The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 449 Chapter 448 West Wind (15)

In the middle of the night, Zhang Yancai led the army to Shangyu County. Ma Chao had already ordered people to set up a camp outside the county, enough to receive the army led by Zhang Yan.

After such a long march, the army is already a little tired. These militiamen are going out for the first time, and they are all exhausted. Once they arrive at the place, they are weak and weak. Fortunately, Ma Chao has already asked people to prepare meals. These soldiers After eating and drinking enough, they went back to camp and went to sleep.

Zhang Yan, Ma Teng, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Xu Chu and others all entered the county seat respectively and were personally entertained by Ma Chao.

There was not much talk at the dinner, just a casual chat. After drinking and eating, Ma Chao asked Zhang Yan to take Zhang Yan to a mansion that had already been arranged for a rest.

This mansion is the largest one in Shangyu County. It was the mansion of Hou Xuan back then. After Hou Xuan's father and son were killed, Ma Chao ransacked all of Hou Xuan's families in order to exterminate the roots, leaving no one behind. This bloody mansion , it was deserted, and Ma Chao couldn't live there.

Half a month ago, Ma Chao learned that Zhang Yan had led an army to Liangzhou in person, so he sent someone to clean up the mansion of Hou Xuan, and used it as Zhang Yan's temporary habitat.

After Zhang Yan entered the mansion, Xu Chu led the guards to seal off the entire mansion. Outsiders were not allowed to be summoned, and no one was allowed to enter. Anyone who wanted to see Zhang Yan had to report.

Hou Xuan's mansion is very big, and Zhang Yan can't live there alone, so Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others all lived here, and after Xu Chu arranged the guards, he went directly out of the county town to the military camp outside the city up.

But Ma Teng, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu and the others live with Ma Chao. The father and son have not seen each other for a long time, so they should have something to say.

Later, Ma Dai led dozens of maidservants to the mansion where Zhang Yan lived, but was stopped by the guards. After questioning, the guards found out that these maidservants were sent to serve Zhang Yan's daily life.

However, the guards couldn't make the decision, so they asked Ma Dai and others to wait outside, but went in to inform Zhang Yan first.

After Zhang Yan learned of this, he asked the guards to reject Ma Dai's kindness, saying that he didn't need it, and even if he needed someone, there were guards in the mansion.

Ma Dai had no choice but to take the maidservants and leave in despair.

It was late at night, but the county government office was brightly lit, and Ma Chao, Ma Teng, Ma Tie, and Ma Xiu were still narrating in the hall.At this time, Ma Dai came back from the outside dejectedly. Seeing this, Ma Chao asked, "Why do you have such an expression? Have everyone been sent over?"

"Send it off, but it's a pity that King Yan didn't let anyone enter the mansion, so he rushed back." Ma Dai said angrily.

After hearing this, Ma Teng asked, "Who did you send off?"

Ma Dai replied: "Brother asked to send some maidservants to King Yan to take care of King Yan's daily life."

Ma Teng said angrily: "Look at the stupid things you are doing! Why didn't a maidservant arrange to enter the mansion earlier, and had to wait until this time to send it? If you do this, it will be difficult for people not to doubt your motives! Perhaps, King Yan will I think you deliberately arranged these maidservants to come in, just to inquire about the news."

Ma Chao said: "Father, that's not what my son meant. It's just that I didn't prepare enough and acted a little abruptly. I'm going to explain everything to King Yan!"

Seeing Ma Chao getting up to leave, Ma Teng stopped immediately and said, "Stop! If you go at this time, the description will become darker and darker, and things that you didn't have before will make people think you have something."

"Then what should we do? We can't let King Yan misunderstand our motives, can we?" Ma Chao asked.

"This matter is already like this, let him go. In short, you must be more careful when doing things in the future, and don't leave a bad impression on King Yan. We are the subjects of the big man, and King Yan is the regent. All the power in the world is held in his hands alone, and the emperor is useless, if our Ma family leaves a bad impression in King Yan's heart, then our future career will be ruined." Ma Teng said.

Ma Chao said: "Actually, I don't care about official career or not. I just want to stay in Liangzhou and do what I want to do. As for the capital, I don't want to go at all."

Ma Teng said: "You have been rebellious since you were a child, and my father knows you very well. Even if you want to go to the capital, my father will never let you go, so as not to cause trouble. Be respectful, because of your reputation in Liangzhou, as long as you are here, the Qiang people will not dare to mess around. King Yan is a very smart man, he knows how to use people, so don't worry, as long as you behave Try to be as respectful as possible, don't let Yan Wang see your arrogant side, you can stay in Liangzhou for a lifetime. Moreover, our Ma family will rely on you to shine in the future."

After Ma Chao listened to Ma Teng's words, he nodded heavily and said, "Father, don't worry, the child will definitely obey his father's teachings."

Ma Teng nodded in satisfaction, and said slowly: "Thinking of my Ma clan, how glorious it was back then, if Meng Qi could restore the glory of your ancestors back then, how wonderful it would be..."

Ma Teng is a descendant of General Fubo Ma Yuan, who made great military exploits for the Han Dynasty and was one of the best generals at that time.

After Ma Chao heard Ma Teng's words, he muttered: "Isn't the ancestor Ma Yuan mentioned by my father? No matter how loyal Ma Yuan was to the court, wouldn't he be wronged in the end? I don't want to be like my ancestors." I want to be a person who surpasses my ancestors."

After hearing this, Ma Teng was quite relieved, and he admired Ma Chao's ambition even more.He has three sons. It would be great if Ma Tie and Matthew could be like Ma Chao.

All night.

The next day, Zhang Yan got up very early, and he asked Ma Teng, Ma Chao and others to come to his place to discuss matters, basically asking Ma Chao about the situation in Liangzhou.

Ma Chao reported the current situation in Liangzhou to Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan then asked about the situation of Ma Chao's army and the relationship with the Qiang people.Ma Chao answered all of them without any concealment.

Zhang Yan had some understanding of Liangzhou and Ma Chao's army, and then asked: "Meng Qi, if you are asked to get in touch with the Qiang people, please ask the Qiang people to send troops to help us deal with the Xianbei people. Based on your understanding of the Qiang people , are they willing?"

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, and asked, "King Yan wants to ask the Qiang people for help?"

Zhang Yandao: "Don't make such a big fuss, we must know how to use everything we can, let the Qiang people deal with the Xianbei people, this is a strategy of using the barbarians to control the barbarians, and it is best for them to fight both sides, so that Liangzhou will reduce many unstable factors. Don't forget, the Qiang people have betrayed the big man many times..."

Ma Chao said: "I haven't tried this, but I can try to contact the leaders of the various tribes of the Qiang people to see what they think. However, based on my understanding of the Qiang people, if there is no benefit, they are We will definitely not go to war against the Xianbei people."

Zhang Yandao: "I have already prepared for this in my heart. You just need to send someone to contact you first, and see the reactions of the various tribes of the Qiang people, and then I will make countermeasures based on their reactions."

"Here!"

Ma Teng and Ma Chao left soon, and after they left, Zhang Yan called Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu to his side and asked them about countermeasures.

Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu were all on the battlefield for the first time, and they had never had experience in commanding a war. Coupled with their unfamiliarity with Liangzhou, the three of them could not give any good advice for the time being.

However, the three of them agreed that it would be absolutely impossible to simply rely on the Qiang people to deal with the Xianbei people. The Qiang people can be used as reinforcements, but they must not be used as the main force of the attack, because the Qiang people have no direct hostile relationship with the Xianbei people. , the two nomads have no hatred.

Zhang Yan said bluntly: "If there is no hatred, create hatred. The three of you should think carefully and see if there is any way to make the Qiang people and Xianbei people regard each other as mortal enemies..."

Pang Tong said directly: "This is very easy to handle, as long as we send a cavalry team pretending to be Qiang people, to attack Xianbei's garrison, burn, kill and loot, and put all the crimes on the Qiang people. At the same time, we will do the same. , let people pretend to be Xianbei people to attack the Qiang people. In this way, even if there is no hatred between the Qiang people and the Xianbei people, they will become enemies."

Xu Shu continued: "Ma Chao has been in Liangzhou for a long time and is very familiar with the customs of the Qiang people. It is better for Ma Chao to lead an army pretending to be Qiang people to attack the Xianbei people. And King Yan once fought with the Xianbei people, so he should know the customs of the Xianbei people. For some habits, it is better for our army to select a part of the troops to pretend to be Xianbei people."

"As far as I know, Ma Teng's mother is from the Qiang people, and the Ma family is also closely related to the Qiang people. Are they willing to do this?" Zhuge Liang said.

Zhang Yan was silent for a moment, and then said: "Ma Teng is a sensible person, I think he should support my idea. However, before that, I still have to check Ma Teng's tone first. Kong Ming, this matter I'll leave it to you to do it."

Zhuge Liang clasped his fists and said, "Here!"

This time Zhang Yan brought Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu to Liangzhou for no other reason than to train these three resourceful people.

Zhuge Liang is called Wolong, and Pang Tong is called Fengchu. Zhang Yan once read Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I remember that in this book, Sima Hui once said that Wolong and Fengchu, if they get one, will be enough to secure the world.

Now, Wolong, Fengchu, and Zhang Yan have all been obtained. Besides them, he also has Xu Shu, Jia Xu, and many resourceful people. If he can no longer unify the world, then he can also find A block of tofu will kill you.

Originally, Zhang Yan did not intend to ask Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu to help him prematurely, but as his sphere of influence grew, he needed more and more talents, so he had to find an opportunity to come. Tried and tested Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu.

Leading the army to the west this time was when Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu became famous, and he also placed high hopes on these three people.

(End of this chapter)