Xu Huangzi Gongming, one of the five good generals of Cao Wei, Cao Cao once praised him for having "the wind of Yafu" and was reused. After Xiahou Dun lost Nanzheng, Cao Cao knew that Hanzhong had been lost and could no longer attack Yangping Pass, so he wanted to retreat, but he was afraid that Zhang Fei would then cover up and kill him in Guanzhong. It was Cao Cao who waved his army last and most ferociously to attack the pass, but let the rear army prepare to pull out the camp, and set off to retreat that night. Before leaving, Cao Cao ordered Xu Huang to lead 3,000 military horses to break off.

Xu Huang lay in ambush under the pass for a day, and did not see the pursuers coming, so he wanted to pursue Cao Cao's army, but he heard the Malay newspaper that Yangping was overflowing with the fragrance of wine, and the top and bottom were celebrating the victory. Xu Huang is worthy of being a general, and when he saw that there were fighters to find, he made a decision immediately, and led the army back to Guanxia. Sure enough, there were only a few sergeants in the Sichuan army who patrolled the night, and most of them were drunk and unconscious, and they were easily broken by Xu Huang. Later, although Zhang Fei and Ma Chao led the army to resist, they could not recover the decline and withdrew from the pass. Xu Huang had few soldiers and did not dare to chase away, so he only rushed to kill for a while, set fire to the pass, and then retreated.

Cao Cao was unfavorable in several battles in Hanzhong, even Xiahou Miaocai was killed, and more than 100,000 troops could not break through Yangping Pass, but on the contrary, Xu Huang's 3,000 men and horses made great achievements, and they couldn't help but be a little fluttering. The military horse left Yangping Pass for twenty or thirty miles, and heard the sound of hooves behind him, Xu Huang was surprised, and turned his head to see thousands of Sichuan troops rushing to kill. In last night's battle, the Cao army took advantage of it, and killed the Sichuan army to the ground, never thought that the other party would fight back, and waited until the Sichuan army rushed to the front, and then hurriedly formed a formation to respond.

Zhao Shu and Gao Ping led the troops to chase and kill, and when they saw Xu Huang's banner from a distance, they wanted to charge into battle in person for the first time, but they were held by Guan Feng and Rong'er, so they had to let Gao Ping lead the troops to rush over. Cao Jun was in a big mess all of a sudden, Xu Huang couldn't stop drinking, so he wanted to kill him to boost morale and look at Gao Ping to kill. Gao Ping was also about to look for him, and the two bumped into one place, each of them shook their spirits, and took out twelve points of ability to fight. Although the Cao army slowly formed a formation, resisted the Sichuan army. But the Sichuan army came with hatred, their morale was like a rainbow, and they forgot to die one by one, and the Cao army gradually couldn't resist it. Xu Huang saw that the situation was not good, and he was at a stalemate with Gao Ping, so he had to leave the other party behind and command the troops to retreat while fighting.

Turning a crossing, Cao Jun killed another army horse behind him. Zhao Shu was surprised, could it be that Cao Cao still had ambush soldiers? In his heart, he was in a state of panic, and he gave the order to retreat. Guan Feng had already seen the leader of the other party, and said happily: "It's General Wei Wenchang." Zhao Shu fixed his eyes and saw that it was indeed the color of the Sichuan army's uniform, and the general's military general was Wei Yan. Although Xu Huang was brave, he couldn't block these two flanking attacks, and Cao's army broke up one after another, and he only led hundreds of horsemen away.

After a great victory for the Sichuan army, Wei Yan came to salute, and Zhao Shu talked to him to find out the reason. After Liu Bei won Nanzheng, he knew that Cao Cao's attack on Yangping Pass was very urgent, so he sent Wei Yan to pick him up. Zhao Shu asked about the prisoners again, only to know that Cao Cao's army had retreated, and the department was only Xu Huang's 3,000 men, and he couldn't help but sigh that Cao Cao's five good generals were all wise and brave generals.

Zhao Shu was sighing, and heard someone shouting, "Mr. Zhao." Looking up, it was Guo Huai, and asked in surprise, "Why is Bo Ji here?" Guo Huai immediately replied: "The lord won Nanzheng, took out the Huai family, and deeply felt that the lord's great virtue was descended." Later, when he heard that Yangping Pass was tight, he specially asked for orders to come with General Wei to respond. Zhao Shu was overjoyed and said: "The lord has another good general." He ordered the soldiers to pack up their things and escort the prisoners back to Yangping Pass.

Although there was a small victory today, but the loss of more than 10,000 dead and wounded last night, Zhao Shu also felt deep heartache, and ordered people to bury the fallen soldiers, and all the things in the generals were rewarded to the soldiers. Zhao Shu didn't dare to be careless anymore, and ordered the generals to strictly guard the pass, so he returned to the tent to rest, closed his eyes for a while, and listened to Guo Huai outside to ask to see.

Zhao Shu hurriedly got up to welcome the invitation into the account, and sat down with each other. Zhao Shu asked: "Bo Ji is here, I don't know what happened?" Guo Huai replied: "When the king of Wei heard that Nanzheng was lost, his troops retreated to the valley. What do you think you should do next, sir? Zhao Shu knew that Cao Cao had lost several games in a row in Hanzhong, and the war in Fancheng and Runan was urgent, and there was not much grain and grass in the army, so he said: "In my opinion, Cao Cao will retreat back to Xudu in the near future." ”

Guo Huai nodded yes, and replied: "What Mr. said is very true. If the king of Wei wants to withdraw his troops, why don't you ask the lord to divide his troops to capture Shangyong, Xincheng and other places, so as to make the most of the Han water and geographical advantages, bordering Jingzhou, and helping General Guan from afar. The insight was really extraordinary, Zhao Shushen thought it was true, so he agreed to offer advice to Liu Bei. Guo Huai also got up to say goodbye, Zhao Shu sent him to the door, and suddenly asked, "Why don't Bo Ji personally offer advice to the lord?" Guo Huai laughed and said: "Huai is a new person, how can he be too sharp?" The two looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.

Zhao Shu listened to Guo Huai's suggestion and asked Ma Tan to go back to Nanzheng first and ask Liu Bei to send troops to take Shangyong, Xincheng and other places. The next day, the soldiers were left to garrison Yangping Pass, and they led the generals to the Xiegu Road Crossing to meet Liu Bei's army. Within a few days, when he saw Liu Bei's camp from afar, Zhao Shu ordered the sergeant to stand by and take Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and other generals into the camp to see. Liu Bei got the news of the horse visit, and personally brought Kong Ming, Fa Zheng and others to greet him at Yuanmen.

Seeing Liu Bei personally greeting him, Zhao Shu and the generals dismounted from a distance and walked forward quickly to greet him. Liu Bei personally helped him up and entered the big tent of the Chinese army hand in hand. The two sides sat down, and Liu Bei first praised: "Jingwei captured Yangping, took the army, and killed Xiahou Yuan, which is enough to make Cao thief break his courage." Zhao Shu hurriedly humbled him. Liu Bei said a few more words, and then turned to Gao Ping and said, "Gong is General Gao Ping?" Gao Ping hurriedly got up and replied, "It's the last general." Liu Bei looked up and down, saw that his figure was majestic, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, he is a tiger general, and he knows people through latitude and longitude." Then he encouraged Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and others to order people to serve wine and food.

After a few rounds of drinking, Zhao Shu asked about the war here, and Liu Bei replied: "Cao Cao's troops are in the valley, and they don't fight, and they don't retreat." I don't know what it means? Zhao Shu saw the chicken on the case, and unconsciously remembered the word "chicken ribs", so he smiled and said: "Cao Cao Jin can't win the main army's horses, and he is afraid of the world laughing at him when he retreats." It is because of the dilemma, I don't know how to deal with myself, just like this 'chicken rib', there is no meat to eat, and it tastes like abandonment. Liu Bei laughed unconsciously after hearing this, and said, "Jingwei is a good comparison." Everyone in the tent laughed.

Zhao Shu asked about the Shangyong war again, Liu Bei put down the wine glass, and shouted outside the tent: "Take the flag I prepared yesterday." Zhao Shu didn't know what his intentions were, so he looked outside the tent and saw a sergeant holding a large flag in both hands, saluting Liu Bei first, and then getting up and spreading his hands, but there were six big characters on it, "Han Army General Zhao".