Han Sui's envoy went to Xuchang to meet Cao Cao, explaining his intentions, Cao Cao was overjoyed, if he could get the land of Xiliang, he could have a horse source, and he could also form a strong cavalry. Cao Cao's biggest disadvantage to Yuan Xi was the cavalry, and Han Sui surrendered, not only could he get the land of Xiliang, but also defeat Ma Chao, Ma Chao and Yuan Xi had a close relationship, which was equivalent to indirectly weakening Yuan Xi's strength.

Cao Cao ordered people to entertain Han Sui's envoys, and he summoned his subordinates and generals to discuss the matter of supporting Han Sui. Xun You worried: "If our army directly sends troops to help Han Sui deal with Ma Chao, Ma Chao will definitely ask Yuan Xi for help, and we must guard against Yuan Xi's attack on us." ”

Xun You's worries are not groundless, although Cao Cao and Yuan Xi agreed to a one-year truce, but Yuan Xi, as Ma Chao's ally, can completely excuse Cao Cao's dishonesty. Xiahoudun is the main battle faction, although he was defeated by Yuan Xi and captured, he was thinking about a shame all the time, and said loudly: "Prime Minister, Ma Chao is only Yuan Xi's ally, and our army's dispatch is not a breach of contract." If everyone calls Yuan Xi's allies, our army will not dare to act rashly, won't it make people laugh off their big teeth? ”

Cao Cao thought for a while, I didn't know if it was okay, and he wanted to continue to listen to the suggestions of the audience. Since his defeat to Yuan Xi, Cao Cao has become cautious and no longer relies too much on one's ideas. No matter how wise a person is, there are times when he is negligent, and listening to the opinions of others can be more prepared. After years of hard work, he became the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and he didn't want to make a mistake and lose everything.

"Prime Minister, what General Yuan Rang said is reasonable, even if Yuan Xixing's troops come to attack, our army is also reasonable." Guo Jia saw that Cao Cao had no decision, and wanted to listen to the opinions of the audience, and also thought that he should take the opportunity to capture Xiliang and narrow the gap with Hebei's strength, and supported Xiahoudun and continued: "However, I thought that our army should act in secret, take advantage of Ma Chaochao's unpreparedness, and quickly capture Xiliang, and when Yuan Xi knows, Xiliang will be attached to the prime minister, and there is nothing to do." ”

Cao Cao saw that everyone had no objections, and he also thought that Guo Jia's method was the most comprehensive, so he sent someone to inform Xiahou Yuan in Guanzhong to lead an army to support Han Tunnel, and Cao Cao also personally led 50,000 elite troops to Liangzhou secretly.

Ma Chao saw that the only forces that came to join the alliance were Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu's army, and the candidates, Yan Xing, and Han Sui could not come because of business. Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu both had a personal enmity with Han Sui, and fanned the flames and said: "Lord Zhou Mu, Han Sui's old husband is not the same, although he is the leader of the alliance, he does not listen to orders, and the candidates and Yan Xing must have been bewitched by him and deliberately did not come to the alliance. ”

Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu's simple words successfully provoked the anger hidden in Ma Chao's heart, and Ma Teng persuaded himself to focus on the overall situation and not to compete with Han Sui, so as not to cheapen Cao Cao. Now that Ma Teng has entered the court as an official, Cao Cao has to guard against Yuan Xi, which is the opportunity for him to take revenge, and said angrily: "Since Han Sui does not listen to orders, I, as a pastor of Liangzhou, should raise soldiers to ask for guilt." General Cheng and General Yang went with me, captured Jincheng, and divided Han Sui's territory equally. ”

The two of them naturally accepted the order happily, in their hearts, Ma Chao is the god of war in Xiliang, Han Sui is definitely not Ma Chao's opponent, and he can take advantage of the fisherman. Ma Chao's general Pang De hesitated: "Major General, the old general warned him before going to Beijing not to clash with Han Sui as a last resort. Now that he is going to send troops to fight against Han Sui, I wonder if he should notify the old general? ”

Thinking of his father Ma Teng, that was the god of war in his childhood heart, but as he grew older, Ma Chao's ambition became bigger and bigger, he felt that his father was old, worried about this, worried about that, and now he went to the court as an official, which is the best time for him to play. Ma Chao refused: "My father is fine with everything, but he is too merciful to treat Han Sui, Ling Ming only cares about preparing to send troops, my father asks, and I will explain." ”

In the seventh year of Jian'an, that is, in 202 AD, Ma Chao raised 50,000 troops with Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu to attack Han Sui Jincheng on the grounds that Han Sui did not come to the alliance. Both armies are dominated by the Xiliang cavalry, and their combat power is comparable, but Ma Chao is famous in Xiliang, and everyone thinks that Han Sui will hold on and dare not fight.

Yan Xing is also a first-class general in Xiliang, he has never fought against Ma Chao, and he is not convinced, so he asks to fight with Ma Chao. Han Sui secretly thought that avoiding fighting would hurt morale, so he personally helped Yan Xing and fought against Ma Chao. Ma Chao had a bad temper, and when he saw Han Sui fighting, he asked: "Han Sui, Benzhou Mu kindly ordered you to come to the alliance to discuss the affairs of Xiliang, you deliberately shirked it, and today you came to ask for the guilt, you still dare to raise troops to resist, and you can't rebel?" ”

"Meng Qixian's nephew, don't be too naïve. Your Liangzhou Mu is not what Yuan Xi sealed in order to make you obey him, it is better for you and me to coexist peacefully and dominate Xiliang together. "Han Sui deliberately delayed time, as long as Ma Chao was delayed, the Qiang people would definitely take the opportunity to make trouble, and Ma Chao would withdraw his troops. When the time comes, when Cao Cao is united, he can flank Ma Chao back and forth.

It's a pity that Ma Chao was determined to eliminate Han Sui, and directly refused: "Han Sui, don't take advantage of your tongue, either kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, or let the horse fight!" ”

Yan Xing saw that there was no one in Ma Chao's eyes, and he was also furious: "Ma Chao is a child, everyone calls you Xiliang invincible, but your grandfather Yan Xing doesn't believe it!" "Yan Xing came to fight Ma Chao with a gun. Ma Chao is not afraid, both of them are one of the best generals in Xiliang, both are good at strength, it is the opponent in chess, more than ten rounds of fighting, Ma Chao put away the heart of the enemy, this person is really a fierce opponent in life, and his marksmanship is not weaker than himself. Yan Xing was even more frightened, Ma Chao really lived up to his reputation, and his strength and speed were better than his own.

Unconsciously, the two fought for nearly 100 rounds, and the hearts of the people on both sides were racing and their blood was boiling. Ma Chao once exchanged martial arts with Zhao Yun and learned Zhao Yun's Hundred Birds and Chaofeng marksmanship, which was suitable for dealing with the strength-focused marksmanship. Yan Xing saw that Ma Chao's marksmanship had changed, and he no longer fought hard with himself, but used his skill to resist, and he was overjoyed, thinking that Ma Chao's physical strength was exhausted, so he immediately accelerated the pace of attack. Pound also thought that Ma was overwhelmed and was ready to support.

At this time, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, Ma Chao suddenly used the Hundred Birds Chaofeng Marksmanship, and strangely stabbed Yan Xing's spear head, and Ma Chao's silver spear was ready to stab Yan Xing's shoulder without mistake. However, Yan Xing's life should not be extinguished, and the one that flew out actually smashed into Ma Chao's neck, and immediately blood flowed, and the two of them landed at the same time. The two armies of Ma Chao and Han Sui stepped forward to fight each other and save their generals.

Ma Chao was rescued by Pound, although the wound was bandaged, but unfortunately the wound was in the neck, and it was difficult to speak, so he could only hand over the responsibility of leading the army to Pound and Ma Dai. Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu begged to see Ma Chao, they were also anxious, if Ma Chao was defeated, the two of them would also suffer, so they wanted to see Ma Chao's injuries before making a decision. In order to prevent the two of them from retreating, Ma Chao held on and said with difficulty: "I hurt my neck, it's inconvenient to speak, I'll be fine after a few days of rest, now I have Ling Ming to lead the troops." I hope that the two generals can cooperate more. Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu saw that Ma Chao was only a small injury, and they immediately relieved themselves.

Pang De and Ma Dai carefully guarded against Han Suijun, fearing that Han Sui would take advantage of Ma Chao's injury to raid. Han Sui's side also injured the general Yan Xing, who was stabbed in the shoulder by Ma Chao, and had to rest for at least dozens of days, remembering that Ma Chao was also injured, and he didn't come to urge the battle in the past few days, so he was not lightly injured. Han Sui's son Han Zheng whispered to Han Sui: "Father, Ma Chao was stabbed in the neck by a gun, and he didn't come to urge the battle for many days, was he seriously injured, why didn't our army take the opportunity to sneak attack?" ”

Han Sui is a cautious person, and he did not deny Han Zheng's opinion, for the sake of safety, he still sent someone to monitor Ma Chao's every move, if Ma Chao is seriously injured and does not recover, he will inevitably retreat, that is his chance to break Ma Chao.

Ma Chao only suffered some skin injuries, and he recovered after a few days of rest, after experiencing Zhao Yun and Yan Xing, Ma Chao became no longer impulsive, and began to use his brain to think about how to defeat Han Sui? Pang De came in and saw that Ma Chao was fine, and he also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's good that the young general has nothing to do, otherwise I really don't know how to explain to the old general?" Ma Chao thanked Pang De for sacrificing his life to save him, and he had a plan, Pang De didn't believe that he recovered so quickly, so what about Han Sui? Thinking about it, I inexplicably said to myself, this plan works!