Yang Fu told Ma Chao: "My wife passed away in Lintao. I hope I can be allowed to rest for two months and bury my wife before coming back!" Ma Chao agreed, so Yang Fu passed through Licheng to appease Yi General Jiang. Xu, Jiang Xu is a cousin, and his mother is Yang Fu's aunt, who is already eighty-two years old. Yang Fu entered the cousin's house that day, paid homage to his aunt, and cried: "I can't guard the city, and the lord is in exile." There was no way to die, and he really didn't have the face to see his aunt again. Ma Chao betrayed the court and killed the guarding prefect. All the people hated him. Now my brother is guarding the town again, but he has no intention of attacking the bandits. Is this the reason for being a minister?" After saying this, tears of blood flowed from his eyes.
When Jiang Xu's mother found out, she called him in and scolded him: "Your Majesty was killed. It's your fault!"
Then he said to Yang Fu: "Since you have agreed to surrender and are just eating his food, why are you thinking about going on a crusade?"
He replied: "The reason why I surrendered to the bandits was to save my life and avenge my lord!"
Jiang Xu said: "I know how ferocious Ma Chao is, it's difficult to defeat him!"
He replied: "Ma Chao is a brave and foolhardy man who can be defeated easily! I have secretly made an agreement with Liang Kuan and Zhao Qu. As long as you agree to send troops, we will definitely act as internal agents."
Jiang Xu's mother said: "If you don't plot now, how long will it take? Everyone will die. If you die under loyalty, then it is a worthy death. Just leave me alone. If you don't listen to me, you will die." I will die in front of you now to show my determination to cut off your thoughts."
Jiang Xu had no other choice but to agree to send troops, so he discussed it with Yin Feng and Zhao Ang, the commander of the military academy. It turned out that Zhao Ang's son Zhao Yue was a general beside Ma Chao. Zhao Ang agreed to the idea that day. When he went back, he saw his wife Wang and said: "I discussed with Jiang Xu, Yang Fu and Yin Feng today to help Wei Kang avenge me. I think my son Zhao Yue is with Ma Chao now. If we raise an army, he will He will definitely kill my son first, what should I do?"
His wife sternly scolded: "In order to avenge your father, I will not hesitate to die, let alone a son. If you are worried about your son and refuse to raise an army, then I will die in front of you first."
In this way, Zhao Ang strengthened his confidence and raised troops together the next day. Jiang Xu and Yang Fu were in Licheng, and Yin Feng and Zhao Ang were in Qishan. The Wang family sold all the finances around them to use as military expenses to reward the soldiers. to encourage them.
Ma Chao was very angry when he heard that Jiang Xu and Yang Fu, together with Yin Feng and Zhao Ang, were raising troops to attack him. He immediately ordered Zhao Yue to be killed, and sent Pang De and Ma Dai to lead the troops and rushed to Licheng. The two formations faced each other. Yang Fu and Jiang Xu walked out in white robes and cursed: "Thieves who betray the monarch!"
Ma Chao was very angry and rushed over. The two armies fought in a melee. Jiang Xu and Yang Zhuo were no match for Ma Chao at all. They were defeated and left. Ma Chao rushed over with his troops and horses. There was a voice behind them. Yin Feng and Zhao Ang killed them. Coming over, when Ma Chao was about to return, he was attacked by two sides and could not take care of the head and tail. In the middle of the fight, another group of troops suddenly came out. It was Xia Houyuan who followed Cao Cao's order and led troops to attack Ma Chao. At this time, Ma Chao Being besieged by three armies, he was naturally no match for him, and he was killed and returned defeated.
They ran away like this all night, and when they went to Yicheng to shout at dawn, suddenly bows and arrows were shot down from the city. Liang Kuan and Zhao Qu stood on the city wall and chopped Ma Chao's wife into two pieces in front of him. , threw the corpses down the city wall, and killed Ma Chao's newly born children and a dozen related relatives from the city one by one. When Ma Chao saw it, he was so angry that he almost jumped off his horse. After falling down, Xia Houyuan also came with soldiers and horses from behind to kill him. Seeing the large number of opponents, Ma Chao did not dare to fight, so he could only fight his way out with Pang De and Ma Dai to escape.
I saw Jiang Xu and Yang Fu in front again. They fought for a while and continued to rush forward. They met Yin Feng and Zhao Ang again. After fighting for a while, they were basically no longer a team. Only fifty or sixty soldiers raised up and fled overnight. Four After the watch, when they walked to the bottom of Licheng, the guards thought that Jiang Xu had returned with his troops, so they opened the city gate. Ma Chao entered from the south of the city and killed all the people he met in the city. They rushed to Jiang Xu's home. , and captured his old mother. The old man didn't look scared at all and pointed at Ma Chao and cursed.
Ma Chao was very angry. He pulled out his sword and killed everyone in Yin Feng and Zhao Ang's family one by one. Zhao Ang's wife Wang escaped because she was in the army. Tribulation.
On the second day, Xia Houyuan led his army to kill him. Ma Chao could only abandon the city and flee, and continued to escape to the west. After walking for more than 20 miles, there happened to be a group of people in front of him, lined up in a row, and the man at the head It was Yang Fu. Ma Chao gritted his teeth and killed him directly. All seven of Yang Fu's brothers came out to surround Ma Chao. Pang De and Ma Dai resisted the team behind. Ma Chao killed all seven of them, and Yang Fu himself also He was shot five times and still persisted.
Xia Houyuan's army arrived later, and Ma Chao had no choice but to escape. Only Pang De and some of Ma Dai's cavalry followed him. Xia Houyuan led his troops into Longxi to appease the people there, and asked Jiang Xu and others to guard each other, and then took them with him in a cart. Yang Fu went to Xudu to meet Cao Cao.
Cao Cao made him the Marquis of Guannei, but Yang Fu declined: "I have no merit at all, and I have not sacrificed in battle. As far as the law is concerned, I should be executed. How can I have the dignity to be rewarded?"
Cao Cao commended him and promoted him to an official position.
Ma Chao discussed with Pang De and Ma Dai and planned to go directly to Hanzhong to defect to Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu was very happy when he found out about it. He thought that with a general like Ma Chao, the west could annex Yizhou and the east could resist Cao Cao, so they discussed the general. Ma Chao recruited him as his son-in-law.
General Yang Bai advised: "Ma Chao's wife died miserably, all because of Ma Chao. How could my lord hand over a woman to such a person?"
Zhang Lu thought it was right, so he gave up the idea of recruiting Ma Chao as his son-in-law. Someone told Ma Chao about it. Ma Chao was very angry and prepared to kill him. When Yang Bai found out, he discussed it with his brother Yang Song. Prepare to take down Ma Chao.
At this time, the envoy sent by Liu Zhang also arrived and asked Zhang Lu for help, but Zhang Lu ignored him at all.
Not long after, Liu Zhang sent Huang Quan to arrive again. He first went to Yang Song and said: "The relationship between the East and West Sichuan is as bad as the lips and the teeth. If the West Sichuan is gone, the East Sichuan will not be saved. I hope we can send troops and horses to rescue." , it can be exchanged for land from twenty states and counties."
Yang Song was very happy, so he took Huang Quan to see Zhang Lu and explained in detail how powerful he was. At the same time, he offered land from twenty states and counties as a reward. Zhang Lu thought the deal was a good deal and agreed immediately.
