Chapter 169 Chapter 26 Tu Shu Divides Han Sui (5)

Looking at the way he came from, he fled in despair.Zhu Ling swung his army to charge towards them, Liang Xing's 5,000 troops suddenly became a mess, with many dead and wounded.Xu Huang and Zhu Ling won a complete victory, and immediately came to Tongguan with a murderous look, holding the looted grain and grass. 160 When Cao Cao saw that Xu Huang and Zhu Ling had succeeded in their surprise attack, he knew that the army had formed a momentum of flanking Tongguan.On this day, the autumn air was crisp, and Cao Cao was in a very happy mood. The embarrassment that Shang Yao laughed at earlier seemed to have completely disappeared.All the civil and military officials under him could see that Cao Cao wanted to use the westward expedition to Guanzhong to restore the confidence lost since the defeat of Chibi.

Therefore, no one was surprised when Cao Cao saw Xu Huang and Zhu Ling rushing straight to Tongguan from behind to succeed, and then came up with a new fantasy. Cao Cao summoned all the generals and officers in the army tent, and expressed his new intention: "Generals Xu and Zhu smuggled across Pubanjin and crossed the Yellow River to the west, which has already caused Ma Chao in Tongguan to attack from front to back. If our army follows the plan, Pubanjin, which crosses the Wei River, will no longer cross the Yellow River westward." , but at the transition point along the Wei River northward to the Yellow River East, wouldn't it be like a wedge, directly hitting the enemy's rear, or the enemy's heart? In this way, Ma Chao will definitely deal with our attack on his rear with all his strength, Tongguan The defense to the north and southeast must be slack, then Cao Hong and Zhong Yao can launch a general offensive to control the Hedong area. No matter how brave Ma Chao is, he can only wait for death with his arms tied!"

After finishing speaking, he looked around and asked, "What do you guys have to say about this?" Jia Xu said: "It was reported just now that Ma Chao and Han Sui dispatched Di soldiers from Tianshui, Xiqiang and other places, a total of more than 20,000 people, gathered in the Hedong area. I think Cao Ren can be ordered to go to Zhongyou's guard area to To prevent Ma Chao from being flanked by our army, concentrate our forces to charge east of the river." Cao Cao agreed.Immediately ordered Zhang Liao and Le Jin to lead the army first, and led Xu Chu's personal guards in the middle of the ban. He vowed to go north along the Wei River via Pubanjin, cross the Yellow River north, and join forces with Xu Huang and Zhu Ling.

At this moment, Xu Huang and Zhu Ling were fighting with the soldiers of the Di tribe recently transferred by Ma Chao.Because they continued westward after passing Pubanjin and crossed the Yellow River westward, while Cao Cao went northward along the Wei River after passing Pubanjin, and crossed the Yellow River north after the Yellow River turned. In the army, there is the natural barrier of the Yellow River. Since it was a large army operation, it was difficult to move secretly, Ma Chao quickly learned about it.He raised the account immediately and discussed with the generals.Han Sui thought that he should take advantage of the scattered forces of Cao Jun to open the city gates and attack Cao Jun who was facing him outside Tongguan; while Ma Chao believed that he should immediately lead his elite troops and thousands of cavalry to go south from the front line north of Pubanjin to bypass Cao Jun. The vanguard of the army directly dealt a fatal blow to Cao Cao after he was cut off.

The two were at loggerheads, and Ma Chao said arbitrarily, "It was my recklessness to go out to chase the enemy last time, and it was my uncle's recklessness not to attack Cao Cao this time. I will kill Cao Cao myself to vent my anger!" He ignored Han Sui objected, and led his elite soldiers and horses to fly to Pubanjin. Cao Cao had just crossed Pubanjin at this time.Zhang Liao and Le Jin led the way and had already reached the bank of the Yellow River.Yu Jinsuo's department walked at a leisurely pace. His task was to take care of Zhang Liao and Le Jin in the front, and take care of Cao Cao and Xu Chu in the back.

In the middle of the trip, a spy from Yujin's army suddenly flew to Pubanjin, saying that there were more than ten thousand horses riding along the mountains on the west bank of the Wei River to Pubanjin, and said that Yujin asked Cao Cao to go northward at the fastest speed. Cao Cao, Xu Chu, Jia Xu, etc., none of them thought that Ma Chao would lead his army straight to Pubanjin, and they were all shocked.Immediately, an urgent order was issued, and the whole army marched northward in great strides, and soon caught up with Yu Jin's troops.Therefore, the two armies joined forces and came looking north.

Later, Ma Chao rushed to Pubanjin. Seeing that Cao Cao had passed, he immediately went north.Ma Dai made a plan and said: "A strategist often says: 'Soldiers can be attacked halfway through'. It's a pity that there is no Han Sui's army to intercept us on the north bank of the Yellow River. Otherwise, our army will go from south to north, and Cao Cao's soldiers will all die in the Yellow River. But , If you catch up in time before Cao Cao crosses, you can do amazing things." So Ma Chao ordered the elite soldiers to pursue Cao Jun with all their strength. 161 When Cao Cao and Yu Jin led their troops to the Yellow River, Zhang Liao and Le Jin's vanguard troops had already crossed the Yellow River, and only Zhang Liao, who was behind his troops in charge of the formation, was still in the middle of the river by boat.Seeing Cao Cao's arrival, Fu returned to the south bank of the boat.

Cao Cao expected that it would be difficult for the army to cross over for a while, so he ordered Ma Chao to wait for him before his pursuers arrived.Xu Chu asked Cao Cao and Jia Xu to lead the army to cross the river first, and then bring the personal guards to cover.Cao Cao disagreed at first, and then he saw Ma Chao's army approaching from a distance, and then agreed to Jia Xu leading the army to cross the Yellow River first, while he himself sat in formation with his sword, commanding as planned.Due to the limited number of ships, the army was ordered to make two stops, the second stop to set up an array, and after the first stop passed, the second stop was connected.The task of blocking Ma Chao was entirely undertaken by Xu Chu's personal guards.

Before the deployment was completed, Zhang Liao had turned back to the shore, only to know that Ma Chao was coming.Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao to assist Jia Xu, and arranged for the first stop army to cross the river.On the other side, Le Jin saw him, and hurriedly ordered the boats over there to meet him. When the second stop of the army and horses had just finished crossing, Ma Chao had arrived with his army.Xu Chu was afraid that he would go straight to cover up the attack, so he rode his horse forward alone, and came to fight Ma Chao alone. Seeing that it was Xu Chu again, Ma Chao couldn't help but get murderous again, not to mention talking, he fought with Xu Chu with his gun.Here, Ma Dai and the others were afraid that Ma Chao would get carried away with killing again and delay in capturing Cao Cao, so they just let him fight with Xu Chu and rushed straight to the bank. When they saw it, they couldn't help cheering. Sit with your sword on the established stage and watch the battle of Marsh.

Ma Dai led the way, followed by Ma Xiu and Ma Tie, wanting to capture Cao Cao; unexpectedly, a general jumped out from Cao Cao's side. He had the head of a leopard and the eyes of a tiger, and it was Zhang Liao.Ma Dai was taken aback for a moment, and then went straight to Cao Cao.Zhang Liao stabs Ma Dai horizontally and stops Ma Dai. After a few shots, Ma Dai feels invincible. Ma Xiu and Ma Tie on both sides saw Ma Dai and Zhang Liao fighting together, Cao Cao sat down with his sword on his back, looking around, looking at ease, suspicious of fraud.But if you look closely, you can see that Ma Chao and Xu Chu are fighting fiercely over there, and here Ma Dai meets Zhang Liao. By the river, a large number of boats full of soldiers are rushing to the opposite bank. There is only a man who looks like a school lieutenant guarding Cao Cao.I couldn't help but secretly rejoiced, and without any doubts, I came straight to Cao Cao.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao saw it clearly, he forced Ma Dai with one shot, led the horse to run left and right, then surrounded Ma Xiu and Ma Tie into the battle group, and with one shot made the ghosts disappear, enclosing the three horses in one place.