Chapter 214: Old friends are falling one after another, like leaves in the wind...

Chapter 214: Old friends fade away one after another, like leaves falling in the wind...

The earth is shaking,
Liu Wu led tens of thousands of troops, chasing a lonely figure in front.

Mighty and powerful!
The huge battlefield suddenly fell silent. All the soldiers from Xiliang were stunned. There was confusion or disbelief in their eyes...

That figure is his lord, Xiliang Jin Ma Chao?

How could he be so embarrassed?

He is Ma Mengqi, the "divine general" who is invincible in Liangzhou!

How could he have ended up like this?
It's over,

The Lord is finished
We are done too!
Bang! ~
On the battlefield, countless Xiliang soldiers were doubting their lives...

huff! ~
huff! ~
Ma Chao's shoulder was still bleeding. It was the wound left by Zhang Fei, but Ma Mengqi could not care about anything else now.

He just wanted to run, gather the remnants, run out of the battlefield, run back to Tongguan... and survive. As long as he survived, everything would be possible.

He subconsciously turned his head to take a look, and just one look almost made his heart break...

Pursuers,

All the pursuers on the battlefield were rushing towards him, like a mountain or a sea, and they were willing to drown him to death!
If he keeps running like this, even if he breaks his legs, he will be caught up by the army behind him.

Ma Chao's attention was attracted by a Xiliang soldier who was still riding a horse in front of him.

"Lord..."

"Get off!"

Ma Mengqi pulled the soldier off and jumped onto his horse.

"Drive!~"

Da Da Da~
The horse under his crotch carried him to the direction of Tongguan, and Ma Chao felt relieved instantly. He decided to return to Tongguan first, and then...

"Ma Mengqi!"

Call ~
Suddenly, a bad wind sounded behind him, and he turned around in a hurry to look.

A Fang Tian Hua Ji came whistling!

not good!

But it was too late...

Xilulu~
The warhorse neighed, and Ma Chao was thrown to the ground, rolling in the dust...

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The sun was high in the sky, and the scorching sunlight sprinkled on the land of Guanzhong.

In Tongguan, on this day, the sounds of fighting and shouting that had lasted for several days finally disappeared.

Tongguan ushered in the long-lost tranquility.

"Alas, General Han is our leader. If anything happens to him, what will happen to us Liangzhou tribes?"

"I've said it before, Cao Mengde is the most cunning and untrustworthy person. How can we trust his words? But General Han won't listen!"

"No problem! We have already arranged the army. If anything goes wrong, we can rush out of Tongguan and bring back General Han!"

"What on earth is Cao Mengde planning? First he sent General Han a letter that looked like a heavenly book, and now he suddenly wants to reminisce with General Han. What on earth does he want to do?"

On the top of Tongguan City, the commanders of the various Liangzhou tribes crowded in front of the battlements, all of them frowned, looking at the scene below...

Under the city of Tongguan, two figures on horseback stood facing each other.

It was Cao Cao and Han Sui.

Cao Cao raised his head nonchalantly and glanced at the commanders of the various Xiliang tribes crowded on the top of the city wall.

He chuckled, "Brother Wen Yue, it seems that the generals of Xiliang still don't trust me. But how could they know how happy I was when Brother Wen Yue and I drank with Yuan Benchu ​​in Luoyang, the capital, until dawn."

"Alas, old friends are dying one after another, like leaves falling in the wind. What a pity for Yuan Benchu..."

Cao Cao looked sad, as if he was really remembering the joy of feasting all night with Han Sui and Yuan Shao in Luoyang.

"Ha, ha..." Han Sui smiled wryly: "The King of Wei feels sorry for Yuan Benchu ​​today, but don't forget that if it weren't for the King of Wei, how could Yuan Benchu ​​die of depression?" Cao Cao waved his hand: "Alas, Wen Yue is wrong. The Battle of Guandu was not a personal grudge between me and Benchu. It was really the general trend that forced me to do it. Besides, although Yuan Shao was defeated at Guandu, the four northern states are still in his hands. It is not difficult for him to regroup."

"However, he had no tolerance for others or himself, which is why he died of depression. It really had nothing to do with me..."

"Prime Minister Cao!" Han Sui finally couldn't help but ask: "Why did you invite me here today?"

Cao Cao suddenly asked him out, saying that they were reuniting, but Han Sui naturally didn't believe a word of it, and he didn't want to see this "old friend" either...

Back then, I had only gone to Luoyang and happened to meet Yuan Shao and Cao Cao when I was reporting to He Jin, and we had a drink. That was all the so-called "old friends" were. How could there be much old friendship to reminisce about?

However, Chang'an was now occupied by Liu Wu, and Ma Chao returned to support Chang'an, and the situation in Guanzhong changed suddenly.

In order to avoid being discovered by Cao Cao, he had no choice but to go out of the city to deal with the situation.

"Wen Yue, please don't doubt me. I am here to reminisce about the past with you, but..."

Cao Cao suddenly changed the subject: "When I sent someone to tell Wen Yue to meet, I said that to show my sincerity, Wen Yue could let Ma Mengqi lead the troops to accompany him. Why is it that today... I don't see Ma Mengqi?"

Could it be that Cao Mengde knew that Ma Chao was not in Tongguan?

Han Sui's heart skipped a beat. If Cao Cao knew that Ma Chao had returned to Chang'an to provide assistance, wouldn't that mean that he also knew that Chang'an was occupied by Liu Wu?
No, not possible!
If he had known this earlier, he would have tried his best to attack the city today. Why would he have asked me to meet him?

Han Sui was nervous, but his face was calm: "Ma Mengqi and the Prime Minister have a grudge against each other for killing his father, and he swore to meet the Prime Minister only in the battle array, so he did not leave the city today."

Don’t want to meet me?

Haha, I'm afraid that when Ma Mengqi saw the letter I wrote to you, he would be so angry with you that he would have been killed by you, right?
Ma Chao had always been suspicious. How could Ma Chao not be suspicious when he sent a handwritten letter to Han Sui with great fanfare?
Looking at the content of the letter again, the important parts were smudged. Even if Han Sui explained it in every possible way, how could Ma Chao believe it if the letter was delivered in the same state?

Ma Mengqi must have suspected that Han Sui was colluding with him and was planning to plot against him. Han Sui had no way of defending himself and the more he explained, the more suspicious he became. The Xiliang army was bound to be involved in a bloodbath, and one of Han Sui and Ma Chao would surely die.

Now it is Han Sui who has come, but Ma Chao is not seen. The one who died must be Ma Mengqi!
Cao Mengde was very happy. He had defeated the Xiliang Army without a single soldier. This letter was really worth 100,000 soldiers...

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it was today that Cao Cao and Han Sui met. Ma Chao saw with his own eyes that the two of them were talking happily, which made him suspicious. Then he saw the smudged letter and determined that Han Sui wanted to harm him.

Han Sui had no choice but to attack Ma Chao in advance to protect himself, but Ma Chao found out unexpectedly. In a chaotic battle, the Xiliang army in Tongguan fled in all directions, allowing Cao Cao to take Guanzhong.

But now Ma Chao has already left Tongguan.

When the letter arrived, Ma Chao naturally had no chance to see it. Prime Minister Cao's wink was like a blind man...

"I see." Cao Cao mentioned it casually, "A few days ago, I heard a scout report that a large number of troops were suddenly mobilized in Tongguan City..."

Han Sui's expression changed: "Absolutely not!"

After saying this, Han Sui realized that he was too emotional and coughed lightly: "Ahem, yes, it happened, but it was just a normal rotation of troops in the city."

Normal switching?

I’m afraid that it is you, Han Wenyue, who is mobilizing a large army to encircle and suppress Ma Mengqi!

Ma Chao is now certainly harmed by Han Sui. The strength of Tongguan must have been greatly damaged and the morale of the army is shaken.

As long as I send another large army and launch an all-out attack, the morale of the various Xiliang troops will be broken. I will have to see how you, Han Wenyue, will end up.

Keep consuming, keep consuming!
I just want you to surrender to me!

Cao Cao was certain that a great change had taken place in Tongguan, and a sneer flashed across his lips: "That's good, that's good."

The two of them each had their own ulterior motives, and the scene fell into an eerie silence for a moment.

Da Da Da~
"General Han! General Han!" A horseman suddenly came from Tongguan City, rode up to Han Sui and whispered in his ear: "Urgent news from Chang'an..."

"General Mengqi was defeated when he came back to Chang'an to provide support, and tens of thousands of cavalry surrendered to the Wu-Chu coalition army!"

Ma Chao was defeated?!
Tens of thousands of cavalry surrendered to Liu Wu? ! !

Han Sui's face turned pale. It was over. The Xiliang Army was attacked from all sides. The Xiliang Army was in danger!
"King Wei, I have some miscellaneous matters to attend to in the army, so I'll take my leave now!"

"Brother Wen Yue, please do as you please."

Da da da! ~
The two riders raised a cloud of dust. Looking at Han Sui's back as he returned to the city, Cao Cao smiled, and his smile became more and more hearty...

The change in Han Sui's expression did not escape Cao Cao's eyes. Something must have happened in Tongguan. It must be that after Ma Chao's death, his subordinates rebelled!
Cao Cao turned his horse around and returned to the camp with a satisfied look on his face: "My letter really worked wonders..."

"Once Ma Chao dies, Xiliang will be in turmoil... Hehe, the time to break through Tongguan is just around the corner!!"

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(End of this chapter)