Yangzhou Lingbi was previously guarded by Ding Feng, the general of Sun Wu. However, as Sun Quan and Zhou Yu led Sun Wu's army to evacuate, Ding Feng was ordered to leave with the defenders here. Waiting in Shouchun
While the war was going on, the Lingbi became an empty city with no one to capture it.
However, this state lasted until yesterday. The black flag of Cao Wei began to fly on the top of Lingbi City. Cao Wei generals Ma Chao, Cao Hong and Li Dian led an army of ten thousand people and captured Lingbi City. On the top of the city
, Ma Dai, the younger brother of Ma Chao, the head coach of the army advancing to Yangzhou, was directing the soldiers to arrange the defense line on the city.
Over the years, Ma Dai has been following Ma Chao. Although Ma Dai's skills are not as outstanding as Ma Chao, Ma Dai has a calm temperament and is reliable in doing things. He has helped Ma Chao a lot on weekdays. It can be said that Ma Chao is now under Cao Cao's account.
Being able to have such a status is partly due to his extraordinary martial arts, but on the other hand, Ma Dai's help is also indispensable!
The sentries for the shift had just been set up when a sergeant suddenly ran from the direction of the city and shouted loudly at Ma Dai: "Major General Ma! Major General Ma! Something bad is going to happen!"
In the Cao Wei army, the soldiers generally called Ma Chao General Ma. As Ma Chao's younger brother, in order to distinguish him, the soldiers usually called Ma Dai as Major General Ma. Hearing the sergeant calling him, Ma Dai turned his head.
Go and shout with confusion: "I'm here! What happened?"
The sergeant hurriedly ran to Ma Dai, panting heavily, and said urgently: "Major General Ma! Go to the city guard mansion quickly! General Ma and General Cao, they, they are fighting!
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"Huh?" Ma Dai frowned immediately, but he didn't look surprised. Instead, he shook his head and sighed. In fact, this kind of thing has happened frequently since he left Yanzhou and arrived in Yangzhou. Ma Chao
Both Cao Hong and Cao Hong are people with extremely violent tempers. How could they live in peace when they met together? They have been able to maintain it without any major incidents until now. They all relied on Ma Dai and Li Dian to persuade them to make peace.
.Immediately, Ma Dai asked the sergeant: "Have you notified General Li?"
The sergeant immediately replied: "General Li is already guarding the city, but judging from the situation, it seems that General Li has also participated in the quarrel between General Ma and General Cao!"
"Ah?" Ma Dai was shocked at this time. He didn't expect that Li Dian, who had always been calm, got involved. At that moment, Ma Dai did not dare to neglect. He briefly explained the matter at hand and immediately
Then he got off the top of the city and rushed towards the city guard's mansion inside the city.
By the time Ma Dai hurried to the city guard's mansion, there was already a huge quarrel in the mansion! In the meeting hall, Ma Chao and Cao Hong were both blushing and staring at each other, wishing to eat each other alive.
!On the other side, Li Dian was sitting there with a livid face, his eyes closed, and he seemed to be too angry to speak.
As soon as he saw this scene, Ma Dai secretly exclaimed something bad. He immediately stepped into the meeting hall and said to the three people in the hall: "Brother! General Cao! General Li! What's wrong with you?"
Maybe it's because Ma Dai is Ma Chao's younger brother. Cao Hong, who was quarreling with Ma Chao, didn't have a good look when he saw Ma Dai. He just stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling man. Ma Dai's current appearance is not good for Cao Hong either.
Ma Dai was scolded. He snorted coldly, turned his face away, ignored Ma Dai, and sat aside. When Li Dian saw Ma Dai come in, his expression improved slightly, and Ma Dai
Dai nodded as a greeting.
But Ma Chao immediately took a step forward, grabbed Ma Dai's hand, and shouted: "Bo Zhan! You came just in time! Back then, our Ma family fell into Luo Yang's treacherous plan and was destroyed! Later, when our brothers took refuge with the Marquis of Wei
, the Marquis of Wei personally promised us to give us a chance to take revenge! Now the Luoyang dog thief is right in front of us! I want to lead the troops to take revenge! But, they actually obstructed them in every possible way, what are their intentions! Humph! Cao Zilian! Someone
Let me leave you here today. Regardless of whether you agree or not, I am the commander of this army. I have decided to raise troops tomorrow to attack Shouchun!"
"No!" Ma Chao acted arbitrarily, and Li Dian and Cao Hong shouted at the same time. As soon as Cao Hong's butt touched the seat, he immediately jumped up and shouted: "Ma Chao! It's not your turn to act so recklessly in this Wei army! My lord.
I don’t give you the troops and horses so that you can defeat these soldiers! If you dare to do this, I will immediately deprive you of your command authority and escort you to Dongjun for questioning!"
"Hmph!" When Cao Hong said this, Ma Chao snorted coldly and glanced sideways at Cao Hong. A cold light flashed through his eyes. Ma Dai, who was familiar with Ma Chao, immediately saw that Ma Chao had murderous intentions towards Cao Hong. Ma Dai
I secretly screamed in my heart that something was wrong. If it was just a quarrel, it wouldn't matter. But if we really started to fight, the problem would be big! This Cao Hong is the younger brother of the Marquis of Wei and a descendant of the Cao family. If Ma Chao and Cao
If the clan is at loggerheads, it will be difficult for the two brothers to survive in Cao Wei in the future!
Immediately, Ma Dai rushed between Ma Chao and Cao Hong before Ma Chao got angry. He smiled and said to Cao Hong, "General Cao, calm down! My brother just said it out of anger! He didn't mean anything else!" As he said this, Ma Dai
Secretly, he put his hands behind his back and pulled Ma Chao's armor hard to remind Ma Chao not to be impulsive.
Li Dian, who was standing aside, did not sit still at this moment. Although he had had a few quarrels with Ma Chao and Cao Hong before Ma Dai came, he was much calmer than Ma Chao and Cao Hong. Knowing the current situation, he must not let it go.
Ma Chao and Cao Hong were having too much trouble. Seeing Ma Dai stop Ma Chao, Li Dian also stepped forward, blocked Cao Hong, and said to Cao Hong: "Zilian! Don't be impulsive! Don't forget, the lord appointed Meng Qi as the commander-in-chief.
, since the master has arranged it like this, he naturally has his deep meaning, even if you have different opinions, you can't be so rude!"
Li Dian was one of the early generals who defected to Cao Cao's army, and he was considered a veteran in Cao Cao's army. Although Cao Hong had a bad temper, it was difficult for him to disgrace Li Dian. Moreover, Li Dian moved out of Cao Cao's camp, and Cao Hong
If there was anger in my heart, I could only suppress it. I sat down again, turned my head and sulked.
Seeing that Cao Hong had been appeased for the time being, Li Dian turned to Ma Chao and said: "Meng Qi! What you just said is wrong! Although you are the commander-in-chief of the army, my lord also appointed me and Zilian as deputy generals just to help.
You command the army together! Our duty is to ensure that your orders are correct! I also think that attacking Shouchun is not a good idea! The Lord once said that day not to have a head-on conflict with the Western Qin Army! You
How can we just sit back and watch if we ignore the Lord's instructions to avenge ourselves?"
Ma Dai sighed in his heart. He didn't want to avenge his family, but he couldn't be blinded by hatred like Ma Chao. Regardless of whether Cao Cao would allow Ma Chao to act so arbitrarily, even if Cao Cao allowed Ma Chao's troops to use Ma Chao's men
It is impossible for these 10,000 people to go to Shouchun and defeat Luo Yang's Western Qin army!
According to the intelligence, in order to defeat Sun Ce this time, Luo Yang brought more than 200,000 troops from the Western Qin Dynasty! Excluding those who sacrificed their lives and stayed in Yuzhou and Yangzhou, there are currently nearly 100,000 troops in Shouchun! Not only that!
In this way, Luo Yang is surrounded by many powerful generals during this expedition. Luo Yang himself is a world-famous strong man. Others such as Dian Wei and Xu Chu are following Luo Yang. Killing Ma Chao like this is really no different from sending him to death!
Thinking of this, Ma Dai could only follow Li Dian to persuade Ma Chao: "Brother! What General Li said is absolutely true! As the so-called gentleman takes revenge, it is never too late in ten years! Now is not the best time for us to take revenge! If we send troops rashly,
Not only will you not be able to get revenge, but you will also lose your life in vain, and it will ruin the master's plan! Please think twice, brother!"
Seeing Ma Dai, he also began to persuade himself. Ma Chao's face turned pale and blue, and he clenched and unclenched his iron fists. After a long time, Ma Chao exhaled heavily and finally snorted.
, turned around and sat back in his seat. Seeing Ma Chao's reaction, Ma Dai also breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that Ma Chao had also given up his idea, and he finally persuaded Ma Chao. Then Ma Dai
He turned to Li Dian again and said, "General Li! What should we do next?"
Li Dian glanced at Cao Hong behind him with a wry smile, and said to Ma Dai: "We haven't made a decision yet! Zilian's opinion is to go south to Si County and march towards Hongze Lake. My opinion is,
We should go west, cross Yingshui, go through Ruyin, or even go directly to Yuzhou! As for Meng Qi's opinion..." At this point, Li Dian stopped talking, but even so, Ma Dai also understood that Ma Chao
His opinion was nothing more than to use all his troops to seize Shouchun. This absurd opinion was naturally impossible to gain approval.
Ma Dai frowned tightly and lowered his head to think. From his point of view, he agreed with Li Dian's suggestion. Now that Luo Yang's army has captured Shouchun, there are too many Western Qin troops in Yangzhou. If they continue
If they continue to stay in Yangzhou, it is impossible not to conflict with the Western Qin army! But the problem is that Cao Cao gave them the task before, which is to seize as many Yangzhou counties as possible before the Western Qin has time. If this is the case
Wouldn't it be contrary to Cao Cao's order to turn around and attack Yuzhou?
"Is there any need to think about this? I must have followed the order of my lord and continued southward!" Seeing Ma Dai also fell into silence, Cao Hong immediately started to mutter and insisted on his opinion. In Cao Hong's view, Cao Cao is
My lord, he has not missed the decision he made, so he must obey Cao Cao's orders!
"Hmph!" Ma Chao on the side was still not calm at this moment. He glared at Cao Hong and said, "If I remember correctly, I am the commander of the army. It should be up to me to decide how to act!"
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