Ma Chao ordered Ma Xiu to be the vanguard, guarding the grain, grass, baggage and well to go first, Pang De's bow cavalry brigade was in the center, and Ma Chao personally led the 7000 iron cavalry and heavy cavalry brigade of the headquarters to the rear.

The southern path to Hanzhong is really narrow, rugged and difficult to walk, and the Xiliang army opens the road in the mountains and builds bridges in the water, and marches hard and happily! The more difficult the road, the more Hanzhong Zhang Lujun could not imagine that the Xiliang army would march from here, and the effect of the surprise attack on Hanzhong would be better!

At this time, Ma Teng personally led 10,000 cavalry to arrive at Yangping Pass, and Zhang Lujun had already received the news and ordered the partial general Yang Ren to lead 10,000 Hanzhong infantry to garrison Yangping Pass.

Ma Teng ordered Cheng Yi to shout under Yangping Pass: "Zhang Lujun of Yangping Pass listen, please don't release arrows, ask your general to come and speak!" ”

Yang Ren was on Yangping Pass, and said: "Yang Ren is here, and Cheng Yi is rampant!" ”

Cheng Yi continued to shout according to Ma Chao's plan: "Yuan Shu arrogates the emperor, our army is ordered by the Son of Heaven to go east to the king, why don't you open the city gate quickly and let us go, are you going to conspire against Yuan Shu?" ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense, Xiliang is more than 2,000 miles away from Runan, how can you send troops to the king of Qin!" Before Yang Ren left the division, Zhang Lu had already explained that no matter what, he couldn't let Ma Tengjun enter the customs!

"Xiliang Iron Ride, invincible in the world, although Runan is far away, it can be reached in three days! Hurry up and open the gates, we're just borrowing the way! ”

"If Shi (referring to Zhang Lu) is not in the customs today, Ren Er's tongue is a lotus, and he will not want to enter the customs!"

"Since Zhang Lujun is so unreasonable and does not obey the orders of the Son of Heaven, he must have become a raccoon dog with Yuan Shu, then don't blame us for being polite! Come on, attack Yangping Pass! So Cheng Yi ordered the soldiers to start a feint attack on Yangping Pass!

I saw sporadic arrows shooting on the city wall, bounced back one after another, the sound of killing outside the gate shook the sky, and the war drums thundered. Ma Teng's army was only a light horse, and the task was only a feint, and there were no siege equipment; The high walls of Yangping Pass are thick, and it is difficult for bows and arrows to shoot up, so naturally they cannot cause effective damage to Yangping Pass.

Yang Ren saw that although Ma Teng's army was powerful on Yangping Pass, there were no siege equipment, and a few sporadic archers were really difficult to hurt the pass, and the attack was disorderly, only thunder, no raindrops, so he laughed loudly: "Ma Teng Xiaoer, let your cavalry be extremely powerful, I don't go out of the pass, you can't help me, with your bows and arrows, you also want to attack the pass?" "Close it for a burst of laughter!

Cheng Yi scolded under the pass: "Shameless Yang Renpifu, what kind of hero is hiding in the pass, there is a kind of fight with grandpa for 300 rounds, if you don't beat you down, grandpa will give you a horse to ride!" ”

Yang Ren naturally would not go out of the customs, so he hung up the "war-free" card, and ordered his soldiers to stand still, and if Ma Teng's army attacked with all his strength, he called him to go into the pass to drink tea and rest!

Cheng Yi had no choice but to send soldiers to take turns scolding and fighting. This battle was originally a feint, and Ma Teng was not annoyed, and ordered his subordinates to shout in turn, and the drums did not stop.

Although Ma Teng's army could not capture Yangping Pass, it also greatly contained the main force of Zhang Lu's army and achieved the strategic goal.

At the intersection, a small checkpoint was standing, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers. At this time, it is advisable to take advantage of the enemy's failure to react and quickly seize the pass, so Ma Chao gave an order: "The First Cavalry Brigade, follow me to attack quickly!" ”

In the rumbling sound, thousands of horses galloped, only to see Ma Chao taking the lead, wearing silver helmets and silver armor, holding bright silver guns, rushing towards the level with lightning speed.

The scale of the checkpoint here is small, and there has been no fighting for many years, and the soldiers have long since let their guard down, which is more symbolic than defensive! It can only serve as a defense against enemy scouts and small forces! When the sentry saw a large number of troops attacking, he tore his throat and shouted: "Enemy attack! But to no avail, Ma Chao had already led the army to rush in and stabbed the shouting sentry to death with one shot! Blood splattered, a life was lost, and the sentry's eyes lost their brightness and he fell... Ma Chao was distracted, Ma Chao in his previous life had never killed a chicken in modern times, and he killed for the first time after crossing over! Fortunately, with the influence of Ma Chao's memory and soul of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Chao will not be too out of shape, or this is a shame to lose a lot of hair, fortunately, there are only about a hundred people in the checkpoint, and the long-trained cavalry behind Ma Chao swarmed up and quickly eliminated the enemy army, but there was still a unlucky cavalryman who was shot through the shoulder, and he was grinning in pain. After Ma Chao instructed his subordinates to fetch arrows and bandage him, he gathered the soldiers, and after recovering the formation, he stabilized his mind and continued to run towards the city of Hanzhong. At this time, it was close to Hanzhong City, and then there was no barrier, and the road was smooth, and soon Ma Chaojun came to Hanzhong City.

I saw that outside the city of Hanzhong, a well-trained, well-dressed cavalry unit broke into the city of Hanzhong, the formation was strict, a big flag fluttered in the wind, and a huge "horse" word on it was eye-catching!

The guards in the city had already seen an army attacking in the distance, but they did not see the scouts coming, so they hurriedly reported to Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu hurriedly came to the city and was surprised when he saw Ma Chaojun! I wondered in my heart, the Yangping Pass was not broken, where did the army come from? The word "horse" is written on the flag, is it the army of Xiliang Ma Teng? How did Ma Tengjun come to Hanzhong City? Immediately summoned the military advisor Yan Pu and the generals defending the city in Hanzhong to discuss countermeasures.

When Yan Pu came to the city, he saw that the cavalry under the city formed a goose-shaped formation, the formation was clear, the discipline was strict, and it was obviously a well-trained army. A general under the banner of the word "horse" is heroic, with silver helmet and silver armor, it should be Ma Teng's son Xiliang Jin Ma Chao!

So he called the soldiers over and asked them to shout: "Is the city under the city General Xiliang Ma Chao?" ”

Ma Chao replied under the city: "Ma Chao, a certain Western Liang general, is also!" Why don't you open the gates of the city soon? Let Zhang Lu come to answer! ”

Zhang Lu came to the city and responded: "Ma Chaoxiaoer, your father Ma Teng has no grudge against me, why did he come to attack my Hanzhong City?" ”

"Zhang Lupifu, a certain person who surrendered to Yuan Shu, rebelled against the imperial court, and came to crusade on the orders of the Son of Heaven! Seeing that my Xiliang Tie is riding here, why don't you open the city gate and surrender quickly, but when? ”

"If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, you will leave quickly, if you wait for my army to return, you will kill Del and leave no piece of armor!"

When Yan Pu heard this, he knew that he had fallen for Ma Chao's plan to leave the mountain, but unfortunately the main force in the city had gone to Yangping Pass, and the brave general Yang Ang led 8,000 soldiers to the Sword Pavilion to station in order to prevent Liu Zhang; The remaining sergeants are weak and unable to go out of the city to fight with Ma Chao's army, although there are many people taught by the Heavenly Master, but they have no combat skills, so they can only hold on to the city!

Yan Pu suggested to Zhang Lu: "I don't know where Ma Teng's army is coming, he can come up with this clever plan, attack the east and the west, divert the tiger from the mountain and add a discordant plan, I am afraid that the information of Liu Zhang's army attacking our Sword Pavilion is also from his hand, the purpose is to separate our army from Liu Zhang's army and disperse our army's superior forces!" Now my Hanzhong City is short of major generals, so I can only hold on to the city and wait for Yang Ren and Yang Ang to lead the army back to help! ”

Zhang Lu returned: "What the military advisor said is extremely true, fortunately, my Hanzhong City has thick walls, and I am not afraid of Ma Chao, when I Yang Ren General returns, I will go out of the city and kill Ma Chao without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

Yan Pu replied: "I have heard that Ma Chao is brave and good at fighting, and the lord must not underestimate the enemy!" ”

"Ma Chao's milky boy has not dried up, and when my army returns, I will deal with it!"

So he ordered Hanzhong City to hang up the "No War" card, and let the scouts quickly order Yang Ren and Yang Ang to return to the army to help Hanzhong.