Three Kingdoms

Chapter 18 Liu Bei Takes Xichuan

Zhang Lu received Liu Zhang's letter and immediately sent Ma Chao to lead the army to attack Liu Bei.Ma Chao's attack on Jiayin Pass went smoothly.Liu Bei hurriedly sent Zhang Fei to rescue Jiayin Pass.

Zhang Fei and Ma Chao fought with night lights at Jiayin Pass, and it was hard to tell who was the winner.

Zhuge Liang used tricks to make Zhang Lu and Ma Chao turn against each other.Ma Chao is in a dilemma, in a dilemma.Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to subdue Ma Chao.

Liu Bei hosted a banquet for Ma Chao.At this time, Liu Zhang's generals Liu Gui, Ma Han and others challenged him under the city.Zhao Yun killed Liu Gui and Ma Han with only one and a half moves.Ma Chao admired Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Zhang Fei and other generals very much.

Ma Chao wanted to repay Liu Bei.So he led his troops to the city of Yizhou.Ma Chao asked Liu Zhang to leave the city and surrender to Liu Bei.Liu Zhang was so angry that he passed out on the wall after a few words from Ma Chao.Dong He advised Liu Zhang not to surrender to Liu Bei.But Liu Zhang was weak and incompetent, and finally went out of the city and surrendered to Liu Bei.Zhuge Liang ordered Liu Zhang's family to be sent to Jingzhou for house arrest.

Liu Bei rectified the whole army, and strictly disciplined the people.

Liu Bei wanted to give the luxurious residences in Chengdu to the generals respectively.Zhao Yun spoke out to stop it, and he asked Liu Bei to return those luxurious houses to the people to reassure the people.Liu Bei followed Zhao Yun's advice.

Guan Yu heard that Ma Chao was brave and invincible in Jingzhou, so he wanted to enter Sichuan to compete with Ma Chao.Zhuge Liang wrote a letter advising Guan Yu to take it as his duty to stick to Jingzhou.Guan Yu was convinced and stuck to Jingzhou wholeheartedly.

Sun Quan of Eastern Wu knew that Liu Bei had captured Xichuan.He asked Liu Bei to return Jingzhou to Soochow.Zhang Zhao came up with a plan for Sun Quan:
Zhuge Liang's elder brother, Zhuge Jin, went to Xichuan to meet Liu Bei and explained the interests of both parties. Zhuge Liang would return Jingzhou for Zhuge Jin's sake.Following Zhang Zhao's plan, Sun Quan ordered Zhuge Jin to go to Xichuan to meet Liu Bei.

Liu Bei pretended that for Zhuge Liang's sake, he asked Soochow to take back the three counties of Changsha, Lingling and Duyang.Zhuge Jin didn't know that this was Zhuge Liang's trick, so he happily went back to Soochow.But Guan Yu refused to give up the three counties of Changsha, Lingling and Duyang.Sun Quan was furious, and following Lu Su's strategy, invited Guan Yu to the meeting.I hope that Guan Yu will return to the three counties of Changsha, otherwise we will meet each other with swords.

Guan Yu knew it was a trap but he wanted to go to the meeting alone.Seeing that Guan Yu never left his body with his sword, Lu Su was terrified and did not dare to harm Guan Yu, so he had to let Guan Yu go back safely.

Cao Cao relied on his high position and power, and no one could compare with him.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty always dared not speak out against Cao Cao's arrogance.Empress Fu secretly ordered her father Fu Wan and his henchmen to kill Cao Cao.Unexpectedly, Cao Cao discovered this secret.Cao Cao was so angry that he ordered hundreds of members of the Fu family to be killed.Cao Cao privately canonized his daughter as queen.

Cao Cao decided to accept Wu and destroy Shu and rule the world.

Cao Cao raised his troops to march west, and ordered Xia Houyuan and Zhang He to be the vanguard, and he and his confidant generals were in the central army. Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun escorted the food and grass.

Zhang Lu sent his younger brother Zhang Wei to guard Pingyang Pass.

As soon as Xia Houyuan and Zhang He led the troops to Pingyang Pass, they were caught off guard by Zhang Wei and fled in defeat.Cao Cao angrily reprimanded the two generals for not knowing how to use troops, and wanted to kill the two generals, but was dissuaded by the rest of the generals, so the two generals were spared the death penalty.Cao Cao secretly observed Zhang Wei's camp and was defeated by Zhang Wei. Fortunately, Xia Houyuan, Zhang He, Xu Chu, and Xu Huang came to rescue him before he fled back to the barracks.Yang Ang didn't listen to Yang Ren's advice, and secretly led troops to attack Cao Jun, but was killed by Zhang He.Zhang Wei and Yang Ren had no choice but to abandon the pass and flee.

Seeing that Pingyang Pass was lost, Zhang Lu wanted to kill Yang Ren.Yang Renli issued a military order to kill Cao Cao.Yang Ren was not Xiahouyuan's opponent and was killed in front of Xiahouyuan's horse.

Zhang Lu sent Pang De to fight again.Because of Yang Song's framing, Pang De had to surrender to Cao Cao.Cao Cao had Yang Song as his internal support and defeated Zhang Lu, but he killed Yang Song immediately.

Cao Cao obeyed the strategy of his advisers and stayed in Hanzhong without moving.

Liu Bei followed Zhuge Liang's strategy and sent Yiji to Soochow to persuade Soochow Sun Quan to send troops to attack Hefei, and promised Sun Quan that if Liu Bei captured Dongchuan, he would return Jingzhou to Soochow.

Sun Quan knew that it was Liu Bei's plan, but deceived Cao Cao to be far behind Hanzhong, so he sent troops to attack Hefei.

Hefei defenders are Cao Cao's three favorite generals: Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin.Cao Cao sent a secret box to Zhang Liao and the third general as planned to face the Soochow army.Cao Cao plotted Le Jin to defend the city, and Zhang Liao and Li Dian went out to fight.Zhang Liao and Li Dian ambushed Sun Quan in Xiaoyaojin, and Sun Quan stationed troops in Ruxu to prepare another large-scale attack on Hefei.Cao Cao followed Liu Ye's plan and led his army back to rescue Hefei.

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