When Cao Cao heard the news, he didn't show too much surprise.

When Xun Yu sent people to Hanzhong to invite Zhang Lu to send troops, he had already guessed that Zhang Lu would not last long. This guy is not without ability, but it's a pity that he puts all his mind on preaching, and he is focused on developing his ancestral Heavenly Master Dao, and he is not too interested in military and political affairs. If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Lu had a few capable people, it is estimated that his position in Hanzhong would not be very stable...... With such a partner, how could Cao Cao have placed too much hope? He invited Zhang Lu, more in the hope that Zhang Lu could contain the Han army in Hanzhong, but he knew that the Han army had not yet made a big move, so Zhang Lu shrank ...... As a result, the pressure on Guanzhong will inevitably increase suddenly.

In addition, Liu Chuang's capture of Hanoi and the unfavorable situation in the Qinghe battle also made Cao Cao a little upset.

It is obviously of little sense to continue the stalemate with the Han army in Qinghe, and in this situation, the best way is to quickly withdraw the army and rush to the aid of Hujiaoguan.

"Gongda, Zhang Lu retreated, I am afraid that the pressure in Guanzhong will rise sharply.

And Ma Chao'er is even more ready to move in the plains, with Ziyuan's help, I'm afraid it will not be easy to deal with.

I want to withdraw immediately, return to the Tiger Prison, and fight to the death with that breaker. It's just that this retreat, after the person who still needs to be able to do it, I don't know who Gongda thinks is competent? ”

Xun You thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "But after the son and the break, there should be no worries." ”

"That's what I think."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Cao Chun.

Seeing this, Cao Chun hurriedly stood up, bowed and said, "Pure Wish is broken to block the pursuit of the thief army." ”

Seeing Cao Chun receiving the order, Cao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Since this is the case, I will be troubled by the hard work and hard work, and I will wait for the army to retire early tomorrow morning." ”

The retreat of the army was not an easy task.

However, Cao Cao understood the truth of a strong man's broken wrist, and quickly evacuated, and even discarded the excess grain and grass.

Because he knew very well that once Liu Chuang's Northern Frontier Army went south, Zhuge Liang would inevitably pursue it without hesitation. Since you want to retreat, you can't hesitate. One more day of delay is more dangerous. Not to mention, Na Ma Chao has led his troops westward from the plains...... As soon as the Han army formed a flanking attack, his tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were only afraid that they would be in danger. Therefore, Cao Cao left very simply, Zhuge Liang didn't even react, Cao Cao's army had retreated to Ganling. By the time Zhuge Liang understood and immediately sent troops to pursue, Cao Cao's army had already retreated from the water...... Cao Chun took advantage of the fact that the main force of the Han army had not arrived, and took the initiative to attack at Beiqiu and defeated the Han pursuers.

A day later, when Zhuge Liang personally led the army and arrived at Beiqiu with Yang Wei as the vanguard, Cao Chun had retreated safely from the desecrated water and set up camp in Liaocheng with the danger of Luoshui. If Zhuge Liang continues to pursue, he will inevitably lose his troops. After finding out Cao Jun's movements, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sigh that Cao Cao's subordinates were indeed capable. One Cao Chun made all his calculations come to naught.

In August of the ninth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao retreated to Henan, and worshiped Cao Chun as the eastern Taishou to resist the pursuit of the Han army.

At the same time, the Liyang Cao army also changed its previous offensive and confronted the Han army with the high walls and deep ravines of Liyang...... Cao Cao personally led the army to Baima, and after joining the main force of Cao's army in Liyang, he quickly marched westward and rushed to the direction of Tiger Pass.

Liu Chuang didn't expect that not long after he crossed the river, Sima Fu rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass.

For the Sima family, Liu Chuang's feelings are obviously deeper than Zhong Xuan's family,...... Because in his most difficult time, Sima Fang sent Sima Yi to come to help. Although the Sima clan did not exert much effort after that, the support in the secret was not small.

Without the support of the Sima clan, how could Sima Yi form the Yellow Pavilion in Hanoi?

If it weren't for Sima Fang's secret help, presumably Sima Yi's eyes and ears in Xu Du would have been quite troublesome...... As for the cautious attitude of the Sima family, Liu Chuang was not surprised. In fact, he knows this kind of family's way of doing things. Sima Fang's ability to help him in his most difficult time is enough to illustrate the problem. After the capture of Hanoi, Liu Chuang did not appoint people to pacify, that is, he was waiting for Sima's response. Judging from the current situation, Sima's response can be called rapid.

Even if Sima Fu sued Liu Chuang, it was only his personal choice to come.

But Liu Chuang knew very well in his heart that without Sima Fang's approval, Sima Fu would never have come to work.

"Before I came, my father had severed ties with me.

So my words and deeds have nothing to do with the Sima family, please rest assured. ”

Sima Fu is an extremely smart person, although he doesn't know what Sima Yi is doing now, but judging from Sima Yi's appearance that Sima Yi has served Liu Chuang for many years and is still unknown, Sima Yi must be shouldering an unknown mission.

Sima Yi can be this kind of behind-the-scenes person, but it doesn't mean that Sima Fu can also be the person.

Liu Chuang understood Sima Fu's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Shuda don't worry, I already have a plan before you come......"

For Sima Fu, Liu Chuang has some impressions.

To tell the truth, among Sima Bada, his impression of Sima Fu was even better than Sima Yi.

In history, Sima Fu was the concubine of Tai Pi and Cao Pi's auxiliary minister. After Cao Cao's death, Sima Fu became a supporter of Cao Pi's usurpation of the throne, and Cao Pi was also obedient to him.

Later, Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming succeeded to the throne and enabled Sima Fu.

He once said to the left and right: "I have Brother Sima, what can I worry about? ”

In the reign of Emperor Ming of Wei, Sima Fu was the secretary of the Duzhi Shangshu, similar to the finance minister of later generations. Under Sima Fu's leadership, Wei's finances were extremely healthy, and because of Sima Fu's advice, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition finally failed several times, which can be described as a lot of hard work.

After the death of Emperor Wei Ming, Cao Fang succeeded to the throne.

When Sima Yi and the general Cao Shuang fought for power, Sima Fu was wise to protect himself and ignore political affairs.

And after Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling Incident, Sima Fu sent troops to Sima Men, controlled the Jingshi, and killed Cao Shuang and his party......

Wu general Zhuge Ke levied 200,000 troops to attack Wei, and Sima Fu supervised 200,000 troops to arrive in Shouchun.

At that time, the generals wanted to attack quickly, but they were stopped by Sima Fu, saying: "The attacking side needs to spend a lot of manpower to succeed, so let's use tricks for the time being, and don't fight with it." ”

He ordered the army to stagnate for a month before attacking, and the Wu soldiers were already exhausted, and the plague epidemic made the Wei army win without a fight.

In the late period of the Three Kingdoms, this person was definitely a famous general who could write and martial arts.

And what Liu Chuang remembers the most is that when Sima Zhao killed Cao Chao, Sima Fu cried bitterly despite everyone's opposition. After the Western Jin Dynasty Wei, Cao Huan was demoted to King Chen Liuwang and moved to Jinyong City. Only Sima Fu went to say goodbye, took Cao Huan's hand, and burst into tears, "The minister will die as Wei Chen." ”

This is a loyal minister, a loyal minister worthy of Liu Chuang's admiration......

He is cautious by nature, calm in the face of things, and knows how to protect himself.

After four generations of emperors of Cao Wei and always valued by Cao Wei, after Sima usurped the throne, he was even more of a great minister, and no one could compare.

Now, Sima Fu still looks a little green.

But Liu Chuang had great expectations for him, "Now I will conquer Xudu, and the affairs of Hanoi will be entrusted to Brother Xian."

Please ask the virtuous brother to leave immediately and go to Huaixian...... When I left, I told the uncle that as soon as the virtuous brother arrived, he would leave the affairs to the virtuous brother. ”

Sima Fu was surprised when he heard this.

You know, he and his brother Sima Lang are not in the same situation.

Sima Lang is famous all over the world, has been famous for more than ten years, and is a very famous scholar in the Central Plains. And Sima Fu was deliberately suppressed by Sima Fang, and not many people knew that he was talented. As soon as he joined Liu Chuang's command, Liu Chuang entrusted Hanoi to him, which is enough to see that Liu Chuang attaches great importance to him.

This is not just a simple family relationship, there is a kind of trust in it.

Sima Fu was moved, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "I am willing to die for my brother and make Hanoi safe......

The next day, Sima Fu set off for Hanoi.

The Sima clan is a first-class family in Hanoi, although Sima Fu is only the third son of the Sima clan, but with him in the background, he quickly stabilized the situation in Hanoi.

Of course, Liu Chuang will declare to the outside world that he only came to serve after he captured Wen County.

The relationship between Liu Chuang and Sima is not yet the time to unveil...... If the tiger prison is not broken for a day, Liu Chuang will not reveal the relationship between him and the Sima clan for a day. Otherwise, it would bring death to the Sima clan, which was not the result that Liu Chuang was willing to see.

With Sima Fu appeased in Hanoi, Liu Chuang had no worries at all.

At the beginning of August of the ninth year of Jian'an, Liu Chuang led a large army to the Tiger Pass.

Cao Peng was also prepared, and as soon as Liu Chuangcai arrived in the city, he led his troops out of the city and set up a position outside the city.

Cao Peng jumped out of the horse, Fang Tian drew a halberd and pointed at Liu Chuang, and scolded loudly: "The thief is arrogant, he dares to violate my city pass...... The Son of Heaven regards you as the emperor's uncle, you don't think about guarding the frontier for the country, why do you violate my city pass? If you have a heart of disobedience, I want you to give your head here today. ”

Liu Chuang couldn't help but sneer at Cao Peng.

"Huangkou Xiaoer, his subordinates are defeated, and they dare to be arrogant."

He sneered: "Cao Peng, the Son of Heaven is now being held hostage by your Cao clan, like a puppet.

I have come by the edict of the Son of Heaven to eradicate treachery, and if you are wise, you will surrender quickly, or else you will be beheaded under your horse. ”

Cao Peng was furious, and rushed towards Liu Chuang with a horse and a halberd.

A year ago, Cao Peng had reached the peak of the early stage of refining gods...... And a year later, Liu Chuang found that this guy had actually broken through to the middle stage of God Refining.

The Fang Tian painting halberd danced, and the halberd was heavy.

Liu Chuang's heart couldn't help but move, and he didn't dare to underestimate this person, so he cheered up and fought with Cao Peng.

A year ago, Liu Chuang was sure that he would be able to kill Cao Peng within thirty rounds. But now that he is facing off again, Liu Chuang can't help but be secretly surprised.

This guy's entry can be described as fast, if it weren't for Liu Chuang's fact that he had reached the peak state of the middle stage of refining gods, he would really have to fight a hard battle.

The two of them fought back and forth for about 20 rounds, and Cao Peng gradually showed his defeat.

In Cao Jun's main formation, he was in a hurry...... Seeing that Cao Peng was a little unable to resist, he was in a hurry, and the prancing horse twisted the gun and rushed over.

"Youxue, don't panic, I'll help you!"