However, it is said that Cao Cao rectified the army and horses, and in the first month of the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), he personally led a large army to attack Sun Quan, and let Xun Yu go to the county to work in the army.

After Xun Yu arrived, Cao Cao left him in the army, and named Xun Yu as a servant, a doctor of Guanglu, and a military minister.

Xun Yu could not accompany him due to illness, so Cao Cao ordered him to stay in Shouchun to recuperate.

Cao Cao led the army to the mouth of the water, broke through Sun Quan's western camp, made a bamboo raft, took the night outlet to the small island of Chaohu Lake, was besieged by Sun Quan's army, captured more than 3,000 people, drowned and died thousands, had to hold on.

Sun Quan personally took a boat to Cao Cao's army to provoke, and the generals of Cao's army wanted to attack.

Cao Cao stopped and ordered that the bow and crossbow should not be fired indiscriminately.

After Sun Quan left for five or six miles, he also beat the drum and trumpet, and he was very free.

Seeing this, Cao Jun sailed out of a large ship, and fired a flurry of arrows, one side of the arrow, which was overturned.

The Wu ship fell straight off the bow of the ship, so that the other side was hit by arrows, and the arrows were evenly flattened, and then several ships surrounded and sank the Cao army's big ship.

Many years later, local fishermen saw the boat emerge when the water level was shallow.

Cao Cao saw that Sun Quanzhou's ships and weapons were cleaned up, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, and he couldn't help but sigh and said: "Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou, and Liu Jingsheng's son is like a dolphin with dog ears!" ”

Sun Quan returned to Shuizhai and wanted to persuade Cao Cao to retreat, but the generals were puzzled: "Spring is coming, the ice and snow in the upper reaches are melting, and the river is rising. Cao's army is in the isolated island in the lake, even if it is not submerged, our army is besieged on all sides, and there is no hope of survival, how can we persuade to retreat? ”

Sun Quan smiled and said: "Kong Ming is a god, knowing that Cao Cao was defeated and took Huarong, but he let Guan Yunchang ambush him and deliberately let him go, why not?" If I destroy Cao Cao now, how can his son Cao Pi and his generals give up, and they will regard me as their number one enemy. Liu Beizhi is in Yizhou, but he just sits on the mountain and watches the tiger, refusing to send troops to help, and Dongwu is in danger! So he wrote a note and sent someone to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao dismantled it, and said on the note: "Spring water is born, and the public wants to go quickly." There is another piece of paper: "If you don't die, you can't be alone." ”

Cao Cao said to the generals: "Sun Quan does not bully orphans. "It means to retreat.

At this time, news came from Shouchun, saying that Xun Yu died of illness at the age of fifty.

Cao Cao was sad and grieved, had no intention of fighting again, and when Xiahou Yuanfei was in a hurry, he led the army to retreat and go to aid Xiahou Yuan.

Let's say that Yang Fu sneaked out of Jicheng in the name of burying his deceased wife and went to Licheng.

Jiang Xu, the general of Fuyi, the commander of Licheng, is a native of Jicheng County, Tianshui County, and Yang Fu is a cousin, and Jiang Xu's mother is Yang Fu's aunt.

Yang Fu grew up in Jiang Xu's house, and when he saw Jiang Xu and his aunt, he told the story of the fall of Jicheng, and wept sadly.

Jiang Xu said: "Why are you so sad? ”

Yang Fu said: "Defend the city but can't hold it, the monarch is dead and can't live with the same fate, what face do I have to live?" Ma Chao betrayed his father, betrayed the country, burned and killed soldiers, and the whole state was angry. I hope my cousin will make up his mind to get rid of it. ”

Jiang Xu said: "Ma Chao is brave, and there is Qiang Di to help, I am afraid that I can't do it." If it doesn't work out, I'm afraid it will affect my mother. ”

Yang Fu said: "If you have courage and no strategy, it is easy to try." I have secretly made an appointment with Liang Kuan, who is stable, Zhao Qu, Pang Gong and so on in Nan'an. If my cousin is willing to raise an army, he will do it. ”

Jiang's mother said generously: "Duh! Bo Yi, Wei Envoy Jun was killed, is it a shame for a state, and it is also a burden for you, and it is not a righteous mountain? My son doesn't need to take care of me, things will be flooded. People who don't die? Dead country, the great one of loyalty. I am more than 80 years old, why are I afraid of being affected? But when it comes quickly, I deserve it. ”

Only then did Jiang Xu make up his mind to raise troops to recruit Ma Chao, so he discussed with his brother Jiang Jian and fellow villagers Zhao Ang, Yin Feng, Yao Qiong, Kong Xin, etc. Jiang Jian happily agreed, that is, his wife and his teenage son Jiang Wei were placed in seclusion.

Zhao Ang went home and told his wife: "I want to avenge Wei Kang with Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, Jiang Jian and others." How can my son Zhao Yue now be Ma Chao's general, Ma Chao must kill my son first, how is it good? ”

His wife said sharply: "The great shame of the Snow Monarch, although he is still glorious in death, let alone a son!" If you don't take care of your son, I should die first! "Zhao Ang is decided.

The next day, he informed Liang Kuan, Zhao Qu and Pang Gong of Nan'an, and contacted Li Jun and Wang Ling, who were from Wudu, to jointly attack Ma Chao.

Everyone discussed, and Jiang Xu, Yang Fu, and Jiang Jian first raised their flags in Licheng to overtake and move the tiger away from the mountain; Liang Kuan, Zhao Qu and others contacted Yang Yue in the city as the internal response, and the inside should be combined with the outside to seize Jicheng.

When Ma Chao heard that Yang Fu and Jiang Xu had joined Zhao Ang and others, he was furious, and killed Zhao Ang's son Zhao Yue, so he led Pang De and Ma Dai to attack Licheng with all their military horses.

Jiang Xu and others went out of the city to meet the enemy, and the two armies fought.

Jiang Xu and others were brave against Ma Chao, Pang De, and Ma Dai, Jiang Jian died in battle, and Jiang Xu and Yang Fu were defeated and left.

Ma Chao drove the troops to chase, and at the beginning of the shouting behind him, Zhao Ang, Yin Feng and others led the army to kill.

Jiang Xu and Yang Fu returned to the army to cover up and kill, and the two attacks were sandwiched, and Ma Chao couldn't take care of each other.

At this time, another Biao army horse came from the oblique stab, it turned out that Cao Cao came back from the mouth of the mustache, sent additional soldiers and horses, and ordered Xiahou Yuan to lead troops to break the horse chao.

Although Ma Chao was brave, how could he fight against these three army horses and return defeated.

By the dawn of the day, Ma Chao led the defeated army to the city of Ji to call the door, and the arrows were shot down in the city, Liang Kuan and Zhao Qu stood at the head of the city and scolded Ma Chao, cut Ma Chao's wife Yang and his eldest son one by one, and threw the corpses from the city.

The horse choked on his chest and almost fell off the horse.

Xiahou Yuan led the army to chase after him from behind, Ma Chao did not dare to fight, and Pang De and Ma Dai ordered to open a bloody road, met Jiang Xu, Yang Fu and killed for a while, and then bumped into Yin Feng and Zhao Ang, and was killed scattered with only fifty or sixty horsemen, and fled to Licheng overnight.

The sergeant guarding the door only said that Jiang Xubing would return and open the door to enter.

Ma Chao washed through the city and grabbed Jiang Xu's mother.

Jiang's mother scolded: "You are a traitor who betrayed his father and rebelled against his son, and killed the monarch, heaven and earth do not tolerate it, what face do you have to see people in life, it is better to die early!" ”

Ma Chao was furious and killed Jiang's mother with his own hands.

When Xiahou Yuan's army arrived, Ma Chao abandoned the city and fled westward, and was blocked by Yang Fu at twenty miles.

Ma Chao gritted his teeth, slapped his horse and raised his gun, and killed seven brothers of the Yang Fu clan in a row, Yang Fu was shot five times, and he was still fighting to the death.

Fortunately, Xiahou Yuan came from behind and saved Yang Fu.

Ma Chao led Pang De, Ma Dai and other seven or eight horsemen to flee and defect to Zhang Lu.

Xiahou Yuan was ordered to supervise the people to continue the westward expedition, chasing Ma Chao, breaking Han Sui, destroying Song Jian, sweeping Qiang and Di, Hubu Pass right, and the Liangzhou area was basically pacified.

Cao Cao praised Jiang Xu's mother, and ordered the county government to adopt Jiang Yan's wife and son Jiang Wei into the mansion, and rewarded Jiang Xu, Yang Fu and other eleven people as liehous, and Yang Fu was the marquis of Guannei.

Yang Fu excused himself and said: "I didn't protect the lives of the governors, and after they died, they didn't repay the rewards. I dethrone morally and legally deserve to be killed. Ma Chao was not killed. I have no right to be knighted again. ”

Cao Cao said: "You have made great achievements with the monarchs and ministers, and the people in the west still talk about it as a beautiful talk." Zigong resigned and gave up the reward, but Confucius thought it was inappropriate. Your dedication to serving the country is commendable. Jiang Xu's mother persuaded Jiang Xu to start the army as soon as possible, which was really a wise move, and Yang Chang's wife was nothing more than that. What a meritocracy! What a meritocracy! If there is a good history to record loyalty and righteousness, you will not forget your righteousness. ”

But it is said that Zhang Lu, the word Gongqi, is the grandson of Zhang Ling, the founder of Taoism, and the son of Zhang Heng, who succeeded in the five buckets of rice Dao. After Zhang Ling's death, Zhang Heng followed his path. His father died, and Zhang Lu succeeded him as the leader. His mother is good at health, "has little tolerance", "and coerces ghosts", and travels to and from Yizhou Mu Liu Yan's house. Zhang Lu had a close relationship with Liu Yan's family through his mother and won Liu Yan's trust.

During the early peace period, Liu Yan appointed Zhang Lu as the governor of Sima, and led troops with Sima Zhang Xiu of other departments to attack Hanzhong Taishou Sugu.

After Zhang Xiu killed Su Gu, Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu again and captured his soldiers. and cut off the Xiegu Road, and under the instruction of Liu Yan, killed the imperial court envoy.

Liu Yan died, and his son Liu Zhang took his place.

Liu Zhang, on the grounds that Zhang Lu did not obey his dispatch, killed Zhang Lu's mother and her family, and sent him to attack Zhang Lu with Pang Xi and others, which were broken by Zhang Lu many times.

Zhang Lu's troops were mostly in Badi, so Liu Zhang took Pang Xi as the Taishou of Bajun.

Zhang Lu attacked Ba County, so he seized it in Hanzhong, educated the people with five buckets of rice, and established a political and religious regime.

Zhang Lu was in Hanzhong, because of Zhang Heng's teachings, and "added decorations", and called himself "Shijun".

Those who come to learn the Tao are called "ghost pawns" at first, and they are believed by the Tao, and they are called "sacrificial wine", and the people of each collar are concerned.

Those who lead a large number of people are "cured of the head of the great sacrificial wine", do not place the chief officials, use the sacrificial wine to manage local government affairs, inherit the teachings of their ancestors, teach the people to be honest and not cheat, and make the sick surrender themselves. The offender is lenient three times, and if he repeats the offense, then the punishment is increased; If it is a minor transgression, then build a hundred steps of the road to atone for the sins; In accordance with the "Lunar Decree", slaughter is forbidden in spring and summer when all things grow, and it is forbidden to drink alcohol.

He also founded the righteous house, which included righteous rice and meat for passers-by to eat for free, and declared that if he obtained too much, he would offend the ghosts and gods and become ill.

Five buckets of rice Taoist believers enter the Tao, and they only need to pay five buckets of rice, and they expand their influence with the power of the regime.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a group of males swarmed, Guanzhong Han Sui and Ma Chao raised troops to resist Cao, and many people fled to the relatively stable Hanzhong area, such as tens of thousands of people in Guanxi who fled to Hanzhong from the Meridian Valley.

Zhang Lu also had the support of the leaders of the Bayi ethnic minority, Du Hao, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue, and others.

He adopted a policy of leniency to rule Hanzhong, and "the people were happy". "Those who are sent to their places do not dare not be disrespected."

Zhang Lu changed Hanzhong County to Hanning County (Zhishu Nanzheng, now Hanzhong, Shaanxi), and the declining Eastern Han Dynasty regime had no time to take care of Hanzhong, so he worshiped Zhang Lu as the general of the townspeople and led Hanning County to guard.

Zhang Lu ruled the Ba and Han dynasties for nearly 30 years. There were many believers and it became a powerful separatist force in the late Han Dynasty.

One day, when a believer was plowing the land, he got a jade seal and presented it to Zhang Lu.

Subordinates consider it to be an auspicious omen. persuaded Zhang Lu to proclaim himself the king of Hanning.

Gong Cao Yanpu advised: "There are more than 100,000 households in the Hanchuan area, rich in property, fertile land, lofty mountains and mountains on all sides, very dangerous, and can assist the Son of Heaven, that is, the Duke of Qi Huan, the Duke of Jin Wen, and the worst can also imitate Dou Rong, without losing the wealth and wealth." Now it is enough to undertake the appointment of officials, and there is no need to be king. I hope that you will not be king for the time being, so as not to invite trouble. ”

Zhang Lu listened to Yan Pu's advice and resigned himself as the king.

When Zhang Lu heard that Cao Cao had broken Xiliang, Ma Chao's army was defeated and surrendered, he was overjoyed, and gathered to discuss raising troops to reject Cao.

Yan Pu said: "Today, Ma Chao is newly defeated, Xiliang is broken, and the people of Xiliang are no less than tens of thousands from the Meridian Valley to Hanzhong. Now that Liu Zhang is weak and has a grudge against Jun to kill his mother, it is better to take Xichuan as the foundation first, and then make other plans. ”

Zhang Lu Yiyan discussed with his younger brother Zhang Wei to raise troops and enter Xichuan.