The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 279

Zhang Wu didn't care what happened to Ma Chao, because he neither wanted to avenge Ma Chao nor had any interest in Ma Chao.Ma Chao is indeed a fierce general in the world, unparalleled in bravery, on the same level as Guan, Zhang, Zhao and other generals, but Zhang Wu has no shortage of generals now, not to mention that even if Zhang Wu wanted to help, Ma Chao could not be of much help.

Although Zhang Wu defeated Cao Cao many times, they were all defeated by the water army at the door of his own house. He would not dare to let him take the initiative to attack Cao Cao.Moreover, Ma Chao is more arrogant and has a more violent temper. If he does not let him suffer, he will not sincerely turn to others. Let Prime Minister Cao tame this wild horse well. Anyway, Ma Chao will not surrender to Cao Cao.

When the news of Ma Chao's defeat and escape came, several military advisers and generals admired Zhang Wu's judgment so accurately. Zhang Wu had no choice but to accept it humbly and expressed his thanks to Ma Chao.If it wasn't for Ma Chao to hold Cao Cao back so that he couldn't lead his army south, he might not be able to take Chaisang.

In the future, when Ma Chao is desperate, Zhang Wu is still willing to take him in, as long as he is honest and obedient.

Chaisang is no less important to Jiangdong than Jiangxia is to Jingzhou. After taking Chaisang, Zhang Wu opened the door to Jiangdong, and now the main force of Jiangdong's navy has suffered heavy losses, and it is no longer possible to hold the control of the Yangtze River. up.Now Jiang Dong is like a little girl hiding in the house, and the door has been knocked open by Zhang Wu.

When Cao Cao saw that Ma Chao had escaped, he withdrew his troops and returned to Chang'an. He made Han Sui the Marquis of Xiliang, and Yang Qiu and Hou Xuan were made Marquis of Liehou.

Yang Fu, who joined the army in Liangzhou, said to Cao Cao: "Ma Chao has the courage of Lu Bu and has won the hearts of the Qiang people. Now if the prime minister does not take the opportunity to wipe him out, when he recovers his strength, I am afraid that the counties in Longshang will no longer serve the country. All! The prime minister might as well suspend the withdrawal of troops."

Cao Cao also wanted to eradicate Ma Chao, because Ma Chao was indeed too powerful and almost killed him several times, but he was still more concerned about the south, he was afraid that Zhang Wu would annex Jiangdong.

Zhang Wu is more difficult to deal with than Ma Chao. If Zhang Wu is allowed to completely occupy Jiangdong, then the entire south of the Yangtze River will not belong to the country. With Zhang Wu's ability and his advisers and generals, Cao Cao will never be able to regain Jiangnan in his life. , even his son may not be able to do it.

Therefore, Cao Cao must hurry back with his army. Although Zhang Wu has already defeated the main force of the Jiangdong navy and occupied the two counties of Chaisang, Yuzhang, and Luling, after all, Jiangdong still has some foundations, and he can still defend with all his strength.As long as Cao Cao's army is staring at Xudu, Zhang Wu will not dare to attack Jiangdong in depth. After Sun Quan recovers the strength of the navy, he can contain Zhang Wu.

After Cao Cao took Hanzhong and then occupied Yizhou, he joined forces with Sun Quan to attack Zhang Wu on both sides. I don't believe that Zhang Wu can handle it.

So Cao Cao said: "I wanted to stay with the army and continue to conquer Ma Chao, but there are many things in the Central Plains, and the south is still undecided, so I can't stay for long. You should guard Liangzhou for me."

Yang Fu took the order and recommended Wei Kang as the governor of Liangzhou. Together with Yang Fu, he led troops to station in Jicheng to guard against Ma Chao.

After Cao Cao rewarded the troops heavily, he left Xia Houyuan to guard Chang'an, and distributed the captured Xiliang army to various ministries.Xia Houyuan also recommended Zhang Ji, a native of Gaoling, Feng Yi, as Jing Zhaoyin, to assist Xia Houyuan in guarding Chang'an.

When Cao Cao's class teacher returned to Xudu, the emperor rode out of the city to greet him in a luan, and issued an edict to give Cao Cao the treatment of "praising and worshiping but not being famous, entering the court without tending, and walking on the sword".It means that when meeting the Son of Heaven, the saluting officers only call their official positions without shouting their names, and they don’t have to walk in small steps.

Xiao He had this treatment in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, and later Liang Ji, a minister in the Eastern Han Dynasty, also had this treatment.

Since then, Cao Cao has been powerful both at home and abroad.

Originally, Cao Cao assembled an army to attack Hanzhong, but he fought Ma Chao for half a year, and Ma Chao killed many soldiers. Fortunately, he finally defeated Ma Chao, and most of the 20 troops in Xiliang were captured by Cao Cao. It has improved a lot.

But after fighting for half a year, the soldiers were exhausted, and it took time for the newly recruited soldiers to integrate in. In addition, the cold winter had come and it was not suitable for the expedition, so Cao Cao divided the army into different places for repairs.

The war between Jingzhou and Jiangdong has also come to an end. Cao Cao can't intervene now, so he can only pay close attention to it. At the same time, he ordered Xiahou Dun to station troops in Wancheng to maintain the threat to Jingzhou.

Both Zhang Wu and Cao Cao won the battle and prepared to spend the winter happily, but Sun Quan was depressed. Not only did he lose his troops, he also lost a large area of ​​land, and Zhou Yu's injury did not improve for a long time.

The medical skills of this era should be said to be superb, and they are also very good. Some difficult and miscellaneous diseases are not easy to treat in modern times, but genius doctors like Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing can cure them with a few prescriptions.But let’s say it’s backward, and it’s relatively backward. At least there is no good anti-inflammatory method, and many diseases can be resisted by oneself.

In this era, not many people were directly killed in wars. Many people were wounded and infected, which could not be treated.Zhou Yu's wound was obviously infected and inflamed. The most serious one was a lung infection, which delayed treatment.

This kind of knife wound and arrow wound is what Hua Tuo is best at. If Hua Tuo is allowed to treat it, there is at least an [-]% certainty that it can be cured, but Zhang Wu is not stupid. How could he let Hua Tuo save Zhou Yu? Immediately die.Jiang Dong without Zhou Yu is like a little girl whose only wooden stick has been taken away by someone.

Gan Ning, who was stationed in Chaisang, often brought troops to Lujiang to harass him. As a veteran, Cheng Pu had fought all his life, how could he be bullied by this, so he sent troops to fight at first.

As a result, after several defeats, Cheng Pu finally realized how powerful Gan Ning was, and he guarded the city and water fortress tightly and never fought again.

Gan Ning didn't dare to go deep, and would leave after being harassed every time, but Jiangdong's army had to be on guard every time, because Moling (Jianye), the county seat of Danyang County, was on the bank of the Yangtze River.

Sun Quan asked Zhou Yu how to deal with the harassment in Jingzhou now.

Zhou Yu said: "My lord, now our army has been greatly weakened, and we are no longer able to confront the Jingzhou army, but now Jingzhou also has no strength to annex our Jiangdong. From Chaisang to Wancheng, there are high mountains on both sides of the river, Zhang Wu also It is impossible to send infantry to attack. As long as the Lujiang River is guarded, the Jingzhou army will not dare to go deep."

Sun Quan asked again: "Do we still have a chance to take back Chaisang?"

Of course there is a chance, but Zhou Yu feels that the chance is also very slim. With the strength of the Jingzhou Army, it will be difficult for Jiangdong to recapture Chaisang as long as he does not make mistakes.Because the war between Jiangdong and Jingzhou ultimately depends on the navy, whoever has the stronger navy will have the upper hand and have an absolute advantage.

(End of this chapter)