Cao Cao gave an order, and the generals did not dare to disobey, only the prime minister Bo Sima Yi advised: "The king of Wei must not be angry, now Liu Ze is coming with victory, and the three-way army is unstoppable." Liu Ze came from afar, since taking Hanzhong and then rushing to promote the army, the grain and grass must be limited, coupled with the difficulty of Shu Road, the difficulty of grain and grass transportation, must seek a quick battle, if the King of Wei marches at this time, it will definitely be in Liu Ze's arms. The minister thought that our army should stick to the key passes, clear the walls and clear the wilderness, and temporarily avoid its edge. Liu Ze's grain and grass are not enough, and he will not be able to hold it for a long time, and when his grain is exhausted and he retreats, the king of Wei will lead the army to march again, and he will be able to win a big victory. ”

But Cao Cao was eager for revenge, and he didn't listen to Sima Yi's advice at all, so he ordered Cao Hong to lead an army to garrison Meixian to defend against the attack of the Yan Yan Department of the Jing Army, and ordered Xu Huang to lead an army to garrison Chencang to defend against the attack of the Huang Zhong Department of the Jing Army, and led a large army of 150,000 troops, so that Xu Chu was the vanguard, and set off from the Weinan camp and marched to Qishan.

The big army came out of Shangtai, and hit the vanguard of the Jing army head-on, Guan Hai, Xu Chu immediately led the army to fight with it, Guan Hai was defeated, and retreated in a hurry, leaving countless heavy weapons and weapons along the way, Xu Chu killed and chased all the way for thirty miles.

The next day, when he fought again, Guan Hai went out again, and before the battle was combined, he was defeated and retreated. Xu Chu was suspicious of fraud, this time he did not chase after him, but he did not expect Guan Hai to scold, and scolded Xu Chu's ancestors for eighteen generations as a turtle with a shrunken head, Xu Chu was furious, waved his troops to chase after him, and just chased to a valley, Jing led Fang Yue Mengtan out and trapped Xu Chu in the core. Xu Chu is brave and extraordinary, and his murderous nature is great, and he has killed several Jing generals, but after all, he is invincible with two fists and four hands, and he looks dangerous.

At this time, Cao Cao sent Guo Huai Ma Zun to come to reinforcements, kill and disperse the Jing army, and relieve the siege of Xu Chu. After returning to the camp, Xu Chu pleaded guilty to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was furious and said, "Xu Chu." Relying on you as a heavy general, awarding you as a striker, but you have greatly lost what you want, and you have lost your troops and lost generals, which has greatly frustrated our army's spirit, what use do you want! Come. Give me a decapitation! "Cao Cao since the death of Xiahou Yuan, short-tempered, angry at every turn, today Xu Chu defeated, so Cao Cao is very angry.

As soon as he heard that Cao Cao was going to kill Xu Chu, all the generals pleaded together, and Cheng Yu said: "Kill the general first without a fight, it is not good for the army, and I ask the king of Wei to look at General Xu's past achievements." Forgive his sins, and make atonement for them. ”

Cao Cao gave up and said stupidly: "As a general, although the courage is the first, but it is also necessary to practice wisdom, and the general without wisdom is just the courage of the horseman!" See the faces of all men and forgive you today, and fight again tomorrow. If we fall into the prestige of our army again, we will not be forgiven. ”

Xu Chu only agreed.

Cao Cao smiled coldly and said, "Such a trick to lure the enemy." If you are a child, I think that Liu Ze is no more than Erer, and the army will be ordered to arrive in Qishan tomorrow and fight to the death with Liu Ze. ”

The next day, Cao Cao's army reached the foot of Qi Mountain. Xu Chu is currently killing and calling for battle in front of the mountain. The Jing army closed the gate of the village, and refused to leave the camp despite Cao Bing's insults in every way. Xu Chu was furious and ordered Cao Bing to attack the mountain. Cao Bing is a lot of horses. The mountains and wilderness launched a general attack on the Qishan camp of the Jing army.

The Jingjun Qishan camp was built according to the mountain danger, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Jing army built a deep trench and high fortress in front of the wall, widely distributed the antlers of the horse and the deer, and the fortifications were very tight. As soon as Cao's soldiers attacked the front of the village, 10,000 crossbows were fired in unison, arrows rained down, rolling wood and stones, and roaring, and the first wave of Cao's attack suffered heavy casualties.

Xu Chu was furious, personally went into battle, supervised the army to attack, how could the Jingjun Qishan camp be well defended, Cao Bing attacked for a day, until the red sun sank in the west, and could not move forward.

For several days, the Qishan camp was as stable as a rock, but the Cao army, which suffered heavy losses, was demoralized, which made Xu Chu, who served as the striker, mad, and even Cao Cao, who had always been calm, couldn't sit still.

At this time, Zhao Yun led his troops to attack Jicheng, Ma Chao led his troops to capture the news of Xicheng, so that Cao Cao couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that Liu Ze was in Qishan to set up a suspicious formation, lead the snake out of the hole, and then send troops to attack Tianshui, Tianshui is the place where Cao's army is stockpiled with grain, once there is a loss, the consequences are unimaginable, Cao Cao naturally knows which is more important, and hurriedly led his troops back to Jicheng to relieve the siege of Tianshui.

However, it was said that Cao Cao hurriedly returned to Jicheng, and when he just walked to the Tiger Valley, he suddenly shouted and killed, and it turned out that Xu Rong was ordered to ambush here, and when Cao Cao returned to the army, he intercepted and killed halfway.

Cao Cao heard Xu Rong's name, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, when he was in Hangu, Cao Cao led his troops to chase Dong Zhuo westward, that is, he was ambushed by Xu Rong, and it was said that it was impossible for people to step into the same river twice, but this unfortunate thing made Cao Cao bump into it. Xu Rong is best at ambush warfare, good at geographical advantages, clever Buqi soldiers, the ambush circle he designed, like a huge spider web, once the tennis ball catches the prey, do not want to escape.

Xu Rong led the army to fight on all sides and trapped Cao Cao's regiment in the valley. The Jing army fired thousands of arrows, Cao soldiers suffered countless casualties, routed like a tide, trampled on each other, and suffered heavy losses. Xu Rong had already looked at Cao Cao, Cao Cao's red robe looked very eye-catching in the black and gray, Xu Rong shouted: "Cao thief leave!" The horse rushed up, trying to capture Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was trapped in the valley, calling the heavens and the earth to be unwilling, and couldn't help but lament: "My life is over!" ”

At this moment, a sudden commotion broke out at the valley mouth in the southeast, and a group of men and horses broke the defensive line of the Jing army like a wave of breaking the embankment, rushing towards Cao Cao's side, led by the tiger idiot Xu Chu. Originally, Xu Chu was arranged by Cao Cao to break in the back, in case of the pursuit of the Jing army, when Cao Cao was besieged in the Tiger Valley, Xu Chu got the news, rushed into the encirclement desperately, waved a knife to intercept Xu Rong, and shouted: "Hugh hurt my lord!" Xu Chu is here! ”

Xu Chu and Xu Rong fought at one point, Cao Cao escaped by luck, and then Guo Huai Ma Zun came to the aid and protected Cao Cao out of the Tiger Valley. Just shot Tiger Valley, Zhao Yun killed from the northwest again, Ma Chao killed from the southwest, three pinch-attacked, Cao's army was defeated, corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed like a river. Cao Cao, escorted by the generals, finally fled back to Jicheng. After Xu Chu was broken, he was covered in blood, but he still fought to the death.

Cao Cao was greatly moved and said: "If you kill Zhong Kang that day, you will die at the hands of Xu Rong today." Then he called Xu Chu to come closer, rewarded him with gold and silver, and crowned him as the general of the guard.

Cao Cao said to Sima Yi again: "If you don't listen to Qing's words, you almost lost your life in Tiger Valley." ”

Sima Yi said: "The King of Wei has experienced a hundred battles, and he should only lament the death of General Miaocai, so that he can be in chaos, otherwise An Neng will be in Liu Ze's plan." Although our army was defeated, it was not injured, and the king of Wei only needed to stick to the city, the walls were clear, and Liu Ze had no food, so he would definitely retreat soon. ”

Cao Cao obeyed his words and ordered to guard the cities of Longxi and not to fight with the Jing army. (To be continued......)