Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Chapter 514 Xiliang Envoy.

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 in Xiliang and grew up in Xiliang has never seen such a prosperous city.In his opinion, even Chang'an and Luoyang are 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.

(End of this chapter)