The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 436 Chapter 435 West Wind (2)

"Stop me all!"

Suddenly a shout came out from the crowd, and the soldiers looked towards the source of the sound, but seeing that the person who spoke was Ma Chao, the soldiers immediately gave way.

Ma Chao swaggered forward, looked around the messy scene, and asked calmly, "Can anyone explain to me what's going on here?"

At this time, a commander of the Ma family army with a wounded wrist came over, pointed at the strong man who stabbed him, and hurriedly said: "My lord, this man is demagogic, gathered people to rebel, and killed several people..."

Before the head of the village could finish speaking, the burly man with a hideous face shouted, interrupted the head of the village, and said loudly: "You spout blood! You squeeze us surrendered soldiers, you eat and drink spicy food, but give me What is our food? We have to do a lot of physical work, and you give us such a little food, how can we be full?"

After Ma Chao listened to the scene, he observed the scene again, and indeed found many broken pottery bowls, and the meals contained in the pottery bowls could be clearly seen on the ground, some porridge with no rice grains, and even some moldy steamed buns.

After seeing this scene, Ma Chao was shocked: "Could it be that our army's food is so bad?"

"Explain to me, what's going on?" Ma Chao's face was ashen, and there was no expression on his face, but his eyes became fierce, like a poisonous snake staring at its prey, staring at him The head of the village next to him.

Under Ma Chao's gaze, the head of the village shuddered. He knew that if he didn't explain the ins and outs of the matter quickly, he might be severely punished.

So, the head of the village told Ma Chao the ins and outs of the incident.

It turned out that the younger brother of a military Sima in Ma's army had died in a battle with Han Sui's army. Therefore, that military Sima hated Han Sui very much, and hated Wu Jiwu. The subordinates also hated it together.Therefore, the army Sima took the opportunity to vent his anger and strictly ordered the Huotou army to formulate extremely poor meals for the surrendered soldier.Although these surrendered soldiers were dissatisfied, no one dared to speak out. Since the appearance of this corporal leader, things have gotten out of hand. After knowing this, he led his troops to calm down, but he accidentally killed a person, which sparked the fight.

Immediately afterwards, the weapon fight escalated, and the army Sima was also red-eyed. After killing several surrendered soldiers in a row, he frightened some people, but who knew that this corporal leader was so strong in force. He snatched the weapon from the army Sima, and stabbed the general Sima to death. Seeing this, the others surrounded the corporal leader one after another, but they couldn't cure the corporal leader, and were injured by the corporal leader instead.

Ma Chao saw what happened next. This strong corporal leader was indeed not simple.Ma Jiajun is the elite division of his subordinates, it can be said that they are all selected one in a hundred, one in a thousand, and they are even fierce soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles.Being able to achieve the level of military Sima also shows that this person's military strength is high.But it was such a high-strength army commander who was stabbed to death by a humble corporal commander, which made Ma Chao very interested in this corporal leader.

Fortunately, things didn't get serious, and Ma Chao arrived in time, directly stopping the fight that was about to turn into a mutiny.Moreover, Ma Chao noticed that the largest official position among the surrendered troops participating in this fight was only at the level of the commander. Although there were many surrendered troops, none of the surrendered soldiers dared to come to help when the corporal leader was surrounded. This corporal leader's, which shows that this group of surrendered soldiers are cowards.

The real warrior is only this corporal leader.

Ma Chao respects warriors very much, and Pound is a warrior, so Ma Chao respects him, and draws Pound as his confidant, and discusses everything with Pound.

The whole incident was caused by the hatred of the military commander under Ma Chao's account. However, this military commander had already been killed by the corporal chief, so he deserved it.

So, Ma Chao said something in front of everyone, roughly meaning that he was incapable of running the army, which led to this situation. But in his heart, he regarded surrendering troops as important as Ma's army. It is treated equally, the army Sima who committed the crime died this time, but the Ma family army who participated in this weapon fight will be punished, and he promised these soldiers that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future.

After Ma Chao finished speaking, the emotions of the surrendered soldiers were gradually appeased.At this time, Ma Chao walked up to the corporal leader and asked, "Don't you hurry up and put down the sword?"

The corporal leader hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No! Once I put down the weapon in my hand, you will arrest me and behead me. I will never die like this..."

Ma Chao said: "I have made it clear in front of everyone. The responsibility for this matter lies with my subordinates and has nothing to do with you. If it were me, I would also choose to do like you. Put down the sword, I will not blame the past, if you are still stubborn, don't blame me for being rude to you!"

The corporal leader felt the killing intent shot out of Ma Chao's eyes, and he felt shuddering, and Ma Chao himself was a legendary existence in Liangzhou, which made the corporal leader a little scared.

So, the corporal leader dropped the long sword in his hand on the ground, completely overwhelmed by Ma Chao's majesty.

Seeing the corporal leader put down his weapon, Ma Chao breathed a sigh of relief, and gradually loosened his clenched fist behind his back. With a long-lost smile on his face, he said softly to the corporal leader: "Your martial strength is not bad. , I lack people like you by my side, are you willing to come to my side and be my guard?"

After the corporal leader heard this, his face was suddenly surprised. He couldn't believe his ears. He killed an army Sima and several ferocious soldiers of the Ma family army. Thanks to his appreciation, he was asked to serve as a guard by Ma Chao's side.

For a moment, the corporal could hardly restrain the excitement in his heart, and asked: "This...is this real? I...I'm not dreaming, am I?"

"What do you think?" Ma Chao asked back.

The corporal pinched his arm fiercely, felt pain immediately, and said joyfully: "It's true, I'm not dreaming, can I really be the general's guard?"

Ma Chao nodded, looked at the somewhat honest corporal, and asked, "By the way, what's your name?"

"Wang Shuang! General, my name is Wang Shuang!" the corporal replied.

Ma Chao said: "Wang Shuang, from today onwards, you will come to my side as a guard. Everything in the past will not be blamed. As long as you work hard, you may be able to become a general in the future!"

Wang Shuangxi was overwhelmed with happiness, but she didn't expect to get a blessing in disguise, so she stood there smiling foolishly.

Ma Chao said in front of everyone: "From now on, all my subordinates are the same. Since you have surrendered, you are my Ma Chao's subordinates. I will treat them equally. As long as you work hard, you can go forward bravely in battle. Ma Chao will never treat you badly!"

After hearing Ma Chao's words, the soldiers saw with their own eyes that Ma Chao let Wang Shuang be his guard. Everyone felt vaguely in their hearts that their spring was coming, and under Ma Chao's hands, they would definitely stand out.

Afterwards, Wang Shuang left with Ma Chao, and Ma Chao ordered the dead to be buried. That was all for the matter, and he didn't want to pursue too much.

The next day, Ma Chao visited Yang Fu in person, and formally proposed that he wanted Yang Fu to be his military adviser.Yang Fu didn't agree at first, but after two days of hard work by Ma Chao, Yang Fu was moved, but Yang Fu was determined not to be a military adviser, thinking that he was not talented enough to be qualified for the title of military adviser.

However, Yang Fu recommended a candidate for Ma Chao, Suo Guang who lives in Dunhuang.According to Yang Fu, the Suo family in Dunhuang was a well-known family, and the family had been officials for generations. However, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Suo family remained dormant and did not participate in any struggles.In addition, Suoshi was extremely influential in Dunhuang, and he was also a leader among the entire Liangzhou gentry. If Ma Chao wanted to control the entire Liangzhou, he had to rely on Dunhuang's Suoxi.

Because the Liangzhou currently occupied by Ma Chao was obtained by defeating Han Sui just now, Han Sui's power only developed to Wuwei, and the part west of Wuwei has never been involved, but Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Zhangye's four brothers are also An important part of Liangzhou must not be given up, so Yang Fu suggested that Ma Chao visit Dunhuang Sox to seek help from Dunhuang Sox.If even Dunhuang Sox is willing to help Ma Chao, then Ma Chao can acquire more talents, gain a firm foothold in Liangzhou, and gradually develop his own power.

After Ma Chao heard this, he was very excited and immediately agreed to Yang Fu's suggestion, but he was worried that he would not be able to convince Dunhuang Sox, so he asked Yang Fu to go with him.

Yang Fu was naturally willing to accompany him, so Ma Chao asked Ma Dai to take his place temporarily. He took Wang Shuang and [-] accompanying guards, and together with Yang Fu, he took two carts of gifts and formally headed for Dunhuang.

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When Han Sui was killed, Dong Zhao escaped from Jicheng and rushed back to Yongzhou without stopping. He explained the situation in Liangzhou to Zhong Yao, the governor of Yongzhou, and wrote a letter, asking Zhong Yao to send someone to rush to Yongzhou. They were sent to Pengcheng, while Dong Zhao stayed in Yongzhou, discussed with Zhong Yao, secretly assembled troops, and prepared to lead troops into Liangzhou when Liangzhou was in turmoil.

Unexpectedly, before the scouts rushed to Pengcheng with Dong Zhao's letter, news came from Liangzhou that Ma Chao became the biggest winner in the Liangzhou turmoil. Defeated Han Sui's remaining troops and cleared Liangzhou with the help of the Qiang people.

After Dong Zhao learned of this, he suddenly felt that he had missed a good opportunity to occupy Liangzhou. After sighing, he said goodbye to Zhong Yao, and rushed back to Pengcheng in person to tell Zhang Yan everything.

Later, although Zhang Yan's letter came to Yongzhou and let Zhong Yao invent to attack Liangzhou, but at this time the good opportunity was lost, Zhong Yao wrote down the reason, rejected Zhang Yan's order, and sent someone to Pengcheng again.

After Dong Zhao returned to Pengcheng, he told Zhang Yan everything. When Zhang Yan heard that Ma Chao had captured Liangzhou, he sighed and said, "It's hard for a lion to fight for the front!"

However, re-opening the Silk Road is an imminent matter, and Ma Chao's clarification of the chaos in Liangzhou may not necessarily be a bad thing.But now Ma Chao's father, Ma Teng, has arrived in Pengcheng and is serving as a Wei Wei. Ma Chao's two younger brothers, Ma Tie and Ma Xiu, have also been appointed as riding captains. Zhang Yan then summoned Ma Teng and explained to Ma Teng In view of the situation in Liangzhou, Ma Chao is going to be appointed as the shepherd of Liangzhou, General Zhenxi, and guard Liangzhou for the imperial court.At the same time, he also explained to Ma Teng that the imperial court urgently needs to re-open the Silk Road, and Ma Chao needs to cooperate in Liangzhou.

The Silk Road has been abandoned for many years. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion of the Great Han Dynasty, Liangzhou has been in turmoil. When the Silk Road reaches Liangzhou, it is like a kite with a broken string. In recent years, the Qiang people in Liangzhou have gradually become honest. East and West The caravans were gradually active, but in order to ensure the opening of the Silk Road, there must be a strong and powerful military as a guarantee.

It's just that Ma Chao is the mighty and invincible general in the eyes of the Qiang people. His presence in Liangzhou is enough to deter the Qiang people. If the Qiang people dare not mess around, then the rest of the nomads will naturally dare not move.

After Ma Teng knew what Zhang Yan meant, he immediately wrote a letter and sent his son Ma Xiu to Liangzhou to report the situation to Ma Chao.

At the same time, Zhang Yan issued an imperial edict to appoint Ma Chao as Liangzhou Mu and Zhenxi General, and asked Ma Xiu to take him to Liangzhou.

(End of this chapter)