Chapter 167 Chapter 26 Tu Shu Divides Han Sui (3)

After watching Ma Chao, he laughed and said, "People in the world say that Cao Cao used his troops like a god, and he is unparalleled in the world. However, since the beginning of summer this year, he invaded Guanzhong twice, but was blocked by the natural danger of Tongguan, and he withdrew his troops twice. It can be seen that this person is deceiving the world and stealing his name to such an extent!" Everyone laughed, and everyone felt complacent.Only Han Sui was a bit more savage, and said: "Although Cao Cao is a thief of the world, he has conquered the north and fought in the north and pacified the north. He can't be criticized with the four words of 'was a false name'. He has many advisers under him. Even if Cao Cao is foolish, he will not repeat the same mistakes so soon. The last time they withdrew their troops was only two months ago, and I am afraid there may be fraud in it."

Ma Dai said: "Uncle likes to be cautious. Cao Cao is powerful in the north, but he didn't go south to take Wuyue and Western Shu. How can he see that he can take Xiliang from me? Besides, Tongguan is dangerous and solid, and there are heavy troops at the ferry along the Weihe River. Hold on, I think Cao Cao, this time is gone and will never return. Why don't our army take advantage of his fatigue and go out to charge for a while when he withdraws, as a warning, so that he will not dare to step into the pass for the rest of his life!" Hearing these words, Ma Chao was in high spirits, and he couldn't help slapping the bricks with his hands, and shouted: "Happy! If you don't give Cao Cao a little trouble, how can he remember that I am a descendant of General Fubo!" A corner of the city wall brick unexpectedly fell off.

Ma Dai and others couldn't help but praise: "Brother is really a god!" Han Sui couldn't stop persuading him, so he had to sigh. But it is true that Ma Chao saw Cao Jun's rear camp turned into the front camp, but it was not a retreat, but an ambush, and he went to the buried position first.The next day, even the fences of the base camp were removed, the tent ropes were untied, and they looked northeast. Cao Cao ordered Xu Chu to lead his elite and brave personal guards to be responsible for cutting off the rear, in order to meet Ma Chao's pursuers. Sure enough, Ma Chao opened the gate of the city wide, and led his troops to chase after him.Turning around two mountain passes and reaching a flat land, I saw Cao Jun retreating in a panic.Overjoyed, Ma Chao rode forward alone, and shouted: "Cao Cao, don't go, wait for Ma Chao to behead your head, and tell the world!"

I saw Cao Cao, Zhong Yao and others galloped away without looking back.Xu Chu, who was placed at the end of the army, held down the guards and galloped back to his horse. Ma Chao stared at each other, and saw that this man was tall and tall.Riding a tall horse, holding a golden sword in his hand, his eyes are full of divine light, and he is full of majesty.Nai asked the left and right: "This guy looks like a tiger general. I don't know who it is?" Yang Qiudao: "I heard that Cao Cao once selected extremely strong and strong people to be the guards in front of the tent. They were called the Tiger Guards, also known as the Personal Guards. One of them was Dian Wei and the other was Xu Chu. Now Dian Wei is gone. If you die, this person must be Xu Chu. Xu Chu's name is Zhongkang, a native of Qiao County, with extraordinary courage, everyone calls him a 'tiger idiot', the commander should not underestimate the enemy."

After hearing this, Ma Chao said, "I don't see anything serious. You see, I cut him off the horse today!" After saying this, he opened his strange eyes, set his horse and raised his gun, and went to fight Xu Chu. The two had a great battle, with guns flying and knives flying, horses jumping on saddles, and killed more than two hundred people, and they still couldn't decide the outcome.Because the horses were exhausted, the two generals returned to the army to change horses and fight again.Yang Qiu persuaded: "The commander-in-chief, don't get entangled with him. Our army covered up the past, so why be afraid of a Xu Chu? It is better to pursue Cao Cao's retreat!"

At this time, Ma Chao was ready to kill, so he was not willing to listen, so he flattered the horse and took Xu Chu, and the two fought together again. The fight this time is more intense than the previous one.The two of them fought for the first time just now, and they were quite unfamiliar with each other's swordsmanship and gunskills, but now they have a little understanding of the essentials, and they fought evenly, after more than two hundred matches, it was almost a tie.And the mounts of the two are already tired. Xu Chu was originally ordered to block Ma Chao so that Cao Cao and others could pass through the ambush.At this time, just like Ma Chao, he was ready to kill, so he flew back to the formation, took off his armor, removed his inner clothes, his body was full of muscles, his shirt was bare, he raised his knife, got on his horse, and came to a decisive battle with Ma Chao.When Ma Chao saw him, he couldn't help feeling proud. He changed his horse and raised his gun, and shouted, "I'm really happy to kill you today!" Come to meet Xu Chu.

After the two fought for more than 30 years, Xu Chu raised his saber to slash Ma Chao. Ma Chao flashed by with his mount, and saw Xu Chu raised his saber upwards, but before he lowered it, exposing the black-haired ginseng's chest, he pointed the gun at his heart. To stab.Xu Chu had no choice but to abandon the knife, and lowered his arms to catch the incoming gun.The two snatched the guns on horseback, each with great force, only heard a crisp sound, and the guns were broken, so each took half of them, and started fighting again.Ma Dai, Yang Qiu and others were afraid that Ma Chao would make a mistake, so they rode their horses to attack.Xu Chu could not eat too many people, so he whistled and rode his horse to look at the mountain road, followed closely by the guards.

Ma Chao and others waved their troops in pursuit, and they were about to catch up with Xu Chu. Just after passing a pass, they heard a cry, and two horses rushed down from the hillsides on both sides. Ma Chao was shocked and hurriedly ordered him to return to his teacher.After escaping for half a mile, I saw another army approaching from the pass, and it was the fierce general Zhang Liao.Ma Chao didn't want to fight, he just joined forces with Ma Dai, Yang Qiu, etc., and fought desperately to escape back to the city. In the middle of the melee, he heard a thunderclap shout behind him: "Wu Na Huangkou, Xu Chushi was ordered to be defeated, and I lured you into ambush. Now we can fight for five hundred rounds!" Ma Chao looked back and saw that it was the tiger. The idiotic Xu Chufu came back to kill again.

At this time, Ma Chao dared not fight, so he fought with all his strength, fought a bloody road with Ma Dai and others, and headed towards Tongguan.Most of the soldiers under his command disappeared, and there were only more than 2000 people who fled back to the city. Seeing Ma Chao's defeat, Han Sui, who was guarding the city, sneered and remained silent.Ma Chao was already deeply remorseful, so he pleaded guilty: "My nephew didn't listen to my uncle's words, and as a result, I lost so many troops that I couldn't bear to be the commander again. I ask my uncle to lead the army, and my nephew should be my uncle's whip."

Han Sui stood up and helped Ma Chao up, and said with tears, "Han Sui is old, how can he lead an army? If my nephew can experience something and gain wisdom, why worry about not being able to keep my pure land in Xiliang, Guanzhong? Since then, when things happen, If you see something strange, you must think twice before acting!" Goodbye Ma Chao.After thanking him, when he talked about the battle with Xu Chu, he was full of admiration: "Ah, from what I've seen, there is no one who can fight like this. Xu Chu is such an idiot!" So far, seeing Cao's army approaching the city again, no matter how Cao Cao sent Xu Chu to fight alone under the city, he just couldn't get out of the strong wall.

A few days later in 158, one night Cao Cao was talking to Xu Chu about Ma Chao's bravery, and over drinking, Yu Jin and Xu Huang came to see him. Cao Cao invited the two of them to sit down and have a drink together, and then said: "Just now Xu Chu talked about Ma Chao's bravery, and I love him a lot. But Xu Chu thinks it will be difficult to recruit him under my command. If I give him the title of General Zhengnan , and let him go south to attack Sun Quan, what do you think?" Xu Huang drank three cups before saying: "Ma Chao has a rude temperament and a small heart. He only wants to be the hegemon in Guanzhong. I'm afraid he won't be moved by the 'General Zhengnan'. In fact, it is not difficult to break Ma Chao. Why should the prime minister let him This is his move!" Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "How do you say that?" Xu Huang looked at Yu Jin, smiled and didn't answer. Cao Cao realized it immediately, smiled too, and asked, "But Yu Jin brought good news from Guanzhong?" Yu Jin replied while drinking: "In the past few days, I have ventured deep into the enemy's territory and found that the enemy and us have gathered in Tongguan. To the north, east, and south of Tongguan, the enemy's generals Ma Yuan, Cheng Yi, Li Kan, Hou Qian, Zhang Heng and others were stationed at various ferries. On the west side of Tongguan, Pubanjin, which is farthest from Tongguan, belongs to the boundary of Shanxi, but there is no one guarding it." "I sent a secret report to inform Xu Huang of this matter, and Xu Huang quietly drove to Pusangjin Ferry to prove that the situation is true. Therefore, if our army sends an elite force to secretly cross Pusangjin and rush into the enemy's rear, Ma Chao's defeat is imminent, why should the prime minister yield to him?"