After being abandoned by Liu Bei, Cao Cao begged me to be a military adviser

Xia Houyuan learned that the two generals were defeated by Ma Chao, so he ordered to hang up the card of avoiding the battle, and the whole army defended the city gate.

In the next few days, Ma Chao sent people to the city every day to scold Xiahou's family and Cao's family.

All kinds of obscene language are unsightly.

But Xia Houyuan refused to leave the city.

Ma Chao was very helpless.

A few days later, Han Sui's troops arrived.

15 soldiers and horses in Liangzhou set up several camps, dominating Weinan.

Ma Chao quickly went to Han Sui's big tent to meet him.

"Nephew Ma Chao, I met my uncle!"

"Meng Qi doesn't need to be polite!" Han Sui stepped forward to help Ma Chao up.

Ma Chao stood up and said, "Uncle, although the city of Chang'an is broken, but Xia Houyuan is defending Tongguan, it will be difficult for our army to take it for a while!"

"Hahaha!" Han Sui laughed loudly: "Meng Qi's capture of Chang'an City is the first achievement of our Xiliang Allied Forces!"

Ma Chao clasped his hands: "Uncle is absurd!"

Han Sui said again: "I have received news that Cao Cao is heading for Tongguan with an army of 50!"

"50?" The expressions of the generals in the big tent changed one after another.

The Xiliang army only had more than 50 soldiers, but Cao Cao actually brought [-] soldiers and horses, which is twice as many.

Han Suidao: "You don't need to panic. Cao Cao went south to Jiangzhou, claiming to have an army of 80. In the battle at Sanjiangkou, he only defeated a city of Chaisang in the east of Jiangzhou. Do you know why?"

Yang Qiu said, "Great Governor, could it be that Cao Cao lied about the number of soldiers and horses?"

Han Sui immediately said: "That's right, Cao Cao always likes to brag, 30 soldiers and horses dare to call 50, if he has 50 soldiers and horses, he dares to call 80!"

"Hahaha!" All the generals in the tent burst into laughter.

Seeing this, Han Sui continued: "The reason why Cao Cao couldn't break through Jiangdong is because the Jingzhou navy is all useless, and there are no soldiers to use in water warfare!"

Ma, the general under the account, joked: "Cao Cao looks like he has a lot of troops, but he didn't expect that he also has shortcomings!"

"Hahaha!" The generals continued to laugh.

Han Sui continued: "Cao Cao sent 50 troops this time, and the main force of the Chinese army is more than 20 at most!"

Ma Chao laughed: "My Xiliang army is mainly composed of cavalry, a pack of wolves in battle, and a lone wolf in scatter, and its strength is by no means weaker than Cao Cao's!"

Han Sui waved his hand: "Not only that, Cao Cao's army is mainly composed of infantry. At this time, the battlefield is in Weinan, where there is a flat river. How can Cao Cao win?"

"Weinan is the main battlefield of our Xiliang cavalry!"

For a while, the army generals in the big tent were enthusiastic.

Han Sui took advantage of the situation and said: "Our army doesn't need to attack Tongguan, we just need to send a letter of war to Cao Cao. The two armies will fight to the death in Weinan. After the victory, they will go straight to Xudu and kill all Cao's thieves!"

"Fight to the death, kill all the Cao thieves!"

For a moment, the roar of the mountain roar and the tsunami version sounded in the entire big tent.

That night, the letter of war was sent to Tongguan.

After Xia Houyuan looked at it, he frowned.

There were more than 20 allied forces in Xiliang, and instead of attacking Tongguan at this time, they challenged Cao Cao, the prime minister who had not yet arrived in Tongguan.

It can be seen how confident Han Sui is in this battle.

Chapter 227 The Third Route Army and Horses Come Together, Xiahou Dun Fights Ma Chao

A few days later, Cao Cao led an army of 50 troops to Tongguan.

That night, Xia Houyuan and Zhong Yao entered the Chinese army to meet Cao Cao, with civil servants and military generals on both sides.

First report the results of the last few days, and then present Han Sui's letter of war.

After reading the letter of war, Cao Cao smiled: "More than [-] Xiliang coalition troops have arrived, this time it can be said that they have come out in full force!"

Xiahou Dun took the lead to stand up: "Prime Minister, the imperial court has 50 troops, and it is time to fight the enemy head-on!"

Cao Hong clasped his fists and said, "Prime Minister, our army has the superiority in soldiers and horses, and we should fight a bloody battle with the Xiliang army!"

The rest of the generals also clasped their fists to fight.

For a time, the crowd in the tent was excited.

"Everyone, don't be impatient!" Cao Cao waved his hand: "Please ask the military commander to sacrifice wine and Liu Ziyu to enter the account!"

"Yes!" The soldiers outside the tent clasped their fists together.

After a while, Liu Xian, dressed in white, quickly entered the big tent.

Immediately, Zhang Wenwu looked sideways.

In the eyes of everyone, Liu Xian is the true disciple of Mr. Cao Ji.

The two masters and apprentices have different styles of acting.

Mr. Cao Ji doesn't like to show his face, but Liu Xian is young and frivolous, stealing the limelight.

The last time, the Sanjiangkou battle was all due to Liu Xian's planning, and Zhou Yu was beaten so badly that he couldn't die.

No one can shake Liu Xian's position in Cao Ying now.

"Meet the prime minister!" Liu Xian cupped his hands.

"Don't be too polite!" Cao Cao waved his hand, "Ziyu tell everyone about your pocket fight!"

"Obey!" Liu Xian signaled with cupped fists, and then came to the sand table.

Cao Cao immediately threw his Yitian Sword to Liu Xian.

The meaning is already obvious.

The next battle deployment is all left to Liu Xian to plan.

"Thank you, Prime Minister!" Liu Xian took the sword and introduced it to everyone in detail.

"The so-called pocket war is a plan secretly formulated by the prime minister and I after Ma Teng entered Xudu. The purpose is to destroy the Xiliang army!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the big tent.

Not to mention pocket wars.

But Liu Xian had already started planning before Ma Teng rebelled, which was scary enough.

Liu Xian continued: "The so-called pocket war is to hold the Xiliang army tightly in their pockets and beat them to death. The specific implementation is divided into three steps!"

"Which three steps?" Xia Houyuan asked.

Liu Xian drew out his sword and pointed it at Xu Du: "The first step is to get rid of Ma Teng and force the horse to cross the city of Chang'an!"

Cheng Yu said, "Mister forced Ma to go beyond Chang'an City, so what is the loss of Chang'an City?"

"That's right!" Liu Xian nodded: "The loss of Chang'an City is all expected!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Cao Cao.

No wonder the Prime Minister was so calm when he learned that Chang'an City was lost.

This is something that has been planned long ago.

Xun You said, "Sir, why did you give up Chang'an City to Ma Chao?"

"Good question!" Liu Xian smiled, "Chang'an City is like a pocket mouth. If we don't destroy this city, the Xiliang Allied Forces will not enter the battle!"

Xun Yu was excited: "So, the center of this pocket is Weinan!"

"Exactly!" Liu Xian nodded and pointed his sword at Weinan.

"Now more than [-] Xiliang troops are gathered here, as if they got into their pockets!"

"Therefore, the second step in the pocket war is to tighten the pocket mouth!"

Liu Ye said: "Dare to ask Lord Jijiu, how to tie your mouth tightly?"

The rest of the people looked at Liu Xian expectantly.

Liu Xian smiled slightly, and slowly explained his plan.

"Our army is divided into three groups, all the way out of Tongguan, and a decisive battle with the Xiliang army, regardless of the outcome."

"Second route, pass Pubanjin, attack Chang'an City from Hexi, and block the Xiliang army's retreat!"

"The third route, go up the Weihe River, go down to the village on the south bank, and form a double-team force against Weinan!"

"These three groups of people must act at the same time, and no one should be delayed!"

As soon as this remark came out, the big tent was shocked.

When they first arrived in Tongguan, many generals did not understand the enemy's situation.

But Liu Xian has already come up with a three-step plan for pocket warfare.

This plan is not ordinary insidious!

Directly trap all Xiliang troops to death in the Weinan area.

Even if there is no war, the Xiliang army can be starved to death.

"Prime Minister, I've finished my strategy!" Liu Xian returned the sword to Cao Cao.

"Thank you for your hard work, sir!" Cao Cao took the sword and asked everyone, "Do you understand?"

"Understood!" All the generals shouted one after another.

"Okay!" Cao Cao said, "I want to personally lead 15 troops to garrison the south bank of the Weihe River. Who would be the first to fight the Xiliang Army on my behalf?"

"I wish!" Xiahou Dun spoke first.

"I am willing too!" Cao Hong followed closely behind.

"I'm willing to wait too!" Xu Huang, Gao Shun and other generals also clasped their fists together.

After receiving Han Sui's letter of war, these two became very angry.

Cao Cao said: "Order Xiahou Dun as the chief general, and Cao Hong as the deputy general. Xu Huang and Gao Shun will lead the troops to meet up behind them. Three days later, they will lead a hundred thousand soldiers and horses to a decisive battle with the Xiliang army!"

"Obey!" The four generals clasped their fists together.

Cao Cao said again: "Stealing back to Chang'an City is the most important thing in this battle. Who is willing to go?"

"Prime Minister, I would like to go!" Xia Houyuan spoke first.

"I am willing too!" Wei Yan was the second to speak.

The rest of the generals also asked for orders.

In terms of running for thousands of miles, Xia Houyuan is definitely No.1.

Cao Cao immediately said, "Xia Houyuan, the second general Wei Yan obeyed the order and ordered you two to lead [-] soldiers. Three days later, we will cross Pubanjin in the early morning and go from Hexi to Chang'an City!"

"Obey!" The two generals clasped their fists together and shouted loudly.

"Cao Ren led one hundred thousand troops to stand firm at Tongguan, and the rest of the generals followed me up the Weihe River!"

"Obey!" All the generals in the big tent shouted one after another.

That night, Cao Cao's letter of reply was sent to the Xiliang army camp.

Han Sui raised his account overnight to discuss matters.

The Xiliang general was very excited when he learned that Cao Cao was going to fight.

Han Sui ordered Ma Chao to be the vanguard, accompanied by Yang Qiu and the second general Ma Wan. He himself stood firm in the camp to prevent Cao Cao from attacking.

"All the ministries rectified their troops and horses overnight, and in three days they will have a decisive battle with the Cao bandits!"

"Obey!" All the generals clasped their fists to signal.

Three days later, in the early hours of the morning.

Xia Houyuan and Wei Yan led their troops to pass Pubanjin first.

At dawn, Cao Cao led 15 soldiers and horses up the Weihe River.