Chapter 750: The Reason for Destroying Ma Chao

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At the beginning, Ma Teng and his two sons were persuaded by Zhong Xuan to enter Beijing, Ma Teng was named a guard lieutenant and became Cao Cao's hostage, and Ma Chao commanded Ma Teng's troops and became the second largest person in Xiliang.

Cao Cao sent Zhong Xuan and Xiahou Yuan to lead an army out of Hedong in an attempt to attack Zhang Lu in Hanzhong through the territory of Ma Chao and other Liangzhou warlords, and the Guanxi warlords led by Ma Chao and Han Sui suspected that Cao Cao wanted to attack and annex Liangzhou. Ma Chao thought that this was Cao Cao's false way to destroy the enemy, so he united the Guanzhong generals Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Yang Qiu of Anding, Hou Xuan of Hedong, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Ma Wan, Cheng Yi and other ten departments with a total of 100,000 horses to raise troops against Cao, during which Ma Chao tried to win over Liu Xiongming's forces, but was refused, was defeated by Ma Chao and took refuge in Cao Cao.

In order to win over Han Sui, Ma Chao even said to Han Sui that he would give up his father and let Han Sui give up his son and treat himself as a son. It can be seen that Ma Chao is ruthless and determined to never give up in order to achieve his goal. Therefore, the Guanzhong coalition army elected Han Sui as the governor, gathered in Weihe and Tongguan, and built a camp. Prepare to fight Cao Cao to the death.

As a result, at this time, the battle between Lu Peng and Cao Cao began, and Cao Cao was unable to take care of Ma Chao, which allowed him to take a breather, and also allowed Ma Chao to see a chance to fish in troubled waters.

So, he persuaded Han Sui, with 60,000 Xiliang iron horsemen of his army, suddenly out of Tongguan, killed Si Li and turned to Xu Du, preparing to save his father and brother from the cage. By the way, the occupation of the division is also related to the center.

Guanzhong was originally the place where the emperors of the world arose, and it was fully developed, and it was the granary of the Han Dynasty.

Although Xiliang is vast, it is very barren, and almost all the materials are supplied by the Central Plains, which is equivalent to the Central Plains warlords choking the neck of Xiliang's development, which is also the reason why Han Sui and Ma Teng have not made achievements over the years. If the granary in Guanzhong is taken, it will completely reverse this shortcoming, with war horses, grain, and fierce soldiers, all the conditions for dominating the world will be enough, so Han Sui agreed to Ma Chao's request, and rushed out of Tongguan with his brother and the headquarters of the Ma family's army, and killed Si Li.

Sili was originally the political and economic center of the Han Dynasty, but after the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, Luoyang, the former capital, has become the world of the city fox and the rat, and it will be difficult to recover it in a hundred years. Although Cao Cao occupied him, his center of gravity was in Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou and other places, so this division is now equivalent to the desert land of population and rule.

Because of this, Ma Chao's army was like entering a no-man's land, and almost no one could stop it, so Ma Chao rushed to the city of Xu with lightning speed.

At that time, Cao Cao's main force was confronting Lu Peng, and Xun Yu was confronting Liu Bei, and as a result, this Xu Capital became an undefended city, Ma Chao easily took Xu Du, saved his father and younger brother, and kidnapped Emperor Han Xian.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty may be a burden to other warlords, but for Xiliang, it has huge benefits. The reason is that Xiliang has always been in the fringe area of the Han Dynasty, and the political influence of the entire Han Dynasty has been insufficient. At least using him against his old enemy Han Sui can still play an absolute role.

Han Sui, especially his son-in-law who can fight well, is still dedicated to the Han family, now it's okay, he has a male soldier in hand, plus an emperor, Han Sui can only be pressed by himself for a few words, Xiliang has become the real Ma family world, plus Guanzhong, plus Si Li, the world fights, the world heroes, hum, add me.

As a result, Ma Chao suddenly inserted a pole, and Xun Yu was caught off guard at that time, and immediately abandoned Liu Bei on the front line, and went all out to save Xu Du.

Ma Chao was reckless, but his father Ma Teng was also an unborn hero in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, of course he knew that now with his more than 60,000 horses, if he wanted to occupy Xu Bu, it would be tantamount to looking for death, so when Xun Yu returned, Ma Chao and his son took Emperor Han Xian directly to the west, ready to return to his old nest Xiliang.

As a result, Liu Bei was in a hurry, and his goal was Emperor Han Xian of Xudu, but it turned out to be beating rabbits and feeding dogs, and cheapening Ma Teng, how could this be done? So he adopted Zhuge Liang's suggestion, under the banner of welcoming Emperor Han Xian, directly abandoned Yuzhou, regardless of Xu Du in front of him, rushed to Cao Cao's defense, and was swept away by Ma Chao, realizing the original strategic idea of Longzhong.

Looking at the history that had become completely chaotic, and looking at Liu Bei, who had already started with high spirits, Lu Peng suddenly felt a sense of relief, because he had a solution to the hot potato of Emperor Han Xian.

Tian Chou saw that Lu Peng had understood the matter, so he continued: "Liu Chu was sent to persuade Ma Chao, but he failed, and the reason for the failure was that Ma Chao suddenly entered the Central Plains and lost his relationship with him. At that time, Liu Chu also wanted to persuade Han Sui, who stayed in Xiliang, but a shocking change occurred. โ€

"What's changed?" Lu Peng asked curiously. I really didn't expect that in less than half a month after I left, so many things happened in the world, and they were all big things.

Now is the critical time, be sure to sort out all these things, and then see here if there is a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

Tian Chou said: "Ma Chaodong went out of the Central Plains, but he made a big mistake, that is, he shouldn't ignore the back road. โ€

Lu Peng suddenly got up and said in surprise: "Could it be that Han Sui cut off Ma Chao's back road?" โ€

Tian Chou nodded: "Exactly." After Ma Chao took all the people of his headquarters into the Central Plains, Han Sui immediately closed Tongguan, carried out a thorough purge of the few forces of the Ma family left in Xiliang, and won the support of all Xiliang Zahu, but in the blink of an eye, Xiliang was completely controlled in his own hands. At that time, Liu Chu couldn't see Han Sui several times, thinking that Han Sui had ulterior motives, so he left all his entourage, put on makeup and changed the office alone, escaped from Xiliang, and reported the shocking news back. โ€

Lu Peng pinched his beardless chin, and after his eyes rolled wildly, the thief smiled and said: "Haha, Ma Chao, although he is a great man for a while, it is a pity that he is indeed reckless in doing things, and he doesn't care about his head, now it's okay, he has lost his family, and now he is desperate." โ€

Tian Chou nodded, but said regretfully: "Originally, now Ma Chao is cornered, just so we can reach out and pull him into our camp, but unfortunately, I don't know what's wrong, the fourth general has become a mortal enemy with him." When he said this, there was still a bit of blame in his tone.

Lu Peng waved his hand: "If you offend, you will be offended, it doesn't matter if you can't collect it, anyway, we won't be one of him." โ€

Tian Chou smiled bitterly and shook his head, and didn't say anything anymore, everyone knows Ma Chao's ability, and everyone knows the elite of the Xiliang soldiers in the world, but in order to protect a younger brother, he gave up such a good thing so indifferently, it's really a pity.

"Here's the way it is." Lu Peng pinched his fingers and calculated: "Ma Chao, there is no way back, and Cao Cao's stay, as well as Liu Bei, have all pursued him, and the front has been blocked by my fourth brother, and now he is a lost dog, Si Li already has a mix of forces from all directions, isn't that so?" โ€

Tian Chou nodded: "So, this is the time for us to reach out." Tian Chou still didn't give up.

Lu Peng ignored him: "Si Li already has four forces, Ma Chao is absolutely untenable in Si Li, then he must surrender to one side, but no matter which side he surrenders, it will be a huge threat to us, isn't it?" โ€

Tian Chou nodded: "Yes, but if he surrenders to us-"

"In order to prevent Ma Chao from surrendering to any side, we must annihilate him, and we must not keep this scourge."

At that time, Tian Chou was completely speechless, in order to maintain the correctness of his brother, his lord disregarded the overall situation, which really made people speechless.

"Okay, since Ma Chao has become a lost dog, annihilate him, and my fourth brother will be there." So he decided to divide the 120,000 troops in his hands into two halves, and transfer 60,000 horses to Gao Gan to strengthen him to resist Cao Cao's attack on his own Yizhou Seven Route Army, and he took the remaining 60,000 iron cavalry to send troops from Bingzhou to relieve the siege of the fourth brother.

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