Soldiers come to the world

[This is a supplement to last night's update, today's first update will be a little later, around 11:[-]]——

Cao Cao led his army to the barracks on the north bank of the Weihe River the day after Xu Huang's ambush of the Xiliang army. After listening to Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang's report, he couldn't help but stroked his beard and laughed: "A horse has courage, and it can be as brave as a man. Undefeated?"

Xia Houyuan quickly bowed and said, "This is all Mr. Xun's plan!"

Cao Cao nodded to Xun You and sighed: "In the past two years, I have been killed by Liu Jing in a panic. The morale of the army is low and the morale is low. My misfortune, sir, please accept my gift."

After finishing speaking, Cao Cao bowed deeply to Xun You, and Xun You was so frightened that he quickly bowed, "You don't have to do this, the prime minister, this is the job of a humble minister!"

Cao Cao was really happy, and rewarded Xu Huang and Yu Jin again, and then asked Xun You, "Excuse me, sir, what should we do next?"

Xun You said with a confident smile: "Ma Chao's biggest mistake was to kill Han Sui. Although he won Han Sui's army, he chilled the hearts of other warlords. Since then, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin and others have separated from him. Ma Chao will surely be defeated. , Now it’s just a matter of finding a way to stabilize him and prevent them from escaping back to Xiliang, I guess Ma Chao might ask the prime minister for peace.”

As soon as the words fell, a soldier reported outside the account: "Report to the Prime Minister, Ma Chao sent someone to ask for peace!"

Cao Cao laughed loudly, "Mr. is indeed Bole!"

Xun You couldn't help laughing and said, "Prime Minister, why don't you listen to what Ma Chao has to say?"

Cao Cao nodded and said: "Bring someone to the account!"

After a while, the soldiers brought in Ma Chao's secretary, who knelt down and saluted: "The humble post is the secretary under General Ma's tent, and I came here to deliver the letter by General Ma's order."

As he said, he presented the letter with both hands. Cao Cao took the letter and read it again, then handed the letter to Xun You, and asked coldly, "Ma Chao, what else do you want to say?"

"General Ma promised the prime minister that he would take the Yellow River as the boundary, and that he would not take one step beyond the Yellow River in his life. If the prime minister did not believe his sincerity, he would send his son to Yedu as a hostage."

Cao Cao was furious in his heart, snorted heavily, and reprimanded: "The counties in Liangzhou are originally officials appointed by the imperial court. Ma Chao just lives in Liangzhou. How dare he talk to the imperial court about splitting the soil?"

At this time, Xun You coughed twice, Cao Cao came to his senses, and said slowly: "Wu Wei is definitely not good, but if he agrees to retreat to Zhangye, maybe I can consider it."

"I understand, I'll go back and report to General Ma!"

Shu Zuo resigned and left, Cao Cao asked Xun You with a smile, "What should we do now?"

Xun You said indifferently: "Cut off their return immediately!"

Cao Cao nodded, "Gongda's words are exactly what I want!"

He turned around and ordered Xia Houyuan to say: "Miaocai can lead an army of [-] troops to march westward for a hundred miles and cross the river, and cooperate with Zhong Yao to cut off the return of Ma Chao's army."

"As ordered!"

Xia Houyuan received the military order and quickly left the big tent. Cao Cao pondered for a moment and then issued the military order: "Pass my order, the army will rest overnight and cross the river at five o'clock tomorrow!"

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Cao Jun has built two pontoon bridges on the Weihe River, which lead directly to the barracks on the south bank. Before dawn the next day, Cao Cao's army began to cross the river quickly. By dawn, [-] troops had already crossed the Weihe River.

On the pontoon bridge, the black soldiers of Cao Jun are running fast. They have been fully prepared at night. Each of them has bright armor, holds weapons, bows and arrows, and carries two days of dry food. After all the soldiers have crossed the river, the food, grass, luggage and other logistics Just started crossing the river.

Cao Cao crossed the Wei River in the middle of the team. As soon as he reached the opposite bank, Xu Huang came up to meet him, clasped his fists and said, "Report to the Prime Minister, Hou Xuan sent an envoy to see him!"

Hou Xuan is the third largest warlord among the ten warlords in Guanlong. He has an army of 2000 people. He actually sent someone here. Cao Cao couldn't help laughing. It seems that Xun You's alienation plan is very effective , Han Sui's death triggered internal strife among the warlords.

"Bring him up!"

After a while, a man in a long robe was brought before Cao Cao. He knelt down and saluted, "Young man Hou Jian pays homage to the prime minister!"

"Who are you as candidate?" Cao Cao asked him with a cold look.

"The villain is his younger brother."

Cao Cao nodded, "What do you want to see me?"

Hou Jian took out a letter and submitted it, "We are willing to surrender to the prime minister and no longer follow Ma Chao."

Cao Cao took the letter and read it again. It was a joint letter from Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, and Li Kan. They all expressed their intention to surrender. This was beyond Cao Cao's expectation. With a gentle smile, his voice softened, "That's right! Those who know the current affairs are heroes, as long as you sincerely surrender, the truth will not treat you badly."

Hou Jian was very grateful, and kowtowed again and again: "Ma Chao wants to kill us, we hate his friendship, and he absolutely surrenders to the prime minister sincerely."

"Why does Ma Chao want to kill you?"

"Returning to the Prime Minister, last night Ma Chao, in the name of discussing military affairs, asked everyone to go to the Central Army to gather. My brother sent someone to investigate in advance and found that there were knives and axes hidden in the tents of the Chinese Army. We used the reason that the soldiers were unstable. Let’s go, Ma Chao has nothing to say for the time being, I guess he will do it again today or tomorrow.”

Cao Cao nodded, "Be patient for a day or two and don't leave. After two days at most, I will attack Ma Chao's army. You can turn your back on the battle. After that, I will entitle you all as Liehou."

Hou Jian was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Thank you, Prime Minister, for your kindness, I will go back and report to my brother!"

Cao Cao sent someone to send him away, at this time, Xu Huang stepped forward and said: "Prime Minister, these people are all Guanlong Eagles and Tigers, they obey if they eat meat, and rebel if they eat meat, you must not indulge them any longer. "

Cao Cao sneered, "Of course I know, I was just trying to stabilize them, and it was hard to gather them in Guanzhong. If I don't wipe them out, I will waste my food."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao made a decisive decision and ordered: "The whole army speeds up to cross the river. After crossing the river, you must not remove your armor. Prepare the whole army to attack!"

In the big camp, Ma Chao was distracted, pacing back and forth in the big tent, last night he wanted to kill Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin and others, and seize their army, but unexpectedly Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin and Li Kan did not Come, only Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Cheng Yi, and Ma Wan came. These four were just small warlords, and their combined strength was no more than ten thousand. Ma Chao was afraid of alarming Hou Xuan and others, so he did not attack.

He was a little worried that his plan had been seen through by Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin and others, and he was also worried that they would withdraw their troops and flee west. If the three of them fled, the number of troops would be cut in half. However, if he withdraws his troops hastily before negotiating with Cao Cao, he will lose his greatest interests and even his foothold.

Ma Dai advised: "We might as well withdraw to Longxi. The Hehuang area is fertile and wild for thousands of miles, and the Qinghai area can graze horses. It is enough for us to build a foundation. Why do you have to rely on Cao Cao's gift?"

Pang De also persuaded: "Cao Cao's army has been crossing the river since last night. This obviously does not mean to make peace with us. It is to wipe us out in Guanzhong. The general will stop when he is done. Don't count on Cao Cao's army to make peace." Shit, we need to pull out immediately."

Ma Chao got Cao Cao's promise to allow him to retreat to the west of Zhangye. If he gets it, then he is enough to become a king on his own, and it is for this reason that he wants to reach a written agreement with Cao Cao and then withdraw his troops.

Ma Chao sighed and said: "I also know that the situation is not good now, but if we don't try our best to fight for it, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future. Wait for another three days. If there is no reply after three days, we will withdraw our troops!"

At this moment, a sergeant rushed to the front of the tent and reported: "General Qi, Zhang Heng and Cheng Yi led the army to leave the camp, and they seem to be retreating westward!"

Ma Chao was furious, and he immediately said to Ma Dai and Pang De, "You can lead two thousand cavalry, and I will chase them and strangle them."

Ma Dai and Pang De looked at each other, then bowed and said: "Follow the order!"

The two walked out of the big tent, Ma Dai sighed and said: "The general still puts hope on Cao Cao, how unwise!"

Pound smiled wryly, "We can only do our best, let's go! It's important to catch up with Zhang Heng and Cheng Yi."

After a while, Ma Dai and Pang De each led two thousand cavalry out of the camp to chase westward. These four thousand cavalry were Ma Chao's last cavalry.

Less than an hour after the cavalry left, Cao Cao's [-] troops launched an attack on Ma Chao's army. Six generals Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xu Huang, Yu Jin, Zhang Liao, and Zhang Yun each led [-] troops to kill from all sides. "Fuck" personally led an army of [-] to attack from the middle.

Ma Chao's army was unprepared, and more importantly, the warlords of all ministries were already renounced. Before Cao's army was killed, they raised their flags and surrendered one after another, causing the army's morale to collapse quickly.

Under Cao Jun's attack from all directions, Ma Chao's army cried out, knelt down and begged for mercy, but was beheaded by Cao Jun with no mercy. The army suffered heavy casualties. Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan and others had hoped to surrender to Cao Cao However, Cao Cao refused to accept their surrender and ordered the army to kill them. They were killed by Cao Jun in the chaos, and their army could not accept their surrender. They were beheaded and killed by Cao Jun in the chaos.

Ma Chao led an army of [-] to stand up to resist, but Cao's army was so powerful that his army dwindled as he fought, and in the end there were only less than a thousand people left. In desperation, Ma Chao had to lead his army to fight a bloody road and fled westward. After more than ten miles, looking back, there were only a dozen or so cavalry behind him, and the rest of the soldiers scattered.

Ma Chao was exhausted at this moment, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "Heaven is going to kill me!"

Suddenly, one of his subordinates pointed to the west and shouted: "The Second General and General Pang are here!"

When Ma Chao turned his head, he saw Ma Dai and Pang De leading more than a thousand cavalry rushing in panic. Many soldiers were wounded. Ma Chao was startled, and rushed to meet him, "What's going on?"

Ma Dai cupped his hands and said: "General Qi, we caught up with Zhang Heng and others. During the fierce battle, Xia Houyuan led an army to attack from the west. We couldn't hold back and were defeated by Cao Jun. Zhang Heng and Cheng Yi also died in the battle." Among the chaos."

At this time, Pound asked in surprise: "General, what happened to the camp? Why are there only a few people following?"

Ma Chao said with tears: "I regret not listening to the words of the two brothers, and believed in Cao Cao. As a result, he suddenly attacked the camp. Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin and others surrendered one after another. The army was in chaos and was divided and defeated by Cao's army. I had to fight a bloody road to escape, and our entire army was wiped out!"

Speaking of this, Ma Chao was full of remorse, he drew out his sword and wiped it at his neck, Ma Dai's hands were sick, and he hugged him, "Brother, don't do it!"

Pang De stepped forward and snatched Ma Chao's sword, and urged him urgently: "Victory and defeat are common matters in military affairs, how can a general admit defeat as soon as he loses?"

Ma Chao sighed after a long time: "Our army is exhausted, so there is no chance of resurgence. What should we do now?"

Ma Dai thought for a while and said: "If you go to Hanzhong, the eldest brother has an alliance with Liu Jing, and he will definitely take us in."

Ma Chao shook his head, "I am also a vassal at any rate, and I don't want to be his general and be driven by others."

Seeing that Ma Chao refused to go to Hanzhong, Pang De said: "Why don't you go back to Xiliang first to see if there is any chance, and if you can't, then find another way."

This suggestion can still be considered, so Ma Chao nodded, "Forget it, let's go back to Xiliang first, we don't have a chance to talk about it."

Ma Chao rectified the cavalry, and there were still 1000 men in their early days. They bypassed Cao's army from the south, looted food and grass all the way, and fled to Xiliang.

Cao Cao defeated Ma Chao's army, ordered all the defeated troops to be beheaded, and divided his troops into two groups, ordering Cao Ren to lead an army of [-] across Hebei to attack Yang Qiu's troops in Shangjun.

He also ordered Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, and Yu Jin to lead [-] troops each to guard the fortresses in Guanzhong to defend Liu Jing's army from going north from Hanzhong.

Cao Cao personally led an army of [-] and headed west all the way to recover the counties of Longyou and Longxi.

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