In the end, it was true that he would come whatever he was afraid of. Ma Yan thought that Ma Chao would not come to Jizhou, or he would not come to Jingxing in Changshan, or he would not come to Changshan. As a result, Ma Chao came still. Moreover, he had just brought Liangzhou troops to Changshan from Bingzhou to Jingxing.

Of course, when Ma Chao's Liangzhou army fought against Jinyang, Ma Yan had already made sufficient preparations to deal with Ma Chao's Liangzhou army. However, looking at the appearance of the Liangzhou army, although Ma Yan was prepared, he was still a little unsure. After all, the reputation of the Liangzhou army was there, and Jinyang had been broken. Ma Yan did not think that his Jingxing City was more difficult to break than Jinyang, a high-ranking official.

Now that the war has begun, Ma Yan has no confidence and is also afraid. In fact, he has to be afraid. After all, there are 100,000 Liangzhou troops outside the city, and the Liangzhou troops have always been invincible. The city they want to capture has not yet been broken. This is not wrong, so Ma Yan really has no confidence.

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At this time, Ma Chao and others were in the big tent, which was different from usual. Today, he began to discuss the advance of the army with everyone.

I heard Ma Chao ask, "Everyone thinks, what do we think about this Jingxing now?"

As a result, there was no movement below. Ma Chao smiled when he saw it, "Since there is nothing to say, then I'll call it. Dian Wei, let's talk about your opinion first!"

When Dian Wei heard this, he smiled bitterly, thinking to himself, lord, you don’t know me yet? He also asked me to say, what can I say? You asked me to fight a tiger and tie a wild boar. There is no problem, but this war problem is probably...

But there is no way. Since my lord has named his name and location, if I don’t say a few words, I won’t be disgraced. So Dian Wei was so ruthless that he opened his mouth, "Lord, this. This, my subordinates think that our army will naturally attack the city with all its might and take Jingxing in one go!"

Ma Chao smiled when he heard this and said, "It's not much difference between you saying this and you didn't say it."

"Okay, I wonder what else do you have to say?"

At this time, Wu Yi's eyes rolled. He had some thoughts. Then he said, "Lord, my subordinates think that can you persuade Ma Yan to surrender?"

When everyone heard this, they became interested. Yes, "subjugating the army without fighting" is the highest level of military use. Siege is the worst strategy in military tactics. It is because there is no way to do so. But if there is other means, it is better to say that diplomacy is like this, and to persuade surrender. If the goal can be achieved, then who will still attack the city and fight? But everyone has no idea about Ma Yan, so...

Ma Chao smiled, "What Ziyuan said is not without reason! It's just that Ma Yan is a man, and we know very little about him. However, when the princes attacked Dong, I met him several times. To be honest, I don't think he can be loyal to Yuan Benchu, so what Ziyuan said can indeed be considered!"

Ma Chao actually agreed with this. After all, from Bingzhou, except for one Lu Weihuang and another high-ranking official, the others are really not as loyal as Yuan Shao. Moreover, Lu Weihuang cannot be considered a loyal Yuan Shao, he is loyal to a high-ranking official. As for a high-ranking official, it cannot be said that he is a loyal person. He really has no choice, so he has to do that. As for others, Ma Chao really doesn't see that he is a loyal Yuan Shao, so now Ma Yan and Ma Chao are optimistic about him, of course not optimistic about him.

Although Yuan Shao used him to lead troops to attack the city when the princes attacked Dong, this did not mean anything. At least it cannot be said that just because he led troops to attack the city, it means that he was loyal to Yuan Shao. There was no such statement, and there was no such reason. As for Ma Yan, it would be better to test it first and then make a decision.

Sure enough, at this time, I heard Guo Jia say, "Lord, can Ma Yan persuade him? This will take some test. So, the lord has to go out in person first, and then it depends on the situation!"

Ma Chao nodded, "I am very fond of filial piety, and I mean the same! If Ma Yanzhen can be persuaded and used by our army, then it would be best if our army does not have to fight hard with the army in Jingxing. If not, then, haha, I can only attack Jingxing!"

After hearing what his lord said, Guo Jiaze said, "Lord, if Ma Yan can be persuaded by our army, our army will also show its true strength to make Ma Yan afraid, and then everything will be much easier!"

Ma Chao smiled, yes, that's it. Basically, he always did this. He could surrender, but he was still lucky, so he asked him to see his strength, which was not something he could defeat, so he could naturally persuade him to surrender. Although Ma Yan did not directly surrender after seeing his strength, he would not surrender directly. However, under his final persuasion, there should be no problem. At least Ma Chao believed that Ma Yan was not a loyal person, and should be a person who knew the current affairs.

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Before Ma Chao was ready to attack the city, he first took the horse forward and arrived closer. After staying at the horse, he shouted to the top of the city: "General Ma, how are you doing well?"

This is naturally what Ma Yan said to the city, and Ma Yan could hear it clearly. Of course, he still remembered Ma Chao's appearance. Although many years have passed, Ma Chao's changes are not particularly big. And the horse is still the same horse, and the weapon is still the same weapon.

Ma Yan clasped his fists at Ma Chao: "Thanks to the general's concern, everything is still fine."

In fact, Ma Yan complained in his heart that if you, Ma Mengqi, don’t come to attack my Jingxing City, then you will be even better. But he dared not say this, and he didn’t dare to say a word, nor could he not.

Ma Chao nodded slightly when he heard this, "I remember when the princes attacked Dong, the general led the Jizhou army to fight against the enemy under the Sishui Pass. The scene of that year is still vivid in my mind. The general's bravery is indeed unforgettable!"

Ma Chao praised Ma Yan to heaven, what a bravery? At Sishui Pass, the coalition of princes took turns to fight. No one got any advantage at Sishui Pass, including Yuan Shao's Jizhou Army. Everyone said that everyone was the same. As for Ma Yan, he was just an ordinary general, and something else. If it weren't for Ma Chao's strong memory, he wouldn't have remembered such a person.

But to be honest, Ma Yan knew that Ma Chao was praising him, but he also loved to listen to him. After all, one thing is right, that is, Ma Mengqi, who is now the general of the cavalry of the Han Dynasty, can still remember himself, a small general in the Jizhou army. This made Ma Yan feel a little proud. Look, although he has no reputation, even now, he has no reputation, but leading the Jizhou army to attack the key points under the Sishui Pass, which made Ma Mengqi, the former Governor of Liangzhou, remembered.

I have to say that Ma Yan can really think about it. The key is that he is so happy, and he is so proud. Look, there are so many generals he didn't know about, but he was remembered by Ma Mengqi. No matter what, this is definitely true, and there is no fake.

And Ma Yan was a little embarrassed at this time, "Haha, I didn't expect that the general would remember so clearly what happened in the past!"

Ma Yan's words actually indirectly accepted all the words Ma Chao praised him. He was so brave that he would never refuse everyone.

Ma Chao nodded, "This is natural. In fact, I always thought at the beginning that if the Liangzhou army had such talents as generals under the tent, then our army would be even more invincible and not afraid of anyone in the world!"

Ma Chao said everything that he said, his face was neither red nor white, just like telling the truth. But Ma Yan was still a little self-aware after all. When he heard this, he waved his hand quickly and said to Ma Chao: "The general is a false praise, it is really an over-reputation. I really dare not take it, I dare not take it! Don't say this again, how can I take it like this!"

Ma Yan was not praised by Ma Chao so much that he didn't know the east, west, south and north. It would be pretty good. If it were a normal, arrogant person, maybe he wouldn't be able to find the north at this time, and it would be impossible, right?

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Ma Chao knew that he should be serious at this time, so he changed his subject and said to Ma Yan on the top of the city: "General Ma, I thought back then that if General Ma could join the Liangzhou Army, it would be a great blessing for our army. Unfortunately, there was no chance, but now when he met General Ma again, I thought, could God let our army get General Ma help? I wonder what General Ma thought this?"

When Ma Yan heard this, he thought that Ma Mengqi had really spoken twice, but could he really surrender to the enemy? Now that there is no battle, there are more than 10,000 guards in Jingxing City. Even if the combat power is indeed not as good as the Liangzhou army, and the number is not as good as that of others, but it is always fine to defend for two or three days. Then he fled...

When he thought of running, Ma Yan was shocked. He thought that he had been defeated and fled. After his lord knew about it, he could let him go? If his lord knew about it, he would really be unable to escape. Not to mention himself, he was the general whom his lord trusted. When he was in a war, he would definitely not have a good ending after that.

When Ma Yan thought of this, he was discouraged. Could it be that he could only surrender? At this time, Ma Yan never thought that he could defend the city and resist the attack of Ma Chao's Liangzhou Army. He really had no confidence in this, so it was difficult for him to think about this. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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