When Pang De was startled, Ma Chao's hand holding the wine trembled for no reason. When Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun saw Ma Chao's situation, they immediately realized that Cao Zhi had an insider in Ma Chao's army. But then Cao Zhi immediately denied it.
Got this.
When Cao Zhi saw Ma Chao accidentally shaking a few drops of wine from his hand, he couldn't help but regretfully said: "Don't worry, I didn't place any scouts in your army!"
"Fart..." Pang De was about to argue angrily to cover up the gaffe he and Ma Chao had just made. However, Ma Chao waved his hand to stop him again.
At this time, Ma Chao no longer had any interest in drinking. He put down the wine glass in his hand and said without pretentiousness: "Prefect Cao, what do you want to say? Just hurry up. Chao is very impatient."
Cao Zhi once again smiled calmly, glanced at Ma Chao, whose face became gloomy, stood up from his seat, stretched his numb legs, and said: "I am also in a hurry, so I won't go around in circles. Ma Chao, I
I think you should have obtained the military information that Yuan Junzhong, who attacked Youzhou, sent 100,000 troops back to Jizhou two days ago?"
Ma Chao paused, thought for a moment, and nodded cheerfully.
Cao Zhi said "hmm" and continued: "Those hundred thousand soldiers and horses are actually not Yuan Benchu's, those soldiers and horses are mine!"
Ma Chao twitched his eyebrows, glanced at Pound on the left, and tried to keep his voice as calm as possible: "So what?"
Cao Zhi said calmly: "It's not that great, because you will soon learn that one of these 100,000 troops, led by General Le Jin, has moved to the pass of the Great Wall, and 20,000 of them are now along Jizhou
The ancient road in the territory is interrupted by the Taihang Mountains. Let me calculate that we should almost reach the designated location today."
At this moment, not only Ma Chao but also Pang De were listening carefully to Cao Zhi's troop deployment. Even Zang Ba, who was too excited just now and refused to sit down, took the initiative to sit down and listened. And Du Da on Cao Zhi's side
When Cao Xiu and others saw that everyone was mobilized by Cao Zhi and looked very afraid, they couldn't help but look happy and began to feel a little proud.
Cao Zhi didn't care about his military secrets. The situation of the trip to Yanmen had exceeded his expectations. He had to change his plan slightly and win over two more allies.
"Not only have the deployment there been in place, but I also have three thousand personal guard battalions waiting at the Great Wall Pass closest to you at Yanmen. Hey! Speaking of the personal guard battalions, let your three hundred personal guards withdraw first.
Well, there are so many people talking, I guarantee that no one here will use violence."
When Ma Chao was asked by Cao Zhi how many guards there were, his face turned blue and white for a long time. But Cao Zhi was telling the truth. His total number of troops guarding Yanmen Pass was only 5,000. How could he possibly have that?
One Thousand Guards Camp. At first, he fooled the people by saying that he had brought five thousand elite soldiers to appease the people. Ma Chao knew that it was pointless to show off in front of Cao Zhi. If someone dared to bring only a few subordinates to join the state, he had figured it out.
They just came from the bottom.
At Ma Chao's wave, the sound of "clang, clang" started again. Except for a few guards who continued to stay in the house, most of the tense military guards withdrew from the wooden house.
Ma Chao was angry when his lies were exposed by Cao Zhi, but Ma Chao remained calm. Although he was still young and sometimes wanted to act radically, he did not do so today. In front of an important event of great right and wrong, Ma Chao behaved like an ordinary person.
Unparalleled stability.
"Of course, don't worry, these soldiers and horses are not used to deal with you Yanmen, and I have no interest in invading Bingzhou."
Ma Chao had no reaction, and Cao Zhi continued his statement slowly while pacing. At this point, Pang De immediately said unconvinced: "I'm sorry you don't dare!"
Neither Cao Zhi nor Ma Chao cared about Pound's situation. After a slight pause, Cao Zhi continued: "Now my army of 100,000 troops is divided into three groups, led by Xia Houyuan, Li Dian and Le Jin respectively. The direction is
Zhongshan State’s goal is to deal with Zhang Yan’s Black Mountain Army.”
When Ma Chao heard Cao Zhi's intention, he breathed a sigh of relief, glanced to the left, and exchanged a happy mood with Pang De.
"This is all the military affairs of Governor Cao, what does it have to do with me?" Ma Chao regained his calm demeanor, raised his glass, calmly took another sip of strong wine, and said slowly.
"I was not met by the Major General at first. I finished my work and left, but now I want to make a deal with him."
"Buy or sell?"
Ma Chao looked at Cao Zhi who was chatting with confusion, as if he wanted to see through all his thoughts.
"Yes, Major General, to tell you the truth, the main reason I came to Yanmen this time is to instigate King Wuhuanqiao of Yanmen to surrender to me. I also want to take them away and return to Jizhou with me to deal with Zhang Yan."
"Yanmen Wuhuan has already formed an alliance with the Black Mountain bandits and wants to go to Youzhou to reinforce Gongsun Zan. Is that something you can take away with you?"
Pound immediately raised objections to Cao Zhi's bold words. Not only did he overturn what Cao Zhi said, but he also showed that they also knew a lot.
Cao Zhi grinned, nodded and admitted: "Yes, that was before my people contacted King Wuhuanqiao of Yanmen. This gentleman named himself King Wuhuanqiao. If I am not mistaken, he does not have any royal status."
Is it a title and a reward?"
When Cao Zhi said this, his eyes looked directly at Pound, who was still full of confidence. Pound was panicked by his direct approach, and it turned out that Cao Zhi was right. When people are panicked, they will naturally
Find your own pillar of support. Pound's pillar of support is Ma Chao, his superior general.
Pang De looked at Ma Chao with a guilty look, and Ma Chao glared at him fiercely, almost scolding him: "If you don't know how to speak, don't speak. This will make Scar's trump cards known to others!"
Ma Chao hated him, but he still had to do the work of wiping his butt, "What's the matter?"
Cao Zhi smiled when he heard this and said: "When I was fighting with Yuan Shao in Youzhou, I met the authentic King Wuhuanqiao of Youzhou. He is the brother of King Wuhuanqiao of Yanmen. Through his introduction, I got to know him smoothly.
This 'adult' younger brother of Yanmen Wuhuan has long had doubts about following the Black Mountain Bandits in rebellion. I pledged to him in the name of Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao and my eldest brother Yanzhou Mu that only by following the righteous master will we be able to succeed in the future.
There is good news to be had, now it is basically finalized that he will defect and join our army, all he has to do is cross Yanmen Pass and follow me back to Jizhou."
Cao Zhi paused for a moment after saying this, letting Ma Chao and others digest it, and then said: "Now the Major General must agree to pass the customs, so I thought of cooperation." As he spoke, Cao Zhi suddenly puffed up his chest and raised his voice twice.
Said: "I believe that the Major General, Governor Ma, and even the Governor of Han do not want to antagonize Yuan Benchu, so they have remained neutral on the war in Youzhou. After Yuan Zhoumu obtained Baoqiu, he has gone deep into the hinterland of Youzhou. I believe that with Yuan Benchu's
With the strength of soldiers and horses, Liu He, King Wuhuanqiao and other coalition forces, it would be a matter of time for them to pacify Youzhou. But now a Black Mountain bandit has appeared in the hinterland of Yuan Benchu's Jizhou and wants to rush to the aid of Gongsun Zan. Naturally, Yuan Benchu will not let him do so. His big boss
My nephew ** has already been stationed in Zhongshan Kingdom. In addition, he sent me to lead his troops back in order to stop the progress of this group of strong men. I think it will not be difficult to stop them with my military strength. Of course, I may also be like General Pang
As I said, I can't see the sun tomorrow. It's not a big deal, but I can't appear outside Yanmen Pass tomorrow. My subordinates will definitely change their pace and come to Bingzhou to see what happened to me."
When Cao Zhi said this, he swept away everyone in the room and saw that Ma Chao had avoided Cao Zhi's gaze. He started to touch his chin and frowned in pretend contemplation. Cao Zhi knew that Ma Chao wanted to avoid this problem. After he smiled, he refused to give up.
The stupid young man took no chance to think, and said slowly: "The fastest ones to rush to Yanmen are my three thousand personal guards. The twenty or thirty thousand people in the Yue Jin Department will no longer make detours towards Zhending. I think they
They will directly cross the Taihang Mountains, and then insert into the Bingzhou area from the west. Let me think about it, that place seems to be called Huguan. Finally, the Xiahouyuan tribe and the Li Dian tribe will also stop their footsteps into the Zhongshan Kingdom and look back.
They forced themselves to squeeze through the Great Wall to collect my corpse. However, Zhang Yan and other Black Mountain thieves could only let them jump over the Zhongshan Kingdom and drive straight into Youzhou. Anyway, with the addition of Zhang Yan and his group, Yuan Benchu would not necessarily be defeated."
When Cao Zhi finished speaking, Du Damu laughed triumphantly and blurted out, with a triumphant look on his face. He still winked at Pound and began to provoke him.
Cao Zhi's face turned cold, and he turned around to block the intersection of Pang De and Du Damu's eyes, and glared at this guy who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth.
"I don't know if I'm fooling around!"
Du Damu, a former Yellow Turban thief, was not stupid. Cao Xiu, who was also ready to become proud, looked at Cao Zhi's eyes and quickly lowered his head, pretending to arrange his clothes, peel off his fingers and so on, to cover up his frivolity.
Ma Chao didn't notice Du Damu and other villains being successful. He only knew that Cao Zhi was threatening him. But Cao Zhi's 100,000 troops were no joke. If they really invaded Bingzhou, they wouldn't be able to do so with their current strength.
Can be blocked. And judging from Cao Zhi’s deliberate or unintentional defense, most of his troops are still on the border of Jizhou, but they are all on the border of Jizhou and Bingzhou. If it is really like what Cao Zhi said
Just like that, his troops suddenly turned around and invaded Bingzhou from Yanmen and Huguan. It would soon form a pincer attack from the north and the south. By then, I am afraid that Bingzhou would be easily destroyed by Cao Zhi's army.
Ma Chao was in trouble all of a sudden. He had no intention of killing Cao Zhi, but he suddenly captured so many world-famous bosses. Ma Chao didn't know how to deal with it, so before meeting Cao Zhi and others, he wrote a letter
A letter was sent to Xiliang at high speed to ask for instructions from the old man. It is best to ask him to come as soon as possible. After all, he has little experience in dealing with this kind of matter. If one thing is not handled well, the whole body will be affected, which will be more than the gain.
In addition, he hid this matter from Han Sui and reported it to his father who was far away in Xiliang first. Ma Chao had no other reason to arrest so many big guys at once, which should be a good thing. Good things will naturally have benefits, and there are benefits.
The Ma family should be on a first-come-first-served basis. As for Han Sui, the father's sworn brother, of course they should be left alone until they have enough to eat before notifying him.