"Father, in fact, the child has long wanted to attack Chang'an, destroy Cao Cao, seize the Son of Heaven, let him give way to you, and then Father, you will be the emperor, and the child will be the prince!"

Ma Chaotong Kong flashed with a little yearning, he was not willing to be here for a long time, he thought that with his bravery, he could be the master of the world.

"Meng Qi, this ......" The corners of Ma Teng's mouth twitched, good guy, his son does not want to be the king by himself, but wants to be the co-master of the world.

To be honest, Ma Teng didn't dare to think about it.

"Brother, although my Xiliang spear cavalry is invincible and the world, but Cao Cao is experienced in a hundred battles after all, and he is as cunning as a fox, so it is better for our army to be false and wrong, and tell him that he can negotiate surrender and help him take Xiliang,"

"In this way, time can be delayed, and when the time comes, Meng Qi can go to the Qiang to ask for reinforcements, and with Meng Qi's prestige in the Qianghu, he can also ask for 20,000 Xiqiang elite horsemen."

"In this way, our army has 40,000 cavalry, how simple it is to break Cao's army." Ma Dai's eyes were like torches, and he looked at Meng Qi with a little inquiry.

Ma Dai is relatively brainy, and in later generations, he will also mix well under Liu Bei, and he is a rare good general, who can be taken on his own.

"Hey, why bother? Breaking Cao Cao's 20,000 iron horses is enough, why 40,000! Ma Chao snorted coldly, with a little dissatisfaction, he felt that Ma Dai didn't believe in his strength.

"Major General, although our army is strong, what General Ma said is not unreasonable, if you want 20,000 Xiqiang iron cavalry and 40,000 troops, the odds of victory will be greatly improved."

"What's more, it's easy to defeat Cao Cao, how difficult it is to enter Guanzhong, it's difficult for our family to compete with Cao Cao in Chang'an,"

"But if we have enough troops, we can let the other princes of Xiliang join forces with us, and second, we can dominate the coalition army!"

Pound also clenched his fists and said.

He felt that it was not easy to deal with Cao Cao with the strength of one family, and only by uniting the forces of the entire Xiliang could Cao Cao's annexation be well contained.

Seeing that his subordinate general Pang De didn't agree with it, Ma Chao was even more displeased, looked at Ma Teng, and asked in a deep voice: "Father, what do you think?" ”

"Meng Qi, what Ma Dai Pound said is not unreasonable, Cao Cao is powerful, and there are nearly 100,000 troops, and our army only has 20,000 iron cavalry, and it is not easy to resist."

"Although Wu'er is brave and is known as the general of Shenweitian, but two fists are invincible to four hands, not to mention victory, but once defeated, our army will have no respite."

"Therefore, in this battle, according to Ma Dai Pound, first show the enemy to be weak, and then ask for help from Xiqiang and the princes of Xiliang to resist Cao Cao together."

Ma Teng looked at Ma Chao with a little apology.

He can have such a stable position today, to be honest, he is inseparable from Ma Chao, and now he refuses, which is somewhat embarrassing.

"Father, do you also think that the child can't defeat that Cao Cao?" Ma Chao was a little displeased, and asked with his sleeves.

"Meng Qi, I didn't mean that, but this matter is very important, it's better to be safe, we Xiliang can't withstand such a toss, not to mention that Cao Cao came with a purpose!"

Ma Teng explained euphemistically.

"Hmph, that's it, I'll go ask for help, as for the alliance, I don't think there's any need for it, those people can't be trusted, instead of a plate of scattered sand, it's better for us to fight by ourselves, and then we will monopolize Chang'an!" Ma Chao waved his hand and said briskly.

"This, no matter what, if you can defeat Cao Cao first, the other princes will naturally be convinced, and even if they enter the customs together, they will be the boss of our Ma family."

Ma Teng also refused Ma Chao many times, and immediately agreed to Ma Chao's suggestion.

When Ma Chao heard this, his face looked a little better, but Ma Dai Pound next to him sighed, after all, forming an alliance with the entire Xiliang is the way with the highest chance of winning.

However, the two did not raise other opinions,

After all, as Ma Chao said, there are many princes in Xiliang, if there is no prestige, it will inevitably be scattered, and sometimes it may not be as good as the strength of one side.

Because once a fight starts, they all want to preserve their strength, and it will naturally form a rout.

"Okay, then let Meng Qi go to Xiqiang for help, and I will arrange for someone to meet Cao Cao, pretend to surrender and try it, and see what Cao Qi plans to do."

Ma Teng waved his hand, and it can be regarded as finalizing this matter.

"No!" The generals clenched their fists in response.

Immediately, Ma Chao took some people and set off directly to various camps in Xiqiang, where there are more Qianghu, and these places recognize the strong as respect.

And Ma Chao is the strong man in their mouths,

General Shenwei Tian, regarded as a god!

This is also one of the reasons why the young Ma Chao is so inflated.

But if Chu Feng is here, I'm afraid those Xiqiang will worship it even more!

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A few days later, in Hanyang County.

Hanyang-gun is the first county after the customs clearance,

Because Cao Cao also has some influence in Xiliang, it is relatively easy to enter the counties and counties, but if you want to take down Xiliang, you need to pay attention to Ma Teng and Han Sui.

These two are the biggest leaders of Xiliang,

It is impossible for them to take Xiliang by themselves.

And Han Sui has 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Ma Teng has 20,000 soldiers and horses, which are not much, but Xiliang is sparsely populated, and this amount is a prince in the Xiliang army.

The point is that the two have local influence.

"What, there's no way?" Cao Cao looked around at everyone and asked jokingly.

"Lord, Xiliang Han Sui, Ma Teng and others are all horsemen, but that Han Sui is known as the Yellow River, this person is insidious and cunning and backstabbed his allies many times, and everyone in Xiliang is also well-known, we may be able to do something here."

Guo Jia clenched his fists and said in a deep voice.

"That's right, Han Sui and Ma Teng both have influence in Xiliang, and the two had conflicts in their early years, and they have always been estranged, so you can start from here."

"Otherwise, in the border of Xiliang, the chance of winning against the Xiliang cavalry with infantry is almost zero!" Xun You also said without exaggeration.

"So you mean to expand the contradiction or what?" Cao Cao asked, with a little curiosity, after all, the two were already separated from morality, and it was not a separation.

Just then, one of the guards rushed over.

At the same time, he carried a letter in his hand and shouted: "Lord Qiqi, outside the city, Ma Teng sent someone to ask for a meeting, this is the letter submitted by Ma Teng. ”

"Oh roar? Epistle? Present it and take a look! Cao Cao was surprised, he never thought that Ma Teng would take the initiative to send someone to deliver the letter, you must know that he has always ignored him when he contacted him before.

After receiving the letter, Cao Cao swept it through the ten lines at a glance.

Immediately, he laughed, laughed louder, and said loudly: "Ma Teng is actually cowardly, the content of his letter is to please in every way, saying that he is willing to surrender, but the premise is to give the official to the knight." ”

"Is he willing to surrender?" The ministers were surprised.

"Well, he also said that he would take us to take Xiliang, hehe, this Ma Teng really doesn't shed tears when he sees the coffin, but it's okay to do this, it saves us trouble."

Cao Cao looked at the crowd of civil and martial arts, although he said with a chuckle, but there was a bit of inquiry or expectation in the depths of his eyes, he wanted to see if a few people had found any clues.

"Lord, then Ma Teng may not want to see the coffin and not cry, if he really wants to enter the court as an official, why bother to get to this point."

"His subordinates suspect that the reason why he took the initiative to surrender is nothing more than to delay time so that he can get reinforcements, and even form an alliance to fight against our army!"

Xun You said in a deep voice.

"Lord, Gongda is right, Ma Teng did not intend to surrender, but since this handwritten book was written by Ma Teng himself, it may be possible to use one or two!"

Guo Jia agreed, and after speaking, the corners of his mouth were hooked, with a bit of evil charm.

"Feng Xiao is thinking..."Xun You looked at Guo Jia, the corners of his eyes couldn't help narrowing slightly, and he chuckled.

"Hehe, didn't he want to surrender and kill the other princes? Then you might as well let them bite the dog's hair, and directly send someone to read this handwritten book to them one by one. ”

"To put it bluntly, divide them, let them go their own way, and even form a co-optation with overwhelming people, as long as the lord wins Xiliang, the world is one step closer to the lord!"

Guo Jia nodded, looked at Cao Cao and explained with a chuckle.

Guo Jia seems that Ma Teng is too stupid, originally he wanted to find someone to write a few sentences casually to get people down, after all, this thing is playing with the distrust of allies.

What's more, Han Sui and Ma Teng already have grievances.

"Brilliant plan!" Cao Cao chuckled and nodded, this operation is still very OK, Ma Teng is tantamount to lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, and when the time comes, the princes of Xiliang will attack it en masse!

Perhaps, when the time comes, he can easily absorb Xiliang.

"Then use this letter to divide the princes, let them know that Ma Teng has surrendered, why do they insist." The corners of Cao Cao's mouth hooked up a sneer.

As long as you can defeat Ma Teng first, the pressure on your side will be reduced.

"Lord, the separation needs to be a little deeper, just arrange people to let out the rumors, and there is no need to arrange people. Let's just say that Ma Teng has secretly communicated with you, and then is ready to frame all the princes. ”

"In this way, even if the other princes know about the divisive plan, they don't dare to rush to the rescue, after all, if they rescue, they may be killed, and no one dares to bear it!"

Guo Jia added, it is better to let their own eyes convey the past, and the effect will definitely be better than this when the time comes.

"What you say is very true, just do what Feng Xiao says!"

"As long as the princes from all walks of life dare not help Ma Teng, it will be easy to break, and when Ma Teng is defeated, only Han Sui will be left, and it is difficult to support alone, which is not worth mentioning."

Cao Cao smiled, with a little excitement.

When he takes Xiliang, the sphere of influence will go further.

Especially the Xiliang War Horse, which is what he needs most right now.

Although Chu Feng has few cavalry, there are more than 10,000, Yuan Shao doesn't mention it, but there are not many tigers and leopards under his command, and the cavalry Cao Cao has been in pain.

Moreover, there is not much time left for him.

"Lord, don't be careless, then Yuan Shao's carelessness has already been defeated and returned to Hebei." Xun You hurriedly mentioned that he didn't want Cao Cao to be like Yuan Shao.

"That's right, my lord, Ma Teng himself was born in the army and has a bit of martial arts, and his eldest son Ma Chao is known as the general of Shenwei Tian by all over Xiliang,"

"This person's martial arts, I'm afraid only Zhang Zhiyi can compete with him. And as far as I know, this man has thousands of spears under his command, which are used to break the formation. ”

Guo Jia also hurriedly added, with a little vigilance.

Before he came, he used the intelligence department to check the situation of Ma Teng, Ma Chao and others in detail, and even Ma Chao's unusual rest time was clear.

"Lancers?" Cao Cao asked suspiciously.

"My lord, I have also heard of this cavalry, it is said that these cavalrymen all carry short spears in the front row, and when they are in battle, they shoot short spears to break the formation."

"It is said that Ma Chao trained these cavalry to deal with the infantry of the Central Plains, this person is not only brave, but also ambitious and will not be willing to live in the hearts of the people!"

Xun You echoed and explained, also with a bit of solemnity.

He didn't know what the effect of Ma Chao's spear riding was, after all, Ma Chao himself had never fought with the Central Plains soldiers and horses, but he was famous.

"Hmph, don't worry!" Cao Cao waved his hand, he has experienced a hundred battles, if he can be poked back by this spear horse, then his life will really be in vain!