After being abandoned by Liu Bei, Cao Cao begged me to be a military adviser

Ma Chao shook his head: "Sir, can't you see that this is Liu Bei's treacherous plan? I, Ma Chao, have received the lord's kindness since I was defeated, and because of this, I want to ask for the vanguard to attack Fushui Pass, just to repay my lord's favor!"

Yan Pu shook his head: "My lord's order is here, how dare I disobey it?"

Ma Chao said: "I'll write a book right away to express my heart to the lord, and please help me, sir!"

Yan Pu: "This?"

Ma Chao said: "If I don't enter Fushui Pass, I will be in vain!"

"Okay!" Yan Pu nodded: "The general will fix the book immediately, and I will hand it over to the lord!"

"Thank you!" Ma Chao clasped his fists, and immediately began to write vigorously.

Yan Pu took the letter and returned to Nanzheng to meet Zhang Lu.

After Zhang Lu read the letter, he summoned Yang Song.

"You and I fell into Liu Bei's trick!"

Yang Song took the letter to check, then shook his head: "My lord, we have just fallen into Liu Bei's tricks!"

"Huh?" Zhang Lu was puzzled.

Yang Song said: "Ma Chao said he was going to enter the Fushui Pass, so doesn't that mean he's going to defect to Liu Bei?"

"This?" Zhang Lu was dumbfounded.

Yang Song said again: "This Ma Chao seems to be loyal, but in fact he has not listened to your orders!"

Zhang Lu asked Yang Song: "What should I do?"

Yang Song said: "My lord ordered him to retreat thirty li. If he doesn't retreat, he must be cheating!"

"En!" Zhang Lu nodded, and asked Yan Pu to deliver the order.

When Ma Chao heard that he was told to retreat thirty miles, he cursed loudly.

"The villain Yang Song harmed me. The battle is imminent. How can we retreat? Once we retreat, our troops will be defeated like a mountain!"

"Go and tell the lord that you will not accept military orders abroad, and I will break Liu Bei within half a month!"

Seeing that Ma Chao was furious, Yan Pu didn't dare to say anything, and immediately returned to Nanzheng City to meet Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu was furious when he learned that Ma Chao did not retreat.

"Reverse, reverse, reverse!"

Yang Song said: "My lord, immediately cut off Ma Chao's food and grass, and force him to retreat!"

Zhang Lu said angrily: "Immediately cut off his food and grass, and ordered Zhang Wei to guard against Ma Chao!"

"Obey!" Yang Song clasped his fists with both hands, with an imperceptible smile on his face.

The food and grass were cut off, and Ma Chao immediately encountered an unprecedented predicament.

Ma Dai said: "Young general, our army has less than three days of food reserves, and the governor Zhang Wei also sent Yang Bai to garrison the main roads, and he has no intention of transporting food!"

"Boom!" Ma Chao poked his spear on the ground fiercely: "We fought desperately on the front line, but Zhang Lu cut off my food and grass. What help can such a mediocre master have?"

"Hey!" Ma Dai sighed a long time: "In the current situation, it is better to vote for Liu Bei!"

"Liu Bei?" Ma Chao smiled: "Liu Bei's situation is no better than ours, so what's the use of voting for him?"

"Not necessarily!" Ma Dai shook his head, "Liu Bei divides his army into two groups. He resists us at Fushui Pass, while Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang attack Meng Huo in Nanzhong. Once these two groups encircle Chengdu, Liu Zhang will undoubtedly be defeated!"

Ma Chao was shocked: "You mean, we surrendered to Liu Bei to help him capture Yizhou?"

"That's right!" Ma Dai nodded: "With this credit, no one will dare to underestimate us under Liu Bei's account in the future!"

"Hey!" Ma Chao sighed, "Although that's the case, we have no relationship with Liu Bei, so we might be ridiculed if we rashly join him!"

As soon as the words were finished, the soldiers came to report: "General, Fazheng of Yizhou is seeking to see you!"

"Oh?" Ma Chao was surprised.

Ma Dai said: "It must be for Liu Bei to persuade us to surrender!"

Ma Chao said: "Please enter the account quickly!"

"Obey!" The soldier clasped his fists, and then invited Fazheng.

After entering the tent, Fazheng said: "I heard that the general's army is short of food, why don't you retreat?"

Ma Chao said: "I have no shortage of military rations in Hanzhong, just waiting to break through Fushui Pass!"

"Hahaha!" Fazheng laughed: "The general is extremely brave, but Zhang Lu is ignorant of human abilities, what a pity!"

Ma Chao: "You?"

Fazheng said: "General, don't lie to me, Zhang Lu has already cut off your food!"

"Hey!" Ma Chao let out a long sigh, feeling extremely sad.

Fazheng said: "The matter has come to this, why doesn't the general enter the Fushui Pass and conspire with Liu Huangshu for the great cause of Yizhou?"

Ma Chao said, "How to conspire?"

Fazheng said: "Uncle Liu Huang has the intention of taking Yizhou. If the general helps Uncle Huang, he will definitely be a great minister in the future!"

"Hahaha!" Both Ma Chao and Ma Dai laughed.

The two sides hit it off immediately, and made a strategy to destroy the Hanzhong Army that night.

Early the next morning, Ma Chao withdrew in the name of retreating troops.

He was stopped when passing by Yang Bai's residence.

Ma Chao said: "Where is Yang Bai? I was ordered to retreat, why stop me?"

Yang Bo led his troops out of the stronghold to meet Ma Chao: "My lord wants you to retreat, but you don't. Now that food and grass are running out, you want to retreat. Who knows if you are conspiring with Liu Bei?"

"Ah!" Ma Chao was furious, and immediately rushed out of the army formation.

"Kill!" Ma Chao's soldiers and horses shouted one after another.

Yang Bo never expected that Ma Chao would really surrender to the enemy.

The war was about to break out, and Yang Bai was vulnerable.

Among the chaotic army, Ma Chao pierced Yang Bai's chest with a single shot.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bei led Zhang Fei to come.

The two troops joined forces and attacked Zhang Wei in the rear.

Zhang Wei learned that Ma Chao joined the enemy Liu Bei and killed the general Yang Bai, so he hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of troops to recover Hanzhong.

Seeing Yang Bo's retreat, Liu Bei withdrew his troops and returned to Fushui Pass.

At night, Liu Bei held a celebration banquet, and Ma Chao and Ma Chao drank and fell asleep together.

But Zhang Lu, who was far away in Nanzheng City, couldn't sleep at night.

"Ma Chao really turned his back on me, and I was so angry!"

Yang Song hurriedly said: "My lord, Ma Chao is just an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf!"

Zhang Lu said: "The matter has come to this, what should we do?"

Chapter 253

Yan Pu cupped his hands: "My lord, I think it's a good thing for Ma Chao to join the enemy!"

"What?" Zhang Lu was shocked: "Is this a good thing?"

Yan Pu said: "Master, do you still remember why you sent troops?"

Zhang Lu said: "Because of Cao Cao's intimidation, we have to do it!"

"Yes!" Yan Pu nodded: "We were ordered to attack Yizhou to no avail, and Ma Chao voted for Liu Bei. What can Cao Cao do to me? What's more, our army didn't hurt the root cause in this battle!"

Zhang Lu's face gradually eased, and he didn't seem to have lost much in this battle.

Yan Pu said: "My lord only needs to stick to Hanzhong and not fight against Cao Cao, then Liu Zhang will not dare to do it!"

"En!" Zhang Lu nodded heavily, and immediately sent someone to send a message to Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao was nominally in Yongzhou at this time, he had already quietly pulled the vanguard to Chencang.

After receiving Zhang Lu's letter, the smile on Cao Cao's face disappeared.

"Ma Chao voted for Liu Bei, Zhang Lu withdrew his troops and turned to me!"

Xiahou Dun said, "So, the prime minister's strategy of tiger and wolf has failed!"

The purpose of the strategy of driving away wolves and tigers is not only to consume Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, but more importantly, to let one's own army recuperate.

In the battle of Weinan, Cao Jun also suffered a lot of losses, and the two states of Yongliang and Liangzhou have not yet settled down.

Now that the army is recuperating, Xia Houyuan has entered Jincheng.

At this time, Cao Cao already had the absolute strength to send troops to Hanzhong.

Cao Cao asked Pang Tong: "Shi Yuan, can our army send troops at this time?"

Pang Tong said: "Prime Minister, don't worry, you can wait for the news from Lord Jijiu!"

"Yeah!" Cao Cao nodded.

Early the next morning, two letters from Hefei arrived.

One is Jiang Gan's secret letter.

After Cao Cao read it, he handed it to Pang Tong.

Pang Tong shook his head: "Master Jijiu is right, Jiangdong must be cheating, Mr. Ziyi must have been used by Zhou Yu again!"

"General Ziyi, although the achievements are not enough, but you can learn from your loyalty!" Cao Cao immediately flipped through the second letter.

This letter was written to him by Liu Xian.

After reading it, Cao Cao handed it over to Pang Tong.

There are only two simple words in my heart.

Hefei can be defended, and the prime minister can feel at ease.

If it is not possible to drive away wolves and tigers, you can attack Guo in a false way.

Cao Cao asked: "Can Shi Yuan understand the meaning?"

Pang Tong nodded and said: "Master Jijiu's business is to ask the prime minister to attack Yizhou by borrowing the road from Hanzhong. If Zhang Lu borrows the road, our army can take Hanzhong without bloodshed, and if Zhang Lu doesn't use the name of the road to attack Hanzhong in a righteous way!"

"En!" Cao Cao nodded heavily, immediately summoned Liu Ye and ordered him to go to Hanzhong.

Liu Ye has been to Hanzhong, so he is naturally familiar with the road.

After entering Hanzhong, I met Yang Song first, and Zhang Lu the next day.

Zhang Lu didn't express his opinion, but sent the envoy Liu Ye away with good words.

Afterwards, Zhang Lu convened civil and military discussions.

"Cao Cao wants to use the way to attack Yizhou, should we borrow this way or not?"

Yang Song was the first to stand up: "My lord, Yan Gongcao has something to say, our army must not fight against Cao Cao, if you don't make excuses at this time, you will anger Cao Cao!"

Zhang Lu subconsciously looked at Yan Pu.

Yan Pu hurriedly shook his head: "I have absolutely no such intention, don't misinterpret it!"

Zhang Lu said: "Then tell me your opinion!"

Yan Pu cupped his hands and signaled: "Cao Cao has won the two prefectures of Yongliang and Liangzhou, and there is no further trouble. At this time, he is attacking Yizhou by way of attack. On the surface, he is attacking Liu Zhang, Ma Chao and Liu Bei. In fact, he wants to take the land of Hanzhong. You need to know There have been false ways to attack Guo since ancient times!"

But Yang Song said: "My lord, now that the general situation is in Cao Cao, it is better to borrow Cao Cao first, take the opportunity to make friends with him, and then follow the trend to submit to the court. This is the best policy!"

"En!" Zhang Lu nodded, he felt that what Yang Song said made sense.

At this time, a soldier came to report: "My lord, our army has just found out that Cao Jun's vanguard has entered Chencang!"

Yan Pu shook his head: "Master, Cao Cao's heart is clearly revealed!"

Zhang Wei immediately said: "Although Cao Cao has many troops, we are defending Hanzhong with dangerous places. Cao Cao is invincible!"

Zhang Lu shook his head: "This is not a long-term solution!"