Man Chong didn't know that the reason why Xiahou Dun was doing good was mainly because Cao Cao left him with Shangfang's sword: "As long as you guard Wancheng, you can abandon Xiangyang!"

Otherwise, even if Xiahou Dun is more courageous and Ma Su is more ruthless in his strategy, it would be impossible for Xiahou Dun to escape without fighting!

Under the hazy moonlight, Xiahou Dun's nearly ten thousand troops were in order and came out one after another at the east gate of the city.

After Man Chong followed Xiahou Dun out of the city, his mood was quite complicated.

Although he just made a random suggestion, after being adopted by Xiahou Dun, it was his plan. Once successful, his benefits will inevitably be taken away!

Of course, once this plan fails, he also needs to bear Xiahou Dun's anger! Therefore, he was also a little uneasy, afraid of being hit by Ma Su's plan.

If Xiahou Dun abandoned Xiangyang and was ambushed by Ma Su in Wancheng, then he would lose his troops and generals at that time, Xiahou Dun could figure it out even with his toes. He would definitely not only expect that the enemy would be unknown!

With Xiahou Dun and Cao Cao's close relationship, even if it is the most guilty, there will be no serious punishment. However, it would be a bit sad that he is full of favor with the person who takes the blame!

Along the way, what Man Chong was worried about did not appear, and the Xiliang cavalry did not follow him and chase him. Man Chong felt a little relieved.

After crossing the river, Xiahou Dun's troops were divided into two groups. He wanted Man Chong to lead a thousand troops to attack Xinye, and he personally led the main force to attack Wancheng.

But Man Chong was still worried that Ma Su would use his tricks and was worried that Xiahou Dun would go there alone. He was afraid of any changes and insisted on following Xiahou Dun to Wancheng.

Fortunately, Ma Su was willing to do what he said. Xiahou Dun came to Wancheng City and attacked the East Gate. Liu Bei's defenders fled and retreated from the West Gate to Wuguan.

Man Chong regained Wancheng as he wished, which was considered relieved.

Xiahou Dun learned from Niu Jin that Ma Su's army was not a regular army, but a mob under Liu Xiongming's men. The loss of Wuguan and Wancheng was not Ma Su's capture by force. It was just an unexpected surprise attack, and there was no decent battle in fact.

Originally, due to the loss of Wuguan and Wancheng, and the addition of Xiliang cavalry, Xiahou Dun was facing a great enemy and seriously overestimated the combat effectiveness of Ma Su's army, so he left Xiangyang City without hesitation.

He easily captured Wancheng, which made Xiahou Dunru happy in his dream. While he was overjoyed, he restored his confidence and ordered Man Chong to arrange the defense of Wancheng. He personally led his troops to chase and kill the defeated soldiers under Ma Su overnight, hoping to capture Wuguan in one go.

Wu Pass attacks from east to west, which is an upward slope. The army attacks upwards and has no place to hide. In addition, the terrain at the gate is dangerous and narrow, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Xiahou Dun knew the difficulty of attacking Wu Pass, so he led his troops to follow the defeated soldiers without regard for his fatigue. He thought of it and successfully attacked Wu Pass.

Who knew that he had miscalculated this time, and the Ma Su army at the gate was prepared. After receiving the defeated army into the gate, he stopped the pursuers with a dense rain of arrows.

Xiahou Dun failed to attack, so he only changed to a hard attack. From the early morning to the noon, he lost hundreds of elite troops and could not even touch the city wall of Wuguan.

Although Xiahou Dun was unwilling to accept it, he knew that he could not continue to attack, so he had to return to his army.

Seeing the strong combat effectiveness of the Wuguan Guards, Xiahou Dun dared not look down on Ma Su's army anymore, for fear that Ma Su would return to the army to attack Wancheng. Man Chong had only two thousand troops and horses, and had not yet established a stable foothold, so he was likely to be captured by Ma Su again.

Man Chong believed that Xiahou Dun could not conquer Wu Pass, so he would not be tired after running around. He ordered the lieutenant to divide his troops to guard the city gate, and he himself returned to the prefect's mansion to rest.

Man Chong was not worried that Ma Su would return to the army to attack, but was worried that the army would not have enough food and grass. He got up early in the morning and went straight to the warehouse.

As expected, there was not much military ration left in the warehouse. The remaining military ration was only enough for their 10,000 troops to barely defend the city for a month, and there was no surplus grain at all. Fortunately, there was still time to go to Runan and other places to raise grain.

Man Chong was deeply slandering Ma Su, but he still trusted Ma Su's promises and did not care too much about the city defense. Instead, he inspected the city to calm the hearts of the people.

Xiahou Dun was unable to attack Wuguan, and he returned to Wancheng only to rest with peace of mind.

The next afternoon, Ma Su had already returned to Wancheng. Seeing that Wancheng had been occupied by Xiahou Dun, there was no choice but to pass around the city and head to Wuguan.

Ma Su returned to Wancheng so quickly, which was a bit unexpected. Because Xiangyang City changed its ownership and the people in the city were panic. Even if they calmed the people's hearts, they could not be done in a few days!

Fortunately, Xiahou Dun had already led his troops back, and he was not afraid of Ma Su's attack on the city.

After receiving Man Chong's secret letter, Ma Su was ready immediately. Xiahou Dun left the city, and he entered the city that night, and occupied Xiangyang City.

Because he didn't want to be with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, Ma Su had already made arrangements. This time he returned to Guanzhong to harass Cao's army. Although Liu Xiongming, the local tyrant, was not optimistic.

Zhong Yue, Zhang Zhuang, and Yang Kui, had several families, and Ma Su was not going to take them back, but left behind two thousand troops to temporarily guard Xiangyang.

Although they were quite brave, Ma Su had a deep understanding of the fence-bearing style of the children of aristocratic families. They lived a pampered life and might not endure hardships in the mountains, and might become the cause of failure.

Therefore, after Ma Su occupied Xiangyang, he did not come forward to calm the people's hearts. He just asked Zhong Yue to guard the city gates, seal the warehouse and guard it, and sent someone to report to Liu Bei to accept it, waiting for Zhuge Liang to come and deal with it.

Originally, Ma Su wanted to rest for one night in Xiangyang City, but Pang Rou was very anxious. When he saw Xiahou Dun leaving the city, he was very worried about the safety of Wancheng.

According to the agreement, after Ma Su captured Xiangyang, Wancheng became his territory, and it was reasonable that he was anxious.

Ma Su knew that Wancheng had been captured by Xiahou Dun in almost ten, and Pang Rou was destined to be a bamboo basket to fetch water, and felt a little guilty.

He did not want to arouse Pang Rou's unhappiness and affect his future cooperation. After breakfast, he personally led two thousand troops and Pang Rou's Xiliang cavalry to return to Wancheng.

Before Ma Su's expectations, Wancheng had been captured by Xiahou Dun. When Pang Rou saw the duck flying, she was furious and asked Ma Su to help him attack the city. Ma Su naturally did not want to make a big move, so she dissuaded:

"General Pang, don't rush to attack the city first. Let's take a look at the city defense situation first!"

Ma Su accompanied Pang Rou to observe the city and saw that Cao's army had many troops and strict guards, Pang Rou calmed down and knew that it would be impossible to capture without tens of thousands of troops, so he lost the idea of ​​siege.

Pang Rou was in a bad mood when she couldn't get Wancheng. She was tense and asked Ma Su for advice on what to do next.

Although Ma Su did not intentionally plot against Pang Rou, he had already had a scheming case for Pang Rou's arrangements and said to Pang Rou:

"General Pang, this time I was careless. Xiahou Dun counterattacked Wancheng, leaving you without a place to settle down, because Chang'an has been occupied by Cao Cao, guarding the pass of the passage, and then traveling thousands of miles back to Xiliang. It is no longer possible. I have only two ways for you to choose: the first is to return to Xiangyang, stay in Jingzhou to accept the command of Uncle Liu, and wait until you have the opportunity to go back to Xiliang; the second is to take a small road from Lantian to enter Hanzhong, and then go to Tianshui to return to Xiliang."

After listening to it, Pang Rou chose to enter Hanzhong from Lantian and then return to Xiliang without hesitation!

Because he knew that once he stayed in Jingzhou, it would basically be equivalent to re-entering Liu Bei, and he would never have the possibility of leading his troops back to Xiliang.

Pang Rou's choice was fully supported by Ma Su because he knew that some of Liu Xiongming's subordinates were incorporated by Cao Cao, and the existence of Liujiazhai was no longer a secret. It was difficult for him to gain a foothold in Guanzhong and he also wanted to use Hanzhong as his retreat.

However, from Lantian to Hanzhong, it was a rugged mountain road of hundreds of miles. In some dangerous places, you can only pass by one horse by one. It took a long time and was not suitable for a large group of people to walk.

Therefore, according to Liu Xiongming's suggestion, Pang Rou's thousands of cavalry marched in units of hundreds of people. Only one hundred people led their horses slowly every day. It took a whole month and a half to pay dozens of casualties and lose hundreds of war horses. Pang Rou's army entered Hanzhong.

After Pang Rou arrived in Hanzhong, because Ma Su had contacted Yan Pu in advance, the army was properly arranged.

Pang Rou sent scouts to Tianshui to explore the way and found that Cao's army had occupied the important road in Tianshui and the army could not pass. Moreover, Ma Chao had retreated to the depths of the Qiang tribe and could not get in touch. He could only lead the army to stay in Hanzhong.

The Xiliang coalition forces attacked Cao Cao because the Cao army wanted to use Xiliang to attack Hanzhong. Zhang Lu had already formed an allies with Xiliang. Now Pang Rou's army is stranded in Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu is obliged to provide food and grass.

Yang Song, a counselor under Zhang Lu, was a little dissatisfied with Pang Rou's army's use of food and supplies, and suggested that Zhang Lu use them as front pawns, send them out of Yangping Pass, go to Xianyang to garrison, and collect food and supplies by himself.

Fengyang is the buffer zone between Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu. It is dozens of miles southeastward and is Jiange where Pang Xi is stationed.

A spy had long reported to Pang Xi. When he saw Zhang Lu increase his troops to Yangping Pass, he did not dare to be careless. Pegasus wanted Liu Zhang to report.

When he learned that Zhang Lu was going to attack Jiange, it caused turmoil in Chengdu. Zhang Song, a counselor under Liu Zhang, believed that the period had come, so he came up with a carefully prepared "topographic map of Western Shu" and prepared to choose the master and offer it.

Zhang Song, a famous scholar in Xichuan, is extremely talented and has the ability to remember everything he sees. Although he was hired as a Yizhou leader by Liu Zhang because of his reputation, he did not pay attention to him. Because he failed to offer advice many times, he believed that Liu Zhang was not a wise ruler and that he was not treated with talent. He had a close relationship with Li Yan, Fa Zheng, Meng Da and others, and had long had the idea of ​​choosing another wise ruler.

This time, Zhang Lu formed an alliance with Ma Chao, Xiliang and others, and suddenly increased his troops at Yangping Pass. He seemed to have plans to attack Xichuan. Liu Zhang's son inherited his father's business. He had no military talent. He fought with Zhang Lu several times, with more defeats and fewer defeats.

When Liu Zhang heard that Zhang Lu connected with Ma Chao in Xiliang to attack, he was unsure and wanted to win over allies. Zhang Song had outstanding eloquence and was one of the candidates for him to send an alliance. This also gave Zhang Song an opportunity to show his talents.
Chapter completed!