Can I get to the other side?

After the personal guard left the military camp on Ma Chao's order, he returned not long after and reported to Ma Chao what he had heard.

"General Qi, I humbly interrogated several soldiers under General Pang. They all said that the victory at Tongguan was true. Zhang Liao and Lu Bu have already withdrawn their troops and left."

The guard said clearly.

After hearing this result, Ma Chao's frown finally relaxed a little, and a lot of doubts in his heart were dispelled.

"It seems that Lu Bu and Zhang Liao were really careless this time."

"God is really helping me!"

Ma Chao murmured to himself, his eyes sparkling with excitement that he couldn't hide.

The imperial court came to conquer him aggressively this time, but failed to even attack Tongguan and suffered such a defeat. It can only be said that even God was helping him!

Next, as long as Liu Bei's troops are defeated and his worries are eliminated, he can join forces with Cao Cao to attack Bingzhou after spring!

Once Bingzhou is defeated, what can the emperor of Yecheng do to resist him? He can only obediently make him the king of Liangzhou.

With this thought in his mind, Ma Chao could no longer hide the smile on his lips, and finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

…

The other side.

After Pang De dealt with the generals, he returned to the camp to rest. As soon as he entered the camp, the deputy general came to report to him.

"General, Ma Chao just sent someone privately to question our people."

The lieutenant whispered.

A look of surprise flashed in Pang De's eyes, and he immediately asked: "How is the situation? Did you say anything?"

The deputy general shook his head and said: "Brothers have long been on good terms with each other. They answered as they were told before, without revealing any flaws."

Pang De was relieved after hearing this.

Sima Yi had already expected that such a situation would happen before sending him back, so he asked him to explain to his soldiers in advance how to answer if someone asked about the details of the Tongguan Battle.

I have to say that this preparation is very critical and very foresight, otherwise the secret will be exposed directly.

"Ma Chao acts very cautiously."

Pang De sighed in his heart. He had worked for Ma Teng for many years, but even so, Ma Chao was still so wary of him.

Of course, part of the reason was that the lies he made up this time were too shocking. He could not even think of defeating Zhang Liao, Lu Bu and a hundred thousand Han troops head-on.

But if he didn't say this, he wouldn't be able to find a suitable reason to return to Chang'an, and at the same time, Ma Chao would be able to put down his guard.

"Let the brothers drink less alcohol tonight, wait for dawn to obey my orders, and set fire to create chaos in the military camp."

Pang Dezai gave the instructions carefully.

They planned to take action tonight after the banquet and when it was getting dark. They would first set fire to the camp, and then he would order his troops to attack the Chinese camp where Ma Chao was and capture him alive.

Zhang Liao, Lu Bu and others had already led their troops to ambush in the mountains ten miles away. As soon as they saw a fire burning in the camp, they would immediately launch an attack.

Success or failure is tonight.

…

Time passed quickly.

Night falls.

The news that Pang De defeated Zhang Liao and Lu Bu and returned with a great victory has spread among the Xiliang army, and the whole army is happy for this victory.

Ma Chao ordered rewards for the three armies to celebrate the victory together, which pushed the enthusiastic atmosphere of the victory to its peak.

Before the sky got completely dark, the banquet had already begun. All the generals of the Xiliang Army, large and small, attended the celebration banquet.

Ma Chao sat in the main seat, and Pound was placed in the second seat next to him. This honor was not something ordinary people could have.

However, Pound's contribution this time is too great, and he deserves to be in this position. No one will be unconvinced.

Ma Chao's face glowed red and he looked full of energy. He stood up and said with a smile, "Everyone, come and raise a glass with me to congratulate General Pang!"

"color--!"

After hearing this, all the generals raised their glasses and the atmosphere was warm.

Pang De also stood up and returned the greeting.

After finishing a glass of wine, Ma Chao said to Pang De with emotion: "This thief, Lu Bu, has been holding the emperor hostage for a long time, but now he has been defeated by Ling Ming."

"This shows that your bravery has surpassed that of Lu Bu. In the future, you will be the vanguard in the eastward expedition against thieves!"

Facing Ma Chao's praise, Pang De shook his head and said: "It was just a fluke victory. If it were a head-to-head fight, I would not be Lu Bu's opponent."

"But as long as the Major General orders me to do so, it is my duty to attack the traitorous general Kou Mo!"

These impassioned and righteous words naturally attracted a round of applause.

Ma Chao also laughed when he heard this and said: "It's still early for spring to begin, so it's not urgent to send out troops to fight against thieves. I'll definitely have Lingming lead the troops."

"We won't talk about military affairs tonight. Brothers, please don't come back until you get drunk!"

As Ma Chao said these words, the lively celebration banquet finally kicked off, and the generals were drinking and eating meat, having a great time.

During this period, generals kept coming over to take Pound to drink.

The banquet continued like this until midnight.

Everyone was extremely drunk, even Ma Chao. He was a little unsteady when walking. He returned to the camp to rest with the help of his personal guards.

But just when the guards were about to take off his boots and help him lie down, he sat up and said drunkenly: "G-gear my horse, I want to go back to the city!"

"Back to the city?"

The bodyguard couldn't help but be stunned. Seeing Ma Chao's drunk appearance, he couldn't help but said: "Major General, you are already drunk. Just rest in the camp."

"No!"

Ma Chao flatly rejected the proposal of his personal guards, shaking his head and saying, "That old guy always said that I couldn't beat the imperial court, and that I would definitely lose to Zhang Liao and Lu Bu."

"I want to show him who is defeated!"

"Bring me the flags of Zhang Liao and Lu Bu!"

Under the influence of alcohol, Ma Chao's confidence was extremely inflated. He wanted to find Ma Teng immediately and throw the two flags in front of this stubborn old guy to let him see who is the winner!

"Yes, Major General."

The personal guards did not dare to disobey Ma Chao's order, so they hurried to take down the two flags hanging on the wall, and then prepared horses and accompanied Ma Chao back to Chang'an City.

...

"Wow!"

Pang De held the spittoon and vomited. He felt better only after he vomited out all the wine and food in his stomach.

He didn't want to drink too much tonight, but there were too many people looking for him to drink. If he avoided drinking, it might arouse Ma Chao's suspicion.

So he had to bite the bullet and drink it.

Although he had a good alcohol tolerance, he couldn't handle so much alcohol, and he felt dizzy.

"General."

The deputy general next to him handed over a bowl of sobering soup that had been prepared long ago.

Pang De took it and drank it in one gulp. After a while, he asked, "How are the brothers?"

"Don't worry, general, they are all sober."

The deputy general replied that they all knew that there would be an action tonight, so they didn't drink much.

"Okay!"

Pang De was relieved, "It's harder tonight, and we can start to work after two hours..."

"General! It's not good!"

Just as Pang De was speaking, a soldier hurried into the tent and reported to him anxiously: "Ma Chao just left the tent and went to Chang'an City!"

"What?!"

Pang De was immediately shocked, and his originally dizzy head was instantly sober, and he asked anxiously: "Why did Ma Chao return to Chang'an City? What happened?"

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Their plan this time was to take Ma Chao down in the Xiliang army camp while he was drunk, and then join forces with Lu Bu and others to force the Xiliang soldiers to surrender.

The most effective way to capture a thief is to capture the leader first.

But Ma Chao is now returning to Chang'an City, so all his previous plans will be in vain, let alone capturing Ma Chao alive!

"General, what should we do now? Did Ma Chao find out something? Or are we exposed?"

The deputy general asked worriedly.

They only brought a battalion of troops on this trip. If Ma Chao discovered their plan, they would definitely not be able to walk out of the camp alive.

Pang De calmed down at this time, and said after a quick change of mind: "No, we are not exposed."

"If we are exposed, with Ma Chao's character, he will definitely dispatch troops to capture me as soon as possible, but he returned to Chang'an City, there must be other reasons."

"We can't wait until dawn, notify the brothers to start now!"

Plans are never set in stone.

Although Pang De didn't think they had been exposed, he didn't dare to gamble. The best way was to take action now!

"Yes, General!"

The deputy general left without saying anything.

Pang De cast his eyes on the iron spear standing in the corner, took a deep breath, stepped forward and grabbed it in his hand, and strode out of the tent.

...

After leaving the Xiliang Army camp, Ma Chao went all the way into the city and returned to the general's mansion, and then took the two flags to find Ma Teng.

Ma Teng had been asleep, and after hearing the sound of the door being kicked open, he sat up in a daze and saw Ma Chao, who was drunk, walked in.

"Evil beast! What are you doing here again?!"

Being awakened from his sleep, Ma Teng was naturally full of anger, and he started to curse directly.

Ma Chao sneered, threw the two military flags in his hand in front of Ma Teng, and said with a smile: "Father, look at what this is?"

Ma Teng looked down and saw that it was two military flags with the words "Lu" and "Zhang" written on them, and his face changed.

"Where did you get this thing from?!"

Seeing Ma Teng's shocked look, Ma Chao felt very angry and laughed: "Didn't father say that I would definitely be killed by Lu Bu and Zhang Liao?"

"To tell you the truth! Not long ago, Ling Ming defeated Lu Bu and Zhang Liao in Tongguan and defeated the imperial court's troops!"

"The two were killed and their armors were abandoned, and even the military flags were seized!"

Ma Teng was shocked and his face turned pale.

He couldn't believe that what Ma Chao said was true. It was clear that the embroidered clothes envoy had contacted Pang De and wanted to cooperate with the imperial court to take Tongguan. How could this be the result?

Could Pang De be a false surrender? Did he deceive the imperial court?

Countless speculations and thoughts suddenly emerged in Ma Teng's mind, but he could not accept this fact anyway.

"Father, wait and see me conquer Yecheng!"

Ma Chao let out a sigh of relief and was in a good mood. After saying this, he left the small courtyard where Ma Teng was imprisoned and planned to go down to rest.

However, when he just returned to the bedroom and was about to lie down and sleep in his clothes, he suddenly heard a report from outside.

"Major General! Something happened!"

Hearing this, Ma Chao did not even have time to put on his clothes, walked out of bed barefoot and opened the door.

Before he could ask the soldiers outside the house, they said anxiously: "Major General, there is a fire in the barracks for some reason, and the fire spread very quickly, affecting most of the camp!"

"Fire? How could there be a fire?!"

Ma Chao was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but scolded: "Are the guys on duty all good-for-nothings? Go and call for help to put out the fire!"

Fire in the barracks is not a trivial matter. What if it burns to the armory and burns all the weapons and armor? What will he use to fight in the spring?

Just when Ma Chao returned to his room and hurriedly put on his clothes, preparing to rush to the barracks to command the fire, another soldier came to report.

"Major General! A large number of soldiers and horses were found outside Chang'an City. They are now less than ten miles away from Chang'an City and are heading straight for the city!"

The sudden news made Ma Chao stunned.

Fire in the barracks, a large number of soldiers and horses attacking?

These two words combined together instantly changed Ma Chao's expression, and at the same time he felt a sense of horror from the bottom of his heart.

"Oh no!"

A terrible guess emerged in Ma Chao's mind. As a veteran warrior, he knew very well that these two things were not coincidences!

But he had no time to think about it now, and hurriedly ordered: "Send a message to the garrison in the northern suburbs camp, and let them return to Chang'an City as soon as possible!"

"Don't put out the fire in the southern suburbs camp, everyone return to the city!"

After saying that, Ma Chao bent down and grabbed a handful of snow and rubbed it on his face to make himself sober, and then hurried to the city wall.

After climbing the city wall, he saw a huge fire in the Xiliang Army camp in the southern suburbs, and many soldiers were running to put out the fire.

At the same time, in the darkness in the distance, countless torches were lit, and the dense army came to Chang'an City like a tide.

Although it was too dark and too far away to see the opponent's flag, but Ma Chao's intuition told him that this was definitely an enemy!

But where did this enemy army come from?

Suddenly, Ma Chao seemed to have thought of something, looked in the direction where the enemy was coming, and said with a change of color: "East... is Tongguan!"

There are passes everywhere around Chang'an, and this army came from the east, so it must have passed through Tongguan!

But isn't there tens of thousands of defenders in Tongguan?

Ma Chao's heart was full of questions. He had no idea what the situation was now, but he also knew that now was not the time to entangle these things, and quickly issued orders to prepare to meet the enemy.

At this moment, in the army outside Chang'an City.

Lv Bu looked at the nearby Chang'an City, and his tiger eyes reflected the sky-high flames of the Xiliang Army camp, with a faint bloodthirsty intention.

"Follow me to charge——!"

Lv Bu raised his arms and roared, holding Fang Tian Huaji, riding a red rabbit horse and leading the way, and went straight to the Xiliang Army camp!

Behind him, Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, and Zhang He followed closely, and there were tens of thousands of Han Army cavalry!

The whole army charged!