Because Uncle Ma often arranged an in-house support in Changsha and Guiyang cities, Ma Su sent troops to open the city gate.

In the evening, Ma Su's army went very smoothly and occupied Changsha and Guiyang respectively, with a difference of just one day.

There were not many troops in the two cities, because they wanted to paralyze Guan Yu, and Sun Quan's county soldiers in Changsha and Guiyang were only 3,000.

After the general took away two thousand people, the army of less than a thousand people was blocked by Ma Su's army by surprise. He was soon captured by disarming prisoners and became a laborer who transported food to Ma Su.

The news Zhang Cheng received was naturally the news that Ma Su deliberately leaked after ambushing them after arranging, just to ambush them.

Ma Su won a great victory in Jingnan, and even if he occupied the entire Jingnan, it would be a breeze.

Because we need to keep a low profile, Ma Su gave up the two counties in Changsha and Guiyang that we have already obtained.

When Zhang Cheng returned to Changsha, he suffered no losses except for the food and grass being transported. Moreover, after being ambushed, Ma Su did not start a massacre. The defeated soldiers came back one after another and after gathering the remaining soldiers, he actually lost hundreds of troops, so it was not difficult to explain to Sun Quan.

Zhang Zhao was shocked when he received a letter of help from Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng was his eldest son and the heir to the patriarch of the Zhang family. His career was directly related to the rise and fall of the entire Zhang family. Zhang Zhao did not dare to be careless and personally sent military rations to Changsha.

Seeing that Zhang Cheng's military strength was still strong, Zhang Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, but he was a little suspicious of Zhang Cheng's inexplicable defeat.

Zhang Zhao remained calm and asked Luo Tong, Tan Xiong and other soldiers to learn about the situation. The more he learned, the more suspicious he was about the inside story of the battle. He always felt that Shamoke seemed to be prepared and waited for Zhang Cheng to take the bait and then conquered Changsha and Guiyang in one fell swoop.

But the other party left room for nothing, did not start a large-scale killing, nor did they intend to occupy the entire Jingnan.

According to the combat power shown by the Shamoko Army, it obviously has the ability to influence the entire Jingzhou battle situation, but he did not help Guan Yu, and there must be unknown inside stories.

In the current situation, Shamoke occupied the entire Jingnan just a little effort. If he belonged to Liu Bei's subordinates, it would mean that Liu Bei had the capital to negotiate with Sun Quan.

But Shamoke didn't seem to have this intention, but abandoned the city and retreated. Obviously, Shamoke was not Liu Bei's direct subordinate. Shamoke's behavior should have ulterior motives.

Such a profound plan is not something that Shamoko, a barbarian king, can possess.

If Shamoke really had such talent, the entire Jingnan would have been under his control.

As Sun Quan's chief minister, Zhang Zhao was indeed not simple, and he guessed Ma Su's plan roughly!

Zhang Zhao is under the position of Jiangdong, and he has known Shamoke's ability for a long time.

This time, he should not have been the work of his brave man, but also helped by his other expert.

If the battle occurs again, his son Zhang Cheng will be kept in the dark and will definitely not be his opponent. He will be worried about his son's prospects and ask Zhang Cheng:

"Zhongsi, you failed to attack Lingling for the first time, but instead lost the two cities of Changsha and Guiyang. Fortunately, you were only robbed of food and grass by Shamoke, but it also left a bad impression on your lord and had a great impact on your future career. How do you plan to make up for it?"

Zhang Cheng was a very high-profile person. This time, he had to ask his father for help because of the robbery of military rations. He felt very embarrassed. Now that he had sufficient military rations, he didn't believe that he could not defeat Lingling City, so he answered confidently:

"Last time, I was careless. I underestimated Shamoko and fell into his delaying plan. I am going to attack Lingling again. I will not be polite to him this time. I will attack Lingling City with one go. I will definitely defeat Shamoko and save the influence."

When Zhang Zhao heard this, he knew that Zhang Cheng had taken the problem too simply!

In this way, the son will not only have no hope of making contributions, but will instead lead to the deterioration of the situation in Jingnan. Even if he is unable to clean up the mess, he said to Zhang Cheng earnestly:

"Zhongsi, you have to use more thought! You have taken things too simple! This time, since you sent troops from Changsha, you fell into a carefully arranged trap. Shamoke has always been known for his courage and is not good at strategy. Behind him, there must be a master who will give him advice. He just defeated you this time and did not start a big killing. There must be room for negotiation with him. If you go to Lingling City to defeat Shamoke by force, I am sure that you are not as lucky this time this time, and it is likely that the result of the annihilation of the entire army."

Although Zhang Cheng was proud, he also had the capital. At first, he was eager to seek revenge on Shamoke. Now, after listening to his father's analysis, he also knew that things were strange. He only had this little force on hand. Just the 5,000 troops brought by Shamoke that day, he fought against Shamoke, and had no chance of winning. So he humbly asked:

"Father, as you say, my little force really cannot defeat Lingling controlled by Shamoke. Shamoke is unwilling to surrender. If I want to pacify Jingnan, I think I can only ask for help from the lord. But in that case, I have to use a large amount of troops to conquer Jingnan and lose my fate after conquering Jingnan. I am really unwilling to accept it! Dad has a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Although Zhang Zhao claimed to be Sun Quan's military advisor, he planned strategic matters. Marines and wars were not his specialty, so naturally there was no way to defeat the enemy.

But Zhang Zhao's intuition told him that the master behind Shamoke did not seem to want to occupy Jingnan or make things worse, which gave Zhang Cheng hope to succeed through negotiations.

But as Sun Quan's chief minister, Zhang Zhao must not do this blatantly, and this is shameful.

But apart from this method, Zhang Cheng really has no ability to pacify Jingnan, and he will not lose anything anyway. Zhang Cheng decided to let his son negotiate with Shamoko again, which was attached to Zhang Cheng's ear: "So...so" and gave some instructions.

When Zhang Cheng heard that his father's arrangement was very brilliant, he was not afraid of leaking the news, so he acted according to the plan.

This time, Ma Su took the initiative to attack Jingnan, under the banner of Shamoke, but he did not want to make things worse.

Therefore, not only did he not violate the county town after he captured the county town, but he also treated Zhang Cheng with gentle means.

He just moved all the grain from the official warehouse in the city to the secret camp that had been prepared long ago, and the private grain of the wealthy households was not confiscated.

Ma Su came and walked quickly. He abandoned the city overnight and left, and the people in the city felt like they were in a dream.

Uncle Ma was in Jingnan and worked with Shamoke for many years in business, and had long formed a big net with local businessmen.

For his own safety, he had already found several secret places in the mountains and built them into secret warehouses.

Ma Su drove most of his army to the secret warehouse, established a secret camp, and allowed the troops to rest, train, and prepare to raise an army to respond when Liu Bei counterattacked Jingzhou.
Chapter completed!