When Cao Cao heard the news, he did not show any surprise.

When Xun Yu sent someone to Hanzhong to invite Zhang Lu to send troops, he guessed that Zhang Lu could not hold on for too long. This guy was not capable, but unfortunately he focused on preaching, focusing on developing his ancestors' Taoist Taoism, and was not very interested in military and political affairs. If Zhang Lu hadn't had a few capable people under him, he would probably not be very stable in his position in Hanzhong... How could Cao Cao have too much hope for such a partner? He invited Zhang Lu, hoping that Zhang Lu could restrain the Han army in Hanzhong. But he knew that before the Han army had made great efforts, Zhang Lu would shrink... In this way, the pressure in Guanzhong would inevitably increase sharply.

In addition, Liu Chuang captured Hanoi and the situation in Qinghe was unfavorable, which made Cao Cao a little upset.

It is obviously not very meaningful to continue to stalemate with the Han army in Qinghe. In this situation, the best way is to withdraw troops quickly and rush to Hulao Pass.

"Gongda, Zhang Lu's retreat is afraid that the pressure in Guanzhong will increase greatly.

Ma Chao's little boy is even more ready to move on the plains. With Ziyuan's help, it may be difficult to deal with.

I want to withdraw my troops immediately, return to Huzhu, and fight to the death with Chuang'er. However, this retreat requires a strong person to cut off the rear. I wonder who Gongda thinks is competent?"

Xun You thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "You can make your son and the rear, so you should have no worries."

"This is what I think."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Cao Chun.

Seeing this, Cao Chun quickly stood up, bowed and said, "Chong is willing to cut off the rear to stop the thieves' pursuit."

Seeing Cao Chun accepting the order, Cao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Since that's the case, I'll be bothering me and working hard. I'll withdraw my troops tomorrow morning."

It is not easy to retreat a large army.

But Cao Cao knew quite well that the hero cut off his arm and quickly evacuated and even threw away the excess baggage and food.

Because he knew very well that once Liu Chuang's northern army army went south, Zhuge Liang would definitely pursue without hesitation. Since he wanted to retreat, he could not hesitate. If he delayed for one more day, he would be more dangerous. Not to mention, Ma Chao had led his troops to advance west from the plain... Once the Han army formed a clamping force, his tens of thousands of troops would be afraid of danger. Therefore, Cao Cao's departure was very straightforward. Zhuge Liang could not even react, and Cao Cao's army had retreated to Ganling. When Zhuge Liang understood and immediately sent troops to pursue, Cao Cao's army had retreated to Dushui... Cao Chun took the initiative to attack in Beiqiu and defeated the Han army's pursuit.

One day later, when Zhuge Liang personally led the army and arrived at Beiqiu with Yang Wei as the vanguard, Cao Chun had already retreated safely to Dushui and set up camp in Liaocheng with the danger of Luoshui. If Zhuge Liang continued to pursue, he would inevitably lose his troops and generals. After discovering the movements of Cao's army, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sigh that Cao Cao's subordinates did emerge in many talented people. Cao Chun made all his plans fail.

In August of the ninth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao retreated to Henan and appointed Cao Chun as the prefect of Dong'a to resist the pursuit of the Han army.

At the same time, the Cao army in Liyang also changed its previous offensive and formed a confrontation with the Han army with the high walls and deep valleys of Liyang... while Cao Cao personally led the army to rush to the White Horse. After joining the main force of the Cao army in Liyang, he quickly advanced westward and rushed to Hulao Pass for emergency assistance.

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Liu Chuang did not expect that Sima Fu rushed to Hulao Pass shortly after he crossed the river.

Liu Chuang's feelings for the Sima family were obviously deeper than that of the Zhong Yao family... Because when he was in the most difficult time, Sima Fang sent Sima Yi to help. Although the Sima family did not put too much effort into it since then, there was not much support in secret.

Without the support of Sima family, how could Sima Yi establish a Huang Pavilion in Hanoi?

If Sima Fang had not helped him secretly, Sima Yi would have gone through a lot of trouble in Xu Du's eyes... As for the cautious attitude of the Sima family, Liu Chuang was not surprised. In fact, he knew the way of dealing with such a large family. Sima Fang was able to help him in the most difficult time, which was enough to explain all the problems. After capturing Hanoi, Liu Chuang had not appointed anyone to comfort him for a long time, that is, he was waiting for Sima's reaction. From the current point of view, Sima's reaction was very fast.

Even if Sima Fu told Liu Chuang that his coming was just his personal choice.

But Liu Chuang knew very well that without Sima Fang's approval, Sima Fu would never have come to serve.

“Before I came, my father had already cut off his relationship with me.

So my words and deeds have nothing to do with Sima, please rest assured, brother.”

Sima Fu is an extremely smart person. Although he doesn't know what Sima Yi is now in charge, judging from Sima Yi's performance that has been in service with Liu Chuang for many years and is still unknown, Sima Yi must be carrying an unknown mission.

Sima Yi can be the person behind this, but it does not mean that Sima Fu can also be the one.

Liu Chuang understood Sima Fu's thoughts and smiled and said, "Don't worry, Shuda, I already had plans before you come..."

I have some impression of Sima Fu and Liu Chuang.

To be honest, among Sima Bada, his impression of Sima Fu was even better than Sima Yi.

In history, Sima Fu was the son of the crown prince and was the auxiliary minister of Cao Pi. After Cao Cao's death, Sima Fu became a supporter of Cao Pi's usurpation of the throne, and Cao Pi also obeyed him. He was the Minister of the Yellow Gate and stayed in the province and was appointed as the Cavalry Commander to show his honor and favor.

Later, Emperor Ming of Wei, Cao Rui, succeeded to the throne and enabled Sima Fu.

He once said to his side: "I have the Sima brothers, so what can I worry about?"

During the reign of Emperor Ming of Wei, Sima Fu was the Minister of the Duzhi, similar to the Minister of Finance in later generations. Under Sima Fu's leadership, the finances of Wei were extremely healthy. Because of Sima Fu's advice, Zhuge Liang's plan to fight the Northern Expedition several times failed, which was a great contribution.

After Emperor Ming of Wei's death, Cao Fang succeeded to the throne.

At that time, Sima Yi and General Cao Shuang fought for power, while Sima Fu was clear and protected himself and ignored political affairs.

After Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling Incident, Sima Fu stationed troops in Sima Gate, controlled the capital, and killed Cao Shuang's party...

Zhuge Ke, the general of Wu, recruited 200,000 people to attack Wei, and 200,000 Sima Fu's commander arrived in Shouchun.

At that time, the generals wanted to attack quickly, but were stopped by Sima Fu and said, "The attacking side requires a lot of manpower to succeed. Let's use fraud for the time being. Don't fight with it."

He ordered the army to stand stagnate for a month before attacking, while the Wu army soldiers were already exhausted, and the epidemic caused the Wei army to win without fighting.

In the late Three Kingdoms, this person was definitely a famous general who could be both literary and military.

What made Liu Chuang remember most was that when Sima Zhao killed Cao Mao, Sima Fu cried bitterly despite the opposition of the crowd. Later, in the Western Jin Dynasty, Cao Huan was demoted to King of Chenliu and moved to Jinyong City. Only Sima Fu went to say goodbye, took Cao Huan's hand and burst into tears. "I was a minister of Wei until my death."

This is a loyal minister, a loyal minister worthy of Liu Chuang's admiration...

He is cautious by nature, calm in situations, and knows how to protect himself.

After four generations of emperors of Cao Wei, he was always valued by Cao Wei. After Sima usurped the throne, he was even more powerful and no one could compare to him.

Now, Sima Fu still looks a little immature.

But Liu Chuang responded with great expectations for him, "Now I will conquer Xudu. The matter of Hanoi will be entrusted to my brother.

I asked my brother to leave immediately and go to Huai County... When I left, I had already told Bo Hou that as soon as my brother arrived, I would hand over the affairs to my brother."

Sima Fu was quite surprised when he heard this.

You know, his situation is different from his brother Sima Lang.

Sima Lang was famous all over the world and was famous for more than ten years. He was a very famous scholar in the Central Plains. Sima Fu, due to Sima Fang's deliberate suppression, knew that there were not many people who learned talent. As soon as he joined Liu Chuang's command, Liu Chuang entrusted Hanoi to him, which was enough to show how much Liu Chuang valued him.

This is not just a simple family affection, but also a kind of trust.

Sima Fu was moved and hurriedly bowed and said, "I hope to serve my brother for the long term and make sure that there is no danger in Hanoi..."

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The next day, Sima Fu set out for Hanoi.

As a top-notch family in Hanoi, although Sima Fu is only the third son of the Sima family, he soon stabilized the situation in Hanoi.

Of course, Liu Chuanghui claimed to the outside world that Sima Fu came to serve after he captured Wen County.

The relationship between Liu Chuang and the Sima family is not yet revealed... The Hulao Pass will not be broken for a day, and Liu Chuang will not be revealed in a day. Otherwise, it will bring disaster to the Sima family, which is not the result that Liu Chuang is willing to see.

With Sima Fu comforting Hanoi, Liu Chuang had no worries at all.

In early August of the ninth year of Jian'an, Liu Chuang led a large army to Hulao Pass.

Cao Peng was also ready. As soon as Liu Chuang arrived at the city, he led his troops out of the city and set up a formation outside the city.

Cao Peng jumped out of the horse, Fang Tian painted the halberd and pointed at Liu Chuang, and shouted loudly: "The thief Zhang Kuang, how dare he offend my city pass... The emperor regards you as the emperor's uncle, but you don't want to defend the border for the country, why did you offend my city pass? Could it be that you have the intention of being an unjust, and today I want you to be the head of the head here."

Liu Chuang couldn't help but sneer when he faced Cao Peng.

"The young man in Huangkou, his defeated general, dares to be arrogant."

He sneered: "Cao Peng, the emperor is now held hostage by your Cao family, just like a puppet."

I came to eliminate the evil deeds by the emperor's edict. If I am smart, I surrender quickly. Otherwise, I will be killed by the horse."

Cao Peng was furious, and rushed towards Liu Chuang by slapping his horse and dancing his halberd.

A year ago, Cao Peng had reached the peak of the early stage of the God Refining... A year later, Liu Chuang discovered that this guy had actually broken through the middle stage of the God Refining.

The square sky painting halberd danced, and the halberd was filled with clouds.

Liu Chuang couldn't help but feel moved, and he didn't dare to underestimate this person. He cheered up and fought with Cao Peng.

A year ago, Liu Chuang was sure to kill Cao Peng within thirty rounds. But now he was in duel again, Liu Chuang couldn't help but be surprised.

This guy's entry was very fast. If Liu Chuang had not reached the peak of the mid-stage God Refining, he would have really had a hard battle.

The two of them fought each other for about twenty rounds, and Cao Peng gradually showed his defeat.

But in the Cao army's formation, Xiahou Dun was so anxious... Seeing that Cao Peng could not resist, he was very anxious and rushed over with his horse and twisted his gun.
Chapter completed!