Summary of the previous chapter: During Cao Cao's attack on Ye City, Ma Xiaoquan sent three letters to Cao Cao in a row. The first letter advised Cao Cao not to be impulsive and calm down; the second letter suggested that Cao Cao pacify the outskirts of Ye City;
The three letters advised Cao Cao to avoid Yuan Shang and not to be too cruel. Unfortunately, Cao Cao, who "would rather betray others", didn't listen at all...
Guo Jia secretly wrote a letter to Ma Xiaoquan. However, since the delivery of the letter took time, it was impossible for the letter to be delivered to Ma Xiaoquan in time while Cao Cao was launching operations.
Yuan Shang was a coward, and he was afraid that Cao Cao would attack him if he walked on the main road. Therefore, Yuan Shang "weighed it over and over again" and decided to sneak away through a small road.
Yuan Shang's move played into Cao Cao's heart.
Without hesitation, Cao Cao led all his soldiers and waited on the alley for Yuan Shang to come over and ask for a fight.
Yuan Shang's idea was to set up a double trap from Xiaolu and Yecheng. Unfortunately, his little trick couldn't be hidden from the experienced Cao Cao.
Cao Cao divided his troops into two sides and ordered them to attack immediately if there was any movement.
Not long after, a spark of fire suddenly appeared not far away, and the soldiers of Cao's army rushed out to kill them, shouting.
Yuan Shang screamed in fright and looked back, only to find that the way back was blocked by Cao Jun. However, Yuan Shang had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight with Cao Jun.
Although Cao Cao led all elite troops, but after three months of attacking Yecheng, the soldiers were already exhausted. Although Yuan Shang's troops were not as good as Cao Cao's, they had full HP and MP. Therefore, the two sides were indistinguishable at first.
On par.
When Cao Cao saw this, he wondered how this could work, so he changed his formation dozens of times, and finally defeated Yuan Shangjun.
Yuan Shang couldn't defeat Cao Cao, and he couldn't run back, so he had to bite the bullet and continue fighting Cao Cao, and then wait for an opportunity to enter Ye City.
In the city, Shen Pei ordered him to lower the city gate and go out to attack Cao Cao with his lord Yuan Shang. For a time, the pincer attack between Shen Pei and Yuan Shang caused Cao Cao's army to fall into a passive stalemate.
Cao Cao's generals were strong and led their troops to push Yuan Shang back. As soon as he saw Yuan Shang retreating, Cao Cao thought of taking the opportunity to attack Ye City. The judge saw through Cao Cao's idea and immediately ordered the fire crossbowmen to fire furiously.
Pushed Cao Jun back...
"What the hell!" Cao Cao angrily kicked away the saber stuck on Yuan Jun's body.
"Hit me, no matter what, if you beat me at any cost, I won't believe it, and you can't catch this stinky boy Yuan Shang?"
Cao Cao gave an order and Cao Jun attacked Yecheng with all his strength.
Originally, when attacking the city, an escape door was left for those who did not want to fight, were unwilling to fight, ran away, or surrendered.
It is said that the first thing to attack a city is to attack the heart. A city that has left an escape door, no matter how strong it is, has the possibility of being breached.
However, if the escape door is sealed, the defenders in the city will definitely fight to the end.
At this time, Cao Cao did not care about the cost at all. He first ordered the escape door to be sealed, and then used rockets to attack the defenders in Yecheng.
The defenders of Yecheng saw that Cao Cao had even sealed the escape door, so they had no choice but to fight desperately.
It is a pity that Cao's army has a large number of people and advanced weapons, especially the thunder chariot, which is very powerful. Although Ye City is strong, it cannot always withstand the bombardment of big rocks.
Yuan Shang hid in the safety shield defensive formation set up by the cavalry. He was so frightened that he wanted to surrender, so he ordered someone to shoot out a letter of surrender.
It is a pity that the surrender letter was not obtained by Cao Cao, but became an unknown discarded item in the chaos of war.
Yuan Shang waited for a long time and found that Cao Cao not only did not stop the attack, but intensified it. Yuan Shang gritted his teeth and decided to abandon Yecheng, break out and escape.
At this time, most of Cao's troops were concentrated at the foot of Ye City to fight with Shen Pei, so Yuan Shang managed to find a way to escape without much effort.
Without thinking, Yuan Shang hurriedly led the remaining troops to flee to Qishan.
Just before they could escape a few steps, his subordinates Ma Yan and others unexpectedly surrendered, causing Yuan Shang to curse.
However, now that the matter has come to this, Yuan Shang has no choice but to continue running away while scolding him.
Cao Cao's goal was in Ye City, not Yuan Shang. Therefore, after confiscating Yuan Shang's Yuan Shang's seals and ribbons, Cao Cao took them outside Ye City to show off his power, causing the morale of the defenders in Ye City to plummet.
The judge was very passive and ordered the sergeants to withdraw to Yecheng and defend it.
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Xuchang, Ma Family Courtyard.
Ma Xiaoquan stood alone on the roof with his hands behind his back, looking at the stars.
The starry sky tonight is very beautiful, the sky is dotted with stars, giving people a very peaceful and comfortable feeling when you calm down.
Although the environment was good, Ma Xiaoquan was very anxious at this time.
Madam Hua Yuexin has been pregnant for a year, from July last year to July this year, a full year.
According to common sense, a person's pregnancy period is ten months, which is exactly what it means to be pregnant in ten months, but Huayue Xin has been pregnant for a whole year and there is still no movement.
"Is it possible that Madam gave birth to Nezha for me?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and slapped himself: "What nonsense are you talking about? Nezha is a mythical figure..."
Under the roof, Miaoyu hugged Ma Yan and shouted to Ma Xiaoquan: "Ms. sir, why are you up there?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, jumped down, pinched Xiao Ma Yan's cheek, and said: "It's okay, Miaoyu, why aren't you sleeping yet?"
Miaoyu opened her eyes wide and asked Ma Xiaoquan: "Ms. sir, what is Nezha?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Oh, haven't you seen The Romance of the Gods?"
Miaoyu shook her head.
Ma Xiaoquan said oh, and then he remembered that The Romance of the Gods was from the Ming Dynasty, and it was still the end of the Han Dynasty. Of course Miaoyu had never read it.
Ma Xiaoquan laughed and asked Miaoyu: "How is Madam?"
Miaoyu frowned and said, "Everything is fine with Mrs. Yue'er. If she hadn't been pregnant, there would be no clue that she was pregnant at all."
Ma Xiaoquan said: "It's been a year, why do I have an ominous premonition?"
"Bah, bah, bah," Miaoyu said, "My husband has a crow's mouth."
In Miaoyu's arms, Xiao Ma Yanyi saw her mother talking about her father, and quickly answered: "Mom said that daddy has a crow's mouth, daddy has a crow's mouth, daddy has a crow's mouth..."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, ran to the door of Hua Yuexin's bedroom, and gently knocked on the door twice.
A woman's voice came from the room: "Come in"
When I entered the house, I saw Diao Chan and the others were there.
“I’ve met my husband”
Ma Xiaoquan hummed and sat next to Hua Yuexin: "Madam, how are you? How do you feel?"
Hua Yuexin shook her head.
Ma Xiaoquan looked at Diao Chan, who said: "Mr. Chan'er, Chan'er has been tested and both the wife and the fetus are normal."
"Normal? It's been a year, how can it be normal?"
Diao Chan said with a pretty face, "That's true. If you don't believe me, you can listen to it."
Ma Xiaoquan doubtfully put his ear to Hua Yuexin's lower abdomen and listened carefully. There was indeed some movement.
"Well..." Ma Xiaoquan let out a long breath of relief.
Hua Yuexin asked: "Ms. sir, would you like to think of a name for the child?"
Ma Xiaoquan hummed and said, "Just call him Ma Zheng. He should be an upright person."
"Ma Zheng?" Diao Chan asked, "Ms. sir, why does it sound like a boy's name?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Yes, it's a boy."
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, several women who had given birth to daughters began to envy him.
Xiu'er and Hua Lin pouted and said: "My husband is partial, Mrs. Yue'er and the others all have boys, but we have girls..."
Ma Xiaoquan laughed: "How about we have a few more someday?"
Upon hearing this, the two girls blushed, lowered their heads and stopped talking.
Hua Yue thought: "Ms. sir, how do you know it will be a boy?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and did not answer Hua Yuexin's question, but Ma Xiaoquan had already made up his mind: if everything is over after the mission of the end of Han Dynasty is completed, he must go to see the Ming Dynasty.
look.
"Ma Zheng haha..." Ma Xiaoquan thought of the family genealogy collected by his uncle, which clearly wrote the name of the second generation head of the Ma family, Ma Zheng.
Is all this fate or coincidence?
Another month passed in the blink of an eye, and in mid-August, Hua Yuexin finally showed signs of giving birth.
The main wife's procreation is different from other concubines. Although there is not much class concept in the Ma family compound, this is the case for people in ancient times. As long as she is the main wife, she is definitely the leader of the house.
Diao Chan has already prepared a lot of nourishing medicines. As soon as Madam Hua Yuexin gives birth, these tonics will be provided as soon as possible;
Xiuer and Miaoyu embroidered a lot of children's clothes for their children to wear;
Although Hua Lin and Ling'er became mothers, their behavior was still childish. Therefore, these two little women decided to stay with Hua Yuexin and wait for orders;
Ma Zhuzhu collected more than a dozen pairs of shoes for children, some for boys and some for girls...
Hualin asked Ma Zhuzhu with a smile: "Sister Zhuzhu, my sister gave birth to a boy. Why did you accept a girl's shoes?"
Ma Zhuzhu smiled and said: "Mrs. Yue'er hasn't given birth yet, how can you be sure it's a boy?"
Ling'er answered: "My husband said, my husband also named the child Ma Zheng."
"Huh?" Ma Zhuzhu looked at Hua Yuexin, who blushed and nodded gently.
"It seems that my fairy brother is really not simple... Haha..." Ma Zhuzhu said, putting away the little shoes worn by girls.
At night, as soon as Ma Xiaoquan undressed and went to bed, ready to rest, he heard a woman's scream suddenly rang out in the courtyard.
"Madam is about to give birth, Madam is about to give birth..."
Ma Xiaoquan put on his pants in shock, rushed out of the room shirtless, and headed straight for Hua Yuexin's bedroom.
When Ma Xiaoquan arrived at Hua Yuexin's bedroom, the door of the room was already crowded with servants and maids.
Just as Ma Xiaoquan was about to rush in, Ma Zhuzhu stopped him: "Men are not allowed in."
Ma Xiaoquan wanted to say that in our modern society, it is allowed for the husband to accompany the child during the birth, but before Ma Xiaoquan could speak, Ma Zhuzhu pointed to the basin in the corner and said, "Go and boil some hot water."
