That day, after Ma Chao killed the small school, he led the way and took advantage of the opportunity to grab Jiameng Pass. He rushed into the city gate. When Wu Lan came to intercept him, the two fought at the city gate. Wu Lan fought to the death and refused to retreat.

Suddenly, the drums in the formation stopped and the sound of gold was loud. Ma Chao was not aware of it, and was afraid of being attacked from the front and back, so he sold a flaw, let Wu Lan go, turned around and left.

Wu Lan tried her best to block Ma Chao's dozens of moves. She had no strength and dared not chase after him. Seeing Ma Chao with his soldiers, he withdrew from the pass.

Before Ma Chao retreated back to the army, he did not find any abnormality, but saw Ma Su standing next to the golden drummer, carrying a golden flare. Obviously, the order to withdraw the troops just now was issued by Ma Su himself.

Ma Chao's face became a little ugly, and he felt angry, and he couldn't help but ask in a reproachful tone:

"Youchang, I am about to kill Wu Lan and rob Jiameng Pass. Why do you want to call the gold and collect the army?"

Ma Su handed the golden horn to the golden drummer and replied calmly:

"General Ma personally took the arrows and stones and wanted to take Jiameng Pass, which is admirable! I foolishly think that the general's move will not only not receive the reward from Zhang Lu, but will instead bring him a catastrophe!"

Although Ma Chao was not good at strategy, when he was rushing to the pass, he was very heartbroken to see his confidants losing their losses in the fight. He vaguely felt that snatching Jiameng Pass might not be a good thing. After hearing the sound of gold, he resolutely retreated. After listening to Ma Su's answer, he asked casually:

"What do you say about Youchang?"

Ma Su looked at the left and right soldiers. Some of them were Yang Bai's defeated soldiers gathered by Ma Chao. He was afraid of leaking the news, so he said to Ma Chao:

"General Ma was tired of fighting, and this was not a place to speak. It was better for the general to withdraw his troops and return to the camp for the time being. I prepared fragrant tea in the tent and talk about it in detail!"

Ma Chao nodded in agreement, took back the army, took off his armor, and went straight to Ma Su's tent.

Ma Su asked the guards to serve tea and waved their hand to retreat before saying:

"Brother, he has a keen sense of smell on the battlefield. He can seize the opportunity and grab the Jiameng Pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. But after he really grabs it, it will be difficult to escape unscathed!"

Ma Chao seemed to have realized something, but did not ask, and waited for Ma Su's following.

Ma Su did not pretend to be mysterious and continued:

"The general robs Jiameng Pass, which means opening the gate of Xichuan. If Zhang Lu intends to attack Xichuan, he will inevitably send a large army. It is impossible to use the general as the head coach. The general will become Zhang Lu's front pawn, and his subordinates will also become the vanguard of the head coach's attack and the camp! If Zhang Lu does not want to attack Xichuan for the time being, Zhang Lu's advisers will never miss the opportunity to kill people with a knife. They just need to argue endlessly and not send reinforcements for the time being, so that the general can defend Jiameng Pass. Jiameng Pass is too important to Liu Zhang and will definitely be recaptured at any cost. The general's thousands of soldiers will definitely be consumed. At that time, Jiameng Pass will inevitably be lost, which is a crime for the general!"

After listening to it, Ma Chao knew that he was eager to make contributions and was a little reckless! He was very grateful and attached more importance to Ma Su's wisdom!

In the next ten days, Ma Chao still went to the gates to fight every day, but before sending troops, he had to go to Ma Su's camp for advice.

On this day, Ma Chao was going to war as usual. He saw the character "Wu" on the pass from a distance to the flag of "Liu". Ma Chao thought it was Liu Zhang who came in person, so he did not go to war with a rash, but sent a spy to inquire first.

The spy responded that Liu Zhang did not go to the front line in person, but Liu Bei, the governor of Jingzhou, traveled thousands of miles to lead the army to help Liu Zhang resist Zhang Lu's attack.

When he heard that Liu Bei was coming, Ma Chao immediately had an idea in his mind. In the past, Liu Bei and his father Ma Teng were allies, and Liu Bei's subordinate Ma Su has always acted as his military advisor. Now he is trapped in Zhang Lu and cannot advance or retreat. It is better to go directly to Liu Bei.

Ma Chao came to Ma Su excitedly, trying to lead the army to join Liu Bei, but was stopped by Ma Su again.

Ma Chao asked why, and Ma Su said to him:

"General Ma is not the time to join the lord now! First of all, the general has not made any contributions, so it is difficult for him to use it more seriously; secondly, the general has not long been involved in Zhang Lu. Although Zhang Lu has not yet used the general, he is not sorry for the general. Instead, the general is fickle and betrayed his faith and failed Zhang Lu. General Yu's reputation is hindered. My lord, Huangshu Liu, has the most reputation in his life. In this case, it is impossible for the general to join him to be recognized by the lord!"

When Ma Chao heard Ma Su's words were so serious, he was shocked and asked Ma Su for advice:

"You Chang, then how do you think I should deal with it? You can't really fight with Uncle Liu, right?"

Ma Su had already received a letter from Pang Tong, asking him to keep Ma Chao steady, hold on, and wait for the opportunity. He had already thought about it and said to Ma Chao:

"The general doesn't have to make things difficult. You can retreat to Xianyang County first, send someone to report to Zhang Lu, and tell him about his ally with Liu Bei. In order to avoid suspicion, Zhang Lu is asked to send someone else to fight against Liu Bei."

After Liu Bei arrived at Jiameng Pass, a spy had already reported to Zhang Lu. He was not sure how to seize Ma Chao's military power. As soon as Ma Chao's official documents arrived, Zhang Lu agreed to let Ma Chao lead the army to rest in Fengyang, and sent general Yang Bai to lead a 20,000 army to stalemate with Liu Bei at Jiameng Pass.

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After all, Jiangdong and Jingzhou are all ally relationships. Although they each defend the border, the business route is smooth. Because Zhou Shan was under the banner of merchant ships, the inspection of the soldiers in Jingzhou was very loose, and the fleet was not blocked along the way.

After Zhou Shan successfully arrived at the public security, he moored the boat by the river and asked the soldiers to stand by on the boat. He went to Liu Bei's mansion alone and ordered the doorman to inform Mrs. Sun.

When Sun Shangxiang heard that Zhou Shan was coming, she was very happy and immediately ordered someone to invite Zhou Shan in.

After Sun Ce was seriously ill, Zhou Shan was arranged to serve as the commander of the guards in the mansion. He had two tasks: the first was to protect the safety of Sun Ce's family; the second was to teach the martial arts of the children of the Sun family, because Zhou Shan was the one who had the best mastery of the Sun family's swordsmanship and marksmanship!

The reason why Sun Quan sent Zhou Shan to Jingzhou was that in addition to Zhou Shan's excellent martial arts skills, he was also Sun Shangxiang's martial arts teacher, which was easy to gain Sun Shangxiang's trust.

When Sun Ce died, Sun Shangxiang was less than ten years old. She loved martial arts since she was a child and often pestered Zhou Shan to teach sword skills, and respected Zhou Shan as much as her teacher.

After Zhou Shan entered, he worshipped the princess with great ceremony and presented a secret book.

When Sun Shangxiang saw that his mother was critically ill in the letter, shed tears and asked Zhou Shan for details.

Zhou Shan replied in tears:

"The country is so good that I am seriously ill, and I just miss my wife every day. If I go late, I may not be able to meet. I will teach my wife to take her nephew Adou to meet her."

Sun Shangxiang trusts Zhou Shan very much and does not doubt it is a fraud, but she is also a person who knows the general and said to Zhou Shan:

"The emperor led his troops to expedition to Xichuan. I want to return now, and I must let someone know the military advisor before I can go."

Of course Zhou Shan knew that if he could take his sister back with justification, he wouldn't have to make such a bad move! He didn't want Sun Shangxiang to reveal the news, so he said to Sun Shangxiang:

"If the military advisor replied, "You must report to the emperor's uncle and wait for the return of your order before you can get off the ship, what if you do?"

Mrs. Sun was worried about her mother's condition, and she knew that if she reported to the military advisor Zhuge Liang, she would most likely not let her return to Jiangdong immediately. Instead, she would first send envoys and good doctors to visit her with precious medicines, and only after Liu Bei replied to her will he be able to return to Jiangdong and he would also have the intention to leave quietly.

He reluctantly said to Zhou Shan: "I am the mistress. If I leave without hesitation, I may be inappropriate."

Zhou Shan watched Sun Shangxiang grow up and knew her temperament very well. Seeing that she did not refuse harshly, she knew that she was already moved, so she followed the plan set by Lu Meng, and struck while the iron was hot and advised:

"Princess, in the river, my subordinates have prepared ships. If the princess is delayed, he may not see the old lady. It is better for the princess to write a letter to explain the inside story and hand it over to a maid, and then ask the lady to get on the car and leave the city. After the lady takes her son on the boat, she will ask the maid to give it to the military advisor Zhuge Liang, which is not rude."
Chapter completed!