A knife in love

Chapter 956

Li Qiufeng smiled slightly, thinking in his heart that people should be more careful when they are in a foreign land.Some merchants felt disgusted after listening to shopkeeper He's words, but it was not surprising.If I didn't have martial arts, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to drink tea in this Weijia teahouse in such a grand manner.

When he was in the capital, he had also seen Jin Yiwei arrest shopkeepers who entrap foreign merchants, so he was no stranger to these deceptive tricks.It's just that I just met this old man surnamed Hou for the first time, but I didn't want to talk to him too much, so I dealt with it a few words.It just so happened that the buddy brought a pot of tea, poured another cup for him, said "use it slowly", and ran to greet other guests.

Li Qiufeng just smelled the aroma of tea outside the shop, it was really refreshing.But a pot of Shuoyuechun was placed in front of her eyes, the tea in the cup was light green in color, it looked extremely clear, but she couldn't smell the fragrance of tea.He thought to himself, could it be that this Weijia teahouse deliberately made tea fragrance at the door to attract passers-by, and when the guests ordered tea, what was served was old tea and bad tea?

Seeing Li Qiufeng looking down at the teacup on the table, the old man surnamed Hou guessed what Li Qiufeng was thinking, and said with a smile: "This Shuoyuechun tea has a restrained aroma, and it is a gentleman among teas. You are just like this." If you stare at it, you will naturally not know the benefits of this tea."

Li Qiufeng was startled, glanced at the old man surnamed Hou, and said, "Thank you for your advice." After speaking, he picked up the teacup and took a sip from his lips.After drinking the tea, I only felt the fragrance of my mouth and mouth, and I couldn't help but praise: "Good tea, really good tea!"

The old man surnamed Hou laughed and said, "It's a pity that you didn't eat stewed meat, otherwise, when a gentleman in this tea encounters the fragrance of stewed meat, it will be like a beautiful woman drinking half a cup of fine wine, and the aroma will become more intense."

Li Qiufeng saw that the old man's conversation was good, and he secretly marveled in his heart.I thought to myself that the old man said he was strange, but I thought the old man was even more strange.In this remote place, it is indeed rare to meet such a man with a bit of literati demeanor.It's just that although the old man speaks elegantly, he often includes one or two sentences of folk slang, or even swearing, in the ten sentences, which makes people a little confused.

Li Qiufeng spoke a few words with the old man, and overheard the storyteller say "Ma Mengqi", he was startled, stopped talking, turned his head and looked forward.The storyteller was a middle-aged man in his 40s. His gray robe was a bit worn out, but it was washed clean and looked very neat.This man had a square face, with slanted eyebrows, a high nose bridge, thin lips, and no beard under his chin.I saw him holding the folding fan in his right hand, sometimes using the folding fan as a weapon, sometimes replacing it with a jade gui, and when it came to the rise, he was even more delighted and joyful.

When Li Qiufeng was on duty in Jinyiwei in the capital, he had nothing to do on weekdays. He liked to listen to stories in the teahouses and restaurants on the Gaoliang River outside the city.At this time, sitting in a small teahouse in Xiuwu County thousands of miles away from the capital, I can actually listen to people's stories. Thinking about the five years in the capital, it feels like a world away.

The storyteller is talking about the part of Cao Cao's westward expedition in the story of the Three Kingdoms.It is said that Xiliang Ma Teng is loyal to the Han Dynasty and always wants to get rid of Cao Cao Cao Mengde who controls the government.Later, Guo uncle Dong accepted Emperor Xian's clothes belt edict, and privately contacted Ma Teng, Liu Bei and others, preparing to kill Cao Cao and return to Emperor Xian.Unexpectedly, the news leaked out, Cao Cao killed Dong Cheng and others, but escaped Liu Bei and Ma Teng.Ma Chao, Ma Mengqi, the son of Ma Teng, was brave and invincible, and his power shocked the world. Everyone at that time thought he was a fierce general who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Lu Bu.Ma's father and son ruled Xiliang separately, and the tiger watched Guanzhong. Cao Cao was like a stab in his throat, and he always wanted to destroy Ma and his son.Later, Cao Cao ordered Xuan Ma Teng and his son to go to Beijing to face the saints, hoping to lure Ma and his son to Xudu, and then kill them to avoid future troubles.Ma Chao persuaded Ma Teng not to go to Beijing to avoid being murdered by Cao Cao.However, Ma Teng wanted to take the opportunity to lead troops into Beijing, imitate Dong Zhuo's story, attack and kill Cao Cao, and revive the Han Dynasty.He left Ma Chao to guard Xiliang, and took his two sons, nephew Ma Dai, and [-] Xiliang cavalry to Xudu.As a result, he was ambushed by Cao Cao outside the city of Xudu, and Ma Teng and his two sons were captured and killed. Only Ma Dai fled back to Xiliang.

When Ma Chao learned that his father had been killed, he was frightened and angry. He immediately united with Xiliang general Han Sui and others, and sent troops to attack the Central Plains.Cao Jun in Guanzhong couldn't resist Ma Chao's Xiliang iron cavalry, so he had to ask Cao Cao for help.Cao Cao personally led the army to the west to capture and kill Ma Chao and completely remove the threat of the Xiliang army to the Central Plains.The two sides fought in Tongguan, and Cao Jun was defeated. Cao Cao was forced by Ma Chao to cut off his robe and beard in the chaos of the army, and escaped with his life.Later, Cao Cao set up an ambush in the camp, trying to capture Ma Chao alive who had come to rob the camp.Unexpectedly, Ma Chao was brave and invincible. Although he was trapped in a heavy siege, he led the Xiliang iron cavalry to defeat the ambush and forced Cao to the Weishui River.At a critical juncture, Xu Chu, a general under Cao Cao's tent, protected Cao Cao and snatched a boat to rescue Cao Cao, so he was not captured by Ma Chao.Afterwards, Cao Cao stuck to the camp, and Ma Chao flaunted his power outside Cao Cao's camp every day, yelling and challenging.Cao Cao allowed him to insult him, but kept holding up his exemption card.The generals under the tent refused to accept it and asked Cao Cao for orders to fight, but Cao Cao could not insist.The generals thought that Cao Cao had cut off his beard and robe, and that the Weihe River was in danger, and they were frightened by Ma Chao, and they all laughed at Cao Cao's timidity.

When the storyteller mentioned this passage, he tapped the folding fan on the table lightly, and said in his mouth: "Everyone, judges, do you think that such a villain as Cao A is not afraid of Liu Xuande and Sun Zhongmou, so how can he be afraid of Ma Mengqi? Can a brave and foolish boy fail? The reason why he is so pretentious is to wait for a good opportunity to wipe out the Xiliang iron cavalry in one fell swoop. Later, reinforcements from Xiliang continued to arrive, and Cao Jun's generals and advisers became more and more worried. It's just that Every time someone reported that Ma Chao had received news that Xiliang soldiers and horses were helping each other, Cao Mengde laughed instead of being surprised. The generals and counselors were puzzled and asked why, but Cao Mengde just laughed and did not answer. Until the Xiliang army gathered twenty With more than ten thousand soldiers, Cao Mengde gathered all the generals to discuss the strategy of sending troops. The generals and counselors were puzzled, and someone asked, Ma Mengqi had no more than 20 troops when he raised his troops, and the prime minister had ten times as many troops as the bandits. The camp was closed, and Xiliang soldiers and horses were allowed to show off their power in front of the camp. Now Xiliang soldiers and horses have gathered in large numbers, reaching [-] people, and horse thieves are adding wings to a tiger. The decisive battle of the Liang army is really puzzling.

"After Cao Mengde heard this, he laughed loudly, and said in his mouth, Ma Chao is brave and intrepid. Although he has defeated our army several times, he is nothing to worry about. What I worry about is that the rebels will occupy all parts of Xiliang. It will take at least ten years to attack them one by one. Now Liu Bei occupies the two prefectures of Jing and Yi, and Sun Quan separates the Jiangdong, looking at the Central Plains. The two thieves always want to attack Xudu. If we use large-scale troops in Xiliang, It is giving Liu Bei and Sun Quan a good opportunity to attack Xudu. Therefore, our army can't stick to it, and the two thieves Liu and Sun can't figure out our intentions, so they dare not use troops to plot Xudu. And the rebels everywhere in Xiliang When the thieves saw that our army was closed and did not fight, they naturally thought that Ma Chao was in power, and they would definitely want to take advantage of the fire to loot, so they rushed to help Ma Chao and his son. If these Xiliang grasshoppers fought on their own, they would all be extremely tough. If they can fight, they will fight, but if they cannot If you go away, it will be extremely difficult to kill them. But if you gather in one place, you will inevitably be wary of each other, and internal strife will easily arise. Although the number of troops and horses has increased greatly, their combat power has dropped greatly. Moreover, the land of Xiliang is barren Insufficient food and grass, they can only rely on looting to maintain military supplies. Now that the rebels have come to Tongguan, they have lost their foundation in Xiliang, and if they don’t have enough food and grass, they will be defeated by our army. Our army waited for work and lured the rebels from all over Xiliang to one In this place, we can take advantage of these rebels gathering in one place, growing filthy, and running out of food and grass, to annihilate them all, cut the grass and roots, and eliminate future troubles!"

Li Qiufeng was familiar with the story of the Three Kingdoms when he was in the capital, and the plot of the characters was clear to his chest.When he saw the storyteller talking happily, he was quite funny at first, and he thought to himself, although this person spoke well, he followed the scriptures, which was a bit blunt.It is far from the story of the Three Kingdoms told by Huang Tiezui of Gaolianghe.It was only later that I heard that Cao Cao did not fight behind closed doors, and lured all the rebels from all over Xiliang to Guanzhong, intending to take advantage of the fact that the other side was dirty and the food and grass were not available, and wiped out the Xiliang iron cavalry in one fell swoop.He had heard this story in Gaolianghe before, and at that time he only thought that Cao Cao was treacherous and Ma Chao had little plan, so he couldn't help but sigh.Listening to this story again at this time, my heart suddenly moved, and a thought suddenly jumped out.In an instant, as if struck by lightning, his hands and feet felt cold, and he thought to himself: "I'm so stupid, why didn't I expect the enemy to come up with such a poisonous plan?!"

(End of this chapter)