Xiahou Yuan watched Cao Ang grow up since childhood and always treated Cao Ang as his nephew, and their relationship was quite deep.

When Xiahou Yuan heard that Cao Ang was killed, Xiahou Yuan was already in great pain. When he heard that Cao Ang was killed by Ma Chao's sister, he was immediately overwhelmed by anger and he didn't think about it and threw all his anger on Ma Chao.

As for Cao Cao, he didn't turn around for a while, and he was also resentful to Ma Chao, so he didn't even stop him.

Ma Chao was full of grievances and had to open his face bitterly, "Brother Miaocai, calm down. Although the prince was killed by my little sister, the younger sister was in Weiying and had no choice but to be forced by the Taoist thief. Take a step back and say that this is also what my little sister did. Since she is already a prisoner, she has nothing to do with my Ma family anymore. You can't blame me for it..."

Ma Chao explained hard and wanted to clearly define the relationship, but Xiahou Yuan was angry and didn't listen to his explanation at all. He still pulled and pulled endlessly. Cao Cao, who was in the forefront, didn't say anything or say justice for himself.

Ma Chao was angry. The more he thought about it, the more he felt the more he was holding the song, the more angry he became. He suddenly shouted: "Xiahou Yuan, are you stupid enough?"

At the same time, Ma Chao exerted force in his hand, and with the power of a hundred generals, he easily pushed Xiahou Yuan away.

Xiahou Yuan was stunned on the spot. He didn't expect Ma Chao to call him "stupid". He was stunned and didn't know what to do for a moment.

Ma Chao ignored him and bowed to Cao Cao, saying seriously: "Your Majesty, Tao Shang forced my little sister to kill the prince. This move was sinister. It was clearly intended to alienate the trust of the monarch and ministers between Your Majesty and his ministers. Your Majesty is wise and powerful, so how could he be caught in the traitor's plan to alienate the traitor? Please give your Majesty a clear guide."

The word "alien" echoed in Cao Cao's mind, roaring like a muffled thunder, suddenly awakening Cao Cao a little.

At this time, Xun Yu, who had been silent, also bowed and persuaded: "Your Majesty, Ma Mengqi's words are reasonable. The Taoist thief's move is clearly a plan of separation. Your Majesty must not fall into the Taoist thief's strategy. If you take your anger on Mengqi, then you will fall into the Taoist thief's wishes."

After Xun Yu persuaded him, the other ministers such as Fa Zheng also offered help. Even Xiahou Yuan seemed to be a little awake and did not go crazy at Ma Chao anymore.

Cao Cao finally woke up from the anger of losing his son, took a deep breath, and gently brushed his hand at Ma Chao, "Meng Qi, you are too worried. Don't I know that this is a plan for the thief to alienate him? This matter has nothing to do with Meng Qi, and I will never blame you."

"Thank you for your trust." Ma Chao then breathed a sigh of relief, stared at Xiahou Yuan again, and snorted coldly: "Xiahou Miaocai, you should understand that you blamed me wrongly."

Xiahou Yuan was speechless, and he stared at Ma Chao with red face, not knowing what to do.

"Forget it, this matter is over, don't mention it anymore." Cao Cao waved his hand and suppressed the hostility between the two generals.

After calming down a little, Cao Cao couldn't bear to look at his son's head again, so he called him to hold him down and buried him on the spot first.

The head was taken away, and the imperial tent was quiet again. The atmosphere of unity and determination to win was gone, but the morale of the generals was obviously eroded by the scene that just happened, and they became less confident.

Cao Cao frowned and then said loudly: "The Taoist thief killed Ang'er and sent someone to come. He just wanted to shake the morale of our army and to distract the trust between our monarch and minister. This further proves that he is exhausted. You should cheer up and follow me to defeat the Taoist thief tomorrow and avenge the dead prince!"

Xiahou Yuan was the first to jump out, waved his fists, and roared angrily: "Avenge the prince!"

"Avenge the prince's revenge-"

"Avenge the prince's revenge-"

When the Qin generals were slightly motivated, they all roared and took revenge?

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??The anger was igniting wildly in the big tent.

Only then did Cao Cao be satisfied and ordered the generals to retreat and inspire the soldiers of various battalions to prepare for tomorrow's decisive battle.

When the generals retreated, Ma Chao expressed his enthusiasm and felt a lot of anger in his heart, and returned to his big tent.

As soon as he entered the tent, Ma Chao threw his helmet to the ground and cursed indignantly: "Damn Xiahou Yuan, relying on his half-clan, he dared to face me rudely in front of so many people. If it weren't for the sake of the emperor, I would have to kill him on the spot!"

Ma Dai, who followed in, quickly pulled down the curtain, picked up the helmet on the ground, and silently put it back on the table.

Seeing that Ma Chao had been scolding him, Ma Dai hurriedly lowered his voice and reminded him: "Brother, be careful that there are ears in the walls. If it is transmitted to His Majesty, it will be bad."

"So what if it is passed to His Majesty? It just so happened that he knew how wronged I was..." Ma Chao was still complaining, but his voice lowered a few times.

Ma Dai leaned over to the curtain again and glanced through the gap, saying that there was indeed no outsider eavesdropping outside.

Then he returned to the tent and sighed: "To be honest, the fool can see that this matter is the robber's plan of disagreement. Today, Xiahou Yuan was rude to his elder brother, and the emperor didn't stop talking. Afterwards, it was really disappointing."

The word "cold heart" was heard by Ma Chao, and the pain was in his heart. His fist hit the table hard again.

Ma Dai continued to stir up the flames and said, "I think if there was no support from our Ma family back then, how could the emperor gain a foothold in Guanzhong? Our Ma family can be said to have made great contributions to the Qin Dynasty and the Cao family. Even for this, my uncle was killed by Han Sui, and even my younger sister was captured by the Tao thief. My Ma family is loyal to him and Cao family, but in the end they are bullying and suspicion. The more I think about it, the more I feel disappointed."

Ma Chao's anger that had already calmed down was aroused by Ma Dai again, and he gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Ziyue, you are right. Our Ma family has paid so much for the Cao family. Now he is driven to Dunhuang by the pottery thief. It is almost wiped out by the pottery thieves. But they did not treat us. If they had known this, we should not have surrendered to the Cao family back then."

Seeing that Ma Chao was also full of complaints, Ma Dai's eyes turned a few times, quickly approached the tent, and then carefully observed the situation outside.

Then, he pulled Ma Chao down, lowered his voice and said solemnly: "Brother, the emperor is unrighteous to us, so don't blame us for being unkind. According to the current situation, it is unpredictable to win tomorrow. Why should we work hard for the emperor again? It is time for our Ma family to think of a way out."

Ma Chao's expression was shocked, and his anger immediately calmed down, nodded to him, and asked him to continue talking.

Ma Dai said seriously, "I think we will leave quietly with our troops tonight and go east through Juyan, whether to join the Xianbei King or the Han Emperor Liu Bei. It is better than staying here for the Cao family to bury it."

"Going east?" Ma Chao's eyes flashed, and it was clearly shaken. He hesitated for a moment, but said: "If we abandon Cao Cao at this critical moment, we are afraid that we will be ridiculed by the people of the world in the future, saying that we are Ma Chao, and that our Ma family is unfaithful and unrighteous."

Ma Dai smiled disdainfully, "Brother is too worried. We have long been kind to the Cao family. It is normal for good ministers to choose trees and live there. Besides, even his son has abandoned him and fled first, who would laugh at us?"

"Are you talking about Cao Pi? Didn't he go to the Xianbei to bring reinforcements?" Ma Chao said in a strange way.

"The genius believed it." Ma Dai sneered, "The Xianbei territory is far away from Dunhuang, and it would be strange if they would work hard to come to save us. Look at Cao Pi's accompanying people, such as Jia Xu, Yan Liang and Wang Ping, are all ministers who have made good friends with him. He is not going to ask for help. It is clearly for self-protection. He took his own people to escape first in the name of rescuing soldiers!"

Ma Chao's body was shocked, and suddenly realized it, and he saw through Cao Pi's true intention.

"This Cao Pi is so hidden. I really didn't expect that he pretended to be a filial son on the surface. When the disaster came, he left his father and ran away alone. He was really a filial son..."

Ma Chao raised an irony at the corner of his mouth, so he stood up, walked in the big tent, weighing the pros and cons.

"After all, my sister killed Cao Ang. Even if Cao Cao doesn't pursue it today, if he can turn defeat into victory in the future and recover the lost territory, he will definitely settle the accounts with me..."

"Cao Pi, who is the son, has all run away. What reason do I have to stay and bury Cao Cao..."

"Well, I, Ma Chao, have done his best to him, and it is time to consider the future for my Ma family!"

Suddenly, Ma Chao stopped and when he looked back, his face was covered with cold determination.

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Late at night.

In the imperial tent, Cao Cao was unable to sleep. When he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with Cao Ang's bloody head, swaying in front of him.

He suddenly seemed to hear Cao Ang's voice echoed in his ears, and kept shouting, "Father, avenge me."

In a daze, Cao Cao didn't know how long he had slept, but finally he could not lie down again. He jumped off the bed, put on his robe, walked out of the tent.

The cool breeze came to her face, Cao Cao took a deep breath, and his mood calmed down for a long time.

Looking up, I saw that the sky in the east was pale and it seemed that before I knew it, it was about to dawn.

The arrival of a new day means the last battle is coming.

"Tao Thief, in today's battle, I will definitely kill you without leaving any armor. I will avenge the dead Ang'er. I will definitely break your undefeated myth, and I will definitely-"

Cao Cao gritted his teeth, clenched his fists secretly, and made a swearing toward Dongfang. A confident sneer that he was determined to win gradually appeared on his burnt face.

His eyes, which were deeply trapped in his eyes, traveled through the Gobi Desert for more than ten miles, as if he could see that the tired and thirsty Wei soldiers were coming to the camp with powerless steps under the scolding of the Taoist merchant.

Just as Cao Cao was imagining the future and the pleasure of revenge, suddenly, noisy sounds came from the direction of the Beiying.

Cao Cao's brows froze, and his vigilance suddenly arose. When he was about to send someone to inspect, he saw Xiahou Yuanfeng riding his horse from the north with a rush and shouting in panic: "Your Majesty, big things are not good, big things are not good."

"Why are you so panicked?" Cao Cao asked in a deep voice.

Xiahou Yuan pulled his horse forward and shouted in anger with a panic look on his face: "Report to Your Majesty, that bastard Ma Chao has brought his brothers and three thousand soldiers and his headquarters for more than an hour ago. He left the camp without authorization and fled to the north."
Chapter completed!