However, it was said that after Chen Jing led the troops westward, Zhong Xuan did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurriedly wrote a letter about the situation here, so that people could report to Chen Xu in the starry night.

However, when he arrived in Guanghan County from Liangzhou to Yizhou, he was delayed for a lot of time on the road, so Chen Xu did not receive the letter until today.

When he read all the contents of the letter, his face could not help but change greatly, and his heart suddenly welled up with infinite fear.

Chen Xu knew that Ma Chao was definitely not the kind of person who was willing to give up his power and surrender for the sake of his father.

Ma Chao is a person with great ambitions.

In history, he didn't care about Ma Teng's life or death, and insisted on rebelling against Cao Cao, indirectly killing Ma Teng and his family.

And Ma Chao is not easy to match, even in the face of the extremely powerful Cao Cao in history, he can kill him to the point of cutting off his beard and robe, and almost lives and dies.

Even Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh: If the horse doesn't die, I have no burial place.

It can be seen how powerful Ma Chao is.

Even if today's Ma Chao has not reached the level in history, it is by no means easy, at least Cao Cao led the elite soldiers and fierce generals, and he is not Ma Chao's opponent when he encounters hard.

On the other hand, under Chen Jing's command, there are no fierce generals who can compete with Ma Chao.

Even Yan Xing, a fierce general who could barely resist Ma Chao, was left in Longxian by Chen Jing.

Therefore, Chen Xu speculated that Chen Jing's westward expansion into the desert would be very dangerous, and he didn't think it was too much to think that his reaction was so big.

Seeing that Chen Xu's face had changed greatly, Tian Feng hurriedly took the letter and read the contents in detail, only then did he frown slightly.

"My lord, although General Chen Jing's move seems a little reckless, there is no need to worry too much."

"Fan Chou, Yang Ding, and Ma Wan are all battlefield generals, and General Chen Jing is not easy to match, plus the Xiliang Army is an elite division, presumably this trip will not be too dangerous."

"What's more, Ma Teng was only a hostage in Pusaka after all, and Ma Chao's surrender is actually reasonable."

Even if Tian Feng is wise, for Ma Chao, who is not familiar with him, there are times when he misjudges. What's more, what Tian Feng said was not unfounded.

Fan Chou, Yang Ding, and Ma Play were all princes of one side, and their abilities were naturally not too bad.

Especially Fan Chou, who once killed Ma Teng and Han Sui and retreated, and Ma Chao also participated in that battle.

What's more, this era attaches great importance to filial piety, Tian Feng doesn't believe that Ma Chao dared to defy the world's condemnation and rebelled to indirectly kill his father.

If that's the case, Ma Chao himself will be labeled as cold, ruthless and unjust, and his life will be abolished.

In fact, Ma Chao later surrendered to Liu Bei and could not be reused, and it was not without this reason.

Combining various reasons, Tian Feng will judge like this.

Chen Xu heard Tian Feng's words, but he didn't know how to explain it, he couldn't say that he came through time to understand Ma Chao's character and ability, right?

But after thinking about it, Chen Xu also felt that he seemed to be a little too sensitive.

Although Ma Chao is fierce, history has already changed greatly, and the Qiang people have been killed three times so that they lose their armor, and Ma Chao has no way to gather too many soldiers and horses.

And as Tian Feng said, Chen Jing and others are not easy to match, and tens of thousands of Xiliang troops are also carefully selected elite divisions with a strong lineup.

Even if Ma Chao surrendered by deception, according to Chen Jing's meticulous thinking, he may not be able to see through Ma Chao's plan.

As long as Chen Jing doesn't fall for it, even if he can't achieve great results, he can still keep himself safe.

Thinking of this, Chen Xu breathed a long sigh of relief.

But out of prudence, he still wrote a letter and sent someone to send it to Longxian County at night, so that Zhong Miao could forward the letter to Chen Jing.

The letter instructed Chen Jing not to lose her normal heart because she was worried about the war in Guanzhong.

The Qiang people are no longer in the climate, and it is best to be able to annihilate them, even if the war is unfavorable, it will not be a big problem.

For Ma Chao, it is absolutely impossible to take it lightly, and if something is not done, he should immediately lead the troops to retreat.

After writing a lot of words, Chen Xu dried the ink and handed it to the messenger.

It wasn't until he saw the messenger leave with the letter that Chen Xu breathed a long sigh of relief and settled down a little.

I didn't think about it, but Tian Feng's face sank suddenly, and he said to Chen Xu: "The lord is right to worry about General Chen Jing, but he can't lose his sense of proportion because of this. ”

"For today's plan, breaking through the Sword Pavilion is the most important thing, no matter how abrupt the battle situation in Liangzhou is, there must be no big problem if you have Yuan stationed in Longxian."

"The lord should still think about how to take the whole of Yizhou."

Tian Feng knew the character of his father-in-law, and he attached great importance to family affection, otherwise he would not be so worried about Chen Jing.

But this kind of unconventional concern is not a quality that a monarch should have.

Tian Feng's words were not good, but Chen Xu was used to it, and he didn't get angry when he heard the words, but just agreed, and then walked back and forth in the house.

After a while, he suddenly stopped, looked up at the outside of the tent, and muttered to himself: "Calculate the time, the day of breaking through the Sword Pavilion is not far away." ”

……

In Sword Pavilion City, Zhang Ren is still the commander of the First Army, but he is not so big that he covers the sky with one hand.

Although Deng Xianwei and Zhang Ren were the first to look forward, Wu Yi was not very interested in Zhang Ren, and there were many generals in the army who were Wu Yi's cronies.

Wu Yi is a native of Chenliu County, Yanzhou, and his uncle Wu Kuang is a subordinate official of the Eastern Han Dynasty general He Jin.

When Liu Yan moved to Yizhou as pastor, Wu Yi took the whole family to Shu with Liu Yan because his father had a good relationship with Liu Yan.

Later, Liu Yan had the idea of becoming the emperor on his own, and people who were good at face said that Wu Yi's sister Wu would have a very noble status in the future.

Therefore, Liu Yan let his third son Liu Mao marry Wu.

Liu Mao is Liu Zhang's brother, although Liu Zhang himself does not have any eloquence, but he is very friendly to his brother.

With this layer of in-law relationship, Liu Zhang is extremely important to the Wu family.

Not only did Wu Yi himself hold the position of Zhonglang general, but his younger brothers Wu Ban and Wu Lan also held important positions in the army.

Therefore, Wu's prestige in Yizhou is very prominent.

Even if Zhang Ren has repeatedly made military exploits, after all, he is only from the grassroots, and his status still cannot be compared with Wu Yi.

After Liu Zhang learned that Xu Huang had captured Jiameng Pass, he urged Zhang Ren to lead his troops to guard the Sword Pavilion, and asked Wu Yi to collect the Yizhou soldiers and horses, and then brought Zhang Song to support.

In this way, the Yizhou soldiers in the Sword Pavilion are now clearly divided into two factions.

Those soldiers who had defeated the Guanzhong Army under the leadership of Zhang Ren were naturally very convinced of Zhang Ren. However, the soldiers who arrived at the Sword Pavilion later were all inclined to Wu Yi.

Fortunately, Wu Yi is more knowledgeable, at least on the surface, he still respects Zhang Ren as the commander-in-chief, and he will not disobey Zhang Ren's orders.

In a mansion, Zhang Song sat opposite Wu Yi, shook his head and said: "For half a month, the Guanzhong army has been blocked outside the city, and it is difficult to advance an inch. ”

"Everyone thinks that this is Zhang Ren's work, but they don't know that General Wu is the greatest meritorious."

Wu Yi smiled and said, "If it weren't for Ziqiao's repeated revelations about the Guanzhong Army's tactics and telling me before, how could I stop the Guanzhong Army's attack?" ”

For Zhang Song, Wu Yi is extremely generous.

Although he has a lot of prestige in the army, the Zhang family is a local family in Yizhou. Compared with the Zhang family, the Wu family's family background in Yizhou is still weaker after all.

Moreover, the relationship between the native people of Yizhou and the people of Dongzhou has never been so harmonious.

Although the Zhang family was not particularly hostile to the Dongzhou people, the two sides still did not interfere with the river water in the past, and there was not much intersection between them.

However, now that the two are on the expedition together, Zhang Song is obviously showing favor to Wu Yi, and Wu Yi will naturally return the favor.

In Wu Yi's view, if he can make friends with the Zhang family, Wu's position in Yizhou will be more stable in the future.

For things that are beneficial to the family, Wu Yi is also very willing to do it.

Zhang Song heard Wu Yi's words, but he just smiled and said nothing.

The Guanzhong army repeatedly failed to attack the city, and Zhang Song also played a great role in it, no matter what method Chen Xu used to attack the city, Zhang Song could find a way to solve it.

Of course, the generals who carried out the defense were mainly Zhang Ren, supplemented by Wu Yi.

However, Zhang Song's actions made those soldiers who came to the Sword Pavilion later admire Wu Yi.

In the eyes of outsiders, Zhang Ren is the coach.

However, after Zhang Song's deliberate publicity, those soldiers knew that these strategies were from Wu Yi's hands.

Of course, even if Zhang Song himself did not inform Wu Yi of the method of cracking the siege in advance, with Zhang Renzhi's talent, Guan Zhongbing would not want to attack the Sword Pavilion.

But in any case, the method of cracking the siege is the first to be proposed by Wu Yi every time, and no one can take away this kind of credit.

Even if Zhang Rennai is the main general, it can't be.

Brushing his beard, Zhang Song suddenly said: "The thief army has been unable to attack the Sword Pavilion for a long time, but Guanzhong is embattled, presumably the thief army must be demoralized at this time." ”

Wu Yi nodded when he heard this, and said: "During this time, the siege intensity of the Guanzhong army has obviously decreased a lot, and they must be a little weak in succession. ”

Zhang Song said: "In this case, does the general have the idea of going out of the city to face the battle?" ”

When he said this, Zhang Song's eyes flashed, and he secretly looked at Wu Yi's demeanor.

Wu Yi's face changed slightly, and he said: "Although the morale of the Guanzhong army is low, the soldiers under Chen Wenzhao are brave. If you rush out of the city to fight, I'm afraid you will be defeated and won't be victorious. ”

Obviously, Wu Yi was a little afraid of the Guanzhong Army.

Zhang Song laughed twice and said, "I'm still worried that the general wants to go out of the city to fight, but I don't want the general to have the same idea as me!" ”

Although Zhang Song spoke like this on the surface, there was a trace of disappointment in his eyes.

Wu Yi nodded and said: "As long as you hold the Sword Pavilion, under the internal and external troubles of the Guanzhong Army, it will not be long before the troops will be withdrawn." At that time, we can easily retake Ba County. ”

Zhang Song's head said yes, and suddenly the words changed, and said: "Chen Wenzhao's strategists are cunning, and they will definitely not give up easily. ”

"I want to ask the general for some men and horses, and personally garrison the city wall every day, I wonder if the general can agree?"