Cao Thief

Chapter 788: The First Battle of Jiameng Pass
"Report!"

Cao Peng decided to fight steadily and advance slowly.

After learning about the South Central Barbarian Army, this idea became even more determined.But on the third day after Shi Tao sent a messenger to Mianyang, a small school suddenly reported that Zhuge Liang had sent someone to bring gifts.

Cao Peng was startled, and said, "Please!"

After a while, I saw a young man walking up the hall with his head held high.

The young man is not very old, he looks about in his early twenties, he is eight feet tall and looks good.Behind him, there is also a young man who looks like Zai Shiliu Qi, with delicate features and pretty appearance.

"Student Ma Zhong, under the orders of Zhuge's military adviser, is here to return the belongings of the general."

Cao Peng was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled.

"What do I have, it's actually in Kong Ming's hands."

"The general knows it after seeing it."

After finishing speaking, Ma Zhong stretched out his hand, and the young man behind him immediately handed over the brocade box in his arms.Ma Zhong showed his hands, and Sun Shao rushed forward, took the brocade box, turned around and placed it on the desk in front of Cao Peng.

In Cao Peng's heart, he couldn't help but wonder.

So I reached out and opened it, but I smelled a strong smell of lime.

A bloody head appeared in front of Cao Peng.Fazheng, who was closing his eyes and resting his mind, opened his eyes to look, his expression changed drastically, and he cried out, "Zidu!"

Cao Peng immediately understood that the head in this brocade box was the head of Meng Da.

Sure enough, Meng Da died!
Fazheng was in grief, and with a loud cry, he drew his sword and was about to rush over and chop Ma Zhong.

But Cao Peng stood up and stopped him in time, "Xiao Zhi, don't fall into Kong Ming's scheme... Kong Ming is about to let me lose his position so that he can win in the chaos. I know you and Zidu are brothers and sisters, but at this time, you will The more you have to be calm, the better. In the future, I will break through Chengdu and take Kong Ming, and you will have to avenge me."

Fazheng took a deep breath and stabilized his mind.

"Young master, Zidu and I are brothers and sisters. Please also give me Zidu's head. I want to bury him properly."

"That's what I meant."

Of course Cao Peng would not refuse Fazheng's request that this is not a request.

Asking Deng Ai to leave with Fazheng, Cao Pengfu sat down again and looked at Ma Zhong and Ma Zhong up and down.

I saw that the two people had no fear on their faces, and their expressions were calm.

"You humiliate me so much, you are not afraid that I will take your heads."

Ma Zhong laughed, "Here is the great head. If the general likes it, you can take it away."

Cao Peng couldn't help admiring secretly in his heart, but this Ma Zhong was quite courageous.

With a smile at the moment, he asked in a deep voice, "Did Kong Ming only let you send letters?"

Ma Zhong didn't expect that Cao Peng wasn't angry at all, but panicked instead.But soon, Ma Zhong calmed down, intervened and bowed: "The military adviser wants me to tell the general that he is at Jiameng Pass, waiting for the general to die."

Cao Peng's expression changed, and he suddenly burst out laughing.

"Kong Minguo is a villager, so he only knows how to speak wild words?"

In my heart, anger burst forth.

This Zhuge Liang is really extremely arrogant, does he think that the little Jiameng Pass can stop my footsteps?

"Go back and tell that scumbag that I will come to the city soon, let him wash his neck and die!"

Ma Zhong was neither humble nor overbearing, "Students must report what the general said truthfully."

After finishing speaking, Ma Zhong turned and left.

But Cao Peng looked at his back, thinking silently.

This Ma Zhong is not like an idler. Judging by his bearing and words, I am afraid that he has a good background.Why can't I remember Ma Zhong?I do know a man named Ma Zhong, but he was from Jiangdong, who killed Guan Yu in history.This Ma Zhong in front of him is clearly not that Ma Zhong!I should have an impression of such a character, why don't I have any memory?Could it be that he is another talent who has been obliterated by history?
Cao Peng, I was really wrong!
This Ma Zhong is not obliterated by history, it is actually Cao Peng's memory, which has been blurred.

In Luo Dahuyou's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Zhong followed Zhuge Liang to conquer the Southern Man, and served as General Fenwei and Marquis of Boyang Ting during the Northern Expedition.It's just that Ma Zhong's role is so small that Cao Peng's impression is not very deep.Since rebirth, with the passage of time, that impression has naturally disappeared.

In the real history, Ma Zhong finally worshiped General Annan, a famous Shu Han general in the late Three Kingdoms period.

He was born as a scholar-bureaucrat and was promoted as Xiaolian last year.

When Liu Bei was in Nanzhong, because he admired Liu Bei's reputation, he went to join him. Now he serves as a subordinate and joins the army division.

In short, this Ma Zhong is Zhuge Liang's staff.

Cao Peng has never heard of Ma Zhong's name, which is quite normal.However, when Ma Zhong walked out of the lobby and was about to go out the door, he saw a person walking in from the door with big strides.

The two sides just took a look at each other and passed by without speaking.

Just when Ma Zhong was about to walk out of the gate, there was a surprise shout from behind: "Ahead, is it Boqi?"

The young man who was following Ma Zhong was startled when he heard this, and immediately stopped and turned his head to look.

I saw the young man who passed them just now was looking at him with surprise.

Ma Zhong was also taken aback, and said in a low voice, "Bo Qi, who is this person?"

Before the young man could speak, the young man strode forward and grabbed the young man's arm, "Bo Qi, it's really you!"

"Dare to ask..."

The boy looked confused.

The young man smiled and said, "I am Wang Ping...no, I am He Ping!"

"He Ping?" The young man was stunned for a while, then suddenly came to his senses, and said in great surprise, "You are Zijun!"

"It's me, it's me...Nanchong was farewell back then, and it took nearly eight years.

If it weren't for me feeling a little familiar between your brows and eyes, I wouldn't recognize you...why, why are you here? "

"I……"

Just as the boy was about to answer, he heard two light coughs from his side.

He immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly broke free from Wang Ping's big hand, "I am the secretary of the Hanzhong king in Chengdu, and now I am joining the army with my family horse, and I am here to write a letter to the general. Zijun, why are you here? I heard people say, Although your grandfather went to Hanzhong, how could he appear in the General's residence?"

Wang Ping said with a smile: "After my grandfather passed away, he returned to the clan to recognize his ancestors and changed them to his father's surname.

After serving under Duke Lu for a period of time, Duke Lu surrendered and was valued by the General, so he appointed me as Captain Guo Yi, and now I am serving in the General's residence.What, are you leaving now?You and I haven't seen each other for a long time, how about finding a place to have a few drinks? "

"This... I still have official business, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with my brother!"

Captain Guo Yi?

This is a brand new job title that has never been seen before.

Ma Zhong frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Bo Qi, let's go."

"Here!"

The boy then cupped his hands with Wang Ping, "Brother, we will meet later."

After all, the young man is about to leave with Ma Zhong.

Wang Ping wanted to stop him, but he didn't know how to speak.At this moment, I suddenly heard a deep shout from the lobby: "The general has an order to stop the Yizhou envoy with me."

Zhang Hu, the son of Zhang Liao, was on duty at the gate of the mansion.

Hearing the order, without saying a word, he led more than a hundred white camel soldiers, hula la, and stopped Ma Zhong and the other two.

Ma Zhong was shocked immediately, "What do you want to do?"

Zhang Hu shouted: "The general wants you to stay, so just stay."

"The two countries are fighting each other, if you don't kill the envoy..."

Ma Zhong still struggled, but he saw Cao Peng walking out of the hall, and said with a sneer, "What two countries? It's just a group of ungrateful officials and thieves who deceive the world. Yizhou has been the territory of our Han Dynasty since ancient times, and it is inseparable. Before Liu Yizhou won Canonized by the Son of Heaven, he was General Zhenwei, Da Situ, and Governor of Yizhou.

Liu Yizhou thought of the love of his clan and took Liu Bei in.

But Liu Bei's wolfish ambition actually assassinated Liu Yizhou, he really is not a son of man... You are favored by the imperial court, and Liu Yizhou is taken care of, and you don't want to solve the court's worries, don't want to avenge Liu Yizhou, but you just surrender to the thief, what is there? Qualified to clamor?I stopped you today to save you...

Liu Bei is just a rebellious minister and traitor who pretends to be the clan, and everyone can punish him.

Now that you are here, stay here.In order not to be implicated by Liu Bei in the future, so that the body dies and the soul disappears in the end, and the family will be affected.Zhang Hu, take Mr. Ma to rest in the back house. Without my order, no one is allowed to talk to him. Anyone who violates the order will be killed without mercy! "

War between the two countries?

You, Ma Zhong, are a traitor at all, so why should I talk to you about the rules?
Cao Peng's move was completely beyond Ma Zhong's expectation.But before he could react, a group of wolf-like white camel soldiers restrained him firmly.Seeing this, the young man drew his sword and wanted to rescue Ma Zhong.

At this time, Wang Ping suddenly moved.

He pulled out his sword, stepped forward, and stopped the boy.

"Bo Qi, if you don't give up your weapon, you will be bound. Do you want to die?"

And Ma Zhong also reacted, seeing the white camel soldiers around him with swords and guns at the same time, he knew that it would be difficult to escape.

"Bo Qi, put down your weapon."

The boy hesitated for a moment, then dropped the weapon on the ground.

Zhang Hu just wanted to order someone to take the boy down, but Wang Ping stopped him.

Wang Ping quickly walked up to Cao Peng, knelt down on one knee, and begged, "My lord, Bo Qi is by no means against the Party, he was just deceived by a traitor, so he mistakenly voted for a traitor. Although he is young, he is very loyal. He is also very brave. Please spare his life, son, and you are willing to be his guarantor, and you will never work for the thieves."

Cao Peng was stunned!
Seeing Ma Zhong's extraordinary bearing, he felt the desire to solicit.

The rules of the two countries' wars did not hold true for Cao Peng.Liu Bei is just a traitor and traitor occupying Yizhou, what kind of two countries are they?That's why Cao Peng detained Ma Zhong, hoping to slowly influence him.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ping actually knew the other party.

Bo Qi?

Cao Peng glanced at the boy, and suddenly asked, "What's his name?"

"Bo Qi's name is Zhang Yi, and he is from my hometown.

When he was young, Bei Jiang's parents died early, and he lived with his grandfather.Life was hard at that time, but thanks to Boqi, today is what it is.Bo Qi's name was given by his grandfather!Only later, although my grandfather arrived in Hanzhong, he separated from Boqi.For nearly eight years, I never thought that I would meet him again here. "

Zhang Yi?

The name is so familiar!

No wonder Cao Peng felt familiar.

Liu Bei had under his command Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi.

Even when facing the book, Cao Peng often gets confused.However, he had some impressions of Zhang Yi.

Because Zhang Yi was the person who later succeeded Wang Ping as the commander of the Wudang Flying Army...

It turns out that he and Wang Ping have known each other for a long time?
Cao Peng couldn't help but glanced at Zhang Yi, and suddenly laughed!
In this land of Bashu, there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers, as expected.

Historically, Liu Bei used many capable people in Xichuan.It is a pity that after Liu Bei passed away, the talents of Shu Han gradually withered.

Now that Liu Bei has just entered Xichuan, his foundation is not stable.

Although he has been in Nanzhong for three years, he has not really established his prestige.

But in this way, he still recruited characters like Ma Zhong and Zhang Ni, who really deserved to be the big bosses of the Three Kingdoms.

"In that case, I'll hand him over to you.

Give me a good look at this person... I don't want him to work for me, but absolutely not, let him go back to Xichuan.If he runs away, I'm asking for you.All right, take Mr. Fox down!Hu Du, he is really a confused guy.Isn't it because of such reckless behavior that he is afraid of bringing disaster to his family in the future? "

Ma Zhong happened to pass by under the hall.

Cao Peng's last few words, which seemed to be muttering to himself, were clearly heard in his ears.

Ma Zhong's complexion changed, and he shouted loudly: "A man is responsible for his own affairs. It is my choice to go to Duke Xuande, and it has nothing to do with my family. How can the general implicate the innocent because of this?"

Cao Peng glanced at him, smiled, turned and walked into the hall.

But that laughter made Ma Zhong feel flustered...

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"Mr. Gongmiao, according to what you said, is Ma Zhong really a talent?"

Cao Peng returned to the hall, but saw the person sitting upright in the hall with a surprised look on his face.

This person's name is Yan Zhi, and he is the envoy sent by Yan Yan.

It turned out that before Cao Peng entered Hanzhong, Cao Zhang had already raised his army, and his troops returned to Yu.But Cao Zhang was not in a hurry to start a war, but sent someone to Berkshire to pay a visit to Yan Yan.At the same time, Cao Zhang also brought a letter from Cao Cao, asking Yan Yan to forward it to Liu Qian.Yan Yan is now also in a dilemma, not knowing what to do.

Liu Zhang was killed suddenly, leaving Yan Yan at a loss.

Although he said that he wanted to avenge Liu Zhang, Xichuan would inevitably be in chaos when Liu Zhang died.Cao Cao is sitting on Jingxiang, and he will definitely not ignore it.At that time, Cao Cao will definitely send troops to attack, so what should he do?

Liu Zhang is not dead, Yan Yan is loyal and loyal.

But now that Liu Zhang died, Cao Cao used the banner of avenging Liu Zhang again, but it made Yan Yan a little bit difficult.

He has a bad sense of Liu Bei.

When Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei to enter Sichuan, Yan Yan didn't quite agree.

He believes that once Liu Bei enters Sichuan, Bashu will be in turmoil.Especially Bashu tyrants, will suffer an unavoidable impact.But Liu Zhang didn't listen, and insisted on letting Liu Bei enter Sichuan...

Now Liu Zhang is indeed dead!
Yan Yan was a little confused...

At this time, Cao Zhang came to Yan Yan with the letters from Cao Peng and Cao Cao, which made Yan Yan even more confused.

Cao Peng and Yan Yan are old friends.

The two have been writing letters in the past few years, but they never discussed any political affairs.

Cao Pengduo talked about his experience in the tone of asking for advice.For example, the attack on Hehuang, the conquest of Liaodong, the capture of Goguryeo, the annexation of Fuyu... and such things, or ask for advice, or tell.

After going back and forth, Yan Yan's guard against Cao Peng also weakened.

Sometimes, he even introduced Cao Peng as a confidant, and often used the things discussed in Cao Peng's letters as conversation materials at banquets, and talking about it with others really saved a lot of face.If Liu Zhang was still alive, Cao Peng's letter had the intention of soliciting to persuade him to surrender, but Yan Yan would not say anything, but changed the letter and turned against Cao Peng.

But now...

The content of Cao Peng's letter is very simple: I have always admired the old general for his loyalty and staunchness.

In the past, when Liu Yizhou was around, I tried to persuade him.But I know the old general won't listen, if I say it, you will definitely break up with me.But now that Liu Yizhou is gone, does the old general think Liu Xie can really resist Liu Bei?Then Liu Bei is a hero, and even a hero... Once he stabilizes the situation in Yizhou, he will definitely use troops against Berkshire.At that time, what should the old general do?And Berkshire also ruined his life.

I don't say how good King Wei is, but under King Wei's rule, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and their lives are very happy.

The old general didn't think about himself, he should also think about the folks in Berkshire.

When Liu Bei went to a place, he would go to war.At the beginning of Xuzhou, money and food were abundant, and the people were rich.But after Liu Bei went to Xuzhou, the population soon dropped sharply, and the war continued, which made the lives miserable; then he went to Jingzhou again.Coercing the people to flee, the result almost caused the people to die... He was in charge of the Jingnan affairs, colluded with the Wuling barbarians, and wantonly embezzled the interests of the people of the Han Dynasty. In the end, he left a dilapidated Jingnan and ran to Xichuan.As far as I know, after he arrived in Xichuan, he colluded with the barbarians and had close contacts.

The old general is an honest man and a good man!
What to do, the old general must have had his own calculations...

If we say, Cao Peng's letter made Yan Yan think deeply.

Then the content of Cao Cao's letter is even simpler: If you enter Xichuan alone, you will not offend Xichuan at all!
The implication is that I will guarantee the interests of you Xichuan tyrants and the common people!This guarantee made Yan Yan think deeply.Are you fighting alone?Or return to the court?He also hesitated for a while.

Yan Yan sent Cao Cao's letter to Brazil.

Then Yan Zhi was sent to discuss with Cao Peng.

In contrast, Yan Yan trusted Cao Peng more.Even though Cao Zhang is Cao Cao's own son, in Yan Yan's eyes, he is not as trustworthy as Cao Peng.After all, Cao Zhang is younger.

Cao Peng is not very big, but he is well-known.

What's more, after several years of contact, Yan Yan naturally trusted Cao Peng more.

Ma Zhong didn't know Yan Zhi, but Yan Zhi had heard of Ma Zhong's name.

As soon as Ma Zhong went out, Yan Zhi briefly explained Ma Zhong's situation to Cao Peng, which immediately caught Cao Peng's attention.

Cao Peng was also very straightforward, without saying a word, he detained Ma Zhong.

"Gongmiao, please go back and tell the old general that I can assure you that your son is trustworthy.

I understand the old general's concerns very well.But now it is not a war between the two countries, but a confrontation between good and evil... Anyway, the old general was appointed by the court, and Liu Bei is just a traitor.

Where to go, the old general naturally knew clearly. "

Yan Zhi nodded to mark it down, talked with Cao Peng again, and then left.

After seeing off Yan Zhi, Cao Peng sat in the hall.

Footsteps could be heard outside, but Fa Zheng hurriedly entered the hall.

"My lord, I have a plan. Although it is dangerous, if it succeeds, it will bring Zhuge Kongming into chaos..."

(End of this chapter)