However, Liu Bei suddenly received a report, saying that the general Xiahou Yuan of Cao Cao led a large army of 30,000, and Zhang He was the vanguard, first seized Yangping Pass, and then defeated Ma Chao on Dingjun Mountain, and seized the mountain.

Ma Chao was chased by Zhang He for a while. If Huang Zhong had not brought troops to rescue him, he would have been told that his soldiers would have been in the mountains. At this time, Ma Chao had only three thousand archers, and the five thousand Qiang cavalry were not suitable for mountain camping. Therefore, Ma Dai led a camp near Baocheng. Therefore, Ma Chao's defeat did not anger Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang too much. However, they did not expect that Cao Cao would react so quickly, causing Xiahou Yuan to lead the troops from Guanzhong to kill him.

When Liu Bei heard the news, he hurriedly asked Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong: "How should we deal with it now?"

Zhuge Liang said, "My lord, don't worry, you can write Zhang Lu first to write a letter to Zhang Wei and persuade him to surrender. Then, let the general stop Xiahou Yuan. As long as you stop for a while, the lord can pacify all the places in Hanzhong, and then send troops to respond to Cao's troops, and then Cao's army can retreat!"

Liu Bei followed his words and wrote Zhang Lu to compile the book immediately, and then he took someone to send a letter to Baocheng. When the messenger left with the letter, he glanced at the generals on both sides and asked, "Who can go to Dingjun Mountain?"

"I'm willing to go!" As soon as Liu Bei said, he saw many people coming out from both sides. Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Xue Bing and Wang Ping were all out.

The generals looked at each other and saw Wei Yanxian saying, "The third general and General Xue took Nanzheng, which was a great contribution, and General Zhao also captured Zhang Lu. The lord has entered Hanzhong for so many days, but only the last general has not made any contribution. Now I only ask for a lord to ask someone to go to the enemy Xiahou Yuan!" After saying that, he looked at the people, but when Zhang Fei's face did not change, Xue Bing's eyes were not squinted, and Zhao Yun pretended not to hear it. As for Wang Ping, he was not familiar with Wei Yan, so he naturally would not pay attention to him. He saw that everyone was still standing in his original place and asked Liu Bei for his order.

When Liu Bei saw these generals, he was overjoyed. However, the enemy Xiahou Yuan could not use so many people, let alone Liu Bei needed others to help him pacify other parts of Hanzhong. So he looked at the crowd and replied: "The third brother has made great contributions to Nanzheng, and other places have to rely on the third brother. I don't have to go this time.

Then he looked at Wang Ping and smiled and said, "Zijun is very familiar with Hanzhong geography. If you want Zijun to calm down, you need Zijun as a guide. Zijun should stay there too!" Liu Bei said, and Zhuge Liang also laughed and nodded.

Liu Bei said again, "Why would you ask Zihan and Zilong to go with you, and there was Han Sheng there, Meng Qi and other generals, and I thought they could block Xiahou Yuan's army." Speaking of this, Liu Bei saw Wei Yan's face looking anxious and said, "Wen Chang wants to leave, I have no doubt about it. Why should Wen Chang go with you and exchange it for General Yu Jin?" Wei Yan heard this and thought to himself, "Since you can reach Dingjun Mountain, you will definitely be able to go to the front line, are you afraid that you will not have the chance to make meritorious service?" So he said happily: "Get the order!" Zhao Yun and Xue Bing also took the order of generals, went down to order the troops and horses, preparing to go to Dingjun Mountain to fight Xiahou Yuan.

However, Liu Bei dispatched two thousand crossbowmen and three thousand light infantrymen to the Dingjun Mountain. On the Dingjun Mountain, Xiahou Yuan was facing the generals around him and said, "Now our army has taken Dingjun Mountain, we can take advantage of the situation to take the Machao Village at the foot of the mountain and then attack Baocheng."

Zhang He said: "I heard that Baocheng is in the hands of Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei, and Liu Bei is Yu Jin, and Huang Zhong and others surrounded this city. Now Huang Zhong moved some of his troops at the foot of the mountain, and only Yu Jin is left under Baocheng. Why don't the general ask someone to hold a letter and call it back?"

Xiahou Yuan was furious and shouted, "If I see this villain without righteousness, I will definitely tell him that he will die without a complete body. How can I write a book to call him back?" So he did not follow Zhang He's words, but only ordered: "Stay early today, kill you down the mountain tomorrow, and you will definitely take the heads of Huang Zhong and Ma Chao!" Zhang He was angry when he saw Xiahou Yuan, so he stopped talking and had to follow the order to retreat.

Besides, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao established a camp at the foot of the mountain. The two of them united their troops and horses and discussed in the big tent. Huang Zhong said: "Now General Ma has been defeated, our army is in a weak position, and Xiahou Yuan has also taken Dingjun Mountain. What should we do?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Chao said angrily: "The old general, please lend me a soldier. I will go to the battlefield tomorrow and will kill Xiahou Yuan here." At this time, only two thousand archers were left by Ma Chao, so he wanted to borrow some soldiers and horses from Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong said: "The total number of soldiers is less than 5,000. If you divide the troops, Xiahou Yuan may be asked to take advantage of the situation. It is better to go out together tomorrow, and meet Xiahou Yuan for a while."

Ma Chao said: "This is the best!" So he discussed with Huang Zhong and made a meal at the fourth update tomorrow, and Pingming made a war at the foot of the mountain.

The next day, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao ordered their troops early and led the army to look at Dingjun Mountain. While they were walking, they met Xiahou Yuan and led their troops down the mountain. The two sides suddenly met, and immediately set up their formation and confronted them at the foot of the mountain.

Ma Chao took the lead in the formation and shouted in front of the army: "I am Ma Chao in Xiliang! Xiahou Yuan, how dare you fight me?" I drank this sentence three times in a row, and the sound echoed in the mountains and spread far away.

Xiahou Yuan could hear it clearly in the army and shouted angrily: "The barbarian of Xiliang, who was killed by Duke Wei, was defeated by me before, and then attacked the Dingjun Mountain Village. I didn't know how powerful it was, but I actually blocked my army. I will definitely call you good-looking now!" After saying that, he wanted to slap the horse and lift the sword.

Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Zhang He. Zhang He said to Xiahou Yuan: "General is the commander of the three armies. How can I go to fight easily? Let's ask someone to fight with him!" Xiahou Yuan followed him and ordered Zhang He to go out. Zhang He took the general order and rode his horse out with his gun and said to Ma Chao: "Do you remember Zhang He?"

Ma Chaoyu immediately smiled and replied, "The defeated general! How dare you insult him?"

Zhang He was furious and took the gun straight to Ma Chao. Seeing that he was coming in a fierce manner, Ma Chao clenched his spear and started fighting with Zhang He. The two generals were fighting with each other and turning around, and the spear in their hands flew back and forth. You shot, I fought fiercely. However, Ma Chao's bravery was beyond the reach of ordinary people. After thirty rounds, Zhang He gradually lost his support. Xiahou Yuan looked behind and shouted, "Ma Chao's bravery is not only a single person, I will help you!" Then he slapped out.

Huang Zhong looked at it, slammed out, shouting, "What kind of hero is bullying the weak with the masses? Xiahou little brother, let's fight with me!" As he was shouting, the big knife in his hand had already slashed towards Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan caught it with a knife, and then slashed it back with one knife, but said, "Old man, you are not happy at home, so he came to the battle formation to seek death. I will ask me to send you a ride!" After that, he cut it over with another knife and slashed straight towards Huang Zhong's neck.

Huang Zhong felt even more angry when he heard Xiahou Yuan scolding him. He danced a little more vigorously with a big sword in his hand, and shouted angrily: "Now I will tell you to see if I am always old! Take my sword!" But he ignored the sword that Xiahou Yuan slashed at him and rushed directly to Xiahou Yuan's face.

Seeing this, Xiahou Yuan was shocked and did not want to lose bother with Huang Zhong, so he took back his sword and turned to fight Huang Zhong's sword. Then he heard a sound of metal clashing. Huang Zhong's sword was blocked by Xiahou Yuan, but Xiahou Yuan took two steps back with the horses under his seat before stopping. Xiahou Yuan took this sword and was shocked and said to himself: "Why is this old man so strong?"

He was thinking, when Huang Zhong slashed at him with another sword. Xiahou Yuan was so shocked by the sword that he felt a little scared. He did not want to fight against Huang Zhong, so he urged the horse to avoid it. Then he slashed his hand, intending to take advantage of Huang Zhong's sword's strength and be unable to attack him.

Unexpectedly, he slashed out this sword, but when he saw Huang Zhongyu immediately swung the big knife in his hand, spinning it around, twisting it, and then slashing it over again. There was another loud noise, and the two big swords hit another place. Xiahou Yuan only complained secretly in his heart, and could only endure the pain in his hand and fight with Huang Zhong.

The two of them fought for more than twenty rounds, and Xiahou Yuan said to himself: "If this continues, I will definitely lose to this old man. It is better to let the bow and arrow defeat him!" Thinking of this, he swung his sword in his hand, shook Huang Zhong for a moment, and then moved back, taking the bow and arrow in his hand, preparing to shoot him with an arrow.

He took the bow and arrow and was about to turn around and shoot it when he suddenly heard the sound of breaking through the air behind him. Xiahou Yuan quickly turned his body to the side, but he felt a huge pain in his back shoulder. He could no longer hold the bow and arrow in his hand and fell from his hand. After a look, a feather arrow was nailed firmly on it. The bow and arrow in his hand could no longer hold it, and fell from his hand. Xiahou Yuan hid and looked back immediately, but saw Huang Zhong holding a long bow in his hand, and immediately laughed.

It turned out that when Huang Zhong saw Xiahou Yuan suddenly trolling his horse back, he had already thought that the man wanted to use the bow and arrow. So he took the long bow he carried with him and shot it with arrows behind him. However, Xiahou Yuan was so alert that he could not take his life with one arrow. However, he shot his shoulder with an arrow. Huang Zhong was still very happy. He kept taking another feather arrow in his hand and was preparing to take his life with another arrow. However, Xiahou Yuan hid on his horse and ran back to his formation, protected by many soldiers, but he had no chance again.

At this moment, he could only hear a loud shout from beside him: "Don't go, rats!" Huang Zhong turned his head and looked at him, but Zhang He could not defeat Ma Chao. He saw Xiahou Yuan retreating with an arrow, so he turned his horse's head and looked back at the formation. Ma Chao shouted loudly behind him, holding his gun and chasing him. When Huang Zhong saw it, he quickly waved the long sword in his hand and shouted: "The whole army charges!"

After this order, five thousand soldiers behind him rushed forward with the momentum of the main general defeating the opponent. Seeing that his morale was damaged and the local morale was strong, Xiahou Yuan arranged to face the enemy and arranged for the soldiers to retreat to Dingjun Mountain.

However, it was said that Ma Chao and Huang Zhong, two generals, fought back and forth among the chaotic army, as if they were entering a state of no one. When the soldiers around him saw it, their morale became more and more prosperous. Although the number was not as large as that of Cao's army, they killed Xiahou Yuan's army so much that they had no power to fight back.

However, Xiahou Yuan was in good command and the large number of soldiers in his hands, which made Huang Zhong and Ma Chao unable to move forward for a while. He fought and retreated all the way, and waited for the brigade to retreat up the mountain, which led the remaining soldiers to retreat.
Chapter completed!