Ma Teng was trapped for several days in a row, the people were sleepy and the horses were lacking, and the soldiers not only could not be repaired, but what was even more terrible was that there was no grain, grass and preserved fruits to satisfy their hunger.

Cao Cao divided his troops and sent generals, and set up heavy troops in several passes around Luoyang, and then ordered people to hold out, while Xiahoudun and others continued to surround and intercept, without giving Ma Teng any time to breathe.

Ma Teng's 100,000 troops, first in the battle of Luoyang, more than 40,000 dead and wounded, were surrounded by Cao soldiers for several days in a row, and a lot of casualties were killed.

At this time, Cao Cao sent people to chase and kill, while making people clamoring to persuade him to surrender, the Xiliang army's hearts were fluctuating, and there were more and more people who fled and surrendered, and on the fifth day, Ma Teng and 20,000 Xiliang soldiers were besieged by Cao's regiment.

I was hungry for five days in a row, except for occasionally eating some blades of grass, or killing a few war horses as military food, Ma Teng and these people were almost all gone, even if they killed all the war horses, it wouldn't last long, not to mention, many times, the food was not ready for Cao Bing to be killed, and the Xiliang soldiers didn't even have time to eat.

When these people were besieged, their faces were sallow, their eye sockets were deep-set, their hungry eyes were glowing green, and most of the armor on their bodies was discarded; Even those who still wore armor were crooked and embarrassed.

Ma Teng was surrounded by Ma Xiu and Ma Tie, his spirit was not bad, after seeing Cao Cao, his eyes were fierce, like a wolf, looking at the strength, he couldn't wait to pounce on Cao Cao and tear Cao Cao into pieces and swallow it into his stomach.

"Shoucheng, now that you are gone, why don't you comply with the will of heaven, rein in the precipice in time, and surrender to the imperial court."

Cao Cao urged the horse to take a few steps forward, and persuaded Ma Teng with a polite attitude.

Ma Teng glared at Cao Cao fiercely, spit coldly on the ground, and scolded, "Cao Cao, you and I Ma Teng are a three-year-old child, and you can't return to the court?" You are also worthy to say such a thing, you coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, with ill intentions, named Hanchen, but in fact a thief, put away your hypocritical face, the eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, why not be afraid of death. ”

Ma Teng knew that he had reached the end of his journey, but he was arrogant and did not surrender on his knees, and even the Xiliang soldiers behind him were willing to accompany Ma Teng to fight to the death.

Because, those soldiers who wanted to surrender had already 'consciously' left the team, and the remaining 20,000 people, even if they starved to death in battle, they were all freed.

Cao Cao's persuasion was fruitless, and he was sneered and scolded by Ma Teng, and the angry Cao Cao turned to Liu Bei and ordered, "Xuande, quickly lead people to eradicate this disloyal and unrighteous rebel thief." ”

"Huh?"

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, his heart was full of bitterness and grievances, and he secretly scolded in his heart, "Cao Mengde, I knew that you called me, it must be no good thing, sure enough, you are going to borrow my hand and kill Ma Teng, you are so ruthless." ”

However, people under the eaves had to bow their heads, Cao Cao brought Liu Bei this time, in order to give Liu Bei a chance to 'make meritorious contributions', Cao Cao gave Liu Bei and Zhang Fei 30,000 soldiers and horses, in fact, these 30,000 people are just temporarily letting Liu Bei hang a false title of command.

The real command is still in Cao Cao's hands, but from now on, people in the world will remember that Ma Teng's father and son died in Liu Bei's hands.

Liu Bei had no choice but to take Zhang Fei, Fang Yue and others to launch a fierce attack on Ma Teng, after nearly half a day of hard fighting, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie finally died in the hands of Zhang Fei, and Ma Teng died under Liu Bei's sword.

However, before Ma Teng died, he gritted his teeth and glared at Liu Bei and Cao Cao, "You wait, my son Ma Chao, he will never let you go." ”

This time Ma Teng sent troops, Ma Chao and Han Sui did not follow, at that moment, Liu Bei was stared at by Ma Teng, and his spine was frightened into a cold sweat.

However, Liu Bei couldn't resist Cao Cao's order at all.

After Ma Teng's death, after Cao Cao returned to Luoyang again, Guo Jia offered advice and proposed that Liu Bei go to Yanzhou to take the post of Taishou of Dongjun, just to restrain Lu Bu, and Cao Cao agreed without thinking about it.

As for Liu Bei's team, almost most of them were left in Luoyang by Cao Cao, and even Xun You, under Cao Cao's personal persuasion, also stayed.

It is no exaggeration to say that Liu Bei's departure from Luoyang this time, in addition to bringing some remnants of the defeated generals, is almost equivalent to 'leaving the house'

Cao Cao justifiably transferred the power around Liu Bei to his side reasonably.

Veterans like Huangfu Song, Xu Rong, and Zhu Jun were also praised by Cao Cao and entrusted with important tasks, all thanks to the gold-lettered signboard in Cao Cao's hand - Emperor Han Xian!

Whoever holds this card will be able to command the world.

Liu Bei arrived in Yanzhou, and after Li Ru got the news, his eyes suddenly lit up, but although Li Ru hated Liu Bei, he was not in a hurry to get rid of him, in that case, although it was not difficult for Li Ru, but it made Liu Bei not realize the torture that life was worse than death.

Li Ru immediately went to see Diao Chan, and when he saw Diao Chan, Li Ru said straight to the point, "Diao Chan, you immediately write a letter to Liu Bei, a letter of affection." ”

As soon as Diao Chan saw Li Ru, she felt inexplicably frightened, she and Li Ru were no strangers, as early as when Diao Chan followed Dong Zhuo's side, she had already seen how terrible Li Ru was.

It is no exaggeration to say that Wang Yun's serial scheme, Diao Chan even suspected that Li Ru had already seen through it.

Li Ru entered the room and sat down straight, squinting his eyes and smiling, "Don't forget, I rescued you from Liu Bei, I know you want to kill Liu Bei, and I do the same, but, at least my method is much stronger than yours, do you like to use your body to serve that big-eared thief all day long?" ”

Diao Chan was a little hesitant, Li Ru seemed to see through her heart, "I really can't guess, what concerns you will have, you and I have a common enemy now, and we are both in Xuzhou, so naturally we should work side by side, just write an innocular letter, this is not difficult for you, I don't believe it, you will care about Guan Yu's opinion, what's more, the more you are like this, the more Guan Yu may care about you." ”

Diao Chan finally wrote a letter to Liu Bei according to Li Ru's intentions.

The letter was soon sent to Liu Bei's hands, Liu Bei had just arrived in Dongjun, his heart was depressed, receiving Diao Chan's letter, Liu Bei was very excited, all along, since Li Ru took Diao Chan away, Liu Bei had no news of them, he wanted to send someone to contact Li Ru, but he couldn't start.

Diao Chan's letter is sandwiched in Li Ru's letter, in Liu Bei's opinion, Diao Chan is still in Li Ru's hands, and correspondingly, the child who is about to be born is also in Li Ru's palm.