Chapter 32: Kneel down

The sun was shining, and Ma Chao, who was sitting opposite Pang De in front of the stone table, felt as if he was falling into an ice cellar, and was heartbroken.

Pang De placed the dagger in front of Ma Chao and shook his head slightly.

He would not blame Ma Chao for giving him up.

The king, the minister, the master and the servant, as the servant, he could not ask for anything.

Since there is a Cao Hong in the world who can sacrifice his life for Cao Cao, and a Cao Hong who can pay the price of his life for Cao Cao's absurdity, Pang De can also sacrifice his life for Ma Chao.

It’s a pity that he is not lucky. Pang De is seriously ill and cannot help Ma Chao when he is in danger, so he can’t drag Ma Chao back.

If Jincheng was destroyed and Pang De died under Han Sui's sabre, he would not blame Ma Chao at all, but would die as a good death. It would be considered a good start to the Ma family.

But when Guo Jia suddenly led his army to rescue, Pang De could not remain indifferent. Since Guo Jia was able to take risks for him, how could Pang De ignore this friendship?

"Meng Qi, I want to ask you, do you know Guo Enjun's ambition?"

Pang De did not answer Ma Chao's question, but asked an irrelevant question.

Ma Chao was silent.

Guo Jia’s ambition?

To put it nicely, it is for the people of the world to help the world. To put it nicely, it is the wolf's ambition to dominate the world.

No matter which statement is stated, at least Guo Jia is definitely a pioneering and enterprising monarch. Judging from his attempt to go out to advance to Guandong, intimidate Liu Biao, etc., he is definitely not a monarch who will live in peace with other princes.

This world is because of the princes from all directions that there is a situation of inconsistent states. Who can end the separatist situation of the princes? Who will be the new emperor? The Han Dynasty has been exhausted.

Pound's question is actually tacit.

Seeing that Ma Chao did not reply, Pang De continued, "Meng Qi, if there is a Tian Guo envoy who meets you in a war and the two armies are facing each other, tell me, should I draw my sword and I face you? If it should, wouldn't I begging for you and Guo envoys? If it shouldn't, then I am an unfaithful person, and I am in a dilemma and cannot make a choice. I think it should be done."

It is hard to achieve both loyalty and righteousness. Pang De knew that he would be criticized by countless people when he chose to abandon Ma Chao and left. He believed that he was Guo Jia who turned to the stronger after seeing Ma Chao's poor strength. Pang De did not take these seriously. If Ma Teng was in front of him today, Pang De would never choose to leave, but would rather bear the name of injustice and always be loyal to the Ma family.

Pang De did not ask Ma Chao's ambitions. He abandoned Ma Chao and left because of whether Ma Chao had ambitions or not.

But Ma Chao lowered his head and began to reflect.

What has he done over the years?

When Ma Teng was alive, Ma Chao's reputation suddenly became famous and became famous in the northwest. What else could he have besides the reputation of Ma Chao?

After Ma Teng's death, except for his impulse to avenge his father, Ma Chao basically stayed in his own territory aimlessly, immersed in the glory of becoming a monarch and could not extricate himself.

Looking at the heroes in the world, the two strongest ones should be Guo Jia and Cao Cao. Their strength today is not a day or night. Their strength is not achieved overnight. It is the result of continuous progress through five, ten years, and more than ten years of long-term accumulation.

But after thinking about it, it was not that he had no room to develop, but that he might not have the direction or this ambition at all.

There is no requirement for the princes to fight for hegemony who must work hard on their own. Ma Chao can join forces with Han Sui, betray Cao Cao, and even make a sudden arrow behind Guo Jia. Regardless of the chance of success, at least he doesn't even have this idea.

Still walking like this in a daze?

Those who have no ambitions have no clear wisdom; those who have no ulterior motives have no great achievements.

If Ma Chao doesn't even know what he wants to get in this game of chess, then is it necessary for him as a monarch to be on the way?

In Guo Jia's eyes, Ma Chao is destined to be a general, no matter how high he is, he can't reach it.

The person who is exactly the opposite of Ma Chao is Liu Bei. Liu Bei is destined to be a monarch. No matter whether he is displaced or his life is hanging on the line, Liu Bei is always a person who wants to become a monarch.

Ma Chao himself knew that he was actually at the end of his strength now. Not to mention Guo Jia was guarding him, even if Guo Jia was not on guard against him, it would be difficult for Ma Chao to cause any big storm, unless he could really capture the thief and the king.

The territory under his rule was in chaos, the people fled, the farming was abandoned, the military and civilians were exhausted and discouraged. Under the rule of the monarch, the people who were insecure, even if they still had surplus food at home, would flee to Guanzhong with their families.

Regardless of whether the people support Ma Chao, there is one thing that is certain now. With Guo Jia's troops in Jincheng, Jincheng is considered guaranteed. If Guo Jia's troops are withdrawn, Han Sui may not come to fight, and the military and civilians of Jincheng will run away here.

Ma Chao felt ashamed that the monarch had done his part.

"Ling Ming, you go."

Ma Chao picked up the glass of wine, raised his head and drank it all, then got up and walked towards Pang De with his back.

Ma Chao couldn't hate Pang De, especially when Pang De served the Ma family for more than ten years, he showed up so openly. Ma Chao was already a little guilty about Pang De.

Things are final and the situation is complete. Pang De is about to leave. Ma Chao is helpless in killing him. Anyway, it is the result of losing Pang De, so it is better to get together and part.

Pang De came to serve Guo Jia, which was a happy scene. For many years, since Guo Jia dealt with the Han and Ma families, he gave Pang De more respect than others expected. Even if Pang De did not come to serve him, Guo Jia would at least feel that they would not become enemies.

In Jincheng, Guo Jia could not be overjoyed when he faced Pang De's visit. He just received Pang De with great etiquette and then asked Pang De to go to Chang'an to recuperate.

Cao Cao once had a life-and-death disaster in Wancheng. It was a bit too much to sleep with Aunt Zhang Xiu, but it was Cao Cao's excessive poaching behavior that caused Cao Cao to kill him.

Guo Jia likes to learn from others' lessons, so he stayed in the Taiping Army's barracks very much in Jincheng, and did not even say hello to the soldiers under Ma Chao.

The monarch is most taboo to others to poach. Although Ma Chao is not an excellent monarch, he will not tolerate such a thing. Therefore, Pang De participated in Guo Jia. Guo Jia did not celebrate and reward him. He deliberately faced this matter in a low-key manner and did not want to anger Ma Chao. At the same time, Pang De did not need Guo Jia to use such a glorious appearance to welcome his investment. He did not think that it would be a glorious thing to leave Ma Chao to participate in Guo Jia.

Two days later, as the head coach, Meng Da and Wu Yi, as the deputy general, led 30,000 infantrymen to Jincheng, but there was no war to fight. Han Sui's troops retreated very cleanly and retreated directly to Wuwei, and sent an envoy to explain to Guo Jia.

When he fought Ma Chao, Ma Chao was the first to deduct food, so Han Sui was not unreasonable.

Guo Jia did not reply to Han Sui, but asked Hanzhong to escort 100,000 stones of grain to Jincheng first.

In any case, the people are innocent. Guo Jia must show his love for the people in Jincheng, and give Ma Chao 100,000 s of grain. Ma Chao can support it for at most for another quarter. Then, after Guo Jia withdraws his troops, Ma Chao will die after he has finished his food.

From Hanzhong to Jincheng, you can use the Daowudu Yinping to go directly to Longxi, which will take about half a month to one month.

Just when Guo Jia was approaching the northwest, Cao Cao had been attacking Hebei for several months in Guandong.

If Cao Cao really showed 100% strength to fight Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan would definitely not be able to stop him. Even if he was defending him, Cao Cao only created momentum and did not do his best. After a few months of stalemate, Cao Cao looked like he could not conquer for a long time and could only withdraw his troops.

After Cao Cao withdrew from Hebei, he took his troops to Wancheng, Nanyang without stopping, and stationed his troops here.

This time, one is south and one is north and two is worried and happy.

Liu Biao was very nervous. He had Cao Cao in the north, Guo Jia in the west, and Sun Quan in the east. He had no room for complaints among the three families, let alone provoking others, and even complaining.

Fortunately, Liu Biao had a watchdog. Liu Bei, who was stationed in Xinye, was used by Liu Biao to resist Cao Cao. Although Liu Bei had few soldiers, at least he had unparalleled generals. It was beneficial to Liu Biao to consume Cao Cao as much as he could.

Liu Biao was too nervous. He was very sensitive now. Anyone who was stationed on his territory would make him feel uncomfortable. In fact, Cao Cao actually occupied Wancheng and had already stepped into his territory as the governor of Jingzhou.

Cao Cao's troops in Wancheng were not to attack Liu Biao, but to make a bluff to show the Yuan brothers in Hebei.

Yuan Tan, who successfully resisted Cao Cao, had a sharp rise in confidence. Even his father Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao. He even tied with Cao Cao. Now Cao Cao is going to fight Liu Biao again, and the crisis in Hebei is temporarily lifted.

Yuan Shang, who also had a higher official position in Yecheng, became more afraid of his elder brother.

Cao Cao!

His elder brother can actually block Cao Cao!

When Yuan Shao was alive, he didn't see how outstanding this brother was, but now he is unstoppable.

Yuan Tan was unwilling to let it go, but Yuan Shang was pressing on him. Yuan Shang was afraid that Yuan Tan would become a big trouble when he developed. The two brothers were somewhat similar in temperament, both of them were of temperament, and they were suspicious and afraid of each other and were too lazy to be slandered, so they started fighting directly!

Cao Cao played a trick of bluffing and successfully caused the two brothers in Hebei to fight a civil war, which was a huge profit!

Now, he waits for the two brothers to decide the outcome, and then ends at the end of the war.

In the late summer, Fei Shi arrived in Jincheng as a Sima of another branch, as a escort of food and grass from Hanzhong. Guo Jia led his army out of the city to greet him. As the master, Ma Chao naturally went out of the city to receive him.

Looking at the grain trucks one by one entering Jincheng, Guo Jia suddenly called Ma Chao aside.

The wilderness outside the city was vast, Guo Jia said to Ma Chao gently: "Meng Qi, your territory is already peaceful, and I should lead my army back to Chang'an."

Ma Chao didn't rush Guo Jia to leave, and Guo Jia proposed to leave himself.

After resolving the crisis that Han Sui attacked, he also sent food to Ma Chao, and Guo Jiaren was very righteous.

Ma Chao stood in front of Guo Jia with his head hanging down. The summer and autumn breeze was refreshing, and his chaotic hair was flying lightly. Ma Chao suddenly made an action that shocked Guo Jia and even everyone present outside the city.

Jin Ma Chao, who was famous in the northwest, bent his legs and knelt in front of Guo Jia without any warning.

Fei Shi, who was standing in the distance to direct the transportation of grain, was shocked to see this scene.

Once upon a time, he asked Guo Jia if he planned to recruit Ma Chao.

Guo Jia once said: Jinma Chao was successful at a young age and was a master of the people. He would not bow to others until he was desperate.

And now, Fei Shi understands it.

It’s not that Guo Jia wants to recruit Ma Chao.

But Guo Jia forced Ma Chao to the point where he could only take the initiative to apply for it!
Chapter completed!