The Strongest Overlord of the Three Kingdoms

Therefore, most of Cao Jun chose to join Ma Chao's command.

Ma Chao disrupted them all and joined the rear army.

At the same time, in order to conquer the hearts of these new recruits, he specially arranged a celebration banquet that night.

Big fish and meat, delicious food and wine, everything you expect to find.

It made those prisoners of Cao Jun, who were accustomed to eating simple food and plain food, feel like entering heaven in an instant.

In fact, for these ordinary soldiers, apart from being forced to join the army and fight, they just want to make a living and survive in troubled times.

So for them, as long as they can eat enough, it doesn't matter who they follow.

Originally, Liangzhou was barren, and these people could only maintain food and clothing before, eating only coarse grains.

So Ma Chao subdued half of the army's morale with a meal of delicious wine and fresh meat.

Then, in addition to Ma Chao's reputation in Xiliang back then, almost all of these people have heard of it.

So some people were willing, and the atmosphere gradually heated up for a while.

As for Zhang Ji and others, they were not treated so well.

He was locked in the cell with Xia Houchong, and he couldn't help sighing when he heard the lively voices coming from outside.

"General Zhang, the city walls of Linjing are strong, why did you surrender so easily?"

Xia Houchong has always been worried about Zhang Ji's surrender of the city.

It's just that his mouth has been blocked before, and he can't stop it.

Now that the two are locked together, they can finally have a good talk.

Seeing this, Zhang sighed helplessly.

"Hey! The general is dead, and you are captured again. Even if I want to keep a trace of incense for the general, I can't watch you being killed by Ma Chao!

Besides, before that, Ma Chao had already attacked the city wall once.

I don't know where they got the catapult. It is so powerful that even the city wall of Linjing can't last for a while.

If I refuse, after breaking the city, I am afraid that everyone will be doomed.

Even for the sake of all the soldiers in the city, I have no choice but to surrender! "

Since Xia Houchong had never seen the power of the boulder return cannon with his own eyes, he still had some doubts.

But after Zhang Ji's tireless explanation, he finally believed it.

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Linjing City was finally captured by Ma Chao, and Xiahou Dun, who fell into Jingshui, also went down the river.

In this way, he drifted with the tide, and traveled hundreds of miles in less than a day.

The downstream of Linjing is where Cao Cao's army is located. After Xiahou Dun floated for a certain distance, he was finally discovered by Cao's army patrolling the shore.

Cao Jun went in without knowing it, worried that it was the enemy's spy, and was about to shoot him to death.

Seeing this, Xiahou Dun quickly shouted to show his identity.

Cao Jun on the shore still didn't believe it, but thinking that he was alone here, he couldn't afford much trouble.

So he dropped the rope and salvaged it.

The head lieutenant seemed to have seen Xiahoudun before, so he recognized him immediately.

"You, you are General Xiahou? How did you become like this?"

These words made Xia Houdun's old face blush, and he didn't expect that he would be recognized in such a gaffe.

He had no choice but to mutter a few words to fool the past, and then immediately asked to see King Wei.

However, with his appearance, it is definitely not enough.

Under the reminder of the captain, Xiahoudun finally came to his senses and quickly followed him to the tent.

I dried my body, put on clean clothes, and drank half a catty of wine to warm myself up.

It was not until this moment that Xiahou Dun finally recovered part of his state.

Afterwards, he rode on the horse sent by the colonel, and immediately rushed to Cao Cao's camp in Yiju.

When he arrived, Cao Cao was discussing countermeasures against Liu Ke.

After Liu Ke broke through Tingkou Pass, he drove straight in and was less than fifty miles away from the base camp.

Fortunately, more than half of Cao Hong's defenders fled back, and the entire army was not wiped out, otherwise Cao Cao's strength would be weakened even more.

But the defeated Cao Hong was very embarrassed, hiding behind other generals, ashamed to see others.

At this moment, someone outside the door reported that General Xiahou came from Linjing and asked to see him outside the tent.

"Oh? Yuan Rang is here. I wonder if it brings good news to the widow?" Immediately, Cao Cao ordered someone to bring him in.

Before Xiahou Dun came, he had been repaired, and he was not as embarrassed as before, but he was still dusty and tired.

"Yuan Rang, why did you come to visit in such a hurry?" Cao Cao asked curiously.