Chapter 791: Using the Princes as Pawns

"Oh, look, the stupid fork riding the yellow horse in front of you is not Cao Cao. General, the great credit is in front of you, go and chase Cao Cao! ”

Ma Chao still said these words in a funny tone. But after Diao Chan heard this, he didn't smile anymore, but asked in surprise: "Cao Cao did use this trick to deceive the captain, but the concubine couldn't figure it out, how did the husband guess it?" ”

"It's actually very simple," he has installed many times in his subordinates, and Ma Chao is already quite experienced in dealing with such incidents. Therefore, he looked unfathomable again, explaining: "As long as Cicada understands some psychological basics and wants to be Cao Cao, then he can naturally guess Cao Cao's reaction at that time." ”

Asked by Nadu Lieutenant, Cao Cao had only two answers to choose from at that time: I don't know and I was in front. If he didn't know, then Du Wei would probably end Cao Cao's head in a fit of anger, which was very risky, and a person as wise as Cao Cao would definitely not answer like this; And the biggest chance of survival is to answer "Cao Cao is in front", because in this way, the captain may feel that he has provided such important information and show mercy, and secondly, since the captain feels that he has found Cao Cao, he is naturally anxious to catch up with Cao Cao, and he has no time to worry about his 'nobody'. Therefore, I conclude that Cao Cao had no choice but to coax Nadu Lieutenant. ”

"The husband really understands people's hearts and knows things like a god." Diao Chan sighed lightly and sighed, and added: "As the husband said, the captain threw down Cao Cao and chased after him. And Cao Cao didn't have time to wipe a cold sweat, so he quickly turned around and broke out of the fire at the east gate, and met the two tiger guards of Dian Wei and Xu Chu again, and killed a bloody road. But even so, when breaking through, Cao Cao was also smashed by a wooden beam and injured his left palm, burned so much that his hair was burnt, and he almost fell off his horse. ”

However, after Cao Cao was wounded and escaped death this time, he also set up a plan to cheat his death, attracting Feng Xiangong, who was a light enemy, to attack, and killed Feng Xiangong in defeat, but it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, right? .......... "Of course, Ma Chao told the next incident.

But as soon as the words came out, Diao Chan's face was wrong again, she touched Ma Chao's head, and said suspiciously: "Husband, shouldn't this be the plot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" again?" ”

"What? Didn't Cao Cao cheat to death?! Ma Chao's face was embarrassed, and he suddenly had an urge to strangle Luo Guanzhong: Old man Luo, you are too good at making things up, right?! Could it be that Cao Cao was pitiful three or four times this time, in order not to lose his reputation as a great military strategist, he made up the plot indiscriminately? !

But you can make it up, why are you still making it up so vividly, saying that Cao Cao is overjoyed to escape from great difficulty. Everyone greeted Cao Cao, and Cao Cao laughed and said: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, although this time I was calculated by Lu Bu's stupid fork, but next time I must be angry." ”

You have a nose and eyes so fabricated, and you are so in line with Cao Cao's character, you are simply deceiving the reader's feelings!! You write novels like this, do your family know about it?

"After Cao Cao didn't die, he didn't have any plan to cheat his death at all. It's just that the concubine thinks that if Cao Cao can come up with this plan, maybe it may really make Feng Xiangong suffer a loss......... From this point of view, the military talent of the husband is far better than Cao Cao! ”

Ma Chao's face was red, and Ma Chao didn't have any excuse to reply, so he had to say haha: "Then what happened to the battle between Lu Cao and Cao later?" ”

"Attacked Feng Xiangong twice, but they were defeated by Feng Xiangong and Chen Gong, and their lives hung by a thread. But Cao Cao is worthy of being a hero, and his fighting spirit has not been defeated at all. After returning to the base camp, Cao Cao immediately organized the defeated army, made siege weapons, and came to Puyang City again, ready to attack the city! ”

"Huh? Cao Cao is also such a dick? After Ma Chao listened to Diao Chan's words, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: a person's success is indeed doomed. A person like Cao Cao, who has been repeatedly discouraged, if he does not leave a strong mark on the stage of the competition in the future, it will really be too unreasonable.

Just by hearing about it, you can imagine Cao Cao's posture at that time, as if it was not him but Lu Bu who was almost killed. Not to mention Lu Bu and Chen Gong, even if it was replaced by himself, I am afraid that he would be scared stupid. I have seen a lot of people who are not afraid of death, but I have never seen such a Cao Cao who is not afraid of death; And if you encounter this kind of deathless, you can only save your own life, right?

Sure enough, what Diao Chan said afterwards was that Chen Gong and Lu Bu couldn't estimate how much Cao Cao's army was, so they stopped fighting with Cao Cao and ordered to start holding the city. Next, the fight is a battle for food and morale. Although the morale of both sides is neither high nor low, the military rations should gradually come to an end. In addition, the harsh winter has arrived, and the two sides can only be patient, and until now, no more news has come.

"In this way, Feng Xiangong's side, there is no big problem for the time being?" At this time, Ma Chao's expression began to be solemn, he turned to the sand table simulation map, looked at the vast territory of the Ma family, and said: "Hanzhong Zhang Lu's side, there is economic cooperation as a strategy to delay the army, and the economic invasion of Hanzhong is carried out step by step, and the soft knife cuts the meat; Liu Biao in Jingzhou, there is Yuan Shu eyeing him outside, and there are Shichen Wu clans seizing power inside, and he is not able to enter the Tuma family for the time being; And Yanzhou's side........ Until more than a year, there will be no major changes. ”

"More than a year?" Listening to Ma Chao's words, Diao Chan couldn't help frowning, and said: "Husband, it's been more than five months now, and in a while, the autumn harvest will come." Feng Xiangong and Cao Cao both looked at the crops in Yanzhou, and at this time they were already fierce and ready to move, how could the husband talk about it for more than a year? ”

"Because of the locust feast we have enjoyed, we should also let Cao Cao taste it!" Ma Chao said firmly: Historical events can be changed, but some things, such as natural disasters, are absolutely impossible to change!

Historically, LΓΌ Bu only became the ruler of Yanzhou in 194. But under Ma Chao's step-by-step promotion, the incident in Yanzhou was almost a year ahead of schedule. And Cao Cao and Lu Bu, after those confrontations, only after the locust plague in 194 came, did they enter the stage of rest and recuperation.

Now, although the two armies are still in this stalemate, it is because of the cold winter and military rations. And then, after the natural disaster comes, the two families don't have to fight to the death at all: whoever can survive the locust plague will be the master of Yanzhou!

It is conceivable that the Ma family has experienced a year of development and already has enough grain reserves. Ma Chao worked so hard before, in order to wait for the coming of this period - as long as he funded Lu Bu to survive the locust plague, then Cao Cao had only one way!

Sometimes, you don't need swords and soldiers at all. An excellent military conspirator, in his eyes, natural disasters and man-made disasters are all indispensable swordsmen!

to deal with the economy in Hanzhong; to deal with the Xiongnu with beauties and Tuoba tribes; For Cao Cao, natural disasters are used........ A soldier who surrenders without a fight, the best choice!!

In other words, Ma Chao, who is outside the chessboard, has been sublimated to the realm of jumping out of the chessboard, and he will play Hanzhong, Bingzhou, and Yanzhou with only one hand behind the scenes!!

And now, all he has to do is wait. The economy of Hanzhong is completely dependent on the Ma family; It is equivalent to Furrow bowing his proud head and kneeling before himself in repentance; Wait for Lu Bu to leap over the halberd and cut off Cao Cao's head. The territory of the Ma family will usher in another big leap and bound!

And in this spare time, all Ma Chao wanted was to go to Jiangxia and take a walk: there, there were still his doubts and the plot of his past life, and he couldn't turn a blind eye to it, and he couldn't let it go at all.........

It's just that before that, he still needs to do one thing.

As a result, he turned around, looked at Diao Chan affectionately again, and said, "Cicada, I have arranged everything." You said you would grant me a request........"

"The concubine has said it, and the concubine has agreed."