Although Li Qi has been coveting Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, it is not the time to watch Liu Bei die now, especially after Ma Teng's defeat, Liu Bei is the only prince who can win over.

We must not let Sun Quan seize Jiangxia.

If Jiangxia is captured by Sun Quan, Guan Er Ge's arrogance and his shamelessness towards the heroes in Jiangdong will definitely refuse to surrender.

If Guan Yu dies, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei will no longer live.

Of course, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei may also come to seek refuge with Li Qi, but Liu Bei has never been inferior to others, and he is the uncle appointed by the emperor. This will make Li Qi very passive. He may even use Jingzhou to have fun.

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At the same time, Li Qi went to relieve the siege of Jiangxia to teach Sun Quan a lesson.

Originally, Li Qibing could just head eastward to Jiangxia, but in order to confuse Cao Cao, he planned to first go to Gong'an with General Ma Nan, and then follow the Yangtze River waterway to land at Shaxian.

Since Li Qi's territory was all to the south and it was on alert during wartime, Cao Cao didn't know that Li Qi had run away, and he was still wondering why Li Qi didn't retreat yet.

When Cao Cao was considering whether to return his army to Xiangyang or further attack Jiangling, news came from the Xuhuang Military Region that Xicheng had been recaptured.

This meant that Zhuge Liang retreated to Hanzhong, Jiangling no longer had his teammates to support him, and Li Qi completely gave up this round of attacks.

But why hasn't he retreated yet?

Hanzhong County, Yang'an Pass.

Xiahou Yuan's vanguard troops, Guo Huai and Sun Li, have already reached the pass.

Ma Chao went to see Huo Jun and begged for troops to attack Cao Jun to avenge his father.

Huo Jun said: "We have a strong defensive fortress at Yang'an Pass, why do we need to take the initiative?"

Ma Chao said: "This is just Xia Houyuan's vanguard, why not kill his spirit first?"

Ma Dai knelt down and said: "If General Huo does not trust my brother, I am willing to stay in the house as a hostage."

When Ma Xiu heard what Ma Dai said, he also knelt down and said, "I am also willing to be a hostage."

Huo Jun originally wanted to hold on, but he always knew that Ma Chao was brave enough to be a rare general. If he failed to achieve his goal again and again, he was afraid that he would become disheartened and go elsewhere.

Huo Jun said: "In that case, I will give the general 3,000 troops and horses to weaken the enemy's spirit first. After winning, we will return immediately. Don't be reluctant to fight."

Ma Chao thanked Huo Jun, mounted his horse with a spear, and led the army out of the pass.

Sun Li said: "Ma Chao is extremely brave, so don't be careless."

Guo Huai said: "Being brave means being brave, but it's a pity that there is no plan. We don't know how to defend a good pass, but we have to come out to fight with our army."

So Guo Huai called Han Sui's general Li Kan and said: "I heard that the general is a fierce general under Han Wenyue."

Li Kan: "???"

Li Kan had a clue at that time, what the hell is Ma Chao using me as bait?

Guo Huai said: "I don't want you to defeat Ma Chao, I just need to fake defeat and introduce him into our army."

Although Li Kan was reluctant, he had to obey the military order and had to step forward to fight Ma Chao.

When Ma Chao saw Li Kan coming to greet him, it could be said that he was meeting enemies, and he was extremely jealous, which aroused his anger, and he couldn't help but break up and rushed over.

Unexpectedly, before Li Kan could get close, he drew his horse and fled: I was just acting as a bait anyway, just lure him into the battle, there is no need to fight forcefully.

Ma Chao didn't expect the guy to run away before the confrontation, so he chased after him.

Before Guo Huai's formation was ready, he saw Li Kan coming back. At that time, he wanted to kill this useless guy.

Seeing that Li Kan was about to return to the camp, Ma Chao took off the meteor hammer from his waist and hit Li Kan on the head hard.

With a "bang", Li Kan fell from his horse.

Ma Chao led his army into battle, but Yizhou soldiers came to cover him up and kill him.

Guo Huai said: "People say that Ma Mengqi is as brave as Lu Bu, and he is indeed worthy of his reputation."

Sun Li rode out, but the battle with Ma Chao was less than three rounds, and he felt that his strength was still there, so he was defeated and returned to the formation.

Ma Chao led his troops into Cao's army, fighting left and right in the enemy camp, as if they were in an uninhabited country.

However, Guo Huai was no ordinary person. He stood on a high place and commanded the army with flags. Wherever Ma Chao went, there were countless Cao soldiers to fill in. Ma Chao felt that Cao's army seemed to be killing more and more people, endlessly.

Huo Jun from Yang'an Pass saw this and personally led an army to rush out of the pass to build up his momentum.

Seeing that Yizhou's troops were strong, Guo Huai had no choice but to retreat after being defeated.

After returning to the camp, Sun Li said: "Ma Chao is brave and the pass is strong. I am afraid it will be difficult to get off in a hurry. It is better to wait for General Xiahou's main force to arrive at this time and then make further calculations."

Guo Huai obeyed and held his troops still.

Xia Houyuan naturally knew that Guo Huai and Sun Li were waiting for him at the front, but now that he was stopped by Zhuge Liang when his army was almost solid, what could he do? He was helpless.

Xia Houyuan asked Jia Xu: "Zhuge Liang is entrenched and our army is unable to advance. What can we do?"

Jia Xu said: "You can send Yizhou soldiers disguised as Yang'an Pass to report to Zhuge Liang. It concerns Yang'an Pass, which is the north gate of Yizhou. How can Zhuge Liang sit idly by and ignore it? After Zhuge Liang leads his army out of the city, the general can attack it. But in disguise,

The person must be from Yizhou, otherwise it will be difficult to hide the truth."

Xiahou Yuannai searched for Yizhou people in the army. Fortunately, Cao Ren took a group of Yi people with him when he evacuated from Brazil County. These people's Yizhou accent was enough to hold a big job.

However, considering that Zhuge Liang used the same trick to defraud Xu Huang, the person in disguise must be shrewd enough.

After careful screening, Xia Houyuan found a shrewd Brazilian from Shuzhou.

This person's surname was Wang, his first name was Ping, and his given name was Zijun. He was moved to the Central Plains by Cao Ren along with Du Yi, Pu Hu and others, and was later appointed as an acting school captain.

Xia Houyuan handed Jia Xu's forged distress letter to Wang Ping and told him to be careful.

Wang Ping received the letter for help, his mind full of questions, and he told Xia Houyuan frankly: "General, I am illiterate. Can you tell me first what is written in the letter, so as to avoid Zhuge Liang's questioning?"

Xia Houyuan: "..."

As an acting school captain, your boy is illiterate?

Considering that he wanted to deceive Zhuge Liang's trust, Wang Ping was the most suitable candidate in terms of his background, accent, alertness, etc. As a general, Xia Houyuan was able to avoid the difficulty and read the letter to Wang Ping, the little captain.

Read it again.

However, he was still worried, so Xia Houyuan asked Wang Ping, "What did you say in the letter just now?"

Wang Ping knew that Xia Houyuan was testing himself, so he memorized what Xia Houyuan just said word for word.

Only then did Xia Houyuan feel relieved.

After Wang Ping received the order, he went to Chenggu to meet Zhuge Liang.

Without saying a word, Zhuge Liang directly ordered Wang Ping to be captured.

Wang Ping was surprised and asked why.

Zhuge Liang said: "Since you are a Yizhou soldier, why don't you wear the uniform of a Yizhou soldier?"

Wang Ping laughed loudly and said: "I came out of the customs wearing the uniform of a Yizhou soldier so that Guo Huai could come and catch me? You think you are smart, but you don't even know this basic common sense. It seems that Yang'an

It is inevitable that Guan will be lost. Since he will die sooner or later, just kill me."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "You really have the courage of my Yizhou soldiers. I am cheating on you, so please don't blame me." I like to travel through the Three Kingdoms, starting from falling grass and becoming a bandit. Please collect it: (https://www.wuxiayue.com) Traveling through the Three Kingdoms, starting from falling grass and becoming bandits.
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