Zhang He stepped out of his horse to meet him, and waved the halberd in his hand to stab Ma Chao's helmet, and Ma Chao smashed it away with one shot. Zhang He stabbed Ma Chao in the chest with a halberd, Ma Chao set up a spear to block, and then the spear went around his waist and swept again with a heavy shot.

Zhang He was difficult to resist, the two fought while riding horses, Ma Chao's equestrian skills were exquisite, and Zhang He couldn't do it. The two only fought Shihe, and Zhang He was also defeated. Gao Ran came out to greet him, Ma Chao bravely moved forward to fight him, although Gao Ran's courage was not inferior to Ma Chao, but the speed of his moves was not as fast as Ma Chao.

In the middle of the count, Ma Chao stabbed Gao Ran with a shot, and Gao Ran turned the horse away. Ma Chao rode his horse to chase after him, but saw that several generals in Cao Cao's army came out and stopped Ma Chao.

Gao Ran was able to escape, Ma Chao looked at the gun and made a move, and the Xiliang soldiers rushed over together. Cao Cao's soldiers only resisted with bows and arrows, but saw the Xiliang cavalry dodging left and right by clamping the horse's belly on horseback with equestrian skills. Many cavalrymen also held small shields to block many of Cao's arrows.

Cao Jun was about to draw his bow and raise arrows for the second round of projectiles, but saw that the advance of the Xiliang cavalry had rushed to the front. The Xiliang cavalry made more spears, and the spearmen in the front row of the Cao army could not reach the Xiliang cavalry, and the two made contact, and the forward of the Cao army broke up.

The crossbowmen in the rear of the Cao army had just loaded their arrows, but they saw a lot of javelins flying in the air in front of them, and the javelins thrown by the Xiliang soldiers stabbed the Bu Cao soldiers. Cao Cao's army was slaughtered and defeated.

The Xiliang soldiers came fiercely, and Cao Cao's left and right generals couldn't resist it. Ma Chao, Pang De, and Ma Dai led more than 100 horsemen to fight directly into the Chinese army to capture Cao Cao. Cao Cao was in the chaos, and he only heard the Xiliang army shouting: "It's Cao Cao who wears a red robe!" ”

Cao Cao immediately took off his red robe and continued to run away, and heard the Xiliang army shouting: "The one with the long hair is Cao Cao!" ”

Cao Cao panicked, picked up his saber and cut off his long hair, and then urged his horse to flee. Cao Cao was walking, and a horse came from behind, and Cao Cao looked back and saw that it was Ma Chao.

Cao Cao was shocked, and the generals on the left and right saw Ma Chao coming, and they fled for their lives, leaving only Cao Cao. Ma Chao shouted loudly: "Cao Cao is leaving!" ”

Cao Cao was so frightened that his horsewhip fell to the ground, and when he saw that he was about to be caught up, Ma Chao brought his gun from behind. Cao Cao walked around the tree, and Ma Chao grabbed the stab on the tree; When he hurriedly pulled it out, Cao Cao had already run away.

Ma Chao rushed to the horse, turned around on the side of the hill, and shouted: "Stop hurting my lord!" Dian Wei is here! ”

Dian Wei wheeled up the big iron halberd to ride the horse, stopped Ma Chao, and Cao Cao was ordered to escape. Dian Wei and Ma Chao fought to forty or fifty together, and the strength of the mount was not increased. Dian Wei was not good at horse warfare, and Ma Chao took advantage of Dian Wei in this regard.

Dian Wei shouted: "Ma Chaoxiaoer, don't show your real kung fu immediately, do you dare to fight with me?" ”

Ma Chao sneered: "Piff, how dare you stop me? Thou art not skilled, and try to trick me into dismounting, don't I know! ”

Dian Wei saw that Cao Cao had fled, and he did not fight to the death with Ma Chao, and fought and left. Suddenly, Xu Huang led dozens of horsemen to come, and Ma Chao was alone, fearing that he would be calculated, so he turned his horse back. Xu Huang didn't come to catch up.

Cao Cao returned to Dazhai, but fortunately Cao Ren died and set the wall, so he did not break the military horses. Cao Cao entered the account and sighed: "If it weren't for the evil to save him, he would have died at the hands of Ma Chao today!" ”

After Dian Wei returned, Cao Cao rewarded him heavily. Cao Cao cleaned up the defeated army, stuck to the fence, deep ditches and high bases, and did not allow the generals to fight. Ma Chao led troops to insult and fight in front of the village every day, and Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to stick to it, and if there was any disturbance, they would be killed.

The white-bearded strategist under the tent stepped forward and said to Cao Cao: "The soldiers of Xiliang, with all their spears, are elected with bows and crossbows to welcome them." ”

Cao Cao glanced at the strategist, who was named Lou Gui. Lou Gui had a friendship with Cao Cao when he was young, and once followed Cao Cao to pacify Jizhou, and conquered Liu Biao in the south, making meritorious contributions.

Lou Gui didn't know why Cao Cao didn't bring Lu Yi, who was good at fighting against the Qiang soldiers, this time, so he had to try his best to contribute. Cao Cao said to the generals: "Whether to fight or not, it is all up to me, not a thief." Although the thief has a spear, can An can stab? The princes but the walls are strong, and the thieves retreat. ”

Cao Cao held on without fighting for several days, and his morale was damaged. Cao Cao set up a banquet in the tent to entertain the generals, and the generals secretly ridiculed Cao Cao. Cao Cao sneered: "The princes laugh at me for not having a plan to break Ma Chao, what is the best plan for the princess?" ”

Xu Huangjin said: "Today, the prime minister is here, and all the thieves are now closed, and there will be no preparation for going to Hexi." If an army secretly crosses Puhanjin, intercept the thief and return first, and the prime minister sends a north attack on him, the thief and the thief are not corresponding, and it is bound to be dangerous. ”

Cao Cao clapped his hands and smiled: "Gongming's words are exactly what I want." ”

Cao Cao taught Xu Huang to lead 4,000 elite soldiers, and Zhu Ling went to attack Hexi, lying in the valley, Cao Cao ordered the two generals to wait for him to cross the north and attack at the same time. Xu Huang and Zhu Ling received the order and led the 4,000 troops to secretly act first.

Cao Cao ordered to teach Cao Hong to arrange a raft in Puhanjin first. Cao Ren was left to guard the village, and Cao Cao led his troops to cross the Wei River. has already made a detailed report to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao discussed with the generals and said: "Today, Cao Cao will not attack Tongguan, but will prepare a raft and want to cross Hebei, and he will definitely cut off my future." I should lead an army along the river to resist the north of the bank. Cao Cao's soldiers could not cross, not 20 days, Hedong grain was exhausted, Cao Cao's soldiers would be chaotic, but they followed Henan to attack it, and Cao Cao could be captured. ”

Han Sui shook his head and rejected Ma Chao's opinion: "It doesn't have to be like this. Don't you hear that there is a cloud in the 'art of war': 'A soldier can be attacked in half a crossing.' 'When Cao's soldiers were halfway crossed, you struck them on the south bank, and Cao's soldiers died in Hanoi. ”

Ma Chao smiled: "Uncle's words are very kind. ”

Ma Chao then sent someone to find out when Cao Cao crossed the river.

However, it was said that Cao Cao had completed the reorganization of the army, divided into three waves of troops, and crossed the Wei River forward. By the time the centaurs reached the mouth of the river, the sun had just risen. Cao Cao first crossed the north bank with elite troops and built a camp. Cao Cao personally led a hundred Tiger Guards to sit on the south bank with his sword, watching the sergeants cross the river.

Suddenly, someone reported: "The white-robed general behind has been killed!" ”

Everyone recognized it as Ma Chao and rushed off the boat. The sergeants by the river rushed to get on the boat, and the noise did not stop, but Cao Cao still sat still, pointing his sword at the army and telling them not to make noise.

I only heard the people behind shouting horses and swarming, and the two tiger generals on the boat jumped ashore one after another, shouting: "The thief is the thief!" Please disembark! ”

Cao Cao saw that it was Xu Chu and Dian Wei. Cao Cao said proudly: "There is evil, Zhongkang is here, why should the thief be a thief?" ”

Cao Cao looked back and saw that Ma Chao was no longer more than 100 steps away. When Xu Chu and Dian Wei dragged Cao Cao off the boat, the ship was more than a foot offshore, and Dian Wei jumped onto the boat with Cao Cao on his back. All the soldiers in the entourage went into the water, grabbed the side of the boat, and scrambled to get on the boat and escape.

The boat was about to be overturned by the sergeant, Dian Wei and Xu Chu slashed with knives and halberds, and the hands holding the edge of the boat were all cut off, and the sergeant who picked up the boat fell into the water, and the sergeant hurriedly rowed the boat downstream.

Dian Wei stood at the bow of the boat, busy propping the boat with a penny. Cao Cao hid at the feet of Xu Chu and Dian Wei. Ma Chao rushed to the river bank and saw that the boat was already flowing in the middle of the river, so he drew his bow and arrows, and ordered Xiao to shoot arrows around the river, and the arrows rained down. Xu Chu and Dian Wei were afraid of hurting Cao Cao, so they raised the saddle to cover left and right.

Ma Chao's arrow was not in vain, and the helmsman of the ship fell in response; Dozens of people in the boat were shot down. The boat staggered and spun in the rushing waters. Xu Chu held the rudder, Dian Wei supported the boat with one hand, and raised the saddle with the other to protect Cao Cao.

At this time, Ding Fei, the commander of Nanxian County, saw Ma Chao chasing Cao Cao very urgently, fearing that Cao Cao's life would be injured, so he drove the cattle and horses in the village to the outside of the village, and the mountains were all over the field, all of which were cattle and horses. When the Xiliang soldiers saw it, they all turned around to fight for the cattle and horses, and had no intention of chasing them, so Cao Cao had to get rid of it.

When Cao Cao arrived on the north shore, he ordered the army to scuttle the raft. The generals heard that Cao Cao was fleeing in the river, and when he rushed to help, Cao Cao had already landed on the shore. Xu Chu and Dian Wei were heavily armored, and the arrows were embedded in the armor.

The generals protected Cao Cao to the wild village, and they all bowed to the ground and greeted him: "The prime minister is frightened!" ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "I'm trapped by thieves today!" ”

Xu Chu said: "If someone hadn't gotten his horses and cattle to lure the thief, the thief would have worked hard to cross the river." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he asked, "Who is the seductor?" ”

Someone who knew replied: "Weinan County Ling Ding Fei also." ”

After a while, Ding Fei came in to pay a visit. Cao Cao thanked him: "If it weren't for the good plan of the public, I would have been captured by thieves." ”

Cao Cao then ordered him to be the captain of the military academy, and Ding Fei said: "Although the thief is gone temporarily, he will come back tomorrow." It must be rejected with good policy. ”

Cao Cao said confidently: "I have prepared." ”

Cao Cao then asked the generals to follow the river to build a road, which was temporarily the foot of the village. Cao Cao explained: "If the thief army comes, Cao Jun Chen soldiers are outside the Yongdao, and the flag is set up inside, as suspicious soldiers; He dug a trench along the bank of the river, covered it with empty earth, and lured the enemy with troops in the middle of the river. The thief will fall in a hurry, and the thief will be killed. ”