Cao Cao personally took the opportunity to persuade Ma Chao, but instead suffered losses and generals. He could not do anything to Ma Chao for the time being, and he felt a little depressed.

Fortunately, he didn't want to fight with Ma Chao in a tough battle. After discussing with Jia Xu, he secretly ordered Xu Huang and Zhu Ling to send troops from Hexi to attack Ma Chao in front and back.

This day was the time when Cao Cao and Xu Huang agreed to join forces. Cao Cao personally led Xiahou Yuan to patrol the city. It happened that Ma Chao led hundreds of cavalry to fight.

Because of another victory, the morale of Ma Chao's soldiers was like rainbows and they were flying outside the city. They were all riding skillfully. They cursed and spoke viciously. Cao Cao threw his pockets on the ground and said:

"If the horse does not die, I will have no place to bury!"

This sounds like Cao Cao's praise and fear of Ma Chao. In fact, it is Cao Cao's reflection from the bottom of his heart, and a complete rejection of his own desire to take Ma Chao for himself!

Cao Cao understood in his heart: "If he really takes Ma Chao for his own use, he must have hidden evil intentions. Either Ma Chao was killed in chaos or he had no place to die!"

But when Xiahou Yuan heard this, he didn't know what Cao Cao was thinking. He thought that Cao Cao was saying that his ability was far inferior to Ma Chao. He was angry and said to Cao Cao sternly:

"Prime Minister, don't worry, I swear that I would rather die here in battle than kill Ma Chao!" As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Cao Cao to reply, Xiahou Yuan led more than a thousand people from the headquarters to open the gate of the village and chased Ma Chao who was about to leave.

Before Cao Cao could come back to his senses, Xiahou Yuan had already led his troops out of the city gate. He was surprised. He realized that his words were somewhat inconsistent, which caused Xiahou Yuan's misunderstanding!

Xiahou Yuan had a great weight in Cao Cao's mind. He was afraid that Xiahou Yuan would be killed by Ma Chao. In desperation, he personally got on the horse and shouted, wanting Xiahou Yuan to return to the army.

When Ma Chao saw Xiahou Yuan leading his troops to chase him, he was right in his mind! He immediately turned the front army into the back team, and the back team was vanguard, and he arranged it in one word to prepare for the battle.

Xiahou Yuan came to the horse and Ma Chao took it to fight.

Although Ma Chao could not win quickly when he fought against Xiahou Yuan, he was at ease and paid close attention to the surrounding situation. When he saw Cao Cao coming alone in the chaos army, he forced Xiahou Yuan to retreat with one shot and jumped into Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was shocked and drove his horse back. Xiahou Yuan also reacted and rushed to chase after Ma Chao. No one in Cao's army was in charge, and the formation was in chaos. More than a thousand people were chased by Ma Chao's hundreds of people.

While Ma Chao was chasing Cao Cao, suddenly Pang De sent someone to report that a Cao army raised the banner of Xu and had already set up camp in Hexi.

Ma Chao was shocked, afraid of being attacked by the enemy on his back and forth, so he had no intention of chasing Cao Cao, so he hurriedly took his army back to the camp, and discussed with Han Sui and others:

"Cao Cao took advantage of the situation and sent troops to cross the river. Our army was attacked from front to back. What if it did?"

This time, the eight soldiers and horses of Xiliang who were fighting with Han Sui and Ma Chao, had already been killed in battle with three leaders Cheng Yin, Zhang Heng and Cheng Yi. In the face of grief, the remaining leaders had long had the idea of ​​retreating. Li Kan, the leader of one of them, suggested:

"Now our army is under the enemy's back and forth, and there is not much food left. If we continue to fight, we will retreat sooner or later. How can retreat be better than defeat? It is better to cede land and ask for peace. Both families will stop their troops and wait for the winter and flowers will bloom next spring, so don't make any plans."

Han Sui came forward to establish the Xiliang coalition to fight. He wanted to gain some reputation, but who knew that there was no decent record. His army suffered greater losses than Ma Chao. He made all his wedding dresses for Ma Chao. He was disheartened and had long lost his intention to fight. He took the opportunity to echo:

"Meng Qi, Li Kan's words are the best, so you can follow it."

Ma Chao knew that the so-called cede land and seeking peace was nothing more than returning the Chang'an City that he had struggled to capture to Cao Cao. Once he returned the Chang'an City with strong city defense to Cao Cao, it would be even more difficult for Ma Chao to capture it again, so he was a little hesitant.

Yang Qiu, the candidate and Ma Wan, saw that Ma Chao wanted to fight Cao Cao, but they didn't want to be cannon fodder anymore. They stood up together and agreed with Li Kan's suggestion. Ma Chao couldn't beat him alone, so he had to agree.

So, Han then exercised the power of the alliance leader, made a final decision, and sent Yang Qiu as an envoy to Cao Cao's earthen city to issue a letter, saying that the land was cedeed and requested peace.

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Ma Su knew that Liu Bei had been obsessed with Xinye because of the defeat in Changbanpo, and was determined to win Xiangyang. He couldn't help but think:

"If I could persuade Ma Chao to march into Wancheng this time, then occupy Xinye, cut off the origin of Xiahou Dun's reinforcements, and act like he wanted to encircle Xiangyang, then Liu Bei would seize Xiangyang and would likely win without a fight, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue it. This is a good opportunity to help Liu Bei conquer the entire territory of Jingzhou, and of course it is also an excellent opportunity for him to be recognized by Liu Bei!"

When Ma Su thought of achieving such great achievements, he immediately changed his mind and ordered Niu Jin and his five hundred soldiers to be detained.

As for how to capture Wancheng, Ma Su had not yet thought of a way. He pondered alone in the central army tent, and took out the "Dream of Heavenly Book" to read it.

Whenever he had no choice, Ma Su would take out the "Dream Book" and browse it casually, and some strange things would always appear in his mind.

After watching it for a while today, an anti-Japanese drama flashed in his mind, which was about the plot of the city wearing makeup. Suddenly, a soldier guarding the pass came to report that Man Chong had transported meat and vegetables to Wuguan.

Ma Su was about to instruct Xing Daorong to go and receive the materials and temporarily seize the convoy.

I suddenly remembered that if the convoy sent by Man Chong was delayed, it would arouse his suspicion. With Man Chong's prudence, he would definitely have to be more vigilant, and the plan to attack Wancheng might be failed.

Ma Su called the soldiers who went to pass the order. If he wanted to think of a feasible solution, he would have a bright idea and come up with his plan!

This strategy was inspired by the plot of the city wearing makeup in his mind. He personally led people to pick up the convoy into the city and talked to the food delivery personnel to find out that the team was not Man Chong's subordinate, but a temporary worker hired by a grain and oil shop. After the goods were delivered, before sunset tomorrow, if you want to return to Wancheng to submit a receipt, the convoy would be disbanded.

Originally, Ma Su should have reported Liu Bei's approval to implement this major decision to attack Wancheng before it could be implemented. However, the current situation is special, and it is "the emperor will not accept it!" Now the fighter opportunity is fleeting, and Ma Su is eager to make contributions and decided to take action first and then report!

But before the action, Ma Su sent his confidant to take a secret letter to the public security police to report to Liu Bei, and also sent someone to send a secret letter to Ma Chao, asking him to divide his troops to Wancheng.

After arranging these things, there is only the strategy of attacking Wancheng!

Although Ma Su had made a plan, he still brought several of his generals, including Liu Xiongming, to discuss and formulate a plan to attack Wancheng.

Of course, only Fang Shan, Xing Daorong and He Yun knew the real purpose of Ma Su. Liu Xiongming and several other generals only knew that this time the attack on Wancheng was just to rob food and military supplies and cause trouble for Cao Cao.

The generals under Ma Su, including the nominal commander Liu Xiongming, only Xing Daorong has gone to the battlefield. They heard that they were going to attack Wancheng, and they were all looking forward to it!

Finally, Ma Su made a decision, leaving Fangshan and Liu Xiong to lead a thousand men to guard Wu Pass, and he personally led the remaining four thousand men to surprise Wancheng.

Ma Su led the convoy of delivering vegetables to walk slowly, deliberately delaying until it was almost dark before reaching the city. At this time, the city gate was about to close.

Except for the leading old man left behind, he needed to deal with the city gate guards, the rest were replaced by soldiers under Xing Daorong. They put on makeup and served vegetables and put their weapons in the car.

Ma Su's plan was comprehensive this time, and he was afraid that Man Chong would seek help after he escaped. When he was walking slowly on the road, he had already sent He Yun to lead a thousand people around Wancheng, setting up an ambush on the road that Man Chong had to retreat, preparing to capture all the defenders of Wancheng in one place.

The school guarding the city gate saw that the convoy that was sending supplies to Wuguan was back, and without even asking, he opened the door and put the convoy in.

Xing Daorong was experienced and soon seized the city gate as soon as he entered the city. Ma Su's 4,000 troops were divided into three groups and rushed to the prefect's mansion, granary and military camp respectively.

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Chapter completed!