After his mentality was calmed down, Ma Chao also became more and more respectful of Zhang Chao. All he wants now is to behave well and strive for a better future for the Ma family. I never thought that although he had performed well recently, his subordinates had indeed made mistakes, and for a while he was confused and nervous.

Ma Chao knelt on the ground, and Zhang Chao really didn't even look at it. He had already made it clear that several army commanders, including deputy army commanders, had the ability to recommend, but anyone they thought was capable could be promoted to the imperial court and be reused. But it's just one point, as a recommender, you also have to bear a certain amount of responsibility, for example, once something goes wrong with the referee, then he will be affected. And now that Wang Tai is openly rebelling, it is no wonder that Zhang Chao is angry with Ma Chao's recommendation.

Ignoring Ma Chao, who was kneeling on the ground, Zhang Chao continued: "Mr. Cui Yan of Jizhou Mu was also assassinated at the same time. ”

"Shhh Compared with just now, after this sound fell, the faces of several people in the tent changed greatly.

Cui Yan is Zhang Chao's personal talent, and since he arrived, Jizhou has quickly stabilized, and it did not take long to step into the track of normal development. It can be said that the influence of the Yuan clan in the land of Jizhou is decreasing little by little, if this continues, I am afraid that it will not take two or three years, and the people there will only know the Celestial Empire and forget the Yuan clan.

All this is Cui Yan's credit, but he didn't expect that he was assassinated. As you can imagine, there must be a lot of chaos there right now.

The two events that happened one after another also indicated that someone was going to take action against the Celestial Empire. Originally, after the war with the Rus' country, the few army commanders who would rest for a while were indeed excited now, and it was obvious that they had a big battle to fight again.

The generals are thinking that there will be another opportunity to show their talents, and the two military advisors are indeed considering the overall situation. Among them, Fu Zhu stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Brother Ji Qi (Cui Yanzi) is in trouble, and now Jizhou will definitely be in chaos, but I don't know who is in charge of the overall situation there." ”

"Fengxiao has been believed, and it is not a big problem to think about it." Zhang Chao saw that he was frustrated and asked about the point, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

Hearing that Guo Jia, a member of the first rank and former chief military advisor, went to Jizhou, he breathed a sigh of relief with relief, "This is very good, very good." ”

"Hmm. Feng Xiao went, I was relieved. But after all, he is not from Jizhou, and he has not been an official there, and some things are not too familiar, Mr. Fu, I intend to ask you to go and cooperate, I don't know if it is not. As Zhang Chao spoke, he looked at Fu Zhi with an inquiring gaze.

This person used to be an official in Jizhou, and he was very familiar with the situation there, and if he helped, many things would be much easier to handle.

"Obey." At this moment, Fu Zhu said without a trace of hesitation, it was his duty to share the emperor's worries.

Seeing that he agreed so happily, Zhang Chao was satisfied and said with a smile: "Okay, pass the decree, the Fourth Army Corps will immediately go to Jizhou, Commander Zhang He is responsible for military affairs, and the military division is responsible for government affairs, and cooperate with Lord Guo Jia to deal with the affairs of Jizhou. ”

"Obey." This time, the legion commander Zhang He also knelt down with Fu Zhi.

After arranging the matter in Jizhou, Zhang Chao set his eyes on Ma Chao, the commander of the dragoon army, and said, "Horse commander? ”

"The sinners are here." Ma Chao, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately replied tremblingly.

"Wang Tainai was your own soldier before, and now you are rebelling, does the general have anything to say?" Zhang Chao's voice asked with a hint of coldness.

"The minister has nothing to say, let the emperor let it go. Please only give the minister a chance to make meritorious contributions, and the guilty general will personally go to Tianshui to fight the rebellion. Ma Chao knows that what he has to do now is to make amends, otherwise, he is afraid that this crime will be difficult to wash away.

Ma Chao proposed to go to Yongzhou in person to solve the problem, which made Zhang Chao breathe a sigh of relief, and this behavior at least proved that Wang Tai's move had nothing to do with him. "Okay, I'm ready, just pack up and go."

"Your Majesty." After Ma Chao heard that Kejing continued to lead the troops, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhang Chao three times, and each slam on the ground brought out a sound, which shows that he is sincere.

"Where is Commander Zhang Liao?" Zhang Chao continued: "The main force of the Second Army Corps went to Yongzhou to quell the rebellion, and now the Yanmen Pass is empty, and before the main force of the Second Army Corps returns, all the defense there will be taken care of by you and the army." ”

"Commander Wenchou, you immediately lead the army back to Jinyang, and you must stabilize the overall situation." Zhang Chao made two wills in succession. After all, a month has passed since the incident, and he doesn't know what the situation is, and the only thing he can do is to make the worst arrangements as possible.

"Obey." Immediately, Zhang Liao and Wen Chou both knelt on the ground and took the order.

The original million-strong division was quickly divided into five branches, each of which went to the place where it went. Zhang Chao and General Zhao Yun headed towards Goryeo together.

Although there was an emergency at home, he had said before that he would go to Goryeo to have a look, and he also met with some of the big clans there. Of course, he also arranged everything, and now it doesn't matter if he goes back one day earlier or one day later.

Zhao Yun accompanied Zhang Chao into the new imperial city of Goryeo, Marudu, where he was warmly received by Queen Park Jinli and local ministers, and this day was three days.

Three days later, Zhang Chao set off from Goryeo to Youzhou.

When leaving, Zhang Chao instructed Zhao Yun to deal with the two places of Rulou and Fuyu, which had just been conquered. As for what to do, you can follow the previous way of dealing with Goryeo and Samhan. That is to support a local clan, let them be temporary leaders, and then eat away at people's hearts step by step, you can first one country, two systems, everything is subject to their local system, and look for opportunities to slowly change.

Zhao Yun has been in charge of Goryeo for many years, so he is naturally good at such things, so he immediately agreed. At the same time, he also said that he would gather more grain and grass as soon as possible, and according to his feelings, he was afraid that soon after Zhang Chao returned to Jinyang, he would have to use troops again. On the contrary, after the war with the Rus, there should be no war in the north for a short time, and what he has to do now is to fully support Zhang Chao's march into the Central Plains.

Of course, Zhao Yun also proposed that he could take half of the main force of the Dragon and Tiger Legion to the Central Plains battlefield. was only rejected by Zhang Chao.

"Zilong, you have received your heart, but the north is also very important. Although it is said that this time the Rus State is defeated, but things are changing every day, no one knows what will become, originally there is only one army here, and the troops to defend the land of the Three Kingdoms are not enough, so there is no need to think about the battle of the Central Plains. ”

"The minister obeys the order. But please also ask the emperor to send Xu Chen to send 20,000 soldiers to escort you back to Jinyang, and please ask the emperor not to refuse. Zhao Yun knew that it was already a bit stretched to defend the land of the Three Kingdoms with a main army of 200,000 people, so he didn't force it. But for Zhang Chao's safety, it is indeed necessary to send troops to escort him.

"Hehe, even if Zilong is loyal, I'm right." Zhang Chao smiled.

In this way, Zhang Chao left Goryeo, and headed towards Youzhou with 10,000 Zhangjia heavy cavalry, 20,000 Zhangjia light cavalry, and 20,000 soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Legion.

As soon as he left Goryeo, Zhang Chao ordered the army to speed up, Youzhou is the realm of the Celestial Empire, he didn't think there would be any danger here, so he went all the way, and the scouts he sent were only five miles away from the front army.

Yuyang County.

One of the most important counties in Youzhou, the place where it is governed, has developed transportation, and with the increasing prestige of the economic development of the Celestial Empire, it has also become an important economic town.

And even in the important town with more than 50,000 people, there are indeed several people in ambush at this moment, including Cao Cao's soldiers, nearby mountain bandits, and the remnants of Xianbei in the east.

These people will gather here, and the natural target is Zhang Chao.

Zhang Chao established the Celestial Empire and became the most powerful vassal state, which caused the other princes to be jealous. This time, he took the initiative to fight with Rus, and even won the victory, which also made the other princes even more surprised, they knew that if they continued to use normal means, they were afraid that they would be swallowed up one by one sooner or later. As the saying goes, capture the thief and capture the king first, kill Zhang Chao, and the chaos of the Heavenly Empire has become a means of the quickest solution.

In order to be able to do this, Cao Cao began to plan very early. He even had a feeling that Zhang Chao might win a battle with Rose, which he deduced from what he had done since his beginning.

Originated in Chenliu, and then did not taste a defeat, until now it has created a dignified Heavenly Empire. How could such a person, even if he took the initiative to march to the Rus' kingdom, not be prepared.

Facts also proved that Cao Cao guessed correctly. But it was precisely because he had already seen this that he had made preparations for this, and after sending someone to assassinate Cui Yan, he took advantage of the chaos in Jizhou to insert the sergeant who had been prepared for a long time into Jizhou, and then came to Youzhou. And the number of this army has reached 5,000, and it is still the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry under its command.

Of course, with only five thousand tigers and leopards riding on it, it is extremely difficult to threaten Zhang Chao's life. For this reason, Cao Cao did not hesitate to pay a huge financial price and invited the nearby mountain bandits, who were also the famous thistle bandit king Song Qian, and he had 30,000 bandits.

In addition to asking for help from the mountain bandits, Cao Cao also contacted the remnants of Xianbei in the nearby eastern part of the country.

Since Zhang Chao became the lord of the north, he implemented an iron-blooded policy against the nearby Xianbei and Xiongnu, and for a while, whether it was the previous Zhang Liao department or the later Zhao Yun department, they all carried out the killing of these different gangs. And this Tuoshide has been encircled and suppressed more than once, but he is lucky, he has not been exterminated, but let him also collect some remnants of Xianbei, and now he has 50,000 soldiers under his command.