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Chapter 397 Pang De defeated Lu Bu and Zhang Liao? Ma Chao was shocked
As soon as it was confirmed that Zhen Mi was pregnant with the dragon heir, Mrs. Zhen ran up to him and cried in front of him. Her intention was not too obvious.
The appearance of this dragon heir made them no longer able to restrain their desire for the position of queen and prince, and wanted him to fulfill his original promise.
Liu Xie can understand Zhen's thoughts.
After all, who can not be tempted by the position of queen?
But what he couldn't understand was that Mrs. Zhen dared to take action on a major matter related to people's livelihood, such as relieving disaster victims, and wanted to use this to force him to compromise!
This has touched his bottom line!
Guo Jia sighed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, the Zhen family has controlled the national treasury and court finances for a long time. It is time to take back the power."
Sending people to audit the accounts would at best reveal Zhen's deliberate delay or corruption. Taking back the financial power would require careful planning.
From a national point of view, he fully supports this, which has hundreds of benefits and no disadvantages for the court.
How could the divine weapon of Sheji be faked in the hands of others?
Jia Xu shook his head and said: "The Zhen family has become a behemoth now. It will be difficult to take back the financial power from their hands."
"And the Zhen family is better at amassing money, and the court also lacks talents in this area."
The recovery of power is not as simple as a will. There are too many things involved behind it, and even the power structure needs to be reorganized and distributed.
The reason why the Zhen family has been able to control the financial power for such a long time is, on the one hand, because of the earliest Conglong merits, on the other hand, because Zhen Mi is the emperor's favorite concubine, and on the other hand, because they are really good at making money.
If the imperial court takes over their business, it may not be able to do as well as they do. This has to be admitted.
"It's not easy, but that doesn't mean it's impossible."
Liu Xie said calmly, with deep eyes, "Since I can support the Zhen family to grow to this point, I can also make them fall into the dust again."
"Sending people to check the accounts this time is a final warning to them. If they still insist on going their own way...then don't blame me for being ungrateful."
Liu Xie is not a ruthless person. He always remembers Zhen's help to him. Coupled with Zhen Mi's relationship, he will not kill Zhen immediately.
The purpose of sending Fazheng to check Zhen's account was to strike a blow, and also to let Zhen know his attitude.
Of course, no matter whether Zhen chooses to be obedient or insist on going his own way, he will start to take back the financial power, but he will adopt different methods based on Zhen's reaction.
He didn't want to see Zhen Mi sad.
So I don’t want to see blood.
After hearing these words, Guo Jia and Jia Xu knew that the emperor was determined to take action, and Zhen's behavior this time was too out of bounds.
The days to come may not be very stable.
…
Chang'an, General's Mansion.
Ma Chao walked through the mansion and came to a small courtyard deep inside. He asked the guards on duty outside the courtyard: "How is my father doing recently?"
"General Qi."
The guard clasped his fists and replied respectfully: "The old general is always in the house and never steps out of the door."
"In my humble duty, according to the general's instructions, I only bring food to the old general on weekdays. Otherwise, he will ignore whatever the old general says."
Ma Chao nodded slightly and then walked into the courtyard alone.
After he pushed open the door of the wing room, a cold air suddenly hit his face, making him frown slightly.
It was too cold, but there wasn't even a fire in the room.
At this time, his father Ma Teng was lying on the bed wrapped in a quilt, his face looked a little unhappy, and he kept coughing.
Hearing the sound of pushing the door, Ma Teng looked up and saw that it was Ma Chao. His face suddenly turned angry. He sat up from the bed and cursed: "You evil beast! Why do you have the nerve to come here? You - cough cough cough !”
Before he finished speaking, he started coughing violently.
Seeing this, Ma Chao shook his head and waved to the soldiers outside to bring in a pot of fire, then he pulled a stool and sat down.
"My father is really suffering here. I have been too busy these days to pay attention to my father's situation."
"In such a cold weather, those guys outside didn't even prepare a fire. Damn it! I'll kill them all when I turn around!"
Ma Chao looked angry.
But Ma Teng didn't accept his trick and said coldly: "You don't have to be pretentious with me here. Even if I freeze to death in this room, I will not compromise with you!"
"Bring this fire out to me!"
He had seen Ma Chao since he was a child, and he knew his character best. The reason why he treated him in this way was because he was waiting for him to take the initiative to speak!
And once he opens his mouth, it means bowing his head and compromising.
So how could he be willing?
A cold look flashed in Ma Chao's eyes when he heard this, and he said calmly: "Father is really stubborn. You and I are father and son, why do we need to make trouble like enemies?"
"I don't know why my father is so devoted to the imperial court. It was his father who rebelled in the early years, but now he looks like a loyal minister. Could it be that he is acting and believing it to be true?"
"Obviously you and I, father and son, will join forces and rely on the strength of the Xiliang army to become the overlord of one side."
"But my father is so stubborn that he refuses the opportunity to become a prince and insists on becoming the emperor's dog."
Hearing Ma Chao's words, Ma Teng sneered and said, "You evil beast is short-sighted, arrogant, and doesn't know how high the sky is."
"If I join forces with you, my Ma family will be destroyed by the Emperor's clan. Then how can I have the face to go to Jiuquan to meet the ancestors of my Ma family?"
"It's okay for you to want to die alone. Don't involve the whole Ma family!"
He still clearly remembers the scene when the Yuan family was exterminated. He does not hope that the next person to be exterminated will be his Ma family.
"Father is really old!"
Ma Chao's expression turned cold and his eyes became sharp, "I think how brave my father was back then, but now he has become so cowardly!"
"Since my father refuses to join forces with me, then just spend the rest of his life in this small room. This will also be the last time that you and I, father and son, see each other!"
The reason why Ma Chao wanted to convince Ma Teng was to solve the last flaw in the lie, but today's conversation made him realize that he would never be able to do this.
So he didn't plan to continue persuading him.
"roll."
Ma Teng uttered one word coldly, then turned over and never looked at Ma Chao again.
Ma Chao stood up and asked the soldiers outside the courtyard to take the fire away again, and then said calmly: "Father, don't expect the imperial troops to come to Chang'an."
"Now the imperial army is blocked outside Tongguan and cannot advance even an inch, and I have joined forces with Cao Cao to attack Jizhou after the beginning of spring."
"Perhaps my father will still be alive to see me become the King of Liang. At that time, I, the descendants of the Ma family, will no longer have to praise our ancestors, because I will surpass them!"
"Reaching a height that even our ancestors could not reach!"
After Ma Chao finished speaking, he strode out of the room.
The door also closed heavily.
Ma Teng, who was lying on the bed, slowly opened his eyes and let out a faint sigh, which echoed in the cold room.
…
Ma Chao walked out of the courtyard with a gloomy face, and then walked outside the general's mansion without saying a word, intending to return to the Xiliang Army camp.
"Report——!"
And he had just left the general's mansion when a soldier came on horseback and knelt down to him with a face full of joy and reported: "General, General Pang has led his troops in triumph!"
"What?"
Ma Chao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked with some confusion: "Triumph? What's going on?"
Didn't he send Pound to guard Tongguan? Less than ten days had passed, why was Pound back?
And where did the triumph of guarding the gate come from?
The soldier said excitedly: "General Pang defeated the enemy army at Tongguan and killed Lu Bu and Zhang Liao until they lost their armor. Now the enemy army has been defeated!"
Ma Chao's eyes widened in an instant and he raised his voice: "What did you say? Pang De defeated Lu Bu and Zhang Liao?!"
He wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.
Or maybe I was simply dreaming!
Who are Lu Bu and Zhang Liao? One is an unparalleled general in the world, and the other is a ruthless character who defeated 30,000 people in Xiaoyaojin with 800 people and captured the enemy's leader alive. What's more, they brought 100,000 troops this time!
The Tongguan garrison only had 30,000 troops. Even including the 3,000 troops Pang De brought with him, their strength was less than half of the enemy's.
How could Pound still win against these two men and an army of 100,000 men?
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"Yes General!"
The soldier nodded heavily and spoke very quickly: "After General Pang arrived at Tongguan, he took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to launch a night attack."
"Thirty thousand troops came out in full force and used fire to burn their camps. The enemy was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties from being burned!"
"Both Lu Bu and Zhang Liao were injured in the chaos, and finally chose to lead their troops back to Hangu Pass!"
"General, we have achieved a great victory!"
The soldier told the news exactly. After listening to it, Ma Chao felt like he was listening to a story, and his heart was filled with disbelief.
This damn thing... can it be done?
Are Lu Bu and Zhang Liao so weak?
It took Ma Chao a while to digest the news, and then asked: "Where is General Pang now?"
He wanted to ask Pound personally what was going on.
The soldier said: "We are at the Chinese army camp!"
Without saying a word, Ma Chao immediately got on his horse and ran out of the city. It didn't take long before he arrived at the Xiliang Army camp.
However, before he entered the camp, he heard bursts of exclamations and compliments coming from inside.
"General Pang is really a fierce general!"
"I didn't expect that even Lu Bu and Zhang Liao would be defeated by General Pang. I think the title of the most powerful general in the world belongs to General Pang!"
"That's right, Zhang Liao and Lu Bu just have a false reputation, General Pang is the real brave one!"
"The Major General will be extremely happy to know that he has accomplished such a great feat this time."
"Eradicating the traitors and rescuing the Emperor is just around the corner!"
Ma Chao opened the curtain of the camp and entered, only to see a group of generals surrounding Pang De, with smiles and admiration on their faces.
At this moment, he sharply saw several generals holding two flags in their hands, and his pupils could not help but shrink slightly.
Because the two flags have the character "LV" and the character "Zhang" written on them respectively!
It is the military flags of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao!
The military flag is extremely important to an army. The army has special protective battalions, and their duty is to ensure that the flag does not fall down.
If Dahun is allowed to fall, no matter the reason, everyone from the general to the soldiers will be beheaded in the protecting camp.
Therefore, unless the army is completely defeated, the flag cannot fall into the enemy's hands!
The flags of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao are both here now, which means that the troops led by these two people were really defeated by Pang De, and they were still defeated!
While Ma Chao was shocked, Pang De and the generals in the tent also noticed his arrival, and the generals stepped forward to congratulate him and announce the good news.
Pound strode forward, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "See you, Major General!"
Ma Chao slowly came back to his senses at this time, then a smile appeared on his face, he helped Pang De up with his hands, and said with a big smile: "Okay! Okay! Okay!"
"I didn't expect that when I sent you Lingming to guard Tongguan, you gave me such a big surprise and defeated Lu Bu and Zhang Liao in one fell swoop!"
"Ling Ming is really a tiger general!"
Ma Chao did not hesitate to praise Pound, because Pound's contribution this time cannot be described as great, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a huge contribution!
Pang De said humbly: "You are so complimentary, Major General. The reason why we were able to defeat the two thieves Zhang Liao and Lu Bu this time was because the Tongguan defenders held on for many days and exhausted them and the army under their command."
"And I just took advantage of it and seized the opportunity to launch a night attack, which successfully defeated the enemy."
Upon hearing this, Ma Chao patted Pang De hard on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Ling Ming, you are good at everything, but you are too humble."
"I still know the strength of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao. Your ability to kill them is enough to prove that your strength is not weaker than theirs, or even stronger!"
"After this battle, the title of the most powerful general in the world may change hands."
Then Ma Chao boldly gave instructions: "Send the order, let's have a banquet for the three armies tonight to celebrate General Pang!"
"Everyone, please don't come back until you get drunk!"
As soon as he said this, he immediately won the cheers of the generals.
Ma Chao then asked the generals to carry Pound out to celebrate on the pretext of handling military affairs, while he stayed alone in the Chinese army camp.
Looking at the people leaving, the smile on Ma Chao's face slowly disappeared and turned into a deep frown.
He walked to the desk and reached out to pick up the two flags, the doubts in his heart getting stronger.
"Why do I always feel like something is wrong..."
Ma Chao said to himself that Pound won too quickly and too strangely this time, which made him feel unreal.
And are Lu Bu and Zhang Liao really that weak?
A man who once led a thousand men against Sun Ce's 10,000 men beheaded him; a man who led 800 men against 30,000 men still captured the enemy's head alive.
Both of these records are real.
Even if they were too exhausted after attacking Tongguan for many days, they would not be defeated by Pound in one fell swoop, and even the military flag would be taken away.
But the military flag is here and cannot be faked.
And what Pound said is reasonable.
After thinking about it, Ma Chao was still a little worried, so he called a personal guard and said: "Sneakly go to General Pang's army and ask his soldiers about what happened in Tongguan."
"I'll report back as soon as I get the news."
Sensing the solemnity in Ma Chao's tone, the guard felt a chill in his heart, responded respectfully, and turned to leave.
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