Cheng Yi was soon killed by Xiahou Yuan, and Ma Chao, Pang De and Ma Dai divided into three groups and rushed in. That night, the two sides fought and fought until dawn. Only then did they withdraw their troops. Ma Chao stationed troops in Weikou and arranged soldiers to attack every day.
Cao Cao connected three raft chains in the Wei River to connect the south bank to the south bank. Cao Ren and his troops built camps on the side, connecting the vehicles transporting grain as a barrier.
After hearing this, Ma Chao asked the military advisors to carry the hay that caused the fire, and the fire seeds, and Han Sui to the camp, and placed the straw that had been prepared in advance, and ignited the fire. Cao's army could not resist it, so they had to give up the camp.
So the vehicles and the floating bridge were destroyed, and the Xiliang soldiers won an unprecedented victory and cut off the Wei River. In this way, Cao Cao would not be able to build a camp and was very worried.
Xun You said: "You can go to the sand of the Wei River to build a dirt city, as a barrier, and you can't stand it."
So Cao Cao sent 30,000 military advisors to build the earth city, and Ma Chao sent Pang De and Ma Dai to bring 500 soldiers to infect him. Because the sand and soil have a relatively high moisture content, it is not solid at all. Some places under construction are prone to collapse.
Cao Cao had no choice at this time.
It was already September, the weather was a little cold, and the clouds over the last several days made Cao Cao's mood even more depressed.
Suddenly someone reported, saying, "An old man is coming to see the Prime Minister and offer a plan to the Prime Minister."
Cao Cao invited him in and saw that the man had a pine shape and a pine shape. He thought he was not an ordinary person, so he asked about his origin. He turned out to be from Jingzhao and lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain for many years. His surname was Lou, his name was Zibo, and his name was Dao.
Mr. Mengmei.
Cao Cao was very hospitable and treated him with great etiquette. Zibo said: "The Prime Minister was preparing to build a camp across the Wei River. Isn't this a good opportunity to build it now?"
Cao Cao said: "The sand and soil are not solid, and it cannot be built. Do you know what good methods does the hermit have?"
Reply: "The Prime Minister is like a god. Haven't he heard of the horses in the sky? It's been cloudy and the weather is cold. When the strong wind comes, there will inevitably be a lot of freezing. After the wind blows, take the soldiers to transport the soil and water it.
By the next day, the Tucheng will be formed!"
Cao Cao knew that this was because of the weather. If the soil turned into permafrost, it would be much stronger and he would have to give it a reward. Zi Bo did not accept it and quickly said goodbye.
Sure enough, there was a strong north wind that night. Cao Cao asked all the soldiers to install soil and build it, and then water it. Because there was no water supply, they could only use the tools to drink water temporarily, so they built it and let the wind blow it.
It's done. By the next morning, the little water is frozen and Tucheng will be finished.
Someone went to report to Ma Chao. Ma Chao came out with his troops to observe. When he saw the hard earth city, he was a little surprised and thought that Cao Cao had the help of heaven and man.
In order to find out the reason, Ma Chao led the army to attack, and Cao Cao also took action himself, with only Xu Chu following him.
Cao Cao raised his whip and shouted, "Cao Cao is here alone, please ask Ma Chao to come out to talk."
Ma Chao also came out, and Cao Cao said, "You are mocking us for not being able to build a camp. Now it will be completed in one night. Why don't you surrender early!"
Ma Chao was furious and was about to go forward to capture Cao Cao. Seeing a man behind Cao Cao, he opened his strange eyes, held a steel knife in his hand, and stood up with a horse. He suspected that the person was Xu Chu, so he asked, "I heard that you are in the army."
There is a tiger waiter, where is he?"
Xu Chu raised his sword and shouted, "I am Xu Chu, Qiao County!" When he shouted, his eyes shot divine light and his mightyness was trembling. Ma Chao was suppressed by his aura, so he turned his horse's head and returned first. Cao Cao also took Xu Chu back to the camp.
Cao Cao said to everyone: "The thief also knows that there is Xu Chu here?"
Everyone looked at each other. Not long after, the incident of Xu Chu being a tiger waiter came to the army, and he was very famous. Xu Chu said: "I will definitely capture Ma Chao in a few days."
Cao Cao said: "You see Ma Chao's heroic spirit, you can't underestimate the enemy!"
Xu Chu said: "I swear to fight him to the death!" After that, he sent someone to write a letter of battle with Ma Chao, asking for a time to make a one-on-one fight to determine the difference.
After receiving the challenge letter, Ma Chao was very angry and said, "Since you are so arrogant!" He immediately agreed to the time of the one-on-one challenge and vowed to kill Xu Chu.
On the second day, the troops on both sides left camps and arranged into formations. Ma Chao divided Pang De as the left wing, Ma Dai as the right wing, and Han Sui took the central army. He lifted his gun and rode his horse, stood in front of the formation, shouting loudly:
"Xu Chu comes out quickly and dies!"
Cao Cao turned around under the door and said to everyone: "Ma Chao is no less brave than Lu Bu in the past!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Chu slapped his horse and danced his sword. Ma Chao stepped forward to fight for more than a hundred rounds, without deciding the winner and the horses were tired, so he returned to the army to change horses and came to the front of the formation again.
,The two fought for more than a hundred rounds, but they still didn't decide the winner. Xu Chu's spirit was as good as possible. When he returned to the formation, he took off his armor and went out to fight naked, and fought with Ma Chao again.
Together, Xu Chu raised his sword and slashed. After Ma Chao dodged, he stabbed Xu Chu in the heart with a shot. Xu Chu dodged and grabbed the gun rod. So the two of them snatched it immediately. Xu Chu was very strong and only heard
With a sound, the gun was broken alive. The two of them were holding half of the gun and attacking each other. Cao Cao was afraid that Xu Chu would be injured, so he ordered Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong to come out and attack together.
After seeing this, Pang De and Ma Dai also rushed out together, leading the cavalry on both sides to rush around, and Cao Cao's troops were in a mess.
In the chaos, Xu Chu's arm was also hit by two arrows. Cao's army hurriedly pushed into the camp. Ma Chao directly killed the vicinity of the camp. Cao's army was injured most of the time. Cao Cao could not hold on. Ma Chao arrived at Weikou and said to Han Sui: "Like it is today.
Apart from Xu Chu, I really haven’t seen a second person who is fighting fiercely. He is really a silly person!"
Cao Cao thought Ma Chao could break it through a trick, so he secretly ordered Xu Huang and Zhu Lingdu to cross the river and build camps in the west, and attack from the front and back.
One day, Cao Cao saw Ma Chao bringing hundreds of iron cavalry on the Tucheng City and reaching the camp. The speed was very fast, as if he was flying. Cao Cao looked at it for a long time and still put the utensils in his hand on the ground, sighing:
"If this horse doesn't die, I will die and not be buried!"
After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan was very angry and said, "Even if I die in this place, I will swear to destroy the horse thieves." After that, he led thousands of troops from the headquarters to open the door of the camp and rushed directly.
Cao Cao wanted to stop him, but it was too late. He was afraid that Xiahou Yuan would be in danger, so he personally got on the horse to pick him up. Seeing that Cao's army was coming, Ma Chao used the front army as the back team, and the back team as the vanguard, and arranged it in one word.
After Xiahou Yuan arrived, Ma Chao went forward to fight. He saw Cao Cao's direction in Cao's army, put down Xiahou Yuan and rushed towards Cao Cao. When Cao Cao saw it, he was very surprised and quickly turned his horse's head. Cao's soldiers were in chaos.