Ma Chao struggled to catch up and almost caught up with Cao Cao. He didn't want a Cao Hong to resist more than a dozen rounds for Cao Cao at once. Cao Cao had run away, and then reinforcements from Cao Jun arrived. Ma Chao was outnumbered and lost. Without Cao Hong, Cao Cao would have been beheaded. And this Cao Hong was almost killed by Cao Cao because he didn't finish the task before. Afterwards, Cao Cao praised Cao Hong. The story begins with Ma Teng, Ma Chao's father, being killed by Cao Cao, and then Ma Chao comes to Xuchang to avenge his father and eradicate Cao Cao.
Ma Chao, with the army of Xiliang, first attacked Chang 'an and then came to Tongguan. Cao Cao sent many people in Tongguan, among them, Cao Hong and Huang Xu were the generals, Cao Hong was an impatient man, and Huang Xu was calm and focused on the overall situation. Huang Xu told Cao Hong that as long as he held the city, he didn't have to go out of the city to fight with Ma Chao ... Ma Chao cursed Cao Cao at the gate of Tongguan, scolding Cao Cao's ancestors for eighteen generations one by one, which made Cao Hong very unhappy, but Huang Xu stopped Cao Hong, but on the ninth day, Ma Chao designed an illusion.
D arranged for some lazy soldiers to rest in the lower city, which made Cao Hong think that he had let his guard down. As a result, Cao Hong was really taken in, and brought many military forces out to attack Ma Chao, while Ma Chao and Ma Dai entered from the rear, and Cao Hong was caught off guard. Cao Hong took some down archers to see Cao Cao, who almost killed Cao Hong.