After resting in Chaisang for a few days, Liu Cong gained a lot, Zhang Zhao and Kan Ze's submission quickly calmed down the mood of the people of Chaisan, and the appearance of Han Dang, Xu Sheng, Dong Xi, and Chen Wu basically surrendered the seven thousand captives to Liu Cong. The reinforcements sent from Jingzhou also arrived in Chaisang, and Liu Cong could continue to march eastward as long as Nanchang had further successes.

And the Hanzhong envoy Cao Cao's origin also came to the news, Cao Cao was not happy about Liu Cong's crown, but did not reject it. Originally, many subordinates were persuading him to become the king of Wei. So she doesn't need Liu Cong, the prime minister of the Southern Dynasty, to canonize at all. It's Cao Zhi, Lang Zhongling is one of the nine Qings, and compared to Cao Pi's facial features, Lang Lingjiang is a cut higher.

Of course, without Cao Cao's approval, Cao Zhi didn't dare to accept it rashly, but he still had a lot of good feelings for Liu Cong in his heart. Cao Cao did not promise anything to the Yi nationality. This is also in Liu Cong's unexpected blood red, and his purpose is to express goodwill to Cao Cao. Even if he couldn't stop Cao Cao from going south, he had to buy time for Wei Yan. Cao Cao's lack of anger was already an acceptable outcome.

Huang Zhong has already led the team into Shangyong, although he can support Baishui Pass. Wei Yan had already secretly communicated with Yang Song, a subordinate of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, in accordance with Liu Cong's deployment, and at the same time maintained close contact with Ma Chao.

In the past, Zhang Lu had been entrenched in Hanzhong for many years, and he was very comfortable. He is the tenth grandson of Zhang Liang, the Marquis of the Western Han Dynasty, the grandson of Zhang Ling, the ancestor of the Heavenly Master Dao (Wudou Mi Dao), and the master of the Wudou Mi Dao. After Zhang Ling's death, Zhang Lu's father, Zhang Heng, followed his path. Zhang Heng died, and Zhang Lu succeeded him as the leader. His mother is good at health and has a good appearance", "and the ghost road", and goes back and forth to the house of Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou. Zhang Lu gained trust through his mother's relationship with Liu Yan's family.

Liu Yan appointed him as the Governor of Sima, and together with Sima Zhang Xiu of other departments, he led troops to attack Hanzhong Taishou Sugu. After Zhang Xiu killed Su Gu, Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu again and captured his soldiers. and cut off the Xiegu Road, and under the instruction of Liu Yan, killed the imperial court envoy.

In the first year of Xingping, Liu Yan died, and his son Liu Zhang took his place. Liu Zhang, on the grounds that Zhang Lu did not obey his dispatch, killed Zhang Lu's mother and her family. He also sent Pang Xi and others to attack Zhang Lu, which was broken by Zhang Lu many times. Zhang Lu's troops were mostly in Badi, so Liu Zhang took Pang Xi as the Taishou of Bajun. Zhang Lu attacked Ba County. So it was divided into Hanzhong, and the people were educated with five buckets of rice, and a short-lived local government with the integration of politics and religion was established.

Zhang Lu was in Hanzhong, because of the attack on Zhang Xiu's teachings, and "added decorations". Self-proclaimed "Shijun". Those who come to learn the Tao are called "ghost pawns" at first, and they are believed by the Tao, and they are called "sacrificial wine", and all the leaders and subordinates; Those who lead a large number are "the head of the great sacrifice wine". There are no chiefs, and local government affairs are managed with sacrificial wine. Inheriting the teachings of his ancestors, the people of the church are honest and do not deceive, so that the sick will turn themselves in.

The offender is lenient three times, and if he repeats the offense, then the punishment is increased; If it is a minor offense, then build a hundred steps of the road to atone for your sins. In accordance with the "Lunar Decree", slaughter is forbidden in spring and summer when all things grow, and it is forbidden to drink alcohol. He also founded the righteous house, which included righteous rice and meat for passers-by to eat for free, and declared that if he obtained too much, he would offend the ghosts and gods and become ill.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a swarm of males swarmed, social turmoil, and many people fled to the relatively stable Hanzhong area, such as tens of thousands of people from Guanxi who fled to Hanzhong from the Meridian Valley.

Zhang Lu also had the support of the leaders of the Bayi ethnic minority, Du Hao, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue, and others. He adopted a policy of leniency to rule Hanzhong, and "the people were happy". "Those who are sent to their places do not dare not be disrespected." Goto Mido expanded its influence with the power of the regime. Five buckets of rice Taoist believers enter the Tao, and they only need to pay five buckets of rice. Zhang Lu has been in Hanzhong for more than 20 years, has many believers, and has become a powerful separatist force in the late Han Dynasty.

Zhang Lu's reign in Hanzhong for more than 20 years has a lot to do with his position, and if he chooses to be in the Central Plains or Hebei, it is impossible for him to persist in the integration of politics and religion or the whole people as soldiers. The integration of politics and religion has given the Hanzhong region an abundant supply of soldiers, and the relatively stable living environment has attracted people from the surrounding counties. In its heyday, Hanzhong County even surpassed Xuchang and Shu County as populous counties.

Cao Cao's soldiers came to the city so that Zhang Lu began to regret offending Liu Cong, originally thinking that Liu Cong would take advantage of the chaos to enter Shu and carve up Yizhou when he besieged Chengdu, Zhang Lu still had many old subordinates in Ba County. But Zhang Lu, like most people, would never have imagined that the young Liu Cong's edge would even overshadow Cao Cao back then. Not only did he easily take down Yizhou but also quickly pacify Quanzhou, Ma Chao fled in a hurry, and Zhang Wei did not get the slightest benefit! Tens of thousands of elite soldiers were wasted in vain.

Originally, with Yangping Pass, he was still able to block Cao Cao's southward movement, but Zhang Wei began to become arrogant after several insignificant victories and fell into Cao Cao's way. After taking Yangping Pass, Cao Cao besieged Hanzhong non-stop. At this time, Zhang Lu was overjoyed when Ma Chao came, but gradually he found that Ma Chao was not something he could control, so he didn't dare to give him military power. And Yang Song received the benefits of Liu Cong, and often provoked the relationship between Zhang Lu and Ma Chao on the side.

Ma Chao is excellent in martial arts and very proud, and he has been so embarrassed there. At this time, someone from Liu Cong's side came to contact, and Ma Chao took Pang De and waited for more than a thousand people, taking advantage of the chaos in the city to go south out of the city and go straight to Baishui Pass.

Wei Yan didn't directly fight Ma Chao, but he heard Guan Yu talk about it. He didn't understand why the lord Liu Cong praised Ma Chao. If you really have the ability, why couldn't the tens of thousands of cavalry in the Sword Pavilion help Guan Yu at the beginning, but were chased out by Guan Yu for hundreds of miles, very embarrassed? Of course, Wei Yan has been winning more and losing less since he followed Liu Cong. Compared with Ma Chao, he was young and crazy, and he didn't care about the lives of his father and brother for his own interests, and rebelled. But he couldn't control the situation, and even Liangzhou was a place where the princes were constantly strife.

Ma Chao finally ended up homeless, and now he is not allowed by Zhang Lu, according to Wei Yan's temper, it is impossible to accept him. But the lord Liu Cong had a strict order in Xingzhong, as long as Ma Chao came to vote, no matter how many people and horses must be treated with courtesy.

Wei Yan didn't wait to see Ma Chao, Ma Chao was not depressed! Ma Chao is a descendant of General Fubo Ma Yuan. After the real famous generals! In the first year of Jian'an, Ma Chao, who was 20 years old, attacked each other with his father Ma Teng and Han Sui, and was assassinated by Yan Xing, Han Sui's general and son-in-law, and swept Ma Chao's neck with a spear, almost dying.

In the seventh year of Jian'an (202), during the Battle of Guandu, Zhong Xuan, the captain of Sili, guarded Guanzhong, and Guo Yuan and Gao Gan of Yuan Shao's old department cooperated with the Xiongnu Shan Yu to rebel in Pingyang, and wrote to Ma Teng and Han Sui to describe the powerful relationship. Ma Teng then sent Ma Chao to lead the army into the pass to help in the war, and the imperial court appointed Ma Chao as the overseer to engage in the crusade against Guo Yuan and Gao Gan. In the battle, Ma Chao took the lead, charged into battle, was shot in the foot by a flying arrow, still did not flinch, wrapped the injured foot with a cloth, continued to lead the army to fight for a year, broke the enemy army, and his subordinate Pang De killed Guo Yuan in front of the formation. When Cao Cao served as prime minister, he wanted to summon Ma Chao as the assassin of Xuzhou, but Ma Chao refused to accept it. So Cao Cao changed the title of Ma Chao to the counselor.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Ma Teng had a discord with Han Sui, the general of Zhenxi, and asked to enter the court as an official, and was appointed as a guard lieutenant by Cao Cao. Ma Chao's younger brothers were also recruited as officials, but Ma Chao stayed in Liangzhou and was named a partial general and a Duting Marquis, commanding Ma Teng's troops.

In the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao sent Zhong Xuan and Xiahou Yuan to lead an army to attack Zhang Lu in Hanzhong through the territory of Liangzhou warlords such as Ma Chao. Ma Chao and others all suspected that this was aimed at their own troops, and Ma Chao said to Han Sui: "Before, the commander of Sili Zhong Xuan ordered me to murder the general, and the people of Kwantung can no longer believe it.

Now I give up my father and treat the general like a father, and the general should give up your son and treat me like a son. Han Sui's subordinate Yan Xingjin admonished Han Sui, not wanting him to unite with Ma Chao, Han Sui replied: "Now that the generals coincide, it seems that there is a providence."

In the end, Han Sui decided to raise troops against Cao with Ma Chao and many other warlords, and led 100,000 horses (including Han soldiers, Qiang soldiers, and Hu soldiers) to Tongguan. Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to conquer, but was defeated by Ma Chao, Ma Chao stationed in Tongguan, Cao Cao ordered, let the generals stick to the wall, do not act rashly.

In July of the same year, Cao Cao marched westward and faced the Ma Chao coalition army. Cao Cao's army was stationed in Pusaka and wanted to cross the river westward, and Ma Chao said to Han Sui after hearing about it: "You can defend the north bank of the Wei River, and in less than twenty days, the east of the river will run out of food, and they will leave themselves." But was rejected by Han Sui, and after Cao Cao heard Ma Chao's strategy, he sighed: "If the horse doesn't die, I have no place to bury." ”

So he sent Xu Huang, Zhu Ling and others to cross Puhanjin at night, occupy Hexi to set up a camp, and cross north from Tongguan by himself. Seeing that the matter was urgent, Xu Chu, Zhang He and others took Cao Cao into the boat and hurriedly crossed the river, and Ma Chao led the cavalry to chase and shoot in the back, and arrows rained down. Cao Cao's lieutenant Ding Fei released a large number of cattle and horses on the riverbank, and Ma Chao's soldiers did not care about the pursuit of victory, and took cattle and horses indiscriminately, Ma Chao could not control it, so Cao Cao was able to successfully cross the river.

In September, Cao Cao adopted Jia Xu's strategy and wrote a letter to Han Sui, dividing the Ma Chao coalition forces, causing the Guanzhong coalition forces to be suspicious of each other. Cao Cao took this opportunity to attack, and the coalition forces were defeated, and Cheng Yi, Li Kan and others were killed in battle. Ma Chao sent a messenger to Cao Cao, wanting to cut the land west of the river to ask for peace, but Cao Cao did not agree, so Ma Chao retreated to Liangzhou.

Later, Ma Chao attacked Longshang County, and Zhang Lu also sent the general Yang Ang to help Ma Chao, gathering more than 10,000 people to besiege Liangzhou Assassin Shi Weikang in Jicheng. In May, Cao Cao arrested Ma Teng and others, and more than 300 members of the clan were killed. On the other hand, Xiahou Yuan was sent to the rescue. In August, before Xiahou Yuan's reinforcements arrived, Ma Chao had already occupied Jicheng and killed Wei Kang. Xiahou Yuan led the troops to attack, and when the army marched to more than 200 miles away from Jicheng, Ma Chao led the troops to meet the battle, and Xiahou Yuan was defeated by Ma Chao and withdrew his troops. At this time, the king of Di raised tens of millions of troops to respond to Ma Chao and led the army to rejuvenate the country. Ma Chao proclaimed himself the general of Zhengxi, led the state pastor, and supervised the military of Liangzhou.

In September of the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Wei Kang's subordinates Yang Fu, Jiang Xu and others conspired to defeat Ma Chao, occupy Jicheng, and kill Ma Chao's family. Ma Chao was furious, but he couldn't return to Jicheng, so he attacked Licheng and killed Jiang Xu's mother. Yang Fu and seven of his brothers came to fight Ma Chao, but they were all killed by Ma Chao, and Yang Fu himself was seriously injured. Ma Chao had no home to return to, so he had to defect to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. Zhang Lu began to plan to marry his daughter to Ma Chao, but finally gave up under the persuasion of his subordinates.

Ma Chao borrowed troops from Zhang Lu and planned to capture Liangzhou. Zhang Lu sent Ma Chao to besiege Qishan, but returned defeated. Now Cao Cao is besieging the city, Zhang Lu has repeatedly urged Ma to go out of battle, as Zhang Lu's subordinates expected, Ma Chao is here to live with the intention of borrowing troops from Dongshan in the fourth, rather than submitting to Zhang Lu, and Ma Chao heard that Zhang Lu's subordinates were suspicious of him and wanted to harm him, so he refused to go out of the city to fight Cao Cao, so the relationship between the two could not be maintained.

Ma Chao's head Liu Cong is actually similar to the original abacus, planning to take a few months to win the trust and then borrow troops from the Sword Pavilion to kill back to Liangzhou Dongshan to make a comeback! Of course, if he thinks so, it is impossible for Liu Cong to give him such a chance. Wei Yan reluctantly accepted Ma Chao for the sake of the lord, and conveyed Liu Cong's order after Ma Chao and the others finished resting.