After hearing this, Ma Chao's eyes narrowed slightly. Although he was brave, he had nothing in terms of strategy.
After thinking for a while, he nodded.
"I see."
For a time, the seemingly calm Hanzhong County was also turbulent behind the scenes.
It is late autumn now, approaching winter, the sky has darkened relatively early, and it is already night.
The moon and stars were sparse in the sky. Under the moonlight, the figures of nearly a thousand people were approaching a mansion in the dark night.
In the mansion, there was a pair of deep eyes in the dark house. At this time, Ma Chao was not sleepy at all.
He often camped in the wild in Xiliang, and he could clearly detect the movements of wild animals from a hundred steps away.
How could he not hear the actions of thousands of people who were only a hundred steps away at this moment?
Although these people had deliberately suppressed their movements, they still couldn't escape Ma Chao's ears.
Ma Chao's eyes showed a glint, and Zhang Lu really couldn't help but take action.
Everything is just like what Sima Yi said about the prosthetic eyes. Fortunately, there are still many elites in this mansion.
Although the mansion was dark at the moment, hundreds of elite soldiers were waiting for them, and it was not a problem to fight against more than a thousand people.
Zhang Lu really thought highly of him and mobilized more than a thousand people to come over.
"Da da da!" It was obviously not a very loud sound, but it was clearly audible to everyone at this time.
There was no sign at all, and the soldiers who entered the mansion first looked around in horror.
"Poof!"
The long sword had already penetrated his body, and hundreds of elites took action.
The soldier used up his last bit of strength and said: "There is an ambush."
The moonlight shines through the crack in the door, and it is obvious that there is a well-known elite soldier.
Without any warning, the two sides started fighting.
Ma Chao even brought out the gun himself. From the crowd, he saw Zhang Lu and the counselor Yan Pu beside him.
Then Ma Chao said coldly: "General Zhang is too unkind, isn't he?"
Now that he has been seen through, Zhang Lu has nothing to hide, so he said calmly: "Now Cao Wei is the general trend, if you turn around, it's still too late!"
Zhang Lu had long had his heart set on Wei.
Ma Chao chuckled lightly and said indifferently: "It seems there is nothing more to say. Kill everyone!"
All the elite men under Zhang Lu drew their swords and slashed directly at the thousand men under Zhang Lu.
Zhang Lu's face was a little ugly when he was exposed in front of him. Today was already a fight to the death.
If you can't win Ma Chao, then you will be the one who dies.
In just a quarter of an hour of confrontation, Zhang Lu showed signs of defeat.
He sighed slightly and closed his eyes. Zhang Lu never imagined that Ma Chao would hide hundreds of people in the mansion.
In this battle, he was completely defeated.
That night, the Zhang family in Hanzhong County was executed by nine tribes, and all military power was taken over by Xiliang Ma Chao.
Because of this incident, Sima Yi was even regarded as a military advisor by Ma Chao.
The status is different from the past. Normally, Sima Yi was just an aide, but now his status has changed drastically.
Ma Teng would probably still be wary of him, but Ma Chao would not.
The news spread to surrounding counties in an instant, and Zhao Feng, who was far away in Long County, naturally heard the news.
"My lord, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong County has been destroyed."
Zhao Feng nodded and began to think. It seemed that Ma Chao could not have done this. Sima Yi must have been instigating it behind his back.
In this way, they regained the old headquarters of Hanzhong County, and I am afraid that they will have as many as 80,000 soldiers.
Hanzhong County is surrounded by mountains, making it an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place. If they were to block it, it would be very difficult for Cao Jun to attack by force.
The eyes of Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia and others beside them flickered. Ma Chao had captured Hanzhong County. This was the last thing they wanted to see.
Guo Jia looked at Zhao Feng and asked, "My Lord, how can we capture Hanzhong County?"
Seeing Zhao Feng still drinking tea calmly, Guo Jia, who had been with him for a long time, knew that his lord might have already had a countermeasure.
Zhao Feng then smiled and asked, "I wonder if you have any good ideas?"
Zhuge Liang, who was below, smiled and said: "My lord, I have thought of a plan. When we were fighting against the Southern Barbarians, the Southern Barbarians' soldiers regarded the mountains as plain ground. If we let the barbarian soldiers come, they would definitely be able to defeat Hanzhong."
Looking at Zhuge Liang, Zhao Feng also smiled. It was almost what he thought, but he had already been planning.
Then he said: "The elites I recruited in the Southern Barbarians half a month ago should be almost there."
As soon as these words came out, everyone froze on the spot and took a breath of cold air.
"hiss!"
The lord actually fled to Hanzhong County together with the Xiliang army. Isn't this too terrifying?
Xiliang is lucky enough to be set up by the lord to set up such a big game. It is also a lifetime blessing.
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, then he bowed and said, "My lord is still wise."
This was not a compliment, it was what he said from the bottom of his heart, and he was extremely shocked.
Zhao Feng waved his hand and said: "It's time to bring Xiahou Dun back. After recruiting him in the Nanzhong area for so long, it should be enough."
"At the same time, arrange the baggage that was transported to Chang'an in the past two days. There is no armor for the flying army."
At this time, everyone was already numb, and even the armor was ready. You must know that making armor takes a long time.
It wasn't half a month before I saw this premeditation, it took at least a month to predict the current situation.
Then Zhao Feng looked at the crowd and said, "Now we just need to keep a low profile and wait for the arrival of the Wudang Feijun."
"Everyone, please retreat."
Zhao Feng stood up and looked at the people leaving with a smile, but at this moment a bronze bird suddenly came forward.
"My lord, I have something important to say."
Zhao Feng asked calmly: "What's the matter?"
Tongque lowered his head and said, "It's the Prime Minister's business."
After hearing this, Zhao Feng finally showed a hint of surprise and asked curiously: "Prime Minister, what is he doing now?"
The bronze bird paused and said, "The Prime Minister and the Young Emperor recently went out hunting. It seems that he is judging who is loyal to the Han and who is loyal to the Wei in the current court."
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Feng was stunned on the spot and was extremely shocked. What did Cao Cao want to do?
Identify the current situation and stance of the imperial court. Is this an attempt to usurp the Han Dynasty?
Logically speaking, Cao Cao was not the person to do such a thing, which made Zhao Feng even more curious.
However, Cao Wei is in such a situation now that there is nothing wrong with proclaiming himself emperor.
But thinking of Cao Cao in history, Zhao Feng's expression changed slightly. He didn't say anything more, but looked at Tongque and nodded.
"I understand, don't tell anyone about this."
At the same time, there was great excitement in Long County. Xiliang captured Hanzhong County and occupied a dangerous place. Cao Jun did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it.
Instead, he rested in Long County and waited until Wudang Feijun arrived.
