Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 532 The Final Battle
Cao Pi did have some elite troops under his command.

Isn’t it these that enabled Cao Cao to become so powerful back then?
Among them, the Qingzhou soldiers should be the earliest troops organized by Cao Cao.

The Qingzhou soldiers, as the name suggests, are composed of people from Qingzhou.

This army was not recruited by Cao Cao, and its origin is quite interesting.

The predecessor of the Qingzhou soldiers was the Yellow Turban Army in the Qingzhou area. As early as the Chuping period, they surrendered to Cao Cao unconditionally and became the main component of Cao Cao's army.

The historical records state that "they chased the Yellow Turbans to Jibei. In the winter, they accepted the surrender of 300,000 soldiers, more than one million men and women, and collected the best of them, calling them the Qingzhou soldiers."

There is no detailed record in history books about why this army surrendered to Cao Cao, but in any case their surrender greatly increased Cao Cao's strength.

Afterwards, he fought wars all over the country. As for today, although the people have changed, the numbers are still retained.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was originally led by Cao Xiu, but later Cao Pi, in order to quell a rebellion, drew troops from the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry for his own use.

I won’t go into details about how amazing it is.

Finally, as the royal guards, the Tiger Guards are naturally very powerful.

The Records of the Three Kingdoms records that "At first, the tiger warriors led by Zhu followed the expedition. Taizu thought they were all strong men and appointed them as generals on the same day. Later, dozens of them were made generals and marquises for their merits, and more than a hundred commanders and lieutenants were all swordsmen."

According to the "Records of the Three Kingdoms", the officers here were all first-class swordsmen with strong fighting capabilities.

From this point of view, they are more like attack infantry than guards.

Although Xing Daorong had not seen how powerful these soldiers were, seeing that Cao Pi was ready to fight to the death, he knew that he was obviously very powerful.

Xing Daorong then stepped back to see what Cao Pi's condition was.

However, this made Ma Chao, who was about to kill his enemy with his own hands, start to get anxious again.

...

"General!"

"Let's take advantage of Cao Pi's unstable position and launch a surprise attack on him. Cao Pi doesn't know the art of war, so we can definitely defeat him!"

Inside the big tent, Xing Daorong, with Ma Chao and Zhang Liao on his left, and Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai on his right, were discussing how to deal with Cao Pi's army.

Facing Ma Chao's anxiety, Xing Daorong consoled him, "Mengqi, I also want to achieve my goal in one battle, but Cao Pi is personally leading a large army to help, and their morale is high. We should not underestimate the enemy."

"Besides, they claim to have an army of 100,000, but we only have 20,000. The difference in numbers is too great, so we should hold our ground first."

Zhang Liao, who was standing beside him, saw this and advised, "General, you are right. Besides, I am not the only one with us today. We also have General Guan and Military Advisor Zhuge."

"As long as the second army can continue to win, we are not in a hurry."

This is what Ma Chao is afraid of!

Seeing that Cao Pi was leading the troops personally, Xing Daorong might have kept his troops on hold and waited for news of victory from the other two routes.

At this moment, he was no longer afraid that the Cao family would have another chance to fight for the world. Under Xing Daorong's meticulous planning, Ma Chao felt that the demise of the Cao family was just around the corner!

My own brother-in-law!
It is indeed amazing!
It’s just that the demise of the Cao family is imminent, but that is different from the complete annihilation of the Cao family.

Although the Cao family did not have the opportunity to fight for the world, they had the opportunity to surrender!
Ma Chao didn't want to give the Cao family such an opportunity!
Although he understood what Xing Daorong and Zhang Liao said, Ma Chao still said to Xing Daorong: "Brother-in-law, although it is not right to address me like that in the army, you are shameless today and want to say something close to me." When Xing Daorong heard Ma Chao call him "brother-in-law", he immediately knew what this guy was thinking.

However, his relationship with Ma Yunlu was there and he couldn't get away from it.

Even if I knew what my brother-in-law was thinking, I still had to bite the bullet and ask him.

He then said, "Meng Qi, there is no need to do this. The fact that our two families are in marriage is known to the world. There is no need to deliberately ignore this relationship."

Ma Chao didn't want to ignore this relationship. He actually wanted to use it right now.

However, Jin Ma Chao's brain is really not very good. If it were someone else, they would have understood the meaning of the words, but for him, he really couldn't understand it.

He just kept talking to himself: "Brother-in-law should know that my Ma family was wiped out by the Cao family!"

Xing Daorong smiled bitterly and said, "Of course I know. In the 16th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao attacked the Guanyou area. Meng Qi raised an army to resist. His clan members were implicated and killed, and his three clans were exterminated."

Speaking of which, the act of exterminating the three tribes was indeed a bit too cruel.

"Extermination of three clans" is a type of punishment that dates back to the Qin Dynasty. Anyone who commits a particularly serious crime, especially treason, rebellion, high treason and other ten heinous crimes, will be punished with the death penalty of extermination of three clans based on policy considerations, even if there is no connection between the two crimes, in order to achieve the effect of deterrence and punishment.

As for the three clans: some say that they are parents, brothers, and wives; others say that they are father, mother, and wife.

As for Ma Chao, his parents, brothers, and wife were all implicated.

It is recorded in the historical document "Zizhi Tongjian Volume 66": In summer, May, Guiwei, Weiwei Ma Teng was executed and his three clans were exterminated.

Of course, the Ma family was not the only one whose three clans were exterminated these days.

Zhang Miao, a native of Shouzhang, Dongping, was a famous scholar at the time. He also had his entire clan exterminated because he joined Lu Bu in a rebellion in Yanzhou.

Besides, the hatred for killing one's father is irreconcilable!
Among the Three Kingdoms, perhaps the person who most successfully avenged his father was Pang Hui, the son of Pang De!
As we all know, Pang De was supposed to be killed by Guan Yu in the Battle of Xiangfan.

Later in the battle to destroy Shu, Pang De's son Pang Hui followed Zhong Hui into Shu. After Liu Chan surrendered, Pang Hui led his troops to find Guan Yu's clansmen and killed them all!

Almost. It is also the concept of the three Yi tribes.

Having said that, it is understandable that Ma Chao is feeling a urge for revenge!
Pang Hui would not be able to forget this kind of hatred even after half a century, let alone it has only been less than ten years.

Naturally, he wanted to kill Cao Pi, to avenge his father's debt and to comfort the souls of his clansmen in heaven!

Sure enough, when Ma Chao heard what Xing Daorong said, he knelt down in front of him and said, "Brother-in-law, I have always been upright and I kneel to the heaven, the earth, and my parents. I never kneel to outsiders!"

"There is no other way today. I can only ask my brother-in-law to think of a plan to avenge my Ma family and your wife's family and kill the enemy with my own hands!"

Zhang Liao and others who were listening nearby were also filled with emotion.

As a human being, it’s better not to go to extremes!

Look at Ma Chao's appearance. If someone was so concerned about his own death, he would be restless day and night and unable to sleep peacefully.

Xing Daorong sighed in his heart!
What an unruly person Ma Chao is!

Just as he said, let alone kneeling, even showing weakness would cost him his life!

Now that it’s like this, there’s really no way to get revenge!
But can you agree to this?
(End of this chapter)