192. Cut the beard and discard the robe
While Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao to Jincheng to meet Han Sui, he began to think about how to defeat the Ma family and son opposite him. Although Han Sui could use a trick to remove the firewood from the cauldron and cut off Ma Teng's foundation, Ma Teng still occupies half of Yongzhou's city and land. Cao Cao planned to take it back first. At this time, Chen Jiao came out to offer advice and said: "The lord can send an army to the back of Ma Teng and cut off his food and grass at the right time. If the army has no food, it will retreat."
Cao Cao nodded immediately and sent general Xiahou Yuan to lead 5,000 cavalry to cut off the food route. Guo Jia was a little worried and said, "Ma Teng is also a man who knows the military. His food route must be protected by a large group of people, and it is difficult to attack. It is better to think of another way." Cao Cao shook his head after hearing this and said, "There is no need to care about filial piety in this matter. I think that Ma Teng and his son are just brave men. Even if someone escorts the food, how can they be Miaocai's opponents!" As a result, Cao Cao still ordered Xiahou Yuan to lead his troops to go.
Turning around the sky, Ma Chao sent people to challenge the city. The soldiers scolded Cao Cao for three generations. This annoyed Cao Hong on the top of the city. Without waiting for Cao Cao's order, he ordered Kaicheng to lead a large army out of the city to fight Ma Chao! Cao Cao was discussing countermeasures with his counselors in the city, and suddenly a soldier came to report: "General Cao Hong went out of the city to fight Ma Chao!" "Ah!" Cao Cao shouted and urgently ordered Xiahou Dun and Li Tong to rescue Cao Hong quickly.
Besides, Cao Hong led his troops out of the city and rushed straight to Ma Chao to kill him. Ma Chao thought: "If he was killed, the people in the city would not come out easily. It would be better to fight him for a while to make the others in the city come out." After making up his mind, he only used three points of strength to fight Cao Hong. But even so, Cao Hong was still no longer an opponent. When Cao Hong found out and wanted to retreat, he found that he could not escape at all. As long as he stopped a little, he would be stabbed to death by Ma Chao. At this time, Cao Hong felt scared and said to himself: "Are I going to die here today?"
At this moment, Xiahou Dun and Li Tong led people to kill, and they rushed straight to Ma Chao. When Ma Chao saw someone coming, he stabbed out a big gun suddenly. Cao Hong was already at the end of his strength. Seeing Ma Chao's big gun stabbed, he tried his best to dodge and only dodge the vital points and was stabbed on his left shoulder with a shot." Ah!" Cao Hong screamed, threw the big sword, and his body fell on the horse's back and was defeated. Ma Chao couldn't kill Cao Hong with one shot, and he thought to himself that it was a pity that he wanted to chase him. At this time, Xiahou Dun and Li Tong arrived. Xiahou Dun knew Ma Chao's power, so he deliberately slowed down the horse and let Li Tong be in front, but fortunately he sneaked into the sneak attack.
Li Tong didn't know his purpose, so he waved his sword in his palm and rushed to Ma Chao and chopped him. Who was Ma Chao? He could see the flaw of this move at a glance. He thrust his big gun, and then shot Li Tong into his lower abdomen with a shot. Then he pulled Li Tong under the horse with his right hand. Li Tong was killed by him without even walking over with a single move!
Xiahou Dun behind him was immediately shocked. He did not fight with Ma Chao, and then drove away! Ma Chao then led his army to cover up the killing, and the army rushed to the moat under Chang'an City. After Cao's army lost most of the losses, the rest fled into the city and did not dare to leave the city again! Cao Cao was furious when he heard about it, but considering Ma Chao's martial arts, he endured it! He just waited for Xiahou Yuan to cut off Ma Teng's food and grass, and then went out of the city to fight with him. At the same time, he was also waiting for Xu Chu's arrow injury to heal. At present, he could compete with Ma Chao.
Xiahou Yuan really lived up to expectations. He led the cavalry to burn down the food and grass that Ma Teng transported from Wuwei. Ma Teng was furious and was about to kill Pang De to lead the army to destroy the cavalry. At this time, Fan Chou offered his plan: "Lord, Chang'an is a strong city and Cao Cao is in charge of it, and it is difficult to conquer it for a while! The lord might as well take this opportunity to make Cao Cao think that the army is short of food and retreating actively to chase him! Then the lord can capture him in one battle. If he can capture Cao Cao, let alone Chang'an City, even Luoyang can get it!"
Ma Teng deeply agreed with him, and then discussed the details with Ma Chao's people. He began to reduce the stove and retreat that night. In order to withdraw the troops, he actually ordered Ma Dai and Pang De to lead the troops behind him to ambush. At this time, Cao Cao in the city also received a report from Xiahou Yuan. He thought that Ma Teng's army had fewer food and grass. In the evening, he waited for the city to check, and he saw that the smoke in Ma Teng's camp was getting less and less. The next morning, Ma Chao came to challenge him. Cao Cao sent a scout to check, and the scout came back to report: "Ma Teng's army was slowly retreating." Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and Guo Jia kept persuading him, and personally led the army to pursue Ma Teng!
Cao Cao led a large army to pursue him. He was chasing him and suddenly saw that the people in front of him were blocking his way. Who was the young general in the lead? He pointed at Cao Cao with a big gun and shouted: "I want to capture you today in exchange for Chang'an City! Why don't you get off the horse and be captive quickly!" Cao Cao was furious when he heard this, and he sneered at Ma Chao: "Ma'er is rude, who will take him down and die? "Just as Cao Cao finished speaking, Xu Chu rushed to Ma Chao first! Ma Chao was about to fight with him, and at this time Pang De rushed out from the side and shouted: "Young master, this person is handed over to me, you can quickly capture Cao Cao!"
As soon as Ma Chao heard this, he gave up Xu Chu and came to Cao Cao. Cao Cao sneered and was about to send someone to fight with Ma Chao. At this time, Ma Dai also led his army to attack the central part of the Cao army. With his powerful iron cavalry, he actually cut off the Cao army in half, and Cao's army was disrupted. Cao Cao was also confused by the sudden incident. He didn't care that Ma Chao hurriedly ordered people to reorganize the army. At this time, Ma Chao had already killed him,
Xiahou Yuan gritted his teeth and pushed up! But he was Ma Chao's opponent, and he only blocked twenty rounds and then defeated. Ma Chao did not chase him, and he was determined to take Cao Cao. At this time, three generals rushed out of Cao's army and came over with Ma Chao. Ma Chao turned his big gun and slapped his horse forward. The three generals each took swords and guns and greeted Ma Chao. Seeing that Ma Chao was not afraid, the big gun was dancing for less than three or five rounds and he actually picked all three people off.
Cao Cao could not control the chaotic army at this time. When he saw that the war was in ruins, Cao Cao sighed and turned around to leave. At this moment, he heard someone in the Xiliang army shouting again: "It was Cao Cao who was wearing a red robe!" Cao Cao was shocked and immediately took off his red robe and was still on the side, then rode a horse and ran away. At this time, he heard someone shouting: "The one with the long beard is Cao Cao!" Cao Cao became even more panicked, and pulled out his sword to cut off the long beard!
At this time, Ma Chao had already killed nearby. After hearing that Cao Cao abandoned his robe and cut his beard, he ordered people to shout: The short beard is Cao Cao! The soldiers around him shouted immediately. Cao Cao was shocked again when he heard this. At this time, he saw a flag soldier standing beside him. Cao Cao waved his sword to kill him, and then pulled the corner of the flag and covered his neck and fled. Ma Chao could not find Cao Cao in the chaos army, and later he realized that he had escaped with a flag mask! He regretted it now!
Chapter completed!