Siheyuan: I have a multi-dimensional chat group!

As for what they say about me behind my back, I can't hear it, so it doesn't matter to me!

Seeing Xu Damao, who was almost obsessed with becoming an official, Xiao Shan could only sigh helplessly.

Given his current situation, I doubt I can persuade him otherwise.

We can only let him go his own way!

After taking a walk home in the evening, Xiao Shan put Ding Qiunan to sleep and then began to cultivate while lying down, lurking in the chat group to watch everyone chat.

At this moment, in the chat group, Liu Bei was happily sharing with everyone that Zhang Lu had sent someone to ask Zhuge Liang to surrender.

Zhang Chulan: "So, in the future video, Zhang Lu, who surrendered to Cao Cao, has now changed his allegiance to you, Liu Bei?"

Liu Bei: "That's right! In the future video, although I eventually conquered Hanzhong, the population was relocated by Cao Cao."

Liu Bei: "But things are different now. As long as we successfully subdue Zhang Lu, the population and resources of Hanzhong will all fall into my hands!"

Under Zhang Lu's rule, the Hanzhong region became quite populous and rich in resources.

If Liu Bei could obtain the entire Hanzhong region, his strength would increase dramatically!

In the world of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there is the Public Security Bureau.

Just as Liu Bei was sharing the good news about Hanzhong with the chat group, he suddenly saw the satellite phone on the table ring.

It turned out that Guan Yu had called Liu Bei to report that he and Xu Shu had led their troops to surround Cao Ren in Fancheng.

Furthermore, in accordance with Xu Shu's plan, scouts have been sent north to spread the word that Liu Bei is preparing to go to Xuchang to welcome the emperor.

It's believed that chaos will soon erupt within Cao Cao's army.

After all, Cao Cao was only using the emperor to command the other warlords, and there were still many loyal Han people in his territory.

Knowing that Liu Bei was coming to welcome the emperor, they would definitely take some action.

Once Cao Cao's army falls into chaos, it will be easy to seize Xiangyang and Fancheng from Cao Ren!

Upon hearing Guan Yu's report, Liu Bei was naturally pleased and praised Guan Yu and Xu Shu for their actions.

And we hope they will continue their efforts and successfully capture Fancheng and Xiangyang.

Meanwhile, Cao Cao, who was confronting the Xiliang army at Tongguan, also learned of Liu Bei's army's unstoppable advance in Hanzhong.

To prevent Hanzhong from falling into Liu Bei's hands, Cao Cao finally couldn't sit still any longer and decided to cross the Yellow River to the north to defeat the Xiliang army as soon as possible.

To prevent Ma Chao from suddenly launching an attack on the camp, Cao Cao personally covered the rear, creating the illusion that the main army was still encamped east of Tongguan.

To everyone's surprise, Ma Chao saw through the scheme and, taking advantage of Cao Cao's main force's plan to cross the Yellow River to the north, led his troops directly to attack Cao Cao's camp.

If it weren't for Xu Chu risking his life to protect Cao Cao and carrying him onto the boat, thus escaping Ma Chao's pursuit, this battle would have been impossible.

Cao Cao might be captured alive by the Xiliang army!

When Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang, and others who were leading the army to cross the Yellow River to the north heard that Cao Cao, who was left behind to guard the camp, had been attacked by Ma Chao, they were all dumbfounded!

Hurry and lead your men back to rescue Cao Cao.

They only breathed a sigh of relief when they encountered Cao Cao, who had been rescued by Xu Chu, by the river.

When Cao Cao saw the people who had come to his rescue, he actually laughed and said, "Today I was almost killed by that brat Ma Chao!"

Seeing that Cao Cao could still laugh, Xiahou Yuan and the others were somewhat helpless.

Although Cao Cao almost failed in his rearguard action, the main force of Cao's army successfully crossed the Yellow River.

This means that the Xiliang army lost the two natural barriers of Tongguan and the Yellow River in the face of Cao Cao's army.

Han Sui saw the danger of their situation, so he persuaded Ma Chao and others to lead their troops to retreat south of the Wei River.

This time, the Xiliang army no longer dared to give Cao Cao the opportunity to cross the river.

Whenever Cao Cao sent men across the Wei River to build fortifications, Ma Chao would immediately send cavalry to destroy them.

After fighting back and forth like this for a while, both sides were starting to tire.

The Xiliang army is running out of food supplies.

Moreover, apart from Ma Chao, most of the Xiliang generals had the intention of negotiating peace with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao, upon learning that Zhang Lu had sent someone to discuss surrender terms with Liu Bei, felt that he could no longer afford to waste time with the Xiliang army.

Otherwise, even if he exhausted the Xiliang army, the land of Hanzhong would still fall into Liu Bei's hands.

Chapter 353, Cao Cao's Divide and Conquer, Ma Chao Turns the Tide! (Please Subscribe)

Therefore, in order to quickly defeat the Xiliang army and seize Hanzhong, Cao Cao sought advice from Jia Xu.

Jia Xu suggested to Cao Cao that they could pretend to agree to the peace talks with the Xiliang army, and then use a divisive tactic.

When Ma Chao saw the altered letter from Cao Cao on Han Sui's desk, he was completely stunned!

Is it possible that there are truly people in this world who can predict the future?

When Zhuge Liang sent Cao Cao's portrait to himself, he mentioned that Cao Cao might use a divisive tactic.

Zhuge Liang's messenger even gave an example: Cao Cao might publicly send an altered letter to an important figure in the Xiliang army and then ask him to meet him alone.

Seeing Ma Chao's shocked expression, Han Sui assumed he was shocked that Ma Chao might be colluding with Cao Cao.

Han Sui immediately explained to Ma Chao that the letter had been like this since it was sent, and he had not changed a single word.

"Uncle, this is just Cao Cao's divisive tactic. Of course, I completely believe you!" Looking at Han Sui, who was anxiously explaining to him, Ma Chao couldn't help but smile after regaining his senses.

Hearing Ma Chao say this, Han Sui finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Han Sui was nominally the commander of the Xiliang army, Ma Chao was actually the strongest.

"Mengqi, this traitor Cao actually used such a vicious scheme to sow discord among us. It seems we should be even more careful around him in the future!" Han Sui said to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao nodded and said with a smile, "Uncle, I actually think we can turn the tables on him this time!"

The following day, Cao Cao and Han Sui met alone in front of their respective armies.

Han Sui brought up the matter of peace talks several times, but Cao Cao avoided the topic and instead chatted about everyday matters.

Han Sui's expression turned somewhat strange as he listened to Cao Cao chatting about everyday matters.

Meng Qi was able to foresee the future and guess what Cao Cao wanted to say.

Seeing Han Sui's somewhat strange expression, Cao Cao simply assumed that Han Sui's attempt to make peace and seize control of Weinan had failed, and did not take it to heart at all.

After a long meeting, Cao Cao returned to his camp with satisfaction.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the Xiliang army was indeed thrown into chaos.

Seeing that the Xiliang army was actually in disarray, Cao Cao laughed and praised Jia Xu beside him before decisively ordering his soldiers to seize the time to cross the Wei River.

He even donned armor himself, preparing to personally lead the charge!

Seeing that Cao Cao actually wanted to personally lead the battle, Cheng Yu and the others hurriedly advised him not to act rashly.

After all, a wise man doesn't linger under a crumbling wall; leading troops into battle is something that generals like Xiahou Yuan should do! However, at this moment, Cao Cao was single-mindedly focused on defeating the Xiliang army as soon as possible and then sending troops to Hanzhong!

Therefore, they simply wouldn't listen to Cheng Yu and the others' attempts to persuade them to fight.

After donning his armor, Cao Cao ordered Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang, and others to lead elite infantry across the river first, while he himself, along with Cao Xiu, Cao Chun, and others, led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to follow up, and in one fell swoop, they defeated the Xiliang army.

After Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang, and others led their troops across the river, they discovered that the Xiliang army camp was filled with deafening shouts of battle.

Many flags fell outside the camp, and quite a few Xiliang soldiers even deserted.

Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang each led half of their troops, attacking the Xiliang army camp from the east and west sides.

Upon entering the military camp, Xu Huang quickly realized that something was amiss.

At this time, there were also many bloodstains and corpses on the ground in the Xiliang army camp.

However, compared to the previous sounds of fighting by the Xiliang army, the amount of blood and corpses was far too small.

Xu Huang immediately sent someone to tell Xiahou Yuan that something was wrong, that the Xiliang army might be lying in ambush, and that they should retreat immediately!

As a result, the men sent out were executed by Xiahou Yuan on the grounds of disrupting morale.

Meanwhile, Cao Cao had already led his troops across the Wei River.

Xu Huang couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Even knowing that the Xiliang army was lying in ambush ahead, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and charge forward!

However, for safety reasons, Xu Huang still sent someone to inform Cao Cao, warning him to be careful of ambushes.

Unfortunately, before Xu Huang's men could even reach Cao Cao, the Xiliang army's ambush troops had already launched an attack on him.

The leading general of the Xiliang army was none other than Pang De, a general under Ma Chao.

Upon seeing the Xiliang army ambush that suddenly appeared, Cao Cao immediately realized that he had fallen into a trap!

But it is precisely in times like these that we need to remain calm.

Cao Cao then pointed at Pang De, who was leading the charge, and said to the generals behind him, "Who will capture this traitor for me?"

Cao Xiu slapped his horse's rump and stepped forward, shouting, "You traitor from Xiliang, Cao Xiu is here!"

After exchanging blows for a while, Cao Xiu couldn't help but be secretly shocked: "This Xiliang bandit has incredible strength!"

But with Cao Cao right behind him, Cao Xiu naturally couldn't retreat.

"You young Cao family member, you're quite capable!" Pang De said with a smile as he watched Cao Xiu parry his attack. "However, your Prime Minister is in grave danger!"

At that moment, Ma Dai led another ambush force to attack Cao Cao.

Before Cao Cao could speak, Cao Chun led his soldiers to meet him.

Looking at Ma Dai, who was on par with Cao Chun, Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu beside him, "Zhongde, who is this man?"

After taking a closer look, Cheng Yu said, "Prime Minister, this man appears to be Ma Chao's younger brother, Ma Dai!"

"Are all the people of Xiliang this brave?" Cao Cao couldn't help but exclaim.

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Cheng Yu felt somewhat helpless.

It seems my lord has a habit of favoring brave generals, a habit he can never seem to break.

Just then, Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang sent someone to tell Cao Cao that they had been ambushed by Han Sui, Yang Qiu, Zhang Heng and others, and that the situation was extremely urgent.

Looking towards the direction of the Xiliang army camp, Cao Cao said incredulously, "Ma Chao has capable people by his side! Not only can they see through Wenhe's divisive tactics, but they can also turn the tables on me!"

"Prime Minister, the most urgent matter is that we should hurry up and finish..." Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao from the side.

Before Cheng Yu could finish speaking, Cao Cao directly ordered his personal guards, "Order Xu Huang and Xiahou Yuan to launch a full-scale attack on Han Sui's forces. You must kill Han Sui!"

Upon hearing Cao Cao's order, Cheng Yu's eyes lit up.

The Xiliang army's high command relied entirely on strength. Cao Cao bypassed others and focused his attack on Han Sui, which would surely make Han Sui unwilling to fight.

The high-ranking officers of the Western Liang army who had a bad relationship with Han Sui might even stand by and watch.

This gave Xu Huang and Xiahou Yuan hope of breaking out of the ambush.

The north bank of the Wei River.

Upon hearing the news that Cao Cao had been ambushed, Jia Xu was filled with disbelief.

My plan was actually seen through?

And then they turned the tables on us?

When did the Xiliang army produce such a talent?

Xun Yu, who was in charge of guarding the camp, immediately summoned all the generals in the army and ordered them to cross the river at all costs to rescue Cao Cao.

Just as the generals were preparing to set off to rescue Cao Cao on the other side of the river, Jia Xu suddenly called out to them.

Chapter 354: Cao Cao's defeat at the Wei River, Liu Bei's occupation of Hanzhong! (Please subscribe!)

The Cao army generals who were stopped by Jia Xu all looked at Xun Yu, since Xun Yu was now the highest commander in the camp.

Xun Yu knew Jia Xu's abilities, so when he heard Jia Xu call out to the crowd, he immediately asked, "Wenhe, do you have any objections?"

Jia Xu cupped his hands in greeting to Xun Yu and said, "Minister of State, since the Xiliang army has already seen through our scheme, could it be that they also anticipated our crossing of the river to rescue us, and are therefore waiting for us to cross the river to come to our aid?"

"This..." Xun Yu was taken aback. "Then what does Wenhe mean?"

Jia Xu slowly said, "I think we can send 10,000 men to make a show of crossing the river to provide relief, and then the rest of the troops can directly attack Tongguan!"

Upon hearing this, Xun Yu felt that Jia Xu's words made sense, so he nodded in agreement.