Hakuba, so there is Hakuba Mountain, and there is Hakuba water at the bottom of the mountain. When the entire Yanzhou set its eyes on the war in the north, the people of White Horse City were still living a normal life. Why did Duke Cao and the imperial court fight, they didn't care. Anyway, no matter who wins or loses, their taxes are always indispensable. Therefore, in their spare time, the war in the north has become a topic of conversation in their mouths. No one thought that war would come to Baima anytime soon, after all, it was said that hundreds of thousands of troops had gathered on the side of Mount Tai and were fighting a bloody battle. Even if the imperial court still has the heart to cross the river, isn't there a Puyang City in front of it?

In the first battle of crossing the river, Ma Chao chose this place, and if you want to ask him the reason, he will only tell you that it is easier to fight here. In his first battle, of course, he can only win and not lose, so it is natural to choose a soft pestle.

When the sun was setting and clouds appeared on the horizon, the defenders on the city wall yawned and stretched their waists without being visible to their superiors. The days are always so boring and boring, and only when they change guards, they can feel a little excited. Those with families will go home early to accompany their wives and children, and bachelors will get together in twos and threes, find a place to drink a few bowls of bad wine, tell some meat jokes, and after filling the temple, they will go back to the camp to hide and start gambling. Only at this time will the man's passionate nature be revealed.

When they were about to change their defenses, the city guards heard the thunder in the sky, and they looked up at the sky suspiciously, is it going to rain? But it didn't look like it, the sky was blue, and the western sun stained the clouds red for half of the day. When the thunder became clearer and clearer, a lieutenant's eyes shrank, looking at a dark cloud rushing from the ground in the distance, his face changed suddenly, and he finally reacted, and shouted fiercely: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”

There was a great chaos in the city, and many soldiers didn't react at all, until they saw the Han cavalry looming in the smoke and dust that was getting closer and closer.

Pedestrians outside the city suddenly became chaotic and hurriedly crowded into the city, and the soldiers kept beating the crowd with their guns and sticks, shouting: "Line up! Don't squeeze! Don't mess around! ”

The shouting and cries rang out in the cave of the city gate. At the head of the city, the captain was so anxious that he ordered the city gate to be closed, but at this time, the city gate was full of people, and he couldn't close it if he wanted to, unless he could be ruthless and let the defenders of the city kill the people. But does he dare? If he had given this order, he feared that the army would mutini immediately. After all, after the standing army was emptied, the vast majority of the defenders here were children of the city. How can they attack their relatives, neighbors, and village parties?

As soon as there was a delay at the city gate, Ma Chao led the elite cavalry to raid the city. Looking at the chaotic city gate, and then looking at the few feather arrows shot down by the defenders who were flustered at the head of the city, Ma Chao sneered, he hit the horse, galloped back and forth from the city gate, and then picked up the bow in his hand, and pointed an arrow at the head of the city, hitting the throat of a Cao army, and then shouted: "I am the great Han Zhonglang will Ma Mengqi is also!" Those who descend will not die! ”

Five thousand horsemen behind him shouted in unison: "Those who descend will not die!" ”

After a few breaths, Ma Chao saw that Cao Jun at the head of the city did not respond, so he buckled the string in his hand, and it was another arrow like a meteor, but this arrow hit a captain. The head of the city was immediately in turmoil. Ma Chao shouted: "If you don't descend, you will all die!" ”

The defenders at the head of the city were in chaos, and Qi turned his head to look at another captain, who gritted his teeth and said: "The Han general is cruel, for the sake of the people, surrender." ”

So the defenders at the head of the city threw out white silk and threw their swords, guns, bows and arrows down the city. When the county magistrate got the news and came panting, Ma Chao was already preparing to enter the city.

The county commander looked at the captain and said angrily: "How dare you make a decision on such a big matter? Where is the life of the people of the city? How can this be? ”

The lieutenant-for-tat: "Could it be that the county still wants to be loyal to Cao Gong?" The Han army is ahead, even if the county respects go, the humble post will never dare to stop it! ”

The county commander flicked the sleeves of his robe: "Vertical!" ”

Then the county commander hurried to the front of the Han army, saluted Ma Chao deeply, and said: "Feng Wei, the county commander of the White Horse, come to greet Wang Shi!" The lieutenant listened to it in the back and couldn't help but be stunned.

Ma Chao didn't stay in Baima for long, and after asking about several important grain places in Yanzhou, he kidnapped the families of the officials and gentry in the city to the army as hostages, and then rushed away. Before leaving, Ma Chao looked coldly at the county commander Feng Wei and the others: "After I leave, if you dare to reveal the whereabouts of our army?" Before he finished speaking, the people whipped their horses and left, but the county magistrate and others knew that they were really going to leak the slightest rumor, and the children of the various families who were held hostage were afraid that their heads would fall to the ground.

After leaving Baima, Ma Chao led his troops to attack Chen Liu. Chen Liu, there is a chasm. It is the chasm that we often talk about and quote in later generations. When Han Gaozu raised an army to attack Qin, Li Shiqi said: "Fu Chen stays, the rush of the world, and the suburbs that extend in all directions." At the time of the struggle between Chu and Han, Chen Liu was regarded as a strategic location, and the two sides repeatedly fought over it. Later, King Xiang made an agreement with the King of Han to divide the world, cut the gap to the west for Han, and the east of the gap for Chu.

What attracted Ma Chao here was not the glory of Chen Liu's hundreds of years, nor the chasm. Instead, Chenliu is the rear of Yanzhou, where there is a large amount of grain.

What did the general send him for? Isn't it just burning grain to harass the rear? He can't take away the territory and population for the time being, and he can't kill them on a large scale. Then you can only stare at the place where the grain is stored.

The one who stayed behind was Cao Cao's important minister Ren Jun. Ren Junzi Boda, Dong Zhuo's rebellion When Cao Cao first raised his army, he led hundreds of people from the clan to follow Cao Cao until now. Cao Cao is in the front of every battle, and the one who supervises the grain and grass in the back is basically Ren Jun. In the year of the Great Famine, it was also the first person Ren Jun to propose to Cao Cao to implement the tuntian system. Later, he was appointed by Cao Cao as a general of Diannong Zhonglang, and was specifically responsible for cultivating wasteland in the rear. Ren Jun trembled, worked hard, and then Tuntian was completed, with bumper harvests year after year, and the grain was full. So because of his merit, he was appointed as Chen Liutaishou and the general of the farmer, and the marquis of the capital pavilion. Of course, because of Yuan Shao's death, he is a little embarrassed as a Duting Marquis, except for Cao Cao's forces, basically no one in the world recognizes it.

Ren Jun is still very capable. As soon as Ma Chao entered the territory of Chenliu, he received a report. Soon Ren Jun reacted, this army came for the grain and grass left by Chen.

In the territory of Chenliu, the water network is dense, extending in all directions, you can go to Yanzhou along the water, and you can also go to the counties of Yuzhou through the chasm, Bianqu, Langtang canal, etc. So this is actually a grain and grass distribution center. If Chen Liu is broken by the enemy, the consequences will be unimaginable. So Ren Jun immediately raised his vigilance, and at the same time ordered the whole county to strengthen its defense, he also sent a letter to Yan and Yu to ask for help.