As soon as he stretched out his hand, Zhang Chao revealed a broad chest. After Sun Shangxiang glanced at it, he twisted it and obediently stepped forward into his arms.

Holding Sun Shangxiang in his arms and feeling her innate body fragrance, Zhang Chao took a deep breath as if he was intoxicated before saying: "Xiang'er rest assured, if Dongwu is in danger, I will take action, but it is not at this time." ”

"Seriously." Hearing Zhang Chao's promise, Sun Shangxiang was excited.

"Why should I lie to you?" The corners of Zhang Chao's mouth lifted and he smiled.

Hearing this affirmative answer, Sun Shangxiang was overjoyed and fell into Zhang Chao's arms.

In fact, there is no need for Sun Shangxiang to beg, Zhang Chao will not allow Dongwu to have an accident. If Cao Cao really occupies it, it will be very disadvantageous to him. Without any worries, both Cao Cao and Liu Bei may jointly use troops against him. At that time, in the face of these two most powerful princes, anyone would feel a huge pressure.

In all respects, not allowing Cao Cao to succeed is in line with the current interests of Zhang Chao's group. But that doesn't mean that you have to do something when you have to do it, and this timing is very important.

For Zhang Chao, he is destined to dominate the world, which naturally includes Dongwu, so no matter what way he uses, in the end he will fight with his father-in-law, the difference is only to capture by force or receive peacefully.

That is the case, in order to achieve this goal, let Dongwu consume its strength now, which is exactly what Zhang Chao wants to see. Therefore, he will not send troops at this time, but his eyes will fall there from time to time, paying attention to the current situation, and once Dongwu is in danger, he will take action.

didn't promise Sun Shangxiang before, but because some preparations were not done, the final decision was not made. Even if his wife is haggard for this, then he might as well make a guarantee in advance, anyway, this matter will eventually be known to the world, and his wife should have the right to know in advance.

Zhang Chao comforted Sun Shangxiang, there was indeed a trace of killing in his eyes, he knew that if it didn't take long, he would have to intervene in this princes' war, and whether he could break the alliance between Cao Cao and Liu Bei and break their plans, everything still needs to be carefully planned.

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In June 203, Guan Yu and Dong Zhuo captured Jincheng and inflicted heavy losses on the Xiliang army.

Jincheng was occupied, the door was wide open, and for a while, the entire Xiliang seemed to become precarious.

After Ma Teng learned about it, he came out of Guzang and personally led an army of 200,000 towards Cangsong City and went straight to Lingju City.

The battle report has explained the situation in detail, in the first battle of Jincheng, the two generals Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng were killed, and the eldest son Ma Chao was also seriously wounded, and is now guarding Poqiang City with Pang De and the second son Ma Xiu.

Poqiang, belongs to the southwest of Xiliang, Xiping County, a city. On that day, Jincheng was occupied, and Pang De took the Ma brothers to enter Xiping County by small road, and soon established a defensive line in Poqiang City.

With the 50,000 horses he brought, Pound was originally full of confidence in holding the broken strong, but when he saw that the enemy from the city was unexpectedly out of sight, his brows couldn't help but wrinkle deeply. Especially the big Liu Ziqi and Guan Ziqi, which made his eyes show a hint of heaviness.

Since the defeat of Jincheng in the first battle, Pang De had to retreat, only because there was no way to go, so he went west and came to Xiping County, but in a blink of an eye, Liu Bei's army followed, and surrounded here, and also cut off the road of the army to Guzang in Wuwei County, so they became a lone army, although he had quickly mobilized the troops of a county, but it was only 20,000 more horses, plus he originally brought, and the strength he had was only 70,000.

With 70,000 against Guan Yu's 300,000 army, even Pang De doesn't have much confidence.

"I ask you, is the messenger sent to ask for help from the lord gone?" Pound asked helplessly. At this moment, Ma Chao is still seriously ill, and he is being treated by the doctor he found in the city, and everything here is on his shoulders.

"General Hui is gone. I believe that the lord will send reinforcements soon after receiving our battle report. It's just that these troops outside don't stop them, and they don't seem to be afraid of us looking for reinforcements. A tall lieutenant in armor bowed his head and clenched his fists in response.

"Okay, okay." Hearing the messenger leaving, Pang De couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as for why Guan Yu didn't send someone to stop him, he didn't care. What matters now is to join the army of the lord, as for what conspiracy the other party has, he is already a trapped person, can there be any worse situation than his own here?

Pound sent people asking for help to rush out of the Broken Qiang and went straight to the direction of Guzang, and there was no obstacle to this. Obviously, this was Guan Yu's intention, he just wanted to make Ma Teng anxious, so that he had to ask Zhang Chao for help, which was their ultimate goal.

Although the 700,000-strong army won the first battle with careful arrangement, they did not feel the slightest sense of ease. Their real enemy did not appear, and if they could not defeat the reinforcements sent by Zhang Chao, then it was always unknown who would ultimately be the fruits of these victories.

Zhuge Liang saw this, so before joining forces with Dong Zhuo, he first united with Cao Cao, and then guarded against Zhang Chao, obviously no one dared to underestimate this rising young man, even Zhuge Kongming, who felt that he could see thousands of miles, was also among them.

Zhang Chaoyue didn't do anything, he became more and more unconfident in his heart, all he could do at this moment was to keep coercing Ma Teng and asking him to ask for help, as long as he defeated the support army in the north, he would really start to recover Xiliang.

Zhuge Liang thinks so, Guan Yu has to cooperate with him well. In fact, not only General Guan, but also Dong Zhuo is also cooperating.

After capturing Jincheng, Dong Zhuo originally attacked to the northwest, and after successively taking the two cities of Zhiyang and Yunjie, he confronted the 200,000 troops brought by Ma Teng in front of Lingju City. It's just that when he saw the messenger sent by Pound, he still didn't feel embarrassed, and let him pass through the realm like this.

The messenger entered Lingju City, and after seeing the main male Ma Teng, he immediately told the story of the siege of Poqiang City with a handful of snot and tears, and also said that the young general Ma Chao was injured and is now being treated by the doctor.

As soon as he heard that his beloved son was injured and Pang De was surrounded, Ma Teng couldn't sit still, he wanted to wait for Pang De to lead the army to kill from behind Dong Zhuo, so he could come to a two-sided attack? Now it seems that this hope is impossible to realize.

With anger flashing in his eyes, Ma Teng, who was extremely angry, was about to order the army to go to Yun Street, and he was ready to fight his way out.

"My lord, no." When Ma Teng summoned all the generals under his command and said that he was going to attack, Ma Dai was the first to stand up and oppose it.

"Ma Dai? What are you going to do? When he saw that someone didn't listen to the order and was his nephew, he was suddenly angry.

Although Ma Teng was angry at this time, Ma Dai still did not flinch, and still stepped forward and took the initiative to say: "Lord, brothers are not afraid of death, nor are they afraid of fighting hard with Dong Zhuo, but if you attack Yunjie like this, you are afraid that you will suffer heavy casualties, which will only make the enemy happy." ”

"Humph!" Listening to Ma Dai's words, Ma Teng let out a heavy cold snort from his nose, but he didn't stop it in the next step, obviously he also wanted to hear what his nephew had to say.

Seeing that Ma Teng didn't stop it, Ma Dai first breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then spoke out again: "Lord, the current situation is that the enemy is strong and I am weak, we only have an army of 200,000, facing the double Dong Zhuojun, just a hard attack, obviously there will be no results." Even if our soldiers are brave, even if they can defeat the enemy, it will be a fiasco, if Liu Bei's army appears at that time, how do we deal with it? ”

"Also, General Pang De is guarding Poqiang, and his strength is only 70,000, so why did the 300,000 Liu army on the opposite side really not take the initiative to attack. Guan Yu is very brave, if he takes the initiative to attack, I am afraid that he will not be able to defend it at all. Everyone knows this, but if it happens, there is only one possibility, that is, they don't want to attack at all, but just want to wait for us to fight and come to the rescue, so that they can attack us when we move. ”

After Ma Dai analyzed the situation very seriously, he closed his mouth and looked at the main male Ma Teng.

After hearing this analysis, the other generals also nodded convincingly, and then their eyes also looked at Ma Teng's body, obviously waiting for the lord's decision.

To say that these generals are not people who are afraid of death, but if they die for no reason, they are indeed unwilling.

Feeling that everyone seemed to be persuaded by Ma Dai, Ma Teng knew that even if he gave the order now, he was afraid that the general would be resistant, and if there was a problem with the soldiers of such a large army, the chance of winning if he wanted to defeat Dong Zhuo would drop a lot.

"Okay, so tell me what we're going to do next." Ma Teng looked at Ma Dai, even if this person can say this, there must be a solution.

"Ask for help, ask the general for help. is still the previous sentence, Xiliang was broken, which Zhang Chao did not want to see, as long as we asked for help, he should not stand idly by. Ma Dai straightened his body and said with a full sense of energy.

Previously, when the war had not fully begun, Ma Dai had proposed to ask Zhang Chao for help. Even if Dong Zhuo can find reinforcements, why can't they? Looking at the situation, once Liangzhou is broken, it must not be what Zhang Chao wants to see. That said, he had great confidence that he could call in this reinforcement army.