Ma Chao, who led the army stationed in Chuyang, received a message from Nanzheng in early March.

When he received Fa Miao's letter with an urgent urging, he did not set off for Nanzheng immediately.

He found his only henchman at the moment, Ma Dai.

After Ma Dai arrived, Ma Chao handed him Fa Miao's letter to read.

Since Ma Chao's position was above Mi Yang, the letter drafted by Fa Miao Dai Mi Yang was not a summons order.

To be precise, this is a letter asking for Ma Chao's help.

After Ma Dai read the contents of the letter in his hand, his brows couldn't help but lock.

Cao Zhen's "Var Shu Wen" has been spread throughout Hanzhong not long ago, and he has also read the content of this letter.

And the appearance of this letter undoubtedly announced that the Cao Wei Guanzhong Army led by Cao Zhen would officially declare war on Liangzhou, where Mi Yang was located.

Ma Dai was born in a family of generals, he has received good military training since he was a child, in this case, his military strategy is not the best in the world, but some basic analysis of the situation is still difficult for him.

But it was only after analyzing the situation facing the Han army today, coupled with knowing Mi Yang's purpose in writing this letter to Ma Chao, that Ma Dai's brows tightened.

Today's situation, for the Han army, is not just a bad word to describe?

Because he knew that the current situation was unfavorable to the Han army, Ma Dai, who had already regarded Ma Chao as his own reliance, naturally did not want Ma Chao to go to Nanzheng.

Anyway, in Ma Dai's opinion, even if Ma Chao assisted Mi Yang to win the defense of Hanzhong, I am afraid that he will not only not be rewarded by Liu Bei, but will also cause Liu Bei to further suspect him.

In this case, why did Ma Chao go to this troubled water?

Liu Bei can accept an incompetent Ma Chao who abandoned the city and fled, but he definitely doesn't want to see a heroic and heroic Shenwei Tian general.

But after Ma Dai spoke out to dissuade Ma Chao, Ma Chao did not agree with Ma Dai's suggestion this time.

Because all the clansmen were slaughtered by Cao Cao in the early years, Ma Chao regarded Ma Dai as his successor, and he rarely disapproved of Ma Dai's suggestions in the past.

But now, Ma Chao's attitude is very decisive.

"I, I must go."

Seeing that Ma Chao was about to make an unwise choice, Ma Dai was in a hurry, and he was about to persuade, but Ma Chao's next words made Ma Dai fall into silence.

"The Guanzhong Legion of the Wei Army, I have already learned it back then, they are very strong.

And the troops in the hands of Liang Zhoumu are not enough.

It is a fact that there is a huge disparity between friend and foe today.

But as long as their surname is Cao, then I will fight them.

In the end, it's nothing more than death. ”

Ma Chao's words were quite sad, but when he said this, his tone was not low.

On the contrary, there was a faint glint of expectation in his eyes.

Jin Ma Chao, will you be afraid of death?

Ma Chao has not forgotten the agreement he made with Mi Yang, and in the past time, he has also made a lot of efforts for that agreement, and has achieved certain results.

But the reason why Ma Chao reached such an agreement with Mi Yang before was that he thought that Mi Yang was going to take the initiative to attack Wudu County at the beginning.

Now when Ma Chao knew that Cao Zhen would launch hundreds of thousands of Wei troops to attack Liangzhou, he suddenly understood the true purpose of Mi Yang coming to him in the first place.

Mi Yang wanted to take the initiative to attack, it was obvious that he had already received the warning information, so he was making preparations for a rainy day.

From this point of view, Mi Yang did not say everything to him.

It's just that for friends, sincerity should be the first priority, and for a superior person, isn't it the most correct to know the subtleties and take precautions?

Only such a superior person has the qualifications to command him to fight in super-combat.

Ma Chao retrieved the letter from Ma Dai's hand, and then said to Ma Dai: "Take my battle armor." ”

Mi Xuan did not let Ma Chao lead his headquarters soldiers and horses, so Ma Chao planned to go to Nanzheng with Ma Dai alone.

Ma Chao knew that this was Mi Yang's means to guard against him, as long as there were no soldiers and horses from his headquarters, then he would not be a threat to him.

Ma Chao was not surprised by Mi Yang's precautions.

Under Ma Chao's order, Ma Dai quickly took a silver and white armor and came to Ma Chao, and then he put on this armor for Ma Chao under Ma Chao's eyes.

When the heavy iron armor fell on Ma Chao's body one by one, he quickly felt the weight that ordinary people could not bear.

But after feeling this weight, his slightly bent back suddenly straightened at this moment.

Heroes with armor can start the journey.

Ma Dai's movements were very skillful, and soon he helped Ma Chao put on this heroic silver armor.

After putting on the silver armor, Ma Chao took the sword from the sword stand, and then said to Ma Dai:

"Would you like to go retrograde with me?"

After hearing Ma Chao's inquiry, Ma Dai did not hesitate at all.

"Dai, life and death go hand in hand."

Ma Dai's answer made Ma Chao laugh heartily.

The tens of thousands of Xiliang Iron Riders who followed him to gallop across the field back then are now only Ma Dai alone.

Well, it's enough.

On this day, the camp of the general Hussar of Chuyang opened the camp gate, and after a while, the two horsemen galloped out and went north.

The biggest purpose of "Cutting Shu Wen" is to turbulent the morale of the Liangzhou military, but what Cao Zhen doesn't know is that there are always some people who don't care about the military and only talk about their original intentions.

Day and night, Ma Chao and Ma Dai soon came to the outside of Nanzheng City.

When he learned that Ma Chao and Ma Dai had arrived, Mi Yang met them as soon as possible.

Ma Chao met Mi Yang in the conference hall.

When he arrived at the council hall, there were no other Liangzhou vassals in the hall, only Mi Yang's personal guards guarded inside and outside.

As Mi Yang, who is the pastor of Liangzhou, he did not sit on the main seat in the hall at this moment, but sat directly on the ground regardless of his appearance.

But at this moment, under his buttocks, instead of a cold floor, a huge area and a detailed topographic map of Liangzhou.

This topographic map was made by Mi Yang at the beginning of his arrival in Liangzhou.

It was not easy to produce a detailed topographic map in this day.

It's not easy, as long as the support of the superior is in place, then it can always be produced.

Mi Yang was no longer a military novice, and the longer he led the army, the more he realized the importance of terrain in warfare.

So he has always been very concerned about making a detailed topographic map of Liangzhou, even if it costs more manpower and material resources, he doesn't mind.

With Mi Yang's strong support, this large-scale topographic map of Liangzhou, which Mi Yang regarded as a military secret, was finally completed last year.

The young state pastor sitting on the vast mountains and rivers of Liangzhou had a smile on his face after seeing Ma Chao arrive.

The enemy is in front, and Mi Yang doesn't care about any courtesy.

He beckoned Ma Chao to come forward.

Facing Mi Yang's call, Ma Chao whispered a word of warning to Ma Dai behind him, and then walked quickly to the edge of the topographic map.

But when he reached the edge of the topographic map, his steps stopped abruptly, and even his eyes were a little evasive.

Everywhere, local topographic maps are one of the most important military secrets.

What's more, the topographic map of Liangzhou under Miyang is more detailed than most of the maps in the world at that time, and it also marks more military information.

Is such a topographic map that a person like him can look at at will?

Ma Chao's hesitation was noticed by Mi Yang, and he understood Ma Chao's concerns after thinking about it.

Mi Yang is the best at helping people solve their worries.

Mi Yang stood up on the map of the mountains and rivers of Liangzhou, walked to the edge of the map step by step, and then grabbed Ma Chao's hand and pulled him into the vast mountains and rivers of Liangzhou under his feet.

When Ma Chao's white shoes and socks stepped on the soft topographic map, he gradually became calm in his heart when he met Mi Yang's gaze without the slightest suspicion.

With every step, Ma Chao becomes more down-to-earth.

Then he and the young state pastor who trusted him walked step by step to the center of the Liangzhou mountains and rivers map - Nanzheng City.

When the two of them stood above Nan Zheng, Mi Yang pulled Ma Chao to sit down together.

Ma Dai, who was standing outside the hall, saw this scene, and for some reason, some gratitude to Mi Yang appeared in his heart.

There is a kind of thing called trust, which was abandoned by Ma Chao in the past.

But when the loss of this precious thing caused a series of evil consequences, Ma Chao became extremely precious to the word trust.

It's just that because of Ma Chao's past evil behavior, where will ordinary people give Ma Chao trust again?

But now that Mi Yang has given it, maybe Mi Yang's trust in Ma Chao is limited, but this is enough to make Ma Dai feel precious.

I think the general has the same feelings in his heart now.

When Mi Yang and Ma Chao sat down together, Mi Yang looked at Ma Chao in front of him, and he actually felt that today's Ma Chao was not the same person as the Ma Chao he saw not long ago.

The appearance is the same, but when they met twice, the difference in the spirit and spirit shown by Ma Chao can be described as a makeover.

Seeing Ma Chao like this, Mi Yang's heart relaxed a lot.

"I haven't seen him for a while, and the general's spirit is getting brighter and brighter, which is gratifying."

This is Mi Yang's heartfelt appreciation, after all, if he is still the sluggish Ma Chao, Mi Yang really doesn't dare to use him.

In the face of Mi Yang's praise, Ma Chao smiled slightly, but did not respond to Mi Yang on this point.

He asked Mi Yang: "I also hope that the Zhou Mu will inform Chao and more information about the enemy army." ”

After Ma Chao asked about this, Mi Yang nodded, and then told Ma Chao all the military information he had received so far.

Because of the existence of Si Wencao, it would be more convenient for Mi Yang to collect military information in Guanzhong.

But after all, there is a lack of advanced means of communication in the current world, so even if Mi Yang has watched many spy war blockbusters in his previous life, he can't apply that knowledge to the current world.

In the absence of this, Si Wencao's role is not unlimited.

For example, Mi Yang knew a long time ago that the Wei army was going to attack Hanzhong, but it was not until not long ago that he had roughly obtained the total strength of the Wei army's expedition.

I have to say that Cao Zhen's preliminary secrecy work on this matter is indeed okay.

However, no matter how Cao Zhen tried every possible way to keep it secret, when his army was gathered, he could control the outflow of some key military information.

But as soon as his army is opened, then a lot of information will naturally surface.

For example, the approximate actual total strength of the Wei army, such as the route of the Wei army, such as who the main generals of the Wei army are, and so on.

What Mi Yang told Ma Chao at the moment was these key pieces of information.

After listening to all the military information told by Mi Yang, Ma Chao undoubtedly had a clearer understanding of the current situation between the enemy and us.

But it was this kind of cognition that made Ma Chao's face look solemn.

With the current comparison of the strength of the two sides, this battle is really difficult to fight.

After thinking about it carefully, Ma Chao put forward a suggestion to Mi Yang according to the current situation of the enemy and us:

"The enemy's three-way army, with the East Route Army having the largest number of troops, and with Cao Zhen personally commanding the East Route Army, it can be seen that this must be the main force of the thief army.

The Xiegu is located outside Chencang, and the Luogu is located outside Chang'an, and according to the time calculation, it is likely that the thief army was already marching towards the two valleys at this time.

Our army's strength is far weaker than the enemy's, and the enemy's three-way division of troops, although on the surface it seems that he wants to divide our Hanzhong into three, so that our armies cannot echo, but with Cao Zhen's military strategy, his purpose will not be so simple.

I expected that his three-way division of troops was also a ploy to lure the enemy.

If our army wants not to be defeated by the thief army, then it is necessary to take the initiative to attack and prevent the thief army's treacherous plan from succeeding.

But in this way, our army loses the support of the city, and perhaps it is in the hands of the thief army.

As the saying goes, it is better to break the enemy's fingers than to hurt ten fingers.

Since the Eastern Route Army is the strongest of the main force of the thief army, and his goal is where the center of our Han is located, it is better for our army to shrink its strength and abandon the cities outside Yangping Pass.

Even when necessary, abandon Yangping Pass, stick to the area of Nanzhengcheng, and with the military strength of our army, it is not difficult to hold Nanzhengcheng for a period of time.

As long as our army can defend until the reinforcements of Yizhou arrive, then the thief army is bound to retreat.

Even if the reinforcements from Yizhou cannot arrive in time, the morale of the thief army will definitely be depressed after a long period of attrition. ”

When Ma Chao said what he thought in his heart, he looked at Mi Yang with his eyes.

He was judging whether Mi Yang would agree with his suggestion.

During the Warring States period, due to the emergence of a large number of famous generals, tactics became more and more flexible.

But no matter how changeable the tactics are, in some cases of war, there are some fixed routines.

For example, when the enemy is attacking you, how should you respond?

It's very simple, the best secret is to lure the enemy deep into the eight characters.

Ma Chao's current tactics for Mi Yang are based on these eight words.

The clear field means that the enemy army has no supplies in the local area.

Luring the enemy deep means that the enemy's supply line will be continuously extended, which will undoubtedly create some good fighters for your own army with a favorable location.

On the basis of these two points, as long as the time is long enough, the morale of the enemy army will inevitably decrease.

In this way, from a common sense point of view, there is indeed a chance to do what Ma Chao said in the end.

Moreover, this strategy can also concentrate the national strength of the whole county to defend a city, so that it can make up for the fatal wound of the current lack of food and grass in Hanzhong to a certain extent.

In Ma Chao's view, this strategy is the most suitable strategy for the Han army at the moment.

But Ma Chao, who thought that Mi Yang would agree, shook his head firmly when he saw him.

The young state pastor who took the mountains and rivers of Liangzhou as his bed, in front of Ma Chao, who was like a bear and a tiger, tapped the great rivers and mountains under his buttocks hard, and he said passionately:

"The country must not be lost, and the enemy must be outside the country!"

(End of chapter)