Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan believes that Huang Jingming's death is related to Yuan, and thinks that Yuan has hidden something from him. Of course, there is an area in Ma Xiaoquan's brain that Yuan cannot explore. Yuan said that Ma Xiaoquan has also hidden it.
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After leaving the village, Ma Xiaoquan did not return to Yecheng, but rushed to the front line of the battle between Cao Cao and Ma Chao and Han Sui with his two children.
It was already the end of May in the 16th year of Jian'an. In order not to disturb the battle between Cao Cao and Ma Chao, Han Sui and others, Ma Xiaoquan had been hiding his identity.
The soldiers of both armies also suspected Ma Xiaoquan, but seeing that he was bringing two children, they thought they were fleeing civilians and didn't pay much attention.
On Cao Cao's side, after crossing the river, he reversed the trend of being hunted down, fired his bows from left to right, and temporarily tied with the rebels.
Han Sui and Ma Chao wanted to cross the river and fight to the death with Cao Cao, but unfortunately they tried for several months, but to no avail.
Cao Cao's side also suffered from the inability to pass Tongguan and stalled... Both sides actively planned other countermeasures...
In August, Cao Cao personally rushed to Tongguan. In September, Cao Cao's army finally reached the west bank of the Yellow River as he wished.
In Hexi, Cao Cao used box cars as fences and built a tunnel along the west bank of the Yellow River, leading to the mouth of the Weihe River, squeezing forward step by step.
Although the Kansai rebels are brave and good at fighting, their cavalry are not invincible.
Facing the box-car formation that could not be broken through, Han Sui and Ma Chao had no choice but to retreat from Tongguan on the eastern front to the mouth of the Weihe River.
Seeing Han Sui and Ma Chao retreating, Cao Cao took advantage of the situation and annexed the territory of the Kansai rebels on the west bank of the Yellow River...
Cao Jun, inside the main camp.
Cao Cao looked at the terrain map energetically, making arrangements while raising his eyebrows proudly.
"Xiao Cao!" Just as he was feeling proud, a man's voice suddenly came from outside the tent.
Cao Cao was stunned for a moment and then laughed.
"Hahaha, it's Lord Immortal, come in quickly, come in quickly, haha..."
Cao Cao personally pulled the tent curtain and let Ma Xiaoquan in.
Accompanying Ma Xiaoquan into the camp were his son Ma Zheng and a little girl whose eyes were covered with cloth strips.
"Huh?" Cao Cao saw the little girl and asked curiously, "Master Shangxian, who is this little girl?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Oh, haha, this is the granddaughter of my friend. Because of changes in the family, my friend entrusted his daughter to me."
"Oh, no wonder Master Shangxian left without saying goodbye last time. It turned out that he was going to see an old friend?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and changed the subject: "Xiao Cao, how is the war going now?"
Cao Cao laughed, pointed at the terrain map and said: "Sir Shangxian, during your absence, Han Sui and Ma Chao have been defeated by me many times. Haha, given time, I will definitely defeat them!"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said, "Xiao Cao, I have an unkind request. I hope you can agree."
Cao Cao said: "Sir Shangxian, you can say whatever you want, as long as I can do it."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and pointed to his son Ma Zheng beside him: "Let my son go with your army, life or death!"
Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this and said, "Master Shangxian, what about you?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said: "I will not go with him. As a man of my Ma family, if you want to grow up, you must experience life and death!"
"This..." Cao Cao hesitated. Although Master Shangxian said so, if his son really died on the battlefield, how would he explain to Master Shangxian in the future?
"Master Shangxian, is this... inappropriate? Your son is only ten years old!"
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and said: "What's wrong, little brat, can you abide by military rules?"
Ma Zheng stepped forward and said loudly: "Yes!"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and raised his eyebrows, and said to Cao Cao: "See if there is no Xiao Cao? My son, you can just go and practice."
Cao Cao was very helpless. Although Master Shangxian's son was well nourished and taller than ten-year-old children of the same age, he was still a ten-year-old baby.
It's not that Cao Cao never forcibly recruited soldiers, but the minimum age for forced recruitment was thirteen years old.
"Okay, don't worry, I will leave my son to you. From now on, this bastard will train in your army for three years. Well, in the future, I will also send my remaining sons to you for training.
Well, the time is also three years. As for whether they are willing to continue after three years, I don’t care."
"Ah?" When Cao Cao heard that there was something more, he felt miserable for a moment.
"Don't be so embarrassed. My son is not a coward. Xiao Cao, we need to catch him from an early age."
"That's...ok!" Cao Cao finally agreed.
"Okay, then I'm leaving!"
"Lord Immortal, where are you going?"
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment and said, "Well, I have to go back to Yecheng. This girl is sick. I need to go back and find a doctor for her."
Cao Cao was a little reluctant to let Ma Xiaoquan leave, so he said: "Master Shangxian, I also have a medical officer in my army!"
"You're just treating external injuries. This girl has a disease inside her body that your military doctors can't cure." After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan picked up the little girl and walked out of the camp.
Seeing Master Shangxian's disappearing back, Cao Cao smiled helplessly, turned to look at Ma Zheng, who was standing upright, and ordered: "Xu Huang!"
"The end is here!"
"Incorporate this boy into your army!"
"Lord, this..."
"This is an order!"
"yes!"
Xu Huang sighed helplessly, walked up to Ma Zheng, and said in a low voice: "You, follow me!"
Ma Zheng stood at attention and said loudly: "Yes, sir!"
"Huh?" When Xu Huang heard this, he said in his heart: It's interesting. It seems that Master Shangxian has trained his son.
...
Ma Xiaoquan left the main camp of Cao's army and did not leave quickly. He found Lou Gui, Cao Cao's civilian official, and handed Lou Gui a tip bag before slowly leaving Cao's camp.
At this time, Cao Cao announced that the entire army would cross the Wei River south.
Cao Cao set up many forts along the Wei River and made a bluff, hoping to make a splash in the east and attack the west.
Sure enough, the Kansai rebels fell into the trap and rushed toward the main force of Cao's army.
On the other hand, Cao Cao secretly prepared a troop transport ship to enter the mouth of the Wei River, and used the ship as a foundation in the water to build a pontoon bridge in order to sneak across the Wei River.
However, Cao Cao's plan was discovered by Ma Chao again.
Ma Chao responded quickly and led his men to rush into Cao's camp one after another. Cao's army after crossing the river was unable to build defenses. In addition, Cao's army was mostly infantry and could not stop Ma Chao's cavalry. Within five days, Cao's army had lost its troops.
More than 1,000 people.
While he was frowning, Lou Gui suddenly took out the tips bag given to him by Ma Xiaoquan and handed it into Cao Cao's hand. Of course, Lou Gui said this: "Prime Minister, I observed something last night and found something very strange.
Phenomenon, I thought about it for another night and came up with such a wonderful strategy. Prime Minister, please take a look."
Cao Cao looked at Lou Gui and found that the two little eyebrows on his forehead were moving very obscenely, but he didn't say anything and opened his bag of tips and started to read.
"Eh?" Cao Cao was amused, "This is interesting, Lou Gui, did you come up with it?"
Old Lou Gui blushed, coughed a few times and said, "Yes."
"Okay, then I'll do as you say, someone here..."
That night, Cao Cao made a large number of bags to hold water, divided his troops to cross south in the middle of the night, and quickly built a barrier.
Not long after it was built, the Kansai rebels made a surprise attack.
With this barrier, Cao Jun effectively blocked the cavalry of the Kansai rebels and defeated the rebels in a roundabout way.
...
Cao Jun Xu Huang's tribe.
Ma Zheng was blinking his big eyes, feeling extremely frightened in his heart.
Since his father left, he has been serving as a soldier in Xu Huang's department. During this period, he fought several battles with the Kansai rebel cavalry.
The Kansai cavalry are very powerful. When they charge into our army's camp, they can almost kill each one with one shot.
Because of his young age and stature, Ma Zheng was very inconspicuous in front of the tall horse. However, seeing his own soldiers being overturned and bleeding to death one by one by the Kansai cavalry, Ma Zheng's young heart was very shocked.
When the army was resting in the evening, the horse was quietly cleaning its short sword.
Xu Huang came over, patted Ma Zheng on the shoulder, and asked, "Ma Zheng, how do you feel these days?"
Ma Zheng stood up, stood at attention and said, "Sir, I'm very scared!"
Xu Huang laughed loudly: "Afraid? Haha, fear is normal. Hey, I'm going to make things difficult for you. How about I transfer you to the head of the team?"
Ma Zheng shook his head and said: "No, I want to stay here!"
"Oh? Aren't you afraid?"
Ma Zheng shook his head: "Uncle Xu, my father said that only those who have been afraid can live better and know that life is not easy!"