Lu Dynasty

Chapter 765
Ma Chao only brought his wife into Shu, while his son Ma Qiu, younger brother Ma Dai and his deputy Pang De all stayed in Luoyang.He didn't want his wife to take risks, but he was afraid that Liu Zhang would be suspicious if he didn't bring his family, and his wife didn't want to separate from him, so he took the risk.However, in order to reassure Ma Chao, I specially asked him to bring his wife with him in disguise, and let him have a relationship with Fazheng Dolara.With Fa Zheng's character of vengeance, as long as you treat him well and become his friend, he must be very loyal.Moreover, with Fa-rectification's ability, there should be no problem in wanting to preserve Ma Chao's wife.

Ma Chao's entry into Shu gave Zhang Song, Meng Da, and Fa Zheng a shot in the arm.Originally, when they saw that I hadn't contacted Shuzhong for so long, they thought that I was too busy to take care of myself and didn't have more energy to seek Xichuan.These people are originally opportunistic people, and they are easy to shake after being separated from the organization for a long time.In addition, Liu Bei also sent spies to contact the people in Shu. They were worried that Liu Bei would enter Shu before me, so they made two preparations. After all, with Liu Bei's ability, Liu Zhang is not yet an opponent.But now Ma Chao has entered Shu.Although Ma Chao's ability is limited, he got my order and asked Fazheng to be the supervisor and Meng Da to be the deputy general as soon as he was taken in by Liu Zhang.Fazheng and Mengda, who had been depressed all the time, knew that this was my arrangement, and they were grateful to me in their hearts.As for Ma Chao's request, Liu Zhang agreed very happily, because Fazheng and Mengda had never had any contact with forces outside Yizhou.In Liu Zhang's view, Fazheng and Mengda are insignificant figures, but they are Yizhou generals and counselors, and their loyalty is unquestionable. With their restraint in Ma Chao's army, Liu Zhang is very relieved!But Liu Zhang didn't expect that even when he died, the person he trusted had already secretly joined me through Zhang Song, who he considered his confidant!

To be honest, I didn't want Meng Da to join Ma Chao's army, because historically he had wandered between Shu and Wei many times.Of course, from the perspective of modern people, Meng Da is not wrong.After all, people have the right to choose. Even the ancients said: Loyal ministers choose their masters to serve, and good birds choose trees to live in!There is nothing wrong with Meng Da choosing forces to join forces for his own benefit, but he is used to foolish and loyal people like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and looks down on speculators like that.

Ma Chao in Shuzhong was supported by Fazheng and Meng Da inside, and Zhang Song took care of him outside. He soon gained a place in Xichuan, and the Ma family army in his hands became Zhang Song's confidence in speaking.At the very least, Pang Yi, Leng Bao and others who didn't take Zhang Song seriously in the first place were much more polite to him!
Although Liu Zhang didn't have any skills, he was very worried when he watched Ma Chao gradually compete with Pang Yi and other veteran Xichuan generals. No matter how Ma Chao was a foreigner, Liu Zhang didn't know him well, and he didn't feel at ease.In order to prevent Ma Chao from getting bigger, Liu Zhang transferred him to Xiamenguan and Langzhong to deal with Zhang Lu.This is exactly what Zhang Song and Fazheng wanted, because if I march into Xichuan, I will take this path.Of course, the premise is that Zhang Lu surrenders or I kill Zhang Lu!I am still very confident about forcing Zhang Lu to surrender, but now is not the time to take Xichuan, because Cai Mao's eyes have turned green waiting for me to take over Jingzhou!

Ever since Liu Bei beat him up under the city of Jiangling again, and almost broke his Wenpin, Cai Mao was completely afraid!He knew that Liu Bei and Liu Qi would never let him go easily. If he was at the other end of the line, those waiting for him would probably end up dead, and his family would also be implicated.For his own life and for the safety of his family, Cai Mao decided not to let himself have other thoughts.If you want to get rid of bad thoughts, the best way is to dedicate Jingzhou to me.

The richness of Jingzhou has long made my mouth water. Perhaps in the Han Dynasty, Jingzhou, a treasure land, had not been discovered, but in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were two lakes familiar with each other.The two lakes are Hunan and Hubei, that is, Jingzhou in the Han Dynasty.I sent people to look for the three-season rice a long time ago. Although I have not found it, I am still persevering.If it is found one day, Jingzhou is the best place for planting, especially the area from Jingnan to Jiaozhou, which is now sparsely populated.When the Chinese people can have enough to eat, who will rebel with their heads on their belts?But if you want to take over Jingzhou, you must first take down Xinye.Because Xinye is next to Fancheng, and Fancheng is just a hub, its status is no less than that of Wancheng.Based on my understanding of Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, I know that the people in Xinye City must have been transferred, and Xinye must have been made into a huge trap by Zhuge Liang!

After thinking about it, I found that if I want to crack Zhuge Liang's design in Xinye, I have to be the pioneer myself.Otherwise, even if Pang Tong is appointed as a military adviser, he may fall into the trap.Because Zhuge Liang often uses scheming, which makes you hard to guard against.But no matter whether it is a counselor like Guo Jia or a general like Guan Yu, they will not agree with me as a pioneer.In the end, I could only transfer Zhao Yun back from Jizhou, because only he can reassure me.However, even for Zhao Yun, I would like to remind you: on the way to attack Xinye, no matter what method the enemy uses to attack or retreat, you must not pursue them. When passing Bowangpo, you must be careful of fire attacks!

My exhortations are undoubtedly superfluous in the eyes of others, because our army is powerful, let alone a small Xinye, if I agree to attack by force, even fortified cities like Luoyang and Chang'an will not have too many dead people.But I know Zhuge Liang's ability very well.Historically, with Cao's military strength, Liu Bei, who had fewer than a thousand soldiers and could not pass Zhang Zhao, still suffered repeated setbacks. I can't guarantee that I will not make mistakes.

I am not afraid of Yuan Shao, because he does not know how to employ people, I am not afraid of foreigners, because they are all reckless, and I am not afraid of Cao, because he does not have as many counselors in history.But when facing Zhuge Liang, I had to be cautious, not only because he was so wise that he was almost a monster, but also because of his calmness.If you want to defeat Zhuge Liang, it's not about being more capable than him, but about being calmer and showing your flaws first.Historically, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang were not much different in ability, and Zhuge Liang was even smarter than Sima Yi.But in the end Zhuge Liang was unbeaten and lost, and Sima Yi was undefeated and won. The reason is that Sima Yi fought steadily and responded to all changes with the same, and finally dragged Zhuge Liang to death.Now my power is greater than Liu Bei, Cao, or even their combination.As long as I work steadily and step by step, with my age and maintenance methods, I will definitely be the one who will have the last laugh, so even if I take over Jingzhou now, I don’t need to be too hasty, so as not to repeat Li Shangcao’s mistakes and take over a few cities less , is better than defeat!

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