Zhang Mancheng was in his tent at this time lamenting the Taiping Dao brothers who had been killed and injured in the battle, but he also knew that no matter how distressed he was now, it was useless. Only by killing the culprit, Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi, the leaders of the Han army, can it be regarded as avenging the brothers.

In Ma Chao's account, Ma Chao felt that he was generally satisfied with today's battle, and everything was as he expected. And this first battle can no longer be judged by simple victory or defeat, it can be said that today's battle can be regarded as having a general understanding of the Yellow Turban Army, which is more important than anything else. The art of war says, "Know yourself and know your opponent, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles", so this is the biggest gain today.

At this time, it was already quite late, Ma Chao had already rested, and he was alone in the tent, Cui An and Chen Zhi had their own tents. In this barracks, he slept in his clothes, and the snow knife was the closest place to him. After another period of time, Ma Chao's face, who had not fallen asleep, suddenly changed, but he didn't expect that there would be a "guest" at this time.

It was definitely unexpected, could it be that Zhang Mancheng sent an assassin to come? Then there was a big problem this time, Ma Chao thought to himself, and at this time he had already held the snow drinking knife.

It was someone who sneaked into Ma Chao's account, and after someone came into the account, he slowly approached Ma Chao. He thought that Ma Chao had already slept, so when the person came to Ma Chao's approach, he directly slashed at him with the ring knife in his hand, and Ma Chao blocked it with the snow drinking knife. Obviously, the person who came didn't expect Ma Chao to be prepared, but this person reacted extremely quickly, and when he saw that the blow failed, he was just slightly stunned and ran away.

Ma Chao didn't chase him, he didn't have the mood to chase that person now, he was thinking that his problem was too serious, how did this assassin get in? But the sound in the tent had already alarmed the soldiers patrolling outside the tent, and when they saw a black shadow suddenly burst out of the adult's tent, the soldiers hurriedly chased after them, shouting as they chased back, "Catch the assassin, catch the assassin!" But the black shadow in front of him was running desperately, so no one caught up with him.

"Uncle Zhi, what do you say about tonight's events?"

In Ma Chao's tent, after Chen Zhi heard that an assassin had infiltrated the lord's tent, he rushed over as soon as possible. And Ma Chao was now expressionless, and asked Chen Zhi very seriously. The garrison in this battalion has always been in charge of Chen Zhi, but now it has allowed outsiders to sneak in silently, which cannot but explain the problem.

"The subordinates have nothing to say about tonight's events, everything is caused by the negligence of the subordinates, please punish the lord!"

Chen Zhi is not a person who shirks responsibility, he feels that tonight's incident was caused by his own mistakes. Fortunately, my father-in-law is fine, otherwise I can't forgive myself.

Ma Chao thought about it when he heard this, he shook his head, "Uncle Zhi, I don't mean to punish you, but I want to hear what you think about tonight's events?" ”

"This, my lord, the assassin must have been sent by the Yellow Turban traitor Zhang Mancheng. And after the Assassin succeeds, he will definitely take advantage of the unstable morale of our army to defeat our army in one fell swoop! Chen Zhi said.

Ma Chao shook his head again, "Uncle Zhi, I thought the same way at the beginning, but when I thought about it carefully just now, tonight's events are very strange!" ”

"Strange? I don't know what the lord means? ”

"Tonight's assassin may have been sent by Zhang Mancheng, if so, then is this person from the Yellow Turban? If not, then who he is, we don't know yet. ”

Ma Chao regrets it a little now, he should have caught the assassin at that time, but now it's too late to say anything. I walked into a misunderstanding before, because at the beginning, I also preconceived that the assassin was sent by Zhang Mancheng, but there is no direct evidence that that the person is from Zhang Mancheng's faction, so Zhang Mancheng's faction can only be said to be a possibility, not a certainty.

Chen Zhi nodded after hearing this, "What the lord said is true, we don't know anything about assassins. ”

"Uncle, think about it, if the assassin is really sent by Zhang Mancheng, then this person can sneak in silently, what does this mean. Otherwise, this man is so skilled that no one notices it, so he can sneak into my account smoothly. Either we weren't prepared enough, and that's what the Assassins could do! ”

"The subordinates have been derelict in their duties, and the lord has been disturbed!"

After hearing this, Ma Chao waved his hand, "Uncle Zhi, I didn't say anything about you, and this is not necessarily due to the lax garrison in the camp, now I am just analyzing all possibilities." After my encounters with the Assassins, I felt that the Assassins were not very skilled in martial arts, and that they did not possess the qualifications of a proper Assassin other than their quick reflexes. As for the problem of garrisoning in the camp, what, uncle, are you so unconfident? ”

"This, the subordinates are naturally confident, but the assassins ......"

"Then let's talk about the second possibility, the second possibility is that the assassin was not sent by Zhang Mancheng, nor was it sent by others, but he was ......"

Ma Chao didn't continue, he just looked at Chen Dao.

"The lord means that the assassins are in the camp?"

Ma Chao nodded, "Yes, this possibility is very high, I think he is likely to be a member of the Tiger Army!" ”

Chen Zhi also nodded when he heard this, so that it could be explained, why did the assassin not have high martial arts skills and still sneak into the camp silently, not because the garrison in the camp was not good, but because people were originally in the camp. In addition, the Assassin was able to escape with his whole body, because if the Assassin was a member of the camp, he must have known something about the garrison in the camp, so it was easy for him to escape.

"My subordinates will go and investigate, and the assassin will definitely be found!"

Chen Zhi assured Ma Chao that he didn't mean that he was going to catch the assassin, that person had already run away and disappeared, but if he was really a member of the Tiger Ben Army, then Chen Zhi would know which one he was even if he turned the camp over.

"Well, I think the Assassins are the ones in the camp!"

I don't know who this assassin is, after all, I am a human being, not a god.

On the third day of coming to Wancheng, Chen Zhi reported to Ma Chao the results of the battalion's investigation.

"Lord, after investigation, there is a person named Xiao Wu in the camp who is missing, and his subordinates suspect that last night's assassin is this person!"

"Oh? How so? It's not going to be a deserter! ”

Chen Zhi shook his head, "It can't be that he was a deserter, this person had seen him last night, that is, before the assassin appeared, but after the assassin's incident, this person also disappeared without a trace, so his subordinates suspect that this person is an assassin!" ”

"What Uncle Zhi said is reasonable, I also think that Xiao Wu is an assassin!"

The subordinates also learned that Xiao Wu was usually silent and rarely had contact with other people. And listening to what the other soldiers said, no one seemed to have seen him laugh, so his subordinates thought that the assassin was this person! ”

Ma Chao also thinks that it is Xiao Wu, and people like Xiao Wu may have an enmity with him, so he is usually in that state. And now he has the opportunity to get close to himself, so he becomes an assassin again. Although I don't know who he is, Ma Chao doesn't think about it anymore, anyway, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, it's not Zhang Mancheng's faction. The assassins in the camp didn't explain anything, but if they came from outside, it would be a big problem, as I said before.

"Okay, Uncle Zhi, you're doing a good job. Well, it's not a matter of the garrison in the camp, you don't have to blame yourself! ”

"Although the assassin did not sneak in from outside, but such a thing happened in the camp, and his subordinates still can't escape the blame!"

"Uncle Zhi, you don't have to be like this, there is no way to do such a thing. No one would have thought that the assassins were actually in the Tiger Army, and under our noses, these were all unexpected. ”

Chen Zhizhi said that his lord didn't want to blame himself too much, so he didn't say anything more after listening to Ma Chao's words, thinking about this matter, no one could think of it.

As for Ma Chao, of course he can't let Chen Zhi blame himself, and he doesn't blame Chen Dao for this, so he can't let him linger on this matter.

Zhang Mancheng was in the account, "Report to the marshal, the enemy camp seemed to be arresting someone last night." ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Revisit! ”

"No!"

Who to capture, deserters? Assassin? Or what, Zhang Mancheng doesn't know. If it is a deserter, judging from the current situation, there will be no deserters in the Han army. As for the Assassins, is this possible? I still want to send assassins, but I don't have any, and the Han army's defense is not vegetarian. Come on, it doesn't have much to do with him anyway, so he didn't think much about it.

Ma Chao was in the tent, "Uncle Zhi, the whole army is advancing forward and camping for five miles!" ”

"No! Subordinates receive orders! ”

Zhang Mancheng said, "Report to the commander, the enemy army has advanced five miles, and now it is still fifteen miles away from our army!" ”

"Let's go down and explore!"

"No!"

After advancing for another five miles, Zhang Mancheng actually didn't want to fight with the Han army today, he wanted the whole army to rest for a day. Of course, he is not afraid of fighting, if Ma Chao has to fight, then fight, he did not advance or retreat, but temporarily stood still, always paying attention to the movements of the Han army.

The horse went beyond the big tent and looked in the direction of Wancheng, of course, the distance was too far away, and he couldn't see anything. Muttered to himself: "Everything depends on you, and I don't know how prepared you are." ”

Cui An listened to Ma Chao talking to himself next to him, he didn't know why. But it's been the third day since he came to Wancheng, and he has only fought a battle, and he feels quite aggrieved. But Cui An can't say anything, after all, Ma Chao is the lord, and he has to listen to the lord.

And in the morning, he heard that there were assassins in his lord's tent last night, which made him angry. And so many people haven't caught an assassin yet, so I knew that I wouldn't sleep so early. If he hadn't been there last night, he would have stabbed the assassin to death. It seems that I will have to sleep a little later in the future, or I will have to come back to the Assassins.