The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 141

Zhong Yao was very embarrassed, he didn't want to take this errand.Because Guo Yuan, the guard of Shangdang County at the moment, was his nephew, and Guo Yuan was the son of Zhong Yao's sister, who had grown up with him.In his eyes, this kid was dishonest since he was a child. He stole chickens when he was three years old, scolded people when he was five years old, and used knives and guns when he was ten years old. He chased children three or four years older than him and ran all over the street.It never stopped.Zhong Yao hated him for not living up to expectations, but he was always his own nephew, and if he wanted to fight him hard, he really couldn't do it.Uncle and nephew won't be really happy if they beat the other.

But there is no way, as I am also the captain of Sili, I have a duty to do so.The captain of Sili in the Han Dynasty was not only the chief of the emperor's imperial guards, but also inspected the land thousands of miles northeast of Luoyang, the capital, which was called Sizhou.The seat of Sizhou is Luoyang.All the counties of Hedong, Hanoi, Hongnong and Xipingping in Sizhou's jurisdiction border on Bingzhou and Yongzhou.He is now the prefect of Chang'an again, why don't we go?
Ever since Ma Chao came back from Youzhou's defeat, Ma Teng has been unhappy all the time. He made such a face every day, making it difficult for anyone to see.Cao Cao promised to grant the title to Marquis, but he did not.It also lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses for no reason.Han Sui wrote a letter from Xiliang, saying that it was condolences, but in fact it was hurting others. He said that victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs; failure is the mother of success; if you need help, you will die for your brother and so on.Ma Teng was so angry that he almost vomited blood.He couldn't see Ma Chao. As soon as he saw Ma Chao, he lost his temper, blowing his beard, staring and throwing things.Ma Chao had no choice but to avoid him every day.

Zhong Yao and Wei Duan explained their intentions and invited the imperial decree to be read out. Ma Teng felt a little hesitant.It's not that he doesn't want to fight in Bingzhou, but that he really can't afford to fight. He has no food and equipment, so how can he fight?Cao Cao only said to let him go to Bingzhou, but he didn't provide money, food and supplies.

Seeing that he was hesitant, Wei Duan was afraid of missing the prime minister's important matter, so he said, "Your Majesty conferred the title of Marquis Huaili and was promoted to a former general, which is enough to show his trust in Your Excellency. The general must not disappoint His Majesty's sincerity."

Ma Teng thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "The two of you are exhausted from traveling and traveling, you should go to rest first, whether to send troops or not, we will know tomorrow."

Wei Duan wanted to say more, but Zhong Yao shook his head, motioning him to shut up.

Zhong Yao said: "The old man is indeed tired, so let's go down to rest first, and come see the general again tomorrow."

After leaving the door, Wei Duan said to Zhong Yao: "It seems that Ma Teng is unwilling to send troops." Zhong Yao waved his hand and said, "Just wait, it won't be too late when tomorrow comes."

As soon as the two went out, Ma Teng called his generals for a meeting.Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu, Zhang Ji, Feng Yi, Pang De, Fu Gan, and Yang Qiu were all called.

Ma Teng asked, "What do you say?" All the generals were confused, what should they do?
Ma Teng jumped on his feet, pointed at Ma Chao and said, "You usually talk the most, why don't you say it now, hurry up." Ma Chao smiled helplessly. He felt that since the last time he was defeated, his father had sentenced him to death. , Always want to add to the crime, there is no reason to worry.Every day I see him, I feel cold and cold.Just like what is happening now, he doesn't know what happened at all, what is there to say, what to say?
Ma Tie said stupidly, "Father, what do you want us to say?" Ma Teng was furious, and said sharply, "Bastards, of course I'm asking you if you should send troops."

Ma Dai blushed and coughed, "Uncle, nephew doesn't quite understand, where are we going to send troops?" Ma Teng was taken aback, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't shown them the imperial decree.Hastily picked up the bamboo slips from the table and said: "Your Majesty just ordered me to lead troops to attack Pingyang Shangdang. Do you think we should go or not?"

Ma Chao shouted before everyone else; "Go, you must go. I lost to Yuan Xi's second generation ancestor last time. I am not convinced. This time I captured Bingzhou, just to wash away my shame." Feng Yi took the opportunity to stand up and said; " Since the emperor has an edict here, if the lord does not go, he will be disloyal. Guo Yuan has been stationed in Shangdang recently, and he often intends to attack Hedong, which is the gateway of Luoyang. Just sit idly by."

Since Zhang and Feng Yi had the same nostrils, he was not good at eloquence, but he shook his head, sticking to his beard and echoing: "It's reasonable, it's reasonable, it's reasonable, it really makes sense."

Ma Teng was noncommittal but turned his head to the chief counselor Fu Gan.Fu Qiansheng has a high forehead, a slight beard, and a layer of wrinkles accumulated on his face, which seems to be stern.Wearing a gray-blue robe, standing there, a head taller than Ma Chao.This man is very knowledgeable, and Ma Teng has obeyed his advice for many years.This person attaches great importance to the unity of the country, and he is really a corrupt Confucian. In addition, he received Cheng Yu's letter in advance, so he naturally speaks from Cao Cao's standpoint.

Fu Qian bowed slightly, cupped his hands and said: "The ancients have a saying: "Those who follow the way prosper and those who disobey virtue perish. Prime Minister Cao entrusts the emperor to bring peace to the world. The rule of law is strict, and everyone obeys orders. He is a person who follows the way."Yuan Shao used to rely on his strength, but he had no majesty, betrayed the king's order, was disloyal and filial, which can be called against morality.The lord is a loyal minister, he follows Prime Minister Cao, but he refuses to do his best. He is lucky and wants to reap the benefits of being a fisherman.But I'm afraid that the day when Yuan and Cao really decide the winner will be the time when the Lord's disaster is imminent.Regardless of whether Yuan Shi wins or Prime Minister Cao wins, they will never let you go, my lord. "

Fu Gan's words hit Ma Teng's mind, and his face changed color slightly.

Seeing the play, Fu Gan said again: "I wonder if my lord will listen to something?" Ma Teng said in his heart, I've been listening to it for a long time, and it doesn't matter if you say a few more words.She waved her hand to signal him to go on.

Fu Qian was expressionless; "Prime Minister Cao is at a stalemate with Yuan Xi at this time, and Guo Yuan, a high-ranking official, often intends to attack Hedong and threaten Luoyang. Prime Minister Cao is now distributing heavy troops outside Liyang City, on both sides of the Yellow River, and it is impossible to fight on both sides. To solve the crisis in Hedong, if the lord can lead the army to attack Guo Yuan and attack Wang Yi, the prefect of Hedong on both sides, he will surely win a big victory. The lord cut off Yuan's right arm in one fell swoop, saved Luoyang from danger, and saved Prime Minister Cao from the pain of fighting on both sides. The prime minister must treat the lord generously, and the lord will not lose his position as the third prince."

Ma Teng was fooled by him, lost his mind, and thought it seemed quite reasonable.But what he is most worried about is food, without food, no matter how good the benefits are, he can't win.

Listening to Fu Gan's words, Pound kept muttering in his heart, what are these, one sentence about Prime Minister Cao, one sentence about imminent disaster, who are they scaring?What is the relationship between Cao Cao and you? Why do I think that old boy Fu Gan treats Cao Cao better than his lord?

Pound had his own thoughts, and said sharply, "My lord, I have something to say."

Ma Teng: "Talk." Pound said: "Although what Mr. Fu said is reasonable, it is a bit out of date." Fu Gan said: "What do you know as a warrior?" There is absolutely no objection, but at this moment, there is a severe drought, and the people are in dire straits. Countless people are dying everywhere. The land in Guanzhong is barren, and there is little food, and now it is even more tense. Cao Cao wants us to send troops, but does not give us equipment and food. What does this mean? , it is clearly a plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves, to make us and Yuan Jun slaughter both sides. At that time, he will clean up one by one."

Ma Teng, Ma Chao and Ma Dai's eyes widened. They also vaguely felt this, but they were not as clear as Pang De said.Ma Teng pondered: "But the imperial decree is for this, what can we do?" Pang De thought to himself, the imperial decree is nothing, now except you, the old man who still takes the imperial decree seriously, no one cares about him.As Feng Yi said, Ma Teng was loyal to the Han Dynasty.Up to now, I still maintain the state of mind that the king ordered the minister to die, and the minister had to die.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty made a decree, knowing that there was a fire pit in front of him, he jumped down without hesitation——

Ma Teng's [-] Liangzhou iron cavalry crossed the Fenshui River within a day and night, and forced Tianyang.

Guo Yuan is currently in Shangdang, serving as the prefect of Shangdang.Gao Gan is in Taiyuan.A few days ago, the two were planning to send troops to attack Hedong and clean up Wangyi.Then, when dealing with Gao Gan's mortal enemy Hanoi Wei Zhong, he didn't expect that he would cross the river by himself before waiting for him to go.

The lightning march of Xiliang iron cavalry did not give Guo Yuan a chance to block the river halfway and attack.Shangdang is [-] miles away from Pingyang, and it is too late to send troops to rescue. Immediately write a letter to the guard Xia Zhao, ordering him to hold on to the city for ten days. It has nothing to do with him if he loses Pingyang after ten days. If he loses it within ten days , Impossible to kill.

Ma Teng and his son led troops to surround Pingyang City on all sides. Ma Chao and Yang Qiu brought out the five generations of the Yuan family to greet them more than a dozen times, and scolded the senior officials.There are only about [-] soldiers in Xia Zhao City, and they knew Ma Chao's bravery before, so they ignored him even if he insulted him.The two guys hoarse their voices, seeing that he didn't intend to leave the city for a decisive battle, they yelled angrily.

After scolding for three days in a row, the soldiers in the city just watched the excitement, and there was no movement at all.Fu Gan said to Ma Teng: "This can't be done, Guo Yuan and Gao Gan's reinforcements are coming soon, and it's too late to attack the city. Why do you want to design to lure the enemy—"

On the fourth and fifth days, Xiliang soldiers took turns cursing day and night, but there was no response from the city.Xia Zhao thought proudly, maybe you can bring down this city tower.

When I got up in the morning on the sixth day, the fog was heavy, the dew was all over the city, and the humidity was thick.Xia Zhao got up early, and looking down from the top of the city, Xiliang soldiers were all dismounted and sitting on the grass below the city, some were sleeping, some were dozing off, some were arrogant and tense.Xia Zhao was happy in his heart, he would be a fool if he lost such a good opportunity.Immediately, five thousand soldiers and horses were ordered, the gates of the city were opened wide, and they rushed out of the city.

The Xiliang soldiers completely lost their formation, got up from the ground in a panic, and fled to the main road.Xia Zhao was overjoyed and took the lead in chasing and killing.With the rise of Zhengsha, two teams of cavalry suddenly ran out from left to right, Ma Chao on the left and Pound on the right.There were about 3000 to [-] Xiliang cavalry menacingly, and Xia Zhao's [-] frightened birds would be taken into account, and more than [-] of them were killed by strangulation.Xia Zhao barely survived and wanted to flee back to the city. Seeing the general's defeat, the soldiers on the city opened the city gate to meet him.Ma Teng sent Yang Qiu to lie in ambush on the right side of the city wall. When the city gate opened, he rushed into the city before Xia Zhao.Xia Zhao saw that the city was breached, so he didn't enter the city, and fled directly to the direction of the party from the path.

Guo Yuan's reinforcements were already on the way. Deng Sheng, the vanguard, saw a group of cavalry running towards him from a distance. Without banners, he couldn't see who was coming.Ordering the soldiers to prepare for the fight, he shouted sharply: "Who is coming in front, give your name quickly, otherwise, I will be impolite." Xia Zhao and Deng Sheng are old acquaintances, and he has seen Deng Sheng's banner a long time ago. He shouted at the top of his voice: "Old Deng, it's me, don't shoot the arrow." It was you who led Cao Cao to the village! ! !

Deng Sheng took a closer look. They were running from a distance, or they could be said to be crawling. The army consisted of [-] people, each with their armor crooked and in a state of distress. Most of them were so tired that they were about to collapse, and some were shot. The arrow, I haven't had time to pull it out yet.Xia Zhao's horse foamed at the mouth as soon as it came close, and collapsed to the ground, dead.Deng Sheng got off his horse in a hurry and helped Xia Zhao up: "Old Xia, what is going on, did you lose Pingyang?" Xia Zhao could be said to be crying at this moment: "Old Deng, is Governor Guo here? "

Deng Sheng sighed in his heart: "If you are told to guard for ten days, you will lose the city on the sixth day. Can you still live when he comes?" Xia Zhao hated: "It's all my fault for not obeying the general's order and coveting small profits. Something big happened, damn it, damn it."

Guo Yuan was still pressing food for the rear army at this time, when he heard the news, he hurried to catch up with the front army.Xia Zhao limped forward to meet him.Guo Yuan rode on his horse and screamed: "What's the matter with you, you lost the city in six days, do you remember the military order?"

Xia Zhao was ready a long time ago. He took out a white seven or eight-inch long dagger from his bosom, and inserted it into his heart.Guo Yuan was holding a horsewhip in his hand, the tip of the whip rolled, and with a whoosh, it hit Xia Zhao's right hand, and the dagger fell to the ground by the horsewhip.Guo Yuan roared, "Death is useless, hurry up and follow the team, go back and take back the city, and fight to the death with Ma Teng's dog thief."

Xia Zhao burst into tears: "Thank you, General, for not killing me."

Guo Yuan didn't have time to listen to his nonsense, so he lashed the horse's butt with a whip, the horse neighed, spread its hooves, and shot out.There was a cloud of dust immediately behind him.The dust raised by the entire army is like a rolling yellow dragon, and the sound of horseshoes tearing apart mountains and rivers is like the roar of a yellow dragon.

It was already the afternoon of the third day when Guo Yuan hurriedly marched to the foot of Pingyang City, and most of the soldiers were exhausted.Guo Yuan ordered Zhaishan to stand still, to have a full meal and to recover his fighting power.

Ma Chao would not give him such a chance.The straightforward nature of the Northwesterners made him restless, and he only wanted a quick solution.In the evening, he offered advice to Ma Teng: "Father, the bandits are coming from far away, and the soldiers and horses are exhausted. At this time, I just took the opportunity to rob the camp." Ma Teng also thought so: "I will give you 3 horses, and go to rob the camp with Pang De and Yang Qiu. .”

(End of this chapter)