The Three Kingdoms: The strategist will stop, and Rome will be unified

Chapter 268 Cao Cao's Ambition

After hearing this, Ma Chao's eyes narrowed slightly. Although he is brave, he has nothing in terms of strategy.

After thinking for a while, he nodded.

"I understand."

For a while, Hanzhong County, which seemed to be calm, also had a storm behind its back.

It is now late autumn, approaching winter, and the sky is getting darker earlier, and it is already night.

The moon and stars were sparse in the sky. Under the moonlight, the figures of nearly a thousand people approached a mansion in the dark night.

In the mansion, there was a pair of deep eyes in the dark house, and Ma Chao was not sleepy at this moment.

He often camps in the wild in Xiliang, but he can clearly detect the movement of any wild beast from a hundred paces away.

It is only a hundred steps away at this moment, how can he not hear the actions of thousands of people.

Although these people had deliberately suppressed their movements, they still couldn't hide from Ma Chao's ears.

There was a gleam of light in Ma Chao's eyes, and Zhang Lu really couldn't help but make a move.

Everything is as Sima Yi said, but luckily there are still many elites in this mansion.

Although the mansion is dark at the moment, there are hundreds of elite soldiers waiting for them, and it is not a problem at all to fight against more than a thousand people.

Zhang Lu really thinks highly of him, and more than 1000 people have been mobilized to come here.

"Da da da!" It was obviously not a very loud voice, but at this time it was clearly audible to everyone.

There was no sign at all, and the soldiers who entered the mansion first looked around in horror.

"Pfft!"

The long sword had already pierced his body, and hundreds of elites made moves.

The soldier exhausted his last bit of strength and said: "There is an ambush."

The moonlight shone in through the crack of the door, obviously a well-known elite soldier.

There was no sign at all, and the two sides started fighting.

Ma Chao even brought out the gun himself. From the crowd, he saw Zhang Lu and the counselor Yan Pu beside him.

Immediately Ma Chao said coldly: "Isn't General Zhang too unkind?"

Now that he has been seen through, Zhang Lu has nothing to hide, so he said lightly: "Cao Wei is the general trend now, if you turn around, there is still time!"

Zhang Lu already had a heart for Wei.

Ma Chao chuckled, and said indifferently: "It seems that there is nothing to say, everyone will be killed by me!"

All the elite subordinates drew their knives out, and slashed directly at Zhang Lu's 1000 men.

Zhang Lu's face was a bit ugly when he was exposed face to face, and he was already in a situation of endless death today.

If you can't win Ma Chao, then you will be the one who dies.

It was only a quarter of an hour of the confrontation, and Zhang Lu showed the color of defeat.

He sighed slightly and closed his eyes. Zhang Lu never imagined that this Ma Chao would hide hundreds of people in the mansion.

In this battle, he was completely defeated.

That night, the Zhang family in Hanzhong County was punished by nine clans, and all military power was taken over by Xiliang Ma Chao.

Because of this, Sima Yi was regarded as a military adviser by Ma Chao.

The status is different. In the past, Sima Yi was just a staff member on weekdays, but now his status has changed drastically.

In other words, Ma Teng would probably still be wary of him, but Ma Chao would not.

The news spread to the surrounding counties in an instant, and Zhao Feng, who was far away in Long County, naturally also heard the news.

"My lord, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong County has been destroyed."

Zhao Feng nodded and began to think. It seemed that Ma Chao could not have done this. It must have been instigated by Sima Yi behind his back.

In this way, they regained the old department of Hanzhong County, and I am afraid that there will be as many as [-] soldiers in their hands.

Surrounded by mountains, Hanzhong County is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If they block it, it will not be easy for Cao Jun to attack by force for a while.

The eyes of Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia and others beside them all flickered. This Hanzhong County was all in Ma Chao's pocket, which was the last situation they wanted to see.

Guo Jia looked at Zhao Feng and asked, "My lord, how can we win this Hanzhong County?"

Seeing Zhao Feng still drinking tea calmly, Guo Jia, who had been with him for a long time, knew that the lord might have already had a countermeasure.

Zhao Feng smiled immediately, and asked back: "I wonder if you have any good strategies?"

Zhuge Liang who was standing below said with a smile: "My lord, I have thought of a strategy. When we were fighting against the Nanman, the soldiers of the Nanman looked at the mountains and the plains. If we let the barbarians come, they will definitely be able to break through Hanzhong."

Looking at Zhuge Liang, Zhao Feng also smiled, and it was almost the same as what he thought, but he had been planning for a long time.

Then he said: "The elite I recruited in Nanban half a month ago should be about the same."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone froze in place, and all of them took a breath.

"hiss!"

The lord has already counted the escape to Hanzhong County together with the Xiliang army, isn't this too terrifying?
Xiliang was fortunate enough to be set up by the lord to set up such a big game, and it was also the luck of his life.

Zhuge Liang was taken aback for a moment, then bowed and said, "My lord is still wise."

These are not words of compliment, they are words from his heart, and his heart is even more shocked.

Zhao Feng waved his hand and said, "It's time for Xiahoudun to come back. After recruiting in the Nanzhong area for so long, it should be enough."

"At the same time, arrange the luggage that was transported to Chang'an two days ago. There is no armor for the flying army in it."

At this time, everyone was already numb, and the armor was ready. You must know that the manufacture of the armor would take a long time.

It has not been half a month since I saw this premeditation, at least it took more than a month to predict the current situation.

Then Zhao Feng looked at the crowd and said: "Now we just need to hide our strength and bide our time and wait for the arrival of Wudang Flying Army."

"Everyone, go back."

Zhao Feng stood up, looked at the leaving crowd, and showed a smile, but at this moment a bronze bird suddenly came forward.

"My lord, I have some important orders."

Zhao Feng asked lightly: "What's the matter?"

Tongque lowered her head and said, "It's the prime minister's business."

Hearing this, Zhao Feng finally showed a hint of surprise, and asked curiously: "What is the prime minister doing now?"

The bronze sparrow paused and said: "The prime minister recently went hunting with the young emperor, it seems to be judging who is loyal to Han and who is loyal to Wei in the current court."

As soon as this remark came out, Zhao Feng was stunned on the spot, and he was extremely shocked. What is Cao Cao trying to do?
Identify the situation and position of the current imperial court. Is this an attempt to usurp the Han?
Logically speaking, Cao Cao is not someone who would do such a thing, which made Zhao Feng even more curious.

However, now that Cao Wei is in such a situation, there is nothing wrong with proclaiming himself emperor.

But thinking of Cao Cao in history, Zhao Feng's face changed slightly, and he didn't say much, but nodded to Tongque.

"I know, don't tell anyone about this."

At the same time, Long County was extremely lively. Xiliang captured Hanzhong County and occupied a dangerous place, and Cao Jun did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it.

Instead, he recuperated in Long County and waited until the Wudang Flying Army came.

(End of this chapter)