Ma Chao was very happy to be able to deal with Fa Zheng in two ways, and finally didn't let the bloody plot of "Three Looks" in the romance be staged again, Ma Chao and Fa Zheng talked at night and continued to talk about the general trend of the world.

"Brother Xiaozhi, now the Guanzhong disaster, Fufeng County is also suffering from it, and the bandits are continuous, but the soldiers in Hanzhong City are full of food, and it is the large military camp of my Xiliang Army, which is quite stable, and my brother can let the clansmen move to Hanzhong, so that they can ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing, and their lives are stable!"

"I have already discussed it with my father, and I have this intention, so I will bother the lord to take care of it in the future!"

"Brother filial piety is polite, now Brother filial piety is the military division of my Xiliang Army, commanding the whole army, it should be so! I don't know what Brother Xiao thinks of the current situation of Chang'an City? Ma Chao got straight to the point.

Fa Zheng is good at military intrigue but not good at politics, but Ma Chao knew that Li Dao wanted to capture Hanzhong to establish his prestige, but he was defeated by Ma Chao.

When Chang'an was in turmoil, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty fled eastward, and was later welcomed by Cao Cao, thus opening the prelude to "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes"; Cao Cao was born in Yingchuan, the base camp of the scholar clan, and was full of talents, and with the name of the Son of Heaven, he was undoubtedly like a tiger, and thus grew into the largest force in the late Han Dynasty.

At this time, Hanzhong was closer to Chang'an City, and as a traverser, Ma Chao naturally could not let Cao Cao succeed, and must seize the opportunity to welcome the Son of Heaven before Cao Cao, and achieve the strategy of "serving the Son of Heaven to order not to surrender".

Fa Zheng thought about it for a while, he was not in his position and did not seek his own politics, and he had not put himself in the shoes of the Xiliang Army before, but now that his identity is different, since he has become a military advisor of the Xiliang Army, the angle of thinking is already different. So Fa Zheng said:

"I thought that after Li Dao's soldiers were defeated and returned to Chang'an, it would inevitably cause greater turmoil, and Jia Xu's wisdom still couldn't stop the dispute between Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou, and it was expected that in the near future, Chang'an City would be in chaos, and the time for our army to capture Chang'an was coming, so the lord could prepare early!"

"Filial piety is a great goodness, which coincides with what Chaozhi thinks! And once the fighter plane appears, it will be fleeting, this is Yixian, closer to Chang'an City, and it is super eager to send the main force of Hanzhong to conquer the Eastern Army stationed in Yixian, on the one hand, to protect the family and the people, to expel the bandits in Fufeng County, on the other hand, to wait for the chaos in Chang'an, and prepare for Chang'an! ”

"The lord is deeply impressed by his far-sighted strategy!" Fa Zheng really served Ma Chao now, and secretly sighed that he really underestimated the people of the world, boasted of being a young talent, and was pretentious, and Ma Chao's age in front of him was not as good as himself, but he was proficient in everything and was far better than himself in grasping the current situation.

So Fa Zheng began to seriously think about the situation in Chang'an City, and was familiar with the combat strength of the various armies in Xiliang, since he was already a military advisor, he naturally had to show some skills, and he couldn't let Ma Chao underestimate himself.

The two talked all night and complemented each other.

On the second day, Ma Chao ordered Deng Zhi to return to Hanzhong first, conveyed Ma Chao's order, and asked Ma Xiu and Ma Tie to lead the entire army of the Eastern Army to march and station in Fufeng County.

At the same time, Deng Zhi also had a mission, that is, to go to Tianshui to report to Ma Teng on the recent events in Hanzhong City, and persuade Ma Teng and Han Sui to agree to Ma Chao's attack on Chang'an.

Ma Chao knows people well, and naturally knows that Deng Zhi is eloquent and good at diplomacy, and Deng Zhi is clever and proficient in military politics, so it is most appropriate for Deng Zhi to handle this matter, and Ma Chao himself really has no time to go to Tianshui, so he has to quietly look forward to the changes in Chang'an in Fufeng.

With the gap in the past few days, Ma Chao also had a rare leisure, so he seized the opportunity to travel with Han Ying and enjoy the joy of fish and water.

The arrival of 10,000 horses of the Eastern Army also officially announced the end of Ma Chao's happy life, and a major battle related to the success or failure of the Xiliang Army was about to kick off.

On the one hand, it is necessary to carry out the duties of a military advisor, familiarize themselves with the character and combat strength of the officers and men of the Eastern Army as soon as possible, and prepare for the future arrangement of troops; On the other hand, the details of the migration of the clansmen to Hanzhong are also in full swing, but fortunately, with his father Fa Yan in charge of the overall situation, Fa Zheng of the clan does not have to worry too much about it.

Ma Chao ordered Ma Xiu to send out a large number of scouts, pay close attention to the dynamics of Chang'an City, and at the same time personally train the Eastern Army in Fufeng County, strengthen the troops and horses, improve the combat strength, and prepare for the upcoming war.

And the long-awaited change in Chang'an by Ma Chao and Fa Zheng has indeed arrived.

In March 196 AD, Li Dao, who had returned from defeat, was no longer able to suppress Guo Yan and Fan Chou.

In order to compete for the political initiative, Guo Yan wanted to cooperate with Fan Chou to hold the Son of Heaven hostage and establish himself as king, but the news leaked, and Li Wei adopted Jia Xu's strategy, defeated Fan Chou, and beheaded Fan Chou on the charge of fornicating with Ma Teng and Han Sui.

After Fan Chou's death, Guo Yan was deeply disturbed and feared that he would be harmed by Li Wei, so he hijacked Emperor Xian of Han to raise an army.

Both of them are Xiliang generals, Li Dao originally had an advantage, but after the defeat of Hanzhong, and after the battle of Fan Chou, the strength was greatly reduced.

Chang'an City was filled with gunsmoke, Li Dao and Guo Yan fought inseparably, but it was the people of Chang'an City who suffered.

Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, under the escort of Dong Cheng, got rid of the control of Li and Guo, escaped from Chang'an again, and fled to Hongnong under the escort of Zhang Yang and Xu Huang, the former Yang Fengbu general.

With the experience of being captured last time he escaped, Liu Xie did not carry a hundred officials with him in this escape, but went out of Tongguan alone and stationed in Anyi, looking forward to Dong Cheng, Zhang Yang, Xu Huang and others sending troops to Qinwang to help him defeat Li Dao and rescue hundreds of officials.

Although Dong Cheng and others rescued Emperor Xian, there were only more than 8,000 soldiers and horses with Zhang Yang and Xu Huang, and they were unable to attack Chang'an, so Zhang Yang wanted to welcome Emperor Xian back to Luoyang.

Emperor Xian felt that the Son of Heaven who did not have a hundred officials could be called the Son of Heaven, and he was really unwilling to ignore the hundred officials and go to Luoyang alone, so he issued an edict to let all the princes Qin Wang.

The parties were in dispute, and the opinions of Dong Cheng, Zhang Yang, and Xu Huang were not unanimous, so they could only temporarily live in Anyi and wait for the change of the situation.

Cao Cao, the closest prince of Yanzhou, was the first to receive the news and was ready to move.

At this time, Cao Cao had just defeated Lü Bu and recovered Yanzhou; So he summoned his ministers to discuss the matter of welcoming the Son of Heaven.

Cao Cao said: "Just recovered Yanzhou, it is worth celebrating, but suddenly heard that the Son of Heaven was in trouble, it really made me sleep, I think my Cao family, generations of loyalty, since the ancestor Cao Xiangguo (Cao Cao called himself the founding prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty Cao Shen descendants to win the hearts of the people) to assist Emperor Gaozu, has been loyal, such as today's son is humiliated, how can my husband be safe? I want to go west to welcome the Son of Heaven and send troops to King Anqin, what do you think? ”

At this time, Cao Cao was stationed in Chen Liu, if he immediately sent troops to King Anqin, there was still a chance to win the Son of Heaven, but unfortunately Cao Cao's civil and military generals did not agree with each other, and after several discussions, the time was delayed, and Ma Chao was given an opportunity.