Jia Xu could make it clear what kind of person Zhang Ren was, he was the kind of person who most disliked by others.

But he did seize his lifeline, hit the vital point, and threatened him with Liu Zhang, and he had to submit. But he was also offended him to death. Even if he could serve his lord, to be honest, his grudges would never return to his heart if they didn't dissipate for a day.

When Ma Chao heard Jia Xu's words, he understood very well that it was really like this. But there was no other way at the beginning. How could he let him serve? Should he really be a good person and let him go to the old mountains and forests? If such a person in the Yizhou army cannot be used for him, it would be a pity. So he had no choice but to use Liu Zhang to force him to submit, and it was really done.

But just like Jia Xu said, although the matter was successful for the time being, it really made Zhang Ren feel deeply in his heart, so he didn't return home now. But he could say that he never regretted it. Even if he did the situation again, he would still use Liu Zhang to force him to submit, and he had no regrets about it!

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Since asking Jia Xu about Zhang Ren's question, although Ma Chao did not give up completely, he was indeed a big blow. It can be said that Ma Chao has always attached great importance to Zhang Ren's affairs, but he has never had any good solutions. He was particularly helpless to punish him.

Ma Chao also thought about it, remember that when Zhuge Liang captured Zhang Ren during the Romance, Zhang Ren vowed not to surrender, and in the end Zhuge Liang directly asked someone to make a crack. Ma Chao always believed that Zhuge Liang was because Zhang Ren ambushed Pang Tong, and in the end Pang Tong's death had a direct relationship with Zhang Ren, so Zhuge Liang killed him.

But now, Ma Chao is more clear. Even if Pang Tong didn't die at Zhang Ren's hands, Zhuge Liang would like to kill him in the end, after all, he could not be used by his own side, so he could only get rid of it. As for Zhuge Liang, maybe he was a slutty person? Obviously, he wouldn't.

But if Zhang Ren really surrenders, if that is the case, will Zhuge Liang still kill him?

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Ma Chao thought this question was not possible, and putting aside Zhuge Liang, he would not say that Liu Bei would not be like this. Liu Bei knew more about what Zhang Ren was capable of, so even if Pang Tong died before, it could only be said that he was the master of his own at that time. Therefore, as long as Liu Bei, as a hero in the world, as long as Zhang Ren really defected to him, he would never care about Pang Tong's death.

As for Zhuge Liang's words, he still knows Liu Bei very well. As his lord, Zhang Ren will not kill him if he really wants to surrender to Liu Bei. Although in the Romance, it seems that Zhuge Liang is more respected by Liu Bei, to be honest, Zhuge Liang is definitely not so respected. Even if Liu Bei thinks that Zhuge Kong is a talent, this is not good, but it is not enough to let Liu Bei trust him and reuse him.

Just say that in the Romance, when Zhuge Liang was determined to fight against Sun Quan of Wu, Zhuge Liang did not persuade him. Finally, he said to everyone, "If the Dharma is filial and wise, he will definitely be able to control the Lord to go east."

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This is Zhuge Liang's original words. From Zhuge Liang's attitude, it is not difficult to see that Fa Zheng can persuade Liu Bei, but he cannot persuade him.

So there are actually many things in this sentence. Of course, just one sentence cannot be said to mean that Fa Zheng must be more powerful than Zhuge Liang, definitely not. But one thing is certain that Fa Zheng can persuade Liu Bei, and he did this before, but it was not written in the Romance. And among the counselors Liu Bei relied on, Zhuge Liang may not have paid much attention to Liu Bei than Fa Zheng, which is indeed true.

Unfortunately, when Liu Bei was going to conquer Wu, Fa Zheng had already passed away at that time. In fact, for Zhuge Liang, he certainly wanted to be valued by his lord, but there were many people he valued by his lord, and Zhuge Kongming was only one of them. Besides, he was definitely not the one who was most valued.

Then of course he would not go against his lord's wishes, so if Zhang Ren really surrendered at that time, he would never take action.

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So when Ma Chao thought of this, he had to sigh in his heart, because you see that Zhuge Liang had no choice but to deal with Zhang Ren, and in the end he could only kill Zhang Ren with his reputation of loyalty and righteousness. You said that now, you don’t think that he is better than Zhuge Liang in this regard, so he is really helpless.

Isn't that true? Is it possible for me to do what I haven't done? If you want to say that Zhang Ren can play in the Liangzhou Army now, do you know how much effort it took for me to do it?

But fortunately, what is it that is pretty good? When he handed the letter to him, Zhang Ren, he, Zhang Ren, had not yet quit his job, and knew that he came to Jiangxia, which was pretty good. In fact, it was just like what Jia Xu said. Now, according to this situation and situation, Zhang Ren could do this, even if it was really good for him, everything else, haha, is almost a luxury.

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Therefore, with Zhang Ren stationed in Zhu County, Ma Chao believed that there was no big problem. Moreover, Zhu County still had 15,000 soldiers. Even if the Yanzhou army and the Sun and Liu coalition forces were fighting to the death, Zhang Ren could resist for a few days.

Whether it was Yundu, Anlu, Xiling, Ma Chao wrote letters to the head generals of several county towns, and made it clear that if he couldn't hold on, he would retreat quickly, but only Zhu County. Ma Chao really didn't write any letters to Zhang Ren to retreat. However, Ma Chao also thought that even if he really wrote a letter to him to retreat, whether Zhang Ren could care about this. It was not necessarily the case.

To be honest, in Ma Chao's idea, whether Zhang Ren defends the city or retreats does not mean that he is asking him to do anything. He will definitely do whatever he wants. The so-called "the king is outside. The king has no choice but to do it." If it is everyone, it may not be like this, but for Zhang Ren, Ma Chao is really unsure. It is probably true that he will do whatever he wants.

If he wants to defend the city, he will still be useless even if he has written a thousand or eight hundred letters, it will be useless. As for him, Zhang Ren really doesn't want to defend the city, then no matter how he lets him stick to it, he will not pay attention to him.

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Actually, if you think about it, isn’t that the case? Ma Chao doesn’t have such an idea from others, and he doesn’t worry about anything. But for Zhang Ren, that’s really the case.

As for Zhang Ren's exception, Ma Chao is really not angry at all. No, if you say that if you really force him to force him, Zhang Ren will quit. Then the one who suffers losses will be himself, his Liangzhou army, not him, Zhang Ren, right?

Just like this, he led troops to Zhu County to block the Yanzhou Army and Sun Liu coalition, Ma Chao asked someone to report to Zhang Ren. He knew in his heart that Zhang Ren would not come to him or not, and he probably wouldn't think anything. What he cared about was the war in Zhu County. What he was going to do, and he really couldn't care too much about it. But he really prayed that this old man must not do anything too out of order, otherwise he would be a lord, and it would be hard for him to explain to his subordinates.

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That's true. If Zhang Ren really disobeys military orders, makes a big mistake, and makes a big mistake, how should he punish him?

If the punishment is severe, I guess they don’t like to pay attention to me, so they may not do it.

But if it is lighter, how can I explain to my subordinates? Isn't that? The military should have clear military discipline. No matter who makes a mistake, the punishment will be punished. But if I really have favoritism because of Zhang Ren, I will really have no reward or punishment. It is definitely not a good thing for my Liangzhou army. This is the most taboo in the army, so I must do it according to the rules at that time, and then the result...

So Ma Chao hoped that nothing would happen, it would be best if he could confront the Yanzhou army and the Sun and Liu coalition before Cao Cao and Sun Ce arrived. In this way, Zhang Ren was under his nose, no matter what he did, and he always knew to restrain himself. Yes, he had to pay attention to the influence.

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I don’t know anything else, but Ma Chao still knows a little bit. Zhang Ren really values ​​his reputation quite well, and this is right. If it weren’t for being forced, he would never have done anything for himself, because this is obviously different from what he thought, but in the end he couldn’t do anything.

Ma Chao and his army were rushing to Zhu County, while Cao Cao, Sun Ce and Liu Bei also led their troops to head to Zhu County.

To be honest, they were a little later than Ma Chao and had more people, so their speed was greatly affected. But even so, they were not slow, but compared to the speed of the Liangzhou army, it was indeed a lot worse, which is correct.

Before, Cao Cao, Sun Ce and Liu Bei also chatted for a few words, but they were all about the town of Zhu County. The three of them attached great importance to this place, and even surpassed the previous three counties. Of course, the three of them paid attention to it, not because the place of Zhu County is so important. It was because of Zhang Ren, the garrison of Zhu County, that is, they attached so much importance to it.

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Cao Cao, Sun Ce and Liu Bei each have their own sources of information, so they know more or less about the things that Ma Chao and Zhang Ren has to say. Even if it is impossible, it is basically just like Ma Chao knows about Cao Cao and Guan Yu, Sun Ce and Zhang Liao. They all know about Ma Chao and Zhang Ren.

Especially Cao Cao and Sun Ce, if you don’t say anything else, just after knowing what happened between Ma Chao and Zhang Ren, they both couldn’t help but smile bitterly in their hearts. They thought that this was also considered to be a pity for the same disease, right? It’s not just that they met him, but Ma Mengqi was the same.

You have never experienced this, but I really don't know the sadness. At least Cao Cao and Sun Ce can be said to have a very say. So the two of them also knew in their hearts what Ma Chao was in about this matter. I have to say that this matter is really, and they all have similar experiences.

As for Liu Bei, he was a little worse. After all, he had never really experienced this, so he still couldn't experience these things personally.

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But all three of them knew one thing. That is, Zhang Ren was definitely not comparable to those three cities before, Gao Pei, Deng Xian, Mi Fang, Liao Hua and others.

Because those four can only be said to be third-rate military generals and third-rate level. But Zhang Ren, at least in terms of military terms, can be regarded as first-class. At least one thing the three of them know is that when Ma Chao was fighting in Yizhou, he almost failed to conquer Luo County.

If it wasn't for himself that he was the lord himself, and he led the Liangzhou soldiers to attack the city, the soldiers' morale was unprecedentedly high, and he could not stand his lord's like this, and in the end, the Liangzhou army might have failed in Luo County.

So it is not difficult to see that Zhang Ren is indeed a general with real skills. Otherwise, he doesn't want to surrender to the Liangzhou Army, but Ma Chao tried every means to force him to submit. What is this for? Let me ask, if Zhang Ren has no ability, then is Ma Chao the way he is?

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It can be said that Cao Cao and the other two attached great importance to Zhang Ren in Zhu County. Moreover, the three of them had once again discussed it, just to make a little angry and say not to underestimate Zhang Ren.

But what Zhang Ren was thinking in his heart was another thing. Cao Cao knew that Ma Chao might be coming, but he also knew it. Did Sun Ce and Liu Bei not know about this? At least in his eyes, what Xun You could bring up, Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin, Xu Shu and Xu Yuanzhi would never say. In Cao Cao's idea, the two were definitely no less than Xun You, and they were even better than Xun You in some aspects.

Cao Cao really guessed. To be honest, whether it was Sun Ce or Liu Bei, he had similar ideas to Cao Cao. So what the three of them thought was basically the same, and in the end, no one said it. In their opinion, the other party knew about this, and if they didn't know it, they would definitely not say it.

But one thing is certain, that is, the three of them basically think that the other party will not know, after all, the counselors under their command are not vegetarians, right?

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The three of them didn't say anything about Ma Chao's Liangzhou Army, but after Zhang Ren and the three of them were ready to fight and attached great importance to it.

After achieving the goal, except for Cao Cao who wanted to stay in Xiling, the three of them led a large army to Zhu County. However, they said it clearly that they could not underestimate Zhang Ren and had to be on high alert, but they thought in their hearts that if they really wanted to face Ma Chao Liangzhou's army, this was indeed a test for us, and it should be said that it was the biggest test for us.

What was the purpose of the army entering Jiangxia? It was not only to capture its territory, but also to fight against the Liangzhou army. Indeed, it can be said that from the day the three decided to unite, they knew that sooner or later they would fight against the main force of the Liangzhou army, and they would fight at any time. If they win, everything would be easy to say, but if the result was not good, then it would be a three-way party to be evenly distributed, and it would be fair to everyone.

So in this way, the three of them took the army to Zhu County, but what was waiting for them? Let's wait and see.

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Chapter completed!