Ma Chao and Han Sui sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor the movements of Cao's army and find out when Cao Cao crossed the river.

Cao Cao had finished his troops and was about to cross the river. Knowing that Han Sui and Ma Chao were bound to attack halfway, he first divided 30% of the elite troops, rested early, got up at the third o'clock, had a full meal, and quietly crossed the river before dawn.

Before dawn, it was the darkest period and the most distressing period for people. The sentry arranged by Ma Chao and Han Sui also fell asleep in a daze.

Under the hazy moonlight, Cao Cao's more than 10,000 elite troops successfully crossed the other side. By the time the Xiliang Post Exploration discovered it, the sunlight was already rising, and the troops crossing the river set up a defensive formation.

Han Sui received the report. When he saw that Cao Cao's army was less than half crossing the river, he slowly rectified the army and prepared to attack Cao's army that had come ashore.

Ma Chao had already crossed the south bank of the river upstream, preparing to wait for Han Sui to send a signal before and after attacking Cao Cao's army, and drove Cao Cao's army into the river.

Those who crossed the river in advance were Cao Cao's elite infantry. According to Cao Cao's arrangement, they set up temporary camps on the shore after they got ashore, set up formations in front of the camp, and placed a red-haired deer antlers to prepare to resist the attacks of the Xiliang cavalry.

Cao Cao did not have the first group to cross the river. The shadow of him being chased by Ma Chao under Tongguan had not passed yet. He did not want to put himself in danger, nor did he want to be chased by Ma Chao again.

Although Cao Cao was sitting on the south bank and watching his army cross the river, his personal guard Xu Chu was the commander of the heavy infantry and had already crossed the river first because he wanted to lead the heavy infantry to set up his formation.

Xu Chu was not worried about Cao Cao's safety, so he arranged nearly a hundred guards around Cao Cao.

The young general Cao Xiu was responsible for commanding these guards. He was Cao Cao's clan and Cao Hong's nephew. He has been practicing literature and martial arts since childhood. He is well versed in military tactics and has high martial arts skills. Especially his archery skills are accurate and he has the ability to penetrate Yang with a hundred steps. He is called "this is a thousand-mile horse in my family!"

Cao Cao looked at the vanguard troops on the opposite side that had already attacked the Xiliang cavalry to cross the river. He was afraid of being driven out of the river, so he ordered the army to speed up the crossing.

From a distance, he saw that the army attacking halfway seemed to be Han Sui's men, because their attacks were not fierce and did not cause the stagnation of the crossing forces.

In a blink of an eye, Cao Cao's army of 50,000 had crossed the river for more than 40,000, and continued to join the battle, completely stabilizing the formation, fighting with Han Sui's Xiliang cavalry.

Cao Cao was wondering that Ma Chao was the main general of the Western Liang Army and had excellent combat power. Why didn’t he appear in this critical battle? Suddenly, a soldier came to report:

"There is a general wearing a white battle robe who led thousands of elite cavalry to attack from the south bank of the upper reaches!"

When the soldiers under Cao Cao looked from a distance, they all recognized Ma Chao as the leader of the army. When they saw that there were only thousands of troops left on the shore.

These elite soldiers were once rushed out of the army by Ma Chao under Tongguan, and were seriously injured and were a little afraid.

Cao Xiu, who was in charge of the guards, saw that the morale of the soldiers was not high, had to urge his subordinates to barely form a half-moon-shaped defensive formation to protect Cao Cao in the center.

Originally, Ma Chao wanted to attack halfway across the north bank and attack Cao Cao's men who crossed the river.

But Han Sui was unwilling to do so because this plan was designed by him. Since the rebellion began, although Han Sui had fought with Cao's army several times, he had no victory and was burdened with reputation. Naturally, he did not want to miss this opportunity to make meritorious and gain reputation.

After the two negotiated, Han Sui and eight other troops acted as the main force, attacking halfway through, preparing to drive Cao's army down the river.

Cao Xiu saw Ma Chao take the lead and come in full force, and the soldiers around him looked scared. He moved his heart, put down his spear, took off the long bow from behind, pulled the arrow, pulled the bow, and with a scream, an arrow shot away, and the arrow flew towards Ma Chao's face.

Ma Chao was jumping forward at the horse. He heard the whistling of arrows. He didn't care much. He saw arrows flying over, but just used a gun to thrust it.

But the arrow did not land on the ground. Instead, Ma Chao's arm was shocked. Although the arrow was very powerful, it was also deviated by Ma Chao and almost passed by Ma Chao.

The guard behind him could not dodge the middle face, and let out a painful cry, and a bang, and turned over and fell off the horse.

Seeing that the enemy general's arrow power was so amazing, Ma Chao did not dare to be careless, so he quickly pulled his horse and slowed down and continued to advance to where Cao Cao was...

Xu Chu on the other side withstood Han Sui's first wave of attack, and Han Sui retreated to rectify the army.

Because of being injured by the refusal and crossbow, Han Sui suffered a considerable loss. He also saw Ma Chao attacking Cao Cao's guards, and he couldn't help but slow down the attack. After Ma Chao succeeded, Cao's army was in chaos without fighting.

Xu Chu had long discovered that Ma Chao was attacking on the south bank. When he saw that the formation had stabilized, he handed over the command to others, took his sword onto the boat and came to pick Cao Cao up across the river.

Those soldiers who were crossing the river did not have a general. When they saw that Ma Chao was leading the Xiliang cavalry to attack, they did not dare to go ashore to meet the enemy, so they just drove the ship to the other shore.

Seeing Ma Chao's Xiliang cavalry getting closer, Cao Cao was still sitting on the shore without moving, pressing his sword to watch Cao Xiu fight Ma Chao.

Cao Xiu shot dozens of arrows in front of the formation, but they were all pushed away by Ma Chao, but they also shot and killed several defenders around Ma Chao. The two of them were afraid of each other, and Ma Chao's speed was getting slower and slower.

The two generals are getting closer and closer, and they are less than a hundred steps away, so they have to fight each other. Because Cao Xiu is a child of the Cao family he is optimistic about, he is so nervous that he clenched his fists.

Suddenly a small boat landed on the dock. A general on the boat jumped on the shore. Xu Chu came to pick Cao Cao up the river. Before the others arrived, they arrived: "Ma Chao's thief is here, please ask the Prime Minister to get off the boat and cross the river!"

Cao Cao was about to watch Cao Xiu fight Ma Chao, and said, "What's the point? Wen Lie will block it!"

There were less than a thousand soldiers on the shore. Seeing that Ma Chao led thousands of cavalry less than a hundred steps away from Cao Cao, Xu Chu did not dare to take risks and forced Cao Cao to get out of the boat.

On the shore, Cao Xiu put down his bow and arrow and took the initiative to push his gun to face Ma Chao. The two fought together and fought for more than twenty rounds, without a winner!

But Cao Xiu was already afraid and expected to be unable to defeat him. Seeing that Cao Cao had already got off the ship and arrived in the river, he retreated back into the military formation and commanded the soldiers to slowly move the formation and retreat downstream.

Ma Chao was afraid of Cao Xiu's archery skills and did not dare to pursue him. Seeing Cao Cao fleeing to Banhe on a boat, he was unwilling to accept it, so he picked up a bow and arrow, and ordered his guards to shoot together.

The arrows shot towards the boat like rain. Xu Chu was afraid of hurting Cao Cao, so he blocked it with his body and danced his sword to stop the arrow.

Ma Chao's archery skills are amazing, and the arrows are not in vain. All the people driving on the boat fall into the water as they are stringed; dozens of guards in the boat are all shot into arrows.

Suddenly, the boatman was shot down by Ma Chao with an arrow, and the boat could not move forward in the center of the river. Xu Chu was anxious and exerted his might. He shook his legs and used the oar to support the boat with one hand and the saddle with the other to cover Cao Cao.

At a critical moment, Ding Fei, the magistrate of Weinan County, was on the Nanshan Mountain. He saw Ma Chao's army shooting Cao Cao's ships in a hurry, and he was afraid that he would hurt Cao Cao. He drove all the cattle, sheep, and horses used to work on the army to the bottom of the mountain. The mountains were filled with cows, sheep, and horses.

The soldiers in Xiliang had poor food and grass, so they were eaten in a regular manner, especially lacking meat. The soldiers had not eaten meat for more than ten days. When they saw cattle and sheep, they were all greedy. They put down their bows and arrows, and turned around and rushed to catch cattle and horses.

Without the interference of the soldiers' arrows, Xu Chu accelerated his boat and took Cao Cao to the shore. Ma Chao had no choice but to put down his longbow and jumped over to catch cattle and sheep.

Cao Cao was able to escape, and the generals on the shore tried hard to kill Han Sui after he heard that Cao Cao fled in the river and came to rescue him quickly, Cao Cao had already landed.
Chapter completed!