"Liu Bei is indeed suspicious." Peng Yi nodded.

"Brother Yongyan, you and Fa Zheng voted for Liu Bei together, I don't know what position you live in now?" Meng Da asked.

"It's just a small official, it's not enough to worry about it!" Peng Yi waved his hand again and again in embarrassment.

The corners of Meng Da's mouth showed an imperceptible smile, and said: "I abandoned the city and joined Cao, and I was not taken seriously, and I was really bored in my heart. ”

"Alas, you and I are both pearls!" Peng Yi sighed and drank a glass of stuffy wine.

The two poured a lot of bitter water on each other, Meng Da thought about it again and again, and said: "Brother, if there is a dispute today, Wang Baoyu and his ilk still have Yiling and Xiangyang, with the heroism and majesty of the brother, you and I are old friends, why not conspire with each other?" ”

"What a big deal? What do you mean? Peng Yi asked in surprise.

"Ma Chao is the hero of the world, the champion of the three armies, and now he leads an army of 100,000, if the public can persuade Ma Chao to unite with you and me, he can support the army and stand on his own outside the heroes." Meng Dadao.

"How can such a rebellious remark come from!"

Peng Yi really moved his mind, but only a symbolic rebuttal. Meng Da disagreed, and said: "You and I are both unwilling to be mediocre, but they are under the fence and depressed. Or is it a monopoly on one side, and there are many deeds, how can Brother Yongyan not distinguish between interests and disadvantages? Need I say more? ”

"Let me think about it!" Peng Yi was relieved.

"Don't miss the opportunity, why think about it!"

Look at Meng Da, talking and doing things is refreshing, Peng Yi, who has been depressed, finally found a bosom friend, nodded in agreement, and asked: "I can persuade Ma Chao, if he doesn't allow it, what should I do?" ”

"In my opinion, Ma Chao must be angry with Liu Bei because of his father's enmity, he is originally a hero, how can he live under people for a long time? With the stakes, how could Ma Chao turn a deaf ear? Meng Da said.

"That's it, when I go back to persuade Ma Chao, let me have an incorruptible tongue, and let him turn against Liu Bei!"

After saying this, Peng Yi felt a little embarrassed, blowing at both ends.

"Haha, it's really fun!"

With good wishes, Meng Da and Peng Yi drank happily until they were drunk, and Peng Yi rested in Shangyong for one night. He slept until dusk the next day, and then returned to the camp with his head rubbed, his legs weak and his body still smelled of alcohol.

Ma Chao waited left and right, for fear of change, fidgeting, it was easy to wait for Peng Yi to come back, still like this, he was very dissatisfied in his heart, and suppressed his temperament and asked: "Military advisor, Meng Da is willing to open the city and surrender?" ”

"Meng Da surrendered to Cao Cao, and because of his status as a subordinate, he was repeatedly despised, and he had long been anti-Cao. After my strong persuasion, his heart has been moved, and he was forced by Liu Feng to take refuge in Cao Cao before, and he had to do it as a last resort. Peng Yi said.

"It's so good, winning without a fight, it's a great achievement for the military division." Ma Chao immediately became happy, maybe he had mistaken Ping Pengyi.

"The husband can't live under the people for a long time, if we unite with Meng Da, the army will have 130,000, enter Xiangyang, retreat can take Hanzhong, the north can take Nanyang, the general is brave and brave, and he will be able to achieve a great cause." Peng Yi said.

Ma Chao couldn't help but be stunned, and wondered: "The lord didn't let me wait to attack Xiangyang?" ”

"If you seize Xiangyang, are you still afraid of the lord's punishment?"

Looking at Peng Yi's fluttering eyes, Ma Chao suddenly realized that Peng Yi was persuading himself to turn his face with Liu Bei and take away the 100,000 army by the way, which was not trivial.

"The general should not hesitate, when he decides, he will decide, otherwise he will be in trouble, Meng Da and I are willing to follow the general." Peng Yi said.

Ma Chao frowned, thought about it, and pretended to struggle for a while, as if under Peng Yi's continued persuasion, he seemed to have finally figured it out, and nodded excitedly: "A word from the military advisor, let Meng Qimao suddenly open up!" Meng Qi thanked the military advisor for his trust, so that we can set up our own doors and conquer the world again! ”

Peng Yi laughed, he didn't expect to persuade Ma Chao like this, and the next morning, Peng Yi came to Shangyong City with Ma Chao with great excitement.

"General Meng, quickly open the city gate, and the three of us will discuss the plan." Peng Yi shouted.

Meng Da saw that Ma Chao was only with thirty or fifty entourages, and he was not guarded, so he quickly opened the city gate and came to greet him in person.

However, just when Meng Da opened the city gate and was about to leave the city, Ma Chao, who had crossed the suspension bridge, suddenly turned his face, danced with a silver spear, and picked up a row of guarded soldiers, guarding the city gate to the death, and it could not be closed at all.

At the same time, the smoke and dust were billowing outside the city, and the army shouted and rushed towards the city, Meng Da's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly came to meet Ma Chao, where was he Ma Chao's opponent, and in less than ten rounds, he fled in a hurry.

Meng Da scolded Peng Yi villain while running away, and deceived him so hard!

Peng Yi was dumbfounded and exclaimed, "General Meng Qi, how can you not believe what you say? ”

"Hmph, rebel thief, how can I be complicit with you." Ma Chao snorted coldly.

"Among the generals, the dragon and the phoenix, are you really willing to be driven by Liu Bei?"

"If you talk nonsense, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Ma Chao shook the silver spear as he spoke, and ordered the soldiers to take down Peng Yi, and then, the army swarmed up and quickly occupied Shangyong City.

Meng Da led the Shangyong army to flee, and Ma Chao ignored Peng Yi first and led the army in hot pursuit. Shangyong had 10,000 soldiers and horses, but less than 3,000 were killed, and at this time, Ma Chao's other troops had already surrounded the remaining two cities.

Meng Da saw that he could not escape back to the other cities at all, so he could only give up and go north, and seeing that Meng Da had fled, the other two cities surrendered without a fight. Ma Chao calculated and took the three counties of Shangyong lightly.

Meng Da fled to Nanyang and met Xu Huang's reinforcements, but he didn't dare to mention the conspiracy with Peng Yi, only saying that Ma Chao was unstoppable, so he was defeated.

The three counties had fallen into the hands of Ma Chao, Xu Huang hurriedly sent someone to report to Cao Pi, asking if he would take the three counties again, and Cao Pi finally ordered Xu Huang to lead the army back.

Peng Yi was tied up by five flowers and sent back to Chengdu, Ma Chao explained the cause and effect in detail in the letter, but Liu Bei was stunned and said: "Alas, Peng Yi's rebellion is really caused by loneliness and lack of talent, and loneliness is also a mistake." ”

Huang Quan, Li Yan and others pleaded for Peng Yi one after another, but Zhuge Liang did not agree, and said firmly: "Those who are troubled will be punished to prevent future troubles." ”

Liu Bei hesitated, but still ordered Peng Yi to be executed, and reported his people and affairs everywhere to set an example.

Subsequently, Liu Bei sent Liu Ba to Shangyong to temporarily manage the affairs of the three counties, and Ma Chao did not withdraw for the time being to prevent Cao's army from counterattacking.

On the Yiling side, hearing that the three counties had fallen into Liu Bei's hands, Mo Qianxun said depressedly: "Liu Bei's guy occupies the three counties in the end, and looks down on me Xiangyang." ”

"Don't worry! Liu Bei will not turn his face with us. Wang Baoyu persuaded.

"I'm not afraid of turning his face, but on the side of the couch, it's annoying to sleep soundly!" Mo Qianxun said, while he was talking, the guards came to report, General Ma Chao came to Yiling, and asked to see King Hanxing outside the city gate.