Zhong Miao couldn't help but be secretly shocked when he heard Ma Chao's words, he really didn't expect this Ma Chao to have such a vision, although his plan still has a big problem, but it is not easy to get to this point now, does this Pei Qing really have such great magic? Just by being a hostage with him, can a person's intelligence be improved?

However, this is not harmful to Zhong Xuan, anyway, now they all have the same purpose, as long as they can deal with Pei Qing, no matter what strategy he has, for the current Ma Chao, the stronger the better, if the trouble ends miserably in the first half of the month, it will be detrimental to the great cause of their own conquest of Yuan Shao.

Therefore, Zhong Miao tried his best to plan for Ma Chao, help Ma Chao formulate a series of strategies and tactics, and prepare to fight this battle well, on the one hand, to win Ma Chao's trust, and of course, more importantly, to complete his mission.

As for how to attack Chencang, Ma Chao's meaning is very simple, directly relying on force to forcibly capture Chencang City, but Zhong Miao is against this, because Chencang is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not so simple to forcibly attack, and it may even attract Pei Qing's follow-up army, in terms of Ma Chao's current situation, it is suitable for a quick battle, once it falls into a protracted war, it will definitely not be conducive to them, so it is important to put forward a strategy, pretending to thank Chen Cangshou Zhang Ji for his help, Then take advantage of the other party's gratitude to capture it in one fell swoop, and then take the opportunity to occupy Chen Cang.

At first, Ma Chao thought that this was a bit of a victory and didn't want to do it, but after Zhong Xuan's explanation, Ma Chao finally agreed with Zhong Xuan's opinion.

In fact, what Ma Chao cares about is not whether he wins or not, but whether he relies on his own courage to deter the other party, in order to establish his prestige, Zhong Miao learned this in the process of talking and persuaded Ma Chao, it is easier to establish prestige by capturing the enemy general before the battle, and Ma Chao agreed.

So the two sides agreed, Ma Chao ordered his generals to bring 5,000 soldiers to hide in hundreds of carts, disguised with grain and grass, and then he personally came to the city to express his gratitude to Zhang Ji, and proposed to thank him with the captured grain and grass materials, hoping that Zhang Ji could accept his thanks.

As soon as Ma Chao finished speaking, Zhang Xiu, who was standing at the head of the city, sneered and said to Zhang Ji: "Uncle, in fact, we didn't help Ma Chao at the beginning, but were humiliated by him, besides, even if we really helped, it was impossible for him to send us so many supplies, so this is obviously a fraud, if my expectations are correct, it must be Ma Chao who hid someone in the car, and was ready to take advantage of the time when my uncle went out of the city to thank us." ”

Zhang Ji nodded when he heard this and said: "I think so too, Ma Chao Xiaoer, not to mention a frontal attack, he actually thought of such a clumsy strategy, it's really funny, he actually didn't take our uncle and nephew in his eyes so much?" ”

But I saw Zhang Xiu suddenly say: "If Ma Chao came up with such a plan before we took the immortal medicine, can we see through his intentions?" ”

Zhang Ji was shocked when he heard this, why didn't Zhang Xiu say? If it was before taking the immortal medicine, he would definitely not be able to see through his strategy, so Ma Chao's strategy was not clumsy, but they became smarter, and only then could they see the other party's strategy at a glance.

"I've always heard that Ma Chao is brave and unscrupulous, but why did he come up with such a plan? If it was a scheming old guy, I wouldn't be surprised to be able to come up with such a vicious strategy, but Ma Chao, a kid who is young and out of the box, how can he think of this? That's really weird, isn't it? Could it be that he also has something similar to the elixir in his hands? ”

Zhang Ji looked at Ma Chao under the city, his heart was full of doubts, and he couldn't help but whisper to himself.

But seeing Zhang Xiu smiled faintly: "It is impossible for Ma Chao to have an immortal medicine in his hands, and Ma Chao definitely does not have such a brain, and there is no such capable person in his army, so after my analysis, I think that this must be someone who is planning for Ma Chao, and this person who gives advice is not a simple character, and the person who can send such a character, I calculate, maybe only Cao Cao." ”

"In other words, the person who is planning for Ma Chao behind the scenes is Cao Cao's people, and Cao Cao has intervened in this matter?" Zhang Ji's mind is not simple now, he quickly understood what his nephew meant, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that he underestimated us, even if Cao Cao himself is here, it's useless, since he wants to plan against us, then we will simply plan and pit him thousands of soldiers and horses, so that he can also see our ability." ”

Zhang Xiu also smiled when he heard this: "Actually, my nephew also thinks so, if this is the case, then we will be like this, let Ma Chao Xiaoer also get some lessons, in fact, it is nothing to deal with Ma Chao, but he is just a brave man, what we have to do is to catch this strategist sent by Cao Cao, no matter what his ability is, it is always not good to be remembered in the dark." ”

"You're right, this time we'll let Cao Cao know, and let Ma Chao know that we don't want to mess with it." Zhang Ji smiled faintly, and then ordered to open the city gate, he went out of the city in person, and said to Ma Chao: "Thanks to General Meng Qi for treating him like this, Ji is really flattered, but as the so-called merit is not successful, we have not helped you anything, you can gain a foothold in Yongzhou, all of this is the Son of Heaven Hongfu, and the general's own efforts, it has nothing to do with me, so you should bring these materials back." ”

Ma Chao immediately smiled when he heard this: "General Zhang's words are a little too polite, if it wasn't for the general who let me leave Chencang, where would I be today?" So speaking of which, it is the general that you have helped me, so today's thanks, general, you must accept them, and we will be a family in the future. Today's thank-you gift is said to be a thank-you gift, but in fact, the most important thing is that we should not break off contact with each other, and in the future, we will work together and cooperate with each other, and there will be more places where we rely on the general. This is a gift list, which is really not a tribute, and I ask the general not to laugh at us. ”

After finishing speaking, Ma Chao handed the gift list to Zhang Ji, slowly read the contents on the gift list, and then took advantage of Zhang Ji's inattention, directly pulled out a short sword from behind, and stabbed at Zhang Ji suddenly.

Seeing this, Zhang Ji didn't have the slightest panic, and said with a smile: "Ma Chaoxiaoer, the old man has long prevented you from having this trick, since you are here today, don't leave, then stay together." ”

While dodging, Zhang Ji took out the saber on his waist to resist, and at the same time shouted: "Pass my order, launch an attack immediately!" ”