Summary of the previous chapter: Cao Cao followed the instructions in Ma Xiaoquan's letter and drove a group of people to explore the road, and sent Xu Chu and Xiahou Dun over the mountain at night. Unexpectedly, Xiahou Dun accidentally entered the camp of the Hanzhong defenders...
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Xiahou Dun's accidental exploration of the road actually achieved miraculous results. After receiving the news, Cao Cao, as the coach, naturally could not let go of such a good opportunity.
That night, Cao Cao led his army to attack Yangping Pass.
Zhang Wei was so frightened that he didn't dare to resist. He took his new concubine and packed up his bed and fled overnight.
As for General Yang Ang, he sadly died due to a mistake.
In this way, Yangping Pass, the throat of Hanzhong, finally fell...
News of the fall of Yangping Pass quickly reached Zhang Lu's ears. Zhang Lu had planned to surrender and didn't care much about the outcome, but his adviser Yan Pu suggested that we should be more polite and forget it.
Now that Cao Cao is here, we can have something to talk about...
Zhang Lu also felt that it made sense, so he immediately abandoned Nanzheng, the capital of Hanzhong, sealed up Nanzheng's money and food, fled to the mountains, and "fighted" guerrilla warfare with Cao Cao.
Cao Cao crossed Yangping Pass and headed west smoothly to Nanzheng, the capital of Hanzhong. Seeing that Zhang Lu had run away and all the money and food had been sealed, he immediately laughed and took out the letter Ma Xiaoquan wrote to him from his arms.
, trembling and said: "What Master Shangxian said is indeed right, it is indeed right..."
Cao Cao said and handed the letter to Xiahou Dun.
Xiahou Dun took the letter and looked at it. He was also impressed and said excitedly: "My lord, Master Shangxian made it so clear. Why didn't you communicate with us earlier?"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "How many times have I taken it out and looked at it, but you still don't ask, why am I still showing it to you as your lord?"
Xiahou Dun chuckled: "That's right, hehe...it's just...my lord, what Master Shangxian wrote in this letter...for those Ba people...
.Is this okay?”
Cao Cao curled his lips: "This demon has been planned by him. Hum, if there is anything that is allowed or not, just follow what the demon's letter says. Hum...here comes someone."
, wrote a letter to the demon, saying that when I go back, I will have a good day and night drinking with him, haha..."
Cao Cao's letter soon arrived at the Ma family compound in Yecheng and was delivered to Ma Xiaoquan.
After reading Cao Cao's letter, Ma Xiaoquan's heart finally fell to the ground. It seemed that Lu Xian was not too troublesome.
In fact, it's not that Lu Xian didn't cause trouble, but that Zhang Lu didn't follow Lu Xian's advice. If Zhang Lu had followed Lu Xian's letter, Cao Cao might not have conquered Hanzhong so easily. Of course, with Cao Cao's military strength, it would be a matter of time before he conquered Hanzhong.
, what Ma Xiaoquan did was just in accordance with the historical process.
"Okay, give your lord a reply and tell him that I will wait for his triumphant return in Yecheng and we will get drunk before resting."
"Here!"
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After watching Cao Cao's servants leave, Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and picked up the book at hand, and painfully said to Hua Yue beside him: "My wife Yue'er, the writing and language of the Baiyi tribe are too difficult. Let's learn here first today.
OK?"
Hua Yuexin squeaked: "No, as the head of the Ma family, I can't even learn the language and writing of the Baiyi clan, how can I be decent? Look at Qiang'er, he is much better than you...
The girl in Tsing Yi said, let me supervise you..."
Ma Xiaoquan turned to look at his son Ma Qiang, but saw that the boy was looking at him proudly, with a look of gloating on his face.
"You brat, you dare to laugh at me, come here?"
Ma Qiang would not listen to Ma Xiaoquan's words. The young man turned his head and ran to Hua Yuexin and said: "Mom Yue'er, my father is jealous that I learn quickly and wants to beat me!"
"Huh?" Hua Yuexin's face darkened and she looked at Ma Xiaoquan.
"Ah? You brat! You..." Ma Xiaoquan shook his head helplessly, "Okay, I'll learn, I'll learn, hey! I've been learning this for several months, why do I feel like it's getting harder and harder the more I learn.
"
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Complaints remain complaints, and the language still needs to be learned.
The language and writing of the Baiyi tribe are very peculiar, and some phonetic symbols have pronunciations that Ma Xiaoquan has never heard of. According to Ma Xiaoquan's understanding and Qingyi's explanation, the pronunciation of the Baiyi tribe's language comes from the pronunciation of music theory, which is "Gongshangjiao"
Huiyu" etc.
In fact, in the Han Dynasty, there were not only five syllables in music theory, Gong Shang Jiao Hui Yu, Ma Xiao counted all, and there were as many as a dozen. Of course, as music slowly developed, some with more powerful abduction sounds
Syllables were gradually eliminated.
A few months later, Qing Yi came back. The first time he saw Qing Yi, Ma Xiaoquan greeted Qing Yi in the Baiyi language.
Qing Yi was stunned for a moment, then happily hugged her husband and kissed her hard, then suggested: "How about letting the family name and language?"
Considering the long-term development of the family, Ma Xiaoquan readily accepted Tsing Yi's suggestion.
At this time, it is already the twelfth month of the 20th year of Jian'an, and the New Year will be in one month.
In mid-December, Cao Cao sent a letter to Ma Xiaoquan, saying that he had pacified Hanzhong and left Xia Houyuan to defend Hanzhong.
Ma Xiaoquan immediately wrote back and told Cao Cao that although Hanzhong had been pacified, he still needed more time to stabilize the people's sentiments.
Cao Cao also had this intention, so he stayed in Hanzhong and spent the New Year with the soldiers and people of Hanzhong.
In February of the 21st year of Jian'an, in 2yi6 AD, Cao Cao returned to Ye.
When he returned to Yecheng, Cao Cao was not in a hurry to go home, but first came to the Ma family compound to pay homage to Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan served Cao Cao with good wine and good food. Cao Cao was naturally very happy. The two had a good time drinking and talking about many topics. Of course, they also talked about Mr. Lu...
After drinking a glass of Dukang's wine, Cao Cao smashed it and said, "Sir Shangxian, do you still remember what you said?"
"What words?"
Cao Cao thought for a while and said: "The most dangerous place is also the safest place!"
"How do you say this?"
Cao Cao explained: "If I were Lu Xian, if I wanted to escape the pursuit of Master Shangxian, there are three ways to go. First, go to any of Sun Quan's territories. Of course, Master Shangxian just said, Sun Quan
He hates Lu Xian so much that he probably won’t go there. Besides, Lu Xian is a northerner and is definitely not used to and likes the southern climate...Secondly...Lu
Let’s go to Liu Bei’s territory first…”
Cao Cao paused for a moment, then vetoed: "It's impossible, why? Because Liu Beiwen has Zhuge and Pang Tong, Wu Guan Zhang and other tiger generals, it would be very difficult for Lu Xian to take advantage of this opportunity...
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Ma Xiaoquan took a bite of food and asked while eating: "So, Xiao Cao, do you think Mr. Lu will definitely be within your territory?"
Cao Cao nodded: "That's right, it's far away in the horizon and right in front of you!"
"What? You said Mr. Lu is in Yecheng now?"
Cao Cao shook his head: "I'm not sure, but I can feel that he is here!"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Xiao Cao, having said that, aren't you a bit arbitrary?"
Cao Cao chuckled: "That's what I'm saying, everything still needs to be decided by Master Shangxian. Well, if there is any use for me, Master Shangxian can just speak up."
Ma Xiaoquan picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Cao Cao: "Then thank you first, Xiao Cao, haha..."
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At night, after seeing Cao Cao off, Ma Xiaoquan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
Cao Cao's words during the day reminded Ma Xiaoquan of something that Yuan had reminded him of.
"Yuan, are you there?"
"Well, of course I'm here. Could it be that I ran out?"
"Yuan, you said you can sense your fragment. Since Lu Xian has your fragment in his body, you should be able to sense it, right?"
In his left eye, Yuan was silent for a long time, and then said: "Ma Xiaoquan, what Cao Cao said is correct. Lu Xian is indeed in Yecheng, and I can even sense his specific location."
"What? Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Then you didn't ask me, either?"
Ma Xiaoquan gave a bitter smile: "Okay, tell me, should I go find Mr. Lu now and get your piece back?"
"no!"
"Why?"
"Because it's not time yet."
"It's not time yet? What time? Now I just need to catch Lu Xian, kill him, and get the fragment back."
"Idiot, you got the solar recorder, but don't you still have one key?"
Ma Xiaoquan slapped his forehead and then remembered that the solar recorder had two keys.
"This... Yuan Fang is missing. I don't know where the golden square coin is?"
"That's why I said the time has not come yet. Your top priority now is not to find my fragment, but another gold square coin, do you understand?"
"Okay, then your fragments are not in a hurry?"
"Well, there's no rush for now, as long as I can sense it. If there is any problem, I will notify you as soon as possible."
"Oh, what about Mr. Lu..."
"I think you shouldn't look for him yet, just pretend you don't know what to do."
Ma Xiaoquan was a little reluctant, but Yuan Du said so, and there must be truth to it.