"No, it's impossible, you lied to me, it's obviously my father and my brother, Jiren has his own natural appearance, it's not like you said at all!"

"Yes or no, you will know in the future that your father and even Guo Yan and them will be puppets in the hands of our army from tonight onwards!"

Ma Yunlu's resistance and disbelief, Sima Yi didn't put it in his eyes at all, after saying something coldly, he looked at Zhao Yun on the side, and was about to say something when a sound of marching footsteps came.

"Zhongda, you guys are so lively here."

Sima Yi and Zhao Yun, who heard the prestige, saluted one after another after seeing Cao Cao in armor: "The minister (the last general) will see the king!" ”

"Get up, there is no need to be polite on the battlefield, how is the situation, has the strategy been successfully implemented, you know, the lonely meeting will make it easier for you to complete the plan, but let the tens of thousands of soldiers under your command stay in the deep mountains and old forests, I don't know how long."

Cao Cao smiled on his face, but his heart could be described as extremely bitter, if it wasn't for the fact that the departure of Ma Teng and the others seemed more normal, how could he lead tens of thousands of Wei troops to stay in the deep mountains and old forests and give those mosquito bites.

Thinking of those mosquitoes that I don't know how many there were, buzzing, Cao Cao had to sigh while struck a chilling cicada, the biochemistry of this era is really good.

"Returning to the king, everything was carried out according to the plan, and under the deliberate letting go of the ministers, Ma Teng and Guo Yan had already fled back to Xiliang, although they were defeated this time, but with the prestige of the two in Xiliang for many years, they still paid attention to suppressing Xiliang."

The victory of the Wei army this time is undoubted, but for the actions in the victory, there are two opinions, the first is the opinion of Cao Ren and their generals, who think that they should take advantage of this opportunity to capture Xiliang in one fell swoop and completely unify the north, and the second is Sima Yi's opinion, he believes that the time to seize Xiliang has not yet come, and the Wei army does not have enough forces to pursue the victory, so before that, he still wants Ma Teng and others to suppress Xiliang.

Regarding these two ideas, Cao Cao was originally prepared to adopt the opinions of Cao Ren and others, not to mention the prestige brought by the unification of the north, after all, Cao Cao did not attach much importance to it at this time, but the unification of the north meant that the Wei army's future defense line was only close to those places in the south, and the defense forces in other places could be dispatched to the defense line adjacent to the south, or dismantled on the spot, which was definitely more beneficial than harmful for a country's finances.

What's more, in the capture of Xiliang, it not only represents that there is one more source of horses for the Wei army, but also that there is more storage of horses, but also represents the connection between Datong and the Western Regions, how much wealth there is on the Silk Road, needless to say, not to mention how much wealth there are in the countries of the Western Regions.

At this time, compared with later generations, the Western Regions was a cornucopia, under such a powerful temptation, but Cao Cao almost completely lost his mind and was ready to mobilize a large army to take Xiliang in one fell swoop.

It's just that soon, after Cao Cao forcibly calmed down and thought carefully again, his heart gradually cooled down, just because he gradually understood clearly that Xiliang at this time was a poison that looked bright on the surface, but was actually full of rancid smell inside!

After taking Xiliang, Cao Cao does not need to spend a lot of money and grain to stabilize Xiliang, the east and east of the war, no matter which side initiates it, whether it is issued or not, whether it is not allowed to disturb the people, the destruction of the local society is inevitable, it is inevitable that the war will bring, and it is said that the twins who are inseparable from the war are no exception.

The destruction of social development will inevitably require a lot of money and grain to stabilize it, but at this time, there is still money and grain in the treasury of Wei, obviously there is no one.

The consequences of expanding without regard to others are destructive, and this truth is a good way for Meng Yuan in later generations to come to the scene, and in addition, after Xiliang was pacified by the Wei army, Wei will inevitably deal with Jiang people and other northwest barbarians.

The barbarian personality, if you want them to be divided in peace, it is obviously impossible, by that time, the internal Wei State will have to govern Xiliang and the four northern states, and the external will have to deal with the infestation of the Northwest Jiang people, so it can be said that you can't take care of each other.

If you really take that step, don't say that the army will go out to unify the world, and if you deal with these problems first, you don't know how much time and energy it will take.

On the other hand, if they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue at this time, with the prestige of Ma Teng and Guo Yan in Xiliang, calculating a big defeat, Xiliang would not have undergone any major changes, and the two of them would still be able to guard Xiliang well and rule Xiliang, and at the same time, it would also be equivalent to helping him Cao Cao guard against those barbarians.

Wait until next year, after the Wei State finances have eased up, raise a large army again, recover Xiliang, and defeat Ma Teng and Guo Yan, who have already suffered a great injury, wouldn't it be easy, at that time, even if those barbarians outside the Saiwai want to do something, the Wei army also has the ability to tell them well, what is called hanging and beating without pressure.

Therefore, under heavy consideration, Cao Cao had to give up this seemingly great opportunity ruthlessly, and let Sima Yi and others use some tactics to let Ma Teng and others escape, which seemed normal, lest they find out that something was wrong, and not guard Xiliang for him and guard against those barbarians.

"So who are these two people?"

After nodding with satisfaction, Cao Cao looked at the two people who were caught on the side, and there was a trace of curiosity in his eyes, especially for Ma Yunlu, seeing her, Cao Cao always had an idea in his heart.

"Back to the king, one of these two people is the daughter of Ma Teng, named Ma Yunlu, and the other is Pang De, a general under Ma Teng, both of whom were captured by our sergeant and General Zhao!"

Pang De and Ma Yunlu, Cao Cao suddenly realized in his heart, no wonder he was always grateful for how the image of these two people was so familiar, Pang De, a strong man with good martial arts, not to mention, Cao Cao did not expect that Ma Yunlu, who was called the history of Ma Yunlu in later generations, actually existed, and was captured by Zhao Yun, thinking of some descriptions in later generations, Cao Cao raised some bad tastes and said: "That is the case, temporarily detain Pang De, and wait until he returns to Tongguan, and then send down, Zilong, although Lone and Ma Teng are hostile, But it's an old acquaintance, his daughter, let Zilong you watch it for the time being, remember, don't let her escape. ”

Although Cao Cao's order made Zhao Yun stunned for a moment, he didn't think much about it, and agreed to it very usually, as for Ma Yunlu on the side, at this time, he was still deeply trapped in the ruinous truth that his father had become a puppet, and he couldn't extricate himself. (To be continued.) )