Appointing and removing grassroots officers in the military is also a very sensitive issue.

At that time, most of the officers were from aristocratic families, and they all brought their own troops and equipment. If they were not at fault, the generals would not replace them at will.

Although these five thousand troops were Zhang Fei's headquarters, 70% of the grassroots officers were arranged by Liu Bei, and the remaining 30% were mainly the suicide squads used by Zhang Fei to charge.

More than ten grassroots officers were replaced at once, and many families of all sizes were involved, which caused even greater impact.

Not to mention whether the children of the aristocratic families who were dissatisfied would be dissatisfied and replaced a large number of officers. Even Liu Bei would be afraid of it!

Because among these officers, many of them were Liu Bei's spies, and Zhang Fei wanted to completely control the army, which was the rhythm of rebellion!

Even Zhang Fei dared not touch the children of those aristocratic families at will, nor did he dare to make Liu Bei suspicious.

Therefore, if Ma Su wants his subordinates to enjoy the treatment they deserve, he must make their contributions public, which is inconsistent with his original intention. He originally wanted to give the contributions to Zhang Fei.

This time, Wu Deng was awarded a reward with Zhang Fei, and he made little contributions in intelligence.

But his identity is not enough to have a direct conversation with Zhang Fei. He can only write a letter to Ma Su and ask him to negotiate with Zhang Fei in person, so that these spies can be properly arranged.

After reading Wu Deng's letter, Ma Su, based on his understanding of Zhang He's ability, did not think that after this defeat, Zhang He would lose his military power and would probably be valued by Cao Cao.

Ma Su originally wanted to let these undercovers come back after the Battle of Hanzhong ended. Now that the battle of Liu Bei's attack on Hanzhong has not yet begun, those spies may be useful at critical moments, so naturally they don't want them to come back now.

Ma Su made up his mind and wrote back to Wu Deng, asking his confidants to continue to follow Zhang He. After the lord occupied Hanzhong, he would reward them with merits and make proper arrangements.

In Xiliang for several years, Ma Su was not busy in vain. Although he was now in a state of no official position, the businesses he established in Xiliang were at the bottom of the bottom because of the large amount of military funds and wealth he stolen from Wancheng. With the strong capital, Ma Jianhe's careful management, the profits were very considerable.

Ma Su's own wealth also increased rapidly, and the soldiers under his command sacrificed their lives to follow him in order to make money as an official.

Ma Su naturally would not treat them unfairly to his loyal subordinates. If he could not find any official position for them, he would still be able to make them rich with his current financial resources!

After the sender left, Ma Su picked up the "Dream Book" and read it again.

I suddenly saw the "Lost Jieting" I recorded in. The main general who was facing Ma Su happened to be Zhang He.

Ma Su had a sudden inspiration and felt that letting those spies follow Zhang He may not be a good move, and may come in handy.

So Ma Su immediately instructed Xing Daorong to reward each of the soldiers under Zhang He who were undercover, and to reward each of them with a hundred acres of good land, and after they came back, they would reward them according to their merits.

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Cao Hong led the army to rescue Zhang He. Halfway through the way, he heard that Zhang He had lost Wakou Pass. He wanted to lead the army to advance quickly, but took advantage of Zhang Fei's foothold and regaining the pass.

But after walking for less than a few miles, Cao Hong asked the army to stop moving forward because he was very familiar with Zhang Fei and was very afraid of it.

Although Cao Hong had some opinions about Zhang He, he still agreed with Zhang He's ability. Whether it was martial arts or military leadership, he was above him, and all the 30,000 elite troops were ruined by Zhang Fei.

This time he only brought an army of 30,000. If he faced Zhang Fei, the ending might not be stronger than Zhang He. Therefore, he decided to stand firm and wait for assistance and lead his troops back to Nanzheng City.

Zhang He led less than a hundred soldiers to meet Cao Hong's army, hoping that Cao Hong would help him regain Wakou Pass.

But Cao Hong's army was not here until a few days later, when he walked into Nanzheng City, he met the head coach Cao Hong.

Cao Hong retreated without fighting, feeling a little cowardly. He wanted to give Zhang He a warning and vent his anger on Zhang He. Seeing that there were only dozens of people left under him, he scolded him:

"You have led 30,000 elite troops and lost all the troops in just a few months, lost several important pass strongholds, putting the entire Hanzhong in danger. You have not died at your own risk, so why are you coming back?"

Although Zhang He was defeated, he captured all the pass strongholds himself. The 30,000 army, 20,000 of which were the surrendered troops and young men whom he incorporated. He was quite dissatisfied with Cao Hong's accusations and just kept silent to protest.

Cao Hong was waiting for Zhang He to surrender, but Zhang He just didn't say anything. Cao Hong couldn't help but be furious and ordered him to be executed.

As a major general under Cao Cao, Zhang He followed Cao Cao in the east and west to fight and made many contributions.

Although Cao Hong is a member of Cao Cao's clan, his status is not much higher than that of Zhang He and he does not have the right to kill the general without authorization. Sima Guo Huai, the marching, saw that it was not good to end, so he came forward in time to plead:

"General, it is easy to obtain three armies, but it is hard to find one general. Although Zhang He was guilty, he was a favored general by the King of Wei and could not be punished. He could use another five thousand soldiers to let him directly seize Jiameng Pass and move Liu Bei's troops everywhere, and Hanzhong would be safe. If he fails, report to the Prime Minister and punish both crimes."

Cao Hong knew that he was not good at explaining to Cao Cao when he killed Zhang He, but it was useless to keep Zhang He under his command. Instead, it caused trouble. He followed suit and allocated five thousand troops to Zhang He, allowing him to attack Jiameng Pass and disrupt Liu Bei's deployment.

Zhang He had no choice, nor did he want to be upset by Cao Hong's hands, so he took the order and left.

The guards of Jiameng Pass Meng Da and Huo Jun have been working together to defend Jiameng Pass for several years.

Originally, Huo Jun was the main general of guarding the pass, but after Liu Bei pacified Xichuan, he rewarded him according to his merits. Because of Fazheng, Meng Da's position was above Huo Jun, and he became the main general in turn, and Huo Jun was the deputy general.

Since Ma Chao attacked Jiameng Pass, Liu Bei wanted to prevent Zhang Lu's attack, and the number of defenders in Jiameng Pass has increased to 5,000.

As long as you guard the pass, even if you attack ten times the military force, you cannot capture Jiameng Pass in a short time, and it is easy to stick to the reinforcements.

Knowing that Zhang He was leading his troops, Meng Dachu was the main general and wanted to show the authority of the main general, he asked Huo Jun to discuss it together.

Huo Jun is a steady person and it is recommended that he stay unstoppable and wait for Cao's army to slack off before making any decisions.

Meng Da was the leader for the first time, so he naturally wanted to show his talents and insisted on going out of seclusion to meet the enemy.

Huo Jun could not persuade Meng Da, and the two acted separately. Huo Jun led two thousand troops to stay at the pass, and Meng Da led three thousand troops out of the pass to meet the enemy.

Meng Da has been playing soybean under Fa Zheng's hands, and now he has finally stood alone, thinking that it is not difficult to defeat Zhang He by his own literary and martial arts.

But when we marched and fought, we still couldn't do it. Meng Da was full of confidence. He fought against Zhang He at Xiaguan. He first defeated him and fought for less than ten rounds. He was defeated and returned to his original formation.

Meng Da was embarrassed and angry. He fought in a mess. He was defeated by Zhang He. All three thousand troops were defeated, and he was also pursued by Zhang He.

Fortunately, Huo Jun saw Meng Da’s crisis and immediately responded to him, so he brought Meng Da into the pass, leaving only hundreds of remaining troops.

Now there are only two thousand soldiers left in Jiameng Pass, and the troops are in short supply. In addition, Zhang He is eager to make contributions and attacks are very urgent. Huo Jun doesn't care what Meng Da means, and urgently applies for documents to Chengdu for help.

Zhuge Liang stayed in Chengdu. When he saw Huo Jun's request for help, he did not dare to make a decision without authorization, so he quickly sent it to Liu Bei, who was fighting in Ba County.
Chapter completed!