Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Cheng Gongying stroked the goat's beard and said: "I have three top and middle strategies, and sticking to Xiliang is the best strategy, and I haven't said the best and middle strategies."

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Chapter 513 Ma Chao wants to find a pick-up man

Hearing Yuan Shao's defeat, Ma Chao thought that he would have no chance of revenge in this life, but he never expected that what Cheng Gongying said during the day was just a bad strategy, since he still has two strategies.

In this way, Ma Chao might not necessarily have no chance to avenge his father.

"Military division, I don't know what is the best strategy?" Ma Chao asked expectantly.

"As for the middle strategy? The middle strategy is to abandon everything you have now, how about becoming a rich man incognito?"

"The Ma family in Xiliang has accumulated a lot of wealth over the years, so no matter where they go, their descendants will have to worry about food and drink several times?" Cheng Gongying said slowly.

However, upon hearing this, Ma Chao shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, this is not a good strategy."

"To tell the truth from the military advisor, if you don't have a father's hatred, it's okay to choose this strategy, but I, Ma Chao, have blood and deep hatred on my shoulders, how can I only care about my own safety?"

"I made an oath in front of the graves of my father and two brothers. I will kill Cao Ah Man in this life. If I can't kill Cao Ah Man, I will chew even the delicacies of the mountains and seas every day."

"Military division, I won't think about this strategy, and ask the military division to suggest the best strategy!"

In fact, Cheng Gongying's strategy of going up, down, and down the mountain also has a meaning of testing Ma Chao.Now, Ma Chao's answer made Cheng Gongying quite satisfied.

To Cheng Gongying, Ma Teng was kind enough to know him, and to avenge Ma Teng was also what Cheng Gongying thought in his heart.

Cheng Gongying felt very relieved to hear that Ma Chao did not covet wealth and honor, but only wanted to avenge his father Ma Teng.

Cheng Gongying nodded secretly in his heart, and then said to Ma Chao: "The best strategy is to find a prince to take refuge in and become a general under his command. Since Cao Mengde wants to plot the world, sooner or later the princes of the world will have to deal with each other. There is a dispute. In this way, the lord may not have no chance of revenge."

After Cheng Gongying finished speaking, Ma Chao thought for a moment that this was indeed the case.There is only one in this world.The King of Wei wanted it, the King of Qin wanted it, and the King of Shu naturally wanted it too.

Then, between the three kings of the world, sooner or later he will have to fight a bloody battle.With his bravery of Ma Chao, he must be a general at least.When he leads the army to go out, he will definitely have a chance to kill Cao Cao.

In other words, doesn't Ma Chao want to inherit his father's title of King of Liang and become a prince in the world?

Ma Chao naturally thought about this matter, but only thought about it.

Ma Chao himself knew how much he was, so he could be a general, but he really couldn't be a prince, because he didn't have the ability.

With this in mind, Ma Chao didn't think too much about it.Since there are only three strategies to choose from, the top, the middle and the bottom, it is inevitable to choose the best strategy that has a chance to avenge his father.

Thinking of this, Ma Chao immediately replied: "Military commander, I choose the best strategy! As long as I can avenge my father, let alone be a general, even a corps leader, I am willing to be any leader."

Cheng Gongying nodded, and comforted Ma Chao: "My lord, don't be discouraged. Being a general under others for a while may not be a general under others all your life."

"Didn't Liu Bei, the king of Shu, vote for Yuan Shao and Cao Cao one after another? Now he is also a prince of one side. If people don't die, they will always come out."

"Military Master, I don't seek to dominate, I just want to avenge my father." After Ma Chao finished speaking, he turned to Cheng Gongying and asked: "Military Master, do you think we should take refuge in King Qin or King Shu?" Woolen cloth?"

Cheng Gongying had also thought about whether to seek refuge with the King of Qin or the King of Shu.Let's put it this way, whether you take refuge in the King of Qin or the King of Shu, it can be said that each has its own advantages.

The stronger the king of Qin is, the greater his chances of competing for the world.However, Qin Wei is still in a honeymoon period now, and if he seeks refuge with the King of Qin now, he is afraid that Ma Chao will be turned around and sent to Cao Cao if he changes hands.Selling a favor to Cao Cao, of course, the chance of this is very small.

After all, Ma Chao did not seek refuge alone, but with tens of thousands of Ma family generals from Xiliang. No matter who he seeks refuge in, he must be taken seriously.

Although the King of Shu is said to be the least powerful, the terrain of the Kingdom of Shu is precipitous, and it can be said that one man is in charge of the terrain and ten thousand are inaccessible.You can't say that he didn't have a plan to win the world. If the Qin and Han dynasties were in full swing, it would be very possible for him to be picked up by the king of Shu.

As for whether to vote for Qin or Shu, it is not easy for Cheng Gongying to decide.After all, in the matter of surrender, don't you have to see if people want you?

And at this time, Ma Chao still has enough capital.In terms of soldiers, he has nearly [-] soldiers and horses in his hands, including the incorporated Cao army.In terms of generals, he also has generals Pang De, Ma Dai, and dozens of other generals under him to ambush.

Ma Chao is not a one-man-one-horse naked investment, he is bringing capital into the shares.

After thinking about it for three years, Cheng Gongying suggested to Ma Chao: "My lord, let's send a letter to the king of Shu and the king of Qin to explain our meaning. Let's take a look first, the king of Shu and the king of Qin Who cares more about us."

"Of course whoever shows more importance to us, we will take refuge in whoever."

What Cheng Gongying said is quite reasonable. This big girl has to meet several families before she can make a decision.

Not to mention, Ma Chao was looking for a retreat for himself and his army of more than [-] men, so he had to act cautiously.

"If that's the case, then follow what the military adviser said, and both of us will contact each other. Whoever offers a good price will take refuge with him." Ma Chao replied.

After Ma Chao made a decision, he withdrew to Xiliang first, and then sent someone to secretly contact the King of Shu and the King of Qin.

After two battles at Wuchao and Guandu, although Yuan Shao has lost the possibility of dominating the world.However, Yuan Shao is a big prince after all, and a lean camel is bigger than a horse. If Cao Cao wants to annex him completely, he has to plan slowly.

However, fortunately, the overall situation of the world has been decided at this time, and no one can add chaos to Cao Cao.

Ma Chao wanted to add to the chaos, but he was not qualified for the battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.If he catches up, Cao Cao can beat him by turning around.You know, now Yuan Shao can only hide in the city, unable to go out of the city to contain Cao Cao.

Although Li Chen is capable, Qin has experienced many years of wars, and the people have been overwhelmed, and it is time to cultivate their health and rest.

The territory that Li Chen occupies now is a perfect vassal territory.At this time, being involved in the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, even if they are in multiple states, they have to divide the troops to guard them, which is really not worth the candle.

All in all, the reason why Li Chen didn't get involved was that it wasn't necessary.

And Liu Bei occupied the land of Shu, which had more than enough defense but not enough offense.The road to Shu is more difficult than going to the blue sky. It is difficult to get in, and it is not easy to get out.When Liu Bei's army came out, the day lily was completely cold.

Chapter 514 Xiliang Messenger

Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and won the ticket to the final round. This is already a certainty.

The hatred between Ma Chao and Cao Cao cannot be adjusted, so now Ma Chao's only retreat is to vote for Qin or Shu in the final.

After more than half a month of trekking, the envoy sent by Ma Chao finally arrived at Jinling, the capital of Qin Dynasty.

Xiliang is located in the frontier, very desolate, and Jinling was originally the capital of Eastern Wu. After Sun Jian's development for many years, Li Chen picked up a ready-made one, and it was naturally very prosperous.

In addition, since Li Chen won Jinling, he has been making every effort to develop Jinling's economy.It also makes Jinling more prosperous.

"Is this Jinling?" The envoy from Xiliang looked at the bustling Jinling City and couldn't help admiring.

The envoy who was born and raised in Xiliang, had never seen such a prosperous city.In his opinion, even if it is Chang'an, Luoyang is probably nothing more than this.

However, this time is not the time to admire the beauty of Great Qin. The most urgent task now is to send Ma Chao's letter to King Qin Li Chen first.

After the envoy from Xiliang entered Jinling City, he first went to see Jia Xu, Li Chen's military adviser, and wanted to ask Jia Xu for a recommendation.

With his status as a Xiliang envoy, he is naturally not qualified to meet Li Chen directly.The reason why Jia Xu was used as an intermediary is also because Jia Xu was once Dong Zhuo's subordinate.

When Dong Zhuo was in Xiliang, Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Beigong Boyu were all Dong Zhuo's subordinates.

Therefore, between Jia Xu and Xiliang, there is a kind of incense and passion in it.

The envoy from Xiliang came to see Jia Xu, and after expressing his purpose, he handed over Ma Chao's letter.

"Mr. Jia, I hope you can persuade King Qin to take in my General Ma!" the Xiliang envoy said respectfully.

After Jia Xu thought about it, she felt that taking Ma Chao in was not a bad thing.

After all, Ma Chao is not alone now. He has soldiers and generals in his hands, but it is difficult to resist Cao Cao's soldiers, so he is ready to take refuge in one of the princes.

"You can stay in my house first. I will report this letter and General Ma Chao's intentions to King Qin."

"However, as for whether the King of Qin is willing to take in General Ma Chao or not, it depends on the King of Qin's own will!" Jia Xu said to the Xiliang envoy.

The envoy from Xiliang knew that Jia Xu was now considered to be a high-ranking and powerful under Li Chen's subordinates.If Jia Xu persuaded him with words, then Li Chen would definitely be able to take Ma Chao in.

"Say some nice words to Mr. Jia!" the Xiliang envoy clasped his hands and begged here.

Jia Xu ordered the servants at home to arrange a guest room for the Xiliang envoy and let him settle down first.Then, with Ma Chao's letter in hand, he went to Qin Palace to ask to see Li Chen.

Qin Palace.

"Wen He is here, please sit down!" Seeing Jia Xu approaching, Li Chen quickly got up and greeted Jia Xu.

Li Chen is usually very kind to others, Li Chen asked Jia Xu to sit down, Jia Xu naturally did not delay, so he took advantage of the situation.

"King Qin knows why Jia Xu came here?" Jia Xu stroked his goatee and asked Li Mu with a smile.

"Oh, I don't know what good news Wenhe brought to this king?" Li Chen continued to ask.

"It's really a good thing, Ma Chao sent an envoy!" Jia Xu said to Li Chen indifferently.

Ma Chao sent an envoy, which was expected by Li Chen.Now Ma Chao has no other way to go.

Jia Xu said, and handed the letter from Ma Chao to Li Chen.

The letter sent by Ma Chao was naturally not written by Ma Chao himself.At Ma Chao's level of education, it was not a problem to write a fluent letter, but it was a bit difficult for Ma Chao to write a sincere begging letter.

The letter sent today was written by Cheng Gongying, Ma Chao's military advisor, instead of Ma Chao.Of course, what Cheng Gongying meant was naturally what Ma Chao meant.

The content of the letter was quite clear. The first half of the letter clarified his current situation, and the second half talked about the troops, horses, supplies, etc. in Ma Chao's hands.

After reading Gongying's letter, Li Chen couldn't help but think to himself, this Chenggongying really has some skills.

According to Ma Chao's current form, it is meaningless to write too many false polite words in his heart.Cheng Gongying's method of clarifying the situation and showing his hole cards is the simplest and most direct.

After all, there is not much time left for Ma Chao now.

Li Chen put the letter in his hand on the table, and asked Jia Xu, "Wen He, do you think we should take Ma Chao in?"

The Ma family has been in Xiliang for generations, and Jia Xu once served under Dong Zhuo, the leader of the Xiliang army.Therefore, Jia Xu still knows the Ma family father and son very well.

After Jia Xu thought about it, he solemnly said to Li Chen: "It's okay to take Ma Chao in. He has a full [-] soldiers and horses under him, and he also has a thousand weapons, food, grass and military equipment."

"However, we can accept Ma Chao's surrender, but he must let go of his military power."

Jia Xu said slowly, since Ma Chao wants to surrender, the nearly [-] army in his hands is also a threat when it is a bargaining chip.

If after accepting Ma Chao's surrender, let him continue to take charge of the Xiliang army, wouldn't it be tantamount to burying a powder keg in his heart.

Although Jia Xu once served in the Xiliang Army, he also has a close relationship with the Xiliang Army.However, since Jia Xu is now working for Li Chen, his heart is naturally on Li Chen's side.

Li Chen has no objection to the inclusion of Ma Chao, after all, poaching the corner of the big-eared thieves is quite cool.

If we follow the historical trajectory, then after Ma Chao lost to Cao Cao, he should have taken refuge in Liu Bei, the big-eared thief.

You know, Ma Chao's martial arts are extremely high.Among the local generals of the Three Kingdoms, one Lu, two Zhao, three Dian Wei, four passes, five horses, and six Zhang Fei.

Ma Chao is ranked fifth among the local generals of the Three Kingdoms, only slightly worse than the famous Guan Yu, and even better than Zhang Fei.

If Li Chen had incorporated Ma Chao, Li Chen would have one more general under his command, while Liu Bei would have one less general.In this way, rounding it up, wouldn't it mean that Li Chen had two more generals than Liu Bei out of thin air.

"Military Master, since you have some friendship with Xiliang, then I will leave it to you to handle the recruitment!" Li Chen smiled lightly at Jia Xu.

Li Chen has always used people who are not suspicious, and people who are suspicious are not used.Since Jia Xu was used, Li Chen absolutely trusted Jia Xu.

According to the author, when Shouchun was captured, the bloody purge that Jia Xu presided over in Shouchun had already proved his loyalty to Li Chen.

Chapter 515 willing

at the same time.

Another team of envoys sent by Ma Chao has also arrived in Chengdu, the capital of the Shu Kingdom, to see the King of Shu, Liu Bei.

Compared with Li Chen's lukewarm performance, Liu Bei's performance was much more enthusiastic. Liu Bei went out of the city to meet Ma Chao's emissary in person.

Today, among the only three remaining princes in the world, Li Chen is the most powerful. Therefore, for Li Chen, Ma Chao's refuge is just icing on the cake, and it is not necessary.Li Chen didn't have that much desire for Ma Chao, if he could get the best, it was fine if he didn't get it.

However, Liu Bei is different.Among the three princes, Liu Bei is the weakest, and Liu Bei wants to strengthen his power.

However, the cake in the world is almost divided now, and it has reached the point where it cannot be divided.For Liu Bei, Ma Chao's coming to join him was simply a surprise.

Ma Chao's [-] troops, as well as generals including Ma Chao, for Liu Bei, that is a timely help.

Chengdu.

The Palace of the King of Shu.

Liu Bei personally welcomed Ma Chao's envoy into Bashu, and after entertaining them, he immediately summoned his civil servants and generals, and began to discuss what price to offer Ma Chao.

"Everyone, Ma Chao and his [-] army, I am sure to win. If you have any ideas, please tell me!" Liu Bei said eagerly.

Once he has Ma Chao's [-] troops, Liu Bei's power is not comparable to Li Chen's, but compared to the current Cao Cao, it is only slightly worse.

Zhuge Liang shook the goose feather fan in his hand, and said with a slight smile: "King of Shu, it's not difficult to let Ma Chao vote. It depends on how reluctant you are, King of Shu."

"Military advisor, please tell me, I have nothing to be reluctant about!" Liu Bei said firmly.

Liu Bei has no other advantages, but one advantage, and that is willingness.

Liu Bei is well aware of the truth that he is reluctant to let his children not be caught by wolves, and he is reluctant to let his daughter-in-law not catch hooligans.