Huo Jun joined Liu Beijun without accident, and this can be said to be a gratifying event for Liu Bei, so he hurriedly gathered everyone, so that Huo Jun and everyone could be introduced to each other as soon as possible. After all, although all his subordinates knew Huo Jun, Huo Jun did not necessarily know all of his subordinates. And they will all be colleagues in the future, so they should be familiar with it, and doing so can also be said to show that they attach importance to Huo Jun, and he can understand it.

Even Wen Ping came, he just came back. As for chasing Cai Mao and them before, it was in vain after all. I also have to say that Cai Mao's speed of escape is indeed fast enough, of course, maybe it's in the wrong direction. However, there are indeed several roads from Wuling to Lingling, so it is not for nothing that Wen Ping did not catch up with others, and it is normal.

And as soon as he returned to Linyuan City, he heard that his lord asked the soldiers to gather everyone, although he didn't know what the specific matter of Lu Dao was, but it seemed to be a good thing-

In the living room of the Taishou Mansion, Liu Bei's subordinates are all there, and as long as they are in Wuling Linyuan City, there is no absence.

Liu Bei introduced Huo Jun once, starting with Xu Shu, after all, Xu Shu, as a scribe, is also the only such strategist in Wuling now, so he was naturally the first to prepare his own lord to introduce him, and everyone naturally had no opinions. This is not only because of Xu Shu's great ability, but also because he has contributed a lot to himself. has made a lot of contributions to himself, so everyone is convinced.

The second one is naturally Wen Chou, after all, Wen Chou's ability is there. It can be regarded as a long journey, coming to Jingzhou from Jizhou to defect, so he was introduced by Liu Bei after Xu Shu.

After that, it was Zhou Cang, Wen Ping, and then Pei Yuanshao. As for saying that Wen Ping is behind Zhou Cang, this is normal, after all, he joined in later, and Zhou Cang's martial arts are only higher than Wen Ping. And his ability is not much worse than Wenpin, and his credit is also greater than that of Wenpin, so he was introduced to Huo Jun by Liu Bei in front of Wenpin.

As for saying that Wen Ping is in front of Pei Yuanshao. Because Pei Yuanshao is indeed inferior to others, except for joining Liu Bei's account earlier than Wen Ping, there is really no other place to surpass others.

Everyone and Huo Jun greeted each other, and then they began to chat. And during this period. Liu Bei said the next arrangement. He also knew that Cai Mao took Liu Cong to Lingling County, so he would definitely attack Lingling as well. However, before that, it is still necessary to recover Wuling, and the heavy task of recovering Wuling is naturally handed over to Huo Jun, and he is also a person.

After resting for a day, Liu Bei led the army to Lingling. In Wuling, Huo Jun and 3,000 men and horses were left. For him, enough -

After resting in Xiling, Ma Chao led his troops to Qichun, which is now guarded by Huang Gai.

Originally, it was said that the fastest way was to take the waterway, directly from the Yangtze River, down the river. But to be honest, Ma Chao really didn't dare, how could his Liangzhou army fight in water, so if he was really intercepted by others, don't look at the number of people on his side, but it was not one. After all, Huang Gai is definitely not a vegetarian, he is a veteran of Jiangdong, and he has rich experience in water warfare, which is not comparable to his own side.

On his own side, except for Gan Ning, who can compare to others. And there are generals and no soldiers, so what's the use? Therefore, Ma Chao could only give up the idea of taking the waterway, and directly led the army to the southeast and rushed to Qichun.

As for the choice of his lord, everyone knows that it is very correct. After all, he can't compare with the Jiangdong Army, so he takes the waterway, and now he can't even think about it. Not to mention others, even Gan Ning, he thinks so. After all, Huang Gai and Huang Gong are covered, and there are indeed two of them, and he still has about 3,000 Jiangdong soldiers in his hands, so he can only take the land route, not the water route.

In this way, Ma Chao led the troops to Qichun. As for those who stayed in Xiling, it was Wu Anguo and the three thousand Liangzhou troops-

The road was unimpeded, in fact, Ma Chao was really not afraid of Huang Gai sending troops, but as he thought, Huang Gai did not send troops after all, he was still calm, and knew the advantages of their own side.

After all, now that he is marching by land, he Huang Gai does not have many soldiers, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army on land is even worse, so Huang Gai will never send troops to intercept or ambush himself, in that case, it is a risk, a big adventure, maybe they have not waited for their own side to fight Qichun, they have already been wiped out, this is not impossible.

Therefore, Ma Chao came to the outside of Qichun City with the army very smoothly, and for Ma Chao, if he took Qichun, Jiangxia would be in hand.

And Huang Gai's side also knew the news of Ma Chao's arrival in Liangzhou. Not only that, but he also knew the news of the loss of Xiling City and Cheng Pu's retreat. Therefore, he really did not dare to slack off on the arrival of the Liangzhou army.

But he didn't ask for help for his lord, in Huang Gai's thoughts, Cheng Pu had already retreated to Changsha, if nothing else, he was the first to see his lord. And as long as he talks about the war in Jiangxia, how his lord will do it, it is not something that his subordinates must be able to guess. And all he can do is to try not to let the Liangzhou army break through Qichun, just hold on to Qichun. After all, the importance of Qi Chun to oneself is self-evident-

After resting for a day, before Ma Chaobing attacked Qichun, the battalion guard came to report, "Report to the lord, there is a messenger from Qichun City outside the camp who asks to see you!" ”

Ma Chao listened. It's kind of interesting. Usually, they usually send envoys to other people's cities, but today there are envoys from their own camp.

Ma Chao said at this time. "Let the messenger in!"

"No!"

The guard took the order and left, and at this time, Ma Chao glanced at Guo Jia who was in the tent, "Fengxiao, how is it?" ”

Guo Jia smiled and said: "Lord, what does Huang Gongfu mean by letting people come here, naturally you can see it at a glance!" ”

Although Guo Jia has his own ideas. But he didn't say much, he was going to talk to his lord after the envoy left.

And after listening to what Guo Jia said. Ma Chao didn't ask any more, for him, if he didn't refuse, could he still be afraid of a so-called messenger. The key is what Huang Gai sent people here for. This is up for debate. It's really hard to figure it out-

At this time, Ma Chao said in his heart, Huang Gai is now such a whole play, it won't be ready to surrender, right? It seems that he likes to do this, but now it is not the Battle of Chibi, and he is not Cao Cao Cao Mengde, so this matter is ......

It's not that he underestimates him, if he really dares to use this trick, then Qi Chun is for himself. That's just at your fingertips.

After a while, the messenger came to Ma Chao's big tent. Ma Chao looked at it, it didn't look like he was here to offer a book of fraud. Although he has never seen that Kan Ze, his level is definitely not comparable to the unremarkable scribe in front of him.

The messenger who came gave Ma Chao and Guo Jia a salute, and Ma Chao smiled, "Sir, please take a seat!" ”

After the envoy sat down, Ma Chao asked, "I don't know what Mr. came to our army camp for?" ”

Ma Chao didn't take the initiative to speak when he saw that someone was coming, and said in his heart, this doesn't look like a messenger. After all, a messenger must have something to say, but looking at this, Ma Chao really doesn't know how to describe it. In a sentence from his previous life, that is, this person is like coming to his own camp to "play soy sauce", so ......-

I saw that this envoy smiled when he heard this, "General, I have been ordered by General Huang to come to your army camp and come to negotiate peace!" ”

When Ma Chao and Guo Jia heard it, Guo Jia didn't have any expression, but Ma Chao's expression was very exciting. And at this time, he said in his heart, it was really Huang Gai Huang Gong who guarded the imperial Qi Chun, the hand that made the iron whip, and then the Huang Gai Huang Gong who was the elder of the Jiangdong Army? Is it the Huang Gai who was tricked by Zhou Yu in the romance? Is it the Huang Gai who made the trick and burned Cao Cao's army?

It's not that Ma Chao has so many questions, but he really has to question this, if he hadn't thought about it carefully and firmed up, he would almost have thought that this Huang Gai was not a person with the same name and surname.

It stands to reason that now he and Huang Gai haven't fought a battle, but just one day after he came, Huang Gai here sent someone to talk about peace, which really made Ma Chao not quite understand. At least in his opinion, even if he wants to negotiate peace, he has to talk about it after a battle. So in Ma Chao's opinion, if Huang Gai said this, he was afraid of his own side, or did he have little confidence in their side.

But no matter what it was, anyway, the words heard from the messenger's mouth were indeed beyond Ma Chao's expectations-

After that, Ma Chao asked, "I don't know what the sincerity of General Huang brought by the envoy?" ”

Although in Ma Chao's thoughts, he would not go to talk to Huang Gai, but at this time, there was nothing to do, and there was no problem with chatting with the envoy.

So the envoy and Ma Chao began to chat, but when Guo Jia saw this situation, he frowned. After Ma Chao chatted with the messenger for a few words, Guo Jia pretended to cough twice, "Ahem......

Ma Chao heard it, what is wrong with this? However, he also knew that he was a strategist who had something to say to himself.

Immediately, he smiled at Guo Jia, "Fengxiao, this is ......"

Guo Jia saw his lord's expression at this time, he shook his head secretly in his heart, and then he stood up, walked to his lord's front, and whispered a few words in Ma Chao's ear. And Ma Chao listened to what Guo Jia said, his eyebrows were upside down, and he said in his heart Huang Gai, Huang Gai, you have calculated it on my head, sure enough, I am still careless! ——

At this time, Ma Chao, after listening to Guo Jia's words, Guo Jia returned to his position, and Ma Chao was staring at the messenger sent by Huang Gai with both eyes, and the envoy was a little hairy by Ma Chao. After all, Ma Chao is a hussar general and Liangzhou pastor of the Han Dynasty, how many years has he been an official, and how many years has he been a lord. Therefore, he has always had the majesty of a superior on his body, and he is also a first-class martial artist, so Ma Chao's eyes, expressions, and words have his own majesty.

The envoy was a little flustered when he looked at him like this, and Ma Chao laughed at this time, "Okay, sir, please go back today." As for peace talks, I don't think it needs to be like that! Please also ask Mr. to reply to you, General Huang, just say that I am Ma Mengqi, and I will attack the city in a while, sir, please send it, don't send it! ”

Ma Chao is already sending off guests directly, that is, driving people out directly. It was something he rarely did, but he did it today.

When the envoy saw Ma Chao's expression and words, he had nothing to say, just bowed his hand to Ma Chao, and then said, "So, then I will reply like this, farewell!" ”

With that, the messenger departed in a gloomy manner. For him, the land of right and wrong is not suitable for a long time, and it is better to return to Qichun as soon as possible. And I can see it, that Ma Mengqi is really a little angry, fortunately he is running fast, or the consequences, it is really difficult to say. Although he hadn't heard how Ma Chao was bad to the literati, people were superiors after all, so how could they speculate on their thoughts? ——

And after the envoy left, Ma Chao said to Guo Jia, and he sighed first, "Alas, if it weren't for Fengxiao today, I would still be in the dark!" (To be continued......)