Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

Cao Pi was stunned for a while after hearing this, and quickly asked, "Meng Qi, what are you going to do?"

For some reason, he had a bad thought in his mind.

Ma Chao didn't bother to respond, so he waved his hand, and hundreds of people immediately surrounded Cao Pi.

Cao Pi's soldiers knew that something was wrong when they saw it, and immediately took up their weapons and prepared to fight back. Before they could do anything, Ma Chao's soldiers directly killed these soldiers, and then controlled Cao Pi forcefully.

"Ma Chao, what are you going to do?"

Cao Pi finally felt that something was wrong, as if he finally understood that he was being used by Ma Chao.

From the very beginning, Ma Chao didn't sincerely want to join them, but simply used them. Cao Pi still trusted him completely.

As long as he thought of this, Cao Pi felt that his heart was uprooted, and this time he was going to be over, completely over.

Just when he thought this way, Ma Chao had entered Fancheng forcefully and killed all the soldiers on the tower.

Le Jin, the guard here, found that something was wrong, and led troops to attack Ma Chao.

In order to be able to control Fancheng, Ma Chao made all the preparations, and did not take Le Jin seriously. More than 2 people rushed in, directly killed thousands of Le Jin's people, and fled in defeat.

"Open the north gate and leave!"

Le Jin saw that the gap between himself and the opponent was too big, so he didn't dare to fight against Ma Chao anymore, so he hurriedly asked people to open the north gate to escape, and had to go back to Xiangyang, asking for reinforcements, and told Cao Cao the news.

Ma Chao didn't go after Le Jin, and only by letting Le Jin escape could the entire Xiangyang be shaken, which shocked Cao Cao.

Occupying Fancheng forcefully, he was not idle and led his troops to attack Xinye in the north of Fancheng. Because they were still wearing the armor and clothing of the Wei army, the guards of Xinye saw them coming and did not question them and released them directly.

As soon as Ma Chao entered the gate of Xinye City, he was like a tiger descending the mountain. In less than half an hour, he controlled all the guarding soldiers and took down two cities in a row.

After doing all this, Ma Chao sent someone to urge Wu Ting to attack from Nanyang, Runan and other places immediately. He didn't want to lose the advantage he had just won, and was finally chased by Cao Cao.

"Ma Chao, why are you doing this?"

Cao Pi still dare not accept this reality, pointing at Ma Chao and yelling: "I have never been sorry to you, why do you still treat me like this?"

Ma Chao sneered and said, "Can't you see it? I never thought of joining your Cao family in the first place, and I was just using you! Xia Houheng and the others think I have bad intentions, but you think I can help you Cao Cao can be regarded as a hero, but he has such a useless son as you, I think he must be very sad."

Cao Pi roared, "Shut up!"

He realized that he was really a waste, beaten to no avail by Ma Chao. It was Yang Xiu back then, but now it was Ma Chao, he couldn't do anything.

Ma Chao sneered and said, "It will be useful to me to take him down."

Perhaps Cao Pi can also be used to threaten Cao Cao.

The news of Fancheng's fall quickly spread to Xiangyang through Le Jin.

boom!

Cao Cao kicked over the table in front of him and said angrily, "Ma Chao, how dare he?"

That rebel!

It turned out to be Cao Pi's fault again.

This is to make him lose his face in front of everyone.

He yelled: "Send troops immediately and take back Fancheng."

"Your Majesty, it's impossible!"

Jia Xu immediately said: "At present, we only have the guards in Xiangyang. If we divide the troops from Xiangyang, we will not have enough people to defend the city. If Ma Chao has other arrangements, we will be defeated in the end!"

Thinking that Ma Chao had also stayed in Xiangyang for a while, if he really had other preparations, it would be a timed bomb, which might explode at any time, which made Cao Cao feel very helpless.

"For the current plan, the only way is to recruit other soldiers besides Xiangyang to come back to fight against Ma Chao. In addition, we must stick to Runan, Nanyang and other places."

Xu Shu said: "Ma Chao came from the north and was captured by General Cao near Xudu. He must have some connection with Sima Yi, so when he strikes, he will definitely contact Wu Ting in an attempt to cooperate internally and externally!"

Hearing Xu Shu's words, Cao Cao felt that this was entirely possible, and was even more angry.

That Nizi, if he can come back, Cao Cao promises not to kill him.

"Your Majesty, it's not good!"

At this moment, Li Dian ran in in a panic, and said loudly, "Longzhong has fallen to the west of Xiangyang, and Ma Chao has more than 5000 people there, preparing to approach Xiangyang."

"what!"

Longzhong is right next to Xiangyang. Once it falls, the enemy will come to the city and join Ma Chao's men. They will be unstoppable. They still can't separate so many troops to resist the enemy.

Cao Cao regretted it again now. If he had known this before, he should not have sent all the soldiers and horses from the south to the north. Now that something happened in the south, he didn't even have enough troops to resist.

What should I do?

If Chen Yang was here, there must be a way to deal with it, but there are not so many ifs.

Cao Cao thought for a while, and said: "Let all the people in Runan and other places come back, and the north of Xiangyang and other places are not needed. First, defend Xiangyang."

He had no choice but to give up. Ma Chao obviously made all the preparations, and Sima Yi definitely came prepared to force him to make changes.

He even felt that if the enemy fought again, Xiangyang would also have to fall, and he was afraid that he would have to move the capital for the second time.

Xiangyang's order spread quickly.

Before Cao Hong, who was guarding Runan, received the news that Xinye and Fancheng had fallen, Wu Ting attacked them frantically at this time.

Cao Hong had no choice but to continue to resist.

Zhang Liao was stationed in Nanyang, and at the same time, he was also desperately attacked by Wu Ting's generals.

Ma Chao, who was stationed in Xinye, did not go to attack Xiangyang. Instead, he went directly north to the city of Nanyang, and immediately attacked from north to south.

Zhang Liao was no match for the outnumbered Wu Ting and the sudden appearance of Ma Chao from the south, so he had to abandon the city and flee, retreating to Runan to find Cao Hong.

Nanyang fell like this.

After Zhang Liao came to Runan, he hadn't gained a firm foothold yet, and Wu Ting's army oppressed him again.

Ma Chao also brought more than 1 people from the southwest of Runan.

Cao Hong and Zhang Liao couldn't defend even if they joined forces, and finally seeing the order from Xiangyang delivered to them, they had to retreat back to the north of Xiangyang and set up camp for defense.

After the fall of Runan, all the defense lines in the north of Xiangyang collapsed, and the Wei army was defeated like a mountain.

Cao Cao ordered all the generals to bring their troops back to Xiangyang and prepare to defend Xiangyang to the death. This is all they can do.

Two days later, Ma Chao and Wu Ting joined forces, and the Jin army marched south, approaching the outside of Xiangyang City.