Chapter 1140

To win Chang'an is of great benefit.

In fact, Ma Teng has been interested for a long time, but he still hesitates.

Chang'an has been operated by Xiliang for a long time, and has never experienced war, so it is not easy to fight down.

Ma Chao can't fight with tens of thousands of people. If he sends out a large army, the loss will be too great, and it's not worth it at all.

"Now, we are still short of troops, and we need to hoard food and grass. In the west, we may be here in a year or two at most." Said marten.

On Ma Teng's side, there is no shortage of military pay at all. Relying on the Silk Road, he has developed well in Liangzhou.

It's just that we haven't been prepared enough.

He needed all the food and grass from the East, but only Zhang Yu's caravan was willing to sell them.

Zhang Yu's caravans charge a high price, and they like to bring high-value things from afar. He doubled the price of grain, and the caravans from the East are not willing to bring them.

It is very simple to transport tea and Baijiu, and make more money, and the profit is high. The grain is heavy, and the transportation is heavy, the consumption is slow, and the profit is low.

"Father, if Zhang Yu defeats Cao Cao, he will occupy Chang'an directly. Then we will have no chance."

Ma Chao continues to persuade him that he can't let go of this opportunity.

Ma Teng's pursuit of stability is not hard to guess.

If they lose too much, Zhang Yu will come to Chang'an in half a year or a year, and then he won't even have time to recover.

More than 200000 elite soldiers of their own can persist for a year or two as they are now. When the army from the West comes, they will have no worries.

Marten deals with the Empire in the West. He knows the power of that empire.

A sea is their inner lake, vast territory, large population, and even soldiers are very sharp.

Ma Teng even thought that with their support, he could even attack Zhang Yu.

In this case, the most important thing is to stick to it. If you stick to it for a long time, you can compete with Zhang Yu.

If he was destroyed early, what if the Empire in the West didn't have time to support him.

Marten sat still, thinking all the time.

"The risk is too big. Zhang Yu is progressing too fast. We have no time to respond. We should send people to the West for help immediately."

"Even if we take down Chang'an and Zhang Yu attacks from Bingzhou, what's the use of Chang'an? It's better to keep our troops. In Liangzhou, we can compete with Zhang Yu."

Ma Chao is silent. Even if they can keep Chang'an, Zhang Yu attacks from Bingzhou and directly cuts off the connection between Chang'an and Liangzhou. At that time, Chang'an will be a burden.

"Father, what we lack most is time. It's enough to fight for one and a half years for us." Ma Chao said: "that Zhang Yu is lustful. It's not as good as our marriage. As long as we hold off for a while, once the soldiers and horses from the west arrive, we will win naturally."

Ma Teng is so brilliant that he marries Ma Yunlu and Zhang Yu.

Ma Teng is a little reluctant. He still dotes on his daughter.

"Father, it's enough to delay Zhang Yu's marriage for a year and a half. If Zhang Yu doesn't know our plan, he will cut off our goods immediately. Liangzhou will be so poor that he can't support hundreds of thousands of troops."

"We may not want Chang'an, but this is a great opportunity. If we occupy Chang'an, even if we plunder it, we can move the population here."

As soon as Ma Chao said it, Ma Teng was moved.

"Well, I'll give you 80000 elite soldiers, but our troops can't lose too much. Once we have no chance, we must retreat immediately. In addition, I can give up my letter and beg for surrender, and marry my daughter to Zhang Yu. He won't refuse. If we don't surrender for another year and a half, Zhang Yu will be cheated."

Ma Teng struggled for a while, his daughter and overlord, he chose overlord.

Ma Chao is glad to get ready immediately.

Ma Chao rushed out and met Ma Yunlu.

"Brother, where are you going?" Ma Yunlu asked.

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, but he quickly responded and said, "my father intends to surrender to Zhang Yu and let me take Chang'an and make a nomination."

This time it's Ma Yunlu's turn to be stunned, but she knows Ma Teng's plan with Ma Chao.

At the moment of Ma Yunlu's stupor, Ma Chao quickly slipped away.

Marten asked him to go to war, where would he delay.

Ma Yunlu doubts and plans to go to Ma Teng for confirmation.

Ma Yunlu found Ma Teng and said, "father, my elder brother just said that he was going to attack Chang'an?"

Ma Teng nodded silently, then said: "we are too poor here. Chang'an is a good place. Cao Cao has no virtue. It's a good chance to take Chang'an."

Ma Yunlu's heart is cold. The two people's opinions are different, so it's not the same thing.

Ma Yunlu leaned over and said, "my father thinks that Chang'an is really a good place."

Ma Yunlu left, but he was even more uneasy.

Ma Chao is not going to attack Chang'an to surrender to Zhang Yu.

If they are allowed to fight down, their strength will be greatly increased, plus the support of the Western Empire

Ma Yunlu can't imagine.

She tried to get information, and she was able to get some information. Recently, Ma Teng accelerated her progress.

Ma Yunlu felt that he had to take the risk to inquire about the news and then pass it on to Zhang Yu.

Her affairs have not been exposed, but she opposed several times before, Ma Teng and Ma Chao did not let her participate in many things.

Ma Yunlu didn't deliver the news of Ma Chao's attack on Chang'an. He dispatched tens of thousands of people, and Zhang Yu was soon able to find out.

Ma Yunlu walks around and looks around. No one dares to stop her.

Two days later, Ma Yunlu got some information.

Ma Teng ordered that grain and grass be purchased vigorously.

There is only one channel for him to purchase grain and grass, which requires a price increase before merchants can send them from the East.

In the past, Ma Teng would purchase slowly, and then increase the operation of his own site.

But this time the merchants were called in and asked to organize other people to purchase.

With such a big move and Ma Chao's attack on Chang'an, the Empire in the west is about to take action.

Sure enough, after another two days of inquiry, he received the news that Ma Teng sent messengers to the West.

Needless to say, it's time for action.

Ma Yunlu sent someone to secretly pass the news on.

At the same time, she began to inquire about the granaries.

If the enemy in the West comes to kill, as long as they burn food and grass, everything will be solved. Without food and grass, the Empire will be useless no matter how strong it is.

Over the years, for the sake of trade, people on both sides have set up more than ten large supply points on the silk road.

All the caravans can go to these places to supply.

Most of them are grain and fresh water.

This greatly facilitates the communication between the East and the West.

This is also the reason why Zhang Yu never attacked Ma Teng.

It's not easy to build these supply points. With these things, we can reduce a lot of danger.

When passing through the desert, the most important thing is fresh water. If there are several points where fresh water can be supplied, the danger will be greatly reduced.