Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 356
Zhou Qing withdrew, and after Ma vacated the city and the people he sent returned to Ma Teng, Zhou Qing immediately led the troops to arrest Huang Kui's family and confiscated all valuables.

As soon as Zhou Qing left, Zhong Yao arrived in a hurry at 20 miles. Li Song learned that Ma Chao and Han Sui had raised [-] troops to approach Chang'an, so he immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters.

"I have a secret report! Ma Chao and Han Sui have united with Xiliang's various troops, a total of 20 troops, to attack! The situation is critical now." Li Song said.

As soon as Li Song finished speaking, all the generals were shocked!But more people are still ecstatic. The invasion of Xiliang means that there is a war in the west. If there is a war, there will be military exploits. This is a good opportunity for them to make meritorious deeds. How can they not be excited.

Compared with Hou Cheng, Zang Ba and other surrendered generals who were ecstatic, Xue Rengui, Xiang Yu and others were much more stable.

"Prime Minister! There are only a few major generals in Chang'an, and Zhong Yao alone may not be able to defend Chang'an. I implore the Prime Minister to immediately send troops to resist the Xiliang coalition forces." Xue Rengui said.

"What Rengui said is very true! Zhong Yao only has three thousand soldiers in his hands. It is impossible to defend Chang'an. Once Chang'an falls, Zhong Yao will definitely retreat to Tongguan and defend according to the pass." Li Song said.

He knew about the situation in Chang'an, because he knew that Chang'an could not be defended, and Zhong Yao would definitely retreat to Tongguan. When Ma Chao invaded, he had to keep him out of Tongguan.

"Pei Yuanqing and Yu Wencheng both, order you two to lead [-] troops to Tongguan, and defend together, waiting for our army to arrive." Li Song said.

"No!" Both Pei Yuanqing and Yu Wencheng took orders and left.

The surrounding area of ​​Xuchang City has annexed [-] soldiers. If all of them were transferred away, Xuchang City would be empty of troops and had to deal with Ma Teng's [-] Xiliang troops outside the city, so he could only let them take away [-] troops.

"Prime Minister! Ma Chao's rebellion, whether this matter will be related to Ma Teng, and how to deal with it, please tell the Prime Minister." Song Xian said.

"I have already ordered Xu Chu and Li Yuanba to arrest Ma Teng and the others. You don't have to worry! Maybe they are already escorting them towards this place." Ma Teng must be captured, and he sent Xu Chu and Li Yuanba to lead them early in the morning. The soldiers went to arrest him, and I think it's time to do it now.

Ma Teng led Xiliang soldiers and horses, and was approaching the city for the next time. He saw a bunch of red flags in front of him, holding the banner of the prime minister. The cannon rang, the red flag was raised, and the bows and crossbows were fired.

The first general took the lead, Zhang Yun rushed out, and Ma Teng was taken aback!It's a bad idea!When the horse was called back in a hurry, two shouts came again: Xu Chu came to the left, Chunyu Qiong came to the right, and Gao Lan led the troops to kill, cut off the Xiliang army and horses, and trapped Ma Teng, father and son in Gaixin.

Seeing that it was not the head, Ma Teng rushed to kill Ma Tie. Ma Tie was crushed to death by Li Yuanba during the battle. Ma Xiu protected Ma Teng and rushed from left to right.

Ma Xiu protected Ma Teng and fought against Xu Chu alone, but was beheaded by Xu Chu. Ma Teng fought with Zhang Xi and Gao Lan, and was finally captured alive. Huang Kui, Ma Teng and his son were all tied up in front of Li Song.

"Report to the prime minister, the rebels Huang Kui, Ma Teng and others have brought them here, and please deal with them." Zhou Qing cupped his fists and saluted, turned around and waved to the soldiers outside: "Bring them in!"

The soldiers escorted Huang Kui and Ma Teng into the room, and Huang Kui yelled: "Prime Minister! I don't know what crime I, Huang Kui, committed! The Prime Minister wants to take such trouble to capture me here! Please tell the Prime Minister clearly."

"You colluded with Ma Teng, plotting rebellion, subverting the country, and trying to kill me! How dare you pretend to be deaf and dumb." Li Song laughed.

"Prime Minister, I have been wronged! How could I do such a disloyal thing as overthrowing the country due to the emperor's grace?" Huang Kui said.

The world is favored by the emperor and will not do things to overthrow the country, but will do things to collude with princes and kill rebels.

"Hmph! I see when your mouth is so stubborn, come and bring Miao Ze, the steward of Huang Kui's house." Li Song sneered at Huang Kui, and asked someone to bring the witness Miao Ze.

Huang Kui frowned when he saw that Li Song was going to bring his brother-in-law Miao Ze, what did he bring him for?Huang Kui said that everything he did was impeccable, and no one else knew about it except Ma Teng, but he forgot that after he was drunk that day, he spent the night with his concubine Chunxiang, and the news leaked out early in the morning.

Not long after, Miao Ze came to the hall, Natou bowed and said: "Little man Miao Ze, I greet the prime minister! I have met all the generals."

"Miao Ze, look up, do you recognize who this person is?" Li Song pointed at Huang Kui and said to Miao Ze.

Miao Ze raised his head, looked in the direction Li Song pointed, and saw Huang Kui tied up in the hall, turned his head and flattered and said, "Prime Minister, this villain will naturally recognize him, he is the villain's brother-in-law. Kui."

"Okay! Tell me all about Huang Kui's collusion with Ma Teng, so that your brother-in-law can understand whether he is guilty or not." Li Song laughed.

"Yes, Huang Kui conspired with Ma Teng to frame the prime minister..." Miao Ze told Chun Xiangna all about Huang Kui and Ma Teng's conspiracy.

"You..." Huang Kui trembled angrily. He never thought that he would be greedy for a while, and the news leaked out, which led to the failure of today's success. What made him even more angry was that his wife and brother planted a grassland on his head. The little concubine who had been doting on her all along cheated on her.

"Huang Kui, the evidence is solid, what else can you say!" Li Song glared at Huang Kui.

"I have nothing to say, but it's a pity that I, Huang Kui, hate it because I can eliminate harm for the country!" After Huang Kui said that, he wept.

Li Song waved his hand, and the guards who were waiting on the side stepped forward and put Huang Kui down, and said to Miao Ze: "You have nothing to do here, get out!" Miao Ze got up, said goodbye and left.

Li Song came to Ma Teng, looked at Ma Teng who was seriously injured and tied up, and after a while, Li Song said to Ma Teng: "Weiwei Ma, I think I treat you well on weekdays! Why do you want to conspire with Huang Kui? "

Ma Teng feels bitter!If it hadn't been for Huang Kui's trick, why would he have ended up in such a situation, it's too late to say anything now.

Seeing that Ma Teng didn't speak, Li Song felt a little annoyed. Ma Teng suddenly cursed, "I've been wronged by Confucianism! I can't kill thieves for the country, but for the emperor, it's God's will!"

Now that it's done and there's no way to turn back, it's better to be tough, anyway, the left and right are dead, and you can get a good reputation by doing so.

Li Song was furious, he didn't expect Ma Teng to be an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf, Ma Teng chattered and cursed endlessly.

"Push it out! At noon today, Ma Teng, Huang Kui, and their accomplices will all be beheaded at Caishikou to show the public, as an example to others! Zhou Qing, I order you to supervise the beheading." Li Song said angrily.

"No!" Zhou Qing clasped his fists and saluted, and took the order to go, escorting Ma Teng and Huang Kui's family to Caishikou to behead him.

Ma Teng, a feudal prince who ruled Liangzhou, came to the end of his life in this way.

(End of this chapter)