With Guan Yu and Wei Yu guarding Chang'an, Liu Bei's rear should be worry-free.

The two armies fought at Tongguan. Ma Teng deeply hated Liu Bei and ordered his Xiliang troops to attack the city desperately.

Although the Xiliang soldiers were brave, Tongguan was the most powerful pass in the world, and they still had no results in attacking for many days.

Liu Bei stood above Tongguan, looking at the endless Xiliang army under the city, and couldn't help but sigh to Sima Yi:

"Mr. Zhongda, I have recently received the battle report of Yuan Shu's capture of Yizhou.

More than half of my land in the Han Dynasty was reduced to Yuan Shu’s hands.

As the uncle of the Han Dynasty, I did nothing and could not even take over these Xiliang rebels.

What should Yuan Shu do if he takes advantage of his troops to leave Hanzhong?

The Han Dynasty is about to overturn, what are you going to meet the ancestors of our great Han Dynasty!”

The more Liu Bei spoke, the more sad he felt, the more aggrieved he felt. At the end of his speech, tears fell.

Sima Yi was not afraid of anything, just afraid that his lord would cry.

Liu Bei's cry made Sima Yi very bored.

Sima Yi thought to himself that you are nearly forty years old. You are more than enough to be my father. Are you embarrassed to cry with me every day?

But Sima Yi had no choice. Liu Bei had to endure it and persuade him to cry.

After all, he had to rely on Liu Bei to fight against Yuan Shu, and the larger the territory Liu Bei seized, the more beneficial it would be to him.

The only person under Liu Bei's command who could threaten Sima Yi was Wei Yu's old Yin Bi.

But Wei Yu is already an old man who is about to die. How many years can he live?

I just need to be a loyal minister when Liu Bei and Wei Yu are alive.

After Wei Yu and Liu Bei's older generation of confidants were killed by themselves, the Chang'an court still had the final say?

Before his mentor Hu Zhao died, he told Sima Yi that his greatest advantage was that he could endure it.

If you endure all your opponents to death, the final winner will be Sima Yi.

With Yuan Shu's current power, Sima Yi has no hope of extermination of Yuan Shu.

Fortunately, Yuan Shu is not young anymore, about the same age as Liu Bei.

When I endure Yuan Shu to death, it will be much easier to deal with his offspring.

Sima Yi comforted Liu Bei:

"Don't worry, lord, although Yuan Shu is strong, he is not as strong as a single hand to cover the sky.

Yi had his own way to take Xiliang for his lord.

After the lord consolidated Yongliang, he joined forces with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other princes to attack Yuan Shu together.

If Yuan Shu is defeated, great achievements can be achieved and the Han Dynasty can prosper!”

After listening to Sima Yi's persuasion, Liu Bei's expression was slightly relaxed.

He asked Sima Yi:

"The Xiliang Army is very anxious to attack the city. How can we break it?"

Sima Yi said confidently:

"Although the Xiliang Army's offensive was strong, the losses were actually huge.

As the siege, their combat losses were much higher than those of our soldiers.

The enemy's offensive cannot last, so they will definitely think of other ways.

Then we can find opportunities to defeat the enemy!"

Sure enough, after a few more days of attack, Ma Teng did not continue to attack the city.

The Xiliang Army was in formation under the city, and a young general jumped into the front of the gate to fight.

Liu Bei and his confidant generals observed the young general in Tongguan.

I saw this man wearing a lion helmet and a beast belt, a silver armor and white robe, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his lips were as if he was covered with grease.

With a divine white horse, holding a divine weapon, White Tiger Soap Golden Spear, it is majestic and handsome!

This general is the number one war god in Xiliang, Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi!

Liu Bei was by nature fond of fine clothes and clothes, and he liked mighty and domineering generals.

Seeing Ma Chao as strong and good-looking as his enemy, he naturally liked him tightly.

He couldn't help but sigh:

"People say that Ma Chao, the Jin Jin of Xiliang, is indeed well-deserved!"

Zhang Fei was a little jealous when he heard Liu Bei praise Ma Chao.

He thought to himself how capable this young man is to get praise from his elder brother?

Zhang Fei said to Liu Bei in a muffled voice:

"Brother, I see this little white face, tender skin, and she must be a good person.

When I, Lao Zhang, I will pull down the little white-faced head and give it to my elder brother!”

Liu Bei shook his head and said:

"The third brother should not underestimate the enemy.

There is a reason why Ma Chao can be regarded as a powerful general by the Qiang people.

Let’s not go out to fight, and you should avoid his spirit first.”

Zhang Fei was already anxious. The more Liu Bei refused to let him go to the battle, the more Zhang Fei could not help it.

He said to Liu Bei anxiously:

"Brother, just let me go to the battle!

If I don’t pull off Ma Chao’s little white-faced head, I will give you my black head!”

After hearing Zhang Fei's words, Liu Bei's face darkened and he was about to scold him.

At this time, General Li Jue said:

"Why use a slaying knife to kill a chicken?

Without the need for the three generals to take action, I should capture the horse and offer it to my lord.”

Liu Bei looked at Li Jue and thought to himself that he would go out and consume Ma Chao's energy.

When Ma Chao is ineffective and sends his third brother to the battle, the probability of winning will be much higher.

So Liu Bei nodded to Li Jue and said:

"Okay, then General Li will go out to test Ma Chao's strength.

Wei Qi, Guo Si!"

The two generals bowed to Liu Bei at the same time:

"The last one will be here!"

"You two follow General Li Jue to the Pass.

If General Li is in danger, you will respond from the side."

"promise!"

Ma Chao cursed for a long time, but no enemy general came down.

He was about to fight the horse and return to the formation to rest for a while, when he suddenly saw the gate of Tongguan open and three enemy generals led a military horse out of the pass.

Among them, the enemy general wearing brown armor jumped into the front of the formation and shouted to Ma Chao:

"I am Li Jue, the general under the emperor's uncle!

The little baby is still so tired that he dares to fight in front of the battle.

Do you dare to fight me, Li Jue?"

Ma Chao glanced at Li Jue and said disdainfully:

"Even people like native chickens and tiles dare to act violently?"

After saying that, he activated the war horse under his crotch and took Li Jue straight from his white tiger soap spear in his hand.

In fact, Li Jue's military power is not low, and he and Guo Si were still above Hua Xiong's ranking under Dong Zhuo.

If you encounter an ordinary second- and third-rate general, Li Jue can easily kill him.

It’s just a pity that the enemy Li Jue encountered this time was Ma Chao.

Ma Chao's strength is much higher than Li Jue. After more than twenty rounds of battle, Li Jue couldn't resist it and was at risk of being killed by Ma Chao at any time.

"Don't worry, I'll help you!"
To be continued...