Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1403 The End
Ma Chao was stunned, then shouted: "Impossible!"

His roar caused the wound in his abdomen to develop. The pain made his eyes go dark and he staggered a few times before he could stand firm.

Seeing this, Yang Feng mocked, "You can't even stand, I'm afraid you can't get down the mountain."

Ma Chao was furious. He raised his iron spear and shouted, "I heard that you are also good at using spears. Did you teach that kid just now?"

"Come pick up your gun and fight me!"

Yang Feng showed a mocking expression, "You are about to die, and you want me to die with you?"

"Not to mention that I no longer use a gun. Why are you pretending in front of your wife's grave? The fate of your entire family is all caused by you alone."

After hearing what Yang Feng said, Ma Chao's face became gloomy. Yang Feng ignored him and walked back.

She walked a long way and when she looked back, she saw Ma Chao standing in front of the tomb, not knowing what he was doing.

When Yang Feng came back, the boy was sitting in front of the door in a daze. When he saw Yang Feng coming back, he ran over and said, "The child just fell asleep."

"Master, are you okay?"

"Did he win the fight?"

Yang Feng said calmly: "Why, do you want me to fight him?"

"He is seriously injured and dying. I may not be able to defeat him. If a trapped beast fights hard, I might be the one to die."

"You met him when you were in Ji County, right?"

A trace of sadness appeared on the young man's face. "When he married Yang, the whole Ji County people went out to the streets to watch the excitement."

"At that time, he was riding on a horse, majestic and full of energy. I was thinking, if only one day I could be like him."

Yang Feng sneered: "Like him, learning how to kill innocent people?"

The young man asked, "But didn't the Jin army also massacre Ji County?"

Yang Feng turned around and sat on the doorstep, looking at the snow-capped mountains in the distance. "I always feel that this is one of the few things in that person's life that I don't agree with."

"But in hindsight, this is war."

"There are indeed innocent people in Ji County, but when war breaks out and cities are attacked, how can we tell them apart?"

"Many of them are soldiers from Xiliang and their families. It's impossible to tell them all apart when a large army is passing through the border."

The young man was unconvinced and said, "The family and all of us are innocent!"

"Oh?" Yang Feng sneered, "Where did the wealth of the family's life, the prosperity of Ji County, and the food distributed to your family come from?"

"Weren't they all looted by the Xiliang Army?"

"Then do you also owe the blood debt to those who were looted and massacred by the Xiliang army?"

The young man was dumbfounded. "This, this, I have never thought of this before..."

Yang Feng sighed and said, "It's fate that we met. Since you are my disciple, I will not only teach you how to use a spear, but also how to be a good person."

"People are very complicated. I don't want to change your mind. I just want to tell you as much as possible about the world so that you can make your own judgments in the future, jump out of the circle of hatred, and see things clearly."

"When you grow up, I will probably be dead. Whatever you want to do will be your business."

The young man said, "I will remember what Master said."

There were footsteps, and Ma Chao walked slowly into the yard, leaning on his spear. He said, "I want to go inside and take a look."

Yang Feng and the young man opened the door, and Ma Chao walked in with his spear in hand. He stumbled when he stepped over the threshold, and used the spear to steady his body. Then he walked to the bed and looked at the sleeping baby on it.

He slowly stretched out his hand. The young man on the other side became a little nervous and took a step forward, but Yang Feng held him back and shook his head.

Ma Chao stared for a long while before turning around and saying, "I, Ma Chao, don't owe anyone anything. Outside Ji County, there are two places where I store my treasures. You..."

Yang Feng shook his head and said, "I won't listen, and I won't go."

"Money may move people's hearts, but it is of no use to me now. Get down from the mountain quickly, or you will dirty my ears."

Ma Chao was choked in embarrassment. He glanced at Yang Feng but couldn't say thank you. He clearly wanted Yang Feng's help so that his daughter would have a good future. Why was this woman so stubborn?
He stood there for a long while, and finally gave up helplessly, and turned to the young man beside him, "My wife and daughter were saved by you, I have nothing to repay you, so I will show you the holstered gun."

The boy looked at Yang Feng, who snorted and went into the house.

She turned around and sat on the couch, and saw that Ma Chao had already stood in the yard, with the spear in his hand pointing diagonally at the sky.

Suddenly, the spear turned into a long snake, swimming around Ma Chao's body. Its momentum gradually became rapid, and it seemed like a dragon. The snow in the yard was flying and vibrating with the force of the spear, forming a huge tornado, like a flying dragon in the sky, covering the entire yard.

Yang Feng looked at the light of joy flashing in the boy's eyes, sighed secretly, held the baby in his arms, and his thoughts were lost.

After an unknown amount of time, Ma Chao retracted his spear. His steps were already weak, and he staggered towards the young man and handed him the spear. "Here you go."

The young man took the heavy iron spear, and then heard Ma Chao ask: "What is your name?"

The young man subconsciously said, "Jiang Wei."

Ma Chao listened, nodded, sat down slowly, then lowered his head, and was silent. The wind between the courtyards became stronger, blowing into the house with snowflakes. Yang Feng looked at Ma Chao's lifeless body in the courtyard and said depressedly: "This damn weather, let me dig another pit?"

"It really brings nothing but trouble!"

However, Yang Feng was wrong. A few days later, someone followed Ma Chao's trail up the mountain and found Yang Feng's courtyard.

He stood outside the courtyard and bowed to Yang Feng, saying, "Commander Yang, long time no see."

"I didn't expect you to be living in seclusion here. I was really surprised."

Yang Feng cupped his hands and said, "I didn't expect that General Zhao, who is already the top military commander in the world and a great general, would come to this barren land in person."

Zhao Yun smiled bitterly and said, "I am following your majesty's orders. I cannot go back until I see the result."

"Also, Commander Yang, have you ever met Ma Chao?"

Yang Feng said, "He came here three days ago and is dead. I buried him and his wife together."

Zhao Yun was stunned. Seeing the iron spear in the hand of the young man beside him, he said, "I naturally trust the credibility of Commander Yang."

"I will now take my leave and report to your majesty."

Yang Feng didn't expect Zhao Yun to be so straightforward. He was stunned for a moment, but saw Zhao Yun turn around and take two steps, then stopped. "I will tell your majesty the truth about the commander's affairs."

Yang Feng said: "Since you know about this place, I have to move again."

Zhao Yun said: "Your Majesty is not that kind of person."

Yang Feng said: "I'm worried that he will become that kind of person."

Zhao Yun said: "Why not just stand by and watch him?"

Yang Feng sneered, "If you stay with him, you will just become his dog in the end."

Zhao Yun shook his head. "Commander, are you really not going back to have a good talk with His Majesty?"

Yang Feng said decisively: "He and I will never meet again."

Seeing Yang Feng's firm attitude, Zhao Yun said, "Okay, goodbye."

He left as soon as he said he would. In just a short moment, Zhao Yun's figure disappeared in the vast snow and wind.

Jiang Wei watched Zhao Yun leave and said, "Master, are we moving away?"

Yang Feng said angrily: "Why are you moving? Are you afraid that person will kill you?"

"That person is shameless, but if he were this shameless, the world would have been over long ago."

"Live here for a few years first. Who knows what will happen in the future."

Zhao Yun walked to the foot of the mountain, turned around to look at the tall and majestic mountains, then mounted his horse and headed south with his men.

Now that he had heard the news of Ma Chao's death from Yang Feng, his mission on this trip had been accomplished. What he had to do next was to return to Tianshui, lead the army to approach Chang'an, and meet up with Yuan Xi.

A month later, Zhao Yun rushed to Tianshui, then led his troops into Sanfu and approached Chang'an.

It was already late autumn. Although it was not as cold near Chang'an as in the Tianshan Mountains, it was also approaching winter and the weather was getting chilly.

But before Zhao Yun was about to meet Yuan Xi, he met Wei Yan first.

Wei Yan originally followed Zhuge Liang all the way to Wuguan, and then joined forces with Yuan Xi's troops attacking Tongguan, but was sent out by Yuan Xi to pursue Ma Chao.

Wei Yan chased Ma Chao for a long time, but he didn't catch up until Ma Chao was defeated by Zhao Yun.

Afterwards, Zhao Yun handed the team over to Zhang Liao and went to Tianshan himself, but the two of them ignored Ma Dai.

When Ma Chao fled, he asked Ma Dai to escape to Youfufeng along the same route he came. This move was unexpected because no one expected that he would run towards the main force of the Jin army. Ma Dai only had a dozen people with him, so he actually ran away from the battlefield.

Ma Chao's real idea was to leave a seed for the Ma family. Although Youfufeng fell into the hands of the Jin State, Ma Dai, a mere person, could be kept safe as long as he bowed his head and confessed his guilt to the Jin Dynasty in the future.

This was a good idea, but Ma Chao did not explain it clearly at the time, Ma Dai did not have time to figure it out, and the Jin army was even less aware of it.

So Ma Dai, who was fleeing back, unfortunately met Wei Yan, who was chasing him and was full of anger, one night.

When Wei Yan saw the Wei army uniforms of Ma Dai and others, he had been feeling depressed for many days, so he immediately spurred his horse and charged with his sword. Ma Dai, who was sleepy and tired, was caught off guard and was killed by Wei Yan in less than a few moves.

After listening to Wei Yan's words, Zhao Yun nodded and sighed, "Although there have been many twists and turns, this branch of the Xiliang Ma family has come to an end."

"Since they chose not to bow their heads, they got what they wanted. From now on, there will be no more Han family or Ma family in Liangzhou. When there are no more powerful people, there will be a completely new situation instead."

He immediately wrote a letter and sent the news to Yuan Xi. Now the two sides were less than 200 miles apart, and the messenger quickly arrived at the camp west of Weinan and handed the letter to Yuan Xi.

After Yuan Xi opened the letter and read it, he omitted the news about Yang Feng in Tianshan and told Zhuge Liang the rest of the content, saying, "The Xiliang tyrants were almost completely wiped out. Chang'an is now isolated and helpless."

"Next, we just need to join forces with Zilong and approach Chang'an to cause great chaos in the State of Wei."

"According to the Prime Minister, should we march quickly to surround Chang'an, or wait a while?"

(End of this chapter)