After nightfall, the lights in Zhou Yu's room were always on, and Zhou Yu was counting and thinking about the map over and over again with this bright light.

I don't know how long it took to put down the pen and ruler in his hand, slumped on the chair and sighed softly: "This Lu Zhengnan's mind is really elusive, but when you really figure it out, you will find out how long-term it is." Visions and insights? It seems that my vision is really far behind. ”

After being busy for most of the night, Zhou Yu had been calculating Lu Ren's intention to recruit troops from Cao Wei. And some of Lu Ren's ideas, Zhou Yu also roughly calculated. Looking at that large area again, Zhou Yu couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

"With Cao Zhang's bravery and good fighting, 20,000 people are almost the strength that can handle this area, plus Cao Zhang's old 5,000 rebel army, this area will be taken down. And then based on Cao Zhang's unwillingness in the Wei State, it would be logical for Lu Ren to let Cao Zhang build another vassal state here......"

At this point, Zhou Yu remembered the governance methods used by Lu Ren here in Brunei, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The soldiers are from other families, but after passing through Lu Ren's hands, the territory will be slowly controlled by Lu Ren." Lu Ren, Lu Ren, how many means do you have? ”

Looking at the large area on the line of Myanmar and Taima, Zhou Yu is very greedy, but there is nothing he can do. In fact, when talking to Sun Shangxiang about these things in the afternoon, Sun Shangxiang was very puzzled why Lu Ren didn't go to Jiangdong to recruit troops, isn't this much more convenient than Lu Ren going to Cao Wei to recruit troops? And in Sun Shangxiang's opinion, with his appeal in Jiangdong and Lu Ren's reputation in Jiangdong, it is actually very convenient to summon 20,000 or 30,000 people, and Lu Ren is a bit reluctant to do so.

Zhou Yu could only say in his heart Sun Shangxiang, you really don't have a city government, how could Lu Ren let Jiangdong's soldiers fight this area? From a geographical point of view, if this area of Burma and Taima is taken down by Sun Quan's people, it is easy to threaten the Nanzhong, Nanyue and Pearl Cliff line controlled by Lu Ren, in other words, if Sun Quan plays a little trick, it will form a situation where Sun Quan is attacking Lu Ren's territory in two places, and how can Lu Ren allow this kind of thing to happen? In contrast, if it was thrown to Cao Zhang, Lu Ren would not have such concerns.

Looking at interpersonal relationships, the relationship between Cao Zhang and Cao Pi is actually not very good, and if Cao Zhang rectifies this territory, it is quite inconvenient to have a relationship with Cao Wei's native area, which means that Cao Zhang can't do a lot of things; But if it was Sun Quan's people who took over the area...... Who will lay the grounds? Zhou Yu and Sun Shangxiang? The relationship between them and Sun Quan is not as bad as that between Cao Zhang and Cao Pi, right?

And Zhou Yu also realized his thoughts about wanting to help Sun Quan, Lu Ren must have guessed it, so how could Lu Ren let Zhou Yu go to the whole area? Moreover, compared to the contact with Cao Wei, the connection between the Burmese and Taima line and Sun Quan will be much more convenient, many things that Cao Zhang can't do, but Zhou Yu or Sun Shangxiang can do here, and Lu Ren can't be unprepared for this kind of thing to happen.

"Hey! The vision and insight are not as good as the other, so he will not think so far-reaching, right? ”

Glancing at the map on the table again, Zhou Yu shook his head and stopped looking at it. Picking up the hookah on the table and taking a puff, Zhou Yu came to the window and looked up at the starry sky, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that some of my other thoughts are better not to continue playing, and Lu Ren will not be able to guard against me." Instead of that, I might as well have a few battles with Shang Xiang......"

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A few days later, Brunei's fleet completed its preparations and began to march towards Malacca, but at this time, the battlefield on the Liangzhou side also underwent some new changes.

Cao Pi said that everyone had a fire in their stomachs, so it was not ordinary ferocious or even ferocious to fight on the battlefield, and the remnants of the Xiongnu in Anding were defeated by Cao Wei's army one after another, and almost all of them had been driven out of the Anding area. Many of the Xiongnu tribes felt that there was no point in going on like this, so they took some of their booty and returned it to the north.

turned to Tianshui's side, but something happened that Lu Ren couldn't imagine. Liu Bei quickly completed the preparations for the expedition after returning to Hanzhong, and took advantage of the defeat of the Western Regions coalition army in Chang'an to launch a fierce attack in the direction of Tianshui. After several fierce battles, Tianshui was taken by Liu Bei, and Liu Bei could be regarded as taking a piece of land in Liangzhou. And then, Liu Bei began to rest in Tianshui, but looking at the posture, it seemed that Liu Bei did not plan to continue to march in a short period of time.

It is understandable that Liu Bei would choose to temporarily contain the momentum. After driving the Western Regions Alliance Army out of the Tianshui area, the remaining Western Regions Alliance Army withdrew to Wuwei's side, and the overall strength is still considerable, so with Liu Bei's current strength stationed here in Tianshui, it will be quite difficult to fight Wuwei, Liu Bei doesn't want to make this kind of stupidity, and he was picked up by Cao Pi when he was exhausted.

Moreover, it was more troublesome to transport military supplies from Hanzhong to Tianshui, so it was also true that Liu Bei was unable to complete the supply of military supplies in a short period of time after several battles.

In short, taking these factors together, Liu Bei temporarily nested in the Tianshui area and did not make any movement, and externally announced that he would wait for Cao Pi's side to reach a flanking posture against the Western Regions Alliance from a stable direction before taking action. These are all reasonable to others, but in Liu Bei's camp, there is one person who is unwilling to wait like this, and has suggested to Liu Bei several times that he should snatch Wu Wei before Cao Pi...... This person is Ma Chao.

So why did Ma Chao disagree with Liu Bei's strategic decision, and tried hard to suggest that Liu Bei go and snatch Wu Wei? This matter can actually be understood by looking at Ma Chao's life.

Ma Chao, or the Xiliang Ma clan headed by Ma Teng at that time, has always been a separatist force and soil emperor in the Liangzhou region, but this situation was ended by Lao Cao a few years ago, and Ma Chao finally took refuge under Liu Bei after several repetitions. Although Ma Chao in the original history was a high-ranking official under Liu Bei, he was not reused by Liu Bei throughout his life, and finally died of depression before the age of fifty.

Why is this happening? Is Liu Bei not able to use people? On the contrary, it is precisely because Liu Bei, a hero, knows how to use people too well, so he will treat Ma Chao as a high-ranking official but put it in the high cabinet. Because Liu Bei knew in his heart that Ma Chao would finally take refuge under his command, he wanted to borrow Liu Bei's power to seize Liangzhou again. And after Ma Chao takes Liangzhou, with Ma Chao's original connections and prestige in the Liangzhou area, there is a chance that eight out of ten will turn back to the original separatist force that seized Liangzhou, and will listen to you Liu Bei? Dream on! As for what to avenge his father and revive the Han family, Liu Bei would believe it?

As for the Houlu who will give Ma Chao a high-ranking official, some scholars in later generations have analyzed that Liu Bei found that the population of Hanzhong was emptied by Lao Cao after occupying Hanzhong, so the Hanzhong area lacked population and military resources at this time, and the population base of Liangzhou at that time was reasonable, especially the Qianghu family could become a strong soldier, so Liu Bei needed Ma Chao to be a golden signboard to attract people to Hanzhong from Liangzhou. But if Ma Chao wants to send troops...... Then hehe!

Therefore, Ma Chao in the original history died depressed in this situation. But now the situation has changed, that is, under the invasion of the Western Regions Coalition Army and a series of operations by Lu Ren, Liu Bei sent troops in the direction of Liangzhou. And since he was going to send troops in the direction of Liangzhou, Ma Chao's original influence in Liangzhou could not be ignored, so in several battles, Ma Chao went to the battlefield and played a big role.

In a sense, this situation is in line with Ma Chao's wishes, so Ma Chao is particularly positive when he fights. And at this time, Ma Chao also gathered a group of his own men and horses in the Tianshui area, with tens of thousands of horses. Of course, Ma Chao didn't dare to mess around at this time, after all, the military supply or something was still pointing at Liu Bei, and most of the areas in Liangzhou had been barren because of the war in recent years, so that Ma Chao had no capital to do things on his own.

Then it was time for Liu Bei to take Tianshui after he returned. Tianshui already belongs to the Liangzhou region, and if you fight further north, you will reach Wuwei, in other words, it is much closer to Ma Chao's original idea. According to Ma Chao's idea, of course, he wants to take down Wuwei and even Liangzhou, so that he can recover the original territory, but at present, this is inseparable from Liu Bei's help.

However, in Ma Chao's opinion, after taking Wuwei and entering Liangzhou, Liu Bei will definitely return to Sichuan, and among the generals under Liu Bei's command, the most suitable general to guard Liangzhou has no one else except himself, so will Liangzhou not fall into his hands again at that time?

But if Liu Bei and Cao Pi take Wuwei and Liangzhou together, this matter is not easy to say, and what kind of chaos will the two sides make when they get it. The most important thing is that the Cao family has a feud with himself for killing his father, which causes Ma Chao to be unable to make other choices in many aspects. Anyway, Ma Chao and the Cao family can't get along.

Based on the above reasons, Ma Chao wanted to instigate Liu Bei to take down Liangzhou alone. But the question is, is Liu Bei so easy to fool? The little bit of caution in your Ma Chao's heart, will Liu Bei not be able to see it?

Therefore, Liu Bei has always turned a blind eye to Ma Chao's suggestions. Of course, he would not say this on the surface, but blocked Ma Chao's mouth with reasonable reasons such as insufficient military supplies and insufficient troops, and waiting for Cao Pi to do it together. On the other hand, Ma Chao is not a stupid person, and soon realized that he couldn't hide his thoughts from Liu Bei, so he didn't talk too much and ask for trouble.

If it was just like this, after all, if it was according to the original historical process, Ma Chao couldn't think of anyone else who could help him except Liu Bei. But now......

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Yizhou Mangjia, Lu Ren's office.

"Yihao, there are people outside the door who want to see you, and Gu Yan has something important to talk to you about."

Lu Ren put down the pen in his hand and frowned, "Have something important to talk to me about?" Even Xun Gong, you don't want to say it clearly? ”

Xun Yu nodded: "Even me, he refuses to say." I looked at it, and it didn't look like a fraud. ”

Saying that, Xun Yu smiled strangely at Lu Ren: "The person who came to speak with an accent from Liangzhou, it seems that there is still some taste of Qiang dialect, and people also have the appearance of a Qiang Hu person." ”

Lu Ren raised his eyebrows: "I went to Liangzhou to hang around before, but except for a few key people, I have never had any intersection with others. ”

Xun Yu said: "Don't talk about him, but Yihao, I still suggest that you meet this person and listen to what he has to say." ”

Lu Renxin said that since I have power, why are there always some people who come to see me like this? If you think about it again, one more is not much, one less is not too much, and it doesn't matter if you see each other. So he nodded to Xun Yu, and then it didn't take long for Xun Yu to lead a man in his thirties to Lu Ren. Although the outfit is a standard Han attire, just like Xun Yu just said, it has a bit of the characteristics of a Qianghu person in appearance. However, this kind of thing seems to be nothing in Yizhou, and Lu Ren has absorbed more displaced people from all walks of life, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Yizhou has the characteristics of "Wanguo brand".

After the visitor saw Lu Ren, he immediately gave a big salute, and Lu Ren asked curiously, "Why do you know me?" ”

Come to the human: "When Lu Zhengnan rushed to Hanzhong to treat Uncle Liu Huang before, he had seen Lu Zhengnan several times in Xia, so he knew Lu Zhengnan. ”

Lu Ren and Xun Yu glanced at each other and said, "So, you are a person under Uncle Liu Huang?" ”

Human: "Yes! However, it belongs directly to General Ma. ”

Lu Ren was stunned at the time. Directly under General Ma? That's Ma Chao's person? And listening to the tone of this person's speech, it is obvious that he is not from Liu Bei's position, so he is from Ma Chao's position?

"The name of the high surname?"

The person who came responded: "Down there is a son of the Ma family, whose name is ......."

Lu Ren almost didn't spray rice. Mabi? Flattery!? Did this person's parents have some problems with their cultural accomplishment? However, this is just a small episode, and in Lu Ren's reflection, at least he has not seen the person "Mabi" in the historical records, so he should be an unknown person.

Shaking his head and not thinking about these inconsequential things, Lu Ren took a closer look at this "sycophant" up and down and then remembered the matter, and asked, "You said that you have something important to talk to me about, what is the matter?" ”

Ma Bi saw that there were no waiters in Lu Ren's room, and his eyes drifted to Xun Yu's body. Lu Ren understood what he meant, waved his hand and said, "There is nothing that Xun Gong can't hear, you just have to say it." ”

Ma Bi hesitated for a moment, and finally took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lu Ren very respectfully. Lu Ren hesitated and took a look at it, and his face suddenly sank......

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(Writing Ma Chao like this, will some people not accept it?) In fact, the bottle is also a little difficult to choose between the Ma Chao of Romance and the Ma Chao of historical facts on this issue, and after thinking about it, it is still written like this. ）