Zhong Yao was secretly shocked after hearing Ma Chao's words. He didn't expect that Ma Chao would have such a vision. Although his plan still has great problems, it is not easy to be able to reach this point. Could this Pei Qing really have such great magic power? Just being a hostage with him can improve human intelligence?

However, this is not harmful to Zhong Yao. Anyway, they all have a common goal now. As long as they can deal with Pei Qing, no matter what strategy he is, for Ma Chao now, the stronger the better. If the trouble ends in the first half of the month, it will be harmful to their great cause of conquering Yuan Shao.

Therefore, Zhong Yao tried his best to plan for Ma Chao, helped Ma Chao formulate a series of strategies and tactics, and to prepare for this battle, on the one hand, to win the trust of Ma Chao, and of course, more importantly to fulfill his mission.

Regarding how to attack Chen Cang, Ma Chao's meaning is very simple. He directly relies on force to capture Chen Cang City. However, Zhong Yao opposed this because Chen Cang's terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is not that simple to attack forcibly. It may even attract Pei Qing's subsequent army. In terms of Ma Chao's current situation, it is suitable for quick battles. Once it falls into a protracted war, it will definitely be detrimental to them. Therefore, it is important to propose a plan, pretend to thank the defender of Chen Cang, Zhang Ji, for his help, and then take the opportunity to capture Chen Cang.

At first, Ma Chao thought that this was a bit unfair and did not want to do this, but after Zhong Yao's explanation, Ma Chao finally agreed with Zhong Yao's opinion.

In fact, what Ma Chao cares about is not whether he is not victorious, but whether he is relying on his own courage to intimidate the other party in order to establish his prestige. It was during the conversation that Zhong Yao learned this and persuaded Ma Chao that it would be easier to establish prestige by capturing the enemy generals in front of the formation. Only then did Ma Chao agree.

So after agreement between the two sides, Ma Chao ordered the generals under his command to raise 5,000 soldiers to hide in hundreds of large trucks, disguised with food and grass. Then he came to Guancheng in person to express his gratitude to Zhang Ji, and proposed to thank him for the seized food and grass, hoping that Zhang Ji could accept his gratitude.

As soon as Ma Chao finished speaking, Zhang Xiu, who was standing on the top of the city, sneered and said to Zhang Ji: "Uncle, we didn't help Ma Chao at the beginning, but instead were humiliated by him. Besides, even if we really helped, he wouldn't be able to give us so many supplies, so this is obviously a fraud. If I expected it was right, Ma Chao must have hidden someone in the car and was about to take advantage of his uncle's departure from the city to thank him."

Zhang Ji nodded and said, "I think so too. Ma Chao, a little boy, didn't talk about a head-on attack, thought of such a clumsy strategy. It's really funny. He doesn't take our uncle and nephew seriously?"

But Zhang Xiu suddenly said, "If Ma Chao came up with such a plan before we took the elixir, can we see through his intention?"

When Zhang Ji heard this, he was shocked. Isn’t it true that Zhang Xiu said? If he had not seen through his plan before taking the elixir, he would definitely not be able to see through his plan. Therefore, Ma Chao’s plan was not clumsy, but they became smarter and saw the other party’s plan at a glance.

"I have always heard that Ma Chao is brave but not tricky, but why did he come up with such a plan? If it were a scheming old guy, I wouldn't be surprised to be able to come up with such a vicious plan. But Ma Chao is young and can do things easily, how could he think of this? This is really incredible, right? Is he also has good things similar to the elixir in his hands?"

Zhang Ji looked at Ma Chao under the city and felt full of doubts, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

But Zhang Xiu smiled faintly and said, "It is impossible for Ma Chao to have a elixir in his hand. Ma Chao definitely does not have such a brain, and there are no such capable people in his army. So after my analysis, I believe that this must be someone planning for Ma Chao. This person who gives the advice is not a simple person, but I have calculated the only one who can send such a person. Maybe Cao Cao is the only one who can do it."

"In other words, the person who was behind the scenes to make more advice for Ma Chao was Cao Cao. With Cao Cao's intervention in this matter?" Zhang Ji's mind is not simple now. He quickly understood what his nephew meant and said with a smile: "It's a pity that underestimates us. Even Cao Cao is useless here. Since he wants to plot against us, we can simply use the trick and trick him into cheating thousands of troops, so that he can also see our abilities."

Zhang Xiu laughed when he heard this, "Actually, my nephew thought so too. Since that's the case, then we'll do it so that we can learn some lessons from Ma Chao. In fact, dealing with Ma Chao is nothing, but a brave man. What we need to do is to capture the counselor sent by Cao Cao. No matter how capable he is, it's always bad to be missed in the dark."

"You are right. This time we let Cao Cao know and Ma Chao know. We are not easy to mess with." Zhang Ji smiled faintly, then ordered the city gate to open. He went out of the city himself and said to Ma Chao: "Ji is really flattered by General Meng Qi's treatment of him like this. However, as the saying goes, we have no rewards. We have not helped you. You can gain a foothold in Yongzhou. All of this is a blessing to the emperor. The general's own efforts have nothing to do with me, so you should take these materials back."

Ma Chao immediately smiled and said with a smile: "General Zhang's words are a bit too polite. If it weren't for the general, you let me leave Chencang, how could I have today? So after all, you have provided me with help. Therefore, you must accept these thank-you gifts today. In addition, we will be a family in the future. We will be together with each other, and we will lose our strength and prosperity. I cannot without expressing it. Today's thank-you gifts are said to be thank-you gifts. In fact, the more important thing is that we should not break off contact. In the future, we will have many places to rely on the general. This is a gift list, which really does not mean that we should not laugh at us."

After saying that, Ma Chao handed the gift list to Zhang Ji, slowly chanting the contents of the gift list. Then, taking advantage of Zhang Ji's inattention, he pulled out a short sword from behind and stabbed Zhang Ji suddenly.

Seeing this, Zhang Ji was not panicked at all and said with a smile: "Choose, I have been wary of you for this move. Since you are here today, don't leave, so let's stay together."
Chapter completed!