Zhang Fei escaped, and under Wang Ping's interrogation, Fan and Zhang both confessed, confiding that they had joined forces with Yao Jing to assassinate Zhang Fei and thus surrender to Ma Chao.

Although Zhang Fei was angry and annoyed, he was helpless, so he killed Fan and Zhang and hung them at the camp gate to set an example.

Seeing that there was turmoil in the army, Zhang Fei was afraid that the army would have problems again and would be taken advantage of by Ma Chao, so he led the army to retreat to Hanzhong.

Ma Chao led the army to cover dozens of miles and captured a large amount of money and grain from the Han army, and he was very proud in his heart. He not only reported the good news to Cao Cao, but even wrote a letter to Zhang Fei, ridiculing Zhang Fei for fleeing from the battle, and it was better to fight with him a few more times.

Yangping Pass, the city pass of the government.

In the lobby, Zhang Fei received a sarcastic letter from Ma Chao, and he was already so angry that he blew his beard and patted the case, wanting to find Ma Chao to fight again.

Compared with Zhang Fei, who was huffing, Lu Xun was calm and carefully read Ma Chao's letters.

Knowing that Yao Jing and Zheng He would surrender to Ma Chao, Lu Xun, who was sitting in Fu County, was afraid that Zhang Fei would lose, so he specially led his soldiers and horses out of the Sword Pavilion to meet Zhang Fei on Qishan Road. The two met in Fu County and slowly withdrew to Hanzhong.

"Bo Yan, Ma Chao Xiao'er, he won a game by luck, and he dared to say such words, it should be too deceitful!"

Zhang Fei paced in the hall, pointing to the letter and scolding.

On the letter, Ma Chao ridiculed Zhang Fei for being in name only, not knowing how to use soldiers, not knowing how to govern the army, and he can have the respect of the present, mostly relying on Liu Bei's support. If there was no Liu Bei to carry him, he Zhang Fei would be a miscellaneous general with 5,000 soldiers.

Zhang Fei raised 40,000 troops to fight at the pass, and his march and formation were chaotic and disorderly. If he hadn't been outnumbered, he would have defeated Zhang Fei's troops a long time ago. However, if he has 40,000 soldiers, he will be able to level Bashu, how can there be Zhang Feixiong.

After Lu Xun finished reading the letter, he looked up at the angry Zhang Fei, and couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart.

Before Zhang Feiduo, there were more than 10,000 generals, more than 20,000 troops, mostly with the help of Lu Xun and Gan Ning. Today, he led 40,000 soldiers to the west, and the origin of his subordinates was complicated, not pure veterans and old generals, but the first time that the eldest girl went to the sedan chair.

Although it is not incompetent as Ma Chaoxin said, there are many mistakes. If you meet the generals under the command of Cao Cao and Huo Jun, and set a trap, most of them will be defeated.

Lu Xun's eyes moved down and fell back to the letter.

In this letter, Zhang Fei saw the meanness and ridicule of Ma Chao's words, but Lu Xun saw through these words Ma Chao, who was unwilling to succumb to others, and used words to vent his emotions and express his ambitions.

Zhang Fei saw that Lu Xun was silent, so he stepped forward and said, "Can Bo Yan write a letter for a certain person and refute that Ma Chao Xiao'er." ”

"Refuge?"

Lu Xun put down the letter and said with a light smile: "Why refute it?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Fei was anxious, pointed to the letter, and said, "Bo Yan, Ma Chao is insulting your uncle?" ”

"No hurry!"

Lu Xun invited Zhang Fei to his position and said patiently: "Ma Chao is unruly, and his surrender to Cao Cao is a last resort. Although the words of this letter are insulting my uncle, I am feeling indignant for the present. ”

"Hmm!"

Zhang Fei put his displeasure behind, re-examined the letter, and said: "Ma Er was a prince at the beginning, and he surrendered to Cao Cao because of the defeat of the army. Now Cao Cao commissioned him to supervise the two counties of Yinping and Wudu, which was actually to make him control my Bashu soldiers. Looking at his letters now, I delve into the words, or I have the feeling of what the words were said. ”

Lu Xun stroked his short beard, and his elegant face showed playfulness, as if he was thinking about something.

Putting down the letter, Zhang Fei looked puzzled and asked: "Now Ma Chao has descended to Wei as a general, and there is no hope of a comeback." Bo Yan knows that Ma Chao is reckless, do you want to tempt him to surrender to me? ”

"Surrender?"

Hearing this, Lu Xun laughed a few times, showed disapproval, and said: "Ma Chao is as reckless as a wolf, how can he easily descend to him." If you can re-induce Ma Chao to rebel against Cao Cao today, then it will be a great benefit to our country! ”

He has been in the northwest for so many years and has had a lot of contact with Ma Chao, and he feels that it is very suitable to describe Ma Chao as a wolf.

Ma Chao is unruly, regardless of his relatives, only talks about interests and force, and is never willing to be subordinate. This is also why Ma Chao secretly expanded his power in Yinping and Wudu, because he was eager to rise.

Therefore, letting Ma Chao be his subordinate is like letting a wolf watch the door, either being eaten by the wolf, or gradually becoming a watchdog, losing his enterprising spirit and losing his sharpest fangs.

"What does Eber's words mean to make Ma Chao rebel?" Zhang Fei asked.

"Yes!"

Lu Xun groaned a little and said: "If my uncle doesn't care about Ma Chao's verbal humiliation, Xun will write to Ma Chao to see if he can have a relationship with him and observe Ma Er's words and deeds." ”

"That's it!"

"Since Bo Yan is very useful, I just need to ask about it."

Although Zhang Fei is an acute child, his temper comes and goes quickly. Now seeing that Lu Xun is of great use, Zhang Fei can only resolve himself, regardless of old hatreds.

"Thank you, uncle!"

"Good!"

Zhang Fei enjoyed the feeling that Lu Xun called him uncle, holding his belt in his hand, and walked out of the hall.

After Zhang Fei left, Lu Xun pondered for a while, dipped his pen in ink, and wrote the text.

In the letter, Lu Xun said that he had heard Pang De praise Ma Chao's ability, and he admired it at that time, but unfortunately the two families fought each other, so he could not visit Ma Chao. Today, I would like to take this opportunity to say hello to Ma Chao.

Not only that, Lu Xun also praised Ma Chao's grand deed of defeating Zhang Fei from a neutral point of view in the letter, 'Less cavalry stops, and the advantage is followed', as a result, there is a strategy of Peng Yue and Yingbu, so he admires this tactic very much.

With only more than 200 words, Lu Xun's words are humble, neither excessively admiring Ma Chao, nor excessively self-deprecating, which makes it difficult for people to be malicious.

After writing the letter to Ma Chao, Lu Xun wrote a letter to Liu Bei, asking if he could hand over more than ten family members of the school who surrendered to Ma Chao, including Yao Jing and Zheng He, to him for disposal.

Unlike the Northern Wei Dynasty, which left their families in Yecheng, the Southern Han Dynasty stayed in different places due to different military regions. For example, the family members of the Bashu generals were left in Jiangzhou, and Wu Chu's family members were left in Wuhan.

Because of Liu Bei's benevolence, the generals rebelled, and their families who stayed in Wuhan and Jiangzhou were also punished.

Previously, an old general of Eastern Wu defected to Cao Cao's side, and someone asked Liu Bei to kill his family.

Liu Bei stayed and did not kill, saying that since the generals dared to rebel, they must not care about their families, what is the difference between punishment and non-punishment?

In the face of Liu Bei's words, although the generals of the Southern Han Dynasty were grateful to Dade, if they really wanted to surrender and betray the enemy, they would not be merciful. Now Yao Jing and Zheng dared to defect to Ma Chao, which shows that they have little fear.

Of course, Ma Chao asked Liu Bei to surrender the general's family not because he wanted to kill him, but because he was ready to have a good relationship with Ma Chao at some point, and then gave these generals' family members to Ma Chao as gifts.

After the two letters were written, Lu Xun called the attendant, carefully instructed the words, and asked the attendant to send the letter out.

Lu Xun put the pen on the shelf, and when he heard Zhao Ang coming with a piece of music, he got up to greet him.

Inviting Zhao Ang to take a seat, Lu Xun asked, "I don't know what happened to Wei Zhang?" ”

Zhao Ang spoke quickly, handed over the note, and said truthfully: "The general of the chariot cavalry drank indiscriminately when he went out on the expedition, and often whipped the soldiers after drinking, which made the army uneven and ruined the military. As a result, the generals Yao Jing and Zheng He led the army to surrender, and the generals Fan Jiang and Zhang Da secretly connected with foreign thieves and dangered the major affairs of the military state. ”

"Today, the general of the chariot cavalry has corrupted the military, and as an overseer, it is the responsibility of supervising the generals, and he dare not report it. However, the general of the chariot cavalry and His Majesty are like brothers, and Ang thinks that he is a little talker, and I don't know if Lu Jun can give up his personal thoughts and sign his name and play with Ang. ”

Facing Zhao Ang asking him to impeach Zhang Fei, Lu Xun's face showed embarrassment.

He has a good relationship with Zhang Fei, if Zhang Fei is regarded as Liu Bei's brother, Lu Xun is completely fine with calling Zhang Fei's uncle. has such a relationship, and has a good relationship with Zhang Fei, and now Zhao Ang asked him to sign the impeachment of Zhang Fei, which is really very difficult.

Seeing Lu Xun's hesitation, Zhao Ang said: "It is not easy for Your Majesty to create a foundation, although there is Prime Minister Zhuge to enforce the law. However, His Majesty often entrusts others because of his preferences, and there is no punishment for his merits, so how can it be said that rewards and punishments are clear? ”

"Today, the general of the Che Cavalry united front army 40,000 people marched west, and there were no less than 100,000 people in Bashu people, and they were defeated because of their own shortcomings, and the soldiers died more than 10,000 people, which was a great defeat. At the moment, we can't punish the general of the chariot and cavalry, how can we convince the generals. ”

"Lu Hanzhong is a military and political leader, and he is a person close to His Majesty, so he received a great responsibility. Now, if you abolish a major national event because of the love of relatives and friends, I am afraid that you will be entrusted by Your Majesty! ”

Hearing Zhao Ang's words, Lu Xun gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Those who are ministers take state affairs first, and since Xun took office, he feels deeply responsible and often worries about the country at night. Today, Zhao Overseer is teaching from the bottom of his heart, and Xun is happy to be willing to follow! ”

I don't know whether Lu Xun is really starting from state affairs, but it is not false at all. If Zhang Fei is transferred out of Bashu, the position of governor of Jiangzhou basically belongs to Lu Xun.

Hanzhong Metropolitan Governor's District, under the jurisdiction of only one county in Hanzhong; Jiangzhou Metropolitan District, although it is located in the interior, but it is dedicated to Anbashu.

(End of chapter)