Ma Chao has never been able to escape the tracking of the Han army, several scouts of the Han army entered a cave by mistake, and found Ma Chao who was already very sick in the cave, and then several people took Ma Chao back and handed it over to Pang Tong.

Pang Tong rewarded the scouts, and saw that Ma Chao was very ill, so he immediately found a doctor to treat him, after all, Zhang Yan just asked him to put Ma Chao under house arrest, but he didn't say that he wanted Ma Chao's life, if Ma Chao really died, he was really not good at dealing with him.

Ma Chao and Ma Dai were arrested, and the gang of bandits in Daba Mountain were also wiped out by Li Yan and Wang Ping in one fell swoop, Ma Chao and Ma Dai had no possibility of returning to Xiliang, and the soldiers and generals they brought out, only 30,000 people led by Pang De were still in Nanzhong, as for all the news of Ma Chao, Pang Tong could only choose to block it, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble after Pang De knew.

For this reason, Pang Tong also wrote a special letter, sent his confidants to Nanzhong, handed it to Zhang Liao, told Zhang Liao about Ma Chao's situation, and asked Zhang Liao to try his best to beware of Pang De and others, so as not to be counterattacked.

Although Ma Chao's condition is serious, he has been well treated and is fine, but Ma Chao is brave and outstanding, in order to prevent Ma Chao from escaping again, Pang Tong asked the doctor to add something to the medicine that Ma Chao takes every day, which can make Ma Chao's limbs weak all the time, and his whole body is soft, even a maid can push it down.

After that, Pang Tong was relieved, on the one hand, he stepped up the governance of Yizhou, on the other hand, he wrote a memora, sent someone to the capital, explained everything to the regent Zhang Yan, and asked how to deal with Ma Chao.

Although it is said that Ma Chao and Ma Dai were imprisoned. But it's hard to guarantee that there are no fish that slip through the net. A Ma Chao's personal soldier happened to escape this catastrophe. And after witnessing what happened to Ma Chao and Ma Dai, the first thing he could think of was not to go back to Xiliang, but to go to Nanzhong to inform Pang De.

Nanzhong has been in the stage of confrontation now, and the grain and grass in Chengdu have not yet arrived, and Zhang Liao's army has run out of grain, but fortunately, Li Hui and others have sent a batch of grain and grass from Dianchi in time, which can still be used for them to last for a few days, enough to sustain the grain and grass in Chengdu.

Three days later. The grain and grass in Chengdu had not yet arrived, but the scouts sent by Pang Tong arrived first, and after seeing Zhang Liao, they immediately presented Pang Tong's handwritten letter, and did not dare to slack off at all.

Zhang Liao took Pang Tong's letter and looked at it hurriedly, and couldn't help but be annoyed by Ma Chao's pretending to be sick and deceiving him. But when I learned that Ma Chao and Ma Dai had been controlled by Pang Tong, I felt a little happy.

He first thanked Pang Tong and asked people to greet the scouts, and then began to prepare to deal with Pang De's problem.

For him, the army of 30,000 led by Pound. It is undoubtedly a great threat, and they only obey Ma Chao's orders. is Ma Chao's loyal subordinates, once they know Ma Chao's situation, they will definitely go berserk, and maybe they will suddenly attack the entire army to vent their personal anger!

Therefore, Zhang Liao was not sloppy at all, and immediately said to the guards: "Pass the generals to come here quickly to discuss matters!" ”

For a while, Gan Ning, Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Ping, Wu Yi, Wang Yan and others arrived one after another, and the big tent suddenly became lively, but there was no Pang De.

Regarding Zhang Liao's urgent move, everyone thought that Zhang Liao had found a way to solve the current situation, but when Zhang Liao circulated Pang Tong's letters one by one, everyone knew that Zhang Liao came to them for another important matter, and this matter was even related to the survival of the entire army.

"Now that you've got things covered, I want to ask you, do you have any solutions?" Zhang Liao asked first.

"Pang De's 30,000 Liangzhou soldiers are too many, and they only obey Ma Chao's orders, once they know about Ma Chao's affairs, they may rebel against our army. In the opinion of his subordinates, instead of being beaten passively, it is better to take the initiative to attack, unite the strength of the army, and suddenly launch an attack on the Liangzhou soldiers, the Liangzhou soldiers are attacked by the enemy, they are definitely not the opponents of our army, as long as they are defeated, the worries can be lifted! Wei Yan suggested.

"Killing a thousand enemies and inflicting eight hundred losses on oneself is not feasible and is not a proper way to deal with it. Moreover, our army is now in a period of confrontation, and our side is killing each other, which is tantamount to creating a great opportunity for the rebels and weakening our strength! The most important thing is that the soldiers don't know the situation at all, and if they attack at will, I'm afraid it will also chill the soldiers! Xu Huang said.

"Then you say, what should we do? If you let Pound be by your side, it is equivalent to raising 30,000 tigers and wolves by your side, maybe one day you will bite you back, and then the harm will be even greater! Wei Yan said.

Zhang Liao said: "What you said makes sense, the reason why I gathered you here is to negotiate a compromise solution, I don't know if any of you have a solution?" ”

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and no one could come up with a good idea for a while.

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At the same time, in Pound's tent, there was a dusty man standing, who was trying his best to tell Pound everything he had seen and heard, which was information about Ma Chao.

Pound sat there, his face pale, not saying a word, just listening quietly. When the man had finished speaking, Pound only asked, "Is the lord still alive?" ”

This person is Ma Chao's personal soldier, who escaped by luck, and heard all the news of Ma Chao, rushed to Nanzhong non-stop along the way, and reported the matter to Pang De. When Pang De asked him, he nodded and said, "The lord is still alive and not dead, but he has lost his freedom and has been put under house arrest by Pang Tong!" ”

Pang De breathed a sigh of relief, this is what he is most worried about, and it is also his bottom line, if Ma Chao is dead, he will avenge him no matter what, but if he is still alive, even if he knows Ma Chao's recent situation, he will not dare to act rashly, otherwise, it will be equivalent to indirectly killing Ma Chao.

"Does anyone else know about this besides you?" Pound asked.

The soldier shook his head and said, "They first captured all of us, and then locked us in the barracks and did not let us out, and at night, they began to move and killed all the people. No one knew about it except me, and I didn't tell anyone about it, and the first thing that came to mind was the general, and I immediately rushed to Nanzhong to report the news. ”

"Well, you're doing a great job." When Pound said this, he had already stood up, and then walked straight to the side of the pro-soldier, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said, "You have worked hard all the way, rest first." ”

"Thank you, General!"

The soldier turned to leave, and as soon as he took a step, he heard a "swish" sound, and hurriedly looked back, but saw Pound draw the sword in his waist and stab at him. He suddenly felt a burst of panic, opened his mouth and wanted to shout, and his body involuntarily wanted to escape, but he was taken a step ahead by Pound's big hand, and he was pulled by him, and the sharp long sword passed directly through his heart, this person was pierced through the heart by a sword, and suddenly his life was whimpered, until he was dying, he couldn't figure out why Pound wanted to kill him.

The soldiers guarding outside the tent heard the movement inside, hurriedly opened the curtain and broke in, and they were a little surprised to see the scene of Pang De's killing, because the person Pang De killed was Ma Chao's personal soldier, and they all knew each other.

Seeing these surprised soldiers, Pang De was not a little nervous, and wiped the blood off the sword in a hurry, and then said slowly: "This person has been bought by the Nanzhong rebels, and he came to persuade me to return to the Nanzhong rebels, and I killed him with a sword!" ”

The soldiers are all Pound's subordinates, even if they know the reason, they will choose to stand with Pound, not to mention that Pound fabricated charges against this person.

"Dispose of this man's body, behead him, hang his head outside the gate, and throw the body into the wilderness to feed the dogs as an example." Pound Road.

"Whoa!"

Pound returned the sword to the sheath, strode out, and said to his subordinates: "I have something important to go to the governor, you all stay in the barracks, without my order, no one is allowed to leave the camp without permission, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

"Whoa!"

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In Zhang Liao's tent, everyone expressed their opinions, but there was never a proper solution, just when everyone was discussing, a personal soldier suddenly walked in from outside, hugged his fists and said: "Governor, Pang De asks to see!" ”

After everyone heard this, they were all surprised, and Zhang Liao hurriedly asked, "Where are the others now?" ”

"Waiting outside the gate!"

"How many people did you bring?" Zhang Liao asked again.

"He's alone!"

"Pang De came alone, didn't he already know about Ma Chao?" Huang Zhong said suddenly.

Wei Yan said: "Pang De is Ma Chao's confidant, if he knew about Ma Chao, how could he come alone?" However, he came just in time, as the so-called capture of thieves and kings, as long as he caught Pang De first, his subordinates were leaderless, and they would no longer be able to raise any storms. ”

Zhang Liao said: "No matter what Pound is doing here, we shouldn't be gone." Let's take a look at it first. Let him in! ”

The soldiers came out of the big tent, and after a long while, the curtain was lifted, and Pound's figure appeared outside the tent. And when the roller shutter was lifted, Pound was also taken aback to see that all the generals in the camp were present.

"The last general, Pound, see the Grand Governor!" As soon as Pang De entered the big tent, he took two steps forward and bowed to Zhang Liao.

"General Pang is not polite, please take a seat!" Zhang Liao said politely.

Pang De didn't move his steps, didn't mean to sit, he still stood in place, hugged his fists and said: "The Grand Duke, the last general is here to ask for the guilt, and please ask the Grand Governor to punish him!" ”

"Please? What sin please? Zhang Liao asked. (To be continued......)

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