"Report! General, General Huang, there is a letter in his words! On this day, Zhao Xu and Ma Teng, father and son, together with Zhao Yun, Zhang Jaw and other generals, and 80,000 soldiers from Bingzhou, have entered the boundary of Sizhou. After a break in the afternoon, Zhao Xu was taking a nap, and Wang Yong came in to report.

Huang Zhong's letter? Zhao Xu was suddenly awakened, sat up, and thought secretly: Jia Xu has gone to Tongguan first, there shouldn't be any problems? Could it be that Han Sui and Zhang Lu have already done it? Thinking of this, Zhao Xu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and be affectionate!" ”

After a short time, Wang Yong led the soldiers in. "General Qiyu, the night before last, the Meridian Valley and the Xiegu Valley were attacked by Han Sui, and they fought fiercely all night, fighting to the death to repel the enemy army, but they also suffered heavy casualties!"

"What? Sneak attacked? Is there a general who is damaged, and has he sent troops to support? Zhao Xu was shocked when he heard that the Meridian Valley and the Slope Valley had been attacked, but then he heard that the enemy army had been repulsed, and he was relieved for a while. Then I remembered that Chen Zhi and the others were safe, especially Chen Zhi, when he left Luoyang, Zhen Mi had asked Zhao Xu to visit Chen Zhi with a letter from home, if Chen Zhi was lost, what face would he have to go back to see Zhen Mi!

"General rest assured, General Chen and Prince Huchuquan are fighting hard to resist the enemy, and there is no loss of generals! In addition, the military division has also sent 8,000 men and horses to support. ”

"That's fine! Without further ado, I didn't step down. Zhao Xu breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the teacup, and said.

"No!" The man took the command and retreated.

Zhao Xu finished drinking a cup of tea and instructed Wang Yong: "Quick! Summoning the generals to come to the meeting. ”

"Yes! Checkmate. ”

When it was young, Zhao Yun and the others would arrive! Zhao Xu glanced around, paused, and said: "Generals, the day before yesterday, Han Sui led the army to attack the Meridian Valley and the Slope Valley at night, but fortunately, Chen Dao, Yu Ban and Hu Chuquan fought to the death, and retreated from Han Sui; Now the situation is grim and not optimistic, and the enemy must be broken immediately in order to keep Sizhou. ”

"General. The last general is willing to be the pioneer and step on Han Sui. Hearing this, he immediately walked out and shouted.

"Don't panic, the enemy's forces are not trivial, wait for a detailed plan. Now that the Meridian Valley and the Slope Valley have been attacked, although they have won, Han Sui will definitely not give up; In addition, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong may send troops to help, and Cao Cao does not need to be wary for the time being. The Meridian Valley and the Slope Valley failed to sneak attack, and Han Sui would definitely not attack again, and in my opinion, they should directly target Chang'an next. ”

Ma Teng listened, walked out and shouted: "General Zhao, Han Sui, although this person has a strategy, but he is stubborn and self-serving, and it is difficult to achieve great things. In addition, the day before yesterday, I had already repaired a letter with my third son Ma Chao, and soon the Xiliang Army came to help, and the enemy will definitely be broken. ”

"Brother Shoucheng, don't worry, wait for me to give the order!" Zhao Xu paused, glanced at the generals one by one, smiled slightly, suddenly changed his face, and shouted: "Generals! ”

All the generals shouted in unison: "The last general! ”

Zhao Xu saw that everyone was eager to fight, and his momentum was high, so he was secretly happy, and then glanced at the generals, and shouted: "Han Sui Zhang Lu was rude to me, and attacked our state at night, causing tens of thousands of soldiers in our army to sacrifice their lives for the country, such a big revenge, how can I not revenge!" Now there is only one way in front of us: defeat Han Sui and shock Hanzhong! ”

The generals immediately became enthusiastic and shouted: "Defeat Han Sui, Shock Hanzhong!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Xu said loudly, "The generals listen to the order!" ”

The generals' blood boiled and roared: "The last general! ”

Zhao Xu glanced around, stopped at Ma Teng, and shouted: "Ma Teng, this commander invites your headquarters to go to Chang'an first, and repair the book and Ma Chao, let him attack from both sides and attack Han Sui's rear." ”

"No!" Ma Teng's voice was like a bell, and he shouted.

Zhao Xu took a step forward and said loudly: "Open your jaw!" ordered you to be the vanguard of the former army, and lead 8,000 iron horsemen to open the way; Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, you two each led 20,000 troops to follow the commander, first go to Tongguan to rest, and the rest of the soldiers have their own arrangements, although they fight hard to kill the enemy! ”

"No!" The generals shouted in unison.

The land of Yongzhou, Han Sui camp.

Han Sui was on fire, and if he was close, he could hear what Han Sui was saying, "Damn! Damn Zhao Xu, if it weren't for him, why would I have to work so hard to capture Chang'an and lose so many soldiers and horses. ”

Cheng Yin turned out next to him, and persuaded him: "Lord, don't be annoyed, I have a ...... to say."

Before Cheng Yin's words fell, he was ruthlessly interrupted by Han Sui, who shouted angrily: "Don't be annoyed? Tens of thousands of troops were lost, and even the 20,000 armies of Ma Play and Liang Xing were all wiped out, you told me not to be annoyed? Don't say more, come on! Drag me down and cut it down! ”

"My lord! Lord, spare your life! The end will be just a momentary mistake of words! Lord's life! Cheng Yin never expected that he would be beheaded if he failed to persuade him, so he was suddenly shocked and hurriedly knelt down and begged for his life.

"My lord! Now that the two armies are about to fight, don't kill the general! I hope the lord thinks twice! "No, Cheng Yin's popularity is quite good, and for a while, all the generals walked out to persuade.

Han Sui didn't want to kill Cheng Yin, just now it was just a momentary anger, and when he saw that the generals were pleading, he went down the steps and said, "It's okay!" For the sake of the generals interceding for you, spare you for the time being. Then he paused, and said in greeting: "By the way, what did Zhang Lu and Cao Cao say?" ”

Seeing that Han Sui was angry, the candidate hesitated for a moment and said: "Cao Cao Yan is seriously ill and can't do it, and the soldiers and horses have not moved; Zhang Lu said that he would attack Liu Zhang, and there were not so many soldiers and horses for a while, but he had sent the general Yang Ren to lead an army of 60,000 to help. ”

", it was Cao Cao who asked me to join forces with him to attack Sizhou, and said that it would be divided equally, and now I have lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but he is seriously ill? Damn it! When Han Sui heard this, he was furious, and he became angry, and slammed his fist on the table. After a long time, he said slowly: "Alas! That's it, Yang Ren is Zhang Lu's general, with Zhang Lu's 60,000 troops to help, it's better than nothing, pass my order, order the whole army to have a full meal, prepare for battle, and wait for a while with Yang Ren's army, and immediately attack Chang'an! I don't believe it! ”

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However, he said that Ma Chao was training every day in Xiliang, and he was extremely bored, and he wanted to find Zhao Xu and others, but he was burdened with heavy responsibilities and couldn't get away. Later, when he heard that Huainan Yuan Shu was called the emperor, he also had itchy hands, but he didn't hear the order to go out for a long time. But he didn't want to go out and didn't receive the order, but was scolded by Ma Teng in the letter, so he was not annoyed.

After a long time, Ma Chao also quieted down, and suddenly heard the news that Han Sui's generals Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi led 50,000 Qiang soldiers to Xiliang, and Ma Chao was happy and worried at the moment. The joy is that there is finally a battle, and the worry is that I don't know what Han Sui's intentions are, and he didn't dare to move lightly without the orders of the court and Ma Teng, but he still didn't relax, and trained his troops every day to wait for the enemy.

On this day, Ma Chao, Ma Dai and Pang De were practicing martial arts in the courtyard, and suddenly heard Ma Teng's family letter, the brothers secretly doubted, thinking that they were just letting the two of them train well in Liangzhou, and when they opened the family letter, they asked the two to lead the army to prevent Han Sui, and when the time came, they immediately sent troops, attacked from both sides, and defeated Han Sui in one fell swoop.

The two brothers were immediately overjoyed, and Ma Chao smiled at Ma Dai: "Brother Xian, the war is coming, and the opportunity for us to make meritorious contributions has also come, my close friends Zhao Xu, Zhang Fei and others have already shocked the world, and I can't lag behind, and it's finally time for us to show our talents!" ”

Ma Dai was also overjoyed, and asked at the moment: "Third brother, my uncle said let's prevent Han Sui, now that Yang Qiu and others are pressing Liangzhou, should we strike first?" ”

"Exactly! Let my father know how good we are. Ma Chao laughed.

"No, the young general, don't." Pound suddenly dissuaded.

"Oh? Pound, are you going to disobey your father's orders? Ma Chao is a little disliked, usually the most taboo is to be instructed by others, unless he has that aspect that really makes him admire, but although Pang De's martial arts are high, he is not his opponent after all, he can defeat him within one hundred and fifty rounds, so he does not admire Pang De, but regards him as a subordinate.

"The last general will not dare." Pang De arched his hand and said: "Young General, what your lord means is that let's take precautions against Han Sui for the time being, don't act rashly, and then attack when the time comes; If we act rashly, I am afraid that the plan of the main general, General Zhao Xu, will be ruined! ”

Pang De proposed Ma Teng and Zhao Xu to come, Ma Chao was stunned immediately, Ma Teng is his father, Zhao Xu is also his brother-in-law's brother, they are all relatives, and they are all people he admires. When he was young, he said, "Good! According to you, Pang De, I ordered you to be the vanguard, lead 10,000 Xiliang iron horses, and go to garrison Tianshui first. ”

"No!" Pound has always respected orders, and without a moment's words, he immediately took the order and retreated.

Ma Chao then took out the military order arrow and said to Ma Dai: "Tell the Liangzhou Military and Political Department to quickly order more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, enter the battle preparations within three days, and set off for Tianshui to guard against Han Sui, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"No!"

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However, he said that Cao Cao himself was not recuperating in Yuzhou, but led a group of civil and military forces, led an army of 100,000, pressed the border of Yizhou, and checked the situation; While trying to buy off the generals of the fortress in Yizhou, he explored the roads in Yizhou, and had the momentum to win it in one fell swoop.

Speaking of Huainan, at this time, it is gradually coming to an end, all the counties under the rule of Yuan Shu have been lost, Ji Ling, Qiao Rui, Zhang Xun three more than 200,000 troops were defeated by Guan Yu, Sun Ce, and Xu Huang, the army was defeated and the city was broken, and all the counties were captured for a while, and now only Shouchun and some land next to it are stubbornly resisting.

Among the generals under Yuan Shu, Qiao Rui was cut in half by Guan Yu, Ji Ling was also killed by Sun Ce, and Zhang Xun's two deputy generals Chen Ji and Lei Bo also fought Xu Huang for ten rounds and were beheaded by him.

However, although Yuan Shu only has one Shouchun left, Shouchun City is eight feet high, and the grain and grass in the city are enough for two years, plus there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the city; Therefore, although Guan Yu, Sun Ce and others besieged hundreds of thousands of troops on three sides, and also cut off their water sources, Yuan Shu resisted desperately, and Guan Yu and others couldn't take Shouchun City for a while.