Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan guessed the lie that Cao Cao told him, and at the same time he remembered the Ma family genealogy of his uncle's family. Since his son Ma Zheng would not die so easily, Ma Xiaoquan was not anxious. And Ma Zheng, was called
Wang Dali's man was saved...
In the 11th month of the 16th year of Jian'an, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the Kansai rebels finally could no longer sit still.
Facing Cao Cao's iron barrel formation, the rebels could not defeat him, so they should not fight. Suddenly, the voice of peace talks rang out in the army, which made Han Sui and Ma Chao panic.
As the saying goes, the rebels' alliance has their own agenda, but now Cao Cao has been fighting for a long time without being defeated. If the peace talks suddenly rise at this time, it will definitely be bad.
Han Sui immediately made emergency arrangements and ordered the three armies to retreat thirty miles.
At this time, there was another problem with the logistics of the army of more than 100,000 people, and the food and pay could not keep up.
As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses must move forward before food and grass are used. Faced with such an embarrassing predicament, Han Sui was finally unable to go to war with Cao Cao despite all the opinions. He could only agree to the suggestion of the peace negotiators and negotiate peace with Cao Cao.
To show his sincerity, Han Sui proposed to cede the territory west of the Yellow River.
The territory west of the Yellow River was not just Han Sui's. Cheng Yin, Liang Xing and others also had influence and infiltrated into it. When they heard that Han Sui wanted to cede the west of the Yellow River, these people were not happy.
Han Sui had no choice but to use his beloved son as a bargaining chip in peace negotiations, and this was how he calmed down everyone's criticism.
It's just that... Han Sui's wishes were full, but the reality was a bit skinny.
Cao Cao doesn't think so. Ma Chao's father, Ma Teng, is an official in the imperial court. His son can rebel, let alone Han Sui.
Cao Cao originally wanted to reject the peace request of the Kansai rebels, but Jia Xu suddenly came out to dissuade Cao Cao's idea.
Cao Cao was a little surprised. Since the beginning of the war with the coalition forces, Jia Xu has been responsible for logistics work. However, somehow, since Ma Xiaoquan left, Jia Xu seems to have changed. He has been practicing "watching the sky at night" all day long.
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Cao Cao valued Jia Xu very much and reminded him many times that Jia Xu was also sensible. As soon as his lord said it, he listened, but... Jia Xu's so-called night sky observation was just to paralyze his lord Cao Cao.
, because... Master Shangxian suddenly sneaked into his camp a few days ago and talked with him for half an hour.
During this period, Jia Xu once asked Ma Xiaoquan about his thoughts on the battle against the rebels. Ma Xiaoquan did not shy away from telling the trend of history. Of course, Ma Xiaoquan also went through a lot of whitewashing when he said it.
Jia Xu was also smart and thought of a plan from Ma Xiaoquan's words, so he pretended to be a ghost after Ma Xiaoquan left.
As for why Jia Xu did this? It all stems from Ma Xiaoquan's first words when he first met him.
Ma Xiaoquan said to Jia Xu: Wenhe, if a person wants to protect himself wisely, the best way is for him to have a very big weakness, a weakness that makes his immediate boss think it is boring, boring or even ridiculous.
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Jia Xu didn't quite understand it at the time, but an hour later after Ma Xiaoquan left, Jia Xu suddenly realized it.
Cao Cao has been pacifying the north for a long time. There are many states in the north and the land is vast and rich. Maybe Cao Cao doesn't have much interest in snooping on the Han Dynasty, but it doesn't mean that Cao Cao's sons don't. If things continue to develop like this, Jia Xu thinks that one day
This big man will change his surname to Cao.
Even if there were Sun Quan and Liu Bei in the south at that time, it would still be a small fight.
For this reason, Jia Xu decided to play tricks occasionally from now on, making his lord Cao Cao think that he was boring and naive. In this way, Jia Xu intended to gradually withdraw from the power struggle.
It can be said that Jia Xu's idea is completely correct, and Jia Xu's vision is also very sophisticated and unique.
More than ten years later, Cao Cao's son Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to abdicate the throne, and the Han Dynasty was destroyed. At that time, Jia Xu had already withdrawn from the power struggle and retired peacefully. Of course, this was all later.
Talked.
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Jia Xu changed his words according to the words of Master Shangxian Ma Xiaoquan, and suggested that Cao Cao pretend to agree with the rebels' peace proposal to paralyze the rebels, and then slowly alienate them.
Cao Cao also had this intention. Jia Xu said this and immediately agreed.
On October 15, Cao Cao sent a letter to Han Sui, asking him to meet him in Wangniupo.
How dare Han Sui not go, but in view of Cao Cao's cunning, Han Sui still led a large army to march towards Wangniu Po.
At the top of the slope overlooking Niupo, Ma Xiaoquan had been sitting quietly for some time. Because Ma Xiaoquan was in a higher position and he was good at disguise and hiding, no one noticed him.
"Tsk tsk..." Ma Xiaoquan tsked a few times, looked at the formation of Cao Jun and the rebels not far down the slope, and said to himself, "Fortunately, I happened to pass by Wangniupo, otherwise,
I really missed this opportunity to watch it, haha.”
In his left eye, Yuan said with disdain: "Huntan Ma Xiaoquan, are you not looking for your son?"
"No need, my son won't die."
"Then you won't go back to Yecheng?"
"Go back to Yecheng? How can this be done? Now what if my wife asks me about it when I go back? I won't be able to argue with you."
"Then you're always wandering outside, aren't you worried?"
Ma Xiaoquan was confident: "It's okay, I'm not staying here all the time. I've already thought about it. Before this battle ends, I'll go find Xiao Cao and ask him to tell a lie together with me."
Yuan looked down at the message and said: "Ma Xiaoquan, I really don't understand. Ma Zheng is your biological son. How can you, a father, be so hard-hearted? Are your human emotions so fragile?"
"Fart!" Ma Xiaoquan scolded, "Do you think I'm not anxious? But what's the use of being anxious now? Can I find my son by myself?"
"Well, that's true!"
"So..." Ma Xiaoquan responded, "The simplest and most effective way is to wait. Of course, the madam has to lie to her, but... after a long time, the madam will find out.
Ah, no matter what, I can only deceive you for one more day."
"..."
Ma Xiaoquan did not continue to communicate with Yuan. He lowered his head and looked down the slope in the distance. At this time, Cao Cao and the rebels were completely in formation.
Due to the distance, Ma Xiaoquan could not hear the shouts of the two armies, but it could be seen from the motionless Taishan posture of Cao Cao's army that Cao Cao had the upper hand this time.
Down the slope, Cao Cao single-handedly stepped forward to invite Han Sui to reminisce about the past alone.
After thinking for a long time, Han Sui agreed.
The two of them walked between the two armies. Cao Cao only talked about the past, but did not mention a word about the surrender. When talking about the topic, Cao Cao would laugh a few times from time to time.
The rebels were at the front line, and Ma Chao felt anxious. He thought Han Sui should raise his sword to kill Cao Cao, but Han Sui and Cao Cao started chatting and laughing, sometimes even whispering to each other.
"Damn it. I'll do it myself!" Ma Chao thought about it and decided to use his personal power to kill Cao Cao.
Just as Ma Chao moved, a tiger-backed General Cao in Cao's army on the opposite side also started to move.
Ma Chao took a closer look and saw that it was Xu Chu.
"Damn it," Ma Chao cursed, feeling extremely depressed.
It's not that Ma Chao is afraid of Xu Chu, but that Xu Chu's military strength is on par with him, and Xu Chu has seen through his mind, which means that Ma Chao's surprise attack strategy will definitely not work.
Among the rebels, except for Ma Chao, who was chasing Cao Cao some time ago, most of the others had never seen Cao Cao.
Cao Cao single-handedly stepped forward to chat with Governor Han and reminisce about old times, which caused a commotion among the rebel soldiers. Everyone was scrambling to see what Cao Cao looked like, causing the formation to become chaotic and disobeying his command.
Cao Cao noticed the changes in the rebels and laughed loudly and said: "I am Cao Cao. I am just like you, with one nose, two eyes and one mouth. I am also a human being, but I am just a little more resourceful than you."
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At the top of the slope, Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips and said: "One more thing, you are much taller than these guys from the northwest."
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"A sneeze, a sneeze!" Cao Cao sneezed twice in a row and subconsciously looked up towards the top of the slope.
Han Sui saw Cao Cao sneezing twice and asked, "What's wrong with Mengde?"
Cao Cao rubbed his nose: "It seemed like someone was scolding me just now?"
Han Sui felt excited and thought: This Cao Cao is really amazing. I just thought about scolding him for a few words when this guy noticed it. Well, we won't fight this battle. I won't fight at all.
Already.
As everyone knows, Han Sui's mentality is just a guilty conscience. The one who really scolded Cao Cao was Ma Xiaoquan who was nesting on the top of the slope. Han Sui, Han Sui, it can be said that the old peacock is showing his emotions.