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The Ma Chao coalition forces attacked eastward with unstoppable momentum. In just half a month, the Ma Chao coalition forces swept through Guanzhong and forced Xiahou Yuan's army to retreat to Hedong.

In mid-July, Ma Chao's army arrived at Tongguan. At the same time, Cao Ren also led 20,000 troops to build camps outside Tongguan to defend Ma Chao's coalition forces to continue to advance eastward, while Xiahou Yuan's army built a city in Puban, forming a horn with Cao Ren's army.

Nearly a month passed again. In early August, Cao Cao led an army of 100,000 to Tongguan, across Tongguan from Ma Chao's army. Cao's army camp built siege equipment day and night, and was preparing to attack Tongguan in large numbers. He secretly sent Xu Huang and Yu Jin to lead 5,000 troops to cross the river from Puban in Hedong County to the north, and seized Pujin Pass on the other side of the Yellow River.

One morning in mid-August, Ma Chao accidentally received news that Cao Cao's army outside Tongguan was crossing the river north. This news surprised Ma Chao and hurriedly found Han Sui. Han Sui's camp was also in Tongguan. At this time, Han Sui was using breakfast in the tent, and a noise alarmed him.

"What's the matter?" Han Sui asked unhappily.

"Report to the Governor, General Ma is here and says there is something urgent."

As soon as the personal soldiers finished speaking, Ma Chao broke in with a sword, "Mr. Han and I are as close as our father, so you don't need to inform us."

Han Sui was slightly unhappy. Although Ma Chao always regarded him as his father, he did not respect him and did not discuss many things with him, especially in the decision-making of Chang'an, the two had differences. Han Sui insisted on conquering Chang'an and consolidated the occupation of Guanzhong, but Ma Chao was unwilling to attack the city and was determined to annihilate the main force of Cao's army. In the end, Han Sui had to obey his opinions and gave up the attack on Chang'an.

When he arrived at Tongguan, Han Sui proposed that he lead his headquarters to station Shangjun, while Ma Chao led the other eight coalition forces to station Guanzhong, which meant that he wanted to divide the war. He wanted to allow Shangjun and other territory to be stationed in Guanzhong to Ma Chao.

However, Ma Chao did not allow him to lead his army north on the grounds that the overall situation was not decided, but instead asked Yang Qiu, who was close to him, to lead his army to station in Shangjun, which made Han Sui really annoyed. It was obvious that Ma Chao did not want to pass the inner territory to himself.

At this time, Ma Chao broke into his tent rudely, which made Han Sui very unhappy, but Han Sui's face did not show up. He smiled and walked to the tent, "Meng got up early, let's get up together and have breakfast together."

Ma Chao bowed his fists and said, "Uncle Qi Shi, Ma Chao has urgent matters to discuss."

"Then please make an account"

Han Sui invited Ma Chao into the tent and ordered someone to take the breakfast. Then he asked with a smile: "What's the matter?"

"Uncle Qi Bi Shi, I just got the news that Cao's army began to cross the Yellow River and head north."

Han Sui was also surprised and quickly took out the map and spread it out. He looked at the map carefully and said to Ma Chao: "Cao Jun's intention is very obvious. This must be to go to Puban to cross the river and enter Guanzhong."

"Damn Cao Thief"

Ma Chao gritted his teeth and cursed: "I dare to fake siege equipment to deceive me, so I must tear him to pieces."

Han Sui said worriedly: "Cao Cao crossed the river and went north, and he must have seized Pujin Pass. Only when he is sure will he move to the army. I am worried that Liang Xing will be in trouble. I want to lead the headquarters to support him north. Meng Qi sees what to do."

This time Ma Chao did not object and nodded, "Please take a step first. After I defeat the Cao army in Tongguan, I will come and meet with my uncle immediately."

At present, Ma Chao's coalition forces divided into two groups. Han Sui led 20,000 troops to Fengyi County to support Pujin Pass, while Ma Chao led 10,000 cavalry out of Tongguan and rushed to Cao's camp, accurately annihilated the tail army that had not crossed the river.

Tongguan is located on the south bank of the bend of the Yellow River. The mountains are steep and there is only one Tongguan entering Guanzhong. The opposite bank of the Yellow River is Hedong. Along the northeast of the river, there is another ferry in Puban. The other bank is Pujin Pass in Fengyi County, which is another entrance to Guanzhong.

At this time, Xu Huang and Yu Jin had occupied Pujin Pass. Cao Cao immediately ordered the army to cross the river north. The 100,000 troops had crossed the river for two days and two nights. There were only thousands of logistics troops left on the south bank of the Yellow River. Cao Cao had not crossed the river yet. At this moment, soldiers from afar shouted: "Ma Chao's army is here."

Cao Cao was shocked and looked westward. He saw dust flying in the west, and a large flag was waving. A cavalry was vaguely visible to the general, wearing a golden crown, silver armor, holding a spear in his hand. The horse was like a dragon, and rushing towards the clouds and fog. It was the general Ma Chao.

Cao Cao laughed and said to the guards on both sides: "People praise Ma Chao as beautiful as a beauty. This is indeed true. He deserves to be the reincarnation of Lu Bu. In terms of martial arts, only Zhao Yun can match him, and even Liu Jingzhou is inferior."

Everyone was panicked, and they heard Cao Cao's comments, and shouted together: "Prime Minister, get on the ship."

Cao Cao stood up and smiled and said, "Don't panic, he can't kill the true nature."

Huben Captain Xu Chu was even more anxious. He ordered someone to send Cao Cao's war horses across the river first, and he escorted Cao Cao on another ship. When the guards saw that the lord had already boarded the ship, they all fled eastward. At this time, Ma Chao led several forwards to the dock. Seeing that Cao Cao's boat had left the shore, he was so angry that he cursed: "Cao thief, leave the head for me."

Cao Cao held the fan and laughed: "Can the horse swim?"

Ma Chao pointed to a spear and "Shot an arrow"

Several cavalrymen set their bows and shot arrows together, and the arrows shot towards the boat like rain. The boatman could not dodge and was shot in the back center by an arrow. He screamed and fell into the river. Xu Chu was very anxious. He raised his saddle with one hand to make a shield to resist the arrows for Cao Cao and rowed with one hand. However, Cao Cao was still calm and chatted and laughed, and the boat gradually faded away.

Seeing that he was unable to capture Cao Cao alive, Ma Chao regretted it in his heart, and turned around and shouted, "Kill all the Cao army that had not crossed the river."

But an accident happened. Cattle and sheep ran out on the hillside, filling the mountains. His army was in chaos, and no one cared about chasing Cao's army and they dismounted and caught cattle and sheep. This was the case of Cao Cao's rear army, Ding Fei, saw that the situation was critical, so in order to cover the retreat of the logistics soldiers, he ordered tens of thousands of cattle and sheep to be released.

Most of Ma Chao's cavalry were Qiang and Hu people, and the military discipline was scattered. They regarded cattle and sheep as their lives. Suddenly, cattle and sheep appeared all over the mountains and fields. They had no intention of fighting. They just snatched cattle and sheep, and Ma Chao was so angry that he had smoked his seven orifices, but he had no choice but to watch Cao's army escape.

A few days later, Ma Chao received information that Pujin Pass had been captured by Cao's army. Liang Xing was defeated and retreated south. Tens of thousands of Cao's vanguards had entered Fengyi County. Under the leadership of general Xiahou Yuan, he advanced southward and stationed troops in Weibei. Han Sui's army was defeated by Cao's army and urgently asked for help from Ma Chao. Ma Chao had to give up Tongguan and lead the army north.

In the Cao army camp, Xu Huang and Yu Jin hurried into Xiahou Yuan's big tent. In the big tent, Xiahou Yuan was talking about something to Xun You. When Xun You saw Xu Huang and Yu Jin enter the tent, he smiled and said, "The two generals are here too, let's discuss it."

Xu Huang and Yu Jin sat down, and Xiahou Yuan took out an order and said to the two: "I just received the Prime Minister's order and ordered us to temporarily station in Weibei and not to attack Han Sui's army."

Xu Huang was a little puzzled and asked: "Han Sui's troops are less than 20,000, and Liang Xing's army has only a few thousand people. Why not seize this opportunity?"

Xun You stroked his beard and smiled and said, "This is actually my suggestion. You must wipe out all the ten Guanlong tribes in Guanzhong, but there is no need to attack hard. You can use their weaknesses to defeat them one by one."

Yu Jin asked, "I don't know what weaknesses they have, sir."

Xun You smiled and said, "Their weaknesses are actually very obvious. At the beginning, they were in concert and worked together to send troops. However, after occupying Guanzhong, there was a problem with how to distribute the interests. Yang Qiu was Ma Chao's closest subordinate. He went to Shangjun. What did others think, especially Han Sui, who came to rescue Liang Xing, obviously had no sincerity and refused to send troops for a long time, resulting in most of Liang Xing's army's losses. How could Liang Xing not resent? Then our opportunity came."

Xun You whispered a few words to everyone, and everyone applauded. Xiahou Yuan praised: "A once this plan is made, it is enough to make Ma Chao's army kill each other."

Han Sui's army was stationed on the south bank of the Wei River. Han Sui was really anxious these days. Cao's army used the strategy of attacking the east and west to attack Tongguan, but successfully crossed the river in Puban and advanced westward. Seeing Cao Cao's army entering Guanzhong one after another, Ma Chao was unable to deal with it, and obviously had already lost strategically.

From the strategic response of both sides, we can see that Ma Chao is not wise. Cao Cao's strategy of crossing the river north is already very obvious. However, Ma Chao did not lead a large army into Fengyi County to fight, but led his army out of Tongguan to fight Cao Cao's tail army, showing his courage, but delaying the opportunity to fight, and was so that he was interrupted by Cao's army.

Han Sui sighed long, Cao's army had a pattern, but Ma Chao was confused and disorderly. In this battle, they were afraid that they would be in danger. Han Sui then understood why Liu Jing refused to send troops north to Guanzhong, because he knew that they would be defeated. He used Cao Cao's hand to eliminate these Guanlong warlords and lay the foundation for his future entry into Guanlong. It has to be said that this is a far-sighted strategy. In contrast, Ma Chao seemed ignorant.

At this time, a personal soldier outside the tent reported, "Report to the governor, someone outside asked for a visit, saying that he was the envoy of Prime Minister Cao."

Han Sui was shocked, and he hurried to the door of the tent. He saw a military officer standing outside the tent. "You are" Han Sui asked in confusion.

The military officer bowed his hands and said with a smile: "I am the next surname Zhang, and I am the prime minister's guard. I will send a letter to the general at the Prime Minister's order."

"Please enter the account"

Han Sui quickly invited the military officer into the tent, and the military officer took out a letter and handed it to him, "The Prime Minister said that Governor Han is his old friend, and I hope this letter can give Governor Han a bright future."

"Then I have to see what I wrote."

Han Sui laughed dryly, covering up the tension in his heart. He opened the letter and read it impatiently. The letter said that when conditions are ripe in the future, he can be named King of Xiliang and that his family will rule Liangzhou for ten years, with the premise that he will not rebel with Ma Chao anymore and withdraw from Guanzhong as soon as possible.

Han Sui was a little hesitant. He was a little disbelief that Cao Cao would give him such a preferential condition. The ten-year King of Xiliang made him a little unbelievable. Moreover, the letter said that the conditions were given only when they were ripe. What is the ripeness of conditions? This is a bit far away.

However, Cao Cao sent military officers to find him, and this incident itself was an opportunity for him, Han Sui. He no longer wanted to mingle with Ma Chao and commit suicide.

"The Prime Minister said that if Governor Han feels that the conditions in the letter are not enough, he can consider any other requirements even if he makes it."
Chapter completed!