peace of mind, when I see him next time, I will kill this person and vent my anger for me!"

Just as he was right, the school came to report: "Wei Yan led three thousand soldiers and killed them again. He was shouting and scolding outside the village!"

When the people in the tent were stunned when they heard this, Pang De said, "Has he just retreated? Why are he back?" Ma Chao said, "I am just looking for this person to avenge my brother again, but he is coming just right!" So he ordered, "Corresize the troops and follow me out of the camp to meet the enemy!" Pang De thought about the formation and hurriedly advised, "The enemy general is back, afraid that he will be cheated." Ma Chao said, "Don't say too much, and when I kill this person, I will withdraw my troops and return to the camp!" So he led the troops. Pang De was worried and led his troops to sweep the formation. He just waited for the situation to be good, and immediately led the troops to rescue him.

Ma Chao led his troops out. When he saw the opposite side, it was Wei Yan and then cursed: "There is no coward who can't fight me, so he leads the troops to flee. What's the face now that he has to call again?"

Wei Yan said: "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. I fought against you before, but now I am here to seek revenge on you!"

Ma Chao said: "I am also looking for you to avenge my brother. But I don't want you to come to my door by myself. Don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!" Then he slapped his horse and ran to Wei Yan and killed him.

When Wei Yan saw it, he rushed out with his sword and fought with Ma Chao. When the two of them were fighting fiercely again, Wei Yan rode his horse out of the battle circle and said, "I will fight you, but I will compete with you next time!" Then he patted the horse and led his troops back. Ma Chao was about to chase him, but suddenly heard the sound of gold behind him and asked him to retreat, so he had to lead his troops to retreat in the village.

It turned out that Pang De saw clearly from behind. Seeing that Wei Yan had not been at a disadvantage, he led his troops to retreat. He was afraid that he would be cheating, so he hurriedly ordered people to call the gold and ask Ma Chao to return the army. When Ma Chao returned, he asked Pang De why he called the gold. Pang De then told him about Ma Dai's previous example, and Ma Chao refused to say anything.

Pang De said: "Now the soldiers are tired and cannot attack the city. It is better to hang the free battle sign and order the soldiers to have a good rest. Let's wait for tomorrow and make a decision."

Ma Chao was about to speak, but the junior high school suddenly came to report, saying, "The enemy general Wei Yan led his troops back again. He was shouting and scolding outside the village." Ma Chao was furious when he heard this and said, "If you can't fight, you will run away! If you escape, you will return again! I'm so angry! When I go and shoot him to death, you can give me a clean life!"

Pang De hurriedly said, "General, the enemy general does not fight with the general, but just keeps calling. When the general comes out of the battle, he retreats. When the general returns to the camp, he arrives again. This must be the enemy's tired general's plan. We should ignore it. The best way is to rest for a good life!"

Ma Chao said, "Will that villain scream and scold outside the village?" He paused and said, "I will go out for a while. If I can't kill him, I will never come out again. What do Ling Ming thinks?"

Pang De knew Ma Chao's temper. He heard this and realized that Ma Chao had already been calculating, so he said, "If the general cannot kill the enemy general, don't come out again!"
Chapter completed!