Chapter 396: Ling Ming, are you still alive?
At this moment, Ma Chao finally understood what Zhuge Liang meant.
To put it simply, it is to let Ma Chao show his weakness to the enemy and let Ma Chao pretend to be an angry character.
After Ma Chao heard this, he felt that Zhuge Liang's plan was feasible.
Don't think why Ma Chao was able to calm down so quickly. This is unrealistic.
You know, Ma Chao himself was more cold-blooded than this in history. It can be seen that he directly followed Han Sui in the rebellion when his father Ma Teng was still in the hands of Boss Cao.
Here is the result of beautifying Ma Chao.
Ma Chao felt that Zhuge Liang's plan was not too difficult for him. He just needed to stop suppressing his inner thoughts.
Just when Ma Chao was about to say something more, a scout came running over in a hurry.
"General! There is a man ahead who calls himself Pang De, asking to see him." The scout said as soon as he raised his hand to Ma Chao.
"Pang De, is this Ling Ming? He's still alive?" Ma Chao felt happy when he heard the scout's report.
He was very happy that Pound was still alive. He had listened to Ma Dai's words before and in order to cover them, Pound led two thousand soldiers to cut off the rear.
After that, Ma Dai received no news from Pound, and he even thought that Pound had died on the battlefield.
Ma Chao was still sad about this for a long time. On the one hand, he lamented that his father's trusted general died in the battle, and on the other hand, he felt that his hatred with Han Sui was even stronger.
But now, when he suddenly heard that Pound was coming, how could he not be happy?
"Quick! Lead the way!" Ma Chao shouted to the scouts.
Afterwards, Ma Chao ignored Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong and ran forward directly with the scouts.
At this time, Pang Tong stood aside and said with some confusion: "Huh? Is that general also named Pang? Is he from a certain family?"
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes.
What is your family? There is Pang from Jingzhou and Pang from Xiliang. Your two families are thousands of miles apart, so why are they the same family?
Of course, at this time, Ma Chao had no time to take care of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. He quickly came to the front of the formation and saw Pang De standing on both sides of the road with more than a thousand elite cavalry, waiting.
Pang De did not have the courage to stop the army. You must know that during the march of the army, anyone who dared to stop in front of them would be regarded as an enemy by the army.
Pang De also heard halfway that the general leading the army this time was Ma Chao, so he came specially to join them.
In fact, when Pound left from the Great Wall Border Gate, Ma Dai and the others had just arrived at the Hetao area. Logically speaking, he should not have arrived so slowly.
However, they got lost on the grassland, and there were no Xianbei people accompanying them to guide them, so they were delayed for some time on the way.
In addition, there are more than a thousand people in their group, nearly two thousand. With so many people and war horses, it will take some time to cross the river.
These one after another, together, the delay will be long.
When they were about to arrive in Luoyang, they heard that the imperial court had officially sent troops to Xiliang, and that the leader of the troops was officially Ma Chao, so he hurried over to join Ma Chao.
When Ma Chao came to the front of the formation, he saw that familiar figure.
"Ling Ming!" Ma Chao shouted happily, then got off his horse and ran towards Pang De.
"Young Master!" Pang De also saw Ma Chao at this time. He also got off his horse and ran towards Ma Chao.
"Ling Ming, it's great that you're still alive!" Ma Chao excitedly grabbed Pang De and patted him hard on the shoulder.
Pang De was also smiling innocently from the side.
"Young Master, the general is still alive and well. How can the general die without avenging his old master?" Pang De said with a smile on his face.
"Well said! This time, Your Majesty asked me to lead the troops to destroy Han Sui! Ling Ming, are you willing to follow me and kill Han Sui's old dog?"
"I have my wish, but I don't dare to ask for your ear!" After hearing Ma Chao's words, Pang De immediately knelt down on one knee and said to Ma Chao.
Ma Chao quickly helped Pang De up and said to him: "Ling Ming, don't do this. You are my father's general. Strictly speaking, we are all your descendants."
"Ling Ming is willing to help me. This time, we have a greater chance of defeating Han Sui."
"In the future, I hope Ling Ming can remind me more and not let me make mistakes." Ma Chao said to Pang De sincerely.
As soon as he heard what Ma Chao said, Pang De's eyes suddenly filled with tears. Then he said seriously to Ma Chao: "My lord, I will finally meet my lord!"
Ma Chao helped Pang De up again, and then patted Pang De heavily on the shoulder.
"Let's go! Ling Ming! You and I will go together! This time, I have issued a military order in front of His Majesty. I swear not to return the throne until Han Sui is defeated!"
After saying that, Ma Chao got on his horse and waited for Pang De.
Pang De didn't say anything. He came to Ma Chao just so that he could follow him back to Xiliang. He wanted to kill Han Sui and avenge Ma Teng.
"Soldiers! Mount up! Let's fight back to Wuwei! Avenge our old lord!" Pang De's real arm shouted.
The soldiers who followed Pound were all diehard loyalists of the Ma family. When they heard that Ma Chao was going to lead them back to Wuwei, their morale was very high.
These soldiers, regardless of the dust on their bodies, did not feel tired. After hearing what Pang De and Ma Chao said, they immediately got on their horses.
From the moment they mounted their horses, a fierce murderous aura emanated from their bodies.
It has to be said that the more than a thousand people who followed Pang De were more murderous than the army brought by Ma Chao.
This is not to say that the soldiers brought by Ma Chao are not elite. It can be said that, but in terms of training, there is no second force in the entire Han Dynasty that can compare with them.
However, there is still a big difference between the level of elite training and the actual battle-hardened warriors.
After all, these soldiers of the Forbidden Army have actually been on the battlefield and have rarely seen blood.
Only a very small number of them have been on the battlefield.
For example, the group of people led by Xu Huang were selected from the elite Flying Bear Army under Li Jue and Guo Si, and were built as the backbone.
Another example is the Huben Camp under Zhao Yun. They built it with Baima Yicong as the backbone.
These two teams have barely seen blood. After all, the backbone of them were all killed from the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood.
But under the command of Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu, there are much fewer such people, especially Ma Chao, who is a pure recruit, and under Zhang Xiu, there are also a group of Xiliang soldiers who have also retired from the battlefield.
But now, with Pound's team, there are also veterans in his team.
With veterans, these recruits can quickly adapt to the battlefield. In addition, these recruits are already well-trained, so if you want them to grow up, they only need one or two battles.
Chapter completed!