"General Zhang, sit down!" Ma Chao said.

After Zhang Ren thanked him, he sat down.

Of course he knew that Ma Mengqi must have something to do when he is looking for him now, so why don’t he use this? Not only did he arrange himself from Chengdu to Longxian, but he met his previous lord Liu Jiyu. Then he asked himself to come to Chang'an and said that he was fine, who would believe it. So Zhang Ren asked this before, and he didn’t know what Ma Chao had to do.

Although Zhang Ren is indeed dissatisfied now and does not want to worship Ma Chao as the mainstay, it does not prevent him from doing things under Ma Chao's account. After all, although Zhang Ren once said that he would retire to the mountains and forests, it was obvious that he was like this in the end. No matter what the reason was, Zhang Ren did not retire, and this was not wrong at all.

As for now, Zhang Ren was indeed unable to submit to Ma Chao, but he was not incapable of doing something for Ma Chao. After all, Ma Chao captured him, did not kill him, and even put his previous lord in Longxian County. He is living a good life now. For Zhang Ren, he really owed Ma Chao a favor. The most difficult debt to repay is this favor, so in Zhang Ren's view, doing things for him, Ma Mengqi is regarded as repaying favors.

After seeing Zhang Ren sitting down, Ma Chao asked: "General Zhang is a disciple of the Tongshi, so why should General Zhang Xiu, I think General Zhang must be quite familiar with him?"

When Zhang Ren heard this, he thought that this was related to Zhang Xiu? Could it be that Ma Mengqi wants to...

Thinking of this possibility, Zhang Ren smiled bitterly in his heart. Is this suitable for me?

"Yes, I have both been taught by Zhang Xiu and Zilong. Zhang Xiu is our senior brother. When he was learning skills at the teacher, I have had contact with him and met several times. However, although he is a senior brother, he is not too familiar with each other."

Zhang Ren is really honest. Although he and Zhang Xiu are both fellow disciples from Tong Yuan and have met him several times, to be honest, they are not very familiar with each other. If they were to be honest, Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun were already very familiar, but they were far from that level with Zhang Xiu.

Ma Chao smiled when he heard this. Although he knew that Zhang Ren's words were true, for him, Zhang Ren and Zhang Xiu had a friendship with each other, but no one could change this. Although Zhao Yun is also a disciple of Tong Yuan, he is not as good as Zhang Ren. At least Zhang Ren and Zhang Xiu have met several times, which is much more familiar than Zhao Yun. So Ma Chao knew that it would be better to let Zhang Ren go if he wanted Zhao Yun to go. Even if Zhang Ren has not recognized his lord yet, this is not important. What is important is that Zhang Ren will definitely go.

"I have something now, so please help from General Zhang!"

When Zhang Ren heard this, he said, okay, he finally came. He had everything he had come.

"Please speak. As long as you are doing your best, you will definitely do your best!"

I heard Ma Chao say, "Okay, since General Zhang and Wuwei Zhang Xiu have a friendship with each other. And I had a few meetings at the beginning, I hope the general can go to Nanyang in person to help our army convince Zhang Xiu so that he can abandon the darkness and turn to the light and serve our army!"

Zhang Ren thought to himself, this is indeed this! It was exactly the same as what he expected. Ma Mengqi just asked him to go to Nanyang to be a lobbyist, but there seemed to be no one more suitable for this lobbyist than him. Although Zilong is also Zhang Xiu's junior brother, he is not as familiar with Zhang Xiu. After all, he had seen his senior brother several times back then, but Zilong, at least he had never seen him at the teacher.

Zhang Ren stood up and said, "Prince, if it is this matter, then I agree! But, it is still a matter of whether this is successful or not, so if it cannot be successful, I hope the Patriarch will forgive you!"

Ma Chao laughed when he heard this, "General Zhang is so worried. As for the result, it is not too important, so the general doesn't have to take it to heart!"

Zhang Ren smiled bitterly in his heart, thinking, isn't it too important? Really, no matter what, he must have done his best. As for the final result, it is not something he can decide. He has never been ashamed of doing things. He did his best and failed in the end. Then Ma Mengqi can't do anything about him, and he is worthy of him.

Zhang Ren nodded, while Ma Chao continued, "Zilong will go to Nanyang with the general. I think you two brothers will be together. If you go to Nanyang, you will definitely succeed!"

Zhang Renxin said, I hope this is the case. But I am definitely not a lobbyist. I really don’t know what the current general of the cavalry thinks. It’s hard to understand.

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In fact, what Ma Chao thought was quite simple, that was to let Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun convince Zhang Xiu. Of course, Zhang Ren should be the main one and Zhao Yun should be the auxiliary one. As for how Zhang Ren convinces Zhang Xiu at that time, it would not be what he wanted to think about. But what he knew was that first, Zhang Xiu should be a sensible person. He knew that just because of his more than 10,000 troops, he would definitely not be a match for Cao Cao, so he could only surrender to one of the princes, and who to surrender to was the biggest and most troublesome problem.

First of all, Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu ​​must not be able to do it, because Zhang Xiu wanted to surrender to the princes, and his sphere of influence was bounded by Nanyang County. So Yuan Shao must be the first to rule out, and then there will be three and a half left. The first is Ma Chao in the northwest of Nanyang, Ma Chao in the west, Ma Chao in the northwest of Nanyang bordered Sili in the northwest of Nanyang, and Hanzhong County in Yizhou to the west, which are all Ma Chao's territory, so Ma Chao should actually be Zhang Xiu's first choice.

The second is Cao Cao in the east. Because Nanyang goes east, it is the boundary of Yuzhou, which is Yingchuan County and Runan County, so Cao Cao will also be one of the candidates Zhang Xiu wants to surrender.

The third is Liu Biao. After all, the governor of Jingzhou is Liu Biao, and Nanyang is Liu Biao's, so Liu Biao is actually one.

The last half is actually Yuan Shu from Yangzhou. Although Nanyang County and Yangzhou are not next to each other, they are indeed not far apart, and can be said to be very close.

Of course, in Ma Chao's opinion, if Zhang Xiu wants to surrender, he can only choose one of himself and Cao Cao to surrender, and he will never choose Liu Biao and Yuan Shu.

Is it necessary to say that his uncle Zhang Ji died at the hands of the Jingzhou Army. So Zhang Xiu has not even revenged his revenge now, and he can still surrender to Liu Biao? That is impossible.

As for Yuan Shu, basically, those with eyes now can tell that Yuan Shu is not far from the day of his destruction. So if anyone can still surrender to him at this time, then he will be the same as him, and he will be stupid.

So Ma Chao felt that since this is the case, he, Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu could surrender. It was just that his own chance must be greater than Cao Cao.

That's because he has an advantage over Cao Cao. First, it is his overall strength. Ma Chao believes that Zhang Xiu can see who is stronger now. If we look at it from the surface, it seems that he and Cao Cao may be similar, but in fact it is not. Now he is dominant in Liangzhou, Yizhou, and Sili. Cao Cao occupies Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou.

It seems to be almost the same, but it is not. The places occupied by Cao Cao, except for Yuzhou, are all places that have suffered wars in the past two or three years. And Yuzhou was already destroyed as early as the Yellow Turbans.

The Sili on his side is also baptized by war in the past two years, but Liangzhou and Yizhou are not. The battle between Yizhou has been several years, and as for Liangzhou, it has been a long time since the war has been gone. It can be said that it is a very peaceful place.

Moreover, the money and food in Cao Cao's hands are indeed worse than that in himself, so his overall strength is still stronger than Cao Cao.

So Ma Chao felt that if Zhang Xiu was a smart person, he would definitely know this.

As for the second, it was that Zhang Xiujun and Cao Cao's Yanzhou Army had a big holiday. At that time, he had not surrendered to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao had an old habit and wanted to take his aunt, that is, Zhang Ji's wife as his concubine. So Zhang Xiu was angry and led his troops to raid Cao Cao's Yanzhou Army camp, but Cao Cao was defeated. This time, the festival between the two sides was formed, and Cao Cao's nephew died in Nanyang.

Even if Zhang Xiu knew that if he surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao would not care about this. But now it is not that he only has Cao Cao's choice. Because Ma Chao knew, he was also Zhang Xiu's choice. His aunt's death was actually because of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's nephew also died in Nanyang. Then Zhang Xiu would definitely have some concerns, and the possibility of surrendering to him would increase again. This is Ma Chao's idea.

Therefore, Ma Chao felt that he had two major advantages. As long as he asked Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun to go there before Cao Cao sent a lobbyist, he probably would have accomplished this matter. At least he and Zhang Xiu didn't have much celebration. If there was any, it would be that he was in Sili and Hongnong, and he was consuming food and forced Zhang Xiu away. And the rest were nothing.

In fact, Ma Chao knew that he had another advantage, that is, Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun. Ma Chao thought that Zhang Xiu should be a person who values ​​feelings very much. Now he has no relatives, only his wife and children, so for these two junior brothers, Zhang Xiu must have a good sense of feeling. After all, no matter whether he is familiar or not, at least the three of them are relatives under Tong Yuan’s sect, so after all, they are only one teacher.

In this way, Ma Chao decided to ask Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun to rush to Nanyang to convince Zhang Xiu. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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