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    Uncle Liu Huang really showed his sincerity and wanted to form an alliance with Boss Cao this time, because Uncle Liu, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu all knew very well that once Boss Cao, who had been extremely weak, fell before the Xuzhou Army's fierce attack, then with Deputy Director Tao's blackmail,  With a vicious heart, he will definitely attack Hanzhong without hesitation, cut his old enemy Liu Huangshu into pieces with a thousand knives, and execute him in Lingchi!  Therefore, for Uncle Liu Huang, saving Boss Cao means saving himself. If Boss Cao falls, he will have to fall. With no other choice, Uncle Liu Huang can only offer a series of preferential conditions and seek to establish an alliance with Boss Cao - of course  , whether the promised benefits will be fulfilled in the future can also depend on the situation.

    There is another important reason why Uncle Liu Huang must form an alliance with Boss Cao, and that is the direct threat from Ma Teng's army to Hanzhong. Ma Chao, who has the reputation of unjust Jin Ma Chao, has been extorting money from Uncle Liu for more than a year since he stationed troops in Ju County.  Countless money and food, but they have always been stuck in Ju County and refused to leave. On the pretext of resisting Boss Cao, they also mobilized a group of troops from the rear to station in Sanguan and Gudao. Even a fool can see the intention of the vertical line Hanzhong Granary.  If Uncle Liu Huang didn't deal with this man quickly, he might have to reject the horse through the front door and let in the wolf through the back door, and Ma Chao would suddenly take advantage of him.

    Fortunately, the desperate Boss Cao finally agreed to form an alliance with Uncle Liu, and also agreed to join forces with Uncle Liu to get rid of Ma Chao and Han Sui. After Sun Qian brought the news back to Hanzhong, Uncle Liu was relieved at first, and then hurriedly acted on the original plan.  First he arrived at Yangping Pass in person, and then sent someone to invite Ma Chao to Yangping Pass to talk, saying that he had something important to tell him. Ma Chao happily obeyed the order and went to Yangping Pass with Pang De to meet Uncle Liu. Then Uncle Liu didn't waste any time and immediately went to Yangping Pass.  He handed a letter to Ma Chao and said: "Meng Qi. This is the letter Han Wenyue (Han Sui) just sent to me. Please read it."

    Taking a closer look at the so-called Han Sui letter, Ma Chao's hair suddenly stood up. It turned out that Han Sui spoke badly of Ma Chao in the letter, strongly accused Ma Chao of his unjust behavior of constantly extorting money from Liu Huangshu in Ju County, and persuaded Liu Huangshu to cooperate with Liu Huangshu.  He joined forces to get rid of Ma Teng's forces, and then Han Sui told Uncle Liu Huang in a letter that he was going to take advantage of the fact that the main force of Ma Teng's army was taken to the Ju County area by Ma Chao, and would send troops to attack Didao City, Ma Teng's home base, in the near future.  Please ask Liu Huangshu to send troops to contain Ma Chao's troops and not give Ma Chao a chance to return troops for rescue. After the incident is completed, Ma Teng's land and troops will be divided equally.

    After carefully reading the letter, it was indeed Han Sui's handwriting. Ma Chao immediately started to curse, while Uncle Liu pretended to persuade Ma Chao.  It may be that Han Sui's move was just a moment of confusion, and he was willing to come forward to persuade Han Sui to stop his troops and continue to join forces to defeat Cao's thieves.  Ma Chao also felt that this incident was too sudden, and he was greedy for the granary of Hanzhong and refused to give up Ju County, so he did not rush to retreat back to Didao. He only thanked Liu Huangshu again and again for the warning, and sent people to return to Didao with a letter to report to Ma Chao.  Teng is in a hurry.  Let Ma Teng rectify his troops and guard against Han Sui's sneak attack.

    At the same time, Boss Cao, who had secretly formed an alliance with Uncle Liu Huang, also took action. He sent an envoy to Jincheng with a letter and delivered a forged letter from Ma Teng to Han Sui.  It was said that it was a confidential letter that Cao's army accidentally obtained in Sanguan area, and Han Sui was asked to read it.  In this letter written by Ma Teng to Uncle Liu Huang, Ma Teng enumerated the crimes of Han Sui's men who bullied his soldiers, robbed his own horses, cattle and sheep pastures, and killed his wife, etc., expressing that he could no longer tolerate Han Sui.  At the same time, in view of the fact that Han Sui had many private contacts with Cao Jun, in order to eliminate hidden dangers.  Ma Teng decided to take advantage of the unprepared opportunity of Han Sui and join forces with the Qiang people to attack Han Sui. He was worried about the backup of grain and grass and Cao Jun's surprise attack, so Ma Teng requested a secret alliance with Liu Huangshu, and begged Liu Huangshu to support grain and grass and send troops to contain Cao Jun.  To make himself worry-free, Ma Teng rewarded Liu Huangshu with 5,000 horses and 1,000 cattle and sheep, and promised to join forces with Liu Huangshu to destroy Cao.

    Here is a brief introduction to the revenge of killing his wife mentioned by Ma Teng in his letter. Han Sui did kill Ma Teng¡¯s wife, but this was also what Ma Teng asked for. In April of the first year of Xingping, Ma Teng and Han Sui got married.  For the sake of brothers with different surnames, they once had a very close and friendly relationship. However, less than two years later, Ma Teng seemed to have taken the wrong medicine. He suddenly launched an army to attack Han Sui and robbed Han Sui of countless cattle and sheep land. He was extremely prestigious in the Xiliang area.  The high-ranking Han Sui was caught off guard and suffered a disastrous defeat due to lack of preparation. However, after Han Sui regained his breath, he united a large number of Xiliang soldiers and horses to fight back. Not only did he regain the lost land and city, he also simply took Ma Teng.  Ma Teng's old lair was raided, and Ma Teng's yellow-faced woman was killed with a knife, forming a deep hatred with Ma Teng.  It was not until Zhong Yao came forward to mediate after taking charge of Guanzhong that the relationship between the two families eased again.

    Because of these festivals ahead of time, even though he didn't dare to believe the letter sent by Boss Cao, for the sake of caution, Han Sui, who knew Ma Teng's capricious character, did not dare to take it lightly and immediately sent out a large number of scouts to conduct detailed operations.  Sneaking to Ma Teng's army station to investigate the situation, it turned out that Ma Teng had received a warning and was gathering troops to guard against Han Sui's sneak attack and stationed troops on the border.The army naturally let Han Sui's army carefully misunderstand Ma Teng's army's intention to prepare for war, and hurriedly sent the news to Han Sui. Han Sui was shocked and angry when he heard the report. Of course, he hurriedly assembled the army to contact all the troops in Xiliang, seizing the time to prepare for sending troops to fight, and then formed  A vicious circle began. Ma Teng's scouts discovered the situation and reported to Ma Teng, which made Ma Teng even more convinced that Han Sui was preparing to eliminate him. He quickly sent another envoy to contact the Qiang tribe and asked the Qiang people to send troops to help him deal with Han Sui.

    The vicious cycle will naturally break out when it reaches a certain point, and there are many fuses to ignite the powder keg. In the Xiliang area where the folk customs are fierce, friction between various ministries and armies for interests continues. By early March, Longxi finally fell.  After a spring rain, the grass began to grow. In order to make the cattle and sheep that had lost weight in the winter gain weight as quickly as possible, the herdsmen naturally couldn't wait to herd sheep and horses. As a result, for a small piece of fertile land on the border, Ma Teng and Han Sui ruled  The herdsmen started to clash, and soon the conflict between several herdsmen turned into a military conflict. The already tense Mahan army began to join the battle group, and started a thousand-man battle for this small piece of grassland.

    The result of the conflict was that Han Sui's team suffered a loss, and Ma Teng's team, which had stronger individual combat effectiveness, took advantage. When the news reached Han Sui, Han Sui was furious and learned the lesson from Ma Teng's last attack, and decided to take advantage of it.  Taking advantage of Ma Teng's opportunity to disperse his army, he immediately sent troops to attack Didao.  Ma Teng, who was well prepared, immediately raised his troops to fight. When the two armies were on the battlefield, Ma Teng and Han Sui cursed at each other, saying that the other side was not a thing, and that they had betrayed their trust and sent troops to attack.  There was a battle in Longxi County. Han Sui, who had a large army, won, while Ma Teng, who had a small army, lost.  He was forced to retreat to the Lintao area near the Qiang people. At the same time, he sent an envoy to ask Ma Chao for help, asking his son to quickly lead troops to regain his position.  Han Sui expected that Ma Teng would definitely collude with the Qiang people and send Ma Chao back to the army, but he was not afraid at all and immediately sent an envoy to ask for help from Boss Cao.  At the same time, all the tribes in Longshang were mobilized to come for reinforcements, and the war in Longxi also quickly developed in the direction of getting bigger and bigger.

    After receiving Han Sui's request for help, Boss Cao, who was being harassed by the various ministries in Longxi, naturally wanted it. He immediately agreed to Han Sui's request so that Han Sui could continue the fight with peace of mind. He also sent Zhang Liao and Zhang He to lead the cavalry to attack the Meixian area.  Looking for an opportunity to clean up Ma Chao's return team.  Ma Chao was in a dilemma after receiving Ma Teng's request for help. After hesitating for a long time, he decided to lead half of the army back to rescue his father.  Pang De was left to continue to guard Ju County to maintain the hope of advancing into Hanzhong. At the same time, Ma Chao Chao Shao had to ask Uncle Liu for food and grass support. Uncle Liu agreed immediately, patting his chest and making preparations immediately.  He promised to send follow-up food and fodder to Ma Chao. In any case, he finally sent away Ma Chao, the god of plague. At the same time, he stepped up contact and instigated Pound to rebel.

    Perhaps Ma Chao should leave Ma Dai to guard Ju County and let Pang De follow him back to Longxi to aid.  Because in addition to being brave in battle, Pang De is also quite clever and can use tricks.  He can also see through some enemy methods, and Ma Chao's shortcomings in this regard are too obvious. After the troops left the pass, although Ma Chao divided his troops to the east to guard against Cao Jun's sneak attack, Zhang Liao and Zhang He ignored him at all.  The county remained motionless, allowing Ma Chao to successfully cross the Wei River at Chencang.  When Ma Chao concluded that Cao Jun would not send troops to preserve his strength and withdrew the soldiers and horses monitoring Cao Jun, Zhang Liao and Zhang He began to take action. They led the Qingqi to march 300 miles in two days and caught up with Ma Chao east of Longguan. They suddenly launched a surprise attack.  Ma Chao was caught off guard and was defeated. His younger brother Ma Xiu was stabbed by Zhang Liao. He was also defeated by Zhang He and could not organize his troops to fight back. Ma Chao's troops had no intention of fighting and fled into Longguan. Zhang Liao took the opportunity to chase and kill him.  , Ma Chao was defeated at Longguan, and Ma Chao led the remaining troops to flee into Longxi in embarrassment. Zhang Liao and Zhang He did not pursue them, so they gathered up their troops and returned to Mei County.

    Some friends may want to ask, why did Boss Cao really help Han Sui deal with Ma Chao? How about just letting Ma Chao go back to work with Han Sui?  There is only one answer. Ma Teng and Ma Chao are too capricious. They fall out at any time. Like an untimed bomb, they may threaten Cao Jun's back at any time. Han Sui is much more reliable in this regard. At least he can.  Communicate with each other and know some etiquette, justice and shame. When the Xuzhou Army sends troops to march westward in the future, Cao Lao also hopes to persuade Han Sui to join the coalition to fight against the Xuzhou Army.  Therefore, Boss Cao would rather suffer a loss and let Han Sui kill Ma Teng quickly than hope that Ma Teng and his son could stabilize their position and block Han Sui's attack before threatening his own back.

    Boss Cao's good intentions still worked. After Ma Chao's reinforcements were attacked and defeated, he was naturally unable to provide strong assistance to Ma Teng. Even if he rushed to Lintao and joined Ma Teng's team, he could not reverse the entire battle.  They were still beaten by Han Sui's team, but fortunately, the relationship between Lao Ma's family and the Qiang tribe had always been good. Many Qiang tribes sent teams to help. Han Sui was unable to eliminate Ma Teng's team for a while, and the war gradually came to a stalemate.  consumption.

    At this time, among the partial divisions of Ma Teng's army stationed in Ju County, there naturally appearedWhen news emerged that Ma Teng and Ma Chao had both died in battle, and it was also rumored that Han Sui had massacred all parts of Longxi, the military morale of Pang De's team quickly weakened, and people's hearts were floating. Uncle Liu also took the opportunity to take action immediately, bribed Pang De with high-ranking officials, generous salaries and rich beauties.  Virtue, it is a pity that Pang De's horoscope is inherently incompatible with the Emperor's uncle's army. Not only did he flatly reject Liu Emperor's uncle's bribery, but he also repeatedly restrained the troops to prevent desertion.  Uncle Liu Huang had no choice but to adopt Pang Tong's plan, pretending to be discussing with Pang De about aiding Ma Teng, and deceived Pang De into entering Yangping Pass to capture the thieves and capture the king first.

    Because the situation on Ma Teng's side was indeed critical, although Pang De was also worried that Uncle Liu Huang would say that he was not well-intentioned when he entered the pass, in order to rescue Ma Teng and his son, Pang De still went to Yangping Pass, and it turned out that he had just been deceived by Uncle Liu.  After entering the hall to drink and talk, the swordsmen and axemen who were ambushing on both sides of the corridor immediately rushed out and surrounded Pang De.  Then Liu Huangshu immediately shed his hypocritical face and suddenly declared war on Ma Teng's army on the pretext that Ma Teng's army was trying to annex Hanzhong.  Pound was asked to surrender.  ¡ª¡ªBy the way, in history, when Uncle Liu Huang annexed Yizhou, he used this method to kill the famous Yizhou generals Yang Huai and Gao Pei, and then immediately captured the leaderless Baishui Pass in Yizhou's natural dangers.

    Everyone knows Pound's temper. If Uncle Liu, like Boss Cao, had captured Pound on the battlefield to persuade him to surrender, then Pound might have surrendered. However, Uncle Liu used a despicable trick to capture Pound.  Pound, who was at odds with his uncle, would naturally not give in so easily.  And Pound not only refused to give in.  He also drew his sword and attacked Uncle Liu Huang, trying to capture Uncle Liu and escape from Yangping Pass. After being stopped by Zhang Fei, Pang De fought another battle with Zhang Fei and others, and managed to kill more than 20 swordsmen and axemen arranged by Uncle Liu Huang.  .  He suffered more than ten wounds on his body, and was finally killed by Zhang Fei in the hall. The more than twenty guards brought by Pang De into Yangping Pass were also killed, and no one was spared.

    After killing Pang De, Uncle Liu immediately sent his troops out of the border to kill the leaderless Ju County. He used the pretext that Ma Teng's army was trying to steal Hanzhong and Pang De was trying to assassinate him.  I don't know how many times he killed his allies. Ma Teng's army in Ju County, which had no one in charge of the overall situation, was defeated. Countless people surrendered, and only a few fled to their old way of Sanguan to report to Ma Dai.  Ma Dai was shocked and angry after hearing the report. He wanted to send troops to retaliate but lacked the strength. He insisted on sticking to the old route of Sanguan and had no guarantee of food and grass. He was forced to lead his army back to Longxi to join Ma Teng.  Uncle Liu Huang took the opportunity to seize the old route of Sanguan and took the initiative on the Longxi battlefield.

    "You want to devour the lord as a guest and seize my Hanzhong? It's a joke. I don't even bother to ask. Who in the world dares to compete with me, Mr. Xuande, in the method of annexing the lord as a guest and seizing a man's inheritance?!" This is a thorough and complete statement.  Uncle Liu Huang's inner thoughts after driving away Ma Tengjun.

    When the news of the melee in Longxi and Uncle Liu Huang driving away Ma Tengjun reached Deputy Director Tao in Xuchang City, it was already May of the 11th day of Jian'an. Deputy Director Tao had just personally presided over the winter wheat harvest in Xuchang.  After getting this information and getting a preliminary understanding of how Ma Teng and Han Sui fell out, Deputy Director Tao quickly came up with the answer, "The big-eared thief and Cao Ah Man must have secretly joined forces. Otherwise, the big-eared thief would not dare to do this."  Don¡¯t worry and Ma Teng will completely break up.¡±

    "Sooner or later." Jia Laohu sneered and said: "The next target of our army must be Cao Cao. After Cao Cao is defeated, Liu Bei will never be able to escape. He will definitely support Cao Cao to fight against our army and keep Cao Cao as a watchdog.  , but also to protect himself.¡±

    "It's not surprising that the big-eared thief and the Cao thief formed an alliance." Deputy Director Tao said with a puzzled expression: "But the only thing that's strange to me is, how can the Cao thief dare to join forces with the big-eared thief so confidently?  No one who dares to form an alliance with the big-eared thief will end up well. Thief Cao has known this for a long time, so how can he still dare to form an alliance with the big-eared thief?"

    "He is struggling to the death." Xun Chen said with a relaxed expression: "The Cao thief is now without food and soldiers, and is surrounded by enemies on three sides. He will bear the brunt of our army's western expedition. If he does not make an alliance with the Big Ear thief, he will only die.  Faster."

    "Also." Liu Ye also said with excitement: "Our army has carefully investigated and found out that there was a winter drought in the Guanzhong area last year, and there were only a few light snowfalls throughout the winter. This year there was a spring drought, and the first spring rain did not fall until March.  The failure of the winter wheat harvest has long been a foregone conclusion. If Cao Mengde goes to war with our army, it will definitely be difficult to support the army with rations, so we can only bow to the big-eared thieves who hold the Hanzhong granary."

    "Really?" Deputy Director Tao was still a little hesitant. "Although what Mr. Youruo and Mr. Ziyang said makes sense, I still feel that something is wrong. They bowed to the big-eared thief and willingly acted as a guard dog for the big-eared thief. This  It¡¯s not the character of Thief Cao. There is another more important point, Thief Cao will not fail to consider this issue.¡±

    "What's the problem?" Liu Ye and Xun Chen asked together.

    "The condition of thief Cao!" Deputy Director Tao replied: "The last time our army insiders sent news, they said that in addition to the worsening of the head wind, Cao A'man also contracted a cough.  When our army marches westward,At this time, the Cao thief's condition will definitely be affected more severely. Isn't he afraid that Cao Ang will suddenly kick his legs? Cao Ang, the honest boy, can't resist the big-eared thief, and his team's territory will be swallowed up by the big-eared thief with his skin and bones?  "

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    At almost the same time in Chang'an City, Cheng Yushe walked gently into the bedroom of Boss Cao, which smelled of medicine. Seeing Boss Cao coughing while holding the desk, Cheng Yu quickly stopped and wanted to go back, but Boss Cao used  He caught sight of Cheng Yu from the corner of his eye, coughed and said, "Zhongde, what's the matter? Just tell me, I'm fine."

    Cheng Yu hesitated for a moment, then came to Boss Cao, patted Boss Cao's back first to help him spit out the phlegm, and then said: "My lord, we have detailed reports on the grain production situation in Xuchang that you are concerned about.  You said that I would report to you as soon as I got any news, so Yu came to report immediately."

    "How's it going?" Boss Cao quickly raised his head and asked, "Did the harvest in the farming areas in Xuchang have a good harvest or a bad harvest?"

    Cheng Yu bowed his head in silence and did not dare to answer directly. Boss Cao observed his words and immediately guessed why Cheng Yu was hiding it, and sighed: "God helps Tao but not Cao. There is a severe drought in Guanzhong. My Chang'an farmland has almost no harvest. Tao thief  There is a good harvest in Xuchang over there, and now the Tao thieves will not hesitate to send troops this year."

    After sighing, Boss Cao couldn't help but cough violently again. When Cheng Yu hurriedly asked if he had summoned the medical officer, another person came in outside the door, but it was Boss Cao's eldest son Cao Ang. Seeing that Boss Cao was coughing badly, Cao Ang was also busy.  When he came up to greet me, Mr. Cao waved his hand to show that he was fine.  After finally stopping his coughing, Cao Boss asked Cao Ang: "Why is my son here?"

    Cao Ang hesitated and glanced at Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu understood and hurriedly said goodbye and left the room. Only Cao Ang and Cao Ang and his son were left in the room. Cao Ang then asked hesitantly: "Father, child"  , I heard that you have secretly formed an alliance with the big-eared thief Liu Bei, I wonder if this is the case?"

    "How did you know?" Boss Cao asked.

    "Father, forgive me, but I can't say that." Cao Ang shook his head, then suddenly knelt down, grabbed Cao Lao's sleeve, and said nervously: "Father, you can't be fooled by the big-eared thief! Big-eared thief,  He is an immature wolf! A jackal that specializes in biting his allies and biting his master! Father, don¡¯t forget the lessons of people like Tao Qian, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and Kong Rong! Father, if you form an alliance with him, as long as there is a chance, he will  The big-eared thief will swallow us up, skin and bones!"

    Boss Cao was silent. After a long time, Boss Cao said feebly: "If I guess correctly, your friend Sima Yi must have guessed the secret alliance between me and the big-eared thief and told you secretly, right?"

    Cao Ang did not dare to say anything, and Cao Lao did not care, and said: "Go and talk to your uncle Xun Yu, and tell me what I will tell you. From now on, you will be in charge of the liaison and negotiation between our army and the Big Ear Bandits, and Sima Yi will be in charge.  Your lieutenants, you should be more respectful and friendly to the big-eared thief, and let the big-eared thief believe that you hate the Tao thief deeply, and that you regard him as a close friend."

    "What?" Cao Ang, who was brainwashed by the Xuzhou Army to hate Uncle Liu and despise him to the core, was stunned, and then asked in surprise: "Father, why do you want your child to behave like this?"

    "You will naturally understand in the future, go ahead." Boss Cao refused to answer. When Cao Ang stood up helplessly, Boss Cao suddenly added another sentence and whispered: "Remember one more thing, the alliance between me and the big-eared thief is not for me.  I am doing this for you, your brothers and sisters, and your fellow clansmen! Only you are allowed to know this, and you must not let the second person know!"

    "My father took the risk to form an alliance with the big-eared thieves, is it for me? Is it for our family?"

    The honest boy Cao Ang resigned in confusion. Boss Cao watched his beloved son leave the room and sighed quietly. Suddenly he lowered his head and coughed violently. When he wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, Boss Cao was shocked to find that there was something on the handkerchief.  Blood.

    (To be continued)
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