Since Ma Chao's attack on Cao Cao failed, he retreated to Xiliang and began to reorganize his troops and horses, preparing to fight again to avenge his father. But it's a pity that the second time Ma Chao didn't even see the Chang'an city wall, he was wiped out by the army calculated by Wei General Yang Fu, and even Ma Chao's wife Yang was killed by Yang Fu, so Ma Chao had no choice but to take refuge in Hanzhong Zhang Lu with the remnants of the defeated army.

Speaking of which, Zhang Lu still attaches great importance to Ma Chao, and once wanted to marry his daughter to Ma Chao. After all, there are not many super-first-class generals like Ma Chao left in the Three Kingdoms, and no matter who catches one, it will naturally be a treasure.

Since Ma Chao followed Zhang Lu, he has not made an inch of success and has not been on the battlefield, so Ma Chao hopes to take this opportunity to perform well.

Yan Pu frowned when he heard that Ma Chao was asking for battle. At that time, Ma Chao's surrender to Zhang Lu was actually a last resort, not sincerely, so in his heart, Yan Pu still distrusted Ma Chao very much. Now if Ma Chao leads the troops alone, Yan Pu is really not at ease.

Thinking of this, Yan Pu opened his mouth and said: "Lord, the minister will appoint General Yang Bai as the supervisor of the army, and go on the expedition with General Ma!" ”

As soon as Yan Pu's voice fell, everyone knew Yan Pu's intentions, supervising the army, to put it bluntly, was to monitor the commander, Yan Pu was not worried that Ma Chao would lead the troops alone, so he sent Yang Bai as the supervising army.

Ma Chao sighed softly. Speaking of which, not long after he arrived in Hanzhong, it was normal for Zhang Lu not to worry about leading the troops alone, but this supervising army Yang Bai gave Ma Chao a headache.

Yang Bai is the younger brother of Yang Song, Zhang Lu's advisor, and Yang Bai and Ma Chao have a long-standing grudge.

At that time, Ma Chao's wife Yang had been killed by Yang Fu, and Zhang Lu was ready to marry his daughter to Ma Chao in order to win over Ma Chao.

Ma Chao has a nickname, called "Jin Ma Chao", when it comes to appearance, I am afraid there are few in the world who can compare to Ma Chao. When Zhang Lu's daughter saw Ma Chao's handsome looks, she naturally would not object to marrying Ma Chao.

Zhang Lu's daughter herself is also twenty-eight years old, she looks like a flower and jade, and is known as the first beauty in Hanzhong, and there are not a few people in Hanzhong who admire this Miss Zhang, and Yang Bai is one of them. If it weren't for Yang Bai's wife, I'm afraid he would have proposed to Zhang Lu a long time ago.

Although it was polygamy in ancient times, Yang Bai already had a wife, and Zhang Lu was also his own father-in-law, so he couldn't let his daughter be a concubine for him, so although Yang Bai liked Miss Zhang, he could only bury this idea in his heart.

When Yang Bai heard that Miss Zhang was going to marry Ma Chao, he couldn't stand it in his heart. This Ma Chao's martial arts are stronger than himself, his fame is greater than his own, and his appearance is more handsome than himself, if he marries Miss Zhang again, he will inevitably win Zhang Lu's trust, and where will he still have his own foothold in Hanzhong at that time.

Therefore, Yang Bai united the soldiers of Hanzhong to oppose the marriage of Ma Chao and Miss Zhang, and Zhang Lu saw that his soldiers were opposed, so the marriage had to be abandoned.

Since then, Ma Chao and Yang Bai have formed a grudge.

Now that Yang Bai, as Ma Chao's supervisor, he will definitely find trouble with Ma Chao everywhere, so Ma Chao is very unhappy in his heart.

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Jia Meng Pass.

After Huo Jun repelled the ban last time, he counted the soldiers, and there were only 700 combatable soldiers left. Seven hundred people guarded the Jiameng Pass, which was really too little.

So Liu Bei sent Meng Da, who had just taken refuge, to lead 2,000 troops to support Jia Mengguan.

Meng Da and Fa Zheng are fellow villagers, and they are both people who help the wind. At the beginning, the two came to Yizhou together to seek refuge with Liu Zhang, but they were also not very good, and Meng Da was still better than Fa. Fa Zheng is just a very ordinary civil servant under Liu Zhang, and although Meng Da is a local official, he still has a little military power in his hands.

Meng Da looked like he was about forty years old, not tall, not strong, with two mustaches on his mouth slightly upturned, and his eyes shining with fine light, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a civil servant rather than a general.

Speaking of which, Liu Chan has always felt that Meng Da is a very contradictory person. Before Liu Bei entered Shu, Meng Da secretly took refuge in Liu Bei, and after Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, the officials who gave Meng Da were not small, second only to Yan Yan, Huang Quan and others. When Lü Meng crossed the river in white clothes to attack Jingzhou, Liao Hua went to Shangyong for help, but it was precisely because Meng Da and Liu Feng refused to send troops that Guan Yu was defeated and finally killed. Later, Meng Da was afraid of Liu Bei's punishment, so he simply took refuge in Wei, but he always retained the military power in his hands. Later, Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan, Meng Da betrayed Wei again and took refuge in Zhuge Liang, but unfortunately the timing of Meng Da's betrayal was not very good, Zhuge Liang's army did not come, Sima Yi came first, and finally Meng Da was killed by Sima Yi.

said that Meng Da was capricious, but in Liu Chan's view, Meng Da was more like playing Infernal Affairs, but he was unlucky and was recognized by Sima Yi.

After the news of Ma Chao's attack on Jiameng Pass came, Meng Da immediately sent someone to Liu Bei for help, and at the same time took defensive measures. In Liu Chan's opinion, Meng Da's arrangement is simply seamless, at least much stronger than Huo Jun's layout at the beginning. No wonder Liu Bei later sent Meng Da to guard the important place of Shangyong.

Looking at Meng Da who was busy on the city tower, Liu Chan sighed, who said that there is no general in Shu, this Meng Da is just a talent, at least much stronger than what is forbidden and Xiang Cunzhi! Liu Zhang really doesn't know how to make good use of people!

Jiameng Pass is the first barrier in Hanzhong to enter Shu, so over the years, Liu Zhang will build him extremely strong, towering city walls, coupled with the dangerous terrain, it can be said that today's Jiameng Pass should be regarded as the first pass in Shu.

The terrain of Jiameng Pass is dangerous, especially on the side facing Hanzhong, the road is rugged and narrow, and there is no decent open space in front of Jiameng Pass, so it is not suitable for camping at all, so Ma Chao had to retreat ten miles to the village.

Ten miles is not a short distance, and people can't walk for more than half an hour, so as long as the horses exceed the soldiers, Meng Da on Jia Meng Pass has enough time to prepare.

And the wall of Jiameng Pass is as high as dozens of zhang, standing on the pass, you can see it for dozens of miles in the distance, so every move in the Ma super camp can't hide from Jiameng Pass.

Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, the grass and trees have already withered and yellowed, which is very unfavorable to the attacking side. Because the autumn is high and the air is dry, the dead grass on the ground will be easily ignited, so Ma Chaoxia is even more cautious, and specially selected some flat land without grass, for fear that Meng Da will attack with fire.

And Meng Da had long been preparing to attack with fire, but seeing that Ma Chao was so cautious, he had to give up. However, Meng Da still spread the ground with withered grass in front of Jiameng Pass, and once Ma Chao attacked the city, Meng Da would immediately set fire to the withered grass in front of the pass and use fire to block the enemy.

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