Chapter 346: Liu Bian

Ma Chao, seeing Pang De's resentful wife-like expression, could not help but smile.

"Haha, Lingming, this matter cannot be blamed on me; it was all luck, who knew E He and Yan Xing would both choose to break out from the back!"

"However, with their strength, I'm afraid even if you really met them, you wouldn't necessarily be able to take them down!"

Ma Chao, although comforting Pang De, could not hide the pride in his eyes.

Seeing Ma Chao's proud expression, Pang De immediately turned around.

He was afraid he would not be able to resist going up and giving him a punch!

"Alright, you have all made great contributions to achieving such a great victory; hurry and clean up the battlefield, we cannot stay too long."

Ma Teng, seeing the expressions of the two, hurriedly interrupted their argument.

Now was not the time to argue. Han Sui should also be arriving at Yunwu City soon.

Next, they still had a hard battle to fight!

"This subordinate obeys!"

The few stopped arguing immediately, cupped their hands solemnly to Ma Teng, and went to arrange for people to clean up the battlefield.

At this time, Liu Bian had already arranged the affairs of Anding Commandery; at this time, he was leading forty thousand troops toward Fuping City in Beidi Commandery.

As for the remaining thirty thousand troops, among them, Cao Cao's twenty thousand Xiyuan Eight Captains personnel were arranged by him to go to Hanyang Commandery, Wudu Commandery, and Longxi Commandery.

These three commanderies had no powerful martial forces stationed, and with Cao Cao's ability and an army of twenty thousand third-rate martial generals, recovering these three commanderies was not a problem.

And the remaining ten thousand Xiliang troops were arranged by him to attack Niyang City in Beidi Commandery; the ones leading the army were the two brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who had broken through to the Postnatal Second Heaven.

These two, ever since being arranged by Liu Bian under Lü Bu's command, had been spending their time in cultivation.

And at this time, their strength had also successfully broken through to the Postnatal Second Heaven realm.

This time, Liu Bian specially arranged for the two to go and attack Niyang City; anyone with a discerning eye could see that Liu Bian wanted to reuse these two.

However, regarding this, others were not jealous of the two; after all, the strength of Guan Yu and the others was there!

In the entire Xiliang Army, besides the commander Lü Bu, whose strength had reached the Postnatal Third Heaven, the strength of others had not yet reached the Postnatal Realm!

That is, Gao Shun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and the seven of the eight generals under Lü Bu besides Zhang Liao.

Therefore, everyone in the army was also quite impressed with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who had joined later.

"Fengxiao, how long do you think Mengde and the others will take to take Longxi three commanderies?"

Liu Bian, who was riding a horse with the army, asked Guo Jia, who was also riding a black war horse beside him.

"Your Majesty, with General Cao's strength, this minister guesses that ten days will be enough to take these three commanderies."

Facing Liu Bian's inquiry, Guo Jia appeared very indifferent and replied confidently to Liu Bian.

"Hahaha, if Mengde can really take Longxi three commanderies within ten days, then we have hope of taking the entire Liangzhou within a month!"

Regarding Cao Cao and the others acting alone, this was decided by Liu Bian and Guo Jia and the others after discussion these past two days.

"Hehehe, what Your Majesty said is very true; before, it was mainly because of intelligence, if we had known their troop deployment earlier, we would have split the army long ago!"

Guo Jia looked at Liu Bian, who was full of smiles, and also explained.

"Fengxiao is right; if I had established the Shadow Guard earlier, we wouldn't have waited until now to dare to split the army into three routes."

The earlier Liu Bian had wanted to split the army, but because everyone was not clear about the strength of various places in Liangzhou, they did not dare to act rashly.

Now, the Shadow Guard had already taken initial shape, and the entire Liangzhou was under its control.

Only then did everyone dare to split the army, and Cao Cao's marching route was to start from Anding Commandery and head toward Jincheng Commandery.

Along the way, Hanyang Commandery, Wudu Commandery, and Longxi Commandery were all targets he wanted to attack.

"Wenhe, have the Shadow Guards in Niyang City and Fuping City been arranged?"

Liu Bian asked Jia Xu beside him.

Before setting out, the few had already discussed that they would fully utilize the role of the Shadow Guard this time.

They would have the Shadow Guard spread the events that happened in Linjing City to the various cities in Beidi Commandery occupied by Xu Rong.

Imprinting Liu Bian's wise image into the hearts of the people of Liangzhou.

Now, the person who could save them was the emperor of the Han Empire.

They spread the sweet potatoes distributed to the people of Sili, as well as the corn planted by the people of Linjing City, to all parts of Liangzhou.

These two food crops had extremely high yields and short growth cycles, and could be used as staple food.

If promoted to all parts of Liangzhou, it could not only solve the local food and clothing problems but also promote economic development and population growth.

In this way, the strength of the Liangzhou region would be greatly improved.

However, for other cities, this was not good news.

Because they did not master this food and technology; if the strength of the Liangzhou region was allowed to increase, then their status would be threatened.

Therefore, the commoners in these cities would definitely be panicked after hearing this news.

After all, everyone wanted to live a better life, and now that an opportunity was before them, they naturally would not let it go.

In this way, the commoners in these cities would definitely make a scene, and this would just give Liu Bian a chance.

By then, working with the Shadow Guards already lurking in the city, taking control of the city gate would be much simpler.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty; now, in all the major cities of Liangzhou, Shadow Guard personnel have been arranged; as long as our army arrives,"

"they will work with us from inside and outside, and this minister has already had Tai'a arrange a Postnatal Realm person in each city; controlling the city gate is not a problem."

Jia Xu smiled confidently and replied confidently to Liu Bian and the others.

Subsequently, he introduced: "Moreover, our personnel have already spread the events that happened in Linjing City to all the cities."

"Now, in some cities, many commoners have begun to gather in front of the City Lord's Mansion, demanding that they surrender to the imperial court to seek food seeds that can be planted."

"In this way, as long as the commoners' hearts are toward the imperial court, then for us, it is a great good thing."

Jia Xu introduced the news sent by the Shadow Guard these days to everyone again.

"This is indeed good news; in this way, as long as we take these cities, we can quickly control them."

"By the way, is there any movement from Xu Rong in Fuping City?"

Liu Bian was quite satisfied with the news reported by Jia Xu, and after listening, he asked about Xu Rong's news.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this minister is just about to report this to Your Majesty; Xu Rong is still the same as before."

"And, according to the news sent by the Shadow Guard, Xu Rong might surrender to us."

"His relationship with Dong Zhuo was not very good to begin with, and after seeing our powerful strength, he had even less intention of resisting."

"This minister suggests that this minister go and persuade Xu Rong to surrender!"

Jia Xu expressed his thoughts to Liu Bian. ===== CHAPTER 347 =====