Seeing Ma Chao and the others escape, Cao Zhang did not chase after him, but led the troops back to give Cao Cao his life.

"Father, the Xiliang army was defeated in this battle, and Ma Teng was hit by several arrows, even if he didn't die, he would be seriously injured."

Hearing Cao Zhang's words, Cao Cao nodded slowly and said:

"After this battle, the strength of the Xiliang army was greatly damaged, and they wanted to block the offensive of our army, which was tantamount to a fool's dream, and the order was passed on, so that the army could attack the city day and night.

At all costs, Jincheng will be taken.

Let Ma Shoucheng go this time, he won't give him another chance, this time he will definitely pacify Xiliang. ”

Cao Cao didn't choose to storm the city before, it was because he had scruples, after all, the strength of the Xiliang army was not bad, and if it was really tough, the loss would be incalculable.

But now it's different.

This time, he designed an ambush and killed many generals of the Xiliang Army, and the soldiers and horses brought out by Ma Teng were completely damaged, and the strength had been completely tilted, so Cao Cao had no worries.

Even if he pays a certain number of casualties, he must take Jincheng as soon as possible. If the problem of Xiliang was not solved, Cao Cao would not be able to move south and fight Liu Qi head-on.

Although Cao Cao is now facing Ma Teng, he always understands that his ultimate opponent is Liu Qi.

If he can't defeat Liu Qi, he won't be able to dominate the world.

The same.

Liu Qi is now unified in the south, and he is also qualified to compete with Cao Cao, and it is not yet known how he will win or lose!

Listening to Cao Cao's order, all the generals were ordered to say yes.

They could feel Cao Cao's determination.

This is definitely no joke.

Meanwhile.

Ma Chao led people and escorted Ma Teng back to Jincheng.

This time they really lost a lot.

Not to mention most of the soldiers and horses, even Ma Teng's two sons and Ma Chao's younger brother died on the battlefield.

Ma Dai and Ma Yunlu opened the city gate to greet them.

Seeing Ma Teng, who was hit by several arrows, Ma Yunlu looked shocked, approached worriedly, and said:

"Father, what's going on?"

At this moment, Ma Teng was a little weak, he gritted his teeth and said:

"This matter is reckless for my father, I actually fell into the trick of Cao thief's daughter, today my two sons and Wen Yue were all killed by Cao Jun, I and Cao Thief do not share the sky, and I will take revenge in the future."

Ma Chao looked at Ma Teng and said eagerly:

"Father, don't think about it, it's better to deal with the injury as soon as possible, and the child will definitely help the second and third brothers avenge it in the future."

His tone was resolute and affirmative.

Soon.

sent Ma Teng to the government office, and a military doctor came to deal with it, and reluctantly took out the arrow on Ma Teng's body.

Although it looks okay now, no one knows if there will be any problems in the future. can only look at Ma Teng's life, if he is accidentally infected, the gods will not be able to save him.

At this point, Ma Teng recovered a little.

But Cao Cao wouldn't give them a chance.

There was a shout of killing outside, it was Cao Cao who sent troops to attack the city, and a big battle had broken out outside.

Ma Chao immediately went.

Although Ma Teng is the master of Xiliang, Ma Chao's prestige in the army is also very high, after all, the strength is here.

In the land of Western Coolness, only strong strength can convince the public.

If the strength is not good, it is useless to say more, the Qiang people are already fierce, strong and competitive.

Bloody World War I.

Both the Cao army and the Xiliang army suffered a lot of losses.

Because of the previous battle, the morale of the Xiliang army was affected, and most of the soldiers and horses were reduced, and in the face of the Cao army's strong attack, they were overwhelmed.

When Cao Cao besieged the city for a whole day.

Ma Teng's expression was solemn, and he called Ma Chao and the others over.

It's all in the room.

After clearing his thoughts, Ma Teng said solemnly:

"Cao Cao is attacking the city like this at this moment, he must feel that my Xiliang army has suffered heavy losses, and he wants to defeat our army in one go, and in addition, Cao Cao is afraid that he will also be in trouble.

If Cao Cao didn't run into trouble, he directly sent people to besiege Jincheng, and in the long run, our army ran out of food and grass, and had to retreat, but Cao Cao did not do this now. ”

Hearing Ma Teng's words, Ma Chao was stunned:

"Father, what do you mean?"

Since his return, Ma Teng has been lying on the bed and meditating hard because of his ill health, and now he finally figured it out.

I saw Ma Teng explain:

"That's right, what Cao Cao is scrupulous about now must be Liu Qi in the south, this Liu Qi has already won Jingzhou and Jiangdong, and now he may have taken Yizhou, so that Cao Cao can be so afraid.

That's why he's so anxious these days, designing to lead our army into battle, and now he's sending people to attack all night.

In order to solve my Xiliang Army as soon as possible and go south to fight Liu Qi, this is the only chance for my Ma family. ”

Ma Chao was stunned, he hesitated and said:

"Father is ready to unite this Liu Qi?"

But at this moment, Ma Teng shook his head decisively and said seriously:

"Today's Xiliang, or my Ma family, is no longer qualified to unite with Liu Qi. If the father had figured this out earlier, he would not have ended up in the situation he is in now.

Now the Xiliang army has suffered heavy losses, and in the face of Cao's successive attacks, even if it can temporarily hold the city, it won't take long to escape the end of the city being broken and people killed.

Therefore, my father's idea is that my Xiliang army must break out of Jincheng as soon as possible, and then kill Hanzhong and get in touch with Liu Qi, otherwise it will be the end of my Ma family. ”

Ma Chao frowned, and muttered:

"Father, does my Ma family have no other choice? Even if he takes refuge in Liu Qi at this moment, he may not accept us! ”

This is something that Ma Chao is worried about.

If they give up Xiliang and break out of Jincheng, they will become lost dogs, and if they want to be valued under Liu Qi at that time, I'm afraid it's not so simple, this matter is too difficult.

As if he had expected it, Ma Teng said seriously:

"Chao'er, you don't have to worry about this matter, my father has already thought about it, but this matter requires Yunlu's cooperation."

Hearing Ma Teng's words, Ma Yunlu next to her looked stunned, and she didn't know why she was involved in herself.

But Ma Teng said so, and Ma Yunlu said without hesitation:

"Please ask the father to command, and the daughter will never refuse."

The images of Ma Teng and Ma Chao are very good, living in the land of Xiliang, but they are called Jin Ma Chao, which can already be seen. Therefore, Ma Yunlu, as Ma Teng's daughter, will not be bad in appearance.

However, although Ma Yunlu is a daughter, she followed Ma Teng to practice martial arts and made a lot of contributions.

Ma Yunlu has good strength and can be regarded as a second-rate general.

If Ma Teng asked her to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, Ma Yunlu would not have any hesitation.

However, Ma Teng quickly spoke:

"As far as my father knows, although Liu Qi of Jingzhou is deeply hidden, it is rumored that this person is greedy for women, but it is not fake, he fought with Sun Quan before, and he actually married Sun Quan's sister.

Although the two sides did not stop fighting, after the fall of Jiangdong, Sun Quan's life was also saved, so as long as Yunlu and you marry Liu Qi, my Ma family will eventually have a foothold. ”

At this moment, everyone was stunned.

Ma Yunlu looked stunned and didn't know what to say.

Although Ma Yunlu is older than Sun Shangxiang, she is only twenty years old now, and she is in her youth.

It's not that Ma Teng hasn't picked a partner for her before.

However, Ma Yunlu's request is a bit strange, and if you want to marry her, you must be stronger than her. The strength is above her, other conditions are not met, and those who meet other conditions can't beat Ma Yunlu.

So it dragged on until now.

As a result, at this moment, Ma Teng actually wanted him to marry Liu Qi.

Ma Yunlu was silent and said:

"Father, even if his daughter is willing to marry Liu Qi, he may not be willing to marry, I am not an ordinary woman."

But Ma Teng was confident and said firmly:

"As long as Yunlu is willing, you don't have to worry about the rest, originally Sun Quan's sister is also a good martial artist, so Liu Qi is not also married, which means that he doesn't care about this matter.

The only helplessness for a father is that Liu Qi already has a wife, Yunlu, if you marry in the past, I'm afraid you can only be a concubine, if you have a choice for your father, it will never be like this, but now ......"

Ma Teng let out a long sigh.

He also attaches great importance to Ma Yunlu.

After all, there are so many sons, but there is only one daughter, of course, she is regarded as a treasure. It's just that what Ma Teng didn't expect was that he originally wanted to cultivate one

A lady, but a female general.

It's really not a taste for your only daughter to be a concubine for someone else.

But in today's troubled times, Ma Teng has no other choice, he has a blood feud with Cao Cao, it is impossible to take refuge in Cao Cao, Liu Bei who contacted him before has been planted, and the only one who can rely on him is Liu Qi.

In this world, I am afraid that only Liu Qi can fight against Cao Cao.

Hearing what Ma Teng meant, Ma Yunlu suddenly said, she didn't even hesitate, and then cut it out:

"The father doesn't have to worry, the daughter is willing, even if she is a slave and a maid, as long as she can avenge the two brothers, the daughter will never complain."

Ma Chao was also silent and said:

"Little sister, I'm sorry for you."

After receiving Ma Yunlu's affirmative reply, Ma Teng continued:

"It's all later, now I'm waiting, we have to find a way to get out of the encirclement first. If he couldn't go to Hanzhong, or if his father was wrong, Liu Qi didn't enter Hanzhong now.

Our Ma family, I'm afraid it's going to be destroyed. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Teng was very unwilling, although he did not have the official Liangzhou pastor or Liangzhou assassin history, but he was the de facto ruler of the Western Liang Land, but now he was in such a situation.

But Ma Teng is not a man of the first iron.

After seeing the situation clearly, you must learn to change, otherwise the entire Ma family will die here.

In this regard, Ma Chao was particularly determined:

"Father, don't worry, leave this matter to the child, and I will definitely escort my father and little sister out of the encirclement."

When it comes to charging into battle, there aren't so many bells and whistles.

Hard power must be relied upon.

Now Cao Cao is determined to wipe out the Ma family, the city is surrounded by strong enemies, and it is not a simple matter to break through.

And Ma Chao, he was extraordinarily resolute.

No matter what, even if you fight for your life, you have to send your father and little sister out.

When they arrived in Hanzhong, they had a glimmer of life.

They might have been able to hold on longer, but it would have been a slow death.

The final outcome cannot be changed.

The difference in strength between the two sides is not a star and a half.

If the strength was balanced, they would not be so anxious and desperate to break through.

And they said that they would put the soldiers and horses in order in the city.

They're looking for the right opportunity to get out.

Meanwhile.

Just as Marten had predicted.

After Liu Qi took Chengdu, he chose to lead his troops north after a short rest and went straight to Hanzhong.

Hanzhong's geographical location is very important, anyway, it is better than nothing.

Meantime.

In this battle, Liu Qi not only left Fa Zheng, Zhang Song and others in Chengdu, but let them be in charge of the logistics of the army.

also brought Huang Quan with him.

This battle is also divided into two ways.

Liu Qi directly allocated 30,000 soldiers and horses and handed them over to Xu Shu and his party, so that they could capture Wudu County.

And he himself led the various departments of Jingzhou and some elites of Yizhou to Hanzhong.

Compared with Hanzhong, it is much easier to take Wudu.

And Xu Shu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun are both civil and military, so it is just right for them to take martial arts.

As for Liu Qi, although he wanted to attack Hanzhong under the banner and rescue Liu Bei. But everyone knows that Liu Bei at this moment is most likely not in Hanzhong, and taking Hanzhong will not save Liu Bei.

And at this moment, Xu Shu and others have already made a choice.

They understood Liu Bei's position, even if Liu Bei wanted to break away from Liu Qi, it was impossible for him to defect to Cao Cao.

Today, there is nothing left left.

Some are just north and south.

Therefore, following Liu Qi is their only choice.

Xu Shu didn't say anything about Liu Qi's arrangement, although he couldn't save Liu Bei from Hanzhong and Wu.

But as long as one day, Liu Qi can dominate the world.

will definitely be able to rescue Liu Bei.

There is no need to doubt that.

As for Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, when Xu Shu explained it clearly to them, the two also understood the current situation.

There are some things that they can't help anymore.

Liu Bei was captured, although they did not want this to happen,

But now it's a fact.

So what they can do is live up to the Han family.

Hanzhong is really the main battlefield.

Although Cao Cao's army did not go to Hanzhong now, Xu Huang and Zhang He still guarded here.

Second, there is no doubt about their ability.

Liu Qi did not despise them either.

It will be an uphill battle, and he will not have any certainty if there is no supply from Yizhou. But now, Liu Qi is gathering the soldiers of Jingzhou and Yizhou to seize Hanzhong together.

Actually, before sending troops.

Liu Qi had already prepared in advance.

He sent a message to Zhuge Liang.

Let him send troops from Jingzhou and Jiangdong to deter Cao Cao and wait for the opportunity.

Regardless of whether this battle is fought or not, the soldiers and horses must be ready to let Cao Cao understand Liu Qi's determination. and restrained Cao Jun to a certain extent and helped Liu Qi take the land of Hanzhong.

Chen soldiers along the Yangtze River can completely pull Cao Cao's large number of troops, so that he will look forward and backward and dare not be decisive.

The army reached Hanzhong.

The first challenge they need to face.

It was the Yangping Pass that stopped Liu Bei before, this pass was extremely dangerous, and it was very difficult to grab the pass.

There are lessons from Liu Bei's previous experience here.

If you want to enter Hanzhong, the best way is to find another way.

Make the enemy defenseless.

Without the blockage of Yangping Pass, the two sides have no absolute advantage, and Liu Qi has a large number of soldiers and horses, so he naturally has a greater chance of winning.

In a temporary tent.

Liu Qi gathered everyone and asked:

"Now our army is about to arrive in Hanzhong, but Hanzhong Yangping Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you want to force the attack, our army will definitely suffer heavy losses, what can you do to break the enemy?"

At the moment, Huang Quan is very active.

He was obviously resolute and unwilling to surrender to Liu Qi.

But Liu Qi came to invite him personally, and when the two met for the first time, Huang Quan could feel an inexplicable trust.

In the end, Huang Quan was convinced and submitted to Liu Qi.

I saw Huang Quan say:

"In the land of Hanzhong, Yangping Pass is the key, and attacking Yangping Pass must be a bitter battle, so if our army wants to directly enter the hinterland of Hanzhong, it needs to be like Liu Xuande before and spare Yangping Pass.

In this way, the enemy army was unexpected, and only then could the situation be stabilized.

It's just the previous road, because Liu Bei has already walked, Cao Jun must have been prepared, and now only by finding a new way to pass, otherwise it will be difficult for our army to win. ”

Sure enough, smart people think the same thing.

If you want to take Hanzhong, you can't fight hard at Yangping Pass, which is too much of a loss for the attacking side.