My husband Zhuge Kongming

Chapter 585 583. Pre-war meeting (please subscribe for monthly tickets)

Before Liu Bei had time to gather everyone, a servant came to report that Ma Chao, the general in charge and the Marquis of Duting, wanted to see him.

So Liu Bei's eyes lit up, Ma Chao stopped in Luoyang for more than a month, and finally came to Xuchang!

He came before the war and could be assigned tasks, so he hurried out to meet Ma Chao.

Outside the general's mansion.

Ma Chao couldn't help but feel his stomach growl when he saw the clean and tidy streets outside, the people coming and going, listened to the lively shouts, and smelled the fragrance coming from the streets from time to time.

Originally, he planned to come to Xuchang last month, but he was captured by Guan Yu.

Needless to say, the two competed against each other. He could not defeat Guan Yu at this time, but he also won the respect of his Liangzhou army, but he only lost a few moves to Guan Yu.

Later, I helped with the summer harvest, plowed the fields, and started planting soybeans. Then, when the dock construction was a little overdue, I grabbed the Liangzhou Army and went with them.

At first, there were still some dissatisfied members of the Liangzhou army.

But later, when I saw Guan Yu taking off his armor and working together, I no longer complained.

Ma Chao was puzzled and asked Guan Yu why he had to do it himself.

Guan Yu replied, "My brother and I grew up in humble beginnings and are well aware of the hardships of farming. There are many fertile fields near Luoyang. Just relying on the people alone, even with the agricultural tools provided by the merchants, is far from enough. Over the years, The war has left countless widowers and lonely people, and there are more people in other places than Luoyang. If we do more, we can get more food and one more person can live."

Ma Chao was silent for a while.

Only then did he understand why cranes flew to celebrate Liu Bei's birthday when the Liu Bei Alliance offered sacrifices to heaven.

Guan Yu is now in a high position, right? But he didn't really regard himself as a high-ranking person.

But they still farm and work like ordinary people.

After a long time, he bowed deeply to Guan Yu and saluted to show his admiration. Later, of course, he admired Guan Yu even more.

Thinking about it again, what kind of demeanor should Liu Bei have with a sworn brother like Guan Yu?

Finally, after finishing the work in hand, he hurriedly and slowly came to Xuchang.

After a while, he saw someone walking hurriedly in the general's mansion. He looked up and saw that the man was elegant and easy-going. His eyes were full of surprise and smile and he said, "But is it in front of General Ma Chao?"

Then, several attendants hurriedly followed the man, waiting for him.

Ma Chao felt warm in his heart, "That's right, the last general, Ma Chao, has met the great general!"

"Haha, please come in!" Liu Bei directly held Ma Chao's hand that was about to salute, and pulled Ma Chao into the house. "My second brother has written a letter a long time ago, saying that General Ma's bravery is not inferior to his, and he is strict in running the army." , shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and also made a lot of efforts for the people of Luoyang. I have to prepare it here. I would like to thank General Ma."

Ma Chao was helpless. He didn’t want to work in the first place!

"By the way," Liu Bei remembered something again and ordered his attendants, "Go and invite Nujun, several military advisors, and the third brother, Zilong, and Zizhong to come over. This news from Yecheng needs to be discussed."

The attendants followed the order and left.

Ma Chao was stunned, "What's the news about Yecheng?"

"Cao Cao has begun to gather supplies and reorganize his troops!" Liu Bei explained, "So, I want A Chu and Kong Ming to come over to discuss countermeasures."

Ah Chu? Ma Chao was shocked when he heard Liu Bei calling Huang Yueying again.

Even Liu Bei addressed the female monarch so casually. It seemed that the female monarch was really approachable.

When he entered Xuchang City, he paused for a while and talked to the people outside the city. The people were grateful to the queen and looked at their descendants.

What can I say? Fortunately, the lady is already married at this time, otherwise, she would have been busy proposing marriage to the lady. Arriving at the main hall, Liu Bei directly pushed Ma Chao to the first position on the left side and said, "General Ma, please wait for a moment until everyone is gathered."

"General, don't be so irritated, just call me the last general Meng Qi." Ma Chao didn't want Liu Bei to call him General Ma all the time. It sounded weird.

Liu Bei laughed, "Okay, Meng Qi, I would like to thank Meng Qi for leading his troops to help me this time!"

Ma Chao shook his head, "The land of Xiliang has been desolate. In recent years, thanks to the food brought by Xinghan Trading Company, if not for this, our Ma family army would have been unable to survive long ago. Unfortunately, my father and brother left before the general returned to Chang'an. Take Xuchang as a pledge."

Liu Bei smiled bitterly. There was really only a little time left to do this, so he spent a lot of effort to appease Xiliang at first. "Don't worry, Meng Qi. Achu and the others should have taken care of this matter."

Ma Chao nodded, "Chaozi is relieved."

Liu Bei then pointed to Liu Chan, who was very close to him on the right, "This is Bei's eldest son, Liu Chan."

Ma Chao then met Li and said, "I have met the young master."

Liu Chan quickly returned the greeting, "Zen has met the general."

Then he sat back to his seat and continued to practice calligraphy, sighing helplessly in his heart. Later, someone would come, and the younger ones would have to listen on the sidelines.

Not long after, many people came one after another.

First came Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Wu, Gan Rui and other generals, followed by Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian and others.

Afterwards, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong came hand in hand, bringing Xiang Chong and some young officials behind them.

Finally, Huang Yueying entered the venue with Lu Su, several teenagers and a girl.

Every time a wave of people came, Liu Bei introduced Ma Chao, and Zhang Fei immediately became interested, because Guan Yu said that Ma Chao could not be inferior to his two brothers.

When Huang Yueying finally came with someone, Ma Chao's eyes lit up and he looked at her carefully. It wasn't until the Zhuge Military Advisor opposite who looked like an immortal coughed that Ma Chao came back to his senses and quickly apologized, "Yes. Super Meng Lang."

Huang Yueying also looked at Ma Chao, and then smiled, "General Ma is willing to bring the Xiliang army to help in the battle, so he is a colleague."

After saying that, she asked Deng Ai, Sun Shao and Liu Chan to sit aside. She herself sat next to Zhuge Liang, and Lu Su sat with Pang Tong.

Seeing this, Liu Bei said, "Everyone, we have news from Yecheng. Cao Cao has gathered supplies and started to reorganize his troops. In a few days, he will go south, and the emperor's carriage will leave Yecheng by then."

Everyone looked as if the time had finally come, and everyone was excited.

They have been waiting for this battle for a long time.

"Brother, let me be the vanguard!" Zhang Fei stood up first.

Liu Bei had no choice but to look in the direction of Huang Yueying and Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and said, "Three generals, don't worry, Cao Cao will definitely come to Xuchang. The three generals are stationed in Xuchang, so why worry about not having the opportunity to make meritorious deeds?"

Zhang Fei thought, yes, and sat back down embarrassedly.

Ma Chao was surprised when he saw that Zhuge Military Advisor calmed Zhang Fei with just one sentence.

He often heard Guan Yu say that Zhang Fei was reckless, so he had a preliminary impression of Zhang Fei.

Nowadays, although Zhang Fei is reckless, but he can listen to the words of Zhuge Military Advisor so much, it is not just because the other party is Huang Yueying's husband.

　Chapter One.

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