Ma Chao's heart was surging, and he went directly to Liu Cover, knelt down on his knees and raised his glass and said: "I have to meet the lord today, I am like a fish in water, I am willing to follow the lord and help the lord to unify the Central Plains, but Chao has a request, I don't know if the lord can agree." ”

Liu Feng saw that Ma Chao's face was solemn and his eyes were red, how could he not know what his request was. So he hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, helped Ma Chao up, and then whispered in his ear: "General Meng Qi's heart, how can Feng not know, but that Cao Cao is now over sixty years old, and it is unknown whether he can live until we break it, but Feng hereby assures the general that if he can't help the general kill Cao Cao, then Cao Pi, who is involved in this matter, will not die well, what does the general think?" ”

The blood feud between Ma Chao and Cao Cao was not something that all the generals under Liu Feng knew about here, so Liu Feng just whispered this in Ma Chao's ear and did not publicize it.

Liu Feng's hard work, Ma Chao naturally knew it, and he was almost moved to tears at the moment, just because when he was under Zhang Lu before, that Zhang Lu always heard that Ma Chao had a heart for Cao Cao, and always looked at him left and right, obviously not wanting to help Ma Chao take revenge.

Ma Chao knew that with Cao Cao's current strength and status, it would be tantamount to looking for a needle in the sea to find someone who could help him take revenge, and now Liu Cover mentioned it with such a firm word, which shows that in Liu Feng's heart, it is a matter of time before Cao Cao is defeated, and to be able to meet someone like Liu Feng with great talent and strategy, Ma Chao naturally has great confidence in revenge.

After appeasing Ma Chao, Liu Feng also simply put aside the worries in his heart for the time being, and drank heartily, this banquet, directly at midnight, all the people dispersed, and at this time, only Wei Yan, who led the Feiyu Guard and 20,000 troops to guard the gate just in case.

Two days later, Liu Feng and Ma Chao said that Cao Cao and Cao Pi were sitting opposite each other in Cao Cao's mansion in Yecheng with solemn faces.

"Liu Feng actually finished organizing Yizhou in this short period of time, and took Yangping Pass in the interval when you led the army to storm Zhangluyang Pingguan?"

At this time, Cao Pi had just informed Cao Cao of the reason for the defeat of the war, and Cao Cao had already learned the result of the battle, so he did not show surprise on his face, but his eyes were still slightly wide, and he looked at Cao Pi intently, and asked in a deep voice.

"That's right, Erchen thought that even if Liu Feng was a little sharp, he would never turn his attention to Hanzhong just after the raid on Nanzhong and Yizhou, and he didn't want to take Liu Feng's treacherous plan seriously, which led to this defeat, and I implore my father to punish him!"

After Cao Pi said this, he bowed to Cao Cao three times to show his willingness to be punished.

But when Cao Cao saw this, he didn't buy it, his face showed a sense of disdain, and he waved his hand to Cao Pi with some annoyance, and said: "Don't be coy here, this battle defeat is not all due to Liu Feng, if I go in person, I will never return with such a fiasco as you, can you be convinced?" ”

Cao Pi was kneeling on the ground at this time, hearing Cao Cao's words, his face showed a little resentment, but it was fleeting, and he said: "If my father is a personal expedition, then today's result is indeed another matter, and the son is the first time to lead the troops to the expedition, and he has done his best to get this result." ”

"Do your best? When you set out on the expedition, you still swore that you would take Hanzhong first, and then point to the land of Yizhou, if you really planned like this, why didn't you send someone to investigate the situation in Yizhou before capturing Yangping Pass? That Liu Feng is an unborn genius, when you were leaving, Zijian and I were already reminded repeatedly, why are you still so light on the enemy? ”

Cao Cao asked each other several times, and Cao Pi was speechless for a while, indeed, because he was quite underestimated by Liu Feng, he did not send Xizuo to Yizhou, but he just took it for granted that he could have enough time to defeat Hanzhong, and Liu Feng, in Cao Pi's heart, should still settle down in the land of Yizhou that he just got when he conquered Hanzhong......

But when Liu Feng's banner appeared in front of the two armies, Cao Pi had never regretted it like that in his heart, but he knew that regret could not turn back time, and the reason why he came to see Cao Cao in private for the first time to state the facts was precisely because he knew that Cao Cao would blame him so much, once Cao Cao put such a reproach in the court where everyone was there, it would undoubtedly have a great impact on Cao Pi's status among the generals of the Cao army.

Obviously, although Cao Zhi did not go directly to Yizhou this time, he accurately said that Liu Fengzhi should not be underestimated, and the final result just showed that Cao Pi was defeated by Liu Feng in one fell swoop because he failed to pay attention to Liu Feng's development in Yizhou.

Cao Cao saw that Cao Pi was just sitting there with his head bowed with a flushed face, and he was quite helpless in his heart, sighed, and said to Cao Pi again: "Do you know what happened in the south during the time when you went to attack Hanzhong? ”

As soon as Cao Pi saw the expression on Cao Cao's face, he knew that most of the bad times had happened, but as soon as he returned to Yecheng, he arrived here, and he had not yet learned about the major events that had happened in these days from his cronies who stayed in Yecheng, so he could only shake his head and say: "My son doesn't know, and I hope my father will make it clear." ”

"Zhuge Liang took advantage of the chaos in my world and I couldn't go out in person, but he led the army to seize the land of my Shangyong County."

"Superior? Shangyong and Hanzhong are not far away, why didn't my father send his sons directly to the land of Shangyong? Cao Pi was also very surprised when he heard this, Zhuge Liang had taken Cao Cao's land before, and it was only a matter of time before Cao Pi thought about taking it back, but he never thought that Zhuge Liang was so bold, not only did not converge, but intensified.

"I only learned this news yesterday, the army you led was newly defeated, and the morale was completely lost, and Zhuge Liang was newly mediocre, and there were brave generals like Zhao Yun in the array, so I let you return to Yecheng first, and then make plans."

"Father connived at that Zhuge Liang like this, as far as his son knows, there are only 100,000 soldiers under Zhuge Liang's command, if our army sends a large army south, Zhuge Liang Yan still has his life?"

When Cao Pi heard about this, he only felt that this was a good opportunity to divert his attention from his defeat in Hanzhong, so after a little thought, he began to instigate Cao Cao to send troops to attack Zhuge Liang.