Since Cao Cao sued Yang Xiu, he could not let go of Xiahou Dun, the culprit who disrupted the morale of the army, so he pretended to be beheaded and made public.

This time, Cao Cao did not let the swordsman push out and behead him, but instead criticized Xiahou Dun for betraying rumors, causing the morale of the army to be disturbed. He should deal with it more seriously and beheaded and displayed in public.

Xiahou Dun was Cao Cao's confidant and wanted to kill him with such a big fanfare, so ordinary officials under Cao Cao naturally knew that Cao Cao was doing a show, so they all came forward to plead for Xiahou Dun.

Cao Cao accused Xiahou Dun of the crime, which was just a slight belief in rumors. It was an irrelevant thing, but in fact he wanted to find a way. With everyone's plea, he would spare Xiahou Dun's death penalty.

But Cao Cao was actually for Yang Biao, the father of Yang Xiu, and he could not let Xiahou Dun go and ordered him to be fined three years of salary.

After killing Yang Xiu, Cao Cao relieved Cao Zhi and Cao Pi of the worries of fighting for the throne, but Cao Cao turned around and looked at the continuous dozens of camps, and felt that it was really hard to end!

Cao Cao, who had already made up his mind to withdraw his troops, blocked his way to retreat because of the Yang Xiu incident. He wanted to fight Liu Bei in a reasonable way.

If Cao Cao really retreated, it would be difficult to explain his killing of Yang Xiu!

Therefore, Cao Cao knew that the chance of defeating this battle was not high, but he was already in a difficult position, so he still ordered the army to advance in the future.

The next day, in order to inspire morale, Cao Cao led his army out of Baogukou. He walked less than ten miles ahead. An army blocked the way. It was Wei Yan, the general under Liu Bei's tent.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated by a hundred battles."

Before entering Hanzhong, Cao Cao did his homework and conducted a detailed survey of Liu Bei's generals and available soldiers. The troops he came this time were twice as powerful as Liu Bei, enough to defeat Liu Bei head-on.

Seeing Wei Yan Yaowu coming, Cao Cao naturally knew that Huang Zhong and Wei Yan had already defected to him with Liu Cong, but because of the defeat of Chibi, Liu Bei was surrendered in Changsha, and gained it and lost it again. It was a pity.

Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan, and the grudge was so great that Cao Cao naturally would not think about surrendering him again.

But although Wei Yan was unknown, he has made his mark since he followed Liu Bei to Xichuan, showing his superb martial arts and excellent military command ability.

When attacking Liu Zhang, he made many military achievements and gradually became the main general under Liu Bei's tent.

Since Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong, Wei Yan has been valued by Liu Bei.

Wei Yan did not disappoint. When attacking Yangping Pass, Wei Yan led his troops to fight with Zhang He, a famous general under Cao Cao, and was evenly matched.

Wei Yan is more than ten years younger than Zhang He, and his martial arts are in the rising period and has more potential!

When the two armies faced each other, Cao Cao set up a formation. Seeing the heroic Wei Yan, he had a passion for talent. He wanted to surrender Wei Yan, so he rode his horse forward and persuaded Wei Yan to surrender.

Although Wei Yan was very utilitarian and took the initiative to offer Liu Bei to Liu Bei in Xiangyang and Changsha, he was optimistic about Liu Bei.

Although he is young and energetic, he is sometimes unavoidable. Wei Yan is actually not a person who is fickle.

He saw Cao Cao surrendering him because he had been warned by Zhuge Liang. He was particularly afraid of arousing suspicion from Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. Before Cao Cao could make a wish for him, he cursed Cao Cao even more.

Cao Cao was kind-hearted. When he saw Wei Yan so ignorant, he was furious and wanted to test the loyalty of Pang De to him as soon as he descended, so he sent him to fight against Wei Yan.

Wei Yan and Pang De faced each other, both of them used swords, and they didn't talk. They raised their swords at the same time, fighting back and forth.

The two fought for dozens of rounds, and neither of them had the upper hand, and they seemed to be on par with each other.

Cao Cao knew Pang De's martial arts skills well. Now Wei Yan is strong in defeating Pang De, which makes Cao Cao even more acknowledged Wei Yan's martial arts. He secretly regretted that he had missed such a brave general.

Suddenly, from the left and right, I saw thick smoke rolling in the direction of Cao Cao's camp. A horse was prosecuting the news that it was Ma Chao who led the army to rob the Houzhai, but was repelled by Xiahou Dun's army.

Xiahou Dun was implicated by Yang Xiu and happened to be left in the back camp. When he saw Ma Chao attack, he immediately fought. Although he tried hard to kill Ma Chao, there were many fires in the camp. Now the fire has been controlled, so the Prime Minister will not worry.

Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei sent Ma Chao to rob the village because he did not want to go to war with him, which further strengthened his confidence in defeating Liu Bei's main force.

Cao Cao was still very relieved about Xiahou Dun. He was not afraid that Ma Chao would cut off his retreat, so he decided to continue the attack and caught Liu Bei off guard.

Cao Cao drew his sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "The whole army will attack, and the generals will retreat and kill them!"

The generals received the military order and tried hard to move forward. Wei Yan could not resist and led the army to be defeated.

Cao Cao saw that he firmly took the initiative and defeated Liu Bei's army.

Seeing that one side had the advantage and was safe and worry-free, Cao Cao rode his horse alone and immediately watched the battle between the two armies on the high hillside.

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Ma Su gave advice and personally participated in the capture of Nanzheng. Although his first contribution was given to Wei Yan, his contribution was not small, which was enough to compensate for his crime and offset his failure in the Xia Dian.

Therefore, Liu Bei left him in Nanzheng City.

Liu Bei had a considerable understanding of Ma Su's level of struggle, so he did not dare to let him go to lead the army. Last time Huarongdao made a deal with Cao Cao.

If he was asked to lead the troops this time, he still didn't know what would happen. Maybe it would be possible to take his own initiative to come up with the "Ziwu Valley Strategy" that coincides with Fa Zheng.

The current Nanzheng City is equivalent to Liu Bei's base camp and a food and grass distribution center, with strict defense.

Heavyweights such as Mi Zhu and Huang Quan all handled political affairs in Nanzheng, and the city defense was managed by veteran Huang Zhong, but in fact, there was nothing Ma Su did.

He suddenly launched a large-scale attack on Cao Cao. Although Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang made various plans, they really caught Cao Cao off guard.

Seeing Wei Yan standing in front of him retreating step by step, Liu Bei had no choice but to send all the available people such as Liu Feng and Meng Da to fight with Cao's army to cover Wei Yan's retreat.

Zhuge Liang set up the camp at the important intersection, and the defenders were like iron barrels. He was not afraid of Cao Cao breaking the camp, nor was he afraid of him, Cao Cao taking a detour to capture Nanzheng.

Because Liu Bei did not adopt his "Ziwu Valley Strategy" and was not interested in fighting with Cao Cao, Fa Zheng took the initiative to go to Nanzheng to assist Huang Zhong in defending the city.

Although Nan Zheng Wuyou, Zhuge Liang was very worried about the 50,000 elite troops guarding Wudu.

Because Cao Xiu's subordinates had tens of thousands of cavalry, although the road was not close, if Cao Cao wanted to attack on both sides, Cao Hong's men could reach Nanzheng within one day.

Therefore, seeing Cao Cao's attack on a large scale, Zhuge Liang's cautious character naturally sent troops to defend Cao Hong's attack.

Because Cao Cao attacked the entire line, Liu Bei could use his only men, Zhang Feijun, who was stationed in Shangyong's direction.

Zhang Fei successfully robbed food last time and his troops were exhausted. Zhuge Liang asked him to station at the important intersection east of Nanzheng, saying that he was to prevent attacks from Shangyong's direction, but in fact, he was to let Zhang Fei's army rest.

Now Zhuge Liang is afraid of Cao Hong and Cao Xiu's sneak attack, so he has no choice but to let Zhang Fei intercept him.

In order to make Zhang Fei willing to go, before Zhang Fei could speak, Liu Bei took the initiative to send the idle Ma Su to assist Zhang Fei.

This time, Zhang Fei did not bargain and happily led the army to Wudu.

This is where Zhang Fei robbed the ambush Zhao Yong last time. Zhang Fei was familiar with the road and quickly found a major transportation route, which was a must-pass place for coming from Wudu.

Just set up camp in the middle of the road to prevent Cao Hong from stealing it at night.

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Chapter completed!