Yangping Pass, the hussar general of Shu State, led the Liangzhou pastor, and entered the Fenghu Township Hou Ma Chao stationed here to resist the Cao army. Under the night sky, the light of red bonfires can be seen everywhere.

The cold moon is clear.

Ma Chao sat at the table in front of the window and read the papers, although he was not in armor, but with a murderous aura, at this moment, the door opened, and a person came in, it was his son Ma Cheng, who was now following him out to study.

"Father, it has been ascertained that Xichuan has been lost, and now the news that Prime Minister Zhuge is guarding the Sword Pavilion should be true, in such a situation, what should we do?" Ma Cheng said inquiringly: "And the grain and grass of our army have not been delivered two days late!"

Ma Chao thought about it for a while, took out a yellow scroll silk book, and showed it to Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng took it in his hand, unfolded it, and couldn't help but change his face: "It turned out to be the will of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Unfolded and looked closely, it changed color, and couldn't help asking: "Father, even though the Sword Pavilion is in crisis, but the father is the head coach of Yangping Pass, and the importance of Yangping Pass is no less than that of the Sword Pavilion, at this time, it is a little abnormal to transfer the father to the Sword Pavilion!"

Ma Chao Haha smiled and said: "Hehe, the first emperor's 800,000 army died in Jiangdong, plus the loss of the next period of time, now Shu even if you add a temporary patchwork of new troops, but the total is less than 100,000, of which 50,000 are in my hands, 30,000 are in the hands of Zhuge Liang, and there are almost 10,000 of the remaining more than 10,000 controlled by various generals and those families, and the people and horses that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can control are almost only about 5,000, it can be said that now eighty percent of the military strength of Shu is in the hands of Zhuge Liang and me."

And a long time ago, there was a lot of news that Zhuge Liang and I had a disobedient heart and wanted to rebel. Liu Bei, who was able to subdue us, died, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and other generals of the same name as me all died in Jiangdong, and Wei Yan, who was able to pose a certain threat to me under the Five Tiger Generals, also died almost dead, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not have Liliang who could balance me and Zhuge Liang.

In this situation, the prestige of the crown prince is not enough to convince the public. There is no Liliang in his hands who can balance us, but he does not dare to let Zhuge Liang and my troops in the south and north go out like this, if any of them surrender or reverse, then the Shu Kingdom will be completely finished.

So someone must have given him an idea and asked him to transfer me to the Sword Pavilion, one can strengthen the defense of the Sword Pavilion. Effectively resist the Jiangdong army, and then it has the meaning of letting Zhuge Liang and I balance each other, after all, only the two of us can balance each other in Shu now.

This is a good plan, from the perspective of the prince, there is nothing strange about making such a will, and there is no need to make too much fuss. ”

Ma Chengdao: "Although His Royal Highness the Prince's calculation is wonderful, he is not afraid that his father will leave and Yangping Pass will be lost?"

Ma Chao said: "In the order, I only let me lead the cavalry to the Sword Pavilion quickly for reinforcements, but there are still 40,000 soldiers and horses left." I have dealt with this person in the past, but he is not an ordinary person, if he just occupies the Yangping Pass garrison, there are 40,000 troops, this person should be able to hold the Yangping Pass.

And if I bring all the soldiers and horses to the Sword Pavilion, even Zhuge Liang will not be able to balance me, but if I only bring 10,000 iron horses to the Sword Pavilion, Zhuge Liang and I will be about the same strength. It is just the right time to form effective checks and balances.

I don't know who gave the prince a good idea, but he calculated it every step of the way. ”

Ma Chengdao: "Does the father want to obey the will and send reinforcements to the Sword Pavilion?"

Ma Chao said: "If I am the opposite." Although I can occupy a few counties, but soon it will be destroyed by Cao Wei or Eastern Wu, Cao Wei has a blood feud with my Ma family, I can't surrender Cao Wei, now in addition to obeying the will, try not to let Shu civil unrest. Do I have any other options to get through this crisis together?

I think I took refuge in Liu Bei back then, because I was optimistic that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang would be able to defeat Cao Cao and help me take revenge, and I didn't want Shu to get into this situation today. When will the blood feud be avenged!"

Ma Chengdao: "Father and Shuai don't have to be discouraged, although I don't know that this plan to transfer my father Shuai to the Sword Pavilion to reinforce Prime Minister Zhuge and let Father Shuai and Prime Minister Zhuge restrain each other is His Royal Highness the Prince's own thoughts, or suggested by others, but being able to use this plan can also show His Royal Highness the Prince's extraordinary."

If this plan is thought of by His Royal Highness the Prince, then it can also show that His Royal Highness the Prince's imperial power is extremely good, but it is the posture of a hero. If this plan is thought of by others, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can adopt it, but it can also show that he is a person who can accept words, but he is the master.

Moreover, although this plan is a good plan to kill a few birds with one stone, but there is also a suspicion of cutting the power of the father's army, a bad one will anger the father, so that the father is not against the other, but the use of this plan is also extremely risky, if it is not for great courage, great determination is impossible to make this will so quickly, from which it can be seen that the courage and determination of His Royal Highness the Prince are not comparable to ordinary people.

At this moment, his father reduced some military power to help him tide over the difficulties, and in the future, Shu will not have a chance to rise, and the family's blood feud is not without a chance to revenge. ”

Ma Chao nodded and said: "But there is a bit of a father's style, but unfortunately it is not the right time for him to succeed to the throne, if he can succeed to the throne before Liu Xuande conquers the Wu State, it is possible to do a little something, and now in this situation, even if he really survives this crisis and sits firmly on the throne of Shu State, it is difficult to make great achievements without twenty years of recuperation." ”

"I'm forty-six years old this year, and my life is rare in seventy years, in fact, it's good that we can live to sixty, and I don't know if I can live to that time?"

"Whatever your father says, you will surely live a long life. Ma Cheng couldn't help but feel relieved.

Ma Chao smiled to himself, a little melancholy: "I have been in the army for a long time, wind, frost, rain and snow are all the causes of longevity, but I dare not hope for it at the age of sixty! Moreover, even if I can live to that time, Shu can really make a difference twenty years later, but at the age of sixty-six, can I still go out with the army?"

Ma Chengdao: "Father Shuai doesn't look at that Huang Hansheng, he only met the first emperor at such an old age, and he can still kill Xiahou Yuan when he is nearly seventy years old, and Shu may not really have to do anything after twenty years, but his father must not lose his fighting spirit." ”

Ma Chao said: "Having said that, but I have seen the demise of Cao Wei in this life, there is little hope for my Ma family's revenge, and the family feud may eventually fall on you or even you, although you have been studying with me for a while, but the gap with the world's famous generals is still very huge, every time I think of this, I am worried!"

Ma Chengdao: "My son is not angry, but he is worried about his father." ”

Ma Chao said: "Forget it, you are still young, you have opportunities, just work hard in the future." ”

Ma Chengdao: "My son must redouble his efforts not to disappoint his father and not to shame his ancestors." (To be continued......)