Xun Yu took Cao Pi and Cao Cao's family to escape the encirclement of the Han army without danger and successfully escaped to Pengcheng.

Then he sent scouts to inquire about the news, not only concerned about the whereabouts of Xun You and others, but also wanted to know the ending of Xiapi City.

Soon, it was known that Xun You was captured by the Han army, and Xia Picheng was also lost unexpectedly.

Ma Chao personally led his troops to rush into Xiapi City, there were only 20,000 defenders in the city, how could they be the opponents of the first and third divisions of the Haotian Army, and the two ace divisions?

The Wei army is a state army with no actual combat experience, while the Haotian army is a division of tigers and wolves, which broke through from the sword mountain and the sea of fire, and there is no comparison.

What's more, as soon as the war began, Cao Pi and others took the lead in escaping, and the 20,000 defenders were simply uncommanded and fought on their own.

Therefore, the Wei army in the whole city did not resist for long, and surrendered one after another.

After Ma Chao occupied Xiapi, the first thing he was extremely skilled in was to loot the palace of the king of Wei and the treasury of the Wei state, and robbed a large number of gold, silver and jewelry.

Sima Yi sent people to rob all the collections and archives of the Wei royal family and government offices, as well as all kinds of drawings, and even the population and land registration of the Wei state.

When Lü Bu formulated the strategic plan for the landing behind enemy lines, he did not think that he would be able to capture the capital of the Wei king, Xiapi, and the original plan was only to recover the Donghai County and Guangling County along the Wei coast with the cooperation of Zhao Yun.

Then use this to involve and mobilize the main forces of Wei and Wu, and then take the opportunity to capture Xiangyang, which will be considered a complete merit.

Who knew that Ma Chao had a whim, and came up with the idea of a surprise attack on Picheng, and he also succeeded in one blow!

Cao Cao's handwritten letter and the transfer list of the Jiujiang Army Workshop were forged by the Han army, but there was really a letter from Cao Cao in the hands of Ma Chao and Sima Yi.

This letter was intercepted by the intelligence department on the way to deliver the letter through members of the shadow team hidden near Jiujiang before that.

The Wei army post guard who delivered the letter was ambushed by the shadows halfway through, captured alive, and found the letter from his body.

happened to send Ma Chao information about Cao Cao, so he sent it over together, so that Ma Chao was like a treasure, and he had been holding back how to use this letter to make a fuss, but he had an opportunity.

Cao Cao's handwritten letter, which originally asked the military workshop in Jiujiang to provide more artillery to the Wei army, was changed to be transferred to Xiapi.

As for why the forged Cao Cao's handwritten letter can be so fake and true, even Cao Pi was deceived, this is because in the Haotian Army, there is a genius under Sima Yi who is the best at imitating other people's handwriting.

Of course, this person's own calligraphy attainments are extremely profound, and he is also a top master of carving seals, and what is even more terrifying is that he is only eighteen years old, talented and intelligent, and all-round in civil and military affairs, which makes Ma Chao and Sima Yi both amazed at the fearsome future life.

Lu Bu also loves him, and there are even rumors that Lu Bu plans to marry his only daughter to him and recruit her as a colt, but because he is still young, he still wants to train him for two years.

He is the former president of the Central Military Academy and the youngest son of Zhong Xuan, the current president of the Army University.

Just graduated from the Central Military Academy this year, and won the silver medal, it is said that he can graduate with full honors, but he didn't want to go to his Lao Tzu's Army University, so he deliberately took a good subject, and I am afraid that he is the most unique person in the history of the Central Military Academy.

He took the initiative to ask for Ma Chao's Haotian Army, because Ma Chao was one of his idols, and the other was of course Lu Bu.

Sima Yi fell in love with Zhong Hui and kept him by his side, starting as a combat staff officer.

He studied calligraphy with his father since he was a child, and he has a talent, although he is not very old, he is in his own right.

He is the best at imitating other people's handwriting, especially good at learning the essence of other people's handwriting, not only similar but also godlike, completely able to confuse the real with the fake.

Ma Chao and Sima Yi both knew his skills, so Ma Chao came up with this bold idea.

On the basis of Cao Cao's handwritten letter, he asked Zhong Hui to rewrite a letter, as for the seal, it was on the real letter, which was moved to the fake letter by Zhong Hui by transferring flowers and trees.

deliberately chose a dimly lit night, of course Cao Pi did not distinguish the authenticity.

As for the officer Ma Gang, it was Ma Chao's younger brother Ma Tie who pretended to be, and Ma Chao praised Ma Tie for his acting skills afterwards.

Ma Chao asked Zhao Yun to send troops to Donghai County with all his might, attracting reinforcements from Xiapi, making the defenders in the city even fewer.

Then he asked Ma Tie to go to the deception city, and he succeeded.

After capturing Xiapi, Ma Chao did not stay long, and after sacking Xiapi City, he and Sima Yi took two divisions to help Zhao Yun, hoping to completely annihilate the 50,000 defenders of Tan County.

This time, Ma Chao did not set fire to Picheng, because he felt that sooner or later this place would also be Dahan's own place, so he should not waste it.

Cao Pi and Xun Yu began an emergency mobilization in Pengcheng, recruiting school-age men from all over the country and concentrating on Pengcheng.

Just when Cao Pi was busy, the scout came to report that the general Xiahou Yuan led 20,000 cavalry and had arrived at the outskirts of Pengcheng, and it was still more than ten miles away.

When Cao Pi heard the news of Xiahou Yuan's return, he really breathed a sigh of relief.

The appearance of Xiahou Yuan shows that Cao Cao has begun to return to the army, since Cao Cao's army has returned, then Ma Chao and Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses are not to be afraid, Cao Pi has a mysterious worship of his father.

A few hours later, Xiahou Yuan really appeared outside Xiapi City, and Cao Pi and Xun Yu personally greeted him.

Cao Pi told Xiahou Yuan the details of his loss of Xiapi, and Xiahou Yuan comforted him, but he could only sigh that Ma Chao and others were too cunning to use such a clever trick, which made people unguardable.

Xiahou Yuan also told Cao Pi about the battle in Xiangyang, and the Han army and the Wei-Wu coalition army were also in a state of stalemate under Xiangyang City.

When the urgent reports from Guangling and Xiapi came one after another, Cao Cao was also full of powerlessness, and his headache also flared up again, and he wanted to die of headaches.

He also understood Lu Bu's intentions, here he used the battle of Xiangyang to give you a knife to bleed, and there used the landing behind enemy lines to give you a fatal blow.

Especially the crisis in the national capital of Picheng, Cao Cao could not choose.

In the end, it was Zhou Yu who took the initiative to persuade him to return to Shixia Pi first, and the Eastern Wu army stayed to help Cao Ren's Xiangyang defenders, and if nothing could be done in the end, he would abandon Xiangyang.

Thinking that the Wu army plus the Xiangyang garrison also had nearly 200,000 people, no matter how big Lu Bu's appetite was, he couldn't swallow it in one gulp.

Cao Cao secretly went out of the city that night, led the Tiger Ben army back to reinforce Xiapi, and Xiahou Yuan led 20,000 light cavalry to take the lead.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Pi were talking about these recent events, and suddenly remembered something, "Your Royal Highness, I don't know where Ma Chao and Sima Yi are now?" Still staying in Xiapi? ”

(End of chapter)