Winter was really coming.
Ma Chao reached out and took out a few charcoal sticks and threw them into the stove.
He rubbed his hands on the rising flames and felt that the temperature in the room had risen slightly.
At this time, his face was a little excited.
After all, he never thought that someone who was out of the world would inadvertently smell clues about Gongsun Zan, allowing Yuan Shao to intercept Gongsun Zan's secret message.
As a result, under Chang'an's overall planning, Gongsun Zan's entire power completely collapsed.
After this, Ma Chao's plan was fully revealed, and the situation became more obvious.
Yuan Shao had already written a letter in black and white to attack Cao Cao.
It can be expected that the famous Battle of Guandu in history will soon be staged ahead of schedule.
Of course, this big battle will not play out like history, but what Ma Chao needs is chaos on the Kanto side.
In addition, good news also came from Hanzhong: Gan Ning and Zang Ba were indeed born as bandits, and they were very good at using those bandits.
In one night, the two of them destroyed four Ma's exchanges.
Burn the contents inside.
Moreover, when the Ma family later investigated, they also found with difficulty the fragments of Zhang Lu's ghost soldier's standard weapon and the fragments of Jizhou's clothing and silk.
Soon, Qin Yu, the Majia Ministry of Rites, went to Hanzhong with these two pieces of evidence to question Zhang Lu.
Faced with irrefutable evidence, Zhang Lu didn't know how to answer.
He had twice attacked the Ma's Exchange.
One was during the Dong Zhuo era, under the instruction of Li Ru, and he attacked the Ma's; Under Cao Cao's instigation, he participated in the turmoil in Liangzhou.
But this time, everyone saw that Ma Chao and Yuan Shao were at odds.
However, Ma's exchange was destroyed by a group of bandits during such a sensitive period, and evidence of collusion between Zhang Lu and Yuan Shao was discovered.
Such an incident made Qin Yu scold Zhang Lu for being ungrateful and ambitious in the Hanzhong Hall.
After that, the Ma family immediately cut off trade with Zhang Lu and transferred Han Feng and others back to Chang'an.
At the same time, the Ma family's army was mobilized frequently, and 50,000 of the Ma family's elite troops were gathered on the Hanzhong border, watching eagerly.
Faced with the unexpected disaster, Zhang Lu had no choice but to deploy troops and generals to guard the pass.
However, just when the war between the two families was about to break out, the Ma family's subsequent behavior was very strange.
In addition to guarding tightly, they did not make any attack attempts.
At this point, everyone in Hanzhong gradually dropped their hearts.
However, all this was just the beginning.
After losing the financial support of the Ma family, Zhang Lu was shocked to find that he could not find charcoal for heating in winter, and the food he ate returned to the bitter and astringent taste.
What's more serious is that after losing Ma's high-quality and cheap sweaters, Zhang Lu found that this winter was extremely cold.
However, this is just Zhang Lu's living predicament.
The recent turmoil in Hanzhong has made Zhang Lu heartbroken and frowning: the people in Hanzhong who grow tea, tangerines and raise livestock have lost their lives because of the destruction of the Ma family.
Businessmen could not receive money for the winter at all.
They had no choice but to go to the inn to get food for the winter, because they knew there were warm charcoal fires and plenty of food.
However, under the economic infiltration of the Ma family, Zhang Lu's set of belief management has been embezzled by the middle and lower-level officials such as the greedy ghost soldiers, wine sacrificers, head doctors, etc., and all the money for heating and food in this post has been emptied.
After the people in Hanzhong could not get food and clothing, they immediately broke out in several protests.
Many believers destroyed the post houses and burned portraits of Zhang Lu.
In particular, Du Yi, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue and others, the leaders of the Bayi minority who had previously supported Zhang Lu, rebelled against the Five Pecks of Rice Sect one after another and ceded territory to stand on their own under Zhang Lu's rule.
For a time, the whole rule of Zhang Lu was turbulent, and the contradiction between the rulers and the believers intensified to the extreme.
The power of faith is gone, and only suppression and massacre have become the main theme of this winter.
At the same time, another force emerged in the turmoil, which was the people who openly opposed Zhang Lu and took refuge with the Ma family.
Although he had severed diplomatic relations with Zhang Lu, Ma Chao happily welcomed the Hanzhong people who fled into Yongzhou and Sili.
They gave them food, clothing, and guards along the way.
Due to the battle for population, several small-scale battles broke out between the two families.
Of course, the Ma's army usually won more than they lost.
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Zhang Lu's rule was as harsh and cold as this winter.
But the more this happens, the more people know that sooner or later winter will pass, and the foundation of Zhang Lu's rule will also melt and collapse.
"I didn't expect that the turmoil under Zhang Lu would be so out of control like wildfire.
From this point of view, it is hard to say whether Comrade Zhang Lu can survive this winter."
Ma Chao looked at the densely packed representatives.
Hanzhong, who rebelled against the red flag, could not help but shake his head slightly and mourn for Zhang Lu.
"The first news came from Xuzhou.
According to Mi Ming, Liu Bei has received a secret letter from Yuan Shao.
It seems that this winter, he will be intensifying his troops.
When the weather gets warmer next year, he will join Yuan Shao in his conspiracy.
Yanzhou.
"Liu Bei has a good plan.
Does he really think that with Yuan Shao's support, Yuan Shu will not touch his Xuzhou?"
Ma Chao seemed not to care about Mi Ning's letter at all.
Instead, he sneered and said, "Jiangdong Sun Ce's Although we are lagging behind in terms of news from the side, I guess that Sun Ce will soon unify Jiangdong.
With Liu Biao's restraint, Yuan Shu will attack Xuzhou as soon as possible.
Liu Bei is really good at choosing his master."
"Perhaps, he thinks that Yuan Shao, who takes action directly, can communicate better than Fengxian Gong, who we supported at the beginning."
Diao Chan's thoughts were aroused by Ma Chao, and she frowned slightly and said.
But at this time, Ma Chao turned slightly and took out the letter from Diao Chan: "I know you.
You are not the kind of woman who is looking for trouble.
You will not read this letter privately."
Sure enough, there was something on the envelope.
The red paint was untouched and had obviously not been opened.
When Diao Chan saw Ma Chao like this, she couldn't help feeling unhappy.
But before this emotion arose, she saw Ma Chao throw the letter directly into the stove.
The fire pit rose up from the fire and quickly licked the letter into ashes: "Like you, I am also a person who will not look for trouble.
I have a sense of discretion regarding Mi Miao."
The room suddenly fell into an awkward silence.
Faced with Ma Chao's behavior, Diao Chan didn't know whether to comfort her with gentle words or smile.
For a moment, the two of them avoided eye contact with each other, as if they didn't want to be seen through by the other person.
However, at this moment, the door suddenly opened, and the cold air suddenly penetrated.
Ma Chao couldn't help but protect the pregnant Diao Chan.
When he turned around and was about to scold the person, he unexpectedly found that the person he hadn't seen for a long time.
Lu Qiling's face was filled with enthusiastic surprise, and her whole body was trembling slightly because of the excitement.
"Ling'er, what's so important that makes you do this?"
Ma Chao frowned, looked at Lu Qiling carefully, and then continued: "Speak slowly, don't be in a hurry."
"Husband, go to the backyard and see my father.
My father is back."
"Lu Bu" "Fengxian Gong" Ma Chao and Diao Chan suddenly looked at each other and saw the incredible look in each other's eyes.
Afterwards, Ma Chao reacted and knew that there was nothing he could ask from the excited Lu Qiling.
He immediately dodged and rushed out, and at the same time said: "Inform Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to come together.
As for Zang Ba who is still in Tianshui County, we can expedite the Fetion notification."
Diao Chan nodded blankly.
Suddenly, for a moment, she wanted to take another look at the man with whom she had a certain fate in Chang'an, and wanted to know how he came back from the dead: