Ma Su's sorrow expired, because Shamoke wanted to join Liu Bei, he came to Hanzhong.

Liu Bei was employed, but Shamoke was too far away from Hanzhong and could only be put on hold for the time being.

Liu Bei knew Ma Su's ability well, so he naturally would not let him stay idle.

But Zhang Fei did not let Ma Su go, and asked Liu Bei many times to ask Ma Su to be his assistant.

Since Zhang Fei led his troops alone to Sichuan, he has always been invincible and is also very confident.

This time, Ma Su was asked to be his assistant, not to use Ma Su's power to defeat the enemy, but to let Ma Su benefit some of his contributions.

Zhang Fei never expected that his kindness made Ma Su also involved in the battle of Xiabian. Not only was it ineffective, but his defeat was naturally indispensable.

Zhang Fei was bold and careful, and had already guessed in his heart that his elder brother Liu Bei sent him to Wudu to assist Ma Chao in Xiliang. In fact, it was just a matter of a situation, and he was dissatisfied with his daring to fight with Xiahou Yuan.

This time, Ma Su was implicated by himself, and he felt very guilty.

Zhang Fei himself made outstanding achievements and was Liu Bei's sworn brother. He was definitely the second person behind Guan Yu among the generals, so he didn't care about a small defeat.

But Ma Su had been in trouble for three years and now he has no real job. This time he acted as Zhang Fei's assistant and was temporarily assigned by Liu Bei.

Zhang Fei's original intention was to allow him to achieve some military achievements, so that his elder brother Liu Bei could justify him with a better position.

But things went against my wishes. The failure of this battle of Xiabian is likely to lead to Ma Su not being reused by Liu Bei.

Zhang Fei felt apologized in his heart and could not hide it, so he tried every means to make up for it. He could not come up with his own ideas, so he often came to Ma Su to discuss an opportunity to make meritorious contributions and to make a punishment.

Ma Su himself was very frank about the defeat in this battle because he participated in this plan and knew that defeat was not a crime, and the loss of soldiers and generals had nothing to do with him.

Ma Su knew that Liu Bei would not reuse him for the time being, nor would he care about an inexplicable failure.

But Zhang Fei was very persistent. If he didn't follow his wishes, the matter would never end. Maybe his stubborn temper would affect the battles later.

After thinking about it, Ma Su said that he was not in his position and could not control the situation of the battle. If Zhang Fei and himself were to be rewarded, he could only use his secret chess ambushed in Nanzheng, and when he attacked Nanzheng, he could easily achieve success.

Ma Su first used his words to stabilize Zhang Fei, and then sent his confidant guard to contact Ma Jianhe, asking him to send a caravan to pass on the message and assist in the operation.

Soon, Ma Su received reliable news.

The spies he stayed in Nanzheng back then are now in contact with, which is very reliable.

Those people were settled by Ma Su, and their families were Yang Bai's former confidants. Yang Song made arrangements before his death and had good jobs in Nanzheng City. After following Zhang Lu to surrender to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was still retained by Cao Cao.

After Ma Su's special training, those people are very capable and can easily be valued by their superiors.

After Xiahou Yuan guarded Hanzhong, these people were investigated and adjusted. Many of them gained the trust of Xiahou Yuan because of their outstanding abilities and became officers of the city guards, and were responsible for guarding the city gates.

Ma Su did not mean to take credit for his own contribution, so he found Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang and put forward his own suggestions.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were worried about capturing Nanzheng. When they heard Ma Su's plan, they all thought it was feasible, so they asked Ma Su to continue to serve as Zhang Fei's assistant and lead the troops to move towards Nanzheng with Wei Yan. When Liu Bei and Cao Cao's main force confronted each other, they would unexpectedly capture Nanzheng.

The capture of Nanzheng is of great significance. Nanzheng is the seat of Hanzhong county seat. Seizing Nanzheng city means capturing Hanzhong county.

After Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang took over the grain and grass from Micang Mountain, they can be said to have realized their strategic intentions and become invincible.

Liu Bei's subsequent strategy has long been decided, that is, to stick to the main point and be prepared to waste the city. Naturally, he will not use weak troops to take the initiative to fight Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao was unwilling to fail. Now Nan Zheng, the county seat of Hanzhong, is still in the hands of Xiahou Dun, and he still has enough food and supplies for several months. Moreover, his purpose this time was to attack Xichuan and he could not do anything in vain.

Although he was defeated for a while, Cao Cao's army did not suffer much. Although the loss of food and grass was a big problem, it would not have any impact if he could fight quickly.

After repeated consideration, Cao Cao decided to make another effort and send a large army to advance from the Xigu Road to take the Han River. After controlling the Han River, he could directly attack Xichuan.

Although Liu Bei decided to stick to the strategy, because Ma Su had a plan to break through Nan Zheng, he was trying to find an opportunity to cooperate.

When he heard that Cao Cao was attacking again, he happily said to Zhuge Liang:

"Cao Cao has missed the opportunity to fight, so he is unable to do anything. But I took the opportunity to take Nanzheng and will definitely win Hanzhong."

Liu Bei personally led his troops to camp in the west of the Han River, and ordered Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun to be the vanguard to fight Cao Cao.

The reason why Cao Cao came to attack the Han River so quickly was that he had a new general, his surname was Wang, his name was Ping, his courtesy name was Zijun, and he was from Dangqu, Brazil. He was the former captain of Liu Zhang's troops.

After Liu Zhang surrendered to Liu Bei, Wang Ping did not surrender because he was not optimistic about Liu Bei's prospects. Instead, he left Xichuan and went north. When Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong, he defected to Cao Cao.

Because Wang Ping knew the geography of Han River and Xichuan well, he could use it when attacking Xichuan, so Cao Cao used it as the general of Yamen.

Cao Cao ordered Xu Huang to be the vanguard and Wang Ping as the deputy vanguard, and came to the Han River to fight to the decisive battle.

Cao Cao stationed his troops north of Dingjun Mountain, Xu Huang and Wang Ping led their troops to the Han River.

Xu Huang is a famous general under Cao Cao, and he looked down on Wang Ping, a surrendered general who is not too tall.

When he arrived at the north bank of Hanzhong, Xu Huang was too lazy to talk to Wang Ping, so he directly ordered the front army to cross the Han River to form an array.

As the deputy vanguard, Wang Ping could naturally propose different combat plans, so he said to Xu Huang:

"General, if our army crosses the water, it will be a battle against the water. If we want to retreat quickly, what will happen?"

Xu Huang didn't think about it and scolded Wang Ping:

"In the past, Han Xin turned his back to the water and became a formation, which was called "death and then he could live."

Wang Ping was scolded and was dissatisfied. He had a frank personality and continued:

"Otherwise, Han Xin used to think that the enemy had no plans and used this plan; can the general now understand Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong's intention?"

Xu Huang was very impatient with Wang Ping's nagging, so he spoke:

"You can lead five thousand infantry troops to set up a camp to resist the enemy. Let me lead five thousand horse troops to defeat Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun."

Xu Huang did not listen to Wang Ping's words and ordered the soldiers to build a floating bridge, and then led the cavalry across the river to fight Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun.
Chapter completed!