Sima Yi was relieved to hear that Ma Chao was defeated and not dead, because this was consistent with his previous inference. If the soldier said that Ma Chao's army was annihilated, Sima Yi would feel deceitful. In Sima Yi's opinion, it must have been Ma Chao's sneak attack and burning the camp by Cao Xiu when he ambushed him. As a result, Ma Chao returned to the army and found that the camp was burned, and the army's heart was in chaos, and it was possible to retreat in defeat.

Sun Quan saw that Sima Yi stepped forward to ask, but the soldiers didn't open the city gate, so he also stepped forward and asked, "Most of your family governors are here, why don't you open the city gate to greet you?" ”

The defenders at the head of the city explained according to Pang Tong's words: "The army was still far away before, and I didn't know if the overseers arrived. When he got closer, he saw that it was the banner of the two armies, and he didn't dare to open the city rashly, so he asked the general not to blame. ”

Seeing that the defenders at the head of the city didn't know Sun Quan and were guarding him, Sima Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly and stepped forward and said: "This is King Wu, you are rude to wait for Hugh, open the city quickly!" ”

When the defenders heard that Sun Quan, the king of Wu, was moved, his left hand stretched out two fingers behind his back, and made a gesture, which meant that Sun Quan and Sima Yi were both under the city. But he said: "Don't blame the metropolitan governor!" The villain doesn't know His Majesty King Wu, and he is most afraid of Ma Chao's deception. The villain has already ordered someone to repay the lord, and General Wenlie will arrive later. After the general arrived, the villain opened the city and pleaded with the governor of the capital. ”

Sima Yi saw that the soldiers were so careful, and it was not easy to blame, after all, it was wartime, and there was nothing wrong with being careful, and Sima Yi estimated that there were no generals who could call the shots at the head of the city, and the soldiers did not dare to open the city privately. Sima Yi didn't speak, but Cao Chun and Cao Zhen couldn't help it, they were also Cao generals, so they didn't need to give Cao Xiu face, so Cao Zhen stepped forward and said: "I am Cao Zidan, if you open the city gate as soon as possible, even General Wenlie will not be blamed here." ”

It's Ma Superman who guards the city, where did you invite Cao Xiu? Preventing Sima Yi from entering the city just now was just a ploy to capture the old man, pretending to be more realistic, and at this time, Cao Zhen came forward and happened to be under a step. So the head of the city said: "Since General Zidan is in charge, I will open the city after this." Then he ordered the men to lower the drawbridge and open the gates.

Sima Yi frowned when he saw the defenders opening the city, Sima Yi was naturally higher than Cao Zhen in terms of official position, and the defenders did not listen to their own orders but listened to Cao Zhen's orders, which made Sima Yi feel a little faceless. However, Sima Yi didn't expect that there was fraud in the city, but he just thought that Cao Zhen was a close confidant of the Cao family, and it was impossible for him to surrender against his master, so it was natural for the soldiers at the head of the city to doubt themselves but not suspect Cao Zhen.

Soon the city gate was opened, and Sun Quan and Sima Yi were going to lead the troops into the city. As soon as the army was about to enter the city, they saw a fast horse approaching in the distance, and shouted as they ran: "The governor of the capital must not enter the city!" Yecheng has been acquired by Ma Chao! ”

Sun Quan and Sima Yi were stunned when they heard this, but they didn't have any overreaction at that time, after all, the identity of the person who came was undecided, and they didn't know whether what they said was true or false.

Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Pang De, and Pang Tong were hiding at the head of the city, they wanted to lure Sun Quan and Sima Yi into the city first, and then push down the rolling wood and stones to block the city gate, intercept the army outside the city, and then shoot Sun Quan and Sima Yi in the city, so that nothing could be lost. But I didn't expect someone to remind me of Pegasus. Sun Quan and Sima Yi were difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, Ma Chao and others naturally knew that what the man said was true, so Ma Chao raised the banner, and the ambush soldiers at the head of the city were all around, and ten thousand arrows were fired together.

"Ah~" "Not good~" "I'm waiting for the plan!" "Hurry back!" …… As soon as Sun Quan and Sima Yi saw the soldiers in the city pointing their bows and crossbows at the city, they knew that it was not good, and hurriedly retreated. The Liberation Army and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry also reacted immediately, surrounding the commanders of the two armies at the core.

Most of the ambushes at the head of the city were aimed at Sun Quan and Sima Yi, but the guards next to the two were also the most. The strong bow and hard crossbow basically shot the Xie Fu army and the tiger and leopard cavalry, and the people shouted and the horses neighed together, but Sun Quan and Sima Yi took the opportunity to go away.

Ma Chao was in a hurry when he saw that the two were about to run, and shouted: "Where is Sun Quan!" With that, he opened his bow and shot Sun Quan in the left arm and shot Sun Quan off his horse.

In Ma Chao's opinion, Sun Quan, the king of Wu, is more valuable than Sima Yi, the governor of Wei. Ma Dai and Pang De were also in general mind, seeing that Sun Quan had fallen off the horse and was not dead, they also fired arrows at Sun Quan, wanting to leave Sun Quan behind.

Zhou Tai saw Sun Quan fall off the horse and rushed forward, blocked Ma Dai and Pang De's arrows with his body, rescued Sun Quan and left. Ma Chao and the three of them couldn't help but secretly say that it was a pity when they saw Sun Quan being rescued, and when they wanted to shoot Sima Yi again, they found that Sima Yi had already gone away, and there were only more than 1,000 corpses of Wu and Wei Shishu left in the city.

Ma Chao looked at the retreating Wu and Wei armies, smashed his fists on the head of the city and said angrily: "Who is that?" It did a good thing to me, and I couldn't do it all. ”

Pang Tong also felt that it was a pity, his IQ was not weaker than Zhuge Liang, but he did not have Zhuge Liang's indifferent temperament, and he always wanted to prove himself, so he also hated it. However, some opportunities are missed, and everyone only thought about shooting Sun Quan and Sima Yi in the city, and they didn't think about pursuing, even if they transferred troops to chase after them, it was too late to chase them. Although Pang Tong hated in his heart, he also knew that regret was useless, so he could only comfort Ma Chao and said: "Although Sun Quan and Sima Yi were not left behind this time, they also lost all the elite soldiers under their command, which can be regarded as breaking the arms of the two." If there is a next time, we will definitely capture these two people. ”

Ma Chao also understood that there was no regret in the world about selling medicine, so he had to temporarily withdraw his troops and wait for Nan Ye. Although this plan failed, it was a victory, and as soon as Ma Chao's anger passed, he rewarded the three armies again.

Sun Quan and Sima Yi were frightened and ran away from Laoyuan, and then they dismounted to heal their injuries. Sun Quan's arm injury was not serious, but Zhou Tai's back arrow was quite deep into the flesh, and he needed to recuperate for a while before he could fight. Although Sima Yi was not hit by an arrow on the side of the Wei army, Cao Zhen was hit by an arrow in the leg, but fortunately, it was not serious.

Sima Yi summoned the messenger to the front and asked, "Who are you?" Why did you come to report here? ”

The man replied: "The villain is a fine work under the command of General Wenlie, and he was sent by the general to inquire about the military situation, and when he saw that the governor wanted to enter the city, he issued a warning. ”

It turned out that Cao Pi did not go far after the defeat and retreat, but waited for Sima Yi's soldiers to come, and sent a scout horse to inquire about contact. When the horse arrived in Yecheng, he saw Sun Quan and Sima Yi entering the city, so he reminded them and saved their lives.

After hearing the cause and effect, Sima Yi couldn't help but sigh and said, "Feng Xiao's plan is better than me." After that, he led Sun Quan to see Cao Pi, the lord of Wei.

However, it was said that Nan Ye led the troops to pursue the Wu and Wei armies, and as soon as Sun Quan and Sima Yi left on the front foot, Nan Ye arrived on the back foot. When he came to the city wall, he was shocked, only to see that the ground outside the city was full of scorched earth, and there was no shadow of Ma Chao at all. But when everyone looked at the city, it was a joy that the top of Yecheng had changed its flag and became the city of Nanhan.

When the soldiers at the head of the city saw that Nan Ye's soldiers had arrived, someone had already informed Ma Chao that all the generals in the city would go out of the city together and welcome Nan Ye into the city. The two sides exchanged pleasantries, and Nan Ye knew that Pang Tong designed the city, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed and rewarded the generals under his command.

Pang Tong had already found out that Cao Pi's men and horses were not far from the city, and he also sent people to save Sun Quan and Sima Yi, and ruined his own big things, so he said to Nanye: "Now that Eastern Wu has been pacified, only Cao Wei and the two states have not been decided. The national teacher should send troops as soon as possible, and kill Sun Quan and Cao Pi in one go to dominate the world, which is the blessing of all the people! ”

Nan Ye's strong army this time is exactly this plan, not to mention that now that Yecheng has been captured, it is impossible to get along with Cao Pi even if he wants to. Nan Ye nodded and said, "What Shi Yuan said is extremely true! I am about to send troops to fight Cao Pi and Sun Quan, who are you waiting for who wants to go with me? ”

When all the generals heard this, they were all eager to go, but Nan Ye was a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but look at Guo Jia, Jia Xu, and Pang Tong. Among the three, Jia Xu was the most tactful, and he did not offend the generals, but Guo Jia didn't care about everyone's opinions, he just devoted himself to the country, and said to Nan Ye: "General Gan and General Taishi are in command of the navy, and they should not leave for a long time, and they should return to the army to Zhenhaijiang." Yecheng is an important place that must not be defended, according to my opinion, heavy troops should be left, and the governor's army should be food and grass. ”

Nan Ye used Gan Ning and Tai Shi Ci to sneak attack Qing and Xu Erzhou across the sea, but now that they have hit Yecheng, the two generals have already overfulfilled their tasks, so Nan Ye ordered the two to return to the army. He also ordered Jia Xu, Zhang He, and Ma Dai to guard the grain and grass in Yecheng, and the rest of the generals sent troops to pursue Sun Quan and Cao Pi again.

Sun Quan Yecheng was hit by an arrow, and injured the general Zhou Tai, and there were few soldiers left under his command, so he had the intention of retreating from Sanhan and Goguryeo. So as soon as he saw Cao Pi, he asked Cao Pi to resign: "Nanye's soldiers are strong and brave, and my foundation is lost." I want to retreat from Sanhan, and then reorganize my troops and horses to compete with Nanye, and ask King Wei to borrow the way to fight with me. ”

Cao Pi is not stupid at all, knowing that Sun Quan will not be able to come back if he goes, and his own family is by no means Nanye's opponent, and the final result can only be to retreat to the land of Xianbei and Wuhuan like Sun Quan. So he said to Sun Quan: "Why did Your Majesty say this? Your Majesty is the king of a country, this king is your Majesty's minister, and Jizhou and Youzhou are also the lands of Your Majesty, how can you say that the foundation is lost? Please also ask Your Majesty to join forces with this king to fight the enemy, and not to make the people of the world feel cold. ”

Sun Quan was shocked when he heard this, theoretically speaking, after Cao Pi abdicated and became king, he did first claim to Liu Bei and then to himself. But in fact, the two do not belong to each other, but are only an equal alliance. Now that Cao Pi is facing a strong enemy and moving this master-slave relationship out, Sun Quan really has nothing to say.

Lu Su saw that Sun Quan was deflated and said: "Since the king of Wei recognizes my lord as the king, he should know that the king's order cannot be violated. His Majesty's intention was to order the King of Wei to lead the army to defend Erzhou to prevent Nanye, and then come to help after His Majesty retreated to Sanhan to rectify the troops and horses. ”

Sima Yi listened to Lu Su's argument so powerful, so he said: "There is a way that is the filial piety of the father and the son, and the loyalty of the monarch and the minister." Nan Ye sent troops to attack His Majesty's land, which had nothing to do with the King of Wei, but the King of Wei sent troops to help. Now that the Nanye soldiers are coming, isn't it chilling for His Majesty to leave? If Your Majesty really wants to leave, then don't blame us for serving Nanye National Teacher. ”

Sun Quan's face turned green when he heard this. Cao Pi's biggest advantage at this time was to return the throne and claim the throne, he could respect Liu Bei and Sun Quan as emperors, and naturally he could also respect Liu Yi of the Southern Han Dynasty as emperors. If Cao Pi really joined forces with Nan Ye, Sun Quan would not even have a way to live.

Lu Su was also shocked, but he didn't expect Sima Yi to directly threaten, which made him feel justified and couldn't explain it. Lu Meng was born as a military general, although his eloquence was not as good as Lu Su, but he had a bloody nature, and he took out his sword and said angrily: "You dare to surrender to the thief!" Watch me kill you! ”