Cao Cao listened to Ma Teng's scolding, so he ordered someone to take Ma Teng and his sons Ma Xiu and Huang Kui out and behead them together. Later generations have poems praising Ma Tengdao: Father and son Qi Fanglie, loyal to one door. Donate your life to the country, and swear to answer the king's grace. The blood-chewing alliance is there, and the treacherous righteousness exists. Xiliang pushes the world, worthy of Fu Bosun!

After killing Ma Teng and Huang Kui, Cao Cao smiled and asked Miao Ze: "The traitor is the head, you have a lot of credit, I don't know what reward you want?" ”

His Royal Highness Miao Ze kowtowed and said: "The villain doesn't ask for a reward from the prime minister, but only asks Li Chunxiang to be his wife." ”

Cao Cao sneered when he heard this: "You killed your brother-in-law's family for the sake of a woman, what is the use of such an unrighteous person to stay?" Someone came, and took the adulterer and adulteress down together and beheaded them. ”

Miao Ze heard that he cried and told him to forgive, but it was useless, so Miao Ze, Li Chunxiang and Huang Kui's family were beheaded in the city, and the audience all sighed. Later generations have poems that sigh: Miao Ze hurt his loyal ministers for personal reasons, and Chunxiang did not hurt himself. The traitor is also incompatible with forgiveness, and he plots to be a villain in vain.

After Cao Cao beheaded Ma Teng and Huang Kui's family, he recruited Anxi Liang soldiers and horses on the one hand, and sent people to guard the pass to capture Ma Dai. However, it was said that after Ma Dai led a thousand soldiers, a sergeant who fled back from Xuchang City reported Ma Teng's death. Ma Dai was shocked when he heard the news, and knew that he could not get rid of the soldiers and horses, so he had to dismiss the men and horses, pretended to be a merchant and joined the earthquake dart bureau, and fled overnight with the assistance of the dart bureau.

Since Ma Teng left Xiliang, Ma Chao has been restless. One night, I had a dream that I was lying in the snow and a group of tigers came to bite. After waking up suddenly, he knew that it was a dream, and he was puzzled. The next day, when the tent is raised, he tells the things of the dream.

One of the tents responded, "This dream is a bad omen!" ”

Everyone saw it as Pound, and Ma Chao asked, "What sign does Ling Ming think this dream is?" ”

Pang De said: "When you meet a tiger in the snow, the dream is vicious." The snow is white, the elder with white hair is the master, and the tiger is fierce and fierce. The young general is lying in the snow, could it be that the old general is in danger in Xuchang? ”

Ma Chao was shocked when he heard this, and just about to ask again, he saw a person stumbling in, crying and worshipping in the ground: "Uncle and brother are dead!" ”

All the generals were shocked, and when they saw that the person who broke into the tent was Ma Dai. Ma Chao asked in surprise: "When my father was leaving, he said that he was careful, why is this?" ”

Ma Dai cried: "My uncle and the squire Huang Kui conspired to kill Cao Cao, but unfortunately they were all beheaded in the city, and the second brother was also killed. I dismissed the soldiers and horses to pretend to be merchants, and with the help of the dart board, I escaped in the starry night. ”

Ma Chao cried and fell to the ground when he heard this, and the generals hurriedly rescued him. Pang De said: "The young general is going to cry badly, the old general is falling, and the big and small affairs of Xiliang are all on the young general alone, so it is important to treat the old general's funeral first." ”

When the generals heard this, they also stepped forward to comfort Ma Chao, Ma Chao gritted his teeth and scolded Cao Cao for a while, and his mood calmed down a little, so he discussed the funeral with everyone. At this time, another person broke into the tent and said: "I heard that Shoucheng has fallen, but is there such a thing?" ”

Ma Chao saw that the person who entered the account was Han Sui, so he nodded and said, "Uncle came just in time!" My father was killed by a thief, and I am discussing with the generals about the funeral. ”

Han Sui said angrily: "Cao thief really deserves to die!" He deceived the king, brutalized the people, and now kills my brother, this enmity is not the same heaven and earth, different sun and moon. Meng Qidang and I led the troops of Xiliang into Xuchang and swore to kill the Cao thief. In this way, the traitorous party can be destroyed, the great revenge can be avenged, and the Han family can be prosperous! ”

Ma Chao's temper was already hot, and when he heard Han Suiyi, his calm emotions became excited again. He said, "What my uncle said is very true! I will take revenge, and I hope that my uncle will help me. ”

Han Sui was secretly happy when he saw Ma Chao's impulsive troops, and nodded in agreement. The reason why Han Sui came to stimulate Ma Chao to use troops was because he had Cao Cao's secret letter. Cao Cao said in the letter: If Ma Chao is captured and sent to Xudu, Han Sui will be named the Marquis of Xiliang, and Yongzhen Xiliang. Han Sui is not a stupid person, so he naturally sees Cao Cao's plan to discord. He didn't care about official positions such as the Marquis of Xiliang, but except for Ma Chaoyong, Xiliang was still very attractive to Han Sui.

Ma Teng and Ma Chaojiu have a high prestige in Xiliang, and Ma Chao, who is strong in martial arts, is called "General Shenweitian" by the Qiang people. Han Sui wanted to get rid of Ma Chao, but he couldn't use Cao Cao's strategy, because once he directly attacked Ma Chao, he would bear the name of injustice, even if he won the soldiers of Xiliang, the people would not be convinced.

So Han Sui thought of agitating Ma Chaobing to take revenge and get rid of Ma Chao with Cao Cao's hand. If this war horse Chao died at the hands of Cao Cao, Han Sui would not need Cao Cao's reward to be the lord of Xiliang. If Ma Chao was able to defeat Cao Cao, Han Sui would not suffer a loss, and just invaded Cao Cao's land with Ma Chao. Sili, Yanzhou, Hebei, Qing, You, and And, all of them are richer than Xiliang. If Han Sui got Cao Cao Prefecture, he didn't care about ceding Xiliang to Ma Chao.

Han Sui made a calculation, and then ordered his eight military horses and marched together. These eight people are known as the eight horsemen of Qiben, and they are Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan, and Yang Qiu. Eight generals followed Han Sui, and Ma Chao's generals Pang De, Ma Dai and other generals, a total of 200,000 troops, and came to Chang'an.

When Dong Zhao, the general of Chang'an, heard that Ma Chao's troops had arrived, he flew to report to Cao Cao on the one hand, and led the army to resist the enemy on the other hand, and deployed in the field. The vanguard of Xiliang in front was Ma Dai, who led 15,000 troops, and came all over the mountains. Dong Zhao was originally a strategist who was not good at the army, so he wanted to take responsibility for it. He stepped forward and questioned Ma Dai: "Why did you and others violate the border for no reason?" ”

Ma Dai came to avenge his uncle Ma Teng, how could he talk nonsense with Dong Zhao? The horizontal knife urged the horse and rushed towards Dong Zhao. Dong Zhao saw Ma Dai raise his knife and cut it, only then did he know that he was a Xiucai who met a soldier, and he couldn't explain it reasonably. So he turned his horse and retreated into the middle of the line. Ma Dai was not timid in the face of Cao Jun, and chased Dong Zhao with a knife, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry behind him also rushed to kill.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is a Qiang cavalry trained by Ma Chao, and most of them have high noses and deep eyes, which are soldiers from the west of Rome. This cavalry is covered in fine steel armor, equipped with cavalry spears in close combat, and uses javelins in long-range combat, with good attack power, strong defense, and a large number of absorptions of the advantages of the Roman military formation.

Dong Zhao is not Ma Dai's opponent, and the Cao soldiers under his command are even worse than the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Ma Dai led his troops to rush and kill, and then killed Cao's army, and Dong Zhao folded many sergeants and left.

Finding that his soldiers and horses were not Ma Dai's opponents at all, Dong Zhao had no choice but to defend the city. Although the Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Ma Dai was brave, they were also powerful in the face of the city wall, and they only scolded under the city all day long, and did not storm the city. Two days later, Ma Chao and Han Sui's armies arrived and surrounded Chang'an together.

Chang'an is the place where the capital of the Western Han Dynasty was built, the city is strong, the trenches are deep, Ma Chao is eager to attack, and Han Sui is unable to work. and besieged it for ten days, and could not break the city. Pang De said: "The soil in Chang'an City is hard and alkaline, and it does not produce food, and there is no firewood. Now the siege of the city has been ten days, and the soldiers and civilians are starving. It's better to withdraw the army for the time being, and then like this, Chang'an is at your fingertips. ”