Under the encirclement of nearly 90,000 troops (Liu Pan recruited many surrendered soldiers), Ma Chao's retreat routes on the east, west and north sides were blocked. Unless he could break through the interception of the Jinhua Shui Army and swim across the Yangtze River, his fate of collapse would almost be a foregone conclusion.

The question now is only how long can Ma Chao last...

Just as my second brother and I were about to lead the army from Changwei to continue to narrow the encirclement of Ma Chao, the scout heard from the scouts that Fa Zheng was captured!

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In fact, strictly speaking, Fa Zheng was not "captured", but he brought him to his door on his own initiative.

The scout did not notice Fa Zheng, dressed in a farmer, but he took the initiative to stop the scout, reported his name, and asked to "meet Guan Junhou or Zhang Pingnan". The scout had no choice but to "catch" him over...

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When Fa Zheng was taken to the Central Army Commander's tent by the scout, he was not panicked at all, and he looked calm and did not feel that he had been captured, but he seemed like a distinguished guest who had been invited.

Looking at my second brother and I who were sitting side by side in the tent, Fa Zheng bowed and gave a slight bow, and said calmly: "I will go to Fufeng Fa Zheng to pay homage to Mr. Guan, Zhang Pingnan!"

The second brother looked expressionless and looked at Fa Zheng coldly for a moment, and read the map on the table by himself.

Before Fa entered the tent, he had already changed into a plain Confucian robe. He washed it up a little. Perhaps because of hunger, although his face looked pale, he was wearing Confucian costume and was quite famous in a scholarly style.

Seeing that the second brother was in such an attitude, Fa Zheng did not feel unhappy or panic at all, and he remained calm.

I looked at Fazheng, but did not reply immediately, but was thinking about Fazheng's intention. Previously, I learned from Zhuge Liang that Fazheng's design was escaped from Xiangyang.

Since he has successfully escaped, why should he turn around and "go to the trap"? If he said he wanted to surrender to his elder brother, it would have been fine as early as Xiangyang, why bother to get into such a big circle...

"I'm too humble when I learn to learn and advance? Fabiozhu is too humble." Pang Tong looked directly at Fazheng for a moment, and suddenly spoke sarcastically, "These days, Zunjia and Ma Chao have been in Jingzhou, and their reputations are prominent. The people of Jingxiang are scared when they hear the Fabiozhu.

Such a 'high reputation'. How can it be called 'the last and the latecomer'? The Dharma is a famous name in history in the future!"

Fa Zheng seemed not to hear the irony in Pang Tong's words, waved his hand and said humbly, "Zhengyi is mediocre, only knows a few words. It is my lifelong wish to read a few books, be a county official, and benefit the countryside. I don't want to be by chance.

Due to the situation, he had no choice but to wander in Jingzhou and sit in the place of a corpse. However, he was often uneasy and dared not do anything beyond the rules.

The so-called uproar and famous, I really feel ashamed of it; as for what this adult said, "The people of Jingxiang are so frightened," I don't know where to start?"

"Haha..." Pang Tong sneered repeatedly.

He said without hesitation, "First connect with Cai Mao to murder Liu Jingzhou, then kill Cai Mao, seize the authority of Jingbei, and clear the countryside in Zhangling, causing hundreds of thousands of people to be displaced... Could these things be planned by Ma Chao?"

The smell of gunpowder in Pang Tong's speech became more and more intense, which made me feel very strange. After being with Pang Tong for a long time, I knew that he was not the kind of person who was easily angry. This sudden anger probably had no intention.

I looked up and saw the interesting gentle smile on Zhuge Liang's face. I even confirmed this idea even more.

"The horse army commander bravely set up the western border and has a very noble temperament.

With a plan and a decision, how can a Confucian scholar let the horse army master listen to my plan?" Fa Zheng hurriedly shook his hand and said, "Besides, Zheng's family has long been lost and has been with the people all year round. He knows the suffering of the people. How could he do such an unkind, unrighteous, unwise, unwise, and unwise act like displaced hundreds of thousands of people?"

Although Fa Zheng has always admitted that he is mediocre and incompetent, what he said has very "connotation" - he cleverly used Ma Chao's arrogant and arrogant personality to show that he could not affect Ma Chao at all, and that series of crimes naturally had nothing to do with him.

It then also implicitly pointed out that in Zhangling, it was an inappropriate and clumsy strategy that was implemented in a way that was inappropriate and clumsy strategy. With the ability of other methods to correct the law, it was impossible to set up such a strategy.

Pang Tong looked at Fa Zheng, suddenly chuckled, shook his head, and never said anything again.

"Fabi Guy is trying to help the evil, and I don't know what is the intention?" Seeing that my second brother had no intention of speaking, I asked in a deep voice expressionlessly, "Do you think the knife in our army is not good?"

"Horse Guan Jun, Zhang Pingnan's reputation is prominent, and the country is shocked... However, Fa Zhengsu heard that the emperor's uncle stabilized the world with his benevolence and virtue, and why did he fear it?" Fa Zheng bowed and bowed again and said, "Fa Zheng took the liberty to seek his opinion this time to calm the rebellion in Jingbei and reduce innocent killings!"

"What are the wonderful strategies for the Dharma-Discipline?" I raised my brow and asked in a deep voice.

"Zhang Pingnan, don't be in the way to break the evil deeds!" Fa Zheng waved his hand and said in fear and trepidation, "This so-called "unknown" is not what he wants, and there is no such ability!"

After a pause, Fa Zheng continued, "I was just about to ask Guan Junhou and Zhang Pingnan, do you want to quickly quell the war at the minimum cost, or do you want to stop the anger with the killing?"

"What do you mean?" The second brother raised his head, opened his phoenix eyes slightly, and suddenly spoke.

"If it is the latter, the Dharma is weak in the mind.

With the army of Junhou and Zhang Pingnan Hu Ben, it is no problem to accomplish anything!" Fa Zheng replied humbly, "But if Junhou, Zhang Pingnan intends to quickly quell the war at the minimum price, and is willing to lobby Ma Chao with his three-inch tongue!"

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After the personal guard "invited" Fa Zheng to rest for a while, the coach started to discuss his proposal.

"Ma Chao is just brave, violent, arrogant and arrogant, and even if he surrenders, he will be difficult to restrain himself!" The second brother was obviously not interested in Ma Chao.

"The words of the king are reasonable!" Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and said with a gentle smile, "But Ma Chao is brave and good at fighting. He can also be called a tiger general in the world. He has always heard that this person is in Liangzhou and has a great reputation among the Qiang people. If the lord wants to advance to Guanxi in the future, this person may be used.

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"Ma Chao and Cao Cao and Han Sui have a feud with blood. If you can get it, you can use it properly, and you can become a helper with the lord's great cause!" Pang Tong, who was standing beside him, nodded and echoed.

"Ma Chao's arrogance and arrogance are all caused by his arrogant and self-reliance on his bravery. But over the past few days, he has suffered consecutive setbacks and his troops are as defeated as a mountain. I thought he should have repentance. I thought that he might as well try it according to Fazheng's proposal!"

"If Ma Chao is reduced, how can I explain it to Jingzhou?" Chen Dao put forward the biggest problem.

In fact, before I went to Jingbei, I had the idea of ​​taking over Ma Chao in my mind.

"Five Tiger Generals" have always been the golden signboard of Shu Han. Although there have been great changes in time and space, I really don't want to leave the regrets of "Four Tigers".

However, when I really led my army to Jingbei, I realized that everything was not as easy as I expected.

Ma Chao was cruel and unkind (in Zhangling, he implemented a strong wall and clearing the fields, and used the lives of 300,000 people as a means to block the enemy) not only made him a public enemy of the scholars and people in Jingzhou, but also made my plan of subsistence even more difficult.

If Ma Chao is contained, it will inevitably affect the elder brother's reputation in Jingzhou. The rich Jingzhou, as an important foundation for fighting Cao Cao, will definitely be controlled by our army in the future. In this way, Ma Chao and Jingzhou seem to be a dilemma.

Of course, the real value of capturing Ma Chao is not just him. Brave generals such as Pang De and Ma Dai, the powerful Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and even Liangzhou and Qiang people are all added value hidden behind Ma Chao.

How to give Jingzhou an explanation after surrendering Ma Chao is the biggest problem. Compared with this, finding a suitable candidate to persuade him to surrender is less important.

"It's easy to say this, it's difficult to say it's difficult!" Pang Tong smiled and said disrespectfully, "The easiest way is to find another person under Ma Chao's command to win this bad reputation, and only say that this person has not Ma Chao's permission.

Ma Chao did not know about it in advance. Moreover, the reason why the people of Zhangling were unable to suffer from hunger was due to the full relief of the lord and lord.

If the lord wants to surrender Ma Chao, Zhang Ling and even the scholars and people in Jingzhou will understand it."

"If we can explain it based on the old friend of the lord and Ma Teng, Liu Jingzhou and the Tutor Kuai should also accept it!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

Our problem seems to be really worth mentioning in the eyes of such wise men as Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang...

Perhaps it is because the wise people have similar views, or because their long-term classmates have made them feel aligned, the plans designed by Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong when they cooperated are very complementary.

If one person has a strategic intention, the other person seems to feel the same way. He quickly understands it and does not need to greet anything. He will naturally make corresponding plans to cooperate with the other party's actions.

This point is fully confirmed in this Jingbei guide.

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After careful discussion, the proposal to surrender Ma Chao was basically recognized.

But before the decline, I'm afraid I have to knock Ma Chao's muscles and bones again, otherwise how could this wild horse tame...

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Wancheng, county magistrate's office

"...Xiangyang has been conquered by Yun Chang!" Cao Cao exclaimed as he looked at the latest news report.

"Ma Chao is finished!" Guo Jia's mouth raised slightly, and he only said four words.

"Yeah!" Cao Cao nodded and ordered his personal soldiers to hand the silk book in his hand to Guo Jia. It was almost April, and the temperature in northern Xinjiang was gradually warming up. The Cao army soldiers, who were originally very uncomfortable with the coldness of the north, finally began to become active.

Under the leadership of Xiahou Yuan, the Cao army defeated the Xianbei people twice in a row. One of them, the Xianbei great chief Bu Dugen was even almost killed by Xiahou Yuan. He had been entangled with the Cao army for several months, but he still failed to achieve good "harvest". The Xianbei people were a little tired of it.

After several leaders discussed, they unanimously decided to return to the grassland first.

After the Xianbei people retreated, Cao Cao had a chance to take a breather and could concentrate on responding to the incident in Jingzhou. After arranging the defense of Xianbei and Yuan Tan, Cao Cao led important civil and military officials to Wancheng quietly to "observe" at close range.

"Xiangyang is the hub of Jingbei, and it is even more important for Ma Chao, the dove that occupys the nest!" Cao Cao stroked his short beard under his chin and said with a smile, "If you lose Xiangyang, Ma Chao will lose control of Jingbei.

It seems that the 'horse' is about to run to the end!"

"In fact, since the moment Ma Chao attacked Cai Mao, his fate was destined!" Guo Jia smiled and said, "With him, an outsider, and under the circumstances of Liu Qi and Kuai brothers, he wanted to seize Jingzhou, which had been in business for more than ten years, was simply a fool.

Why did Ma Chao dare to be confident that the gentry in Jingzhou would recognize him as the main one?"

"Zhang Ling's solid walls and clear fields are even more defeated..." Cao Cao shook his head and said in disbelief, "How could the master behind Ma Chao have set up such a clumsy plan?" Cao Cao had long noticed that there must be someone who made suggestions behind Ma Chao, but because Fa Zheng was not revealed and was hidden very deeply, the detailed work sent by Jia Xu has not yet been able to find out the other party's real name.

"Ma Chao has always been arrogant and arrogant. When he is in ruins, he may be able to obey the planner; once he gains power, he will not listen to others' words..." Jia Xu said slowly.

"It's also considered that the horse is in bad luck. It actually met Yun Chang and Zhang Fei. How can one fight against two tigers by one horse? If the horse dies, I feel at ease!" Cao Cao slapped the table chief and said with a smile, "Wenhe, how are the lobbying in Hanzhong?"

"Don't worry, Prime Minister!" Jia Xu nodded and replied, "Yang Song, a powerful minister under Zhang Lu's command, has been persuaded by the officials to persuade Zhang Lu to attack Shangyong. I will write a detailed report on whether Zhang Lu will send troops."

"Okay!" Cao Cao's eyes flashed with excitement and he said loudly to Man Chong, the prefect of Wancheng, "Boning, speed up the transportation of money, grain and supplies to Jiaxia (a county southwest of Wancheng)!"

"Yes!" Man Chong slowly stepped out of the line, and after receiving the order, he returned silently.

"Wenhe, please do more and more details to Shangyong, and do not let out an important tip. If there is any disturbance, you will be ordered to give it a detailed reply!" Cao Cao turned his head and ordered Jia Xu.

"yes……"

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Chapter completed!