"My lord, Yuan Shao is provoking a fight outside again," the ugly brother Huang Yuan reported angrily.
He couldn't help but add another sentence: "We are no less powerful than them, and our generals are a hundred times better than them.
Why doesn't my lord want a decisive battle with Yuan Shao?"
"For no reason, it's just because I don't want to fight a battle without technical content."
Ma Chao replied to Brother Chou as he should, but then seeing Brother Chou's angry look, he explained: "Yuan Shao is not good enough now."
There are an army of 500,000, and our army has more than 370,000.
If we really start a decisive battle, let me tell you, it will take days and nights to kill them all."
"But we can't just hold it in like this," Brother Chou said again, dissatisfied.
But at this time, Ma Chao was no longer willing to talk.
On the other hand, Sima Yi, who was on the side because he had some affection for Brother Chou, said: "What's wrong with holding it in?
When your morale is high, wouldn't it be better to defeat him in one battle?"
"I'm just afraid I'll hold it in."
Brother Chou really didn't know how to reason with these two people.
Although he knew that trying to reason with these two people would make him angry to death, he couldn't help but said stubbornly this time: “What should I do if I’m so angry?”
"It's cool," Sima Yi spread his hands and said indifferently: "Do you really not understand or are you pretending not to understand?
You really don't understand why Yuan Shao keeps asking us for a decisive battle."
"have no idea."
"Because he can't afford to fight on his territory."
"But Bingzhou is not in our pocket, why is Yuan Shao so anxious?"
"His mistake was that he thought Bingzhou belonged to him.
So he would be anxious.
If he is anxious, chaos will easily occur.
If there is chaos, we will have too many opportunities."
"I still don't quite understand."
"It's okay if you don't understand.
You understand.
We counselors spent a whole day discussing a strategy to avoid fighting.
Wouldn't it be in vain?"
"I, you" Brother Chou clenched his fists.
He could not have imagined that the final result would be to make himself miserable.
But Sima Yi was now standing behind Ma Chao, expecting Brother Chou not to be angry.
He pulled his eyelids with his right hand, stimulating Brother Chou provocatively.
As soon as Ma Chao turned around, Sima Yi immediately looked serious and respectful, as innocent as he wanted.
Unfortunately, this trick is too childish for Ma Chao: "Sima Yi, don't be angry with Brother Chou.
As a general, if you lose this temper, the Ma family will be completely finished."
Then Ma Chao turned around and said He said to Brother Chou: "Brother Chou, we won't fight. , because Yuan Shao is planning something, and I won’t tell you these nonsense.
Let me tell you, if all 400,000 are spent, the entire Ma family will be brought down.
After more than a year of recovery, I can’t withstand such another conquest.
Zhang Lu fights Yuan Shao again, the Ma family really can't afford to bother him."
"I don't want to face off for such a long time.
However, both armies are giants, and Yuan Shao has not made any serious mistakes in the past half month.
The whole battle has begun.
All forces are intertwined.
If you cannot grasp the situation in time, it will be like a blind man climbing a mountain.
It is dangerous.
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It’s time.
We must endure what ordinary people can’t bear and wait for the opportunity.”
Having said that, Ma Chao dived into copywriting again.
His face seemed calm, but Brother Chou, who was familiar with Ma Chao, had already seen the sorrow behind that calm face.
"My lord, Cao Cao has already captured Xiapi, captured Liu Bei's family alive, and forced Guan Yu to surrender.
Zhang Fei is also missing like a lost dog.
In such a situation, I'm afraid if Xuzhou changes hands, he will be named Cao."
This matter is in Brother Chou's heart He had been holding it in for a long time, and he couldn't figure out why Ma Chao looked like he should have when he received such a battle report a few days ago.
"Well, at this point, I really want to see how Cao Cao withstood Yuan Shu's anger."
Ma Chao frowned slightly, then looked at the Jiangdong area on the map, and said, "Could it be him?"
"There is no one else except him.
The six counties in Jiangdong have been leveled.
Besides going north to Yangzhou, will Sun Ce be trapped in Jiangdong?"
Sima Yi curled his lips and replied.
After saying this, Ma Chao rolled his eyes again.
This time after scanning the boundary of Jingzhou, he said again: "Then what is this guy Liu Biao planning?"
"Bian Zhuang stabs the tiger.
Apart from this, what other evil intentions can he have?"
Sima Yi said again, looking a little dismissive.
Ma Chao smiled.
It seemed that Ma, Yuan, Cao, and Liu were making the most noise now, but the one who really had the power to reverse the entire situation in one fell swoop was Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng who dominated Jingzhou.
Liu Biao is an extremely special person.
He is sitting on hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers and the sacred land of Jingzhou, but he is unusually quiet.
After the previous war between Yuan and Cao, Liu Biao's attitude had been ambiguous.
He promised Yuan Shao to cooperate, but stood still; Kuai Yue, who was engaged in Jingzhou, urged Liu Biao to defect to Cao Cao, but was almost killed.
In short, no one could figure out Liu Biao's mind.
There have been rumors all over the world that Liu Biao was behind Bian Zhuangzi's idea and planned to wait for one of the two tigers to be killed and one to be injured before taking action to profit from it.
However, Ma Chao, who had dealt with Liu Biao several times, knew that Liu Biao had been persuaded by the world, and he was just waiting.
However, he would not wait until the tigers were dead and injured before taking action as the world expected.
He would wait until he was sure that both tigers were dead before he would come out to clean up the mess and pick up the rich trophies.
This is not cautious and cowardly.
But Liu Biao has been immersed in the fantasy of his own great scholar, who wants to save face and gain benefits.
The one facing Yuan Shao now is the Ma family.
The Ma family has the upper hand, so Liu Biao may not move; but if the Ma family is defeated, he will never miss the opportunity.
The road from Jingzhou to Guanzhong is not far, and Jingzhou's troops can easily advance to Chang'an.
At least, regaining Nanyang County is what he has always dreamed of.
But there must be a prerequisite here, that is, Yuan Shao must completely cripple and destroy Ma Chao's 400,000-strong army, and only after beating the Ma family to the point where they have no ability to advance, will Liu Biao take the opportunity to take action.
Therefore, in order to eliminate Liu Biao's desire, the Ma family will not easily fight against Yuan Shao.
Even a few days ago, Ma Chao asked Meng Da to send a message to the old fox, asking if it was necessary to continue this battle.
Just in time, mention Jia Xu and Jia Xu will arrive.
At this time, the tent door was opened again, and Yang Fu took a letter and said: "My lord, my teacher replied."
Ma Chao stood up in a hurry, tore open the red lacquer seal, and saw a few words written on it: If Cao Cao fights, the Ma family will not fight; if Cao Cao does not want to fight, the Ma family will fight.
After Ma Chao looked at it, he suddenly slapped his thigh: "An old fox is an old fox, he hits the nail on the head."
Yang Fu on the side heard Ma Chao talking about Jia Xu like this, and didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and looked embarrassed: "Lord, my teacher also said that the battlefield is changeable, so you can't Sticking to your guns will reveal your intentions.
There are rules for showing off by fighting, and showing fighting by not fighting.
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Please control it yourself."
"Yes, that's the truth."
After Jia Xu clarified his doubts, Ma Chao suddenly seemed to be filled with joy.
After taking a look at Brother Chou, he suddenly asked: "Let me tell you, has the list of famous generals in Runan been updated?"
"updated" "How many good generals in our army are on the top twenty list?"
"I'm not sure, Wenyuan, Gongming, Lingming, Zilong, Ziyi."
Brother Chou counted several people's names with his fingers, and finally said: "By the way, I'm also on the list, but my ranking is a bit unreliable. back."
"Well, not bad.
There are a few in the top twenty at Yuan Shao's place."
"There are only two, Yan Liang and Zhang He."
"You should be like this."
After hearing this, Ma Chao suddenly laughed, patted Brother Chou on the shoulder and said: "You are holding your breath, and I am also breathless.
Why not tomorrow, let's go to Yuan Shao to exercise.
By the way, let's give it a try.
Lower Yuan Shao's morale so that he won't be able to distinguish between east, west, north and south.
Even Qingzhou is about to be lost, and yet he is still clamoring for us here."
"My lord, what do you mean?"
Brother Chou suddenly couldn't understand Ma Chao: one moment he was a famous general, and another moment he was from Qingzhou.
At this time, he said he was looking for Yuan Shao to bring bad luck.
This time, Brother Chou really didn't understand: it's not that he has a low IQ, it's that he is from Qingzhou.
Ma Chao’s thinking jumps really fast "You really don't know."
Ma Chao shook his head, looked at Ugly Brother Youyou and said, "That's the only bad thing about smart people.
If you are really stupid, you will be misunderstood as pretending to be stupid."
When Sima Yi heard this, he smiled, seemingly feeling the same.
Then Ma Chao's expression became very different: Yuan Shao, tomorrow, I want you to understand what a slap in the face is: