Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

East Gate of Chang'an.

Accompanied by Xiao Fang, Zhao Yun, Fa Zheng and other advisers and generals, Liu Bei has climbed up to the east gate tower.

Looking down from a high vantage point, the entire Chang'an city is in sight.

"Ancestors, have you seen that I have finally recovered the two capitals of the Han Dynasty..."

Liu Bei looked up at the sky, feeling deeply moved.

The ministers on both sides were also excited, and they all knew what this moment meant.

Chang'an and Luoyang were the only two capitals of the Han Dynasty in the past 400 years.

As long as Chang'an does not return to the Han Dynasty, it means that the Han Dynasty will not be complete, and it means that Liu Bei's achievements will not catch up with Emperor Gaozu of Han and Emperor Guangwu.

But now, Liu Bei did it.

He stood on the top of the Chang'an city wall, overlooking the ancient capital of the Han Dynasty and the enemies fleeing in panic.

The news of the recovery of Chang'an will be spread rapidly throughout the world by a fast horse with a speed of 800 miles, and all the people in the states will know about it.

At that time, all people will be excited.

The prestige of Liu Bei, the leader of the Han Dynasty's revival, will also reach an unprecedented peak at this moment!
"Pass the order down, all generals must not slack off, and must pursue the enemy bravely!"

Liu Bei put away his emotion and pointed his whip forward.

The achievement of retaking Chang'an did not make him complacent. After a little relief and pride, he quickly regained his composure.

Although Chang'an was defeated, Cao Cao was still alive and the Qin army did not suffer a devastating blow.

What the Han army needs to do now is to pursue the enemy as much as possible and annihilate the Qin army's effective forces.

It would be best if we could kill the bandit leader Cao Cao.

The generals accepted the order with great enthusiasm.

Xiao Fang pointed his feather fan to the west and sneered:
"If Cao Cao abandons Chang'an, he will surely retreat westward to Longxi, hoping to rely on Longshan to continue his resistance."

"Generals Ma Mengqi and Zhang Wenjin must have led their infantry and cavalry to the west gate to intercept the fleeing enemy."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Even if we can't kill Cao Cao, we will at least skin him alive!"

This was a deployment agreed upon in advance.

Liu Bei led 70,000 Han troops to attack the northern camp of the Qin army, and used the main force of more than 80,000 Han troops to attack the east gate to contain Cao Cao.

In addition to the troops left behind in the main camp, nearly 30,000 mobile corps were dispatched.

Xiao Fang predicted that after Cao Cao could no longer hold Chang'an, he would not be content to retreat to a corner of Yizhou, but would definitely retreat to Longxi as the next best option.

Then Cao Cao's escape direction must be to go out of the west gate, go west along the Wei River, cross the Long Mountains, and flee to Longyou.

Therefore, at Xiao Fang's suggestion, as the fire broke out in the city, Liu Bei ordered Ma Chao, Zhang Xiu and other generals to lead a mobile corps to bypass Chang'an City and intercept the west gate from the southwest.

Liu Bei nodded slightly, looked to the west, and sneered:
"Then let's see if Cao Cao's luck has run out and he can't escape his fate today."

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West Gate of Chang'an.

The city gates were wide open, and countless Qin soldiers, like stray dogs, scrambled to flee Chang'an and ran wildly along the westward road.

After running a hundred steps, Cao Cao looked back for the last time, took a look at the towering Chang'an City, and a feeling of sadness arose in his heart.

"After today's farewell, will I ever be able to return to Chang'an?"

Cao Cao muttered to himself, his tone sad and lonely.

He seemed to have a premonition that today's farewell to Chang'an would be a farewell forever.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I have your ministers to assist you, and my men from Yizhou will fight to the death for you. We will return to Chang'an sooner or later!"

Zhang Song, who was beside Cao Cao, saw that Cao Cao was in despair and spoke words of comfort and encouragement in time.

Of course, in every word he spoke, he never forgot to emphasize his own importance and the importance of Yizhou.

Cao Cao was such a scheming man, how could he not hear the implication from Zhang Song's words? This conceited Shu strategist almost said:
Cao Cao, ah Cao Cao, from now on, you will have to rely on us Shu people.

I will make good use of me, trust me, and promote me.

It would be better to appoint me as prime minister!
There was even a hint of threat in Zhang Song's words.

Cao Cao couldn't help but frown, a feeling of disgust arose in his heart, and there was even a flash of murderous intent in his eyes for a moment.

If it were in the past, anyone who dared to speak to him like this would be killed and bleed to pieces on the spot.

But now, he doesn't have the courage anymore.

The fall of Chang'an meant that Guanzhong would certainly be lost, and from then on the support of Guanzhong's military forces and food supplies would be lost.

Of the only two remaining states, Liangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and it is difficult to muster many soldiers and horses, nor can it provide enough food and fodder.

What's more, after Pang De's Xiliang army rebellion, would he dare to trust the people of Liangzhou again?

Guanzhong is gone, Liangzhou is poor and unreliable, who can he rely on?

Then there is only Yizhou left.

From now on, the Qin army's food, fodder and soldiers will have to rely entirely on Yizhou for supply. As for Zhang Song, the representative of the Yizhou faction, would he dare not pay attention to him, or kill him in anger just because he disliked him?

He dare not.

Cao Cao suppressed his killing intent, put on a doting expression, patted Zhang Song on the shoulder and said:
"Yongnian, today I realize that you are the only loyal minister I can rely on!"

"Whether my Great Qin can be revived in the future, whether I can recover the lost territory and revive the country, I will rely on you."

Zhang Song was overjoyed, and the smile on his face could no longer be suppressed. He quickly bowed and said:

"Your Majesty has placed such trust in me that I will serve you wholeheartedly and devote myself to repaying your kindness!"

The moment Zhang Song lowered his head, the disgust and murderous intent in Cao Cao's eyes could no longer be suppressed and burst out.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the disgust and murderous intent, Cao Cao's face once again showed relief and emotion, and he comforted Zhang Song on the spot.

Just as the two were hesitating, a large number of defeated soldiers escaped behind them, bringing the news that the East Gate had fallen and the main force of the Han army had entered Chang'an.

Cao Cao and Zhang Song were shocked. They didn't care about sentimentality and hurriedly whipped their horses and fled westward.

The city of Chang'an was getting farther and farther away behind them, and it seemed that they had already shaken off the Han army.

Just as Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief and was about to slow down his horse a little, a cloud of dust and fog swept in from the western slope like a sandstorm.

In the dust and shadows, countless cavalrymen roared over like soldiers from hell.

The "Han" and "Ma" flags are already vaguely visible.

Ma Chao!

It was the Han cavalry corps led by Ma Chao, which intercepted from the southwest.

"Ma Chao is a traitor? How could that traitor come out from here?"

Cao Cao's face suddenly changed, and emotions of fear and anger instantly enveloped his whole body.

He was angry because Ma Chao was the blood enemy of his Cao family. The lives of his sons, brothers, nephews, and many other members of the Cao family had been lost at Ma Chao's hands.

What frightened him was that he was now far away from Chang'an, so why could Ma Chao's cavalry corps still appear in the west?

Could it be that Liu Bei had calculated that he would abandon the city and flee westwards to Longxi, and therefore prepared this army in advance specifically to kill him?

Cao Cao was so shocked that he was stunned and confused.

The tens of thousands of Qin troops who were running wildly were also in chaos. Their mood changed from escaping a disaster to panic in an instant.

South direction.

Ma Chao was galloping on his horse, his eagle eyes fixed fixedly on the front.

When Ma Chao saw the Qin imperial flag that symbolized Cao Cao, his eyes instantly became bloodshot and his blood vessels exploded!
"Cao thief, I want to see where you can escape to!"

"Today I will use your dog head to pay tribute to the souls of my family of more than 50 people in heaven!" (End of this chapter)