"The horse cannot be used by orphans."

This is the regret and sigh that Yan Xing sighed when he heard Ma Chao attacking the soldiers and was shot by the soldiers when he was shot by the soldiers. Ma Yunlu left tears in pain. She also realized why Gan Ling and others said that she shouldn't have come here.

Ma Chao is dead, but his head is still about to be cut off by Mingfa's execution. Together with other heads that rebel Hu Chief, he will be passed on to the border county, which is shocking.

However, Yan Xing then ordered Zhang Ji to send someone to sew Ma Chao's body together and then buried him in Wuwei with the courtesy of a commoner.

Since he loves the land of Liangzhou, let him stay here forever.

In just a few months, many complex forces in Liangzhou: Lu Shuihu, Xidingling, Ma Chao, Han Sui, Li Pian, Song Jian and others were washed away by Yan Xing's troops. When they heard the old friends from the cold land in the past, their enemies all left the field sadly. Even though Yan Xing's heart was as hard as iron, he couldn't help but sigh a few more after his success.

Especially Li Pian's death, he felt even more regretful.

Speaking of which, they had made appointments with the three brothers, but they never gathered again after the battle between Chen Cang.

Among the three people at that time, Li Pian was heroic, Yan Xing was profound, Zhao Hong was smart, and each had his own talents. However, after the Chen Cang battle, Yan Xing and Zhao Hong became a prisoner under the ranks. Only Li Pian returned to Liangdi safely, with his reputation increasing day by day. He also married Han Sui's beloved daughter and became the potential heir of the largest force in Liangdi.

According to the original trend, it seems that Li Pian is like a chosen person. His heroic spirit, his excellent martial arts skills, and his misfortune turn into good fortune are all in all.

But now, he is dead.

This made Yan Xing feel sorry for the three brothers outside Chen Cang City who were finally staying behind was not loyalty to friendship or persistence in faith, but the in-depth plot of intrigue in troubled times, and their lives and deaths for their own masters.

And this may be the real cruelty in the troubled times.

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The rebellion in Hexi was settled, and Yan Xing led his army back to Chang'an.

On the way, he received another letter of feathered military order from Luoyang.

In August of autumn, Cao Cao personally conquered Xuzhou. He was clearly in a position to help Liu Bei, but Yuan Tan, Qingzhou, who was Changfeng, suddenly turned against him and did not send one army or one soldier to rescue Xuzhou, resulting in Xuzhou being isolated and helpless. Liu Bei was defeated and fled. Changfeng surrendered. Cao Cao successfully quelled the rebellion in Xuzhou, and appointed Dong Zhao as the governor of Xuzhou, and then led his army back to Xudu.

At the end of the same month, Cao Yuan, Cao Hong, Le Jin and other Cao army generals appeared in Xingyang, Zhuoguan and Liang County eastward, and headed straight into the old capital Luoyang. Cao Cao's purpose of using troops to Henan was already obvious.

Previously, Yan Xing had received a letter of feathered edict from Yuan Shao to attack Bingzhou and Henoi in Hexi. Now, coupled with the urgent reports of Cao's army invading Henan, the situation in Guandong and other places is full of wars and is in danger.

Originally, the game between Yuan and Cao in Xuzhou changed in a blink of an eye and became the Yuan and Cao alliance that used to sell Liu Bei in Xuzhou as a bargaining chip. The two families rebuilt Yu Hao and jointly sent troops to attack Yan Xing.

Although Yan Xing not long ago learned from a secret report from the school affairs lurking in Hebei that the Yuan and Cao families might have plans to jointly attack him again, he did not expect that this trend would change so quickly that he did not have time to respond effectively.

Focusing on the military battles in Kanto and thinking about the plans revealed before Ma Chao's death, even though Yan Xing had experienced many battles, he couldn't help but feel scared and sweated profusely.

If I hadn't ended the war in Hexi and Longxi in time, I would have been in a dilemma with enemies all over the world.

Yan Xing, who was mixed with all kinds of feelings, could only block the news all the way, and rush back to Chang'an with a bitter taste.

In September, Yan Xing returned to Chang'an.

But bad news from Kanto also followed.

Many troops under Yuan Shao broke through the defense line set up by Cao Yuan according to the dangerous mountain. Cao Yuan followed the advice of Xu Shu, saved his troops and retreated to Jinyang City; while Xu Huang was isolated in Shangdang and had fallen into a hard battle; Tuo Yi from Hanoi led his troops to fight against Hebei general Yan Liang, and gave up on the Communist Party. Ji and other cities were retreating to the gathering of dogs.

On the Henan side, the garrison general Zhai Hao witnessed Cao's army marching in many ways, knowing that he could divide his troops to defend and lose the other. It would be better to concentrate elite troops and break through the whole way first, which would depress the enemy's morale. So, he, who had always been brave and strong, personally led 3,000 elite troops out of Yique Pass and attacked Cao General Le from Liang County, and joined his troops.

However, Le Jin's troops suddenly encountered the enemy in the suburbs. Although they were scattered, they were inspired by the commander Le Jin, Cao's army bravely launched a counterattack.

As a result, the troops on both sides were in fierce battle. Zhai Hao, who was leading the way, was stabbed under the horse by a long-bearded general who was rushing to the scene. The Yan army's infantry and cavalry lost their main general, and their morale was greatly reduced. He was defeated by Le Jin's command of Cao's army. More than half of the three thousand Yan army's infantry and cavalry lost, and they were defeated and fled back to Luoyang.

The Cao army became more and more brave as they fought. The troops of various units drove through the pass and prepared to besiege Luoyang. It is said that Cao Cao himself personally led his army to the front line.

Seeing the frequent defeats in Guandong, Yan Su, Du Ji, Sima Lang and other civil officials who guarded Guanxi were worried and proposed the establishment of Yuan and Cao's army, which was difficult to defeat. It was better to increase troops and strengthen the army, Hejin, and stick to Guanzhong.

The implication is that Yan Xing wants to withdraw his troops and give up Guandong.

In their opinion, this can avoid the misfortune of being attacked by the Yuan and Cao families and the power was destroyed in one battle. Then, relying on the solidarity of the Gu Han, the troops were concentrated to defend the enemy. In the future, the Yuan and Cao families might turn against each other again in order to compete for Sanhe and other places, and then the opportunity for Yan Xing's side came again.

Some people even privately discussed the decision-making mistakes of General Cavalry, pointing out that Yan Xing should have followed the argument of strict teachings and planning for the country, conserving the existing prefectures and counties such as Sanhe and Guanxi, and patiently accumulating strength, instead of rashly sending troops to Bingzhou to rescue Gongsun Zan.

Although the Bingzhou War was won and the Yan army captured Taiyuan, Shangdang, Yanmen and other places, it also deteriorated its relationship with Yuan Shao sharply, and made Cao Cao more and more afraid of Guanxi's strong troops, thus causing the dilemma of Guandong Prefecture and County being attacked by Yuan and Cao families today.

Yan Xing sneered at this. If he had not rescued Gongsun Zan and sent troops to Bingzhou, and when Yuan Shao successfully pacified Gongsun Zan and turned around to attack him, these people would sigh that the General of the Cavalry would be indecisive in his military use and instigated the enemy to cause trouble.

Nowadays, the Yuan and Cao families were coming in full force, but according to Yan Xing's character, they would never wait for death. He insisted on his own opinion and must lead a large army to rescue Guandong Prefecture and County.

The generals and officers in the army obviously supported and supported Yan Xing's decision.

The lieutenant generals and envoys also had different opinions on the choice of saving Bingzhou first or saving Henan first.

Yan Xing must make the right choice.

Facing the joint attack of powerful enemies, he did not dare to be careless and underestimate the enemy to divide his troops to rescue him. Therefore, although Zhai Hao unfortunately died in the battlefield, his vision was not wrong. Yan Xing, like him, must make good use of the Guanxi troops under his command, concentrate his troops, and implement various defeats to resolve the dilemma that Guandong is now in.

Moreover, the first battle must be won, so that the effect of boosting morale and intimidating the enemy can be achieved.

So, should this opponent in the first battle choose Yuan Shao or Cao Cao?

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While preparing for the army to go east to go to the east, the General Cavalry Office also made several important dispatches related to personnel and diplomatic relations in response to the current situation.

First, it was to send Xi Zhicai to Jingzhou.

Liu Biao in Jingxiang had already quelled the rebellion in Jingnan. Although he still had a battle with Zhangjin in Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou had few soldiers and few generals and was no match for Liu Biao at all. Sun Ce from Jiangdong was defeated and the young lord succeeded to the throne, and he was unable to take refuge in Jiangxia, Changsha and other places. Yan Xing believed that Liu Biao would definitely be interested in forming an alliance to regain Nanyang County.

Of course, when he was sent to Jing Xiang, with Xun You's fame and talent, perhaps it was more appropriate than the sick Xi Zhicai, but the Xun family in Yingchuan had clan members in both Yuan and Cao families. At this time of life and death, Yan Xing decided to send his confidant Xi Zhicai, to consider it.

Xi Zhicai also knew that he was ordered to be in danger, but the scholar died for his confidant. So he accepted the order generously, lightly and simply followed, and had already gone to Lantian and prepared to leave Wuguan to Xiangyang.

The second is to soothe people's hearts and arrest evildoers.

Even though the news of the urgent blockade of Guandong by General Cavalry, over time, many rumors spread to the streets and alleys of Chang'an City.

While refuting the rumors and appeased the people, a large number of officials and soldiers were dispatched to arrest and arrest the rumor and spread the rumors. The general's mansion was also sent to mobilize a large number of officials and soldiers, and the school officials arrested and spread the rumors.

There were before the Youshi from Yanzhou, and later there was a secret in Hebei who colluded with Ma Chao. Just like Yan Xing sent to Yecheng and Xudu's school affairs, the Yuan and Cao families also used all their best to infiltrate the enemy generals in order to obtain information and instigate the enemy generals.

Yan Xing did not want to lead his troops east to rescue Guandong Prefecture and County, and there would be another rebellion under Guanxi rule in which civil and military officials were instigated by Yuan and Cao families.

Therefore, under the leadership of Dong Dai, the school affairs that came out of nowhere soon solved a major case of secretly colluding with Yuan Shao, Hebei.

Looking at the name of the leader on the list, Yan Xing's eyelids twitched and he was silent for a while. He immediately sent someone to the Ma Mansion to summon Ma Teng.

When he saw Ma Teng in the hall again, Yan Xing was surprised to find that before he went to the expedition, he looked deeply entangled in his eyes and had not had much time. After three or four months, he was still alive at this time. Although his face was haggard, he really had no intention of dying.

"Mr. Shoucheng, it seems that you are suffering from a heart attack!"

Yan Xing sneered and said to Ma Teng, who was shaking and sitting.

Ma Teng's body shook when he heard this, and his originally slightly bent body instantly became even hunched.

"The general was joking, and the old man was unable to teach his children, which led to a big mistake. His family was miserable and he was heartbroken. Now he was terminally ill and he had not had much time."
Chapter completed!