"If my guess is right, Zhang Lu must have been beaten by Liu Zhang, right?" In order to alleviate Fazheng's anger, Ma Chao opened his mouth casually and hurriedly moved on to the next topic, wanting to divert Fazheng's attention.

Of course, Ma Chao's casualness is also well-founded: although he knows that Zhang Lu is definitely a very capable person, subconsciously, Ma Chao still thinks that Zhang Lu should be slightly at a disadvantage when attacking Liu Zhang at this time.

However, when Fa Zheng heard Ma Chao's words, his face showed an expression of 'sure enough', and he pretended not to understand: "Where did the lord say this?" ”

"Zhang Lu once attacked and killed Zhang Xiu, who was also a teacher with him and a Sima of another department, defeated Pang Yi, a general under Liu Zhang, and occupied Bajun and Hanzhong. When Guanzhong was in turmoil, 50,000 people fled into Hanzhong, and he took them all in, and his fame moved the world for a while. Zhang Lu occupied Ba and Han for 30 years, established a political and religious regime, social stability, and Taoism lived and worked in peace and contentment, almost becoming the pure land of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the West. Thinking back on Zhang Lu's life, Ma Chao suddenly found that Zhang Lu, who played soy sauce between Liu Bei and Cao Cao, seemed to be very strong.

However, Zhang Lu has strong personal ability, but he has no generals. As far as I know, there seem to be only two second- and third-rate Yang Ren and Yang Ang. There is also Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei, who is also a soy sauce character. As for the military division, the only dazzling star under him, Yan Pu Yan Gong Cao........" Speaking of this, Ma Chao couldn't help but glance back at Yan Pu, who was standing next to him with a wry smile, and was now actively building bricks and tiles for the Ma family, and couldn't help but show a sly and complacent look on his face.

Ma Chao didn't say much about the rest of the words, but he was very good in his heart, and everyone understood what Ma Chao meant.

That is, on the other hand, Liu Zhang's side can be called full of talents, and the lineup of generals alone is enough to make Zhang Lu difficult to match: Zou Jing who followed Liu Yan into Shu in the early days, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan, two generals in Shu, as well as the two brothers Wu Yi and Wu Ban who have good ability, Zhang Yi and Zhang Wei who shined in the later period, as for the third-rate generals, such as Gao Pei, Yang Huai, Leng Bao, Wu Lan, Lei Tong, Liu Bi and others, they are also people with strong blood and courage.......

And these are only in terms of military generals, as for Wenchen, although they were abducted by Ma Chao and took away the two outstanding strategists Fa Zheng and Huang Quan, as well as Meng Da and Li Yan, two masters who can write and martial arts, but even so, Liu Zhang still has Zhang Song and Pang under him

Yi, Dong He, Wang Lei, Liu Ba, Fei Shi, Deng Zhi, Wang Fu and others, as well as Xu Jing, who became famous at a young age, and Fei Yi, one of the four phases of Shu and Han. Throughout Shuzhong, it can be called a gathering of talents and heroes!

It can be said that Liu Bei's entry into Shu in the later period was thanks to the assistance of these famous ministers and good generals in Shu, so that he could compete with Cao Wei and Sun Wu in the land of two rivers and four counties, and divide the world into three parts!

No matter what era, talent is the most important! In terms of understanding this point, Ma Chao has never wavered.

Therefore, even though Liu Zhang is weak, Ma Chao still believes that in Shuzhong, where talents gather, if there are two or three hearts, it is unlikely that Zhang Lu will annex Yizhou. And if there are really one or two serious ones, that Zhang Lu's army will definitely be beaten by the soldiers of Shuzhong.

After all, fundamentally speaking, Zhang Lu's power is still slightly inferior to Shuzhong: the money he made from the Ma family in a year can indeed puff up the pockets of the people in Hanzhong, but it has never reached the level of completely opening up the gap in strength in Shuzhong and turning the world upside down.

In the battle between Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang in history, on the surface, it seems that Zhang Lu has always occupied the initiative, but in fact, it was 20 years after Zhang Lu took charge of Hanzhong, the people's hearts were attached, and Cao Cao supported him as the background, so that Zhang Lu could frequently make waves in Shuzhong.

But to Ma Chao's surprise, Fa Zheng seemed to have finally waited for the moment when Ma Chao was deflated, and his face flushed with anger suddenly calmed down, and he said with a smile: "The lord guessed wrong, it was not Zhang Lu who was beaten by Liu Zhang, but Zhang Lu, who had a godson, actually broke through the Baishui Pass in one fell swoop, and Liu Zhang was terrified........

"Wait, godson?" Ma Chao was really shocked by Fa Zheng's answer, and quickly interrupted Fa Zheng and asked, "What godson?" And what does this godson have to do with Zhang Lu's ability to defeat Liu Zhang? ”

"Well, it's strange to say, a few days ago, Zhang Lu got a fifteen-year-old doll out of nowhere, and actually regarded it as the fourth generation of the Wudoumi Sect and called it a godson. And this time he sent troops to Yizhou, Zhang Lu actually made that godson a military advisor........" Speaking of this, Fa Zheng's face gradually became solemn. Obviously, this Ren Xia guy doesn't really regard fame as dung, but hides it in the depths of his heart.

But Ma Chao didn't care about the psychology of studying Fazheng at this time, and said sharply: "A fifteen-year-old doll can actually lead Zhang Lu's army to break through the Baishui Pass in Shuzhong, such an important matter, you actually tell me now?!" ”

"Don't worry, the lord and the others felt incredible for the first time after hearing about this. However, after a thorough investigation, it was discovered that the godson was just a chance meeting. It was Yang Fu, the old man of the Ma family, who blocked the gun for Fa Zheng, and after seeing him take out a piece of information, he slowly spoke: "Liu Zhang's subordinates seem to be full of talents, but because Liu Yan is an outsider, he dare not reuse the talents of Shudi." And Liu Zhang is weak, and after succeeding to the throne, he adheres to this principle. As a result, only the veteran Zou Jing and Wu Yi, who had an in-law with the Liu family, sent troops against Zhang Lu this time, and 30,000 horses, so they were beaten by Zhang Lu. ”

"Even if this is the case, then you should also think about why Liu Zhang is so perfunctory!" Ma Chao saw that these people hadn't heard what they meant, so he couldn't help but explain further: "Zhang Lu's frequent offenses in Shuzhong have already made Liu Zhang not strange, but only this time, Zhang Lu broke through the Baishui Pass at once, and he could even drive straight into Shuzhong from the Northern Continent, haven't you thought about why this is the case this time?" ”

"The lord is saying that it's all because of that fifteen-year-old godson military master?" At this time, everyone finally reacted, but Yan Pu on the side couldn't help but speak: "My subordinates have been in Hanzhong for many years, but I have never heard of any godson from the department teacher, nor have I heard that the department teacher has the idea of recognizing the godchild........

"Then this godson appeared out of thin air, it should be even more worthy of investigation!"

This sentence continued, and everyone was stunned, especially Fa Zheng, who had long lost his previous color, and said lightly: "When the lord was fourteen years old, he went on an expedition, didn't he also fight the Qiang people and become famous in one fell swoop?" ”

Ma Chao didn't refute this, but just glared at Fa Zheng fiercely, the meaning of which was very obvious: Brother is a crosser, so he naturally wants to go against the sky! In this troubled world, it's enough for Brother Chu and Liu Xie's bastards to be two demons, if the ancients are like this, how can Brother be mixed? !

was glared at by Ma Chao so aggressively, Fa Zheng immediately turned off the fire and said: "Don't hide it from the lord, I have already investigated that person, at a young age, he has thick eyebrows and nose, a black face and short hair, a strange face, a surname Pang Mingtong, not as weak as the crown, but there is a word called Shiyuan, which is very strange........"

"Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan?" Ma Chao took a deep breath when he heard the name, and couldn't help but cast his eyes on Xu Shu and Guo Jia: "If I remember correctly, both of them were apprentices under Pang Degong, right?" ”

And Guo Jia and Xu Shu glanced at each other, smiled knowingly, and said at the same time: "It seems that it is indeed the little junior brother who has become a teacher....... but in previous years, the master was going to be a weak crown year before he came out, I don't know why the little junior brother is ........"

"Because this world is too chaotic, an amazing and talented person like me has raised the entire level, so that Pang Degong and Mr. Shui Jing also understand a truth." Ma Chao sighed leisurely, and then said with some depression and sadness: "It's too early to become famous!" ”