Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 1223 The tip of the iceberg

Xi Zhicai's appearance is very ordinary, walking into the crowd, it is easy to be ignored.Yang Xiu, who had followed him, knew this best.However, what is strange to Tang Xiaomi is that Xi Zhicai's eyes are not as sharp and cold as those of the high-ranking figures in Jing'an Cao.Deep down in Tang Xiaomi's heart, there was an inexplicable dislike for Xi Zhicai - she had been in the Cao's camp for more than a year, and there were two people she hated the most: one was Pang Tong, and the other was Xi Zhicai in front of her.

The reason for hating Pang Tong is very simple and obvious. Pang Tong is an invisible and arrogant person. Of course, he is ugly, which undoubtedly gives Tang Xiaomi a more sufficient reason to hate him-but, for this play Zhicai, but Tang Xiaomi just hates it from the bottom of his heart, without any reason.

Although he has cultivated a very high taste in the place where there are so many handsome men in Ma's house, it has to be said that Xi Zhicai's appearance is definitely not to the point of being annoying at first sight.From this, Tang Xiaomi told herself in her heart that she hated Xi Zhicai because Xi Zhicai's face was that unhealthy pale, making people feel like he had been a snake that had just woken up from hibernation, staring at anyone Every now and then, it's wet and sticky...

Women's intuition is often very accurate, and they often find reasons after intuition.But this time, Xi Zhicai's sudden drama really confirmed Tang Xiaomi's intuition: "Xi Gong Cao, you believe Mr. Cao's words too much, you really thought you, I suddenly Then you suddenly regretted it and turned around and joined the Cao family?"

Hearing Tang Xiaomi's words, Cao Ang was a little ashamed. He didn't know why Tang Xiaomi was so stubborn at this time.Does she think that she, a weak woman, can withstand Jing'an Caoli's methods of interrogating repeat offenders?Although her father agreed for her to stay, he never agreed to guarantee her personal safety. Even if Xi Zhicai tortured her, his father would never stop her!

But Xi Zhicai didn't seem to have heard Tang Xiaomi's words. At this time, he seemed more interested in Cao Ang's expression of embarrassment and Tang Xiaomi's refusal to accept his kindness.However, before Cao Ang's embarrassment turned into anger, he opened his mouth and said, "Young master, you haven't said what you can see from this secret report."

Tang Xiaomi was ignored, which gave her even more reason to hate Xi Zhicai.But fortunately, Cao Ang finally came back to his senses. He thought that his achievements could be displayed in front of Xi Zhicai, so he couldn't help but regained some of the excitement just now.He put the secret report in front of Xi Zhicai, pointed to the words on it, and said, "Please look at the Xigong Cao, this conferring ceremony is too flashy. But here..." Cao Ang's finger almost anyone would ignore it On the words, he continued: "Look, in addition to awarding military ranks and other purely face-saving projects, Ma Chao also specially awarded military flags to various armies!"

"Military flag?" Xi Zhicai was a little puzzled, vaguely felt as if he had caught something, but when he thought about it suddenly, he seemed to have caught nothing.

"Cao Gong, you see, Ma Chao then deliberately ordered his personal guards to move out under the guidance of the cavalry, carrying a large number of new officer uniforms and ranks to the four directions, and changing the ranks of other officers stationed outside. At the same time, without exception, , all brought brand new military flags—this kind of deception has always been Ma Chao’s favorite!"

At this time, Xi Zhicai finally understood what Cao Ang meant. He looked at Cao Ang with an unbelievable gaze, and there was obviously a kind of fear and shock that penetrated into his bones: "Ma Mengqi's treachery under the imperial court, The far-sightedness of vision is unmatched by anyone in the world!"

However, both of them seem to have seen something in this 'face project', but to be honest, Tang Xiaomi knows nothing about these political methods.Seeing the expressions of the two of them, they wanted to know but were too embarrassed to speak.Momentarily angry and speechless, she could only stare fiercely at Cao Ang—as for why she subconsciously stared at that guy, Tang Xiaomi explained to herself afterwards, because there was only an ordinary Cao Ang and the annoying Xi Zhicai in the hall. She has no choice...

When Cao Ang saw this, or because of male vanity, he explained carefully to Tang Xiaomi: "Miss Tang, think about it. In this grand award ceremony, all the famous generals of the Ma family have been deeply branded. This kind of extreme satisfaction can satisfy generals." The way of vanity, I can only think that in the future they will order their subordinates with the posture of the Ma family's supreme prestige. But I can't think of the meaning behind why Ma Chao suddenly mobilizes so many troops."

"The meaning behind it?" Tang Xiaomi blinked, obviously she really couldn't see the meaning behind it.

Cao Angnai was privately designated by Cao Cao as the helm of the next generation of the Cao family. Naturally, he had learned these methods more or less from Cao Cao.Then he continued to explain: "Naturally, Miss Tang can imagine it. Why did Ma Chao deliberately distribute the unified and customized Ma's army flags? This means that in the future, the Ma's army will no longer be able to use the surname of the general as the flag mark , but began to use the battle flags awarded by the Ma family. In this way, all the soldiers of the Ma family army on the front lines in various places will independently think that they are part of the Ma family battle group, and will subtly put the status of the Ma family army system among the generals superior……"

Cao Ang was right. This move was indeed one of the reforms Ma Chao implemented to standardize the external performance of Ma Jiajun.Speaking of this matter, even Tang Xiaomi, who is not interested in politics and military affairs, showed a look of sudden realization: The Ma family now dominates the vast expanse and the army is too powerful. The state pastoral system and military command system that have been used by the dynasty, the general will have [-]% power over the troops under his command.Although all the officers serving in the Ma's army are Ma Chao's trusted and respected generals.But purely based on theoretical deduction, if a certain general suddenly becomes dissatisfied with Ma Chao one day, then he can definitely pull away the troops under his command very easily.

Based on Ma Chao's prestige and talent alone, as long as he is in power for one day, the Ma family's army will be absolutely monolithic.However, it is clear that he has a longer-term vision, sees the rule of law directly from the rule of man, takes precautions, and kills the root cause of hidden dangers before they show any signs of problems.And this point is exactly what made Xi Zhicai admire and fear inexplicably just now...

"Ma Chao, after all, has a hundred secrets, and the award of the military flag in public has given us a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg. Presumably, along with the issuance of the military flag, he has many other things that can ensure that the frontline legions are loyal to the Ma family, And it’s like a brawn arm, and it can also make the generals willing to die for it.” Cao Ang moved his eyes away from Tang Xiaomi’s slightly shy and embarrassed pretty face, and couldn’t help facing the east, sighing deeply: “ If the Ma family is rectified this time, after two years at the most, five fronts and more than [-] troops will point at Yanzhou, how should my Cao family deal with it?"

This topic is indeed a bit heavy, Cao Ang and Xi Zhicai glanced at each other, feeling as if their hearts were being stuffed by a boulder.Even Tang Xiaomi, who had been expecting Cao's misfortune, was infected by the deeply worried and pitiful expression on Cao Ang's face, and no longer showed a gloating expression.

The three of them were immersed in this emotion and had nothing to say for a while.Cao Ang was the first to come to his senses. As the future successor of the Cao family, he couldn't overwhelm others' aspirations and destroy his own prestige. Then he asked Xi Zhicai: "Xi Zhicai, didn't you just say that you also deduced from it?" How much, I wonder if I can make it clear this time?"

When Xi Zhicai heard this, he took a deep breath, then stared at Tang Xiaomi until the disgusted expression appeared on Tang Xiaomi's face, and then said solemnly: "Young master, maybe this is just a random guess. However, I think that Ma Chao’s action at least kills two birds with one stone. He has spent so much time and effort, of course he has the intention of sincerely implementing the reform of the Ma family’s military system. But at the same time, he has also successfully focused our attention on this level. At this moment, if he Dive into another batch of shadows, do something we don't even know about, then..."

Cao Ang's face was immediately filled with gloom and fear like before the rainstorm. He understood a little, but with a little luck, he said, "Is this news true? There really is a shadow of the Ma family coming to Xuchang...then why did they come here?" ?”

"I don't know," Xi Zhicai shook his head, and after Cao Ang slowly set his eyes on Tang Xiaomi in pain and confusion, he nodded again and said, "Yes, someone knows the news. And this time I'm here , just to ask Miss Tang about this..."

(End of this chapter)