Chapter 955
In the large tent of the Chinese army, there was indeed a corpse lying on the ground.

However, the figure of the corpse was by no means a 15-year-old boy, but a young man in his 20s, dressed in a religious order—it was the order Zhang Lu ordered to dispose of Pang Tong’s body. A large amount of blood flowed out, dyeing the ground around ten feet or so red.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zhang Lu would never have believed that there is so much blood in a person's body.

After Ma Chao saw this scene, he didn't react too much. He walked up to the corpse, touched his neck, and said, "It's been less than an hour since he died, and the blood is still warm." After saying this, the attendant felt a little uncomfortable, and finally added: "When the hairpin was inserted into his neck, he didn't die directly. Later, he died completely because of excessive blood loss."

"That's right, you observed very carefully and your guesses were in place. However, as the guard of the Ma family, you should not forget your duty!" Ma Chao glanced at the entourage coldly, and spoke to his wife. Jin was a little dissatisfied.Then he walked over to the desk, picked up a letter and asked Zhang Lu, "This letter hasn't appeared on your desk before, right?"

"Yes... I haven't seen any letters." Zhang Lu replied, and the man at the side couldn't help feeling guilty when he saw such a big negligence, and retreated embarrassingly.

"Since it wasn't for you, then it must be for me. I really want to know what Pang Tong will leave with me..." Before he finished speaking, Ma Chao had already opened the letter, and after browsing through it, The voice stopped abruptly, and his face suddenly became weird.

"Master Zhang Jun, has Pang Tong always assured you that there will be great changes in the Kanto region, which will cause the Ma family to withdraw their troops?" Ma Chao asked Zhang Lu again with a wry smile on his face.

"That's true, but this demon boy's nonsense made my [-] congregants almost die!" Hearing Ma Chao's question, Zhang Lu couldn't help but burst into anger, and cursed: "This time it's his fate. Get past me, and next time, I will definitely cut him into pieces to vent my hatred!"

"There's no need for that. The disaster in Hanzhong does not belong to others, but to you alone." Ma Chao shook his hand, as if he didn't have much thought to talk to Zhang Lu, and handed the letter in his hand to Zhang Lu, saying: "He really didn't lie to you , I really should withdraw my troops..."

Zhang Lu was already annoyed by Ma Chao's sarcasm. However, when he read the letter, his face changed drastically, and he missed the letter and let the letter fall into the tunnel. "This, how is this possible?"

The letter swirling in the wind fell to the ground, and the corner was stained red by the blood of the messenger. The previous attendant hurriedly picked it up, and saw the clear and meaningful writing on it, with a few strokes, as if there was a wind and thunder.What's even more strange is that there is actually a dragon-shaped seal on the lower right side of the letter.

"It's been a year since I left in the suburbs of Chang'an. I heard that you have recently attacked Zhanglu in the south, and I also sent one person to Dongchuan to have fun with the general to increase the fun of the battle. However, Zhanglu's trail is not enough to accomplish anything. Now I see this letter. , Yuan Shao is afraid that he has entered Bingzhou and threatened the Ma family. I am in Xuchang, and I will also take over the power. If the general wants to, why don't you and I hunt Jizhou together and chase one deer together? The general decides at his own discretion. .”

Ma Chao took the unsigned letter again from his personal entourage, and lamented in his heart: Unexpectedly, when Pang Tong entered Kanto, he went to find Liu Xie.Moreover, it can be seen from the news revealed between the lines that he has already surrendered to Liu Xie...

But at this moment, the tent door was suddenly opened, and Chen Haojie, who hadn't shown up for a long time, rushed to report: "My lord, Chang'an urgently reported that Xu Du's mutiny happened, and Dong Cheng's lineage was completely defeated by the Cao family. Today The Son of Heaven has recovered from his illness and is in charge of the middle game again!"

"Is there any movement from Yuan Shao in Jizhou?" Ma Chao asked in a low voice without any expression fluctuations.And he was not surprised at all when 'Havoc' came to report.

At this time, Chen Haojie ignored the astonishment on his face, and after reacting, he quickly said: "Yuan Shao of Jizhou has already ordered high-ranking officials to lead an army of 20 to march westward to Bingzhou. The Black Mountain Army dare not beat him. The three counties all surrendered in anticipation of the wind, and Hanoi County, under the initiative of the Sima clan, surrendered to Yuan Shao, only the Hedong County has not yet surrendered. However, Yuan Jun seems to have no intention of getting involved in Hedong, and is driving troops into Hanoi."

"The foxes in Chang'an, what do you think about this? Whether it's war or peace, did you send a reply?" Ma Chao was caught off guard by Yuan Shao's generosity, and he immediately thought of the decision of those strategists in Chang'an.

"My lord is wise, this is a proposal from the Ministry of Education, please have a look at it." Chen Haojie took out a sweat-soaked letter from his bosom, and presented it respectfully.

"The old fox and those people are actually leading the battle?" Ma Chao couldn't help being surprised when he saw the letter. After reading it carefully, his face became even more puzzled: "When did the Ma family plan to re-allocate with the Cao family? Those foxes, what are you thinking?" What?!"

"The subordinates don't know, but Jia Ling Shiling brought a word to the lord."

"What?"

"Those who don't plan for the eternal life are not enough to plan for a while. The Han family is exhausted, and they are afraid that foreign races will covet it in the future."

Hearing this, Ma Chao's eyes were fixed, and he couldn't help sighing: Jia Xu, that old fox, has already seen the crisis between the Han people and the ethnic minorities after a hundred years.It seems that he told himself to pacify Sichuan and Shu in the first place, probably because he was afraid that he would be too eager for quick success and tell a big lie.But now that the Kanto is turbulent and chaotic, he has no intention of slowing down when he sees this golden opportunity.

"Here's an order to keep Gan Ning and Zang Ba here, and Fazheng to be the supervising army, continue to pacify and appease Dongchuan, and complete the handover and takeover matters. The other civil servants and generals will return to Chang'an immediately; Qin Yu and Xun Yue, the Ministry of Rites, will be dispatched separately. The two are envoys, formally communicating with the middle of Shu; Pang De, the general guarding Luoyang, hastily dispatched troops to Hanoi to resist the advance of the high-ranking soldiers. Tell him not to fall into the name of the Ma family!"

After issuing three orders in a row, Yang Xiu who came after him immediately started to write.At this time, Ma Chao looked at Zhang Lu and said, "Master Jun, you need to work hard on Dongchuan."

Zhang Lu understands the meaning of this sentence best: Although Ma Chao has broken the main force of Dongchuan, Hanzhong County and Berkshire are still unbalanced.Although there were no more soldiers resisting in the two places, the Wudoumi Cultists were still an obstacle preventing the Ma family's army from successfully pacifying Dongchuan. Only he, the master teacher, was present in person and preached to the disciples, so that Dongchuan could completely submit to the Ma family.

At this time, Zhang Lu no longer had any chips to fight against Ma Chao, after hearing Ma Chao's words, he couldn't help but nodded, and sighed: "The big waves washed the sand, and the ones left behind are indeed the most intelligent, most insidious, and most ruthless heroes. My defeat at the hands of you Ma Mengqi is also due to God's will."

When Ma Chao heard this, he felt emotional for a moment.However, he immediately took Zhang Lu out of the account and quickly ended the chaos outside.But Zhang Lu's next sentence made Ma Chao's footsteps pause.

"General Hussars, I just don't know why I wanted to marry my daughter to the general over and over again, but the general always refused? If you and I have a friendship as a son-in-law, even if Pang Tong's evil tongue is brilliant, it will not make the old man Lost your mind. It only takes a few years to take Dongchuan peacefully, why do you insist on blood flowing like a river like today, and you die?"

These words really hurt Ma Chao's heart.What Zhang Lu said, although there are complaints from the defeated bandits, it is undeniable that his words are not false at all-it turns out that Liu Xie and Pang Tong saw Zhang Lu's fear of the Ma family's fear of gain and loss, so they confused Zhang Lu and boarded the pirate ship , And finally led to the tragedy of today's hundreds of thousands of soldiers died in vain.

After all, I still haven't fully adapted to this cruel and chaotic world, which blinded my eyes by the love of my children!

"Master Jun, don't worry, I won't do this kind of thing again in the future." Ma Chao pulled Zhang Lu up again, and strode out of the military tent. Zhang Lu clearly saw a ruthless determination flashing in Ma Chao's eyes The movement seems to be a sign of the hero's awakening.

(End of this chapter)

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