Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan sent Liu Bei two months of grain and grass in the name of Sun Quan for Liu Bei to attack Hanzhong

Although the loss of ++++++++++++++++++ Dingjun Mountain was expected by Cao Cao, the death of Xiahou Yuan brought a big accident to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao wept bitterly and ordered someone to find Xiahou Yuan's body overnight, no matter what, Xiahou Yuan was his cousin, and he had the right and obligation to find his cousin's body back for burial

In the battle of Dingjun Mountain, Xiahou Yuan was killed in battle, Liu Bei thought that Cao Jun would fall into chaos after losing his general, but after discussing with Guo Huai, the overseer Du Xun and Guo Huai unanimously elected Zhang Jaw as the commander, and quickly reported the results of everyone's election to Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao received the report, he immediately opened his jaw, which can be regarded as acknowledging the results of Du Xi and Guo Huai's nomination.

After Zhang Jaw commanded the army, he immediately launched a rapid reorganization of the army. At the same time, Liu Bei promoted Huang Zhong to the general of the expedition to the west, and took the opportunity to attack Zhang Jaw again.

In the face of Liu Bei's tens of thousands of troops, Zhang Jaw not only did not panic, but set up camp in an orderly manner.

Liu Bei couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that Zhang Jaw did not flee and confronted him, and after careful consideration, Liu Bei ordered to stop crossing the river, and in this way, the two sides fell into a stalemate again.

At this time, Zhang Jaw received a letter with the words "Commander-in-Chief Receiving" written on the envelope, and a clear date, but the date was half a month ago.

Zhang Jaw took the letter from the messenger, looked suspicious, and asked, "May I ask who is the master of your family?" ”

The person who delivered the letter said: "Back to the general, the small one is the descendant of the Ma family compound in Yecheng!" ”

"Yecheng? The Ma family compound? Zhang Jaw stood up and exclaimed, "Lord Immortal? ”

The messenger nodded: "Yes general!" ”

Zhang Jaw asked again: "When Lord Shangxian gave you this letter, did you tell sù who you handed it to?" ”

The messenger shook his head: "Replying to the general's words, the small one is just sending the letter, as for who to send the master, I didn't say, but the master once said that whoever received this letter was whoever." ”

"What?" Zhang Jaw's eyes widened, "But what did Lord Shangxian say?" ”

"Yes General! The little one didn't dare to deceive the general in the slightest. ”

Zhang Jaw nodded, waved his hand at the messenger, signaled him to retreat, and then Zhang Jaw flipped the letter over, looked at the "commander received" on the envelope, and said helplessly: "This letter should be for General Xiahou, but General Xiahou he~~"

Zhang Jaw hesitated, but the letter was in his own hands, and he was very curious about what was written in it, and now Zhang Jaw's heart was like eating twenty-five rats - a hundred claws scratching his heart.

Beside Zhang Jaw, Guo Huai couldn't help it: "General, why don't you take it apart and take a look~"

He opened his jaw and nodded, shaking his hand and tearing open the envelope.

Pulling the letter from the envelope, he swallowed hard, and then carefully unfolded the letter little by little.

"This" Zhang Jaw only read it once, and was stunned by what it said.

"General, what's wrong?" Guo Huai couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw that his eyes were wide and his mouth was open.

Zhang Jaw smiled bitterly, shook his head and handed the letter to Guo Huai.

Guo Huai took the letter and read it again, so that he was not as surprised as Zhang Jaw, but the content of the letter was too accurate, right? And at the beginning of the letter, it turned out to be a good word (the word with a jaw).

Guo Huai had never seen Ma Xiaoquan, and he was not familiar with Ma Xiaoquan, although he was surprised in his heart, but he was not as stunned as Zhang Jaw.

"General? The general shouted several times in a row, but he didn't see a reaction from his jaw, Guo Huai had an idea, and shouted: "Liu Bei is calling~"

This time, Zhang Jaw's reaction was very fast: "It's coming, pass on my order" Zhang Jaw was halfway through his words, and suddenly saw Guo Huai laughing, and then he knew that Guo Huai had told a lie.

Zhang Jaw understood Guo Huai's intentions, and said with a wry smile: "Hey~~ You don't know, Lord Shangxian expects every time that the time of this letter is half a month ago, that is to say, as early as half a month ago, Lord Shangxian has already expected the results of Dingjun Mountain."

Guo Huai asked puzzledly: "General, since this Shangxian Lord has long expected the results of the battle on Dingjun Mountain, why didn't he tell us earlier?" ”

Zhang Jaw shook his head: "It will take at least ten days to send a letter from Yecheng here, this has to be a period of war, the current war is tight, and it is already very good to be able to reach it in half a month General Xiahou is dead, we have grieved and grieved, and we are angry and angry, just like Lord Shangxian said in this letter, we can't give up and"

Guo Huai answered: "And do what you say in the letter of Lord Shangxian?" Right, General? ”

Zhang Jaw nodded: "I believe in Lord Shangxian!" ”

The coach said that he believed it, even if Guo Huai had any doubts, he had no right to refute it.

Seeing that Guo Huai didn't speak, he nodded with his jaw and patted Guo Huai's shoulder: "When this war is over, I will introduce you to Lord Shangxian." ”

In February of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219 AD), Cao Cao returned to Chang'an from Hanzhong to garrison, and at the same time, Cao Cao finally ushered in good news.

Cao Ren successfully suppressed Hou Yin, and the Wancheng area was restored to peace.

Cao Cao immediately left Chang'an and rushed to the front.

Now when I go to the front line, even if Ma Xiaoquan comes, it will be impossible to reverse the decline.

All the throat arteries in Hanzhong were firmly controlled by Liu Bei at this time, and even if Cao Cao was possessed by Ma Xiaoquan, it was impossible for him to beat Liu Bei again

Liu Bei learned that Cao Cao personally led his troops to fight, changed the strong attack to a frontal defense, and did not fight against Cao Cao, and at the same time, he also privately sent Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun and other generals to constantly harass Cao Cao's supply line.

Cao Cao was annoyed by Liu Bei's strange and positive style of play, but there was nothing he could do to contain it, and in early March, Cao Cao couldn't help but storm Liu Bei, and the two armies met in Hanzhong.

Playing against Cao Cao was Zhao Yun, the general of the Shu army.

As early as Changban Slope, Cao Cao admired Zhao Yun very much, and when they met at this time, it was inevitable to say a few words of greeting.

Zhao Yun was also polite, but the camps were different, and even if Cao Cao gave birth to a lotus, Zhao Yun was unmoved.

Without speculating for more than half a sentence, the two armies immediately began to fight.

Zhao Yun didn't have many soldiers and horses, so he adopted a roundabout tactic, not confronting Cao Cao head-on, and beating gongs and drums not far away to confuse the enemy.

The drumbeat of the Shu army is very distinctive, sometimes tight and sometimes loose, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, as if Liu Bei's main force was stationed not far away.

It was also at this time that a strong wind blew, as the so-called wind and clouds surged, the grass and trees were all soldiers, although Cao Cao used soldiers to deceive, but he was old, and his reaction was not as good as before.

Cao Cao's sluggishness, Cao Jun's rhythm immediately slowed down, coupled with Zhao Yun's aggressiveness, Cao Jun's soldiers began to be uncontrollable, at this time the Shu army suddenly accelerated the rhythm of the drum, Cao Jun heard the sound, shocked, panicked and scattered.