As for Ma Chao, he didn't know much about Lu Kuang, but he knew that he had a brother named Lu Xiang, who was now stationed in the Tao City of Julu, so he didn't know the others. However, for Ma Chao, his subordinates and the soldiers of Liangzhou, as long as they blocked their progress, they were all enemies. Therefore, naturally, they would not show mercy to the enemy.

The Liangzhou army came from afar, so Ma Chao asked the army to rest outside the Yang family city for a day, so that the army could rest here.

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On the second day, the soldiers of Liangzhou attacked Yang's city on a large scale.

Lu Kuang, who was commanding the soldiers on the top of the city, shouted: "Brothers, how long have we been waiting for this day? Hurry up, as we resist the enemy, smash it hard for me!!"

Not to mention Lu Kuang's ability, at least one thing is correct. That is, he has indeed prepared for this day for a long time. Similarly, he asked his soldiers to prepare for this day for so long, just for this day. So the things he prepared came in handy.

Ma Dai, who led his soldiers to attack the city, thought to himself that Lu Kuang was quite prepared and indeed prepared. No matter what, he did make his side blocked from Yang's city. Anyway, he would definitely not have thought of breaking down his defense in two or three days.

The two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle in Yangshi City. Because Lu Kuang was prepared, Ma Dai and the others were indeed under a lot of pressure. Especially the first time they were to tentatively attack, so the Liangzhou army had no achievements in siege. After several waves of attacks, Ma Chao had already ordered people to withdraw the troops, so Ma Dai took the Liangzhou soldiers and retreated.

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Liangzhou Army retreated its troops and retreated back to its own camp. Although that was the case, Lu Kuang still did not relax because of this. For him, the Liangzhou Army was the same as he thought, and in fact it could only be said to be stronger and not weak. So if it weren't for his own preparation, it might be possible that someone would break through the city in a few days.

However, Lu Kuang was not particularly afraid of this at this time. He had figured it out. Before, Guo Huai and Guo Boji guarded Gaoyi of Changshan. Didn’t he also guard the city and escape? Of course, he couldn’t compete with others, and maybe he couldn’t hold on for so long. But he could learn from Guo Huai, but when he saw that the situation was not good, he quickly ran away, ran to his brother’s pottery first, and then talked about something else.

There is a saying that Lu Kuang still likes very much, that is, "There is no way out." That's it. He will not wait for the Liangzhou army to break through the city and then kill or capture himself. Although his Liangzhou army is quite powerful, he is not the one he wants to surrender. Although Ma Mengqi is very famous in the world, he is not the one he wants to surrender.

Although Lu Kuang was not Guo Huai, there was a similar thing as what he thought, that was, he also wanted to join Cao Cao's Yanzhou Army. Not only him, he also knew that his brother Lu Xiang was actually the same as his own.

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In Ma Chao's central army tent, everyone didn't say anything. Anyway, it can be seen that Lu Kuang was indeed well prepared, otherwise he could not put such a great pressure on his side. So they had already prepared, so naturally they would suffer losses. So there was nothing to say about this. It was to continue to attack Yang's city tomorrow, and everyone passed it unanimously.

A day later, the Liangzhou army continued to attack the city. This time, Lu Kuang's pressure doubled. With his more than ten years of experience, he naturally knew that the Liangzhou army was going to take serious action. Yesterday was just a test.

However, when the Liangzhou army attacked, Lu Kuang was still commanding the soldiers to fight on the top of the city. Of course, as a guard, he also participated in the battle. He always appeared in places with weak defenses at the top of the city, and then followed the soldiers to kill the enemy. Lu Kuang had a lot of experience, and this must be admitted, so he was indeed stronger than ordinary generals, at least than Zhang Nanqiang of Xindu. Otherwise, it was not unreasonable that Yuan Shao could let him defend the Yangshi City in Julu.

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The Liangzhou Army still got on the catapult cart this time. After a few stone rains, Ma Dai led his soldiers to attack the city. For Lu Kuang, he had known that the catapult cart of the Liangzhou Army was very powerful, so he was prepared. But even so, the soldiers on the front of the city were still injured and killed.

When the Liangzhou soldiers attacked the city later, Lu Kuang shouted: "Brothers, guard it, don't let the Liangzhou army come up!"

Although the soldiers of Liangzhou Army were indeed attacking fiercer than yesterday, Lu Kuang did not think that he would not be able to defend Yangshi City the next day. After all, he had prepared for a long time, just waiting for this day to come. So when this day came, what he prepared finally came in handy. He had fantasized about a lot of today's scenes, and the Liangzhou Army was indeed well-known and should not be underestimated.

At this time, Ma Daixin said that although Lu Kuang was well prepared, he had to admit that his side would sooner or later break the Yang City. Lu Kuang was well prepared, but the gap between them and us was not something that could be made up for. At least he was not prepared enough, it would be fine.

Ma Dai shouted: "Brothers, rush, and strive to take down Yang's family as soon as possible!"

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For the Liangzhou army, they felt that it was not appropriate to let such an "unknown" Lu Kuang intercept Yang's city, so they all took all their might to attack Yang's city. For them, although such a city was not broken just by saying it, how could it be broken in less than two days, but it was different from what they thought. They were well prepared, and it seemed that they were waiting for their own side to come.

But this is actually nothing. At least the soldiers of Liangzhou think that you, Lu Kuang, can defend the city for one day, two days, three days... but how can you always defend it? So even if you are well prepared, under the oppression of your strong combat power, Yang's City will eventually be broken.

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Ma Chao ordered his soldiers to sing the gold medal, and the Liangzhou army retreated again. Of course, he had already seen that Lu Kuang was prepared, but even so, he still couldn't stop his army from pressing on the entire line. Therefore, breaking the city was just a matter of time.

After Lu Kuang got off the city, he thought a lot. Now, just two days later, two days after being attacked by the Liangzhou army, he put such pressure on him. It can be seen that if he really attacked the city, it would be difficult for him to escape again. So he had to think more about it. For Lu Kuang, nothing is more important than his life. So the premise of doing anything is to save his life first and then say something else.

The guards of Yang's city ushered in the third siege of the Liangzhou army. This time, Lu Kuang barely defended the city. He also knew that if this continues, it will definitely not work.

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On that night, Lu Kuang decided to fight with the Liangzhou army, and of course he still had his own plans.

Just when the soldiers of Liangzhou were still resting, the guards of Yangshi City rushed from the city and headed straight for the Liangzhou army camp.

If the sound is so loud, the soldiers of Liangzhou have naturally discovered it, so they all got up to meet the enemy. When Ma Chao learned the news, he actually didn't understand it. After all, he put a good city and did not garrison, but he brought the men from Yang's city to fight with his side. Yes, that's what Ma Chao thought. Lu Kuang was not here to rob the camp, he brought almost all the soldiers in the city, and wanted to fight with him. So Ma Chao didn't understand, how did Lu Kuang think.

But although he didn't play according to common sense, for Ma Chao, this matter was exactly what he meant. After all, compared to the siege battle, he actually fought on the battlefield like this. It took him a few days to finish the siege battle, but fighting on this battlefield can basically be decided in one or two times. What's more, this is still beneficial to our side. If we siege, it is not all our side's advantage.

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When the two sides fought on the battlefield, almost no one noticed that Lu Kuang was gone.

In fact, he asked other people to lead troops to attack the Liangzhou Army camp. He said he arrived later, but he did not arrive later, but took the opportunity to escape. He could think clearly that he could not defend the Yang City, so instead of letting the Liangzhou Army break through the city, it would be better to fight with them and take the opportunity to escape. Because he didn't think he could win at all, Ma Chao's 80,000 army was not a vegetarian, so Lu Kuang was still self-aware.

As for saying that he insisted on letting his soldiers attack the Liangzhou army camp, it was nothing more than his final madness. In Lu Kuang's thoughts, he ran away, so Yang's city would definitely be defeated by the Liangzhou army. So in that case, the soldiers guarding the city would be left to the Liangzhou army, so why not let them fight with the Liangzhou army first and then talk about something else.

So in the end, Lu Kuang had this idea, and he asked the soldiers of Yangshi City to attack the Liangzhou Army camp, while he himself took the opportunity to flee southwest and rushed to the erection where his brothers were stationed.

The soldiers of Yangshi City were still stupid and fought with the soldiers of the Liangzhou Army. Who knew that their lord had abandoned the city and abandoned them and fled by themselves. If Lu Kuang only had himself in his eyes, he had nothing to do with him as to what kind of lord or soldiers he had nothing to do with him, and he didn't care. Anyway, he would give up all of them and then directly defect to Cao Cao's Yanzhou Army. This was his plan, and his brother Lu Xiang also thought so.

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Originally, Ma Chao was planning to capture Lu Kuang alive, but he found that the person was gone. Ma Chao understood after thinking about it for a moment. It turned out that they were like Guo Huai, who had escaped. Of course, Guo Huai retreated and ran towards the Yanzhou army. He just didn't know if Lu Kuang was the same. However, Ma Chao felt that Lu Kuang would not be like this for the time being. After all, he still had a brother in Yingtao, and Yingtao City, as the capital of Julu, was also going to attack and obtain the city immediately, so he might not be there.

This time, the guards of Yang Family City came to attack the Liangzhou army camp at night, and naturally they ended with their complete defeat. This was actually within Lu Kuang's expectations. If that was the case, he certainly did not expect that he could win. However, Lu Kuang's goal was indeed achieved, and this was definitely correct. At least the guards of Yang Family City fought with the Liangzhou army, and he did take the opportunity to escape.

In the end, Ma Chao took advantage of the victory and directly let the Liangzhou army enter the Yang family city at night. Even the guards in the Yang family were defeated, so what else could stop the Liangzhou army? So in the end, the Liangzhou army naturally rushed straight into the Yang family without any effort. In this way, Ma Chao's Liangzhou army took down the Yang family in Julu. It was one step closer to the Tao, and the two cities were originally not far away.

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That's it. Ma Chao's Liangzhou Army captured the Yangshi City of Julu. Although it took more than three days to take it. However, the Liangzhou Army did not lose much. In the end, Lu Kuang directly abandoned the city and fled, which made Ma Chao particularly despise him. Although Guo Huai was the same, Ma Chao never despised Guo Huai much. However, Ma Chao believed that Lu Kuang was just a greedy person who was afraid of death.

After that, he rested for two more days. Ma Chao then led his army to leave Yang's City and rushed to Yantao. However, he did not leave anyone in Yang's City. Now Lei Tong and Gao Pei have to transport food and grass to Zhang Yan but have not come back yet. Ma Chao meant that after the two of them came back, he would let Gao Pei station in Yang's City. As for this time, Yantao had not been taken down, so it was important to go to Yantao quickly. As for the problem of defending Yang's City, it would be better to solve it together after the Yantao was taken down.

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When Ma Chao and his army arrived outside the Yitao City in Julu, Lu Kuang had already escaped into Yitao.

In Yingtao, his brother Lu Xiang saw that his eldest brother was coming. He hurriedly asked, "This, eldest brother, is Yang's city broken?"

After Lu Xiang asked, he thought this was not nonsense. If the city was not broken, could his elder brother come here?

However, Lu Kuang shook his head, "Oh, it's really hard to describe!"

Then, he talked about the Yangshi City to his brothers. After hearing this, Lu Xiang frowned and asked, "Brother, is this Liangzhou army really so powerful?"

Lu Kuang smiled bitterly and said, "Who said no? They are only saying it better than Brother Wei, but they will definitely not be worse than Brother Wei!"

When Lu Xiang heard what his elder brother said, he did not dare to neglect. "When the elder brother said this, I did not dare to neglect it anymore. Although I was prepared for this day, our soldiers may not be their opponents!"

When Lu Kuang heard this, he sighed. For him, although his brothers are much stronger than his Yang City, it is still a matter of whether he can withstand Ma Chao's Liangzhou army.

But "Can a living person suffocate to death?" So Lu Kuang said at this time: "Second brother, don't worry. If you think about it, let's do your best. If you can't do anything, then we will go to Cao Gong Yanzhou Army. What do you think?"

When Lu Xiang heard this, "Okay, according to my elder brother, this is the best thing now!"

After the two of them had thought about their future, they naturally didn't think so much about the past. At least Lu Xiang was just that. He felt that his eldest brother was right. At worst, he and his eldest brother went to surrender to the Yanzhou Army, so what else could be done? Those who failed were the soldiers. When Yuan Benchu ​​wanted to find his two brothers, he and his eldest brother had already worked in the Yanzhou Army.

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After a day off, Ma Chao asked the army to attack Yantao, but the result was naturally not unexpected. The Liangzhou army finally stopped the army by chanting Jin.

In the Yang Family City defended by Lu Kuang, the Liangzhou army failed to do anything for the first time to attack, so let alone the Yin Tao City guarded by Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang brothers.

As a result, after everyone returned to Ma Chao's central army, they saw that their lord's expression was a little strange. So Guo Jia asked, "I don't know lord..."

Ma Chao waved his hand and asked, "Do you know the information about Fengxiao. Yingtao City?"

Guo Jia nodded, "The Lord of the City of Yingtao is Lu Kuang's younger brother Lu Xiang, and now Lu Kuang is also in this city. In addition, there are 5,000 Jizhou troops in the city, and nearly 10,000 soldiers guarding the city!"

Ma Chao shook his head: "Does Lu Xiang have any information?"

Guo Jia shook his head when he heard this, "Lord, Lu Xiang has no subordinates. It just seems that a person was just appointed to guard the city gate not long ago, and it seems that he was named Hao Zhao and Hao Bodao!"

When Ma Chao heard this, he slapped the table, "Yes, this is this person! I saw this person on the top of the city today, Hao Zhao and Hao Bo said!"

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Everyone saw that their lord was so excited. Could it be that Hao Zhao and Hao Bodao were such a talented person who knew him?

It's really like this. Ma Chao didn't know much about it before, but when he saw Hao Zhao also defending the city of Yingtao, he realized that Hao Zhao had indeed joined the Jizhou Army and became such a small leader. But to be honest, in Ma Chao's opinion, Hao Zhao was just a leader, but unfortunately he became a small leader after so many years. He didn't know what to say.

Zhao Yun asked, "Master, can you know this Hao Zhao and Hao Bodao?"

Ma Chao smiled when he heard this, "Of course, Hao Zhao and Hao Bo said that he was. Thinking about the beginning..."

Ma Chao talked about how he met Hao Zhao and how Hao Zhao wanted to join Yuan Shao's Jizhou Army. He told everyone about these things. When everyone heard this, they didn't expect that his lord had such a thing. However, seeing that his lord could admire Hao Zhao so much, I think this person should be a talent. But with such a talent, he is not well in the Jizhou Army now, so you can tell if he looks at his military position.

Guo Jia thought more, and he only heard him ask his lord: "What are the lords who have any ideas?"

Ma Chao laughed, "Hahaha! I know I can't hide it from Fengxiao. What Fengxiao said is good, I do have some ideas!"

"Does the lord want to convince Hao Zhao?"

"Yes, if the person can surrender to our army, our army will not only have one more talent, but will also be able to take down the pottery without bloodshed!"

In fact, Ma Chao thought it was very simple. As long as he could convince Hao Zhao to join his side, he would indeed score in one fell swoop, and the benefits were so good. That's why he had such a thought. If Hao Zhao was now full of energy and was a general under Yuan Shao's Jizhou Army, he would not think so easily. But what Ma Chao saw, he felt that Hao Zhao was really talented now, so he had such an idea.

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At this time, Guo Jia laughed and said, "Okay, since your lord has this idea, then Jia will go to Yantao in person, and Hao Bo will tell him later!"

When Ma Chao heard this, he wanted to persuade Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, then this matter was OK. But he wanted to convince Hao Zhao, is this possible? Can someone let you enter the Taocheng?

So Ma Chao said his concerns, and Guo Jia smiled, "Lord, Jia has a way, but in fact..."

Guo Jia said what he said to everyone, and everyone nodded. Don’t say, if this is the case, this will be really done.

In the end, it was Ma Chao who made the decision, "Okay, so I will follow what I say in filial piety!"

This matter has really been settled. Ma Chao believes that with Guo Jia's ability, it is still okay to deceive the Lu brothers. As for whether it is successful or not, it depends on Hao Zhao's choice. He chooses himself the best, but if he really chooses Yuan Shao, he has no choice. However, Ma Chao feels that Hao Zhao will not choose Yuan Shao, and he will not be able to see anything. So even if he doesn't choose himself, it will definitely not be Yuan Shao.
To be continued...