Chapter 176 Chapter 26 Tu Shu Divides Han Sui (12)

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Ding Fei's wisdom, I really knew it too late!" So he ordered to put up lights, beat drums and horns, and chose soldiers with loud voices to sit in front of the formation and insult Yang loudly. Qiu, Zhai Zhong.On the one hand, Zhang Liao was sent to lead Jiang Xu, and Xu Chu led Yang Fu to go to Ma Chao and Liang Xing to ambush them. On the city tower, Yang Qiu and Liu Taibu were complacent, and suddenly saw that the company camp of Cao Cao's army was also brightly lit, followed by drums and horns, and three or five soldiers, sitting on the ground with wine, shouting insults, first Sigh.Looking back at Taibo, Yang Qiu said helplessly: "Oh, my strategy is not as solid as Cao Cao's, and my calmness is even worse. Now there is an hour in the ion fashion, but I put up lights and drums so early, and let Cao Cao know that I am The army will arrive tonight. Look," he said, pointing to Cao Ying, "Cao Cao sent two groups of soldiers and horses to ambush on the road that the reinforcements must pass. Alas, Yang Qiu, Yang Qiu, why did you miss the opportunity and panic? mad?!"

After saying that, he hit the wall with his hand. Liu Taibu opened his lips when he heard this, but he was still puzzled: "Then what's the point of them lighting up lanterns and beating drums? Aren't they afraid that my reinforcements will see them and be on guard?" After hearing this, Yang Qiu thought to himself: We are such mediocre people, how can we not lose in Guanzhong? He still said: "If this is the case, our reinforcements will not be able to defend: I mistakenly thought that Cao Cao's attack on the city was tight these two days, They came just in time."

Tai Bu let out an "oh", it was understood.Then he asked, "Then what shall we do?" Yang Qiu smiled bitterly and said, "Let's adapt to the situation." He also ordered the soldiers to bring up wine and meat, and asked Liu Taibu to drink with him. He was disheartened and just wanted to get drunk. Standing in front of the camp, Cao Cao saw Yang Qiu in a distant mood, sulking and drinking, and murmured, "Yang Qiu is a talented man, you can use him for me!" At 173, Liang Xing led Feng Yi's guard general Chen Nan and his deputy Tian Ling, leading more than 8,000 cavalry, with horses picking bells and men carrying sticks, and came quietly to kill them.Xu Chu and Yang Fu stood still and let them go.

After a while, when I arrived outside the city, I saw a group of drums and horns on the top and bottom of the city, and the lights were brightly lit. In front of Cao Cao's formation, there were soldiers pointing at the city and cursing, and Cao Cao himself was sitting in front of the camp, cursing wine. What's more, Yang Qiu is also drinking by himself. Seeing this, Liang Xing immediately ordered to stop his horse, and was at a loss for a moment. Chen Nan and Tian Ling said from the side: "Ma Chao hasn't arrived yet. Fortunately, our army arrived first and won the first prize. It seems that Cao Cao can no longer hold back the attack. Work hard day and night."

Liang Xing had doubts at first, seeing what the two said, he left for most of the time, and thought that he had already come anyway, even if Cao Cao was cheating, it was too late to change his mind, so he led the army towards Cao Jun's camp. Cao's army was in chaos immediately, and the soldiers in front of the battle rushed to flee.Unexpectedly, Liang Xing's soldiers and horses rushed forward, but one after another stumbled and fell into the pit. It turned out that Cao Cao had already ordered his soldiers to dig traps at night and set them on the road where the enemy's reinforcements would come to rob the camp.

When Liu Taibu saw Liang Xing coming to kill him, he hurriedly called Yang Qiu to fight, but Yang Qiu was already drunk, squinting his hazy eyes, and said, "What's the use of going to fight, why not go to die!" After speaking, he drank again. Tai Bu was furious, and shouted: "Could it be that you have already surrendered? Don't fight again, and take my sword first." He drew his sword in his hand. Yang Qiu took a big gulp, threw the cup on the ground, and said, "Anyway, we're going to die, so you can kill yourself if you want!" Tai Bu became more and more angry, but finally couldn't bear it, so he led the army alone, opened the city gate, and killed the generals, intending to kill Cao Cao and take the opportunity to win.Unexpectedly, Xia Houyuan was the first to greet him.After more than ten rounds, he was stabbed off his horse, and Xia Houyuan immediately rushed to Liangxing again.

At this moment, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Zhai Zhong, and Luo Gang led the marching troops to attack on both sides of the camp. Seeing that the battlefield was in chaos and there were traps over there, they did not dare to rush forward.Ma Chao was surprised to see Yang Qiu drinking alone on the top of the city tower. Ma Dai looked around and saw Cao Cao standing at Yingguan, without fear, drinking wine and watching the battle by himself, and there was a man beside him holding his sword to serve him, it was Ding Fei.At the same time, Xia Houyuan, Xu Huang fought with Liang Xing, Chen Nan and Tian Ling, because they said to Ma Chao, "Isn't the situation today the same as that by the Yellow River?"

After seeing it, Ma Chao said happily, "Cao Cao can be killed today!" Just as he was happy, suddenly there was a cannon shot behind him. Looking back, Zhang Liao and Jiang Xu led the ambush army to kill back; after a burst of shock, Ma Chao's army was forced to move forward, and they fell into the trap one after another. Zhai Zhong returned to Malay to fight Zhang Liao, in just one round, was stabbed by Zhang Liao under the horse.Ma Chao and others were at a loss. Over there, Xia Houyuan had already killed Tian Ling; Liang Xing was flustered, and was also caught up by Xu Huang, who cut him into three pieces with both axes.Chen Nan returned to his horse and wanted to escape, but Xu Chu came face to face. After only one round, he was cut down by Xu Chu with a knife.

At this time, Cao Cao ordered Ding Fei to lead his own soldiers into the city to climb the tower, and Yang Qiu must be captured alive. Seeing this momentum, Ma Chao dared not love to fight, so he hurriedly ordered Ma Dai and Luo Gang to flee with their troops.Unfortunately, Luo Gang was hit in the abdomen by Jiang Xu's sword, fell off his horse, and was trampled to death by the rebel army.Zhang Liao came to fight Ma Chao with a gun, Ma Chao fought with all his strength, forced Zhang Liao to leave, and fled with Ma Dai, Xu Chu saw it, and said it was a pity! In this battle, more than 20,000 Xiliang soldiers were killed and more than 30,000 were captured; a total of six Xiliang generals were killed.Cao Cao looked at the night sky and just entered the ugly time.

The generals embraced Cao Cao and entered the city of Anding, and sat down at the prefect's mansion. Ding Fei escorted Yang Qiu up earlier. At this time, Yang Qiujiu was half awake, eyes wide open, looking directly at Cao Cao. Cao Cao ordered the left and right to be untied and seated beside him.Yang Qiu said proudly: "I am not as smart as a human being, and I have long had the will to die, why are you so pretentious! If you want to kill or cut, why is Yang Qiu afraid?" All the generals were furious when they heard the words, but Cao Cao said, "I see that you are also talented and learned. How can you be so obsessed? If a person's wisdom is not as good as others, and he cannot become the best wise man in the world, he should seek death. Isn't it absurd? You are really insufficient. In fact, it’s just that you haven’t met the Lord of Ming. If I save you from death, so what?”

Yang Qiu pondered slightly, and said: "Yang Qiu has always admired your resourcefulness and mind; it's just that you don't serve two masters, and there is no reason to ask me to surrender you." Cao Cao said with a smile: "Today, the world is in turmoil, and all heroes are rising together. Those who gain the way will help more, and those who lose the way will not. If you stick to the loyalty of fools, won't you make the heroes' teeth cold?" Hearing this, Yang Qiu could no longer refuse to accept it, so he bowed down and bowed his head, saying that he was willing to surrender. Cao Cao left his seat, helped him up himself, and ordered Yang Qiu to stay in peace. Yang Qiu was very grateful, and met the generals again, laughing and laughing for a while, and everyone was happy. At the beginning of January 1740, Cao Cao led his army back to Chang'an; in December, he took Xu Huang back to Shiye City. Since then, until the nineteenth year of Jian'an (AD 214), Xia Houyuan was in charge of cleaning the entire Xiliang . In the second year, that is, in the autumn and July of the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Ma Chao made a comeback again and occupied Lantian County; Xia Houyuan led an army to attack, Ma Chao was defeated again, and defected to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.In the fourth year, that is, the nineteenth year of Jian'an, Ma Chao led an army to attack Liangzhou with the assistance of Zhang Lu.The guard general of Liangzhou was Jiang Xu at that time.Seeing the army pressing down on the border, Jiang Xu was in a hurry and wanted to ask Cao Cao in Yecheng for help. Xia Houyuan and Zhang Liao were stationed in Yongzhou. Knowing Jiang Xu's intentions, he did not dare to agree. He said to Zhang Liao, "Mr. Cao is in Yecheng, and he is more than four thousand miles away from here. When the army arrives, Jiang Xu has already been defeated by Ma Chao. Liangzhou no longer exists. Therefore, rapid emergency rescue should be carried out to stabilize the confidence of the generals in Liangzhou." Therefore, Zhang Liao was sent to lead a mixed infantry and cavalry force of 5,000 people to advance first, and he formed a new Guanzhong Army to provide support as needed.When Ma Chao saw that Zhang Liao's soldiers had arrived and the morale of the Liangzhou defenders had improved, he didn't dare to fight recklessly, and finally withdrew to Hanzhong. Later, Han Sui rested and recuperated in the Qiang people, and led the Qiang army to garrison his relatives on the border of Liangzhou, who might attack at any time.Xia Houyuan ordered the army to attack proactively, but Han Sui was defeated and retreated to the Xingguo clan of the Qiang nationality.Xia Houyuan wanted to wipe out the enemies of Xiliang in one fell swoop, so he led the light cavalry army to pursue them for thousands of miles, and chased them to Changli, where they burned the Zhuang Qiang village. Seeing that Xiahouyuan's troops were weak, Han Sui was determined to fight him to the death, so he joined forces with the local troops of the Qiang people to encircle Xiahouyuan's troops.Xia Houyuan's generals saw that Han Sui had many soldiers, so they suggested building camps on the spot for defense. Xia Houyuan thought for a while, and objected: "Nowadays we use troops thousands of miles away, go deep into the enemy's territory, and fight away in dangerous places, all relying on momentum. If we build camps for defense, once we lose the vigor to attack, and there is no guarantee of food and grass, we will definitely lose. "Although Han Sui has many troops, they come from different tribes of the Qiang people. His command is different and he lacks training. It is not difficult to repel him." The generals had no choice but to continue to attack Han Sui. In order to boost morale, Xia Houyuan set an example and strived to be the first everywhere.As a result, the soldiers were unstoppable, and most of the Qiang soldiers were frightened when they saw them, and retreated one after another. Han Sui had no choice but to flee to the northwest.In this way, no one threatened the Xiliang and Guanzhong areas anymore. Cao Cao saw that Xia Houyuan's independent command ability had been tested in actual combat, and he did not hesitate to reward him heavily.The entire Northwest has been unified here, and Cao Cao's eyes are directed at Wuyue and Sun Quan who have been stalemate with him.