Han Sui heard Ma Chao say that he was going to change people to fight Cao Cao, and he understood in his heart. There are only Ma Chao and Han Sui who are fighting with Cao Cao, and Ma Chao's intention is obviously to let himself fight. Han Sui thought that he really didn't contribute much before, and it was not surprising that Ma Chao was a little resentful, he really should fight a battle and show his ability.

At this time, Han Sui was bent on occupying Cao Cao's land, and felt that Cao Cao had been defeated by Ma Chao several times in succession, so he said: "If the virtuous nephew and the soldiers and horses want to rest, they will defend the village here, how about I lead the army to fight Cao Cao tomorrow?" ”

When Ma Chao heard that Han Sui was really going, most of the resentment in his heart disappeared, and he felt that Han Sui was wrong, and wanted to make up for it. He said: "I let Ling Ming be the pioneer and go with my uncle." ”

The next day, Han Sui and Pang De led 50,000 troops and killed Cao Cao's camp. When the two came to the camp, they saw that Cao Ying's first erection was unstable, and there were not many deer rejections, but they were endless. Pang De asked Han Sui: "Cao Ying's camp is very wide, I don't know where Cao Cao is?" ”

Han Sui observed for a while and said: "There must be many places in the banner, which must be the main camp!" After that, he ordered the soldiers to rush to the place where the banner gathered, but they didn't know that the place where the flag was Cao Cao's virtual soldiers.

Pound led more than 1,000 iron horsemen to take the lead and came to the Cao camp conflict. Suddenly, the horse neighed, the horse lost its front hooves, and the men and horses fell into the trench. Pang De deserves to be a super-first-class general, reacted extremely quickly, abandoned the horse at the first time, and jumped out of the pit on the back of the horse. As soon as his feet hit the ground, several Cao soldiers armed with spears rushed up and stabbed him, apparently in ambush for a long time, aiming to assassinate the enemy who had fallen into the trap.

Seeing several spears stabbing at him, Pang De was not afraid, brandished the mountain opening knife in his hand and killed several people in a row, and cut a bloody path on foot to break out of the encirclement. It's a pity that not all Xiliang iron horsemen can be as brave as Pang De, the war horses they regard as life are all useless at this time, and the life-protecting iron armor on their bodies has also become a burden, so that they can't climb out of the trench for a while. Cao Bing, who had been in ambush for a long time, only needed to stab out his spears and throw stones, and he could end the lives of these Xiliang soldiers. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who had won many battles, also tasted defeat this time, and the Cao soldiers who were killed by them in the past began to kill them in seconds at this time.

Cao Cao saw that Han Sui was attracted by the false camp, and Pang De's vanguard iron cavalry fell into the trap again, so he ordered his soldiers to bypass the trap and kill from both wings. Han Sui's centaurs were instantly trapped in the core,

Seeing that Han Sui was trapped, Pang De brandished a big knife and walked to save him, Cao Bing and Cao General had no enemy, as long as they dared to appear in front of Pang De, it would be the result of one knife and two paragraphs.

Cao Yong, the general of Cao Ren's department, saw that Pang De was brave and armory, and knew that he was the general of the enemy camp.

Pang De was not worried but happy when he saw Cao Yong coming from the prancing horse, and the knife handed over to the left hand to give way to the spear, and grabbed the gun with his right hand. Cao Yong smiled disdainfully when he saw Pound coming to snatch his spear, he thought that he could drag Pound to the ground with his horsepower, so he clenched the gun in his hand with both hands, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and urged the horse forward.

Cao Yong obviously underestimated Pang De's strength, maybe Pang De Liliang was not as good as a war horse, but compared to Cao Yong, he didn't know how much bigger. I saw Pound walking sideways, taking root under his feet, and with a loud shout, Cao Yong on the horse was dragged off the horse by Pound. Before Cao Yong, who was in a daze, could get up from the ground, Pang De took a knife and cut off Cao Yong's head.

After Pang De slashed Cao Yong, he saw that his horse had lost its owner and stopped, so he turned over on his horse, opened a bloody road, rescued Han Sui, and walked southeast.

Cao Cao saw that Han Sui and Pang De had run away, and ordered Cao Bing to chase after him. Seeing that he was about to catch up, tens of thousands of iron horsemen were killed in front, but it was Ma Chao who led the army to respond. Don't look at Cao Jun's camp trap and not afraid of Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but if he really wants to fight on the ground, he is not an opponent. Ma Chao brandished a spear and rushed to kill for a while, then defeated Cao's soldiers, rescued most of the military horses, and fought until dusk.

Han Sui and Pang De returned to the camp to inspect the people, and Han Sui folded Zuo Chengyin and Zhang Heng, and thousands of people died in the pit, and more than 10,000 people were besieged and killed by Cao Cao. Pound's 1,000 iron cavalry broke 800, half of them fell into the pit and died, although the other half reined in time because of the position behind, but lost the impact speed and was still surrounded and killed by Cao Bing, and only 200 people did not come back alive.

Seeing this, Ma Chao frowned and said, "If Cao Cao's foothold is not stable, he can hold the camp and turn defeat into victory." If it is delayed for a long time, Cao Cao will set up a camp in Hebei, and I am afraid it will be even more difficult to retreat from the enemy. ”

Han Sui didn't look at the loss of the second general and the loss of many soldiers and horses, but he was not discouraged, but held his breath. He felt that Ma Chao was a junior who had won many battles, and it was very embarrassing for him to lose as an elder, and he hated Cao Cao even more in his heart. So he said: "Today, the soldiers on both sides of the battle are tired, it is better to take the night to lead the light cavalry to rob the camp, Cao Cao will be defenseless, and the battle can be decided." ”

Ma Chao did not doubt Han Sui at this time, so he was the front, and Pang De and Ma Dai were the back, and set off that night. Before Ma Chao sent Pang De to save Han Sui's life as a pioneer, Han Sui reciprocated the favor and also sent Cheng Yi to follow Ma Chao as a pioneer.

Cao Cao also counted the men and horses after the war, and found that although he had defeated Han Sui and killed and injured many Xiliang soldiers, he later killed a lot of his own horses as soon as Ma Chao arrived, which can be said to be an undefeated situation. Cao Cao knew that Ma Chao's combat strength had not been lost, so he summoned the generals and said: "The horse thief deceived me into setting up a village and did not come to attack in a hurry, I will not win during the day, and I will come to rob the camp at night." You can scatter and ambush the soldiers, and the battalion will wear a company of food and grass and vehicles as a barrier to prevent its cavalry. When it enters the urn, the ambush is exhausted, and the horse can be captured in a battle. "The generals were ordered to ambush the troops on all sides and set up a large camp.

That night, Ma Chao and Cheng Yi led the troops first, and Ma Chao was worried that the trap had not been removed, so he ordered Cheng Yi to lead the troops to visit first. Cheng Yi didn't dare to bring more people and horses, for fear that Cao Cao would find out, so he led thirty horsemen to the outpost. When Chengyi touched the edge of the camp, not only did he not see the trap, but even the camp was silent and no one patrolled the camp.

Cheng Yi saw that no one felt strange, so he went straight to the Chinese army. At this time, there was no brigade of people in Cao's camp, only a few small works were scattered and hidden in the dark camp tent, and one eye peeked out of the curtain to stare at the outside of the tent.

A small worker found that Cheng Yiren had entered the camp and did not know how many of them, so he beat the war drum behind him. The rest of the tents listened to the drums and beat the drums together, and for a time the drums sounded loudly everywhere in Cao Ying. The ambush soldiers on all sides heard the sound of drums and killed together, but they were only surrounded by thirty horsemen, and Cheng Yi wanted to rush out, but was beheaded by Xiahou Yuan.

Ma Chao was saved by Cheng Yi by mistake and broke Cao Cao's ambush. After he saw that the Cao army had exhausted the ambush, he and Pang De and Ma Dai soldiers behind him swarmed into the Cao camp in three ways.

Cao Cao saw that Ma Chao did not fall for the plan, but instead surrounded and killed, so he ordered his soldiers to rely on the grain cart as a barrier to compete with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. The grain wagons, which were originally intended to hinder the cavalry, came in handy at this time. That night, the two armies fought and killed in the dark. It was not until dawn that they withdrew their troops.

In order to prevent Cao Cao from setting up a village, Ma Chao brought troops the next day. He ordered his soldiers to carry a bunch of grass, carry the fire, and kill Cao Cao in front of the village with Han Sui, pile up the grass and set it on fire, and burn countless grain trucks of Cao Cao's enemy. Cao Bing lost the barrier and couldn't resist it, and lost half of the camp, until Ma Chao ran out of firewood and grass to keep the remaining grain carts and camps.

Cao Cao lost the grain cart and ordered his soldiers to stack the siege equipment preparing to attack Tongguan in the camp to block the enemy, and asked the soldiers to carry the river crossing boats to the shore and buckle them upside down, which was also used to block the enemy.

Xun Yu said: "The lord's law can solve a momentary emergency, but it is difficult to last long. ”

Xun Yu offered a plan: "You can take the sand and soil of the Wei River to build an earthen city to hold onto." ”

Cao Cao couldn't afford to set up a camp and was worried, so when he heard about this plan, he ordered 30,000 troops to build the city. Ma Chao and Han Sui heard that Cao Cao had built a city with sand and soil, and sent Pang De and Ma Dai to each lead 5,000 iron horsemen to and fro. The sand is loose and unreal, and it will fall when it is built, where can it afford the conflict of iron horses? Cao Cao's grain carts and instruments were burned, the earth city was destroyed, and there was nothing to be done for a while.

Just when Cao Cao was worried about camping, the weather was suddenly cold, the clouds were dense, and it was not open for days. Cao Jun was already unstable in camp, but suddenly the weather was suddenly cold and the soldiers shivered, and their combat strength dropped by three points.

Cao Cao was depressed in the camp that day, and a soldier came to report: "There is an old man who came to see the prime minister and said that he came to offer advice." ”

Cao Cao, who had nothing to do, had already reached the point where he was in a hurry to go to the doctor, and he hurriedly invited him into the tent regardless of whether the people were old or young. I saw that the old man in the account was pine, and his appearance was ancient, which was very extraordinary. Cao Cao asked his name, and he knew that the old man was a Jingzhao person, surnamed Lou, named Zibo, and called Mengmei Jushi, who lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain.

Cao Cao listened to the old man's elegant conversation, extraordinary momentum, more respectful, and treated him with courtesy. Lou Zibo was obviously very satisfied with Cao Cao's attitude, and asked with a smile: "The prime minister has been camping across the river for a long time, why has it not been done so far?" ”

Cao Cao listened to Lou Zibo's question, not angry but happy, he had also dealt with these hermit masters, and knew that they liked to play tricks and raise their own worth. Lou Zibo asked this question, it must be because he had a plan in his heart. So Cao Cao said politely: "In the sandy land, it is impossible to build a fortress." What advice did the hermit have? ”

Lou Zibo said: "The prime minister uses soldiers like a god, how can he not know the time of day? The clouds have not dispersed for days, and the cold wind is bound to frost. The prime minister can wait for the night wind to rise, drive the soldiers to carry soil and splash water, and wait until the earth city is already in the morning. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and rewarded Lou Zibo. That night, the north wind was blowing, and Cao Cao's soldiers did their best to carry the soil and splash water, and they froze with the building. By the time dawn came, the sand and water were frozen, and the earth city had been built.

Ma Chao heard the report from Xizuo, saying that Cao Cao was shocked when he built the city overnight, and hurriedly led his troops to come and see. Sure enough, the Cao camp had already gathered sand on all sides to form a wall, and there were soldiers standing on the wall, which was obviously very strong. Ma Chao had difficulty understanding Cao Cao's method of building the city for a while, and suspected that there was a god and man to help.

Cao Cao's camp failed, Ma Chao still had the confidence to defeat Cao Cao, and he was not afraid that Cao Cao would block the way. Now that Cao Ying has been completed, Ma Chao has no bottom in his heart. The next day, he fought in front of Cao's camp to lead Cao Cao out of the camp to fight.

Hearing that Ma Chao was coming to call for battle, Cao Cao was about to go out of the camp to answer. All the generals knew that Ma Chao was powerful, and they wanted to protect Cao Cao and go together, but Cao Cao shook his head to stop him, and Zuihou only took Xu Chu to follow him to the camp gate to meet Ma Chao.