But the two soldiers fought in a mess that night until dawn, and each withdrew their troops. Ma Chao stationed troops at the Weikou, divided troops day and night, attacking from front and back. Cao Cao drove three rafts and rafts into a floating bridge in the Wei River, connecting the south bank. Cao Ren led his troops to establish a village, connecting food, grass and vehicles, thinking it was a barrier. Ma Chao heard this and taught the soldiers to carry a bunch of grass and carry fire with Han Sui to fight to the front of the village, pile up grass and set up a fire. Cao Cao could not resist the enemy, so he abandoned the village and left the camp. The carriages and the floating bridge were all burned. The Xiliang soldiers won a great victory and intercepted the Wei River. Cao Cao could not set up a camp and was worried. Xun You said: "You can use the sand and soil of the Wei River to build a city, and you can hold on." Cao sent 30,000 troops to build a city. Ma Chao sent Pang De and Ma Dai to lead a five hundred horse troops to fight and conflict. Moreover, the sand and soil were not solid, so he fell down.

Cao had no choice. It was the end of September, and the weather was very cold and the clouds were dense, and it was not open for days. Cao Cao was puzzled in the village. Suddenly, someone reported, "An old man came to see the prime minister and wanted to explain the strategy." Cao asked in. He saw that the man had a pine bone and a slim figure and a slim appearance. He asked him, and he was from Jingzhao. He lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain, with his surname was Lou, and his name was Zibo, and his name was Mengmei. Cao treated him with a guest courtesy. Zibo said, "The Prime Minister wanted to cross the Wei River for a long time, why not build it at this time?" Cao said, "The land of sand and soil cannot be built. What good strategies do the hermit have to teach me?" Zibo said, "The Prime Minister uses troops like a god, don't you know the time of heaven? The clouds are mixed for several days, and the north wind will be frozen. After the wind rises, the soldiers will be driven to transport water. When the sky is dawn, the city of earth has already arrived." Cao was enlightened and praised Zibo. Zibo left without accepting it.

At that night, the north wind was strong. Cao drove all the soldiers to carry the soil and pour water. He made a pot of water to pour it on it. He used the building to pour it on it. As soon as the dawn was dash, the sand and water were frozen, and the earthen city had been built. He made a detailed report to Ma Chao. Chao led his troops to watch it, and was shocked and suspected that there was a help from God. The next day, he gathered a large army and went out of the camp. Cao rode out of the camp by horse, and only Xu Chu followed him. Cao raised his whip and shouted, "Meng De rode here alone, please ask Ma Chao to answer." Chao rode out on horseback and raised his gun. Cao said, "You can't bully my camp. The sky has built it to the night. Why don't you surrender early!" Ma Chao was furious and wanted to capture him suddenly. Seeing that Cao was a man behind him, he opened his strange eyes, held a steel knife in his hand, and stood up with his horse.

Suspected that it was Xu Chu, so he raised his whip and asked, "Where is there when you hear that there is a Hu Hou in your army?" Xu Chu raised his sword and shouted, "I am Xu Chu, Qiao County!" His eyes were lit with a divine light, and his mightyness was trembling. Chao did not dare to move, so he led Xu Chu back to the camp. The two armies looked at it and were shocked. Cao said to the generals, "The thief also knew that Zhongkang was a Hu Hou!" Since then, Chu was called Hu Hou, and Xu Chu said, "I will capture Ma Chao in the future." Cao said, "Ma Chao is brave, and you should not underestimate the enemy." Chu said, "I vow to fight to the death!" Even if someone issued a letter of war, he said that Hu Hou singled out a decisive battle in the future. Chao received the letter and said, "Why dare to deceive each other like this!" He also vowed to kill Hu Yan the next day.

The next day, the two armies set out to form a formation. Chao divided Pang De into the left wing and Ma Dai into the right wing. Han Sui escorted the central army. Chao lifted his gun and rode his horse, stood in front of the formation, shouting: "Tiger snails out quickly!" Cao Cao looked at the generals under the gate and said, "Ma Chao will not reduce the courage of Lu Bu!" Before he could stop speaking, Xu Chu slapped the horse and danced his sword. Ma Chao held the gun and fought for more than a hundred rounds, but the winner was not decided. The horses were trapped, and each returned to the army, changed the horse, and went out in front of the formation. He fought for more than a hundred rounds, but there was no difference in the victory or defeat. Xu Chu became very angry, flew back to the formation, took off his armor, and raised his sword all over his body, and turned over the horse to fight with Ma Chao. The two armies were shocked. The two fight again.

After more than thirty rounds, Chu Fenwei raised his sword and chopped Ma Chao. Chao flashed and shot Chu's heart. Chu Qidao held the gun. Two of them grabbed the gun on the horse. Xu Zhu was powerful, and with a sound, he broke the gun and each took half a section to fight on the horse. Cao was afraid that Chu would make mistakes, so he ordered Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong to attack together. Pang De and Ma Dai saw that Cao's generals came out together, and led the iron cavalry on both wings to rush around and kill the future. Cao's soldiers were in chaos. Xu Chu's arm was in chaos. The generals retreated into the camp. Ma Chao rushed to the edge of the trench, and most of the Cao's soldiers were injured. Cao ordered Jian to rest. Ma Chao returned to Weikou and said to Han Sui: "I see that no one who is afraid of fighting is as good as Xu Chu, who is really a tiger fool!"

However, Cao Cao found that Ma Chao could be broken, so he secretly ordered Xu Huang and Zhu Ling to cross the river and build camps, attacking from front and back. One day, Cao saw Ma Chao leading hundreds of cavalry on the city, heading straight to the front and fly. Cao watched for a long time and threw his bag on the ground and said, "If the horse is not dead, I will have no place to bury!" Xiahou Yuan heard it, and was angry and said, "I would rather die here and kill the horse thieves!" So he led more than a thousand people in the headquarters, opened the gate of the village, and rushed straight away. Cao could not stop, fearing that he would make any mistakes, so he came to pick him up. When Ma Chao saw Cao's troops arrived, he turned the front army into the back team, and the back team was vanguard, and he set off one word. Xiahou Yuan arrived, and Ma Chao took him to fight. Chao saw Cao Cao from a distance, so he left Xiahou Yuan and took Cao Cao straight. Cao was shocked and drove the horse away. Cao's army was in chaos.

Just as he was chasing, he suddenly reported that Cao had an army that had already set up a camp in Hexi. He was shocked and had no intention of chasing him. He hurriedly took over the army and returned to the camp. He discussed with Han Sui, saying, "Cao's troops have taken advantage of the situation and crossed the river. What if my army was attacked from front and back, what if it would do?" Li Kan, the general, said, "It is better to cede land and ask for peace. Both families will stop their troops and go through the winter and make plans until spring is in danger." Han Sui said, "Li Kan's words are the best, so you can follow it."

Chao hesitated and was not decided. Yang Qiu and the candidates all advised him to seek peace, so Han then sent Yang Qiu as an envoy and sent a letter to Cao's village, saying that he would cede land and ask for peace. Cao said, "You will return to the village, and I will send someone to repay you later." Yang Qiu resigned. Jia Xu came to Cao and said, "What is the Prime Minister's idea?" Cao said, "What do you think of the Lord?" Xu said, "The army is never tired of deceitfulness, you can falsely agree to it; then use counter-espionage strategy to make Han and horses suspicious, and then you can break it with one drum." Cao stroked his palm and said, "The world is high, There are many similarities. Wenhe's plan is correcting the things in my mind." So he sent someone to reply and said, "When I slowly retreat my troops and return to the land of Hexi." While teaching me to build a floating bridge, I mean to retreat. Ma Chao received the letter and said to Han Sui: "Although Cao Cao was a treacherous hero, it was difficult to predict. If he was not prepared, he would be controlled by him. Chao and his uncle took turns to mobilize troops. Today, Uncle Xiang Cao, Chao looked towards Xu Huang; tomorrow, Chao looked towards Cao, Uncle Xiang Xu Huang: separate to prepare for preparations to prevent him from cheating." Han Sui followed the plan.

Someone had reported to Cao Cao. Cao looked at Jiaxu and said, "I'm doing my best!" He asked, "Who will come to me in the future?" People reported, "Han Sui." The next day, Cao led all the generals out of the camp and surrounded him. Cao showed his horse alone in the center. Many soldiers from Han Sui's troops did not know Cao, so they went out to watch. Cao shouted, "Do you want to see Cao Gong? I am also a human being, not with four eyes, but with many wisdom and wisdom." All the soldiers were afraid. Cao sent someone to cross the formation and said to Han Sui, "Prime Minister, please ask General Han to have a conversation." Han Sui immediately went out of the battle. Seeing that Cao had no armor, he also abandoned his clothes and armor, and took a lightly horse. The two of them intersected their heads and each pressed their reins and talked to each other. Cao said, "I and the father of the general are both filial and honest. , I once served him as a uncle. I also joined the official career with the Duke, but I didn't realize that he had been in office for a year. How old is the general this year?" Han Sui replied, "I'm forty years old." Cao said, "I was in the capital in the past, and I was young, but when did I expect it to be in the middle of the year! How could I have the world be peaceful and peaceful?" He only explained the old story in detail, and did not mention the military situation. After saying that, he laughed and talked for a while, and then returned to his horse and left, and returned to his camp. Someone had reported this matter to Ma Chao. Chao hurriedly came to ask Han Sui, "What did Cao Cao say in front of the formation today?" So he said, "I only told the old story in the capital." Chao said, "How could I not talk about military affairs?" So he said, "Cao Cao doesn't say anything, why did I say it alone?" Chao was very suspicious and retreated without saying anything.

However, Cao Cao returned to the village and said to Jia Xu, "Do you know the meaning of my conversation in front of the formation?" Xu said, "Although this idea is wonderful, it has not been enough for two people. Someone has a plan to make Han and Ma fight against each other." Cao asked about his plan. Jia Xu said, "Ma Chao is a brave man, who does not know the secret. The prime minister wrote a book by himself, and only wrote it with Han Sui, with hazy words in the middle. He smeared and changed it to Han Sui, and then sent it to Han Sui, deliberately making Ma Chao know it. Chao must ask for a letter to read it. If he saw the important places above, he would change it. He only guessed that Han Sui was afraid that he knew it.

The secret matters were changed and erased by themselves, just in line with the suspicion of being alone in the same way as the rider talked about. If you doubt it, you will be in chaos. I secretly met Han Sui's generals and asked them to separate from each other. Chao could do it." Cao said, "This plan is very wonderful." After writing a letter, he changed all the important points, and then sealed them. He deliberately sent people to the village to send them to the village. After he posted the book, he replied. Sure enough, someone reported that Ma Chao was more suspicious and came to Han Sui to find a book. Han Sui asked the book and Chao. Seeing that there were words on it, he asked, "How are the books in the book so confused?" So he said, "This is the original book.

, for some reason." Chao said, "How could I send the draft to someone? It must be because my uncle was afraid that I would know the details, so he changed it first." So he said, "Cao Cao mistakenly sealed the draft." Chao said, "I don't believe it. Cao Cao is a meticulous person, how could he make mistakes? I and my uncle killed the thief together, but why did he suddenly feel unfaithful?" So he said, "If you don't believe in my heart, I will speak in front of the formation. You will protrude from the formation and assassinate it with one shot." Chao said, "If this is the case, I will see my uncle's sincerity." The two agreed. The next day, Han Sui led

The candidates, Li Kan, Liang Xing, Ma Wan, and Yang Qiu's five generals came out. Ma Chao hid in the shadow of the door. Han Sui sent someone to Cao's village and shouted: "General Han asked the Prime Minister to talk." Cao then ordered Cao Hong to lead dozens of cavalry out of the battle to meet Han Sui. The horse was away a few steps, and Hong immediately bowed and said, "The Prime Minister came to pay homage to the general at night, so don't make any mistakes." After saying that, he returned to the horse. Chao was furious and extorted his spear and horse. The five generals stopped him and persuaded him to return to the village. He said, "Don't be suspicious, I have no evil intentions." Ma Chao was willing to believe it, and left with resentment.

Han Sui discussed with the five generals and said, "How to explain this?" Yang Qiu said, "Ma Chao relied on his bravery and often bullied his lord, so he won Cao Cao. How could he give in? In his foolish opinion, it would be better to surrender to Cao Gong secretly and not lose his title of marquis in the future." Then he said, "I am brothers with Ma Teng, how can I bear to bear it?" Yang Qiu said, "The matter has come to this point, and I have to do so." So he said, "Who can communicate with the news?" Yang Qiu said, "I am willing to go." So he wrote a secret letter and sent Yang Qiu to Cao village to talk about surrender. Cao was very happy and promised to be appointed as the Marquis of Xiliang and Yang Qiu was the prefect of Xiliang. The rest had official titles. He agreed to set fire as a title and planned to be Ma Chao together. Yang Qiu bowed and returned to see Han Sui.

Bei said the matter: "It is agreed to set fire tonight, and the inside and outside are in harmony." So he was overjoyed and ordered the soldiers to pile up dry firewood behind the central army tent. The five generals hung swords and waited. Han Sui discussed and wanted to hold a banquet to invite Ma Chao, so hesitated. He didn't go. Unexpectedly, Ma Chao had already found Bei Xiu, so he took several people with his relatives and took the sword first, and ordered Pang De and Ma Dai to respond. Chao sneaked into Han Sui's tent, and saw the five generals talking secretly with Han Sui, and only heard Yang Qiu say, "It's not time to go, you can go quickly!" Chao was furious, swung his sword and went straight in, shouting, "How dare the thieves plot to murder me!" Everyone was shocked. Chao looked at Han Sui's face with a sword, and then he panicked to greet him with his hands, and his left hand was cut off. The five generals waved their swords.

The five generals rushed out of the tent, and the five generals surrounded him and fought each other. Chao waved his sword alone and fought against the five generals. In the bright light of the sword, blood splattered: chopped over the horse and chopped down Liang Xing, and the three generals escaped. Chao Fu entered the tent and came to kill Han Sui, and was rescued by the left and right. A fire broke out from behind, and the soldiers of each camp moved. Chao quickly got on the horse, Pang De and Ma Dai also arrived and fought each other in a melee. Chao led the army to fight four soldiers: Xu Chu in front, Xu Huang behind, Xiahou Yuan on the left, and Cao Hong on the right. The soldiers of Xiliang were killed by themselves. Chao disappeared Pang De and Ma Dai, and then led more than a hundred cavalry to block the Wei Bridge. It was dim and it was seen that Li Kan led an army under the bridge, and Chao held a spear and horse to chase him. Li Kan dragged him

The gun was gone. Yu Jin came from behind Ma Chao. Jin fired his bow and shot Ma Chao. Chao heard the string sound from behind and quickly flashed, but shot Li Kan in front of him and fell to death. Chao Hui horse came to kill Yu Jin, and Jin slapped the horse away. Chao returned to the bridge to stop. Cao's soldiers arrived in front and back, and the tiger guards took the lead, and shot Ma Chao with arrows. Chao used his gun to hit him, and all the arrows fell to the ground. Chao ordered the followers to fight and kill him. He fought hard and could not rush out. Chao Yu shouted loudly on the bridge and rushed into Hebei. All the followers were cut off. Chao clashed alone in the formation, but was shot down by a secret crossbow. Ma Chao fell to the ground and Cao's army was forcing him to join. In the crisis, a siege came from the northwest corner, which was Pang De and Ma Dai.

The two saved Ma Chao. The generals were in the army, and the horse and Ma Chao rode. They turned over and killed a bloody road and walked northwest. When Cao Cao heard that Ma Chao had escaped, he ordered the generals: "No matter how late the night, be sure to arrive at the horse. If the head is obtained, a reward of thousands of gold will be given to him. The winner will be awarded the general."

All the generals were ordered to compete for their merits and pursued them in a row. Ma Chao did not care about the lack of people and horses, but only ran around. The cavalry gradually dispersed. Those who could not get up in the infantry were mostly captured. They were left with more than thirty cavalry and left with Pang De and Ma Dai in Lintao, Longxi.

Cao Cao personally pursued Anding, and knew that Ma Chao was far away, so he withdrew his troops back to Chang'an. All the generals Bi Ji. Han Sui had no left hand and became a disabled person. Cao taught him to stop horses in Chang'an and gave him the position of the Marquis of Xiliang. Yang Qiu, the elected marquis, were all appointed as the Marquis of Weikou. He ordered his troops to return to Xudu. Yang Fu, the army of Liangzhou, was named Yishan, and came to Chang'an to see Cao. Cao asked him, and Yang Fu said, "Ma Chao is brave as Lu Bu, and he is deeply loved by the Qiang people. If the Prime Minister does not take advantage of the situation to suppress him, he

The strength of the counties in Long is not the country. I hope the Prime Minister will not return the troops." Cao said, "I originally wanted to leave troops to conquer them, but the Central Plains are in trouble and the south has not yet settled, so I cannot stay for a long time. You should protect them." Fulingnuo, and also recommended Wei Kang as the governor of Liangzhou, and led his troops to station in Jicheng to prevent Ma Chao. Before leaving, he asked Cao to say, "Chang'an must keep heavy troops as a support." Cao said, "I have settled, but don't worry." Fu left.

All the generals asked, "The first thief was occupied by Tongguan, and the Weibei Road was short. The prime minister did not attack Fengyi from Hedong, but instead defended Tongguan. The relocation lasted for a long time, and then crossed north and set up a camp to defend. Why?" Cao said, "The first thief was guarding Tongguan. If I first arrived, I would take Hedong. The bandits would have to separate the crossings of each camp, so that Hexi could not cross. Therefore, my strong troops gathered in front of Tongguan, so that the bandits could defend the south, but Hexi was not prepared. Therefore, Xu Huang and Zhu Ling got the crossing. Then I led the troops north, connected the carts to form a corridor to build an ice city. I wanted the bandits to know that I was weak and arrogant to make their hearts unprepared. I used the counterattacks and occupied the power of the soldiers, and once they defeated them. As the saying goes, the thunder was not enough to cover up. The changes in the army were not

"The generals asked again, "Why do the Prime Minister hear that the thieves have added troops to increase their troops?" Cao said, "If the enemy is far away in Guanzhong, if the thieves follow the dangers, the battle will not be restored in one or two years. Now they are all gathered together. Although there are many people, the people are different, and they are easy to disagree, and they can be destroyed in one fell swoop. Therefore, I am happy." The generals bowed and said, "The Prime Minister's plan is not enough for everyone;" Cao said, "It is also due to the strength of all the civil and military." Then he rewarded the troops. Xiahou Yuan stayed in Chang'an, and the surrendered troops were allocated to various departments. Xiahou Yuan recommended the people from Gaoling, Fengyi, with his surname, Ji, and his courtesy name Derong, and was guarding Chang'an with Yuan. Cao returned to the capital. Emperor Xian arranged the imperial carriage to go out to welcome him.

The imperial edict said, "Praise and worship without being named, enter the court without going to the court, and go to the hall with swords and shoes": like the story of the Han prime minister Xiao He. Since then, the power has hit China and abroad. This news has been spread to Hanzhong, which has long alarmed Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanning. It turned out that Zhang Lu was a native of Fengguo of Pei. His ancestor Zhang Ling made Taoist books in Huming Mountain in Xichuan to confuse people, and everyone respected them. After Ling died, his son Zhang Heng carried it. The people only learned Taoism and helped Mi Wu Dou. The people were called "Mi Zhe". Zhang Lu went to Hanzhong to call him "Shijun"; those who came to learn Taoism were called "Ghost Soldiers"; those who were the leader were called "Shen Jiu"; those who were the leader called "Jingtou Da Jijiu". The main one was to be honest and not to be deceived. If someone was sick, he would set up an altar to let the sick live in a quiet room, think about it, and he would hold the head in person, and then pray for it; those who were the masters prayed were called "Treacherous Order Sacrifice".

The method of prayer, write the patient's name, the meaning of persuading sin, and the composition of three essays is called "Three Officials Handwritten": one is placed on the top of the mountain to play the sky, one is buried on the ground to play the earth, and the other is sunk on the water to play the water to the water official. After this, if the illness is cured, five dou of rice will be used as a thank you. Also, the righteous house: rice, firewood, and meat are prepared in the house, and the passing people will eat as much as they eat; those who take more are punished by heaven. Those who violate the law in the territory will be forgiven three times; those who do not change will be punished. There is no official in the place, and they are all under the jurisdiction of the priest. This has been so powerful that it has been occupied by Hanzhong for thirty years. The country thought that the land was far from being able to be conquered, so it was appointed as the general of Zhennan Zhonglang.

He led the prefect of Hanning and was just a tribute. When he heard that Cao defeated Xiliang, he was so powerful that the people in Xiliang were so powerful that they gathered to discuss and said, "Ma Teng in Xiliang was killed, and Ma Chaoxin was defeated. Cao Cao would definitely invade my Hanzhong. I want to call myself the King of Hanning and supervise the troops to resist Cao Cao. What do you think?" Yan Pu said, "The people in Hanchuan have sent more than 100,000 people, with enough wealth and food, and are safe and secure on all sides. Now Ma Chaoxin is defeated, and the people in Xiliang have no less than tens of thousands of people who run into Hanzhong from Ziwu Valley. I am foolish in Yizhou, Liu Zhang is so weak that it is better to take the 41 states of Xichuan as the basis and then be king." Zhang Lu was overjoyed and discussed with his younger brother Zhang Wei to raise an army. He had already reported it to the middle of Sichuan.

However, it is said that Liu Zhang, whose courtesy name is Ji Yu, was the son of Liu Yan, and was the descendant of King Gong of Lu of Han. Emperor Zhang was transferred to Jingling during the Yuanhe period, and the shu lived here. Later, the officials of Yan arrived at the governor of Yizhou. In the first year of Xingping, they died of illness and ulceration. Zhao Wei and others protected Zhang as the governor of Yizhou. Zhang once killed Zhang Lu's mother and brother, so he had a grudge. Zhang sent Pang Xi as the prefect of Brazil to resist Zhang Lu. At that time, Long Xi found out that Zhang Lu wanted to raise troops to capture Sichuan, and urgently reported to Liu Zhang. Zhang was cowardly throughout his life. After hearing this letter, he was very worried and anxious to gather all the officials to discuss. Suddenly, one of them came out with a high spirit and said, "Don't worry, lord. Although he was not talented, Zhang Lu dared not look at Xichuan with his eyes straight."
Chapter completed!