Hearing that Ma Teng was killed and Brazil fell into the hands of the enemy, Ma Chao, who was stationed in Zitong, was furious and wanted to raise the whole country's troops to crusade against Liu Bei, but Pang De advised him not to be rash for the time being, after all, Liu Bei is now occupying most of Yizhou, and the army is in full swing, and it is unwise to attack him head-on at this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Ma Chao, who was carried away by hatred, couldn't listen to it, and said: "My father and two virtuous brothers all died at the hands of Liu Bei, a traitor, if you don't kill them to thank your father's soul, what face will you have to meet your underground father and brother?" ”

Pang De said: "Now that Brazil has fallen into the hands of the enemy, we only have the three counties of Wudu, Hanzhong and Zitong, with less than 20,000 soldiers, and most of them are veterans of Liangzhou, who are good at horse fighting; Today's Yizhou is dangerous, not a moment, it is better to plan slowly! ”

Ma Chao didn't listen, questioned the decisive battle with Liu Bei, and transferred Ma Dai stationed in Hanzhong, leaving less than 1,000 people stationed in Hanzhong, and divided his troops to attack Liu Bei in two ways. Liu Bei had expected that Ma Chao would raise troops to attack him, so he took Huang Zhong as the Brazilian guard, and stationed with Fa Zheng in Brazil to resist Ma Dai's troops; He was in Fuxian County and waited for Ma Chao.

Ma Chao and Pang De led the army to attack Fuxian, Liu Bei obeyed Pang Tong's plan, and ordered his son Liu Feng to follow Ma Zhong to take a small road to Hanzhong. There are many unknown trails in Yizhou Mountain, and if you are not led by locals, you may get lost in them.

Ma Chao brought all his soldiers and horses out, but he didn't know that his rear was about to fall.

This is Ma Chao's second attack on Fuxian, remembering the last battle and escaping death, Ma Chao couldn't help but feel cold sweat, thinking that no matter what tactics they use to provoke this time, he will never chase after him.

But Ma Chao's prediction was wrong, this time Liu Bei not only went out of the city to provoke, but stubbornly held on, which made Ma Chao, who couldn't fight, quite angry.

After besieging Fuxian for nearly half a month, a scout suddenly came to report: "Liu Bei ordered his son Liu Feng to sneak attack Hanzhong, and now he has taken Hanzhong and is marching towards Wudu!" When General Mardai heard that Hanzhong was lost, he didn't dare to fight and fled to Yong! ”

Only then did Ma Chao know that he had fallen for Liu Bei's plan to delay the army, and he was furious and wanted to withdraw to Zitong, but Pang De persuaded: "Now that Liu Bei has almost taken the entire county of Yizhou, we will withdraw to Zitong, which is tantamount to sitting still, it is better to withdraw the army, unite with Cao Cao, and fight again in the future!" ”

Ma Chao finally chose to follow Pang De's strategy, and he also understood that withdrawing to Zitong now was tantamount to waiting for death, so he intended to withdraw his troops to the east. However, his intention to withdraw the army had long been seen through by Liu Bei, and Liu Bei immediately went out of the city to seek battle and pursued the retreating Ma Chao; When the two sides fell into a scuffle, Brazil's Huang Zhong came to help, and Ma Chao fell into a bitter battle.

Fortunately, Pang De desperately rescued him, Ma Chao escaped with the remnants of the defeated generals, and more than 10,000 of his men were from Xiliang, and now they are homeless, Ma Chao abandoned them again, so he had no choice but to surrender.

Ma Chao shuttled through the Shu Road, like a down-and-out beggar, embarrassed; After going through many difficulties and dangers, Ma Chao finally succeeded in meeting with the mediocre Ma Dai half a month later, at this time, he no longer had many soldiers and horses in his hands, only more than 5,000 people in the hands of Ma Dai, which can be described as a heavy loss.

The revenge did not succeed, but let Liu Bei take Yizhou in one go, Ma Chao suddenly felt a nest of fire, and wanted to station Shangyong and fight again in the future.

However, when there are only three princes left, they are Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce, and his small Ma Chaotun is tantamount to waiting for death. So Pang De suggested that Ma Chao temporarily attach himself to Cao Cao's subordinates and find a good opportunity for revenge in the future.

Ma Chao retorted: "Cao Cao is a traitor who usurped the Han Dynasty, and my Ma family is subject to Han's grace, how can I take refuge in the traitor and steal my life?" Moreover, in the first battle of Liangzhou, we and Cao Cao had already broken up, even if Cao Cao took us in, he would inevitably seek an opportunity to kill us in the future to take revenge! ”

What Ma Chao said is not unreasonable, after all, before Ma Teng attacked Yizhou, Cao Cao looked for an opportunity to take Liangzhou, and now the two are on the same footing, and Liu Bei is not far behind.

And Shangyong is sandwiched between the forces of Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and developing here is tantamount to looking for death, but it is not morals to cling to any one...... Is it possible to go to Jiangdong to seek refuge with Sun Ce?

"I have a plan, I don't know if it's feasible," Ma Dai said suddenly, "Now Xun Gang is Cao Cao's subordinate, and he is stationed in Jingzhou, not far from here; It's better for us to cling to Xun Gang......"

Ma Chao immediately retorted: "Xun Gang is Cao Cao's subordinate, what is the difference between us and Cao Cao when we take refuge in him?" ”

Pang De explained: "Meng Qi, this is not the case, Cao Cao appointed Xun Gang as the assassin of Jingzhou, and the governor of Jingzhou has the right to act cheaply, which is almost equivalent to a local magistrate." If Meng Qi takes refuge in this person, as long as he doesn't report to Cao Cao, we will be fine! ”

Hearing Pang De say this, Ma Chao felt that there seemed to be some truth, thinking that Shangyong was originally the land of Jingzhou, and now they seemed to have only one way to go.

So Ma Chao took Pang De as an envoy and went to Xiangyang to meet Xun Gang, and he led the remnants down from the Han River to Xiangyang.

Pang De came all the way to Xiangyang to ask to see Xun Gang, and successfully got Xun Gang's reception; Xun Gang heard of Pang De's reputation, so he took it as a guest and set up a banquet to entertain him, Pang De was overjoyed, and after explaining his intentions, Xun Gang said: "Meng Qi is a hero in the world, and Ma Shoucheng's death is a pity. ”

Pang De retreated gratefully, and wanted to go back to report to Ma Chao, but Xun Gang suddenly stopped him and said: "Ling Ming, I will give you another 500 grains, Meng Qi is defeated after all, I am afraid that there will be no food and grass, and the soldiers will be in chaos." ”

When has Pound ever seen someone who thinks so well? Immediately thanked him and slowly retreated.

After Pang De left, Xu Shu, who was hiding behind the curtain, slowly walked out, and Xun Gang asked: "Yuan Zhi, Ma Chao is defeated this time, is he suspected of taking the lead?" ”

Xu Shu said with a smile: "Congratulations to the lord, you have a good general." ”

Does this sentence mean that there is no more? But Xun Gang was puzzled, thinking that he Ma Chao was a prince after all, how could he be willing to take refuge in himself? Isn't there a lot of stuff in this? He treated each other with sincerity before, which made Pang De feel relieved, but this Ma Chao was really coming, and Xun Gang was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, Ma Chao knows that if he is against the guest, it will be difficult for him to defend Jingzhou by his own strength, which is the reason why he abandoned Shangyong to vote. If Ma Chao is in Jingzhou, won't he be a fish to be slaughtered? He didn't dare to take refuge in Cao Cao, and he didn't want to take refuge in Liu Bei, and he took refuge in the lord, which was his only choice! ”

After Xun Gang listened to Xu Shu's words, he was relieved a lot.

"But ......" Xu Shu's words suddenly changed, "Ma Chao is brave after all, I don't know how the lord wants to settle it?" ”

"I want to show him as Yizhou Mu, General Zhenxi, what do you think?"

"No, no! Cao Cao must not know about this matter, otherwise the lord will be suspected! Besides, Ma Chao is not like a weak lord, if he is the Yizhou pastor, he will definitely not listen to orders in the future, which will be harmful to the lord! ”

"How about making him a miscellaneous general?"

"I'm not convinced!"

"I can't help but be unconvinced," Xun Gang suddenly smiled, "Didn't that Gan Ning, who was under Huang Zu before, also surrender?" I see him as extraordinary, but now he is just a school captain, let him fight with Ma Chao, I am not afraid that he will not be convinced! ”

"That's a good thing!"