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"What Ling Ming said is good, and my views are the same as Ling Ming. However, Ling Ming didn't know that now Zhang Xiu of Nanyang has defected to our army! ”

Hearing his lord say this, Pang De's eyes lit up, "Lord, this is very beneficial to our army, but Cao Mengde's side ......"

Ma Chao smiled, Cao Cao had to pay attention to it, "So, this matter still depends on Ling Ming!" ”

"But the lord has a sending, and virtue must obey!"

Ma Chao nodded, "Now that Zhang Xiu and Zilong are still in Sui County, Ling Ming will immediately lead troops to replace the two back to Chang'an!" In addition to the nearly 5,000 men and horses in your hands, I will give you another 15,000 men and horses to rush to Nanyang! ”

Pound nodded, "No!" ”

"Remember, Nanyang Wancheng and Sui County must not be occupied by Cao Mengde! Don't worry about other places! ”

Ma Chao values these two places the most, and he really doesn't particularly value other places, after all, if he really wants to occupy Nanyang, not only to start a war with Cao Cao and Liu Biao, but also to invest a lot of troops to defend it. After all, it is a place of four wars, especially Wuyin and close to Yuzhou, the western part of Nanyang is now Cao Cao's territory, and some places in the south are occupied by Liu Biao, so what he wants to occupy is the central and northwest of Nanyang, close to Sili and Hanzhong.

Ma Chao actually thought very simply, if he wanted to solve the matter of Nanyang, he would not occupy the entire Nanyang County, which would not be of much benefit to himself. And what he said he wanted, in fact, to put it bluntly, is a balance. In this way, it can be said that it is actually more beneficial to all three parties, and the key is that this is the most suitable solution at this time.

For what do you say, now the three parties in Nanyang are Cao Cao, Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu. But anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhang Xiu is not enough to maintain this three-legged situation. But now that he has taken refuge in himself, then at this time he has become, himself, Cao Cao and Liu Biao. Well, in fact, this balance can be maintained. Because I'm not Zhang Xiu, it's that simple. Zhang Xiu can only be kneaded and flattened by Cao Cao, but can Cao Cao knead and flatten himself.

Therefore, as long as Pang De leads the troops into Wancheng, then Nanyang will naturally be temporarily peaceful. At least there are capable people in Cao Cao's army, so it can be seen that he will not use troops to fight in Nanyang for the time being. And if they think they can beat themselves. Then let's go to war, I don't mind. As for Liu Biao, he will also be able to deal with Yuan Shu and Zhang Xiuzhi and others, if you let him attack him, it is impossible to borrow his courage.

The point is that it is impossible for me to force him to this extent. If he, Liu Biao, Liu Jingsheng, really wants to go to war with him, then it may be time for him to enter Jingzhou.

"No! The will of the Lord. Virtue knows! ”

Pound understood what his lord meant. That means that if Cao Mengde wants to go to war, he must defend these two cities.

After that, Ma Chao and Pound said a few more words, and then Pound left-

After Pound left, Ma Chao sent someone to find Li Hui again, and it was impossible for him to let Pound go to Nanyang alone. After all, although Pound is good. But he has to send a strategist to rest assured, and Li Hui is what he wants to appoint. In Ma Chao's opinion, if the two of them cooperate. There should be no problem.

After seeing Li Hui, Ma Chao also told him about Nanyang, and after Li Hui heard it, he naturally thought more than Pang De.

"The lord can rest assured that he will live up to the expectations of the lord!"

Ma Chao nodded, he was still very relieved of Li Hui. In this way, after Ma Chao instructed Li Hui a few words, he and Pang De took 20,000 horses and set off from Chang'an to Sui County. After all, they can't let Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun wait too long, and it will change later.

If Cao Cao led a large army to attack Zhang Xiu again at this time, even if Zhao Yun was there, he might not be able to hold it. And this time Zhang Ren took all his family members away, Cao Cao may not feel much about it, after all, Liu Ye was not valued by him in the first place. But those generals in Cao Ying won't swallow this breath easily, those people's tempers are bigger than the other, so ......-

A few days later, Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun arrived in Chang'an, and when the two returned to Chang'an, they naturally came to see Ma Chao for the first time.

Although it is not the first time that Zhang Xiu has dealt with Ma Chao, this time he has already taken refuge in others, so his posture has to be lowered.

"Lord, please accept the next bow!"

Ma Chao hurriedly held Zhang Xiu up, and then said with a smile: "Okay, it is a great blessing for our army that the general can join our army!" ”

Indeed, Zhang Xiu can be regarded as a talent no matter how he says it, the key is that he is also a disciple of Tong Yuan, and the senior brother of Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun, this identity is really important to Ma Chao. The three of them are not heartless people, but they still attach great importance to their feelings, so now that the three of them are under their own accounts, are they still worried that they don't do their best for themselves-

In the fourth year of Jian'an, in March 199, Yuan Shao finally sent troops to destroy Gongsun Zan in Youzhou.

Of course, the battle between the two of them had already begun to fight as early as the third year of Jian'an.

And if you want to say that Gongsun Chan was defeated, it is certain, because first, he is not a family Yuan Shao has many generals, and the key is that there are no decent strategists under his account. In fact, Youzhou is not without talents, but what can you do if people don't work for you. So his Gongsun Chan is doomed to defeat, and the second is that his subordinates are indeed not so loyal, and there are only two or three who are really loyal to him, so it would be strange if Gongsun Chan could still beat Yuan Shao now.

To say that Yuan Shao has been dormant for a long time, but it is not that he is afraid of Gongsun Zhan, but that he has been accumulating strength, so this will destroy Gongsun Chan all at once.

In the previous years, Gongsun Chan was defeated by Yuan Shao twice, but he didn't learn any lessons, and on the surface, the strength of the two seemed to be about the same. But the real discerning people know that in terms of real strength, his grandson Boqi is indeed inferior to Yuan Benchu. Otherwise, everyone thinks that Yuan Shao is very powerful, but in comparison, few people think that his Gongsun Zan is very powerful.

After that, there will be no big war between the two sides, it can be regarded as a small friction and a small fight. But this time, Yuan Shao launched a big war again, but Gongsun Chan never held it again.

In the fourth year of Jian'an, in March 199, Gongsun Zhan was defeated and killed in Yijing, and the world was one less prince.

With the defeat of Gongsun Zhan, a major overlord in the north, Yuan Shao took advantage of the victory to pursue, in addition to Liaodong, he completely occupied You, Hebei, Qing, and the four states, and also extended the power to these four states, for a while was in the limelight, and became the most powerful prince in the world.

What is the power of power, people in the world think that the more territory they occupy, the greater the power of power, so he Yuan Shao occupies four states, and he is naturally recognized as the one with the greatest power-

And when Yuan Shao was expanding his territory, Ma Chao didn't make any moves, because he had his own ideas.

Of course, he could lead his troops to take the opportunity to enter and take the annexed states, but he didn't do that. Because for Ma Chao, it is not particularly difficult to take the state, the difficult thing is that if he also becomes a prince with such great power, he will easily become the target of public criticism.

You see, now he Yuan Shao Yuan originally completely occupied You, Hebei, Qing, and the four states, and at this time, the most pressure was not himself, but he Cao Cao.

Because he used to put the most pressure on him, but now that Yuan Shao's power has become so great, it has become the most pressure Yuan Shao gave him. After all, if he were to attack Cao Cao, he could only send troops from Nanyang and Sili now, but what about Yuan Shao, he could send troops from Jizhou and Qingzhou, mainly because now he is already in the four states, and his strength is strong.

After all, now Ma Chao and Cao Cao only occupy three states respectively, but Yuan Shao alone accounts for four, so now Yuan Shao is the one who makes Cao Cao the most guarded, and Ma Chao can only become second.

And Cao Cao really couldn't sit still at this time, so he accelerated the process of destroying Yuan Shu. After all, if Yuan Shu is not destroyed, he really can't deal with Yuan Shao and Ma Chao.

For Cao Cao, although he also thought that Yuan Shao was stronger than his own strength and strength, but after he moved the capital, he destroyed the Yellow Turban, and then attacked Yuan Shu, took Yuzhou, and then occupied Xuzhou, forcing Lu Bu to flee, and after the most powerful force was Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou, as well as the eastern part of Nanyang, he felt that the gap between himself and Yuan Shao and Ma Chao should be narrowed. But when Yuan Shao forcibly destroyed the northern overlord Gongsun Zhan, and then took all the four states, Cao Cao found that the gap was big again.

According to the most common calculations, his three states are indeed not the opponents of the four states, not to mention Ma Chao in the west, who is eyeing him there. Therefore, Cao Cao knew that at this time, he had to solve Yuan Shu quickly, and in addition to the few who could not easily move troops around him, there was only Yuan Shu, and it was time to completely solve this "dry bones in the grave". (To be continued......)