The power struggle between the Yuan and Cao families is all about the later story.

After Yan Xing's troops stationed in Luoyang City confirmed the situation of Yuan Shao's withdrawal, he ordered Xu Huang, Ma Lin and others to guard the border cities, and he began to turn his attention to the situation in Guanzhong that had reversed again in the past two months.

Those powerful men who took advantage of the chaos in Guanzhong to gather troops to rule the country, after the covetous foreign forces intervened, were weak and unable to resist the army, and inevitably headed for defeat.

In June, Li Jue from Huangbai City and Wang Cheng from Chiyang were eliminated by Ma Teng's army.

In the same month, Zhang Heng, who was holding the flag in Zheng County, was exterminated by Duan Weijun.

In July, the Ganling army, who crossed the river from the east, returned to the old land of Xihe and pacified Fengyiqiang, who had previously rebelled with the tribe's husband Mengji.

Afterwards, Ganling sent Wulouji, Quanye and other Qiang and Hu Yi to Shangjun, and pacified many Qiang and Hu tribes in Shangjun, lured money, silk, salt and iron and other materials to recruit their Qiang and Hu cavalry to Zuo Fengyi to assist his army in fighting and strengthen the momentum of the troops and horses in Hedong.

While the Hedong army was singing and winning, a large force also suffered an unexpected failure.

The Lou Gui's troops sent by Liu Biao accidentally failed in Wuguan. They were beaten by a small group of people and horses, who were unknown and claimed to be a human-eating person, and were defeated and fled. Lou Gui, the chief general of Jingzhou, disappeared in the chaos, and all his troops and horses were owned by Wang Zhong.

At present, Wang Zhong, who gathered troops, occupied Wuguan, cut off Liu Biao's tentacles that reached into Guanzhong, and confronted Liang Xing, who had moved from Lantian, avoided Ma Teng's army, and then marched into Shangluo. The two sides had a victory or defeat.

Putting aside these small forces, the next step is the battle between large foreign forces.

Ma Teng's army, who had previously sent troops to attack and destroy Li Jue and became the largest force in Guanzhong, had already been in danger after the second increase in troops in Hedong.

Ma Teng, who built a camp on the front line of Baling and blocked Duan Wei from entering Chang'an, began to be threatened after Ganling's army entered Zuo Fengyi, and the Chang'an City behind it was even more likely to be attacked by Ganling's light cavalry.

In the frontal camp offensive and defensive battle, Ma Teng's army gradually became unable to support it.

First, the army's food and food were in a hurry, and second, Duan Wei began to launch an offensive against Ma Teng's camp.

During these two or three months, Duan Wei led his army to confront Ma Teng and ordered the construction of a large number of catapults in the army to deal with the camps built by Ma Teng's army.

The reinforcements have arrived, and the morale in the army has increased sharply. In addition, the scouts discovered that Ma Teng's army was not well-fed and planned to retreat. Duan Wei, who had been insisting on confronting the enemy's strategy, finally chose to take the initiative and ordered the troops under his command to advance, move their camps and advance directly to the Ma Teng's army in Baling.

After more than two months of confrontation in Ma Teng's army, the food and grass had been consumed after eating and chewing by horses. The racquets sent out to collect grain also had little harvest. Ma Teng began to order the reduction of the daily supply of military rations in the army.

Although this move can alleviate the dilemma of shortage of food in the army, it also caused complaints from soldiers and gradually unstable morale occurred.

Under such circumstances, Ma Teng had actually developed the intention to retreat. How dare he fight Duan Wei's army head-on? He could only order his troops to guard the camps and try to rely on the camp fences he had built before to resist the attack of Duan Wei's army and to undermine their attacking spirit.

However, Duan Wei, who had expected this, immediately ordered the soldiers in the army to push the many catapults that had been driven in the past few months to the front of the formation, and repeatedly bombarded the Ma Teng army's camp.

Based on the original stone thrower, the catapults improved by Hedong craftsmen have made obvious progress in terms of range or power. If they are used to deal with thick rammed earth city walls, the effect may not be obvious, but the camp fences used to deal with Ma Teng's army are extremely powerful.

For a moment, the front camp of Ma Teng's army was flying over the front camp, and the stone bombs fired from Duan Wei's army formation. Wherever the stone bombs went, they destroyed the fences and overturned the military tent. The front camp of Ma Teng's army was in a mess, and the morale of the army suddenly became in chaos, and they were eager to retreat to the rear camp.

Seeing this, Ma Teng knew that no matter whether it was fighting or defending or retreating, he could no longer let the situation worsen. So he decisively sent the elite cavalry around him to drive the front army back to form a formation, and went out to attack the enemy. He decided to lead the army himself and motivate the soldiers to repel the aggressive Duan Wei army.

Duan Wei outside the camp saw the catapult cart in front of the formation showing his power. Not only did he defeat Ma Teng's front camp, but he also forced Ma Teng's army out of the camp to fight the decisive battle. He was overjoyed and still maintained a calm expression. He commanded the catapult cart in front of the formation to retreat with calmness. The troops and horses stepped forward to fight Ma Teng's army.

This battle was commanded by Duan Wei. The fierce battle was based on steady push. The soldiers of the two armies lined up to attack, like two rocks colliding together, making a shocking sound of fighting on the battlefield.

After the fierce Duan Wei army forced the Ma Teng army out of the camp to fight, they no longer rushed to launch an attack, but instead fought steadily, and the army advanced together in the field and horses. The various units maintained their formation to fight with the Ma Teng army, without giving the Ma Teng army, who had more cavalry in the army any chance to intersperse and detour.

The Xiliang cavalry under Ma Teng marched forward bravely. With the cooperation of infantry, they continued to attack Duan Wei's army and sent scattered cavalry to detour guerrillas in an attempt to disrupt the front line on both wings of Duan Wei's army and create opportunities for the elite cavalry in the army to assault.

Duan Wei followed the tactics of Duan Wei, "Zhang Ling's sharp blade, three-fold spear, with strong crossbows, and light cavalry as left and right wings" by his predecessor, and ordered the soldiers in the army to line up big wings and set up spears to fight against the storm cavalry in Ma Teng's army. They mixed Zhang Shi and the cavalry troops and arranged them on both wings. While maintaining the front line between the two wings, they continued to kill and injure the detours of Ma Teng's army. As for the brisk swords and axes, they were used as surprise soldiers in the formation to deal with and support anytime and anywhere.

In this battle, the two armies were equally matched. From the afternoon to the setting sun, the soldiers on both sides were either brave or trained in an orderly manner. After they fell into a stalemate in the battle, they were reluctant to decide the outcome.

But as the sun was about to fall, Ma Teng's army, who was forced to fight to the decisive battle, was unable to repel the enemy for a long time, and the army's morale was unstable. Ma Teng's army's team began to shake, and the entire battlefield was slowly pressed by Duan Wei's army. Ma Teng's central army was faintly defeated by Duan Wei's two wings.

At this dangerous situation, Ma Chao, who was commanding the left wing in Ma Teng's army, made a quick decision and did not report to Ma Teng. He simply threw the command power to Ma Dai, led a thousand cavalry, instead of retreating, and instead advanced, abandoned the wavering front of both wings, and used a fierce offensive to force Duan Weizhong's army to take Duan Weizhong's army straight from the diagonal thorn.

Ma Chao, with silver armor and white robe, has always been known for being the best of the three armies in the army. At this moment, he personally led his troops to break through the formation, and his momentum was naturally not comparable to ordinary enemy cavalry generals leading cavalry to break through. With his inspiration, the thousand cavalry under his command fought for the first place, as if he had the momentum of one to ten, and suddenly broke through the enemy's head and entered the line where Duan Wei's army had a gap due to its advancement.

What Ma Chao selected was the formation gap between the two soldiers surrendered by Hanoi Yang Chou.

Yang Chou, who was advancing with the army, fought hard for a long time. He originally thought that he could take advantage of the two wings to encircle Ma Tengzhong's army and make a great contribution. Unexpectedly, after being ordered to attack, he bumped into Ma Chao's thousand cavalry who suddenly counterattacked.

The sound of metal and iron clashing, and the sound of blood and blood colliding exploded on the dusty field!

The big slab was broken, the spear broke, and the war horses and the knights fell to the ground. Once the battle was met, Yang Chou, who was caught off guard, was immediately broken by Ma Chao's cavalry. The cavalry under Ma Chao's command was also greatly damaged, but Ma Chao ignored Yang Chou, who had not yet completely defeated, and continued to order to continue moving forward, and with an indomitable momentum, he launched a desperate charge against Duan Wei's central army.

In the Duan Wei formation, the sword and axe player who was the surprise soldier and the flank supporter of the flank, was soon dispersed by Ma Chao's cavalry after two rushes.

Ma Chao's cavalrymen were bleeding, but under the leadership of Ma Chao in silver armor and white robe, they still had to launch an attack on Duan Wei's central army.

Duan Wei, who followed the army but was still cautious, saw this fearless cavalry that was continuing to break through the formation early in the morning and rushed towards the central army with a spirit of looking at death. He also specifically asked the officials and soldiers around him who was the white-robed general who led the cavalry to rush forward?

When Duan Wei learned that this person was Ma Teng’s eldest son Ma Chao, he couldn’t help but sigh.

I don’t know whether he lamented that Ma Teng’s son was so young and brave, or that his unbearable nephew could inherit his foundation.

After Duan Wei sighed, Ma Chao suddenly approached himself again. The rumbling sound of horse hooves sounded as close as Ma Chao's fist hit Duan Wei's chest heavily.

Duan Wei, who was steadfast in his military service, he hesitated for a moment, looked at the thousand Hongnong soldiers beside him, and finally ordered the personal guards around him to flap the flag and blow the trumpet. The "Duan"-shaped flag in the central army inevitably stopped.

This is the enemy commander who ordered the delay in advance and the reduction of the forces on both wings!

Ma Chao, who broke into Duan Wei's army formation, saw that there was a long distance "Duan" in front of him and finally stopped. A smile finally appeared on his cold face.

Zhang Liao, who had already jumped on his horse and was about to lead the cavalry to detour and cut off the central army where Ma Teng was located, heard the sound of the horn of his central army, but couldn't help but frowned tightly.

If he could hold on for a longer period of time in the central army that broke through the front line, his cavalry would be able to disperse the right wing defeated Ma Teng's right wing army in front of him, and complete the siege against Ma Teng's central army, which was shaken by his feet.

At that time, the Buqi attacked each other in front and back, and how could the central army where Ma Teng was located be undefeated? Apart from such powerful enemies, the land in Guanzhong could be determined!

As Zhang Liao frowned and stopped the horse, Song Xian, who followed him out of the battle, also noticed the shakenness in his heart.

"General Zhonglang, why don't we continue to detour and take the great contribution of killing General Pojun first, and don't take care of Hongnong's troops!"

Note: 1. Pei's note in "The Records of Emperor Wu of the Three Kingdoms" quoted "Wei Lue": (Wang Zhong) followed his generation south to Wuguan. During the visit of Lou Zibo, he sent guests from the north to Jingzhou. Zhong did not want to leave, so he led his troops to attack him against him and seized his troops.
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