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Overnight, Han Sui's besieging army disappeared without a trace

This situation made Ma Chao stunned, Guo Jia just rushed into Jincheng with cavalry, and scared more than 20,000 soldiers and horses outside Han Sui to withdraw in a hurry. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This may be the true portrayal of Guo Jia's current strength, whether it is Han Sui or Ma Chao, even if he wants to burn the jade, it is just the end of a moth to the fire, and in the end, in the face of Guo Jia, there is only one way to go.

The morning light was faintly bright, and Yinling Fei rode in the military camp in Jincheng to rest, and Guo Jia's living place was in the military camp.

Gan Ning stayed up all night, arranged military affairs to command the city defense, and even sent people to secretly watch out for the movement of Ma Chao's less than 5,000 soldiers and horses.

The military conditions are difficult, people like Guo Jia who are well-dressed and well-fed all the year round are difficult to say that their body and mind are at peace with what they encounter, getting up early in the morning is the biological clock, but the mind is still a little drowsy, bloodshot in the eyes, sit up from the bed and close his eyes to clear his mind, all say that it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, which is true, it is a strange bed, plus it is still a hardwood board, how to sleep is a little unsteady, but Guo Jia will not deliberately improve this environment, but choose to adapt.

Gan Ning came from outside, saw that Guo Jia had already gotten up, took off a clean white brocade robe from the hanger at the door of the tent, came to Guo Jia and stretched out his hand to hand over the clothes.

Guo Jia took the clothes and put them on, and asked while tying the belt, "How was last night?"

Gan Ning said softly: "Ma Chao doesn't seem to care about the military in the city at all, he went back to the mansion after learning that Han Sui's soldiers and horses had retreated, and he didn't summon anyone all night, and the captains who guarded the city in the city were also resting in the barracks, and now the entire Jincheng is under the control of the Taiping army." ”

Guo Jia walked to the low table next to him, there was a basin of water on the table, he reached down and scooped up two handfuls of water and splashed it on his face, and after sobering up a lot, he picked up a towel and wiped his face.

"Ma Chao and the soldiers in this city are already physically and mentally exhausted, and Han Sui's soldiers and horses have just left, even if Ma Chao has bad intentions, he must ensure that Han Sui will not kill the horse pistol. Xingba, it's not my villain's heart, these years of ups and downs, ups and downs, you have also seen, sometimes it seems that the situation is under control, but there will be sudden changes, Ma Chao is now defenseless against me, either he is already disheartened, or he is just waiting to see how I act, and even wants to use this way to paralyze me, and try to see me again when I seem to be about to subdue his territory. ”

Gan Ning nodded calmly.

After Han Sui withdrew his troops, Ma Chao had no external worries, but Guo Jia came to Jincheng with soldiers and horses, which became Ma Chao's internal trouble.

How will Ma Chao feel at this time?

"Lord, now that Han Sui has retreated, if Ma Chao asks the lord to withdraw his troops back to Chang'an, what should he do?"

Gan Ning now suddenly felt that Guo Jia was facing a problem.

Guo Jia came to help Ma Chao, and now the merit is complete, if Ma Chao lets Guo Jia go back, then what choice should Guo Jia make?

If you withdraw, won't it be in vain?

If he doesn't withdraw, will Guo Jia tear his face and annex Ma Chao's territory, so that he will have to bear a treacherous infamy.

Guo Jia put away the towel, walked in front of Gan Ning, smiled slightly, and said, "If he speaks, I will withdraw the army." ”

Gan Ning's slightly tired face showed a puzzled look.

"This ......"

Guo Jia patted him on the shoulder and said, "Xingba, don't just stare at the front of you, look farther." Ma Chao's territory has been plundered and slaughtered by Han Sui, and the population has decreased sharply, some of them have been killed, some of them have fled to Guanzhong, and there are very few people left, and most of the money and food here have been looted by Han Sui, think about it, after I withdrew the army, Ma Chao was such a little soldier and horse, he couldn't even survive this summer, in fact, he was cornered, the key is that he can't see the situation clearly, if he is dead, then wait for him to die and come to see me again, without a fight. It's the best policy. ”

Gan Ning thought about it carefully and nodded thoughtfully.

Guo Jia can beat Ma Chao without much effort, but Guo Jia will have a bad reputation for being unkind and unjust, especially when he came to help Ma Chao, but he annexed Ma Chao's territory, who would dare to deal with Guo Jia in the future?

Three days later, Pound's condition improved, perhaps because the danger of Jincheng was lifted, and he had no worries in his heart, so he was able to concentrate on recuperation, so he was able to recover quickly.

Ma Chao stayed in his own house for the past three days, neither to entertain Guo Jia, nor to meet with the poor soldiers under him, sleeping and eating every day, practicing martial arts in the courtyard in his free time, wielding his tiger head Zhan golden gun, no one knows what Ma Chao is thinking, and no one dares to ask, after all, Ma Chao has recaptured his home from the lost dog, but it is a home full of holes.

The sun is shining, Ma Chao is still practicing martial arts, the shadow of the gun, the wind is whistling, Ma Chao's every action is extremely powerful and mighty, and it seems that there is an inexhaustible strength to burst out bit by bit.

The people in the house came to the side of the martial arts field and said to Ma Chao: "Lord, someone asks to see you." ”

"Nope!"

Ma Chao waved the spear non-stop, and spit out two words without looking back.

"It's General Pang."

Others may not be able to see Ma Chao, but Pound, he can't turn a blind eye, putting aside Pound's own contribution to Ma Chao, Pound has also followed Ma Teng and has been serving the Ma family for more than ten years.

Putting the weapon on the weapon rack, Ma Chao picked up a white cloth to wipe the sweat on his face, and asked his subordinates to invite Pang De in, he walked to the stone table on the edge of the martial arts field and sat down.

After a while, Pound entered from the outside, from far to near, although he had not fully recovered and his body was still a little weak, but Pound still held his head high, a pot of wine and two wine glasses in his left hand, and a dagger with a sheath in his right hand.

Ma Chao looked puzzled, Pound brought wine, he could understand.

Coming with a dagger, it was a bit of a monk.

Pang De walked to the stone table opposite Ma Chao, first put the wine pot and dagger on the table, and then saluted Ma Chao respectfully, and after Ma Chao stretched out his hand to invite him to take a seat, Pang De sat down expressionlessly.

Picking up the wine jug and filling the two wine glasses, Pang De pushed a wine glass in front of Ma Chao, and then picked up the wine glass and said to Ma Chao with a solemn expression: "Lord, this glass of wine, respect the old lord." ”

The old lord is naturally Ma Teng.

Ma Chao found that today's Pound was different from the past, and he felt a heavy pressure.

Picking up the wine glass and drinking it, Ma Chao and Pang De drank the water and wine in the glass together.

Without Ma Teng, there would be no Pang De today, too many generals are missing just a Bole, Pang De was trusted and promoted by Ma Teng, loyal to the Ma family for more than ten years, this loyalty in addition to the love and favor of the master and servant, more is Ma Teng's kindness.

Pang De poured another glass of wine for Ma Chao, and he filled it himself, and he saluted Ma Chao for the second time: "This glass of wine, to the lord." ”

The two of them drank the wine in the glass again, and Pound suddenly looked a little solemn, and poured the empty wine glass of the two for the third time.

"The last cup is that my Xie Ma family has been kind to me for more than ten years."

Pound didn't toast, he did it first, as for Ma Chao to drink or not, Pound would not be strong.

"Ling Ming, what are you?"

didn't touch the wine glass, Ma Chao heard the goodbye in Pound's mouth, and his expression changed greatly.

Pound's expression remained unchanged, and he slowly pulled the dagger in his hand out of the sheath, and the silver light appeared, and the dagger under the sunlight was particularly cold, showing its sharpness.

As soon as the dagger turned, the pinnacle was facing inward, and the tail was facing outward, and Pang De presented the dagger in front of Ma Chao with both hands.

"Meng Qi, I want to switch to serve under Guo Envoyjun's account, but the Ma family has always been kind to me, I can't repay it, only this seven-foot body, if Meng Qi blames me, you can take my life, I have no complaints."

From the lord to Meng, the change of title is the change of position.

Pang De asked himself, the person who was kind to him was Ma Teng, and Ma Chao was also kind to him, but when Ma Chao broke through from Jincheng and abandoned him, maybe his friendship with Ma Chao's master and servant had ended, and Guo Jia led the army to save him in the starry night, this kindness overwhelmed him, and he wanted to repay Guo Jia but there was no way, except to serve Guo Jia, there was no choice.

He can't do things that secretly betray the master, the bright and upright man never acts secretly, since he wants to draw a line with Ma Chao, then Pang De will come to Ma Chao in an open showdown.

In this era, the subordinates must obey the monarch unconditionally, and the monarch can call the subordinates as he pleases, and there has never been a reciprocal statement.

If Pang De wants to leave, he must be agreed by Ma Chao, otherwise he will be disloyal and unrighteous without a monarch.

Therefore, Pang De handed over his life to Ma Chao first, Ma Chao killed him, he had no regrets, after all, he no longer had the loyalty to serve Ma Chao from his heart, but he was still under Ma Chao's command.

Ma Chao didn't kill him and let him go, and Pang De could be regarded as transforming from a servant of the Ma family back to a free and pure white man.

"Ling Ming, why did you abandon me?"

Ma Chao's voice trembled, his head hung slightly, and his fists clenched under the table, as if he was suppressing infinite anger.

Ma Chao wants to kill Pound, not to mention that Pound personally presents a dagger, even if Pound is fully armed and fights with Ma Chao alone in the best condition, Ma Chao can defeat Pound completely.

Jin Ma Chao's bravery, I'm afraid the entire northwest can't find a character who can compare with him.

Guo Jia's command can be on par with Ma Chao, and it is estimated that there are only five people such as Dian Wei and Xu Chu.

But Ma Chao understood that he couldn't kill all the enemies alone, and Han Sui had eight generals and Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying, so Han Sui could beat Ma Chao without the strength to fight back at all.

Pound, the only person around Ma Chao who can take on a big role, wants to abandon him, how can Ma Chao be indifferent, whether it is out of emotion or reason, Pound's departure has made Ma Chao, who has suffered a heavy blow now, even worse.

Pound was silent and did not answer Ma Chao's question.

But Ma Chao was unwilling, and asked again: "Could it be that Ling Ming blamed me for breaking through a few days ago and leaving you in the city?" ”

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