Chapter 252: Lobbyist
Ma Chao heard this, and couldn't help but look at him as a personal soldier in his heart, although he has now arrived in Hanzhong for more than a year, but the actual military power in Hanzhong is still in the hands of Zhang Lu and his brother Zhang Wei, Ma Chao in addition to the 5,000 cavalry he carried before, there are only 5,000 foot soldiers available for him to deploy at any time.
Obviously, Zhang Lu still failed to believe in Ma Chao, which was also like a mirror in Ma Chao's heart, so outside his mansion, he was guarded by his own soldiers, and once there was anything suspicious, Ma Chao would avoid it from afar, in order to arouse Zhang Lu's suspicion.
But this time, the person who came could accurately say what Ma Chao was most eager for at this time, Ma Chao thought about it, and decided to see it as soon as he bit his silver teeth, even if it was the person sent by Zhang Lu, it was a matter of course to avenge his father, Ma Chao was not a stupid person, once something went wrong, he was confident that he could resolve it.
Within a moment, the person who came was led by Ma Chao's own soldiers to Ma Chao's study, which is where Ma Chao studies military books and strategies on weekdays, and others rarely come here, this person was brought here, which is enough to show how much Ma Chao attaches importance to it.
As soon as the man entered the house, Ma Chao saw that he was wearing a black cloak, and his head was wrapped in black clothes.
"What do you mean by this, sir? I have never met my husband, so how can he know about my family? ”
At first glance, Ma Chao was not eager to know what the person said, but first inquired about his identity, in Ma Chao's mind, if this person could not tell his true identity, then most of the words in his mouth could not be believed.
"What General Meng Qi is worried about, who doesn't know about the Central Plains? The general is a genius, with the courage of ten thousand people, if it is not for the unladylike encounter, and Cao Cao's treacherous scheme, how can he be defeated, if it is not for Cao Cao's excellent luck, his head is afraid that it has already been cut off by the general, how can the general be under the command of Zhang Lu, and Cao Pi can't go to the blade in person? ”
The man did not answer Ma Chao's words, but with a smile on his face, he said such a thing, as soon as Ma Chao heard it, he knew that most of him was not the person sent by Zhang Lu to tempt, so his face froze, and he said sharply: "Sir, don't put such a high hat on me, if you treat each other sincerely, tell the source, if not, send Mr. to Zhang Lu's mansion for identification!" ”
Under Ma Chao's threat, the man did not show fear, but bowed his head slightly, and then said with a smile: "General Meng Qi is indeed as the lord said, wise and brave, not a gullible, I am the lord of Yizhou and Jingzhou under the command of Liu Feng, the minister of the law!" This time, I came here as I said outside the door, to help the general avenge the murder of his father! ”
"Liu Feng? How did Your Excellency have the audacity to come here? After a lifetime in Hanzhong, I also know a little about the affairs of Yizhou, could it be that your Excellency is the Fa Zheng under Liu Zhang? Why did you vote for Liu Feng so quickly? For the identity of Fa Zheng, Ma Chao did not have any doubts after some analysis, Fa Zheng dared to directly admit that he was under Liu Feng, then he must rely on it, otherwise if Ma Chao handed it over to Zhang Lu, most of Fa Zheng's life would be lost.
"As early as two years ago, he had already voted for Liu Bei in Jingzhou, Liu Bei died in Yizhou, so he was regarded as a minister under the command of the lord, this time the lord came to Yizhou, it was a major event that had been planned for a year, so he was able to break Chengdu in one fell swoop, and then captured Liu Zhang without blood, and now Liu Zhang has surrendered, and the lord has taken the land of Yizhou."
When Ma Chao heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little shocked by Liu Feng's ability, he didn't know much about Liu Feng before, but now that he heard about it, he knew that Liu Feng got the five counties of Jingzhou and Yizhou at the age of twenty.
"This is a matter between Yizhou and Liu Feng, what does it have to do with me? Now Cao Pi's soldiers are in Yangping Pass, if Yangping Pass is broken, Zhang Lu led the army to surrender Cao Cao, Yizhou is the next Hanzhong, Cao Cao's iron hoof, has long had the intention of stepping on the Central Plains, how can Mr. not know? ”
Ma Chao's implication is naturally that if Liu Feng takes advantage of Cao Pi's soldiers to come to divide Ma Chao and Zhang Lu when he is in Yangpingguan, that side is tantamount to being cocooned and self-bound, and once Zhang Lu is defeated by Cao Pi, most of them will lead the army to surrender Cao Cao, which is the situation that Liu Feng is facing in Yizhou, and most of them are not as good as they are now, with Zhang Lu as a buffer in between.
"Then General Meng Qi thinks that with only less than 50,000 soldiers under Zhang Lu's command, how long can he support under the iron hooves of Cao Cao's army, and under such a situation, even if the general leads 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers out of this Yangping Pass, how can he get cheap in the hands of Cao Pi? As far as we know, Cao Pi this time in addition to the rate of 80,000 elite soldiers, his command is to bring Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Cao Zhen and others, such a fierce general, one or two generals may not be afraid, but several people together, and there is a numerical advantage, how can the general solve it? How can the general's father's revenge be avenged? ”
Fa Zheng's words, every sentence was said in Ma Chao's heart, ruthlessly shattering the dream of revenge woven in Ma Chao's heart for the past year, how could Ma Chao not know that it was not a long-term solution under Zhang Lu's command, but in desperation, he could only live so hesitantly, and now he was pierced by Fa Zheng's words, and his expression was very ugly.
"If the gentleman is here just to make fun of me, he will leave himself, and if it is really as he said before, there are some other teachings, just say it." Ma Chao looked straight at Fa Zheng at this time, and after a long time, he sighed and said so, obviously, he acquiesced to Fa Zheng's words.
At this time, Fa Zheng was already in a cold sweat, this time he came to act as a lobbyist, but he volunteered, only because he heard that Ma Chao was a generous and loyal person in Yizhou, so he dared to speak so sharply, once Ma Chao heard the words and became angry, it was very likely that Fa Zheng would be killed with this, therefore, until Ma Chao said this, Fa Zheng was secretly relieved in his heart, and he couldn't help but rejoice that this gamble was right.
"There is only one word, dedicated to the general, Zhang Lu is not the master, you and I both know, if the general wants to get revenge for blood, following my lord Liu Fengfang is the right way, but there is no basis for the words, the general only needs to guard this Yangping Pass for Zhang Lu, within ten days, the land of Hanzhong will belong to my lord, if it can't be done, the general will not be here this time, if what he said is true, the general will be under my lord's command, my lord must help the general avenge the blood revenge, how?"
"This ...... What a Liu Feng, he is so confident, just as Mr. said! ”