Chapter 50 Zhang Liao’s Talent

At the foot of Mangshan outside Luoyang City, the cavalry led by Pang De and his two others rushed out of the city and set up camp in Mangshan.

At dawn, Gao Shun, who was unconscious, was escorted to the camp by soldiers. Seeing that Gao Shun was seriously injured and did not wake up, Zhang Liao cried out in pain and hurriedly ordered someone to carry Gao Shun down and rescue him.

"Where is my young master?" Pang De saw the three men before and escorted Gao Shun back. He thought Ma Chao was behind, so he hurriedly stood outside the tent and stretched his neck and looked around. But after a while, there was still no one. He couldn't help but ask anxiously.

"In order to hold Lu Bu, Lord Ma kept General Gao away and stayed alone in the city." When he heard Pang De's shouting, one of the soldiers couldn't help but choked up.

"What? What do you say? How can I leave my young master..." After hearing this, Pang De's forehead burst into blue veins and he roared like thunder.

"Come here, lead me to the war horse, I want to save the young master." Pang De was furious and hurriedly picked up the big knife in the tent and rushed out.

"Ling Ming, please calm down." Zhang Liao hurriedly grabbed Pang De and dissuaded him.

"Calm down? How do you let me calm down? It's not your brother in danger now, it's me, it's my brother, do you know?" Pang De shook Zhang Liao away with one hand and roared at him angrily.

Zhang Liao showed a broad side at this moment. He didn't care about Pang De's roar, but instead grabbed him again and shouted: "Ling Ming, we don't know what danger Brother Ma is facing now. We still have to understand the matter clearly before we can make a countermeasure. If we go rashly, what can we make up for the matter?"

After hearing this, Pang De had to calm down. Zhang Liao arranged soldiers to bandage the wounds for the three of them, and said, "You will explain the specific situation in detail, and there must be no omissions."

The three of them then took turns to tell the situation before leaving. Zhang Liao nodded while listening, as if he was thinking about something.

Pang De was so angry that after hearing what happened, he shouted again: "It's obvious that Meng Qi is stranded in the city at this moment and will inevitably encounter a disaster. No, I must go and save him."

"Don't act recklessly." Zhang Liao grabbed Pang De and shouted loudly.

"What do you mean? If you want to go or not, I will take my subordinates and brothers there. If you want to stop me again, be careful that I will turn against you." Pang De glared at Zhang Liao and struggled hard.

"Ling Ming, if you want to kill Brother Ma, then go." Zhang Liao also became angry and looked at him with anger.

When Pang De heard what he said, his aura became weaker and he said in confusion: "Wenyuan, what do you mean?"

Zhang Liao immediately said, "Brother Ma is very skilled in martial arts and is smart. Since he has taken the risk of staying, he may have a way to escape. On the contrary, if he is surrounded, even if we kill him at this time, it will be useless. Instead, it will destroy all the lives of us and our brothers. I think Brother Ma will not want to see such a situation."

"A more important point is that Brother Ma really escaped. Although he has not yet met us, he must be hiding somewhere in the city. If we rashly go to attack the city at this moment, wouldn't we tell the enemy that Brother Ma is in the city?"

"On the contrary, if we don't move, the enemy would think that Brother Ma had quietly left the city. In this way, they would gradually relax their search under suspicion. However, if our troops move, Dong Zhuo will definitely realize that Brother Ma is still in the city. In this way, he will search for it in large quantities, which will put Brother Ma in a more dangerous situation. So now I advocate that the army will rest for a while, send soldiers first, sneak into the city secretly, inquire about the news, and then decide on the way to rescue it."

After Zhang Liao's analysis, he finally convinced Pang De that after he pondered, he had to accept this condition.

At the same time, the scouts sent out in the camp brought back the news that Ma Chao jumped into the river to escape the next night.

After learning about the news, Pang De was ecstatic and apologized to Zhang Liao for his impulse that day. However, Zhang Liao just smiled faintly and did not take it seriously.

Gao Shun also woke up under the treatment. After learning about the whole situation, he immediately agreed with Zhang Liao's view and added a few points, saying: "At present, we have less than 3,000 troops, so it is definitely not enough to attack the city. Stay here. Once Dong Zhuo recovers, he will definitely send a large army to conquer. Besides, the food in the army will be exhausted. In addition, we will stay here for a long time, Dong Zhuo will definitely wake up that Brother Ma is still in the city."

"So I think now, we must take the banner of Brother Ma, follow the original opinions of Brother Ma, and go to Hanoi, elect the Empress Dowager, summon the princes of the world, and lead the army to challenge Dong, so that Dong Zhuo's attention can be restrained, and it can also aggravate Dong Zhuo's suspicion, making him think that Brother Ma has already met us and headed to Hanoi."

"Liao believes that these points put forward by Brother Gao are completely feasible." While Zhang Liao was thinking about it, he also felt that it was indeed a feasible strategy.

"You can withdraw, but I must stay." Although Pang De also felt that their plan was feasible, in terms of relationship, he really could not convince himself to leave. Unless he saw Ma Chao, he would never leave.

When Zhang Liao wanted to persuade him again, Gao Shun shook his head and stopped him because he also felt that there was a need for someone to take charge near Luoyang, and Pang De was obviously suitable.

"Ling Ming, since this is the case, it is good for you to lead your soldiers to disguise themselves as people and wait for news outside the city, but remember that you must not be reckless. Moreover, you have a strange body. Many people in Dong Zhuo's army know you, and you must not show off easily, otherwise you will lose the life of Brother Ma." Gao Shun did not know Pang De, nor did he know the friendship between him and Ma Chao. When he met him like a bull, he was particularly impulsive, and he thought that this was his nature.

Pang De didn't want to explain more, but just nodded solemnly and bowed: "Two, take care of yourself, there will be a date later!"

"Take care!" Zhang Liao and the others said goodbye to him, packed up the camp, and quietly headed to Hanoi after midnight.

When Ma Chao woke up in the cave, it was already the moon in the sky, and there were a few stars hanging in the sky. At this time, the tranquility had been restored to Luoyang City.

After sleeping for more than half a day, Ma Chao's physical strength recovered a lot, and the wounds on his body were no longer bleeding, but the severe pain and hunger all over his body were still with him at all times.

Resisting the pain and hunger, Ma Chao took advantage of the night and walked out of the cave, distinguished the direction, and walked towards Zhuque Street in the east of the city. There seemed to be a curfew in the city. Ma Chao did not meet anyone along the way, but there were soldiers inspecting in the city from time to time passing by.

Most of the people Ma Chao picked up were walking in dark alleys, thus avoiding the patrol teams of soldiers. After gritting their teeth and supporting them to an alley behind Zhuque Street, Ma Chao was hiding in the darkness. Listening to the footsteps of a group of soldiers, after going far away, he hurriedly climbed up the big tree in the alley.
Chapter completed!