In order to deal with the major incident of Zhong Yao's defeat and losing Chang'an, the patriarchs of the five major families gathered together and discussed for a whole day.

Because of the enlistment of Liu Xiongming, several major families in Guanzhong were temporarily tied up, and now they are in a situation where they all prosper and lose together!

Who knew that the recruitment had not been successful yet and the positions of various major families had not yet been settled. Ma Chao suddenly led his troops to attack and captured Chang'an City.

Now that Guanzhong is in chaos, the situation is unpredictable, which is very unfavorable to the development of the family. They must join forces to help each other in order to survive.

They quickly reached an agreement and made every effort to help Zhong Yao reduce his guilt and preserve his position in Chang'an, so that the five major families can continue to gain a foothold in Guanzhong and even become more prosperous.

Now that the whole northwest is in chaos, Cao Cao is very annoyed. Losing the city is no small matter!

The usual methods of treating guests, giving gifts, and pleading are useless. Several old foxes discussed for a long time and believed that the only feasible method was to atone for their sins!

Several heads of the family were not without knowledge. Through analysis and summary, they determined that Ma Chao could not defend Chang'an and Cao Cao would make a comeback soon. This thick leg must be firmly held.

So, when they were in Chang'an, they sent a few disciples from the side to deal with it, in order to paralyze Ma Chao.

Their goal was achieved, and Ma Chao left only a thousand auxiliary soldiers and assistants Chang'an, and also asked some small and medium-sized management of the family to be in charge of government affairs.

But how to make contributions is more difficult. Now Chang'an has been captured by Ma Chao. Although only a thousand auxiliary soldiers are left, it is not something that the thousands of defeated soldiers in Zhong Yao's hands can be captured!

Therefore, it is obviously not realistic to restore Chang'an. Although the major families still have private soldiers, most of them were surrendered to Liu Xiongming's men, and they were reluctant to take it out and fight.

Even if they tried their best to regain Chang'an City, they would lose the power to defend the city after the loss was too great. It is still unknown when Cao Cao could come to pick him up.

As long as Ma Chao returns thousands of troops, the city will change hands immediately. At that time, Ma Chao's thunderous anger caused him to clean up the city of Chang'an, which will backfire. Therefore, this plan is not feasible.

After thinking about it, Zhong Yao can now make the contribution that he can make, that is, do a good job of recruiting Liu Xiongming. This is a good way to win two things. Not only can Zhong Yao lose his merits, but he can also implement the official positions of several children of the family.

But Liu Xiongming had to surrender to Liu Bei because he was surrounded by Ma Chao. Now he has to resign himself to Cao Cao, which makes them a little embarrassed!

Although their families were eager to get Zhong Yao out of his crime, they did not want to go back on their word and offend Liu Bei completely, and they did not want to give up the opportunity to establish a relationship with Liu Bei. In the end, Zhong Yao came up with a compromise solution himself.

Because the Hu family has already proposed that under Cao Cao, they have no official background, and the talents of the Hu family in Guanzhong are not prosperous. They do not have the courage and confidence to step on two boats, and are afraid that once the news is leaked, they will not please both ends. The family has decided not to have a relationship with Liu Bei for the time being and concentrate on seeking official positions under Cao Cao.

After Zhong Yao proposed the plan, after several family heads supplemented and improved it, a resolution was formed: divide Liu Xiongming's army into two groups, allowing Zhong Yue, Yang Kui, Fu Li and Zhang Zhuang to continue to stay in Ma Su's army with his own troops, while Hu Zun followed Liu Xiongming to Xuchang to join Cao Cao.

Of course, the four major families are full of talents, and it is easy to send someone to mingle in Liu Xiongming's team and turn it into an official position in the court.

In this way, their families can please each other. As for the fact that they have no longer defected to Liu Xiongming, it will not affect their relationship with Liu Bei.

Moreover, Liu Xiongming and Hu Zun took away only a thousand troops, and the remaining five thousand troops were all under the command of Ma Su.

Although Ma Su did not hide his surname and the children of several aristocratic families did not know the origin of Ma Su, but important figures in the family, such as Zhong Yao and others, had known Ma Su's name for a long time!

Even the story of Ma Su using the "secret travel to Chen Cang" in Jiangdong to help Liu Bei escape from Jiangdong was heard in their ears.

The five-coin Ma family had a good reputation in Jingzhou, so they naturally would not underestimate him. Then they gave up the big head of the army to Ma Su, which was also a show of goodwill to Liu Bei.

Wuguan was called "Shaoxi Pass" in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was called "Sanqin Fortress" and "Qinchu Throat".

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Wuguan was the dividing line between Qin and Chu, and it was also a typical example of from east to west, easy to defend but difficult to attack; from west to east, easy to attack but difficult to defend. It is known as "the intercourse between Qin and Chu, and the dangers of mountains and rivers."

Therefore, even in the Spring and Autumn Period, when Chu was the most powerful dominant period, it was difficult to break through Wu Pass and could not do anything to Qin.

Wuguan Pass City is built in a canyon from west to east and from top to bottom. It sits on a relatively flat highland, backed by the high and steep Shaoxi Mountain in the north and is on the verge of danger in the south.

Due to the terrain, the city is narrow and less than four miles in a radius. The city walls are made of clay and are not very strong. Each east and west has one door, and a rolled hole is built with bricks and stones.

Because Wuguan is within the sphere of influence of Cao Cao, only dozens of soldiers are stationed here, mainly to inspect the goods of merchants, collect commercial taxes and promptly inform military information.

After Chang'an City was captured by Ma Chao, the news soon reached Wancheng. The guard general Man Chong was afraid that Ma Chao would connect with Liu Bei to capture Jingzhou, so he sent his subordinate Niu Jin to lead 500 elite troops to garrison at Wuguan.

Because Tongguan was blocked, Zhong Yao led thousands of remnants, and together with Liu Xiongming, Hu Zun and several other children of various families, they led more than a thousand soldiers to go east to Wuguan, detour to the north, and headed for Xuchang.

Ma Su led the remaining 5,000 troops, including Xing Daorong, He Yun, and Fang Shan, and four generals, Zhong Yue, Yang Kui, Zhang Zhuang and Fu Li, with great strength!

However, because these soldiers have not undergone systematic training, their cooperative combat capabilities are poor, and their real combat effectiveness is not high.

Because the Hu family provided Liu Xiongming with enough food and grass, all of them were hoarded in this small mountain village with only a few families, Ma Su was not in a hurry to send troops to attack Wuguan, but continued to stay in the village, reorganized the army again, and conducted systematic training.

At the same time, Ma Su sent many scouts to monitor the movements in Wuguan and go to Tongguan to inquire about the war between the two sides. He was preparing to send troops at the critical moment to help Ma Chao with his allies.

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Cao Cao led his troops to build camps outside Tongguan. Ma Chao did not send troops to harass and attack, but quickly notified Han Sui and others to ask the Xiliang coalition forces to come to Tongguan to fight together.

Three days later, Cao Cao led the generals and generals of three villages to ignite 30,000 elite troops and rushed to the front of the pass. Han Sui and Ma Chao also wanted to fight Cao Cao to the death, and just led the troops in Xiaguan. The two armies met and each set up their own formations.

Cao Cao came out under the Zhenmen and saw more than 30,000 soldiers from Xiliang, everyone was brave and heroic.

The army suddenly appeared in front of him, a 10,000 elite army of Ma Chao's headquarters, forming a cone formation with neat formations and a prosperous army, and should be the main force of the attack.

Behind the right is a military formation composed of Han Sui's 10,000 troops. The formations are staggered and it is a large formation that is both offensive and defensive.

Cao Cao had a unique vision and knew at a glance that Han Sui should have come to the formation, saying that he would not take the initiative to attack, but would also protect Ma Chao's right wing, which was a difficult bone. Cao Cao's heart moved and told Cao Ren not to take the initiative to attack Han Sui's formation.
Chapter completed!