Huang Zhongdu arrived in Hanzhong City, Liu Biao no longer had the ambition to attack Hanzhong City, and after losing more than 13,000 elite soldiers, Shangyong City did not have the strength to attack Hanzhong; The siege to the south was lifted.

Ma Chao's attention continued to return to Li Daojun to the east; And Li Daojun, who has Jia Xu here, is simply slippery, no, Ma Chao has just relieved the siege of the south, and is about to free up his hands to clean up Li Daojun, but Li Daojun has disappeared...

Later, there was information from Tanma that Li Daojun had withdrawn to Chang'an.

At this time, Ma Chao once again deeply realized the huge role of a top strategist. If Li Wei did not have Jia Xu's assistance, it is estimated that he would still attack outside Yangping Pass, as long as Ma Chao rested a little, he could gather all the combat strength of the Eastern Army and the Pingdong Army, and defeat Li Dao's army.

It's a pity that Li Wei has Jia Xu, who expects the enemy to take the lead and doesn't give Ma Chao a chance at all.

And in the later stage of the Yangpingguan ambush, it was Jia Xu's advice that Li Wei's army was able to defeat Ma Xiu in the case of repeated defeats and very low soldiers! Although only more than 1,000 people of Ma Chaojun were eliminated, it undoubtedly shattered the myth of the invincibility of Ma Chaojun and greatly boosted the morale of Li Daojun.

At this time, although the siege of the east was solved, Ma Chao was not happy, Hanzhong had been decided, and the next plan was to attack Chang'an.

But Chang'an has Jia Xu who is good at scheming, Li Wei is good at fighting, and Ma Chao can't see a glimmer of hope for success.

Although Deng Zhi and Yan Pu are rare internal affairs talents, they are not good at strategy after all, and these two plus Ma Chao's modern knowledge are far from Jia Xu's opponents. Ma Chao must find a way to recruit a strategist who is comparable to Jia Xu to serve as a military advisor, so that he can hope to capture Chang'an, otherwise forcibly attacking Chang'an can only bring about his own destruction!

The foundation of Hanzhong is still relatively weak, and under the successive battles, the losses are also very large, and it can't afford to lose again!

Thinking of this, Ma Chao soothed his restless heart, it was better to be safe, and rest and recuperate first.

Now that the siege of the east had been relieved, Yan Pu no longer needed to stay in Yangping Pass, so Ma Chao ordered Yan Pu to withdraw to Hanzhong City, continue to be in charge of Hanzhong City's agriculture and economy, and be responsible for restoring production in Hanzhong City, encouraging fertility and breeding, and developing the population of Hanzhong City.

In view of the fact that Deng Zhi was Liu Bei's foreign minister in history, Ma Chao appointed Deng Zhi as Gong Cao to be in charge of the recruitment and recruitment of talents in Hanzhong City, and was also responsible for diplomacy with Liu Zhang and Liu Biao.

Ma Chao neglected diplomacy before, so that Liu Biao and Li Dao came to attack Hanzhong at the same time, which made Ma Chao scramble, and also put Hanzhong City in danger. Now that there is Deng Zhi, who is good at diplomacy, of course Ma Chao must make good use of it.

Ma Chao ordered Pang De to continue to lead the Pingdong Army and strengthen daily training; He ordered Ma Xiu and Ma Tie to be responsible for training the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and selected outstanding soldiers to supplement the Eastern Expeditionary Army and the Pingdong Army as soon as possible, so as to make up for the losses in the Great War and restore combat strength as soon as possible.

After arranging everything, Ma Chao could also take a rest, thinking that he had been busy with the war recently, and he hadn't been with his wife Xiaoying for a long time, so he called Xiaoying and came to the Hanshui River for a walk.

In the harsh winter, many places have frozen in the Han River, and the shore is bleak in winter, and there are few human tracks. However, with his newlywed wife Han Ying as his companion, even if the scenery in winter is not good, Ma Chao's mood is much better, and the two snuggle together, enjoying the peace and calm after the war.

Under the north wind, a gust of cold wind hit, Ma Chao shrunk his neck, and sobered up a lot... Without the previous impetuousness, Ma Chao calmed down and began to think about the current situation in Hanzhong... What is lacking in the Xiliang Army now?

Money and food can be accumulated slowly, the population can be slowly developed, the army can be slowly trained, and the most lacking is undoubtedly the strategists, the top strategists!

Liu Bei in history began to develop slowly after getting Xu Shu. But where did Ma Chao go to find a strategist?

Liu Bei was recommended by Xu Shu, and then searched around to find Zhuge Liang. Before Xu Shu's recommendation, Liu Bei didn't even know about the existence of Wolong and Fengxiao, so naturally he couldn't find the strategist.

But Ma Chao is different, Ma Chao has crossed over, so he naturally knows which talents are, since he has this advantage, Ma Chao should take advantage of it. Since the talent did not take the initiative to appear in front of Ma Chao, then Ma Chao should look for it, and recruit him before the talent became famous and was not discovered by the major princes!

Thinking of this, Ma Chao began to investigate one by one.

If he wants to become the military advisor of the Xiliang Army and assist Ma Chao to defeat Chang'an, then his intelligence must be at least above 90, or he is definitely not the opponent of Jia Xu and others! Of course, under the premise of successful solicitation, the higher the intelligence, the better!

Ma Chao began to recall the data in the Three Kingdoms 11, all the strategists were ranked in order from high to low, and the top ten were: Zhuge Liang with intelligence 100, Guo Jia with intelligence 98, Jia Xu and Pang Tong with intelligence 97, Zhou Yu and Sima Yi with intelligence 96, Lu Xun and Xun Yu with intelligence 95, Fa Zheng and Xun Yu with intelligence 94.

It is now the beginning of 196 AD, Zhuge Liang is still in Nanyang at this time, and he is only 15 years old, so he must be no play.

Guo Jia was born in Yingchuan (now Xuchang, Henan), and Yingchuan is Cao Cao's base camp, and it is estimated that he is already with Cao Cao at this time, and there is no hope.

Jia Xu is assisting Li Dao and is Ma Chao's biggest enemy at present. And Ma Chao doesn't like Jia Xu's character, Jia Xu is known as a poisoner in a chaotic country, and few of the princes he has followed have a good end!

Pang Tong is from Xiangyang, in Liu Biao's territory, but he has just destroyed more than 10,000 elites of Liu Biao, which will make Ma Chao dare not go to Xiangyang to touch Liu Biao's moldy head.

Zhou Yu will already be under Sun Ce, and there is no play.

Sima Yi is from the Sima family of the Great Shi family, and is now 17 years old, but there is hope, but unfortunately in 196 A.D., Sima Yi was near Luoyang, more than 1,300 miles away from Hanzhong City, and Ma Chao was a little out of reach.

Lu Xun is from Wu County, Wu County, and he is only 13 years old...

Xun Yu and Xun You's two uncles and nephews are from the Xun family of the Great Shi clan and also live in the Yingchuan area; Yingchuan is located in the Central Plains, close to Luoyang, the economy and culture are very developed, and many great families are concentrated here. Yingchuan can be said to be full of talents, and batches of civil and military generals have emerged, with so many talents and the support of the scholars, it is no wonder that Cao Cao can succeed.

Fa Zheng, the word filial piety, Fufeng Yi (now Meixian County, Shaanxi Province), 20 years old this year, the grandson of the famous man Fazhen; Ma Chao remembered that it was in 196 A.D., due to the famine in the world, that Fa Zheng and his friend Meng Da of the same county entered Shu together with Liu Zhang, who was attached.

And now it has just arrived in 196 AD, the famine has not yet begun, and Fazheng should still be in Fufeng Yi County. Yixian is only more than 600 miles away from Hanzhong, and Ma Chao can reach it in one day by riding a horse. Undoubtedly, among all the strategists in the top ten in intelligence, Fa is the most promising one for Ma Chao to recruit!