The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() After these two days, Li Ru was extremely entangled and embarrassed.The news from the front came one after another. The Qiang people were completely defeated, the military power of Zhang Ji and other generals was seized, and Niu Fu died in battle... Each of these news was bad news for him, and he felt obvious pressure .

After this battle, the Ma family has completely taken the initiative, even enough to control the entire Xiliang.As for him, Li Ru, at present, he is the only one who can contend with Dong Zhuo's old department.But Li Ru knew how much he weighed. He couldn't compete with those generals before, so now, he is naturally even less likely to be the opponent of the Ma family who has greatly increased their power.

But if he chooses to invest in the Ma family like this, Li Ru finds it quite difficult to deal with, not to mention what other people will think of him, even if he is himself, he may not be able to pass it.He is the adviser of Dong Zhuo's confidant, and Dong Zhuo's close son-in-law, and now that Dong Zhuo has just died, he, this confidant, has defected to the Ma family and given everything Dong Zhuo has worked so hard to create to others. To explain to others?

But Li Ru knew better that the current situation was irreversible. Not to mention his limited ability, even if he could really command the remaining troops, with this strength, he was no match for the Ma family at all.You know, the opponent has just defeated the Qiang people, and when their morale is high, how can they beat him up?

In this way, Li Ru was in a dilemma for several days without any attitude, and when some of his subordinates began to impatiently ask him to make a decision, Ma Yue suddenly came to Lintao City alone.

When the people below reported that Ma Yue was visiting outside the city, Li Ru was a little lost: "Why did he come to see me suddenly?" Although he had doubts in his heart, since the other party had arrived, he was not good. He didn't see the door behind closed doors, so he personally went to welcome Ma Yue into the city.

The two met again after nearly a month, and they both clearly felt the alienation between the two sides. After all, judging from the current situation, it is not an exaggeration to say that the two sides are hostile.But there is a lot of friendship between the two, so this meeting felt a bit unpleasant, even when the screen retreated to the left and right, and only the two were sitting opposite each other, the two still seemed a little silent.

After being quiet for a while, Li Rucai said slowly: "Are you here to lobby me today to let me surrender to your Ma family?"

Ma Yue nodded silently. Although he had made some preparations before coming here and felt that he could speak eloquently in front of Li Ru, but at this time, he still felt a little hard to speak.He and Li Ru have always had a good relationship. Last time, because it was related to his family's long-term interests, he could disregard the friendship, but today, the situation is obviously different.

But what should be said has to be said. After all, his purpose here is not small. After a moment of silence, he said: "You have also seen the situation in Xiliang now, and someone should stand up and put these people who are in a mess together." All gathered together. In this way, we no longer have to worry about the threat of foreign enemies, and we can even go a step further and go outside to compete for more benefits. Now, whether it is strength or popularity, our Ma family has achieved this The best candidate, I wonder what Brother Wen You thinks?"

After Li Ru closed his eyes and pondered for a while, he said, "You're right. After the incident with the Qiang people, your Ma family is already the most powerful team in Xiliang, and you have the power to unify Xiliang." The minds of the various forces are also normal. But... I still can't let go of what you did before, and I really can't rest assured that I will give you everything left by the lord!" At the end, Li Ru's eyes tightened Staring at Ma Yue's face, there was no more hesitation or flinching.

"Are you referring to my behavior of ignoring death before?"

"This is just one of the aspects. You sit back and watch the army be defeated by the Qiang people. I can also understand that this is a decision you made out of your own considerations. But what happened later? When you obviously won a big victory, As long as you take advantage of the situation, you can break the siege of officials and military forces, and save General Niu and the others, but you have not moved. Don’t tell me that this is a choice you have to make because you are tired from the war. I think you are killing people with a knife?" Li Ru There was a bit of anger in his eyes, staring at Ma Yuedao.

Ma Yue was silent, he didn't justify this, nor did he admit it, he was just silent.After a long while, he said: "I came here this time because of your friendship and the fact that I once assisted Dong Gong with you. I don't want everyone to end up in a tragic end, so I saw you alone. I also hope that Don't cause more people to suffer unreasonable disasters because of a momentary mood, after all, the unification of Xiliang is an unchangeable fact."

Li Ru looked away from Ma Yue's face. Although the other party didn't answer his words, he had already got the answer.As for what he said, Li Ru actually knew it well.The Ma family, or Ma Yue, has done too many things and taken too many risks for today's situation. Now is the time for them to reap, how could it be possible to change because of Li Ru alone? ?

If he refuses to follow his orders and insists on competing with the Ma family, the final result will inevitably be the destruction of the city and the death of many people, who will accompany him to die for the so-called loyalty.And this, Li Ru did not want to see.He is a wise person, and he knows very well that everything cannot be changed or undone until now, and he can only obey the general trend.

After pondering for a long time, Li Ru finally nodded his head: "I actually understand what you mean very well. Now that things are going on, under the general trend, everything can't be changed by my will... Anyway, Nothing can be done, and I don’t need to let more people accompany me to die. But there is one question, I still hope you can answer me honestly, as long as you tell me the correct answer, I will lead people to open the city Surrender to you."

"What's the question?" In fact, Ma Yue had already guessed what he wanted to ask, but he still asked.

"In Chang'an back then, why did the lord die?" Li Ru looked extremely calm this time, as if what he asked was not the one he had been most concerned about, and the most important and sensitive one to the Xiliang army. question.

Ma Yue pondered for a while, and then said: "Now people in the world are spreading rumors that it was Mr. Dong who was killed by Lu Feng first. Why do you want to ask something?"

"With Lu Fengxian's method, I'm afraid it will be difficult to harm the lord. Don't forget that the lord has always been wary of this general who surrendered. And in Chang'an today, your Ma family also has its own strength. "

Ma Yue was silent again, and after a while, he raised his head: "Actually, it doesn't matter who Dong Gong died because Xiliang is completely different from when he was here. Why do you still bother about these things?" As for the past, we should look forward, as long as we can work together, we can create a scene that Dong Gong never did..."

"You don't need to say anything, I already know everything." Li Ru smiled with difficulty: "Okay, now I can give you my answer. When your Ma family army arrives, I will lead them out of the city to surrender to you. I just hope that you, Ma Yue, will not disappoint everyone's expectations, and allow us Xiliang people to truly dominate the world." After saying this, he got up and left without further communication with Ma Yue.

Looking at the back of him leaving resolutely, Ma Yue felt a lot of emotion in his heart.He knew that his purpose of coming here this time has been achieved, Xiliang will have no one who is an enemy of the Ma family, and the Ma family will completely replace Dong Zhuo as the master of this place.But at the same time, he also knew that he and Li Ru would become strangers. After surrendering, Li Ru would inevitably retire, because he felt that only in this way could he pass his own test.

"Li Wenyou, although your reputation in history is not very good, I can tell that you are a man of integrity. It is my great regret that I, Ma Yue, cannot continue to work with you..." When leaving here, Ma Yue sighed in his heart.

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A few days later, the Ma family's army arrived at Lintao City, and the defenders in the city did exactly as Li Ru said, when the soldiers arrived, they opened the city and surrendered.As for Li Ru, he fled away immediately and disappeared, because from now on, the legend of Xiliang will have nothing to do with him.

Along with Li Ru and the others' surrender, Dong Zhuo's former troops who were still watching in several other cities in Xiliang finally made a decision.In just a few days, these teams with as many as three to five thousand and as few as one or two thousand also joined the Ma family one after another, which made the already strong Ma family a step further. Now they have an army of [-] crowd.

With the further strengthening of the strength at hand, the resolution proposed by Ma Yue to reorganize and retrain the army has also been fully implemented.The [-] army was divided into six battalions, and then they were trained by the generals who belonged to the Ma family, and scenes that would make outsiders feel weird appeared on these school grounds.

Under the scorching sun, thousands of sergeants stood upright motionless, standing for an hour or two.Or under the command of a voice, thousands of people are doing exactly the same movements, either turning right or turning left, occasionally mixed with some very strange movements.

Although many people expressed difficulty in accepting this almost useless action, they still had to bite the bullet and continue with Ma Yue's strong push.

Fortunately, the Ma family treated these soldiers equally in terms of military pay and rations, and did not treat them differently when they were direct descendants of the Ma family or other members of the army.So even though this kind of cao training is very weird, and it makes people feel very awkward and tired, the soldiers still carried out the cao training meticulously.

In addition to the most common training, Ma Yue also selected the most elite thousand people from the tens of thousands of horses, and taught them some even more incredible combat methods.These are completely whimsical combat ideas for others, but Ma Yue takes them very seriously, and requires them to learn them with all their strength, so that they can play a key role in future wars.

Such days passed quickly, and another year passed in the blink of an eye. Unknowingly, this brand new Xiliang army also underwent extremely significant changes.When everyone looked at themselves again, they suddenly realized that the army at this time, whether in terms of mutual cooperation, or in terms of adaptability and combat effectiveness, was much higher than before. They began to believe in Ma Yue's strength. Everything, I feel that as long as there is him, more miracles can be created!

At the same time, Ma Yue is also paying attention to the changes in the Central Plains during this period. Although it has only been more than a year, too many changes have taken place in the Central Plains, and it is still constantly changing.Ma Yue has clearly realized that an opportunity to send troops to the Central Plains again is not far away...

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On the first day of the Year of the Horse, I wish you all the best in the new year, your wishes come true, and you will have everything right away. . . . .