Han Sui learned that Ma Chao was seriously injured and could not be a director, and had handed over the whole army to Pang De and Ma Dai to command, and he was overjoyed, and it was expected that Ma Chao's army would withdraw soon, and led the whole army to prepare for a sneak attack in the dark. When Han Sui led his army to approach the Ma Chaoda battalion, there were only a small number of patrols outside, and their morale was low, and they did not realize that their army was approaching at all.

The distance was getting closer and closer, and Han Sui even heard the grief cry in Ma Chao's tent. Just when Han Sui thought he had misheard, Han Zheng whispered: "Father, have you ever heard a cry, could it be that Ma Chao is dead?" Han Sui saw that he was not alone in hearing the cry, and thought that Ma Chao was brave and unscrupulous, if he was still alive, he would have come out to show off his might. Han Sui believed it and ordered the whole army to attack and destroy Ma Chao's army.

Han Sui easily seized Ma Chao's camp and came to Ma Chao's Chinese army tent, where a person was covered with a quilt on the bed, thinking that Ma Chao was dead, and sneered: "Ma Chao's child, your father Ma Teng wants me to give me three points, just rely on your reckless man, it is really beyond my strength." With that, Han Sui stepped forward to uncover the sheets, ready to humiliate Ma Chao. It was just a scarecrow on the bed, Han Sui suddenly realized that he had a plan, and ordered a quick withdrawal of the army, and Ma Chao's army, which had been in ambush for a long time, was killed, and the first general was Ma Chao.

Ma Chao shouted: "Han Sui Pifu, Zhong Ji also, capture Han Sui alive!" Seeing that Ma Chao was still alive, Han Suijun panicked, and was ambushed by Ma Chao again, and returned defeated, covering Han Sui's retreat left and right. Ma Chao held on tightly until Han Sui fled into Jincheng and did not dare to fight.

This war horse won a complete victory, killing more than 10,000 enemies and capturing thousands, and he only lost one or two thousand people, taking the opportunity to surround Jincheng and not give Han Sui a chance to escape. Han Sui only had a total of 50,000 troops, and he lost 20,000 soldiers in the first battle, and he never dared to fight again, so he had to rely on Jincheng to hold on and wait for Cao Cao's support.

Cao Cao heard the news of Han Sui's defeat, and sighed in his heart: "Ma Chao bravely crowned the three armies, and sure enough, no one in Xiliang was his opponent, I didn't expect Han Sui to be defeated so quickly, it seems that he can't sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, otherwise Han Sui will be destroyed by Ma Chao." ”

Xun You secretly thought in his heart, Han Sui has been based in Xiliang for many years, even if he is defeated, he should not be defeated so quickly, and asked the envoy in detail about the battle, only to know that Ma Chao was injured and cheated to death, Han Sui didn't know what the plan was, and was ambushed by Ma Chao and defeated.

After understanding the facts, Guo Jia proposed: "Ma Chao just won by luck, although Han Sui was defeated, he has been operating in Jincheng for many years, and he will not be easily won by Ma Chao." The prime minister doesn't need to worry, our army is marching secretly, and when Ma Chao is tired, he and Han Sui should cooperate with each other, and Ma Chao can be broken. Cao Cao followed his plan.

Ma Teng, who was an official in Luoyang, was worried when he learned that Ma Chao had raised troops to attack Han Sui. Ma Teng is too familiar with Ma Chao's character, he is brave and ruthless, extremely impulsive, Han Suicheng is very deep, I am afraid that he will fall for his tricks. Ma Teng knew that although Luoyang was nominally ruled by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Xiu, the chief general of Luoyang, was under Yuan Xi's orders, so he found Zhang Xiu and asked him to send someone to inform Yuan Xi, hoping to send Luoyang soldiers and horses to support Ma Chao.

Jizhou, Yecheng General's Mansion, Yuan Xi is educating little Yuan Rui. Everyone laughed at Yuan Xi and panicked, little Yuan Rui was only one year old, and he could just speak, but he couldn't understand it at all. Yuan Xi began to correct their wrong thoughts, and said: "Discipline will be obedient since childhood, even if you don't understand, if we talk too much, he will slowly understand!" Don't think that he can ignore it when he's young, it's easy for you to become a loser! Zhen Mi saw that Yuan Xi was so serious, and she also felt that Yuan Xi was reasonable, so she nodded and said: "What the husband said is very true, I will definitely discipline Rui'er strictly in the future." ”

At this time, the guards came to report that Zhang Xiu sent someone to ask for something to see. Yuan Xi heard that Ma Chao and Han Sui were fighting, and Ma Teng hoped that he would send troops to support Ma Chao. Yuan Xi knew that Ma Teng's beloved son was very sincere, but Hebei was far away from Liangzhou, and there was a gap in the middle, even if he and Cao Cao made a truce, Cao Cao would not let him go.

Yuan Xi thought that as long as Cao Cao did not support Han Sui, Ma Chao would still be able to win over Han Sui, so he replied to the Luoyang envoy and asked Zhang Xiu to act cheaply, and if the situation was urgent, he could send troops to rescue Ma Chao. After Ma Teng received Yuan Xi's military order, he also felt that he was concerned about it, Ma Chao was not a child after all, but he was still ready to rescue at any time.

Not long after, the news of Ma Chao's victory over Han Sui reached Ma Teng, Ma Teng heard the battle, although he unconsciously sweated for Ma Chao, but when he learned that Ma Chao used his strategy to defeat Han Sui, he immediately put his mind at ease, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, as long as Ma Chao can dominate Xiliang, his position in the DPRK will be more stable.

Yuan Xi attached great importance to intelligence information and set up two teams to collect information, one was the "carrier pigeon" and the other was the "swallow", the "carrier pigeon" was an organization specifically responsible for using pigeons to transmit military information, and the "swallow" was a professional spy agency. Ma Chao's victory over Han Sui naturally spread to Hebei, but Yuan Xi was more well-informed than Ma Teng, and Cao Cao also led his troops to Xiliang.

"Don't be three days, be impressed! However, although Meng Qi defeated Han Sui for a while, Han Sui was not so easy to deal with, and with Cao Cao's Guanzhong Army by his side, Meng Qi was probably not the opponent of the two. Yuan Xi summoned his subordinates to discuss, and couldn't help but worry: "If Cao Cao captures Xiliang, not only will his strength increase greatly, but he will also be able to form a strong cavalry, which will be extremely unfavorable to our army." ”

Zhao Yun heard that Yuan Xi was going to send troops, and he was very happy in his heart, and he was willing to be a pioneer, it turned out that Ma Yunlu was worried about Ma Chao, and he always wanted Yuan Xi to send troops to help, so he only came in person. Yuan Xi said with a smile: "Zilong is worried about the normal situation of his brother-in-law, so Zilong will lead the vanguard troops to Luoyang." ”

Sima Yi saw that Yuan Xi was going to send troops to help Ma Chao, and suggested: "General, our army and Cao's army are still in a truce, if we send troops directly, I am afraid that we will be discredited, it is better to detour to the territory of the Xiongnu in Hetao and directly send troops to Xiliang." Yuan Xi was silent, it was too time-consuming to march like this, but he didn't want to lose his trust.

"The general can salute first and then warn Cao Cao that Xiliang Ma Chao is an ally of our army, if Cao Cao participates in the battle of Xiliang, it will be against our army, and our army can take the opportunity to send troops to Xuchang, and Cao Cao will have no time to support Ma Chao." It was Feng Ji who spoke, as an important strategist under Yuan Shao in the past, Feng Ji still had some insights.

A good move to besiege Wei to rescue Zhao, Yuan Xi used a strategy to send a messenger to Xuchang to explain his intentions, and sent troops to Luoyang, on the one hand, he sent Zhao Yun to Luoyang, if he couldn't talk, he would directly send troops to Guanzhong, and on the other hand, he sent Zhang Jaw to lead troops to be stationed on the front line of Liyang, ready to attack Xuchang at any time.

Ma Chao besieged Jincheng for a long time, and suffered from an old injury, so he discussed with Pang De whether he should withdraw from the army. Pang De was also worried that the Guanzhong Army would support Han Sui, and also proposed that Ma Chao withdraw from the army. Everyone also thought that they had defeated Han Sui for a while, and it was considered a lesson for Han Sui, so Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu also agreed to withdraw their troops.

However, at this time, Cao Cao's army had quietly ambushed around Jincheng, joined forces with Han Sui, pursued him, and Ma Chao's army was defeated. Fortunately, the retreat was timely, and Ma Chao's army lost thousands of men and horses, and retreated towards Weiwu. Cao Cao was about to continue the pursuit, eliminate Ma Chao, and seize the entire territory of Xiliang, but received an urgent letter from Xuchang.