Just when Zhou Yu divided and disintegrated the last force of Great Qin and captured Zhuge Liang and others, Cao Hong was sent by Cao Cao to lead an army of 30,000 to garrison in Qixiang.

Originally, according to Cao Cao's original plan, it was to let Cao Hong and Cao Ren contact each other, and the two armies would fight each other against Ma Chao, and after Cao Cao personally led the army to arrive, they would jointly send troops to capture Tongguan, but Cao Hong did not want to do this.

It turned out that although Cao Hong and Cao Ren were cousins, seeing that Cao Ren had made great achievements over the years and received far more rewards than himself, he was very envious in his heart, and even had a trace of jealousy.

Because many people know that Cao Hong is a miser, although he doesn't care about the merits of the official or anything, he has to pay a lot of attention to money, he sees that among the brothers of this generation, Cao Ren has more rewards than himself, and he is naturally very uncomfortable in his heart, so he secretly compares.

This time, when he saw Cao Ren's defeat, although he was very emotionally upset about Cao Ren, and even wanted to catch Ma Chao and vent a bad breath for his cousin, but he couldn't help but plan to take advantage of Cao Ren's defeat to lead the army to break through Tongguan, make great contributions, and also get Cao Cao's reward.

And another reason is also because he heard that Ma Chao was brave and invincible, so he conceited that his strength was second to none among the Cao brothers, and decided to compete with this person, so Cao Hong did not send anyone to inform Cao Ren, so he immediately led the army to Tongguan City and fought against Ma Chao.

Adjutant General Xu Huang objected to this, and bitterly advised Cao Hong: "The lord originally instructed that as long as the general sticks here, he can wait for the lord to arrive and then launch an attack together. What's more, even if we want to attack, we should inform General Zixiao, and we will lead the army to lure the enemy, and General Zixiao will ambush, so that we can have a chance to win. Besides, the general did not go down to the village to camp, so he went to Tongguan City to fight. The last general is deeply afraid that once we are defeated, we will not even have a place to hold on. So, please also ask the general to think twice. ”

Cao Hong snorted coldly: "Xu Huang, the general's army has not yet set out to fight, you say such frustrating words, disturbing the hearts of our army, it is really hateful, if you don't want to go with me on the expedition, stay here by yourself." But when Ben is victorious, the reward will be gone. ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Hong left Xu Huang to lead 5,000 people to build a camp, and led the army to Tongguan City to fight.

However, it was said that after Ma Chao captured Tongguan, he rested for a few days and was discussing his next step, but suddenly heard a report: "Cao Hong led the army to shout and curse under the city." ”

Ma Chao was furious when he heard the report, so he wanted to go out of the customs to fight against it. But Cheng Gongying smiled and said: "General, please don't be impatient, Cao Hong came bravely." The morale of the subordinates is high, even if we can win, I am afraid that there will be a lot of losses, it is better to ignore the general, and when Cao Hong's morale declines, we will go out of the city to fight. It is expected that Cao Hong will be defeated. ”

Ma Chao nodded when he heard this, then ordered to go down, ignoring Cao Hong's scolding.

However, it was said that Cao Hong was scolding under Tongguan City, and he didn't see the other party respond for two hours in a row, and the army was a little tired. The soldiers all sat lazily on the ground, and the situation was a little chaotic.

But what they didn't expect was that at this moment, they suddenly saw the gate open, and Ma Chao led 10,000 cavalry out of the door, and then immediately launched a fierce attack on his army with lightning speed.

Cao Hong's army heard the sound of horses' hooves, and then realized that in the panic, there was no time to line up, and they were scattered by the powerful cavalry, and many sergeants became unjust spirits under the horses' hooves or spears.

When Cao Hong saw Ma Chao suddenly send troops, he knew that things were going bad, so he immediately got on his horse in a fright and led his own soldiers to escape.

Although the men and horses under his command occupy the advantage of numbers, but because there is no time to meet each other in a hurry, the sergeants under his command are like headless flies, trampling on each other, and there are countless casualties, at this time, even Cao Cao is here to no avail, not to mention that Cao Hong's prestige and prestige are several grades worse than Cao Cao, so naturally he can't resist effectively, and he can escape in a hurry in desperation.

But Ma Chao obviously didn't plan to let him go because he led the army to escape, and still led the cavalry to cover the killing, most of the soldiers under his command were infantry, and the speed was already slow, plus the army was defeated and demoralized, where could there be any effective resistance? Therefore, along the way, the dead and wounded, the sound of miserable screams was endless, and the 25,000 troops died, those who fled, and those who surrendered, and there were less than 3,000 people left.

Cao Hongqi galloped wildly, secretly regretting in his heart that he should not be greedy for merit and risk, and did not listen to Xu Huang's advice, so that he had such a big defeat, and felt that he had no face to see Xu Huang after going back, let alone his cousin Cao Ren and Cao Cao, at the same time, he was also surprised in his heart, because he had always heard that Ma Chao was just a brave horseman, and today he actually knew how to use a plan, which is really incredible.

Just when Cao Hong couldn't regret it, he suddenly heard a drum in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel like ashes, and sighed: "It seems that the sky is dead, but I didn't expect the enemy army to have ambushes here." ”

But at this moment, I suddenly heard Cao Zhen beside me cheering: "It turned out to be my own person, isn't that the banner of General Xu Gongming?" In addition to General Xu, there are also Uncle Zixiao's soldiers and horses, and now we are saved. Hehe, Ma Chao saw that my army was strong and had already retreated, so this time my uncle didn't have to worry. ”

"Huh?" Cao Hong listened to Cao Zhen's words, hurriedly raised his eyes, and found that it was indeed his own horse, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and at the same time, there was a trace of shame on his face, and he said to them: "Brother Zixiao, fame, thanks to you this time, otherwise my life may be difficult to save." ”

Xu Huang bowed and didn't even dare to say anything, but Cao Ren reprimanded with a calm face: "Zilian, you are forty years old, how can you still be so uncalm?" Do you think you can defeat Ma Chao with this little bit of people in your hands? If it was really that simple, would it be such a fiasco for a brother? Brother Meng De still personally led the army to recruit? This time, thanks to the famous general who went to Fenglingdu in time to ask me for help, this was able to come in time, otherwise, I am afraid that the consequences would be unimaginable. Even so, your battle has caused our army to lose nearly 20,000 horses, and seeing that your brother is coming, how can you explain to him? ”

Cao Hong's face was even more ashamed, and he shook his head and sighed: "The junior brother originally thought that he could provoke Ma Chao to lead the army out of the city, and then defeat his main force, and then take the opportunity to take Tongguan. But I didn't expect this Ma Chao to become so cunning, he refused to be fooled by me, but took advantage of the slackness of our army to get out of the city, the younger brother guessed, is this Ma Chao's temperament changed greatly, or is there a capable person in his army? ”

But Cao Ren sighed: "Ma Chao's temperament has not changed. is still as impulsive as before, but now there are more capable people under his command, and even his brother has been calculated, which is why he lost Tongguan, alas, even Ma Chao is so difficult to deal with now, let alone Liu Qihu? ”

"Oh? Who is behind Ma Chao's advice? Even his brother was calculated by him! Although Cao Hong was a little jealous of Cao Ren, he still admired his talent, and now he saw that Cao Ren was not convinced by Ma Chao. Immediately surprised, he asked in a lost voice.

Cao Ren snorted and said slowly: "One of these two people is called Cheng Gongying, who is Han Sui's old department, and later received Han Sui's last order to follow Ma Chao, and the other is called Hao Zhao, who was originally a member of Liu Bei's army. Later, Liu Qi used a divisive tactic to recruit him, and this person was not only brilliant in wisdom. You are good at defense, and in this respect can be compared with Huo Jun, the famous general under Liu Qi, it is this Hao Zhao, with 10,000 people, who made my 40,000 troops sigh helplessly, which gave the later Ma Chao army a chance. Under the attack of him and Ma Chao, my army was defeated. ”

"What? Hao Zhao? Is that the Hao Zhao who used thousands of men and horses in Ji County to block Huang Zhong's 50,000-strong army onslaught? No wonder my brother failed in attacking, characters like this are all freaks that happen once in a century, and they were all met by my brother. It's really bad luck. Cao Hong grinned and said to Cao Ren.

Cao Ren's face changed, and he said with a wry smile: "It turns out that you have heard of this person, it turns out that this person has such a brilliant record, alas, it's a pity that my brother didn't know about it, otherwise, there would be no such defeat." Alas, it is too late to say anything now, so we have to wait for the arrival of the lord, and then discuss the strategy of taking Tongguan. ”

At that moment, everyone joined forces and went to the Fenglingdu military camp to rest.

However, it is said that Cao Cao led the army to return to Luoyang from Yi County, first ordered Guo Jia to be buried, and said to the Son of Heaven: "The military sacrifice wine Guo Jia, since the expedition, there has been a year in ten years." Every time there is a big discussion, the enemy will be changed. The minister's policy is undecided, and the success is done. Pacify the world and seek merit. Unfortunately, his life was short, and his career was not over. Remembering Jiaxun is unforgettable. It can increase the number of households by 800 and the first 1,000 households. "Please call him "Zhenhou", and order Guo Jia's son Guo Yi to inherit his title.

After accepting the wishes of the ministers, he asked the Son of Heaven to be the king of Wei, so he took Cao Hong as the vanguard and ordered him to lead the army to Hongnong to garrison the township, and led an army of 100,000 to Fenglingdu.

Cao Cao was originally going to garrison the township, but found that there was no camp there, so he had no choice but to come to Fenglingdu.

Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others, who heard the news, all respectfully greeted each other out of the camp.

Cao Cao saw that Cao Hong was there, so he asked about the reason why he did not set up a camp in the township, and then he learned that Cao Hong did not follow his own dispatch, and actually returned in a big defeat under the city of Tongguan. ”

Cao Hong's face was ashamed, and he bowed his head and said: "When the subordinate brother saw the defeat of Brother Zixiao, he only thought about avenging this arrow for his brother, but he didn't expect Ma Chao to be so cunning that he didn't even respond to the battle. ”

Cao Cao turned his head to Xu Huang again and said, "Hong is irritable, Xu Huang, you must know something!" ”

Xu Huang hurriedly said: "I am tired of obeying it." Huang persuaded the general that day, the general resolutely did not listen, Huang couldn't, Huang saw the general leaving, did not dare to slack off, had to pull out all the soldiers and horses in the camp, set up ambushes along the way, and personally went to the camp of General Zixiao to see, asking the general to send troops to help, God fortunately saved General Zilian, but at this time General Zilian has been caught in the thief's trick. ”

Cao Cao was furious when he heard this, and ordered Cao Hong to be pulled out and beheaded for public display.

All the generals and officials know that Cao Hong is Cao Cao's brother, how can he really behead? All of them pleaded bitterly.

Cao Cao naturally borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and shouted to Cao Hong: "Since the generals are pleading. You may spare your life, but you will be spared for a capital crime, and you will be spared for a living crime, and you will be beaten with a hundred sticks, but now is the time to use people, and you can pay 100,000 yuan to be exempted from punishment. (To be continued......)