After dealing with the affairs of the Yang Song brothers, Cao Cao turned his attention to Zhang Lu again. Treat Zhang Lu, can not be treated like Yang Song, in any case, Zhang Lu since the ancestors of the last three generations, has been in Hanzhong preaching, the believers are quite numerous, if Zhang Lu is also killed, it will definitely arouse public resentment, will inevitably affect Cao Cao's follow-up plan, therefore, Cao Cao decided not to kill Zhang Lu for the time being, even if he wants to kill, he must wait until Hanzhong is given to Liu Bei, and at that time, the person who comes to meet the anger of hundreds of thousands of people in Hanzhong is Liu Bei.

After a deep sigh, Cao Cao opened his mouth and said: "Zhang Lu, as a prince, you have guarded Dongchuan for many years, and you still have some credit, this Sikong decided to give you a chance to make up for your merits, as long as you are willing to serve this Sikong, this Sikong will promote you to the Son of Heaven as the general of Zhennan, how about it?" ”

Zhang Lu was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, saluted Cao Cao non-stop, and was even more grateful to Dade in his mouth: "Thank you Cao Gong for not killing, Zhang Lu feels five guilty." ”

By the time Zhang Lu was able to survive, Liu Bei had already led his army to Guanghan, which bordered Hanzhong and was the northernmost county of Yizhou. Liu Bei rode on a white horse and galloped wildly, turning back from time to time to beckon his soldiers to speed up. The horse that Liu Bei sat on, of course, was not BMW's Lu, Lu had been shot by Zhang Ren when Pang Tong was ambushed by an arrow, but Liu Bei's preference for riding a white horse was retained, and now the white horse he rode was secretly bought from Xiliang at a high price, although it was not as good as Lu, but it was also a rare good horse, Liu Bei named it the little Lu, in memory of the dead Lu horse. It can be seen that in Liu Bei's heart, Feng Xiao Pang Tong is not even comparable to a Lu horse.

Ahead, the figure of the horse appeared, and he rode the horse straight to Liu Bei's horse, then turned over and fell off the horse, kneeling on the ground. Said to Liu Bei: "My lord, Cao Jun was like a divine soldier descending from the sky last night, taking Hanzhong City overnight, and this morning posted a notice to the people, and most of the more than a dozen counties in Hanzhong County have expressed their willingness to belong to Cao Cao." ”

The news that Liu Bei's horse scouts heard was deliberately made by Cao Cao to show Liu Bei, and he wanted Liu Bei to think that he wanted to take root in Hanzhong and occupy Hanzhong for a long time, so as to lead Liu Bei into his calculations. It turns out. Cao Cao's wisdom and scheming are indeed better than Liu Bei's. After hearing the news of the horse exploration, Liu Bei was furious in his heart, raised his horse whip and whipped it Xiao Lu's horse stock, and shouted at the same time: "The whole army speed up, before sunset tomorrow, we must rush to the city of Hanzhong!" ”

In fact, Liu Bei's ability to lead troops to fight is still good, which can be seen from his repeated defeats in the early stage but his spare strength in repeated battles. Although Liu Bei repeatedly failed in the early stage. But he was able to regroup in the shortest possible time, which shows that he does have some ability. But the problem is that Liu Bei led troops to fight for more than 20 years before, and the number of people he commanded was no more than a few thousand. It can only be regarded as a small force, he has become accustomed to the fighting style of commanding a small group of troops, and now Liu Bei has obtained most of Yizhou and Jingzhou, and the soldiers and horses under his command have rolled to nearly one million in a few years. Liu Bei was far from getting used to it, and this time, he was completely in accordance with the previous battle command. Using the 200,000 army as a 2,000-strong raid team, requiring the 200,000 army to travel hundreds of miles in one day and one night, this is obviously difficult for some strongmen, even if the 200,000 army feels Hanzhong as scheduled, I am afraid it will become the end of the strong crossbow.

This point, Liu Bei's Fa Zheng, Zhang Song and others are not unable to see it, but the military strategic position of Hanzhong is too important, they all want to take Hanzhong into their hands as soon as possible, as the gateway to Yizhou, to ensure the safety of Yizhou, so no one refuted Liu Bei's words, and silently accepted the order to speed up the march.

To the west of Hanzhong, Ma Chao was also on his way to the march. After receiving Ao Lie's edict, Ma Chao immediately divided the tiger warriors into two, and 10,000 people were stationed on the choke point from Guanzhong to Liangzhou to prevent Cao Cao from going north to attack Liangzhou, and this part of the people was led by Ma Dai; The other 10,000 tiger warriors were incorporated into the army by Ma Chao, together with the other 40,000 soldiers, under the leadership of Ma Chao, to Wudu County, after arriving in Wudu, Ma Chao met Pang De, the two were discussing the next move, Tan Ma suddenly came to report, Hanzhong City has fallen into the hands of Cao Cao. This time Cao Cao played a blitzkrieg, which everyone did not expect, and when Ma Chao heard the news, he immediately led an army of 50,000 with Pang De, killed Wudu, and went straight to Hanzhong.

Most of the Yan troops in Liangzhou were good at horseback, and most of the soldiers were cavalry, so when Liu Bei ordered to speed up the march, Ma Chao had already rushed to Hanzhong with men and horses. When Ma Chao arrived, most of the counties in Hanzhong County had already surrendered to Cao Cao under the drive of their respective county orders, and only the county guarded by Yanpu and the other two counties were still free. At the beginning, Yan Pu was reprimanded by Zhang Lu because of his advice to Zhang Lu, and he was later relegated to the farthest county in the north of Hanzhong and the closest to Liangzhou. As a result, when Hanzhong City fell, but the deposed Yan Pu was unwilling to surrender to Cao Cao, it can really be said that the wind knows the strength of the grass, and the road knows the horsepower, which is embarrassing.

Yan Pu Zhilu Dao alone relied on the strength of two or three counties, which was far from enough to recapture Hanzhong, not to mention that Zhang Lu had already accepted Cao Cao's canonization and became the general of Zhennan with taste, and Hanzhong had lost its original master. In the case of internal and external difficulties, Yan Pu had no choice but to surrender Ma Chao, for Ao Lie's reputation, Yan Pu still heard of it, knowing that Ao Lie is a sympathetic to the people, and Ma Chao entered Liangzhou for a year, with the help of Chen Gong and Ma Dai, Liangzhou was governed, although the means are not much novel, basically copying the governance model of Yanjing law, but the effect is very good, the residents of Liangzhou after this year of governance, life has changed greatly compared to before, The combat effectiveness and cohesion of the army have also become stronger. Yan Pu saw all of this, which was also the fundamental reason why he joined Ao Lie.

With the help of Yan Pu, Ma Chao successfully gathered the people and horses of the three counties in the northeast of Hanzhong, and then turned to the direction of Hanzhong City, and after conquering the two counties one after another, he came to the outside of Hanzhong City. After setting up a large camp outside Hanzhong City and resting for a while, Ma Chao took 10,000 tiger warriors out of the camp and went straight to the city to challenge Cao Cao.

In the face of Ma Chao's challenge, Cao Cao was a little unimpressed at first, and only sent two deputy generals, ready to force Ma Chao away with a large number of people, he didn't want to fight with Ma Chao at this time. It affects the entire plan that follows. Who expected that Xiliang Jin Ma Chao was worthy of his real name, only three moves, he killed Cao Cao's two lieutenants and horses, and then led 10,000 tigers like tigers into the flock, killed into the Cao army's formation, and took the two deputy generals out of the city Cao Jun killed the crying father and mother, all of them were scattered, and the most sergeant who returned to Hanzhong City was lost seventy percent out of ten.

Ma Chao's arrogance and bravery angered Cao Cao. Cao Cao decided to personally lead his troops out of the city to catch up with Ma Chao. In order not to affect the plan of Lu that had been decided in advance, Cao Cao only took Xiahou Yuan, Yan Liang and Wen Chou by his side, and took 20,000 Cao troops out of the city to face off against Ma Chao.

Seeing Cao Cao out of the city, Ma Chao jumped on his horse with a gun, pointed at Cao Cao and shouted: "Cao thief!" Why did the soldiers commit Hanzhong? Do you want to rebel or do you want to encroach on King Yan's territory? "Hanzhong is adjacent to the Sanfu region and the two prefectures, and it is well known that troops can be used in these two directions at any time.

Cao Cao smiled: "Horses! I do not mean to be disrespectful to the Son of Heaven, nor do I mean to offend the King of Yan. It's just that I am grateful to the people of Hanzhong, who live under Zhang Lu's tyrannical rule all day long, and my heart is sad, so I came to Hanzhong. I want to save the people of Hanzhong from fire and water, that's all. ”

Ma Chao said angrily: "Cao thief Hugh has to talk flatteringly, your ghost tricks can be hidden from others." can't hide it from me Ma Chao! Look at the guns! Before the words fell, Sha Lifei, where Ma Chao was sitting, suddenly stepped on his four hooves, really as if he was flying. Rushing towards Cao Cao as fast as lightning. Ma Chao on horseback was in a slight undulation, the tiger head Zhan golden gun in his hand turned, and the sharp tip of the spear was already aimed at Cao Cao's heart.

Seeing that Ma Chao said that he would do it, Xiahou Yuan stopped doing it, and with a swing of the big knife, he rode his horse to Cao Cao's side, and slashed at the tip of Ma Chao's spear. The swords and guns collided, and a loud bang erupted, spreading out towards the sergeants on both sides. As if they hadn't heard of it, they didn't move at all, and they still stood straight in place. However, the sergeants behind Cao Cao were a little unbearable, and many sergeants took two steps back one after another, reaching out to cover their ears to resist the huge earthquake in this life. From this detail, it can be seen that the elite degree of Tiger Lux is far above Cao Jun, and the judgment between the two is superior.

Seeing that Xiahou Yuan had blocked one of his shots, Ma Chao passed the strength from the knife, and felt that Xiahou Yuan's martial arts were extraordinary, and the battle intent in his heart immediately burned, and he shouted loudly: "Come again!" Xiahou Yuan shook his big knife, snorted coldly, and replied: "I'm still afraid that you won't succeed?" ”

Immediately, a shot and a knife collided together again, and in the shadow of the knife and gun, the two of them fought back and forth for more than 30 rounds, and there was still no winner. Once again, he and Xiahou Yuan passed by mistake, Ma Chao secretly thought in his heart: This Xiahou Yuan is skilled in martial arts, if he doesn't use the marksmanship and secret strength taught by his second brother, he is afraid that he will not be able to fight him in a short time. Thinking together, Ma Chao decided not to fight anymore, pulled the reins suddenly, and turned back to the horse's head with Sha Lifei.

The next moment, Ma Chao's momentum soared, and the tiger fighting Zhan golden gun seemed to be carried by a heavy burden of 10,000 catties, which seemed extremely dull, and was lifted inch by inch by Ma Chao to the top of the gun, and in the process of lifting, a faint glimmer of light appeared on the tip of the sharp gun. It wasn't until the tip of the gun was raised by Ma Chaoping and aimed at Xiahou Yuan that Ma Chao stopped moving, maintained the posture of pointing the gun at Xiahou Yuan, and shouted: "Do you dare to fight again?!" ”

Xiahou Yuan was enraged by Ma Chao, swung his big knife, kicked his legs on the horse's belly, and rushed towards Ma Chao. Ma Chao looked at the pace of Xiahou Yuan's war horse, and secretly calculated the time in his heart, when Xiahou Yuan came three steps in front of him, it was the best time for him to make a move! Restricted by the physique of this era, Ma Chao can not cultivate internal strength, but Ma Chao's physique is relatively special, although he can not cultivate internal strength, but for some reason he figured out the use of dark energy, and later met Ao Lie in Luoyang, and after Ao Lie worshipped, Ao Lie and according to Ma Chao's special physique, he tailored a set of White Tiger Roaring Heavenly Trick exercises, after this set of exercises is completed, Ma Chao's strength, speed, and adaptability can be greatly improved, and at the same time, it can also allow Ma Chao to use dark energyto become more handy. The current Ma Chao has not been able to practice this set of exercises to the fullest, but it can already support Ma Chao to be able to use three dark energies in a row, which is enough!

Three steps! Xiahou Yuan was already close to Ma Chao's three steps, Ma Chao's hand seemed to bear the weight of 10,000 catties of tiger head Zhan golden gun, suddenly seemed to have unloaded all the strength, moving as fast as a rabbit to Xiahou Yuan's chest, because the speed was too fast, and even produced an afterimage in the air, from a distance, those afterimages formed the shape of a tiger head. That's right, Ma Chao's White Tiger Roaring Heavenly Trick has finally been used, and he wants to decide the winner with one move!

Xiahou Yuan was taken aback by Ma Chao's fast gun, and wanted to change the big knife in his hand, but it was too late, so he hurriedly ran through his arms, held the knife shaft with both hands, and met Ma Chao's lightning fast and powerful shot with the knife shaft.

Bell - under Ma Chao's gun move that perfectly blended speed and strength, Xiahou Yuan's knife shaft was broken with a single blow, and a dark force passed into Xiahou Yuan's body along the broken knife shaft, and hit him fiercely in the middle of his internal organs. Poof--Xiahou Yuan spat blood from his mouth, rolled and fell under the horse.

The remnants of the tiger's head in the air dispersed, and Ma Chao's figure appeared in Xiahou Yuan's original position, revealing a hint of a victor's smile, Ma Chao raised the tiger's head Zhan golden spear and stabbed down Xiahou Yuan on the ground! (To be continued......)