Li Shengjun's preparations for the Xichuan raid began in July of the 15th year of Jian'an and lasted until September of the 16th year of Jian'an. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 During this period, Liu Zhang's envoys Fa Zheng, Zhang Ren, and Li Yan arrived, and Li Sheng gave them a good reception one by one. Because Zhang Ren was the senior brother of Zhao Yunzhi, a general under Li Sheng, Li Sheng asked Zhao Yun to give up his identity as the Jiangling Taishou and return to Changsha to accompany the reception, and as for the Jiangling Taishou after Zhao Yun, Li Sheng handed it over to Wei Yan. Regarding the sequence of the conquest of Shu, Li Sheng had already discussed with Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang, with Pang Tong as the military division of the army, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong as the generals who marched into Xichuan, and Ma Liang as the secretary of the army, with three battalions of the mountain battalion, four battalions of the infantry integrated battalion, and three battalions of the mixed infantry battalion, with a total of 40,000 horses. As for the remaining generals and staff, they stayed in Jingnan under the coordination of Zhuge Liang to prepare for possible changes. The period of preparation for war was undoubtedly a period of peace. During this period, in addition to a series of intense and busy preparations for war, Li Sheng and his generals paid attention to the series of changes that occurred in northern China from the first month of the sixteenth year of Jian'an. In January of the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Liangzhou Mu Ma Teng was transferred to Xuchang and was officially named Captain. In March, Cao Cao killed Ma Teng, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu, and Huang Kui's family in Xuchang. It is rumored that Ma Teng conspired with Huang Kui to plot against Cao Cao after entering Xuchang, but was defeated by Huang Kui's wife and brother. This may be true, because as early as more than ten years ago, Ma Teng had a precedent of undertaking the edict with Liu Bei and Dong Cheng to jointly crusade against Cao Cao. Ma Teng is dead, and Ma Teng's eldest son naturally has to avenge his father. After receiving the bad news of the death of his father and brother, Ma Chao, who was extremely brave, sent troops to attack Cao Cao. He and his father's brother-in-law Han Sui gathered eight troops from the Xiliang side, led 200,000 iron horses, attacked Chencang, broke martial arts, occupied Fufeng, and approached Jingzhao County in Yongzhou in less than a month and a half, forcing Chang'an Taishou Zhong Xuan to ask Cao Cao for help again and again. Faced with the large-scale approach of the Western Liang army, Cao Cao had to put aside the Huainan strategy that had been prepared, and lead his troops west to rescue Chang'an. On the one hand, he led the army to advance quickly, and ordered Cao Hong to rush to Tongguan to defend first, and on the other hand, he asked Chang'an Taishou Zhong Xuan to find a way to delay the offensive of the Ma and Han coalition forces. Zhong Xuan is a literati, it is okay to let him come up with a plan, but it is not okay to let him fight on the battlefield in person. He overestimated the combat strength of his Chang'an garrison and ignored the terrible charge of the Xiliang cavalry. When Ma Dai, the vanguard of the Ma-Han coalition army, led 15,000 troops to Chang'an, the important thing was not to choose to defend to the death, but to go out of the city to face the battle. He led 50,000 infantry out of the city against Ma Dai's 10,000 cavalry. The fight began, but the end was already doomed the moment Zhong Xuan ordered to go out of the city to fight. On the plain below the city, a lone infantry meets a cavalry with a tall horse, but the final result is unknown to anyone. Ma Dai was just a charge, and Zhong Xuan's infantry army was torn apart. And Ma Chao, who was twenty miles behind Ma Dai, heard the news of the battle under Chang'an City, and even began to march rapidly at the beginning of the battle. He led a large group of men and horses to gallop, but he rushed to the battlefield at the moment when Zhong Xuan was about to retreat to the city. The roaring cavalry quickly penetrated into Zhong Xuan's rout, and before Zhong Xuan had time to close the gate of Chang'an City, he went from Chang'an City. Zhong Miao had no choice but to lead the remnants of the army to the east gate and retreat to Tongguan. And Ma Chao and Han Sui's teams also followed Zhong Xuan's retreat, and then approached under Tongguan. The situation is extremely dangerous for Cao Cao, if even Tongguan is lost, then Yongzhou will no longer be owned by Cao Cao, and Ma Chao and others will also repeat the state of Qin during the Warring States period in the past, and they can sit in Guanzhong and look at the world coldly. Now the key is in Tongguan - almost everyone with some brains understands this. Cao Cao is even more aware of this, although he also hates Zhong Xuan a little, how did he lose Chang'an so quickly, but he finally understood that it was not Zhong Xuan's intention, and the biggest responsibility for the loss of Chang'an was still on his own side: If he hadn't transferred Xiahou Yuan, who was guarding Chang'an, to Xuchang at the beginning of the year to prepare for the Battle of Huainan, how could there be a situation where a white-faced scholar like Zhong Xuan would be allowed to lead the army. "Alas, don't talk about all the nonsense, the key at the moment is still in Tongguan." Cao Cao sighed, and urgently ordered Cao Ren and Cao Hong, who had set off from Wuyang, to speed up their march and rush to Tongguan as soon as possible. This time, Cao Cao almost exhausted all the generals and troops on the Eastern Front, and he gathered the 300,000 troops that had been reorganized in the past two years and pressed towards Tongguan with great momentum. Obviously, he wanted to completely wipe out Ma Chao, Han Sui and others in this battle. Cao Cao pressed his soldiers and horses towards Tongguan. If at this time, Lord Liu Bei and Lord Sun Quan can cooperate and attack northward, Cao Cao is afraid that it will be uncomfortable. His defense line was too long and too long, and after the rise of Xiyang and the fall of Xiangyang and Runan, his border with Liu Bei and Sun Quan could be said to be completely unfavorable for defense. If Liu Bei sent troops to Xuchang and Sun Quan sent troops to Xuzhou, then Cao Cao would fall into the dilemma of being attacked on three sides and being irresistible. Zhang Ren looked at the information that Li Sheng handed over to him and said with a smile. Although he was dressed as a civil servant, he had a natural interest in military affairs. In fact, as Zhao Yunzhi's senior brother, he is actually an authentic martial artist, but in Yizhou, although he has a reputation for martial arts, he is regarded by his own lord as a scholar who knows some martial arts. Since he is a scholar, Liu Zhang will tell them about these important military and political affairs, but he will definitely not directly hand over the information at hand to Li Sheng like this. What Li Sheng wanted to pursue in him, he Zhang Ren didn't know, but he pretended to be deaf and dumb, and made it look like he didn't understand anything. While enjoying Li Sheng's trust in him, he devoted himself to commenting on all major events in the world except Xichuan, but on the other hand, he treated Li Sheng's wooing indifferently, and reminded himself in his heart not to live up to the trust of his lord Liu Zhang. He knew that Li Sheng actually had bad intentions towards Yizhou, and in the mission he was in, only he was still holding the last position, and others such as Fa Zheng and Li Yan had already taken refuge in Li Sheng. "It's a nuisance." Zhang Ren frowned. He once thought about reporting to his lord, but although Li Sheng trusted him "incomparably", he always sent a few people by his side, making him very closely watched. In addition, his junior brother Zhao Yun was accompanied by him, so he didn't come up with any way to get out and return to Yizhou and report the news to the lord, as long as he got by like this. Of course, he is still the same as before, enjoying the pleasure of appreciating the world's major events according to the information given to him by Li Sheng. "It's not that simple. The corruption of his own strategic situation, do you think that Cao Cao, a smart person, can't see it? Li Sheng shook his head slightly, and then handed Zhang Ren another piece of information: "Look at these two pieces of news." Since the information that Zhang Ren used to evaluate the world was given to him by Li Sheng, Li Sheng would naturally listen to his comments by his side. This is a very normal thing, who makes Li Sheng the most idle person at the moment. (Of course, Zhao Yun is also very idle, but his Zhao Yun's idleness was forced out by Li Sheng.) Li Sheng sent Zhou Rui to him as a deputy general, and asked Zhao Yun to hand over all the affairs of the army to Zhou Rui, and gave him such a task to follow his senior brother as much as possible anytime and anywhere. "Huh? After Cao Cao surpassed his troops, he sent a full favor as an envoy to visit Eastern Wu again? After Man Zhong and his party entered Eastern Wu, one of them quietly left the envoy's team and went to Wu County? What's going on? Zhang Ren was surprised, he didn't understand what the two pieces of news that Li Sheng handed over to him me, "This doesn't seem to have anything to do with the deterioration of the situation around Cao Cao." Could it be that he sent an envoy over to make friends with Sun Quan? It's unlikely, they were still fighting each other two years ago. "Zhang Ren can't believe this, in his opinion, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei are mortal enemies like their own lords and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and there is no room for maneuver and reconciliation in the middle." Why is it impossible? Li Sheng questioned Zhang Ren, and without waiting for him to answer, he said: "For these forces, 'there are no absolute friends or absolute enemies in the world, as long as there are enough interests, they can do anything'." Cao Cao sent Man Chong to find Sun Quan, first, in order to understand with Sun Quan and appease Sun Quan and prevent him from attacking Xuzhou from the south, and second, to persuade Sun Quan and Liu Bei to fight for Huainan. In Sun Quan's view, although Huainan was a city that Liu Bei had conquered with his own soldiers and horses, it was a place where Sun Quan's army picked up a cheap place after dragging the main force of Cao Cao's army. They thought that Huainan could only belong to the Sun family, so Sun Quan's side was angry with Huainan. Cao Cao knew Sun Quan's ambitions for Huainan, so he planned to persuade Sun Quan to contain Liu Bei while not attacking him. "The first message, can have such an explanation. And what about the second message? Zhang Ren first frowned when he heard Li Sheng's words, and felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it, it seemed to be the case, so he didn't say anything about it, and turned to ask about others. The second question is also very simple. In fact, the man who quietly departed from the favored ranks was actually a messenger for another side. That's a way to make Sun Quan big if it's luck. Li Sheng smiled and said: "As far as Cao Cao is concerned, there is no problem in convincing Sun Quan, but it is also necessary to prevent accidents." Therefore, he decided to ambush a chess piece against Sun Quan in Sun Quan's territory, and this chess piece was the Shanyue people. The sparse population of Eastern Wu was a headache for Sun Quan, so he often had actions to conquer Shanyue and plunder the people of Shanyue as slaves. This made the Shanyue people very dissatisfied with Sun Quan. The man who left the favored party went to Wu County to meet the local Shanyuetou people and persuade them to cause trouble behind Sun Quan's back. For Cao Cao, he was not afraid that Sun Quan or Liu Bei would attack his rear alone, but that the two sides would cooperate at the same time. So he planned this series of events to prevent Sun Quan and Liu Bei from cooperating with each other - Cao Cao couldn't convince Liu Bei not to attack him, so he mainly targeted Sun Quan. Once Sun Quan was unable to send troops, then it would be easy for Xun You, Xun Yu, Xiahoudun and others who remained in Xuchang to defend Liu Bei, and they could not only rely on the 100,000 defenders of Xuchang, but also on reinforcements from Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Although Liu Bei's men and horses are strong, there is still a certain gap compared with Cao Cao's soldiers and horses. Li Sheng explained eloquently. This is a very reasonable explanation, and it is because Zhang Ren nodded frequently after listening. Of course, he didn't just hear it, but learned a lot from it, and found that there was another unusual place hidden in these words: "The news that Cao Cao's envoy secretly went to see the Shanyue people should be very hidden, why ......" Zhang Ren hesitated slightly, feeling that it seemed a little wrong for him to ask like this, but he still wanted to know why, so after a slight pause, he still asked: "Why do you know so much about the news of Shanyue?" "Hehe, it's easy!" Li Sheng laughed: "The Shanyue family in the world is a family, and one of my ladies is the daughter of the Shanyue header." The Shanyue people enjoy the same status as the ordinary Han people in my territory, so the Shanyue people are friendly to me. To such news, as long as Cao Cao did send an envoy to Shanyue, then Shanyue would naturally pass the news over. "I see." Zhang Ren nodded understandingly: "This is the benefit of benevolence." "Jen?" The corners of Li Sheng's mouth curled slightly: "From an outsider's point of view, this is benevolence, but as far as my original thoughts are concerned, it has nothing to do with benevolence?" I just think that because these Shanyue people live in my land, then I must treat them as if they were my people. This is not a benevolence, but a responsibility. As a parent, you have the responsibility to benefit the people of the party and make their lives better, and that's it. In fact, it is also very beneficial for me to do this, not to despise them, I just need to do this: the people of Shanyue will automatically come to me, fight for me, contribute to the development of my territory, provide me with a lot of manpower, and let me reduce the corresponding counterinsurgency expenditure. This is really a wonderful thing, but most people in the world are holding on to their vested interests. They don't even think that sometimes they just let it go like this, but they actually gain more than they lose. "This ......" Zhang Ren was speechless, and in the face of Li Sheng's exclamation, he didn't know how to answer. He couldn't say that Li Sheng made a mistake by doing this, but in his heart, he also seemed to think that the Shanyue barbarians, who were similar to savages, were not worthy of achieving a comparable status with a Han like himself. "Han people are Han people, and they should stand on top of other peoples. Otherwise, how could Confucius have the great defense of Huayi. He thought so, but felt that something was wrong: "Why did we insist on Huayi's great defense, and we encountered more troubles?" He couldn't understand that. Things still don't change by the will of outsiders. The real situation is as Li Sheng said, Liu Bei, who originally tried to take advantage of Cao Cao's battle in Tongguan and prepared to attack Xuchang, had to turn to Zhou Yu to discuss reconciliation methods according to the idea of attacking because Zhou Yu inexplicably increased the strength of the Lujiang army and had a series of conflicts with the defenders in Chengde. Zhou Yu tried to make Liu Bei give in on the negotiations, and insisted on getting Liu Bei to give up Huainan. For a time, the negotiations between the two sides reached an impasse. Cao Cao's army was able to successfully complete the strategic adjustment: Cao Cao's own army rushed to Tongguan, and the defense troops led by Xiahoudun also successfully deployed in Wuyang, Sixian, and Linying, locking Liu Bei's men and horses in the west of the three counties, roaring to themselves. In March of the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's army arrived at Tongguan, and the decisive battle with Ma Chao began. Although Cao Cao was extremely eager when he had not yet arrived at Tongguan, he seemed to wish that everyone under his command had a pair of wings to fly to Tongguan in an instant, and when Cao Cao arrived at Tongguan, he became leisurely again. Except for ordering to guard the city, he didn't make any moves, and he didn't pay any attention to Ma Chaojun's scolding outside Tongguan City. The coalition forces in Liangzhou, namely Ma Chao, Han Sui, and the troops who were nominally under Han Sui's command, did not decide to fight Cao Cao at once. Although it was originally said that Han Sui gathered the men and horses of the so-called "Eight Divisions" to declare war on Cao Cao, after these Eight Divisions nominally declared war on Cao Cao, there were still many people who hesitated and did not send troops. They were also afraid of Cao Cao's power, and clearly knew that they could not compete with Cao Cao with the strength of their own family and army. It wasn't until Ma Chao, as the vanguard of Xiliang's anti-Cao urgency, conquered Fufeng and Jingzhao counties one after another, and Han Sui's army had also arrived in Chang'an, joined forces with Ma Chao, and had the possibility of winning a battle with Cao Cao, that those subordinates who were nominally Han Sui, but were actually independent, began to move. They were far from the battlefield in Tongguan, and their walking speed was also different, and the time they naturally arrived in Chang'an was also different. At this moment, Ma Chao has set Chang'an as his rear supply base. He took Chang'an as a base and sent troops to Tongguan. The arrival of Liangzhou's troops one after another strengthened the pressure on Cao Cao at Tongguan. But Cao Cao didn't seem to be sad about this, on the contrary, "Every time the generals in Guanzhong arrive, they are happy." Although their level is not very high, and they don't know too much about some secret news, as long as the news is really circulating in the military camp and has a certain degree of credibility, they will send it back to Changsha, which includes such a situation. When he received this news, Li Shengzheng and Zhang Ren, Zhuge Liang and others visited and inspected the military appearance of the army entering Shu. Seeing that Li Shengjun's entry into Shu was already an inevitable fact, Zhang Ren and the others naturally had no choice but to think about things in a better direction. Although Li Sheng's subordinates have been reporting that the reorganization of the army is progressing smoothly, Zhang Ren is not clear about how this army is and whether it can defeat Zhang Lujun. So Zhang Ren proposed to go to the barracks. Li Sheng agreed, he took Zhang Ren and Zhuge Liang, and led his chief of guard, Zhou Li, to the military camp in the south of the city. When the troops were carefully inspected, the information about Tongguan was hurriedly sent by the white-clothed spies. Li Sheng opened it in front of everyone. After that, the humble Zhou Li raised such a question: "What's going on?" Isn't the more enemies there are, the more tired you are? Why did Cao Cao smile? Is he stupid? "Silly? There are indeed people who are stupid, but the stupid people are not Cao Cao, but Ma Chao and Han Sui. Li Sheng shook his head and said. Why? Not only did Zhou Li feel inexplicable at this moment, but even Zhang Ren and Li Yan felt strange. Although they also understood that there must be a reason why Cao Cao would be happy because of the increase in the enemy's troops, they could never have imagined that Li Sheng actually gave such an explanation. "Why?" It was something that all three of them wanted to ask. In response to their question, Li Sheng just smiled and shook his head, but Zhuge Liang put on an unfathomable appearance after smiling at Li Sheng. When they looked at the two of them, they understood that they knew the answer but would not say. They had no choice but to turn their heads to another wise man: "Mr. Xiaozhi, do you know why?" "Yes." Fa Zheng nodded lightly at their inquiring gaze, "The reason why Cao Cao is happy because of the enemy's increase in troops is because Cao Cao has eaten Ma Chao them from the beginning. In terms of overall strength, although the combat strength of the Liangzhou army is strong, it lacks a lasting foundation, and their overall strength is not comparable to Cao Cao. Therefore, Cao Cao was not afraid of a decisive battle with them, but of guerrilla warfare with them. If they were scattered in the vast land of Liangzhou and used guerrilla tactics against Cao Cao, then Cao Cao would have suffered. Let's not talk about whether Cao Cao had the means to find them one by one and eliminate them one by one, just the distance between them and Cao Cao and the time it took Cao Cao to attack them one by one were enough to give Cao Cao a headache. If they dispersed, it would take at least two years for Cao Cao to eliminate them, and these two years of hard work would be enough to make a big change in the world. Cao Cao is already old, he can't sit back and wait for two years, in his mind, it is undoubtedly the best to be able to destroy the enemy in one go. Ma Chao and Han Sui did not disperse their armies, but concentrated them, which gave Cao Cao the opportunity to destroy them in one go. Originally, Cao Cao would have to fight at least ten battles against these people, but at this moment, with their gathering, Cao Cao only needed to fight one battle against them. So Cao Cao was happy. "Oh! I see. Hearing Fa Zheng say this, everyone had a feeling of sudden enlightenment. They all looked at Fa Zheng with admiration, and in their hearts they raised him to the same height as Zhuge Liang. Among them, Zhang Ren, who has always insisted on treating Liu Zhang as the main father, has a different taste for Fazheng's cleverness: "We always thought that Fa Zheng was a man who was not polite and could not be a big responsibility, but how could he not see that Fa Zheng was so witty." In Li Sheng's place, he doesn't have the appearance of a muna at all, he is simply a resourceful man with sharp words. It was really a big mistake for us to send Fa Zheng to Li Sheng. In the face of Li Sheng, the character of Corporal Lixian, if I hadn't always insisted on the little clarity in my heart and remembered the importance of the lord's use of me, I am afraid that I would also serve Li Sheng. After all, it is really a pleasant thing to be under such a person. "Li Sheng is a good lord, Zhang Ren also thinks so. He thought about Li Sheng's wisdom, compared with Liu Zhang's pure "benevolence", which is better or worse, he couldn't help but be slightly distracted. Zhang Ren was in a daze here, and the questions of everyone over there about the battle of Tongguan did not fade. They were all aroused by the intelligence of their hearts, and they all wanted to be able to go to Tongguan with their own eyes to see how Cao's army fought against Ma Chao, Han Sui and other troops who were almost all cavalry. "In this way, Cao Cao must have won." Li Yan asked anxiously. Li Sheng, Zhuge Liang, and Fa Zheng looked at him in a hurry, and wanted to laugh in their hearts, but they didn't laugh in the end. Almost instantly, they all understood why Li Yan was in a hurry: if Cao Cao defeated Ma Chao and Han Sui, then Cao Cao's next target would definitely be Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. Zhang Lu originally existed as a buffer zone between Shuzhong and the Central Plains, although it became Liu Zhang's trouble later, but compared to Cao Cao's threat, Zhang Lu's threat was nothing. Once Cao Cao captures Zhang Lu, it is almost certain how Liu Zhang will be treated. "When does Cao Cao estimate that he will be able to deal with Ma Chao?" Zhuge Liang asked. He used such a word, but it was the result of being influenced by Li Sheng. "I guess it won't be a few months. It could be over in July. Fa Zheng thought about it and said. What does the Lord think? Zhuge Liang asked Li Sheng. It won't be so fast, I think although Cao Cao is in control of the overall situation, there may be changes in the middle. After all, Fufeng and Jingzhao generation are not far away from Liangzhou. Although Cao Cao ruled the place, his grasp of the place was not as strong as that of the Kanto, which was roughly Ma Chao's sphere of influence, and it must be full of Ma Chao's spies. Kong Ming, you and I have stayed for so long, you should know the importance of intelligence. When fighting Cao Cao, Ma Chao could use intelligence to learn about Cao Cao's mistakes, and seize the time to launch a surprise attack on Cao Cao. If the raid is successful, then such a tactical victory is likely to turn into a strategic victory, which will bring about a great change in the north. Li Sheng said with a smile: "Such a situation is not completely impossible." Even if it is unsuccessful, it can make Cao Cao's heart tremble for a while, and let the confrontation of the war continue. "How long will that last?" Zhuge Liang asked with a smile. "It's probably going to be a few more months." Li Sheng thought for a moment and replied. In his memory, Cao Cao's victory over Ma Chao and Han Suijun was at the end of this year. In history, Liu Bei's march into Shu was also carried out at the same time as Cao Cao's army won. "In other words, I probably have more than half a year to continue my preparations." Li Sheng thought so, but didn't say it. He knew that if he said something so affirmative, the explanation would be enough to give him a headache. "Months? Will it really come to that time? But I don't believe it. Fa Zheng deliberately said in such a "provocative" way. "Don't believe ......? Then let's take a gamble! Li Sheng suggested with a smile. The color head ...... "Fa Zheng seemed to be in high spirits. Although the war between Cao Cao and Ma Chao has received their attention, the attention is only attention after all. For the war in the far northwest, they stayed in the south and were not greatly affected, so naturally they couldn't quite appreciate the fierceness of the battle in the great wilderness. As Li Sheng said, although Cao Cao was in control of the overall situation, he also almost suffered a catastrophe in specific actions. It was on the battlefield north of Tongguan. After seeing Ma Chao and other generals rushing to Tongguan with their respective men and horses, Cao Cao finally made a move. He planned to cross the river from Fengling north of Tongguan, bypass Huayin City, where Ma Chao and others were stationed, attack Zheng County directly, cut off the Chang'an supply line of the generals in Guanzhong, and trap Ma Chao and others in the Huayin area. It's a big plan, and it's very likely to succeed. Because Cao Cao has been sticking to Tongguan, Ma Chao relaxed his reconnaissance of the possibility of Cao Cao's army going out of the pass. Cao Cao's plan to march smoothly went very smoothly: he crossed the Yellow River north from Fenglingdu to the north bank of the Yellow River, and then went west from another ferry called Pubanjin to the north of Fenglingdu, and crossed the Yellow River again to the north of Weishui. The two river crossings went well and did not attract Ma Chao's attention. As a result, Cao Cao was able to rest for a day in Feng Yijun, which was still under his control, and prepared to cross the Weishui River south to reach the back of Huayin. However, what Cao Cao did not expect was that although Feng Yijun did not fall into the hands of Ma Chao, Ma Chao's scouts had already scattered around the land of Feng Yijun north of Weishui. Cao Cao's huge army, coming out of Feng Yi County and heading towards Weishui, how could he hide the eyes and ears of this scattered scout. When Cao Cao led his army and horses to cross Weishui to the south, Ma Chao had already led his five thousand elite horsemen to ambush ten miles away from the ferry, ready to give Cao Cao a good look. For this ambush, Ma Chao's goal was very clear, that is, to deal a heavy blow to Cao Cao's army. Therefore, he planned to launch an attack on Cao's army, which remained on the north bank of Weishui, after Cao Cao himself had crossed the Weishui. In Ma Chao's opinion, once Cao Cao and his generals crossed Weishui, then the army north of Weishui would not have a favorable command, and it was entirely possible that it would collapse under the blows of his side like a storm. However, in the end, the situation was greatly unexpected, Cao Cao did not cross the river himself first, but let the army cross first, leaving himself and a few personal guards in the rear. This situation surprised Ma Chao, and also made him excited: "If you can successfully kill Cao Cao......" With the psychology of a battle, Ma Chao was attacked, he galloped over, and greeted Cao Cao and others who had left him on the north shore with a bow and arrow. For a time, Cao Cao fell into an extremely dangerous situation. had to be forcibly uploaded by the captain of the guard, Xu Yu. Although he moved quickly and successfully boarded the ferry, the arrows sent by Ma Chaojun also made Cao Cao's heart tremble. Under the rain of arrows, the boatman was killed by an arrow. Helpless, Xu Yu had no choice but to hold the saddle high with one hand to protect Cao Cao, and with the other hand to cross the river with the boat. Ma Chao's speed of rushing Cao Cao was not very fast, so he planned to cross the river to pursue Cao Cao. But at this moment, Ding Fei, the captain of Feng Yijun, who was in charge of escorting the marching supplies, arrived with his troops. When he saw that Cao Cao was in danger, he released military cattle and horses to attack Ma Chao's army. For a time, Ma Chaojun's generals competed for this batch of booty, and Cao Cao's ship successfully crossed the Weishui. "It's so dangerous." Cao Cao, who had crossed the Yellow River, was still apprehensive, and he examined himself and thought that this situation was entirely the result of his own underestimation of the enemy, so he made up his mind and vowed not to order the whole army to go first, but to leave himself and a small group of troops behind.

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