Here we cannot ignore Sun Jian’s strategy.

In response to the two possible outcomes of the three Central Plains Wars of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Ma Yue (as mentioned in the previous article, Sun Jian, Zhou Yu, Xu Shu and others were not optimistic about Cao Cao, and believed that Yuan Shao or Ma Yue could only win the Central Plains War, and Cao Cao would definitely fail), Sun Jian adopted Zhou Yu's suggestions and made corresponding arrangements.

If Yuan Shao wins eventually, the Wu army will take Jingzhou west and then use Jingzhou as a springboard to seek Yizhou, striving to tie the river with the northern horse Yue, Yuan Shao and the two heroes of Yuan Shao to rule; if the horse jumps into the Central Plains and Cao Cao is defeated and surrenders to Liu Biao, then go north to capture Huainan and Xuzhou, and connect Liu Biao based on the fertile land of the Jianghuai River. Liu Zhang will fight against Ma Yue, and the world will be in a four-legged stalemate.

However, the Guan Yu rebellion occurred in the middle, and the emergencies of hijacking the emperor and seeking the enemy to Jiangdong were unexpected.

When Yuan Shao was defeated and returned to Hebei, it was already a general trend that Ma Yue entered the Central Plains. Sun Jian then summoned Sun Ce. Zhou Yu's water and land army from the Jingzhou border to Lujiang. He ordered Sun Ce to lead the elite troops to advance north to meet Guan Yu, and he met with Xu Shu and prepared to set up a large army to attack Huainan and Xuzhou.

Sun Jian originally thought that Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu would go to pick up the emperor and would be foolproof.

As a result, God made a big joke with Sun Jian. Not only did the emperor not welcome him back, but the brave and warlike eldest son Sun Ce was actually killed by Ma Chao!

In a rage, Sun Jian immediately gave up his plan to attack Huainan and Xuzhou and set up a large army to seize the emperor. Xu Shu believed that the emperor was more important than Huainan and Xuzhou. In addition, the butcher Ma confronted Cao Cao in Xuchang at that time, so he was unlikely to come to Runan to support him, so he supported Sun Jian to lead his army to Qingniu Pass to intercept the emperor.

Who would have thought that the butcher Ma unexpectedly led a large army to Qingniu Pass to pick up Ma Chao, and it came very quickly. Almost as soon as Sun Jian's army arrived, the butcher Ma arrived.

By chance, it finally turned into today's embarrassing situation.

Let’s withdraw the troops, Sun Jian felt unwilling to accept it, so he would not retreat. It is indeed not a solution to waste this way.

Zhou Yu knew that Sun Jian was unwilling to withdraw his troops because Ma Chao wanted to kill Ma Chao to avenge Sun Ce, so he advised: "Lord, it is often said that a gentleman will take revenge for him. It is not too late for ten years. As long as our army occupied the fertile land of the Jianghuai River and cultivated an elite army with its strong money and grain, would he be afraid that he would not be able to avenge Bo Fu's revenge?"

"Lord." When Sun Jian was hesitating, Xu Sheng entered the tent and reported, "The Western Liang Iron Cavalry is coming to attack again."

"As Gong Jin said!" Sun Jian gritted his teeth, "Leave three thousand light troops to garrison the camp, and the rest of the troops will change their way to Huainan! Then, order Taishici, Zhou Tai, and Lu Meng to make way and let Liang army go, and wait until the Liang army is over and attack Huainan east from the Runan Plain. There must be no mistakes."

Qingniu Pass north, Cao Jun camp.

Cao Hong did not sleep all night and was discussing matters with Yu Jin and Cao Zhen, when a continuous horn sounded suddenly outside the mountain pass to the north.

Yu Jin's eyes narrowed and said to Cao Hong: "General, it seems that the Xiliang army of the butcher of horses has begun to attack."

A trace of worry flashed through Cao Hong's eyes and said in a deep voice: "The butcher Ma has experienced many battles and is cunning. I don't know if the Wu army can stop it?"

Cao Zhen said: "No matter how bad the Wu army is, it has more than 10,000 troops. It should be no problem to hold it for ten days and half a month, right?"

Yu Jin said, "That's hard to say. Young Master, don't forget that there is a deceitful and wise man Jia around the butcher Ma. If the Wu army can't defend it for a day."

Cao Zhen said: "If this is true, then our army must be prepared in advance so as not to be caught off guard by the Liang army at that time."

“Woooooooooooo…”

As Cao Zhen finished speaking, a continuous sound of horns suddenly sounded from the Qingniu Pass. Cao Hong's face darkened and he said to Cao Zhen. "It seems that Ma Chao is about to start attacking. General Yu Jin can stay in the back camp to prevent accidents. Zi Dan will follow the general to the front camp to meet Ma Chao."

"Affect the order."

Yu Jin and Cao Zhen held their fists and took the order at the same time.

When Cao Hong and Cao Zhen hurried to the front camp, a team of Xiliang Iron Cavalry had already rushed down from Qingniu Pass. Cao Hong roughly estimated that this team of Xiliang Iron Cavalry had more than a thousand cavalry. However, what surprised Cao Hong was that this team of Xiliang cavalry protected the middle cavalry like stars arching the moon, and the cavalry was neither wearing iron armor nor holding weapons.

In that outfit... Suddenly, Cao Hong was startled and said to Cao Zhen beside him: "Zi Dan, is the emperor the person coming?"

"Ah? Emperor!"

Cao Zhen was also startled when he heard this. He looked at him quickly and found that the cavalry under the heavy guard of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was indeed dressed like today. Cao Hong, Cao Zhen was shocked and suspicious. The team of Xiliang Iron Cavalry was already within a hundred steps of the Cao army camp. Seeing that Cao Hong had not ordered the arrows for a long time, the archers led the archers rushed forward and asked, "General, will you shoot arrows?"

"No." Cao Hong took a deep breath of air conditioning and said in a voice, "Without the general's military order, no one can shoot arrows without authorization. Those who violate the order will be killed immediately!"

Although the Han Dynasty has declined, it is still the world of the Han Dynasty no matter what. Even if the butcher and the lord Cao Cao dare not disrespect the emperor when they see the emperor. If the cavalry in front of him is really the emperor, Cao Hong really doesn't have the courage to shoot arrows at the emperor. That would be a ruthless thing. If it is spread, it will be cursed by the world. If Cao Hong is an illiterate man, it would be fine, but Cao Hong is not. Cao Hong has seen the world after following Cao Cao for a long time and knows the power of it.

"Listen to the Cao army in front, when I am here today, why don't you open the gate and come out to greet me!"

A loud shout of thunder suddenly sounded on the mountain road, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry slowly moved forward, and made way to both sides. The cavalry in the middle, dressed in the emperor, rode out slowly, and approached Cao Jun camp within fifty steps under the escort of dozens of personal cavalry, shouting loudly: "When you see me, why don't you kneel?"

"ah?"

"Today's son?"

"This man turned out to be the emperor?"

"When you see the emperor, you have to kneel down, or you have to behead you."

The Cao army soldiers in the camp started to clamor. These big-headed soldiers would never see the emperor in their lifetime. Who knows whether the person on the other side is true or not? When they heard that it was today, they were so scared that they knelt on the ground and shouted long live. The more Cao Hong looked at him, the more he felt that the person on the opposite side looked like the emperor. When his feet became soft, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed and shouted: "My minister Cao Hong kowtowed Your Majesty, long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long..."

Suddenly, a tight creaking sound of the bowstrings came into Cao Hong's ears. He turned around and saw Cao Zhen flashing behind the gate, and he had already pulled his bow and aimed at the Dangxizi.

Cao Hong's shock was extraordinary, but he did not dare to pounce on him to stop Cao Zhen, for fear that Cao Zhen would really shoot Dangjin when he let go of his hand and shoot him out. He was so anxious that his eyes were bulging out and he shouted in a low voice: "Zi Dan, are you crazy! Do you dare to kill Dangjinjin?"

Cao Zhen said coldly: "My nephew is not crazy, this emperor is fake!"

Cao Hong shouted: "How do you know that this emperor is fake? What if it is true!"

Cao Zhen replied: "It's true or false, you will know if this arrow is shot!"

After saying that, Cao Zhen relaxed his right hand and heard a sound of a whistle. The arrow had already taken off the string and flew out, shooting towards Daonzi's throat like lightning.

Cao Hong was so scared that his face turned green and did not come to his senses for a long time. He said that at that time, he heard a scream of uh, and the "Dang Today" riding on the sweat-blooded horse had already fallen from the horse's back.

Seeing this, the Cao army soldiers in the village were immediately in an uproar and looked around in panic.

When the Cao army was at a loss, Cao Zhenkeng drew his sword and led it forward, shouting sternly: "Look, the soldiers of the three armies, this emperor is fake! Ma Chao thief used the common people to pretend to be the emperor and blaspheme the sage, and his crime was unforgivable! The archers... fired arrows and shot these brave traitors to death."

Green Bull Pass.

"Hey." Ma Chao slapped the handrail shaft with a heavy palm and sighed, "It's a pity that the Cao army has discovered it."

"Even if it is discovered, it doesn't matter." Fa Zheng smiled and said, "The so-called suspicion brings dark ghosts. At this time, the morale of the Cao army is in chaos. The second general only needs to take advantage of the situation and attack fiercely to break through Cao's camp."

In front of Cao Junzhai.

Although Cao Zhen made a quick decision and shot the fake emperor to kill, as Fa Zheng expected, Cao's soldiers did not know whether the emperor was shot by Cao Zhen was true or false, and the morale of the army was already in chaos.

Since welcoming the Emperor, Cao Cao has always regarded himself as the prime minister and has always taken it as his mission to support the Han Dynasty. He has never expressed his ambition to stand on behalf of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, most of the civil and military generals under Cao Cao were divided into two groups, one group was for Cao Cao, such as Guo Jia, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, etc. They only saw Cao Cao, and they only recognized Cao Cao's military orders, but the other group was for the Han court, such as Xun Yu, Xun You, Le Jin, etc. Their loyalty was actually the Han court. Because Cao Cao always acted like a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, he obeyed Cao Cao.

Generally speaking, these two groups of people look like a group of people, both of them are Cao Cao's people.

But under specific circumstances, for example, if the emperor is actually shot by Cao Zhen with an arrow, it would be different. At that time, two surrendered generals in Xuzhou who have always regarded themselves as Han officials jumped out and shouted: "Cao Zhen's rebel traitor dared to shoot and kill him today. It's simply a traitor. He is unforgivable to kill him!"

The Cao army camp suddenly had a chaos, and the two old subordinates of the surrendered generals of Xuzhou and the other Cao army began to fight each other.

Ma Dai led the Western Liang Iron Cavalry to take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing. Under the overwhelming attack of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, the Cao army suffered heavy casualties. Taking advantage of the fact that the Cao army could not organize a decent resistance, hundreds of Western Liang Iron Cavalry fell off the squadron in front of the horse camp, trapped the pit, and cleared the antlers. Then a large group of Western Liang Iron Cavalry stepped on the fence and rushed into the Cao army's village.

The Cao army's situation is over.

Cao Hong and Cao Zhen saw that the situation was not good, so they hurriedly contracted their troops and retreated to the second camp. Ma Dai was in power and refused to forgive them. He led Xiliang Tie to chase them relentlessly. Taking advantage of the fact that Cao's army was not yet stable, they broke through the second Cao army camp. Cao Hong and Cao Zhen were forced to retreat to Yujinda Village in a panic.

The Iron Cavalry of Xiliang wanted to use the same trick again, so Yu Jin led his army to fight to the death and led Cao Hong and Cao Zhen into the camp.

Ma Dai saw that Yu the Imperial Army was prepared, and the Western Liang Iron Cavalry broke two camps in a row and was exhausted, so he led the army to retreat for several miles and take a short rest.

Yu Ban's big tent.

Cao Hong and Cao Zhen had just sat down. Before he could take a breath, Yu Jin, who was stained with blood, had already entered the tent quickly and said anxiously: "Two generals, the big thing is over."

Cao Hong was shocked and asked anxiously: "Wenze, what happened?"

Yu Jin said: "The Wu army at the mountain pass in the north have abandoned the camp and left!"

Cao Hong took a breath of air and said with hissing: "Wu Army is really defeated? He really can't defend it for a day!"

Cao Zhen said: "It's over now. How can our army resist the enemy from both sides?"

Yu Jin said: "There is no other way now. I can only temporarily retreat into the mountains to avoid the Liang army's military front. When the Liang army retreats, then go to Xudu to join the lord's army."

Cao Hong said: "It's all right now."

Outside the mountain pass.

Chen Hu galloped back and said excitedly to Ma Yue: "Lord, our army has defeated the Wu army in succession, and the two large villages of Cao's army have joined the iron cavalry led by the second general!"

"Oh?" Jia Xu said happily, "Lord, the passage from Qingniu Pass to Runan Plain has been opened!"

"Well!" Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "Chen Hu obeys the order."

Chen Hu rushed forward and said, "The last one is here."

Ma Yue said: "Lead two thousand elite troops to guard the mountain pass, and there will be no gains or losses."

Chen Hu responded loudly: "Abide by the order."

Ma Yue then smiled and said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, it's time to welcome the emperor to return the capital now, haha."

Jia Xu also smiled and said, "Please, please."

Green Bull Pass.

Ma Dai galloped back from the horse and said excitedly to Ma Chao from a distance: "Brother, our army has broken through three camps of Cao's army and met with the navy of General Ganning!"

"It's great." Ma Chao said excitedly, "Send an order to lead Chen Dao to lead his iron cavalry to cut off the rear and retreat. The other generals led his iron cavalry to accompany the emperor with the general, and all the officials drove to the mountain to join the army of his elder brother."

Half an hour later, Qingniu Pass headed to the official road in Runan.

Ma Yue turned over and dismounted, knelt down on the dust, and sang respectfully: "Sincere the governor of Liangzhou, General Pingxi... Ma Yue came late and deserved to die."

Behind Ma Yue, Jia Xu, Gan Ning, Chen Hu, Zhang Bao and more than a hundred Liangzhou generals and schools of all sizes fell to their knees. Looking around, they saw a tall butt on the narrow official road, which was spectacular.

The emperor's carriage that was moving forward suddenly stopped. The curtain of the car was lifted, and the thin Emperor Xian bent down and crawled out. Su Shi said, "Ma Aiqing has made merits in protecting the carriage. What crimes are there? Let's calm down quickly, and all the generals are exempted from courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ma Yue respectfully knocked three more heads and sang loudly, "Long live my emperor."

Behind Ma Yue, Jia Xu and Liangzhou generals also shouted long live, and then stood up with Ma Yue.

Sikong Kong Ji rushed forward and shouted at the top of his voice: "Ma Yue has made contributions to protecting the emperor, and is awarded the title of General of the Western Expedition, and is promoted to Liang Gong, and I am here."
To be continued...