Pang De was a capable general in the Western Liang Army, one of his right-hand men, and knew everything he had done during this time.
If he really let Pang De go to Ye City and discover that the Son of Heaven was not being held hostage, Pang De would surely report his schemes with Tian Feng to the throne.
So he would not let Pang De leave, no matter what.
He was different from Pang De. He had no loyalty to speak of toward that Son of Heaven; all he wanted was to hold a territory of his own and become a regional lord.
He did not care in the slightest whether Lü Bu was holding the Son of Heaven hostage.
"Very well."
Hearing this, Pang De could only abandon the idea.
Ma Chao changed the subject. "You were right just now. This really isn't the time to send out troops. Let's keep reorganizing the army."
As long as he united the Western Liang Army, even if he lost Bing Province, even if he could not advance into Hebei, he could still dominate Liang Province and Guanzhong without having to bow to anyone's wishes!
Jinyang, Bing Province.
After Lü Bu and Zhang Liao's army made camp outside the city, they never launched an attack. Instead, they busied themselves felling trees and building Torsion Catapults and other Siege Weapons.
Besides that, they openly drilled their troops.
Over ten thousand troops drilled amid the ice and snow, and all of Jinyang City could hear their earthshaking battle cries as they trained.
Atop Jinyang's city wall.
Gao Gan rested his hands on the icy battlements, staring fixedly at the Han Army troops drilling with fiery vigor in the snow outside the city. He never looked away for a moment.
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