Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 229 Playing in Xiliang
The Guanzhong Plain has been rich and prosperous in ancient times, and the Qin land is dangerous and solid to take over the world. Twenty thousand people are enough to be princes and a million people. There is a saying of one hundred and two Qin Guan.

There are the steep Qinling Mountains in the south, Tongguan and the Yellow River natural barrier in the east, Longshan and Liupanshan in the west, and Ziwuling and Huanglongshan in the north.

In order for Cao Cao to actually control the Yongliang area and completely eliminate the military threat from the various tribes in Kansai, there are three routes to march from east to west. The north route is through Pubanjin in Hedong County and the west crosses the Yellow River. Wancheng, go to Wuguan and Lantian counties.

Cao Cao chose to pretend to attack Tongguan on the middle road, but actually sneaked across Puban on the north road, and gave up Wancheng and Wuguan on the south road. (At this time, the Yellow River was named Dahe, because the vegetation along the route was rich and beautiful, and there was no soil erosion, and the river water had not yet turned yellow.)
If Cao Cao's army went directly out of Hedong, the Guanxi Allied Army would send troops to guard the ferry, and it would be difficult to have a chance to cross the river from the North Road, so Cao Cao chose Tongguan as a feint attack. Unfortunately, the Kansai warlords are all reckless with narrow vision. Han Sui was elected as the governor of the coalition army, but no one saw through Cao Cao's strategy of attacking east and west.

Tongguan is connected to the Yanshen Mountains of the Qinling Mountains in the south, and the confluence of the Yellow River and the Weishui River in the north, which is also the intersection point of the last L of the Yellow River. To the west of the L bend is the Weishui River, a tributary. The two rivers generally present a reverse T-shape. .

Everyone in the world does not know the importance of Tongguan, but Cao Cao pushed back against the generals of Kansai from March, and did not come to confront the pass in person until July, which was really beyond the expectations of the generals of Kansai.

Cao Cao can take the first step to occupy Tongguan. There is no need to wait until now to take the risk of crossing the river from Puban. In fact, he used Tongguan as a bait to lure all ten troops here to gather and annihilate them, so as to avoid wasting time looking for battles after entering the pass. This can also greatly save food.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a saying: The land is far and near, dangerous and easy, wide and narrow, and life and death.Cao Cao gave up the 'land' to take the 'road', and if he wanted to capture it, he first let it go, so that he could be 'closer' with 'dangerous'.

At the beginning of September, Cao Cao led the main force to move north in a big way, preparing to cross the Yellow River from Fenglingdu to his own Hedong County. Xu Huang and Zhu Ling secretly led the army to cross the Yellow River from Pubanjin, which is further north of Hedong County, to the west according to the agreed time. , Entering the Hexi area controlled by the Kansai coalition forces.

The generals in the pass were at a loss when they heard that Cao Cao was crossing the river. The governor Han Sui said to the generals: "Cao Mengde can't break through Tongguan. Now he must plan to cross the Yellow River north by water. If he is allowed to enter Hexi, Guanzhong will be in danger."

Ma Chao clasped his fists and said: "The art of war says to attack him halfway across the river, why not send troops while he is crossing the river and kill him by surprise?"

The various tribes in Kansai are not affiliated with each other. Although they united against Cao, no one wanted to be the first bird. At this time, almost no one would be willing to let them go out to fight Cao Jun. So after Ma Chao made a suggestion, the scene was very tense. silence.

Han Sui saw that the generals were silent, so he said: "We have been increasing troops to Tongguan for the past two months, why not send people to guard the crossings in Hexi, as long as there are a few thousand people defending, even if Cao Cao has a hundred thousand troops, he will not be able to force the crossing. "

There is no one to do the thankless work, this kind of cheap work, someone will jump out immediately.

Liang Xing clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to take all the soldiers and horses to share the worries of the governor."

Han Sui nodded and said: "General Liang is going quickly. To go to Hexi, we have to cross the Hebei from Weikou after the pass. We must reach Hexi before Cao Cao."

"I will not disgrace my life." Liang Xing walked out of the gate with a smile.

Liang Xing felt that no matter how slow he was, he was faster than Cao Cao. After all, that section of the Yellow River was very turbulent, and Cao Cao would be at greater risk if he went against the current. It took too long again.

Ma Chao looked at Liang Xing's back, and said to himself that you just know how to pick up soft persimmons, and it's even more disdainful to see all the generals in the gate calculating their own schemes.

"Since you don't want to go out, I'm more than willing to lead our troops out to stop the attack." Ma Chao clasped his fists and said.

"Nephew, don't be careless. Cao Mengde is very good at using troops, and his generals are like clouds." Han Sui tactfully dissuaded him.

Ma Chao sneered: "The battle opportunity is fleeting, I regard Cao's thief as worthless, uncle will watch me behead the thief."

"Nephew, be careful." Before Han Sui finished speaking, Ma Chao hastily left the pass, and all the generals shook their heads when they saw him.

Both Han Sui and Ma Teng were Xiliang warlords. After they got close, they became brothers with different surnames. They followed Zhong Yao's suggestion and obeyed Cao Cao in name. Later, they became enemies because of the conflicts between their parts. After killing Ma Teng's wife, Cao Cao's name was to reconcile the contradictions, but in fact they were divided and disintegrated. He transferred Ma Teng to the court as an official by imperial edict.

Ma Teng was worried about losing his military power and would not have a place in the court in the future, so he left Ma Chao to command his troops.

Cao Cao used tricks to force the generals in Kansai to rebel, and among the generals, Han Sui and Ma Chao were the strongest, and their attitudes determined the attitude of the Ten Divisions in Kansai.

The enemy is currently based on common interests. In order to make friends with Han Sui, Ma Chao put aside his previous suspicions and said the self-destructive words: Jinchao abandons his father and regards the general as his father, and the general should also abandon his son and treat Chao as his son.

Although the allied forces did not perform father-son rituals since they fought against Cao Cao, they behaved quite intimately in front of the generals in Kansai. Ma Chao's bravery shocked the Western Qiang.

Ma Chao's personality is a bit like Cao Cao's. He would rather be a real villain than a hypocrite. He has mastered the military power since he was a child.

After Ma Chao left the pass, he gathered all his men and horses, and headed northeast to Cao Cao's crossing point.

Twenty miles east of Tongguan, Cao Cao built fortifications with deep ditches and high fortifications across the north and south. Now that the army was crossing the river one after another, no one was defending the fortifications, so they were easily broken by Ma Chao's pursuers.

At this time, Cao Cao commanded the army to cross the river on the south bank, with only his patriarch Xia Houjian, surrendered general Gao Lan, and Huwei Xu Chu by his side. There were still 3000 soldiers who had not crossed the river. He never expected that Ma Chao would come out to pursue him.

I saw the sound of horseshoes shaking like thunder, and the yellow sand on the bank was rolled up to cover the sky and block out the sun.

Hearing the sound, Cao Cao jumped up from the Hu bed, and saw from a distance that there were about [-] troops in Xiliang uniforms. At this time, they were injured by bows and arrows when they were fighting for the crossing hole.

The Xiliang army stopped their horses, and Ma Chao stood in front of the formation holding a gun. He had a face like a crown jade, eyes like shooting stars, a tiger body, ape arms, a wolf belly, a lion helmet and a beast belt, and a silver armor and white robe. Shen Jun.

"Where is Bandit Cao? Why don't you come out and die?" Ma Chao shouted, his voice strong and resolute.

Cao Cao has few soldiers at this time, so how can he dare to entrust himself to declare his family.

Xia Houjian was furious when he heard that, he couldn't help urging his horse to take two steps forward, and then shouted angrily with his gun: "You dare to insult the prime minister, this general will make you pay the price."

Cao Cao broke into a sweat when he heard this. This Xiahoujian was Xiahoudun's distant nephew. His martial arts had been carefully taught by Xiahoudun.

Cao Cao said in his heart, why are you impulsive?
(End of this chapter)