Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 321 Liangzhou Customs
Tianshui County.

General Andi, Ma Teng, was sitting cross-legged on the bed of the Chinese army. He saw the Ma family tribe in front of him charging back and forth under the leadership of Ma Chao and Pang De, killing the guards of the local Li's Wubao. Abandon your armor and run away.

Seeing a great victory like a ripe fruit about to fall into his arms, Ma Teng showed a hearty smile. He got up from the bed, took the reins of the horse from the attendant, turned over and got on the horse's back. Surrounded by all the guards, they galloped out on their fine horses.

"Come for me." Ma Teng raised his whip on horseback and pointed at Li's Wubao, with greed in his eyes. You must know that Li, as one of the most powerful people in Tianshui County, has stored a large amount of food and grass in Wubao. In addition, being located in Liangzhou, Wubao had a lot of fine horses, and he was very greedy.

Ma Teng had previously lost to Li Jue and Guo Si in Guanzhong and fled to Tianshui County after repeated defeats. He had no intention of recuperating and separatizing Tianshui. He only regarded Tianshui County as a temporary residence and wanted to kill Sanfu back. Land, kill back to his hometown Fufeng County.

It is precisely because of this that Ma Teng's behavior in Tianshui County did not make long-term plans, but was like a rogue bandit. When he was hungry, he invaded, and when he was full, he abandoned the rest. It was like that his army was short of food and grass, so he set his sights on Li's Wubao in Tianshui County, planning to plunder Li's Wubao to relieve his temporary difficulties.

The garrison of Li's Wubao was not as good as Ma Teng's Ma Jiajun. First, they were severely defeated by two powerful generals, Ma Chao and Pang De, and then when they were defending, Pang De broke through the fort gate in one go. Li's The head of the family had no choice but to lead his clan members to escape from Wubao.

According to common sense, when abandoning the defense of Wubao, the owner of Wubao would light a fire and simply burn Wubao to a white ground, so that the enemy would not come easily. However, the head of the Li family gave up arson. This plan.

Firstly, Ma Teng's side moved too quickly and Wubao fell too quickly. He did not have much time to arrange for manpower to set fire. Secondly, the Li family head thought of using the goods, baggage and horses in Wubao as bait to delay Ma Teng's side. The pursuit speed allowed the tribesmen to escape.

Just as the Li clan leader had planned, after the Ma family's army captured Wubao, they faced the nearly perfect Wubao, which looked like a world of flowers. The Ma family's soldiers dropped their weapons, took off their heavy armor, and began to plunder Wubao. something inside.

Gold, silver and beautiful jade are the most popular items among the Ma family soldiers. The appearance of one of them will often lead to disputes and even fights among comrades.

Listening to Ma Chao's kind words, Pang De shook his head, slightly but very firmly. It seemed that he insisted on choosing this thin, ugly black-mouthed yellow horse and looked down upon other horses. Eye.

"Ling Ming, you didn't sleep well last night, and your eyes are still a little hazy. Why did you choose such a bad horse?" Ma Chao joked when he saw the horse picked by Pang De and it looked like a bad horse.

Seeing Pound's persistence, Ma Chao didn't say much. He gave up persuading Pound and said with emotion: "Ling Ming, you are so kind-hearted."

Ma Chao, who had great ambitions, advised Ma Teng diligently, hoping that Ma Teng could give up his old grudge against Li Jue and Guo Si, adhere to the military philosophy of losing his lips and teeth, and lead his troops to Guanzhong to help Li Jue and Guo Si, so as to prevent Guanzhong from falling. They fell into the hands of Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang, causing them to despair of entering the Sanfu land.

As generals, Ma Chao and Pang De did not lag behind and started to make their own choices. Here, Ma Chao fell in love with a horse with flying hooves and flaring nostrils, and relied on his status as a general to command the crowd around the horse. The soldiers around him gave up the fight for the horse.

Ma Chao believed that Pound had no intention of snatching the horse from the soldiers in order to avoid disputes with the soldiers, so he deliberately chose a yellow horse that was of poor shape, thin and ugly.

The situation of soldiers looting and fighting in Wubao did not last long. After the soldiers acted recklessly for a period of time, Ma Teng asked the generals to start suppressing the situation, ending the chaos in Wubao, and after the newly captured Wubao Inside, a grand celebration banquet was prepared to celebrate today's victory and to celebrate that they could live happily for a while relying on the supplies looted from Li's Wubao.

into the night.

Ma Teng was sitting in the main seat, and many generals were sitting on both sides. Fine wine and food were placed in front of each soldier. The sound of silk and bamboo was indispensable at this time, and there were even graceful dancers performing songs and dances in the atrium.

Apart from gold, silver and jade, the second most popular thing among the Ma family soldiers were the hundreds of fat and healthy horses in Li's Wubao. Each horse was surrounded by seven or eight soldiers. The soldiers commented on the horses. On the other hand, they competed vigorously for the horse in the picture.

Pound's move caused the soldiers to chuckle. Although they did not dare to openly laugh at Pound's bad taste, they still whispered in private. Not only the soldiers, but also the generals and commanders around him who were equal to Pound. Yes smiled and shook his head.

After drinking a glass of wine, Ma Chao started talking: "Father, Li Jue and Guo Si sent letters one after another, asking us to lend a helping hand to fight against Liu Zhang, the shepherd of Yizhou. Why did father reject them... If Liu Yizhou takes over Guanzhong will definitely look at Liangzhou. By then, we will not be able to sit in Liangzhou. With such joy as today, now is not the time to sit back and watch, nor is it the time to think about the old grievances with Li Jue and Guo Si. Please think about it, father.”

"How about I choose one for you? I'll give this thin, black, yellow horse to the soldiers."

At first, everyone sat in their seats in an orderly manner, enjoying the song and dance performances and eating good wine and food. But as the joyful atmosphere grew, everyone sat together in groups of three or four, and People close to her started whispering to each other. At the same time, some people did not follow the rules. They took the dancing girl into their arms and stretched out their Lushan claws to touch her up and down. The scene became a bit messy.

Unlike Ma Chao's vicious vision, Pang De gave up choosing a fat horse with a beautiful body, and instead chose a thin, ugly yellow horse with a black mouth. No one cared about this yellow horse, so Pang De De took him by his side casually.

Ma Chao held a wine pot in one hand and a wine glass in the other. He strode up to Ma Teng and toasted to Ma Teng. He had no intention of leaving and sat up next to Ma Teng. The attendant thoughtfully moved Ma Chao's desk to Ma Teng's side so that father and son could drink and talk privately.

"Then according to Chao'er's opinion, we are going to send troops now to help Chencang?" Ma Teng held the wine glass and swayed it back and forth, but did not pour it into his mouth. His eyes were thoughtful.

When Ma Chao heard this, he shook his head. A smile appeared on his lips and he said meaningfully, "No, how can we send troops now?"

"Huh?" Ma Teng raised his eyebrows, only uttered a modal word, and then waited for Ma Chao to explain.

Ma Chao first drank a glass of wine, felt the wine slide over his lips and teeth, moistened his throat, and then explained what he had just said. "If Li Jue and Guo Si send a letter, we will rush to Chencang to help. We are afraid that Li Jue and Guo Si will look down on us and have to let them beg us for a while and give us a decent reward. Then When the time comes, we will consider going to help... Moreover, this will definitely be the most intense confrontation between Li Jue and Guo Si and Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang, and the most casualties. If we rush there, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties. When both sides are exhausted, we will take advantage of the situation and make a final decision. The casualties will be small and the harvest will be huge. "

Ma Teng nodded and showed a satisfied look. He had ignored the eldest son in front of him and did not care about Ma Chao. But when Ma Chao grew up, he was very brave and resourceful. He gradually fell in love with this eldest son. Ma Chao helped.

"My father thinks the same way. It is better to go early than to go in time. The most urgent ones now are Li Jue and Guo Si. You and I can sit on the Diaoyutai safely... This time, we should let Li Jue and Guo Si spit out Fufeng County." , hand Fufeng County into our hands, otherwise they will stop expecting us to send troops to help. "

Ma Teng showed a shrewd look, as if Fufeng County was at his fingertips, but he suddenly remembered something: "But there is a problem at the moment. As a father, I am afraid some people will get in the way."

"Father, do you mean the Korean date?" Although Ma Teng did not name him, Ma Chao hit the nail on the head and guessed the identity of the person who was in the way. His father, Ma Teng's sworn brother - General Anjiang Han Sui Recently, due to the conflicts between the subordinates of the two sides, there have been more and more conflicts between the two sides, so much so that the sworn brothers have ended up in an almost incompatible situation.

"It is indeed Han Wenyue. Although my father is a brother to him, Han Wenyue has a sinister heart and is not a good man. He has been having a lot of quarrels with us recently... If we lead the army eastward and the army goes far away, then what will happen if we stay behind?" My wife, children, and children in Tianshui County may be taken advantage of by Han Wenyue." Ma Teng affirmed, frowning, and he was a little worried about his apparent brother Han Sui.

After saying this, Ma Teng shook his head and laughed at himself: "Maybe he is too worried about his father. Anyway, he and I are sworn brothers, so he shouldn't do such a despicable thing."

"Who can know that people's hearts are separated from each other? In the past, Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu loved each other and swore to be father and son, but in the end..." Ma Chao didn't take it seriously for the brotherhood between Ma Teng and Han Sui. He sarcastically said: "Han Wen Yue As the world knows, although he is called a famous scholar in Liangzhou, he hangs out with the Qiang and Hu people all day long, and his actions and words are extremely dishonest."

Ma Chao's eyes looked back like a falcon, and he said decisively: "Father, the war in Guanzhong is still at a stalemate. It is not yet known when Liu Yizhou will send troops. We still have one or two free time. As the saying goes, strike first to gain strength, strike later and suffer disaster. , but taking advantage of this free time and the fact that Han Wenyue has not yet broken with Han Sui, the defense of Han Wenyue is not very tight, so he can seize the opportunity and send troops to attack Han Wenyue... If Han Wenyue's head can be hunted, all the counties in Liangzhou will be defeated. If you are frightened, you will naturally be subdued and obey. Secondly, we will send troops to Guanzhong in the future, so we will have no worries."

Ma Chao's words were very pleasing to the ear. Ma Teng showed an undecided expression. He couldn't make up his mind for a moment. In the final analysis, he was a little undecided about Ma Chao's suggestion: "As fathers and Koreans, they are brothers. Although the friendship is not very deep, everyone knows the status... The dissatisfaction between us has not yet reached the point where the two sides have launched an attack. "

On the surface, it seemed that Ma Teng rejected Ma Chao's suggestion, but Ma Teng's face showed his longing for the prospect Ma Chao had described. At this time, maybe an opportunity or another person with weight would persuade him, and he would agree. Ma Chao's suggestion.

"General, I have sent back the latest details of the battle in Chencang." At this time, Pound walked into the room and came to Ma Teng's side. He held the document bag in both hands and handed it to Ma Teng respectfully.

"Oh, the war in Chencang." Hearing this, Ma Teng put down the wine glass in his hand and took the document bag. He had always been extremely concerned about the ongoing war in Chencang, a war that related to the future owner of the land in Guanzhong. , so the news returned from Chencang is endless every day.

He casually opened the seal of the document bag and took out the silk cloth inside. Ma Teng spread the silk cloth on the desk and looked at it carefully under the bright light.

Here Ma Teng is watching. Ma Chao, who is sitting next to Ma Teng, does not put his head over to watch together. Instead, he pours a few glasses of wine and waits patiently for Ma Teng to finish reading. This is Ma Teng's role as Ma Teng. The authority of the leader of the clan, and any important military affairs, must be reviewed by Ma Teng first, and then others can observe.

"Father, how is the war in Chencang?" Ma Chao asked after waiting for Ma Teng to raise his head.

"Li Jue and Guo Si are incompetent." Ma Teng complained first, and then handed the silk cloth to Ma Chao while explaining: "Li Jue and Guo Si were not in a good position to attack the city and did not make any significant progress. On the contrary, it was for the Shu army." The night attack destroyed the front camp, burned the war equipment, and even Li Jue's nephew Hu Feng was killed by the Shu general Gan Ning. This time, not only the troops were lost, but also the face was completely humiliated. "

"Can the Shu army have such fighting power?" Ma Chao looked confused. He never thought that the Shu army could fight against the elite soldiers of Liangzhou under Li Jue and Guo Si, and even win a small victory. After all, when it comes to the world, Strong soldiers, Liangzhou soldiers will always be included, but Shu soldiers rarely have the opportunity to take the stage.

In addition, Li Jue's nephew Hu Feng had always been known in Liangzhou for his bravery. He was ordered by Li Jue to kill the right general Fan Chou during a banquet, so that Li Jue could annex Fan Chou's people and subdue the Liangzhou generals. Few people heard about the Shu general named Gan Ning, which was quite unexpected.

Ma Chao carefully read the silk cloth he took from Ma Teng. As the lines of text came into his eyes, a trace of worry appeared between his eyebrows.

After reading the text on the silk cloth, Ma Chao was not in a hurry to speak. He drank a glass of wine first, considered it for a moment, and then said: "Father, what do you think?"

Ma Teng thought for a moment and said slowly: "If the Shu army is fighting so fiercely and is not inferior to the elite soldiers of Liangzhou, then the matter of sending troops to help Li Jue and Guo Si needs to be reviewed carefully, and we cannot rush to send troops. So as not to get burned.”

"What my father said is that things in the world are complicated and you need to act with caution." Ma Chao nodded. He was not just a fool, but also a brave man. Faced with the chaotic situation, he would act according to the opportunity.

The next day.

After a happy night, Ma Teng, who slept until midnight, learned an unexpected news from Pang De - Liu Zhang, the shepherd of Yizhou, sent an envoy Zhang Su to meet him.

'Messenger from Yizhou? Without thinking, Ma Teng roughly guessed Zhang Su's mission, which was to persuade him to come and stop him from liaising with Li Jue and Guo Si.

As for whether to see the Yizhou envoy or not, Ma Teng made a decision in an instant.

(End of this chapter)