Ma Chao nodded in agreement, saying that he would do what Wang Baoyu said. But Wang Baoyu looked at him quite badly, and he expected that his future fortune would not be much better.

After returning to Cao Ying, Wang Baoyu handed the agreement to Cao Cao and said that everything that needed to be done had been done. Cao Cao praised Wang Baoyu and said that if Xun You and Xun Yu dared to stab again, he would never forgive.

"Lao Cao, what are you going to do next?" Wang Baoyu asked.

"This battle is protracted, and since he has promised to withdraw from the army, I will naturally abide by the contract." Cao Cao thought for a while and said.

"Don't want to kill Ma Chao in one fell swoop?"

"Yes!" Cao Cao said without hesitation, and sighed again: "I have been away from the capital for many days, and some of the ministers of the DPRK and China will take the opportunity to cause chaos, so they should return as soon as possible, and it is not too late to calm Ma Chao in the next day." ”

In order to allow Ma Chao to withdraw his troops without any worries, Cao Cao immediately issued an order to let the army return to the north bank of the Wei River. Seeing this, a group of strategists immediately became anxious, and now was the perfect time to give Ma Chao a head-on blow, and they persuaded Cao Cao not to do this, let the tiger return to the mountain, and eventually become a trouble.

Cao Cao ignored it and insisted on his own approach, and the strategists squeezed their heads to meet the prime minister, but Cao Cao refused. The strategists were so anxious that they almost wrote a blood book, and they were even more angry with Wang Baoyu, everyone couldn't see Cao Cao, but this kid could go in and out of the prime minister's tent at will, I really don't know what kind of ecstasy soup this kid poured into the prime minister, so that the prime minister made such a wrong judgment!

Cao Cao was certainly not a fool, he still left 30,000 soldiers and horses, scattered into several squads, and secretly lurked all over the south bank, and at the same time ordered Xu Chu to lead 3,000 cavalry to garrison the county town of Weinan to prevent Ma Chao from causing chaos on the way to withdraw the army.

Wang Baoyu faintly felt that something was wrong, Cao Cao was obviously not at ease with Ma Chao by doing this, and could only hope that Ma Chao could retreat honestly, and don't think about anything else. Otherwise, once Ma Chao gets into trouble, with Cao Cao's character, he will definitely kill the killer.

In Tongguan City, hearing that Cao Cao's army had returned to the north bank, Ma Chao was overjoyed and immediately purged his men and horses, preparing to evacuate the city and return to his hometown. He didn't want to stay here for a moment.

"Brother, will Cao Cao's move just want to lure my army out of the city?" Ma Dai said.

"I have heard clearly, Cao Cao has withdrawn his troops, and there will be no mistake." Ma Chao said reassuringly.

"I beg my brother to allow me to break off with General Pound as an answer." Ma Dai arched his hand.

"You and my brother, there is no need to be so polite. According to your words, after that, they will quickly meet with me and return to Xiliang together. ”

As soon as the arrangements were made, Ma Chao and his sister Ma Yunlu led an army of 80,000 to leave the city one after another and march westward. Ma Dai and Pang De led 20,000 soldiers and horses, a few miles apart, and watched cautiously from the rear.

After walking out of a section, Ma Chao looked back at Tongguan with a gloomy expression, this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have a chance to recapture this place. Ma Yunlu also looked sullen, and he didn't know when he would be able to see Wang Baoyu again next time. Maybe one day, when he really arrives in Yiling, can Wang Baoyu still remember his original promise and really make himself a general?

At this moment, the soldiers in front came in a panic to report, "General, no, it's not good!" ”

Ma Chao frowned, suddenly grabbed the horse rope, and asked urgently: "But there is an ambush of Cao thieves?" ”

The soldier shook his head and said, "There are several horses upside down on the road ahead, and there is a flag planted on them, which should be done by Cao Jun." ”

"What do you mean?" Ma Chao was shocked.

"There is handwriting on the flag, but please go and check it out for yourself." The soldier lowered his head and did not dare to raise it.

"What's in the book?" Ma Chao asked unhappily.

"This ......," the soldier hesitated.

"Just tell me!"

"Four big characters in the book, horses, horse thieves will die!" The soldier plucked up his courage and said.

As soon as Ma Chao heard this, his lungs immediately exploded, and he scolded: "Since the contract has been signed, the old thief is so rude, it is really hateful!" ”

"Brother, don't fight for a short time, let's withdraw the troops quickly!" Ma Yunlu urged.

"The old thief is so deceitful, how can I swallow this breath?" Ma Chao said annoyedly.

"Brother, beware of being instigated by others. I will quickly retreat to Xiliang, reorganize the troops and horses, and fight again in the coming day. Ma Yunlu persuaded.

Ma Chao didn't speak again, although Cao Cao was treacherous and insidious, but he would not make such a ridiculous act, maybe there were other mysteries in it, so he continued to rush forward.

Threatening Ma Chao with a few dead horses, even Ma Yunlu could see this kind of thing, it didn't look like Cao Cao did it, in fact, it was the case.

So who has a grudge against Ma Chao and did such a childish thing? It was the strategist Xun Yu who did it. He was really angry that he let Ma Chao go so easily, so he found a few soldiers to do this secretly, and the purpose was very simple, just to vent his anger.

Besides, Ma Chao, when he came to the place pointed by the soldiers, he held back the anger in his heart, waved his knife and cut the banner to pieces, picked up the dead horses and threw them aside, and led the army to continue to move forward. But before he got out of Erli, another soldier came to report, and he didn't dare to say the specifics with his head down, but he still meant it, and there was a situation in front of him.

This time, the thief took the lives of a few horses to humiliate himself? Ma Chao rushed over with doubts, but found that there was no horse on the side of the road, but a tall new grave was erected, and a handful of grass was placed in front of the grave, and four big characters were engraved on the stone tablet, Ma Chao's tomb!

This is also what Xun Yu did, the purpose is to vent his anger, since Cao Cao got Wang Baoyu, he protected him in every possible way, and forcibly squeezed out his position as the first strategist. Xun You can't compete with Wang Baoyu, so he can only use this method to be angry at Ma Chao, you don't let me be happy, and I can't let you leave so easily!

Xun You's seemingly boring move cost tens of thousands of lives.

When Ma Chao saw this tombstone, he was furious, and the old and new hatred turned into full of anger, he raised his spear, pointed at the north bank, and ordered: "Soldiers, follow me to attack the Cao thief!" ”

"Brother, by all means." Ma Yunlu suddenly panicked.

"Why not, the camp on the south bank of the Cao thief is still there, as long as it occupies here, the old thief on the north bank will definitely not be able to keep it, and when I take away his grain and grass, what can he do to me?" Ma Chao made up his mind and returned to attack Cao Cao.

Ma Yunlu couldn't persuade him, so he could only follow his brother and rush towards Cao Cao's original camp on the south bank, and the news immediately reached Cao Cao's ears on the north bank, Cao Cao snorted coldly and scolded: "Horse thief, there is no credibility at all, and he is clearly looking for death, and the army quickly crossed the river and returned to the south bank." ”

On the Wei River, Cao Cao had already built more than a dozen pontoon bridges, and the army came and went very smoothly, almost when Ma Chao arrived at the original Cao camp with a wall, 30,000 Cao troops had crossed the Wei River again.