In the first spring of the second year of Emperor Xingping of the Han Dynasty (195 AD), Cao Cao, who had suffered for several months, went to the court and asked the court to recognize himself as Yanzhou Mu.

Although Cao Cao "led" Yanzhou Mu before this, after some tossing by Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others, he now has only 3 county seats, and the court naturally ignores it.

Cao Cao's behavior caused all the princes to hide their faces and laugh, and the happiest one was Lu Bu. After all, Lu Bu now has the villain to seize Cao Cao's Yanzhou, so he naturally has enough reasons to beat the water dog again.

However, Cao Cao's move was actually just a strategy arranged by Cheng Yu to "show the enemy to be weak".

Cheng Yu said that because Lu Bu has Chen Gong by his side, and Chen Gong happens to know the strategies of the lord and Xun Yu, so if you want to deal with Lu Bu, you must first deal with Chen Gong, and the best way to make Chen Gong underestimate the enemy is to despise the lord in your heart first.

Chen Gong really knows Cao Cao and Xun Yu very well, but Chen Gong really doesn't know much about Cheng Yu.

Therefore, as soon as Cao Cao's strategy of "showing the enemy weak" was implemented, Chen Gong, who had always been very strict, couldn't help laughing.

Shanyang (place name, the following explains why Lü Bu is in Shanyang and not in Puyang), Chen Gong and Lü Bu, the two of them are drinking happily at the moment.

"Hahaha"

Chen Gong raised a glass of wine and said: "Lord, then Cao Cao seems to be tired of soldiers and lack of materials, thinking about it, he has begun to beg the court, but he Cao Cao should know very well that the current court, where can he take care of him, haha"

Lu Bu laughed, nodded and said: "Yes, Gongtai, you know more about Cao Cao than me, if he is calling, I hope Gongtai will give me more advice." ”

Chen Gong arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, my lord, if Cao Cao dares to come again, he will not return." ”

Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard this, raised a glass of wine, and said refreshingly: "Come, Gongtai, drink!" ”

Chen Gong raised his glass: "Lord, please!" ”

Cao Cao's side, he was already holding back his anger, and when he heard that Liu Bei had accepted Xuzhou and received the title of Xuzhou Mu, Cao Cao, who had been patient for a long time, finally scolded his mother angrily.

"I~~he~damn~~leg~" Cao Cao kicked the table in front of him angrily.

Cao Cao shouted: "Cheng Yu asked me to go to the court, isn't that self-inflicted, come on, pass it on to me"

Before Cao Cao finished speaking, he heard someone outside the tent shouting: "Lord Shangxian! ”

"Huh?" When Cao Cao heard that it was an immortal, he was overjoyed, and ran out of the tent without wearing shoes.

ran out of the tent, sure enough, it was still the purple hair on that end, still so young, still so light and light, who could this not be an immortal?

Cao Cao burst into tears for a while, and his excitement was already beyond words.

Not far away, Ma Xiaoquan nodded gently to Cao Cao, who was crying with snot and tears, and then pushed aside the crowd and slowly walked towards Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was very excited at this time.

He can't help but be excited, every time he is in trouble, Lord Shangxian miraculously appears in front of him, saying that he will not participate in the disputes of the world, but every time Lord Shangxian secretly helps him, can Cao Cao not be excited?

"Poof", Ma Xiaoquan had not yet walked up to Cao Cao, Cao Cao had already knelt down respectfully in advance and waited for Ma Xiaoquan to step forward.

When Ma Xiaoquan walked to a distance less than three steps away from Cao Cao, Cao Cao said loudly: "(CAO)~ Greetings to Lord Shangxian!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan was taken aback by Cao Cao's posture, although he learned from historical information that Cao Cao would soon turn over, but now he hasn't turned over yet, so he might as well secretly help Cao Cao and let him go on according to history, wouldn't it be beautiful? In this way, it is not considered to destroy history

"Hehe~" Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan couldn't help laughing.

Cao Cao thought that Lord Shangxian had thought of something, so he hurriedly kowtowed three times, and said respectfully: "Please Lord Shangxian must help me."

Ma Xiaoquan smiled, stepped forward and pulled Cao Cao up, comforted him: "Xiao Cao, don't panic, this immortal is here this time, just to help you, of course, as for why I help you, the heavenly opportunity must not be revealed."

Ma Xiaoquan said vaguely, but Cao Cao thought he heard it clearly.

Cao Cao was overjoyed in his heart, but on the surface he looked bitter, Cao Cao said: "I don't know how the Immortal Lord can help him?" ”

When Ma Xiaoquan heard this, he was stunned.

It's true, I promised to help Cao Cao, how can I help, this cold weapon war, I am a layman at all, and the bamboo slip that Master Huang Shigong gave himself before leaving is not like the one given to Zhang Liang at the beginning.

Ma Xiaoquan hurriedly and secretly operated the data device in his body, and after a short period of review, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly realized and asked Cao Cao: "Xiao Cao, what do you think, how is this place in Shanyang?" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he didn't know what Lord Shangxian meant, but Cao Cao was smart, so he quickly pulled out the map and studied it on the spot.

After some research, Cao Cao slapped his head violently and laughed: "Lord Shangxian is really a god!" Lord Immortal is really a god! ”

In the data device, Ma Xiaoquan also saw that he was half-understood, but in order not to show his stuffing, Ma Xiaoquan had to pretend to be in control, and nodded inscrutablely.

Cao Cao saw that Lord Shangxian nodded, thinking that he was asking him to talk about it, so he got carried away and pulled the map in front of Ma Xiaoquan's eyes, and said, "Lord Shangxian, please take a look." ”

It turned out that since the melee in Puyang City, Lu Bu was also injured, and after several large and small battles, the whole territory of Puyang was also injured and weakened, and Lu Bu was also short of food, so he obeyed the construction of Chen Gong and transferred the main force and all the materials to Shanyang.

Ma Xiaoquan asked Cao Cao: "Xiao Cao, what are you going to do?" ”

Cao Cao replied without thinking: "Of course it's a sneak attack on Shanyang." ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly, did not say anything, he casually took out a five-bead coin from his sleeve pocket, and then played with it a few times, "inadvertently", the five-baht coin slipped from his fingers, and the place where it slipped happened to be the Dingtao not far from Shanyang on the map.

Cao Cao's eyes were quick, and he was also bent on patting the fairy lord's ass, but he couldn't wait for the fairy lord to make a move, he couldn't wait to pick up the five baht money.

But just this one, Cao Cao was stunned.

Ma Xiaoquan was stunned when he saw Cao Cao, straightened up with a smile, and patted Cao Cao's shoulder: "Xiao Cao, I'll lend you this five-baht coin, don't forget, if you have it in the future, you have to pay me back!" ”

After Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, without waiting for Cao Cao to react, he led his four subordinates and apprentice Mao Gang to leave.

Cao Cao posed for a long time, and it wasn't until someone reminded him that he didn't react.

At this time, Lord Shangxian had already gone away, and Cao Cao realized at this time that he had actually pinched off the five-baht coin.

Cao Cao carefully stuffed the broken five-baht wallet into his arms, and then immediately repaired two letters and asked the horse to send it to Xun Yu Chengyu.

"Pass my order, get ready, and attack Dingtao!"

Cao Cao's march speed was surprisingly fast, although the current Cao army was less than 10,000 people, but the people who remained were elites and loyal people, and secondly, because of Cao Cao's encouragement policy.

Cao Cao said that as long as he won the battle against Lu Bu, he would not only reward him with money when he went back, but also give him a contract to find his daughter-in-law.

As soon as the soldiers heard it, I damn it, let's not talk about this prize money, and we will find a daughter-in-law, this business is real, okay, let's do it, kill that Lu Bu

When Cao Cao led his troops to the border of Dingtao, Ma Xiaoquan, who had come early, immediately stepped forward to greet him with a smile.

Ma Xiaoquan laughed and said: "Xiao Cao, the speed is quite fast, well, the son can be taught!" ”

Cao Cao's face turned red, he dismounted and bowed respectfully to Ma Xiaoquan, and said respectfully: ", thank you Lord Shangxian for mentioning something!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan pretended to be indifferent and said, "Did I mention you?" Xiao Cao, this is what you came up with."

When Cao Cao heard this, he was very happy.

Cao Cao said in his heart: This dog's demon way, I helped me live or die and didn't admit it, just that, if Cao Cao really shouldn't die, wait for me to sit on Yanzhou Mu, your five baht money, I will pay you 10,000 times, oh no, 100,000 times

Cao's troops stayed at the Dingtao border for half a day, and after half a day, Cheng Yu came quickly.

As soon as he saw the lord and the immortal, Cheng Yu first greeted each other respectfully, then cut to the chase and gave advice to Cao Cao: "Lord, then Lu Bu is good at fighting in front of the battle, and the cavalry is really good, if we rush into Dingtao, wouldn't it be asking for hardship?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Zhongde don't panic, then Lu Bu is in Shanyang at the moment, but it's not too far from Dingtao." ”

Cheng Yu is a person, as soon as he heard this, he thought for a while, and immediately patted his head and said, "Lord, do you want to?"

Cao Cao smiled: "I know that Chen Gongtai is powerful, okay, then this time I will give him a virtual gift"

Cheng Yu nodded happily when he heard this. Looking at the high-spirited lord Cao Cao, Cheng Yu was happy from the bottom of his heart.

"It seems that I, Cheng Yu, didn't follow the wrong lord~"

In Shanyang, Lü Bu soon learned the information that Cao Cao had attacked Dingtao.

Lu Bu found Chen Gong, and after the two argued, they finally decided that Lu Bu would personally lead the troops to Dingtao to rescue, and as for Shanyang, it would be guarded by Chen Gong.

Lu Bu's army was divided into three routes, and his subordinates Zhang Liao and Gao Shun each led an army to outflank the two flanks of Cao's army, while Lu Bu personally led the main force to Cao Cao's back.

A big war is imminent.

Cao Jun's camp, watching Cao Cao busy running forward and running behind the command of the soldiers, Ma Xiaoquan was not easy to disturb, so he could only lead his four subordinates and apprentice Mao Gang to quietly observe the battle situation not far away.

The number of defenders of Dingtao is far worse than the less than 10,000 Qingzhou troops left by Cao Cao, and within 2 hours, Dingtao is already in danger.

Cao Ren obeyed Cao Cao's orders and led the vanguard army to smash Tao's gateway Juyang, because Cao Ren was brave and decisive, coupled with his headquarters of 5,000 cavalry each brave and good at fighting, the defenders of Juyang under Cao Ren's repeated impact, has gradually become unable to cope with the decline.

However, at the moment when Juyang was about to be breached, Cao Ren suddenly gave an order - to withdraw the army.