The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() Keep Ma Yue and his brothers in Chang'an, saying they are the queens, but in fact, Ma Teng has a more important matter that they need to do without telling the other Xiliang troops, that is to hide Dong Zhuo near Chang'an city Those belongings were excavated, and then brought to Xiliang, as the capital for the rise of their Ma family. .

Ma Yue had already expected that the generals of the Xiliang Army would evade the possible pursuit of the Kwantung Allied Forces, so he deliberately arranged the previous deployment.In this way, it can not only show how Ma Teng puts the overall situation first in front of the generals, so as to gain a certain reputation, but also allow Ma Yue and the others to stay in a legitimate way, so that they can find the property calmly.Of course, they also have to be careful that the Kwantung Allied Forces will really advance again at this time, but at least in these two or three days, there will be no such troubles.

After he was convinced that all the troops of the Xiliang Army had left Chang'an, and that everything here was under the control of his two brothers, Ma Yue gathered a thousand of his confidants, took them out of Chang'an City, and headed west A village in the outskirts.

Because of the continuous fighting before, some of the villages that had gathered outside Chang'an City had already been emptied, and this time the Xiliang Army even took the people from dozens of miles around to Xiliang. Naturally, the small village in the village was no exception. Ma Yue and the others all came to the village, but they didn't find a single person.Not only was there no one, not even the sound of chickens crowing and dogs barking, but the people in these villages had only been removed for a month or two, but who could make a village so quiet and peaceful? What about dead?

It was winter at this time, and the cold wind kept blowing. Inexplicably, the horse riding in the middle of the team suddenly shivered, as if there was something terrible in the village ahead.This ominous premonition reminded him of the scene when he passed by the small village that was slaughtered by the Qiang people when he was fighting against the Qiang people in Xiliang a few years ago.

"Could it be here too..." Suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, Ma Yue ordered people to enter the village to investigate the situation, while he brought people around the village, so that they could make timely decisions if things changed. reaction.

After a while, the soldiers who were ordered to go in to check the situation came out, and their complexions also looked a little pale.When Ma Yue saw the appearance of these people, his heart skipped a beat. Knowing that some of his guesses might not be wrong, he suppressed his anxiety and asked, "Why, is there anything wrong in the village?"

"There is nothing wrong with the village, but... we found many villagers who were killed in several houses. Now the corpses of these villagers have begun to rot, and it looks really scary!" the soldier said. After hesitating for a moment, he truthfully reported what he saw to Ma Yue.

Hearing this, Ma Yue couldn't help squinting his eyes: "Really? These villagers were all killed a month or two ago? Are you sure it wasn't a recent incident?"

"Yes. Because their corpses have already rotted. With the current climate, it is impossible for the corpses to rot within ten days and half a month." The soldier said, his face turned pale again, obviously because of the thought of what happened just now. I felt sick at the horrible sight I saw.In fact, considering the quality of the Xiliang Army who has been in the battlefield for a long time, it is impossible to feel uncomfortable when seeing some people's corpses, and their reaction now shows that the corpses of those villagers are indeed unsightly.

Ma Yue sighed, but he already knew in his heart who killed them: it was the sergeant Dong Zhuo sent to hide the treasures, so that no one would know where the treasures were hidden, so he would kill these innocent people. killer.In other words, Dong Zhuo really hid a large amount of temporarily unusable property brought from Luoyang in this humble small village.

This is indeed a very clever trick, because no one would have thought that after Dong Zhuo occupied Chang'an City, not only did he not hide his belongings in the city, but left them outside the city beyond his control, so that even if someone really wanted to fight The idea of ​​these treasures, I am afraid that it will be impossible to find them for a while.This is also in line with the strategy of Jiutu Sanku, but I feel sorry for the villagers in these villages. They are really innocent and have not offended anyone. Just because someone took a fancy to their village, they killed their entire village clean up.

After being stunned outside the village for a long time, Ma Yue came back to his senses. It is useless to talk about it now, and the culprit who killed these villagers has also been eliminated by him, so there is no need to feel aggrieved anymore, as long as he It is enough not to do such a conscienceless thing.So soon, Ma Yue adjusted his mood and ordered: "Take a few people to bury these people on the spot, and the others will follow what I said before, and search carefully in the houses of the village to see where those things are. where."

"Yes!" These soldiers were all trained by the Ma family, so they naturally obeyed Ma Yue.After a while, they began to split up according to Ma Yue's instructions.

Although Dong Juan knew from Dong Zhuo that these properties were hidden in this small village, he was not Dong Zhuo after all, so he still couldn't grasp the exact location of those properties.However, this existence is only a few miles around, and it is not difficult for a thousand people to turn it over, so Ma Yuedao does not feel too embarrassed by it.

Sure enough, after searching for about an hour, someone found a clue in the deep well in the middle of the village.Under Ma Yue's order, they also quickly entered the well, and after a while, they pulled up several boxes that were several feet in size and came with delicate locks.

Although Ma Yue didn't have a tool to unlock the lock, he couldn't help these soldiers. They smashed down the handle with a knife, and the small lock opened in response, and everyone was shaken by the contents of the box.These small boxes don't look very eye-catching, but they are full of valuable things, including ancient bronze utensils and fist-sized luminous beads, any one of them is enough to exchange for a whole lot of money. Generations of people have no worries.

But when Ma Yue saw these, he just frowned slightly, not too excited.Because he knows one thing very well, in this troubled time, these antiques and curios are not of much value, only in the peaceful and prosperous times, these things will be valued and regarded as treasures.As for now, what they want most is real gold and silver, as well as copper that can be used as currency in this era. These are the purposes of their visit.

Fortunately, these most valuable objects did not make Ma Yue wait too long. After these small boxes were discovered, someone found problems in several houses on both sides of the village.The soil around the houses obviously showed signs of being turned over. After some digging by the sergeants, many large boxes were dug out.

This time, the things in the box were no longer those seemingly valuable but not very valuable things at this time, but were replaced with gold and silver pancakes, and strings of copper coins.Under the sunlight, the gold, silver and copper coins all exuded dazzling light, dazzling people's eyes.After seeing this, the sergeants all cheered in unison.

Only then did Ma Yue smile with satisfaction: "It seems that we have come to the right place. But this is far from enough. Dong Zhuo got a lot of wealth from Luoyang. This is just the tip of the iceberg he brought to Chang'an. There must be more money here." There are other hidden treasures. Please spend more time, everyone, and find them all. As long as I can find all these treasures today, I will definitely not treat my brothers badly."

"Yes!" With Ma Yue's assurance, these sergeants became more motivated.Ma Yue dared to use them like this only when the Ma family cultivated them.If some untrustworthy people were replaced, I'm afraid they would have other thoughts after seeing the property all over the floor.

As time passed, the achievements of these sergeants were revealed little by little.When the sky darkened, the middle of the village was filled with boxes and bags of all sizes, tens of thousands of gold, silver and copper coins, as well as hundreds of curios were found from every corner of the village .

Looking at these belongings, Ma Yue was very excited.Because he knows very well that no matter what era it is, the ultimate test of war is the economic foundation of all parties, and what is fought is money.Although the Xiliang army is brave and capable of fighting, because Xiliang is located in a remote area and the people are poor, it is difficult for Dong Zhuo to lead them to truly fight for the world.

But now, with this large amount of wealth in hand, and the relocation of the people from Chang'an, Luoyang, the development of Xiliang will definitely be very different from the past.At the same time, there will inevitably be a situation where all the heroes will rise together in the Central Plains. At that time, it will be much easier for me to advance and retreat, and to fight for the world than before Dong Zhuo.

"Everyone has worked hard. What you have done today is a greater contribution than destroying an enemy on the battlefield. After returning to the city, I will definitely reward you heavily. Now let us transport these treasures back to Chang'an " After encouraging the sergeant again, Ma Yue led his people back to Chang'an City on the moonlight.

At this time, in the camp of the Kwantung coalition army that they had defeated before, several people were arguing about whether they should send troops to pursue the Xiliang army.

Things really happened as Ma Yue expected, the Kwantung Allied Forces who had retreated before were not depressed, they were still concerned about the situation of the Xiliang Army in Chang'an City.After the news of the massive withdrawal of the Xiliang army came, naturally there were quite a few disagreements among them. The side headed by Yuan Shao was anxious to pursue and take revenge on the Xiliang army, but Cao Cao and others tried their best to prevent this. In this operation, they thought that since the Xiliang army was going to leave, let them go.When Chang'an is empty, it is enough for them to enter the city as a credit, and they don't have to worry about making any mistakes.