Three Kingdoms

Chapter 16 Cao Cao cut his beard and abandoned his robe
After Zhou Yu died, Sun Quan wept bitterly for Zhou Yu.Lu Su recommended Pang Tong as the governor of Eastern Wu, but Sun Quan looked down on Pang Tong.Sun Quan made Lu Su the governor of Eastern Wu.Pang Tong met Zhuge Liang on the way.Zhuge Liang recommended him to Liu Bei.Liu Bei saw that he was ugly, so he only asked him to go to Leiyang as the county magistrate.For Zhuge Liang's sake, Pang Tong had no choice but to go to Leiyang County as the county magistrate.Zhang Fei was ordered by Liu Bei to inspect Pang Tong.It took only half a day for Pang Tong to deal with all the things he hadn't done for a month.Zhang Fei admired Pang Tong's talent, so he told Liu Bei.Liu Bei was surprised, and quickly appointed Pang Tong as a deputy military adviser to assist him.

Xiliang prefect Ma Teng was called into Xuchang by Cao Cao and killed. Ma Teng's son Ma Chao decided to avenge his father.Ma Chao led the Xiliang army to kill Xuchang.

Cao Cao knew that Ma Chao was brave, so he quickly summoned his generals to discuss how to deal with Ma Chao.Cao Hong and Xu Huang led [-] troops to guard Tongguan.Cao Cao said to the two of them: "If you lose Tongguan within ten days, you will be beheaded and questioned; after ten days, it is none of your business to lose Tongguan.

"Cao Hong fought Ma Chao on the tenth day and was defeated by Ma Chao. Ma Chao pursued the victory and Tongguan fell.

Cao Cao wanted to kill Cao Hong, but under the plea of ​​the generals, Cao Hong was spared.

Ma Chao and Cao Cao's generals fought fiercely, but they did not meet any opponents.Ma Chao rushed to Cao Cao's camp, and Cao Cao fled.Xiliang soldiers yelled: "The man with the beard is Cao Cao!" Cao Cao was shocked and cut off his beard.The Xiliang soldiers shouted again: "The man with the short beard is Cao Cao!" Cao Cao had no choice but to take off his battle robe and wrap it around his head, and fled in all directions.

Ma Chao pursued closely.Fortunately, Cao Hong rushed to meet Ma Chao, and Cao Cao escaped from Ma Chao's pursuit.

Ma Chao defeated Cao Cao.

Ma Chao tried to sneak attack Cao Cao's barracks, but failed.Cao Cao used countermeasures to order Ma Chao and Han Sui to kill each other.Ma Chao fell for the trick and was defeated by Cao Cao and fled.

(End of this chapter)