The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 780 Chapter 779
The cold moon cast silver-gray light on the earth, and it was already dead of night, and the barracks of the Han army was very quiet, except for some patrol teams on duty, the rest of the people had already fallen asleep.

But in Ma Chao's camp, the lights are brightly lit. Tonight, Ma Chao doesn't seem to have the slightest drowsiness. Xu Huang's arrival half an hour ago suddenly brightens his depressed mood. For him, this is a Very unexpected receipt.

At this moment, Ma Chao's heart is full of longing, how to return to Liangzhou has become the most urgent thing he needs to solve now.

If the Western Expedition was an introduction, then Ma Chao didn't seem to realize how dangerous his situation was at that time. He just simply thought that after killing Zhang Fei, he could get a higher honor. occupies a place in the imperial court.

However, as things developed, he felt more and more that things were not that simple.

He quelled Xishu. Logically speaking, he should be rewarded for meritorious deeds, but Zhang Yan did not do anything about this matter. Although he said on the surface that he would wait until the rebellion in Nanzhong was put down, and then reward him for meritorious deeds together. But this statement made Ma Chao feel that Zhang Yan was perfunctory.

This time he brought an army of 7 for the Western Expedition, but now, there are only less than [-] left in the [-] army, most of them died in the battle, and the rest were forced to separate in two places, Some were led by Ma Dai to stay in Chengdu, and some were in Nanzhong.

The most important thing is that Ma Chao has never had the feeling of relying on others. When he came to Nanzhong this time, Zhang Liao always overwhelmed him. This made him feel very uncomfortable, and Zhang Liao's subordinates also stared at him. , only Xu Huang has a slightly better relationship with him.

However, Ma Chao didn't trust Xu Huang very much.Although he was born in Maoling, Fufeng County, he grew up with his father in Liangzhou since he was a child. He has a bohemian personality, likes to be unrestrained, and has a very fatal flaw, which is suspicious.

Therefore, Ma Chao always wanted to return to Liangzhou, to the place that belonged to him, and only in that place could he, Ma Chao, become a daunting tiger.During these days in Nanzhong, Ma Chao only felt like a tiger trapped in a cage, not comfortable at all, and very longed for the kind of unrestrained life, running freely on the land of Liangzhou.

"General!"

Pound's voice suddenly sounded outside the tent, and the footsteps were very hurried. Before the soldiers informed him, he had already lifted the curtain of the military tent, and strode into Ma Chao's tent.

Ma Chao was immersed in his longing, when Pound suddenly barged in so abruptly, he yelled at Pound: "You have been with me for so long, why don't you understand any rules? Why didn't you report?"

Only then did Pang De realize that he had been rude, and hurriedly leaned down, clasped his fists and said, "General, it's my subordinate who was wrong. This subordinate was in a hurry, so I forced my way in. Please forgive me, General."

Ma Chao wasn't very angry. After all, Pound had been with him for so long, and he knew him very well. If there was no urgent matter, Pound would definitely not barge in.So, Ma Chao asked, "This is not an example. At this time, is there anything urgent for you?"

Pound hurriedly said: "General, the governor is here!"

"Zhang Liao?" Ma Chao was shocked when he heard what Pang De said, "Why did he come suddenly? Where is he now?"

"It's outside the gate." Pang De replied.

"It must be Xu Huang who said in front of Zhang Liao that I was seriously ill and bedridden, so Zhang Liao came here to find out!" Ma Chao immediately thought of the reason, and said to Pound, "Hurry up! Get ready quickly, we must not let Zhang Liao saw the slightest flaw, otherwise, my plan would be in vain."

"Here!"

At this moment, under the leadership of Ma Chao's personal soldiers, Zhang Liao, Wen Pin and others came to the outside of the Chinese army tent where Ma Chao was.

The group stopped, and Ma Chao's soldiers turned around and cupped their hands to Zhang Liao, saying: "Please wait a moment, the commander-in-chief, and the young ones will go in and inform the general."

As soon as the words fell, the curtain of Ma Chao's tent was lifted, and Pang De came out from inside, and shouted at Ma Chao's soldiers: "I'm so blind, I didn't see that the governor came in person." Well, the governor is here, do you still need to report? Get out of here quickly!"

Ma Chao's soldiers lowered their heads, and hurriedly said to Zhang Liao, "You little one has blind eyes, please forgive me from the governor!"

After the words were lost, Ma Chao's personal soldiers left in despair.

Pang De went on to talk, and said to Zhang Liao respectfully: "The governor is coming in person, and there will be a long way to go to welcome him, so I ask the governor to forgive me!"

"It doesn't matter!" Zhang Liao said slowly, "I heard from General Xu that General Ma is seriously ill and has been bedridden. This is the situation. Therefore, I specially brought some small gifts to come to visit General Ma. General Pang, is General Ma's illness serious?"

Pound's complexion was heavy, his brows were tightly frowned, he sighed heavily, and said slowly: "To tell the truth, since my general came to Nanzhong, he suffered from occasional wind and cold at first, and then he was not acclimatized. The many medicines I prescribed, not only did not work, but became more and more serious. As time passed, I was bedridden now. Pity my general..."

As he spoke, Pound's voice became choked up, and tears glistened in his eyes, hot tears swirled in the sockets, almost bursting out.

Zhang Liao Pangde was so startled, he thought to himself: "Could it be that Ma Chao is really seriously ill?"

With a trace of suspicion, Zhang Liao said to Pang De: "General Pang, can I go in and visit General Ma?"

Pang De held back the tears from falling, wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, then stepped aside, and said to Zhang Liao, "Governor, please come inside."

Zhang Liao turned around and said to the soldiers behind him, "Just stay outside."

Pound lifted the curtain of the tent, and a strong herbal smell wafted out from inside, hitting Zhang Liao's nose.

Under the leadership of Pang De, Zhang Liao stepped into the big tent, and caught a glimpse of the herbal medicine being boiled with a small fire in the tent. Under the dim light, Ma Chao was pale, lying motionless on the bed weakly, His gaze was even more dull.

Zhang Liao frowned, his heart sank a little, he felt something bad, and turned his head to look at Wenpin who came in with him and was holding a gift.

Wen Pin also frowned, but he didn't want to believe that Ma Chao was really sick, and hoped that Ma Chao was faking it so that he could continue to slander him in front of Zhang Liao, making Zhang Liao hate Ma Chao even more.Otherwise, based on Wenpin's understanding of Zhang Liao, if Ma Chao is really ill, he may feel compassionate, which is the last result he wants to see.

Zhang Liao and Wenpin looked at each other, and what Wenpin saw in his eyes was suspicion and doubt.

In order to further determine whether Ma Chao was pretending to be sick, Zhang Liao went straight to Ma Chao's sick bed, wanting to feel it up close.

Seeing Zhang Liao walking towards him, Ma Chao pretended to want to sit up but couldn't. The whole process was very realistic, it didn't look like he was pretending. Please forgive me..."

Zhang Liao hurriedly said: "General Ma, don't say that. As the governor and commander in chief of the armed forces, I don't even know that General Ma is seriously ill and bedridden. This is my dereliction of duty."

"Great governor, since Ma Chao came to Nanzhong, he wanted to do his part for the big man, but his body didn't adapt to the climate and environment here, which caused him to be uncomfortable, vomiting and diarrhea. I think I am a masculine man and have not been defeated by the enemy. Knocked down, but was tossed by this minor illness and couldn't get up...cough cough cough..."

"General Ma, don't get excited, stop talking, and continue to lie here and recuperate. As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain, and we are not gods, so how can we not get sick? As long as General Ma is at ease and recuperates, don't think about it. I believe that with General Ma's strong body, nothing will happen. In addition, I have sent people to visit famous doctors. As long as the doctor comes, he can treat General Ma. At that time, General Ma will be able to live again. , put down the rebellion in Nanzhong, and I look forward to fighting side by side with General Ma!"

"Thank you for your concern, the governor. Ma Chao is very grateful."

Zhang Liao turned around and pointed to the present in Wenpin's hand and said, "This is a small gift from me to General Ma, please accept it. After General Ma recovers from his illness, I will have a good time with General Ma." Have a drink!"

"Meng Qi is also very much looking forward to having a drink with the governor, and I hope my illness will get better as soon as possible..."

Zhang Liao and Ma Chao said some insignificant things again, nothing more than what medicine they were taking, taking care of their health and so on. The two of them usually didn't talk much, but now they were sitting here talking, and they didn't have a few words, and they didn't know what to say. What should I say when I come down, chatting with each other, it seems very awkward.

During this period, Ma Chao kept coughing and was even weaker when he spoke. He even had to pant several times when he said a word. The performance was very realistic.

In the end, Zhang Liao felt that he really had nothing to say to Ma Chao, so he got up to say goodbye. Before leaving, he deliberately took Ma Chao's hand and said some consoling words before he left.

Seeing that Zhang Liao was about to leave, Ma Chao asked Pang De to send Zhang Liao off. After Zhang Liao walked out of the big tent, Ma Chao, who was lying on the bed, let out a sigh of relief. If it wasn't for his cautious performance just now, Zhang Liao would definitely have seen it through. of.

Pang De sent Zhang Liao outside the Yuanmen all the way, and then separated from Zhang Liao. Before leaving, Zhang Liao specially asked Pang De to take good care of Ma Chao.

After leaving Ma Chao's barracks and walking a long distance, Wen Pin finally couldn't bear it anymore and said to Zhang Liao, "Governor, Ma Chao must be pretending to be sick!"

"How do you see it?" Zhang Liao asked.

(End of this chapter)