Can I get to the other side?

Ma Teng's questioning echoed through the entire lobby. He wanted to see how this traitor would quibble in front of him!

"My father asked me why I rebelled?"

At this time, there was no one else in the hall. Ma Chao also put away his previous submissive attitude and asked with a sneer: "Then I would like to ask father, why did you rebel in the first place?"

After Geng Bi, the governor of Liangzhou, was killed by his subordinates, Ma Teng, Guo Guo, Han Sui and others conspired to rebel in Liangzhou.

This is a dark history that cannot be erased.

Hearing Ma Chao talk about this, Ma Teng's expression froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal, and he snorted coldly: "At that time, Emperor Ling was in a state of ignorance, the world was in chaos, and the people were in dire straits. I was forced to rebel because I had no choice."

"And today you are a wise and powerful man, the leader of a generation of sages. If the country has such a wise king, then I will naturally submit to him."

"I never thought that you, a traitor, would rebel after the incident!"

"After we, the Ma family, became loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, we should take it as our duty to serve the Han Dynasty and help the country. How can you become a rebel?!"

"You have simply insulted my Ma family tradition!"

The more Ma Teng talked, the angrier he became. He spat on Xingzi and cursed: "In vain, I thought you were a malleable talent and wanted to entrust you with the responsibility of revitalizing the Ma family, but now it seems you are just a piece of rotten wood!"

"Look at your appearance, sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, how can you compare with your second and third brothers? I was blind before letting you take charge of the Xiliang Army!"

Ma Teng's anger came from the bottom of his heart.

Although he rebelled at first, the emperor had decreed to recruit him, and he took his two sons and ran to Yecheng to express his loyalty to the emperor and win the emperor's trust.

But Ma Chao rebelled again after the incident, which made everything he had done before useless. In the future, it will undoubtedly become more difficult for the children of the Ma family to gain power!

"Ha ha ha ha!"

After hearing what Ma Teng said, Ma Chao couldn't help but burst out laughing, and it took a while before he stopped.

Then he raised his head and said to Ma Teng sarcastically: "Father, do you really think of yourself as a loyal minister?"

"Don't forget, it was our whole family who rebelled in the first place!"

"Rebels are rebels. From the day we rebelled, the name of rebels has been branded on us!"

"Even if you hand over all the 100,000 Xiliang cavalry and run to the emperor's feet to be an idle rich man for the rest of your life, the history books will not record that you are a bullshit loyal minister!"

"Wake up, father!"

Every time he said a word, Ma Chao took a step forward and his expression became colder, until he stood in front of Ma Teng and looked into his eyes.

Ma Teng's face was ashen and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Or rather he was speechless.

He was the one who started the rebellion. He was the one who insulted the Ma family's reputation and the honor of his ancestors. No matter what excuse he found, he could not clear it up.

Ma Chao said with a cold face: "I admit that it was wrong of me to rebel without caring about the lives of my father and my second and third brothers."

"But this is all for the future of my Ma family!"

"My Ma family has 100,000 cavalry, why should I submit to the emperor and become his lackey and eagle dog? Let him control my property, life, glory and wealth?"

"We are completely in control!"

At this moment, Ma Chao no longer concealed his ambitions and desires, and confided in Ma Teng for the first time.

Nowadays, the world is in chaos and all the heroes are rising up. The strength of the Ma family is one of the strongest in the world, so they should seek hegemony!

"you……"

Ma Teng looked at Ma Chao in front of him and felt that he was very unfamiliar. After a long time, he sighed: "Stop it, Meng Qi. You can't compete with the imperial court."

"Everything I did wrong was my father's fault. It was my father who should not have given you a bad start and made you have wrong ideas."

"This surrender is the last chance the emperor gives you. If you don't surrender, you will really be on the road to death."

"Do you really want to see my Ma family end up like the Yuan family and end up being exterminated?"

The Yuan family rebelled and the barbarians destroyed the three tribes.

He also watched on the day when the Yuan clan was destroyed. The scene of heads rolling to the ground and loud cries was still vivid in his mind. He didn't want the Ma family to end up like this.

"There is no turning back, Father."

Ma Chao said expressionlessly: "Some things cannot be stopped once they are done. Today I agree to surrender and hand over military power, but I will die a violent death tomorrow."

"No emperor will tolerate the existence of a family like our Ma family that has rebelled many times. Being liquidated is the only outcome."

"For the current plan, the only way is to give it a try!"

"If we succeed, our Ma family will surpass any other wealthy family in the world and become the overlord!"

"Since you, father, have come back, you might as well not go back any more. If you and I, father and son, join hands, why should we be afraid of the imperial troops?"

Ma Chao was not convinced by Ma Teng.

He even tried to persuade Ma Teng in turn.

Ma Teng was furious for a moment and glared at Ma Chao: "You traitor! If you do this, you will harm the whole Ma family!"

"And your second and third brothers, do you really not care about their lives? They are your brothers!"

Ma Chao snorted coldly: "Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. From the moment I decided to rebel, my father and his second and third brothers were already dead."

"Father, there is no need to say anything, I have made up my mind!"

After Ma Chao finished speaking, he suddenly got angry and hit Ma Teng on the back of the neck with his knife.

Ma Teng was caught off guard and had no time to resist. He groaned and passed out.

Looking at Ma Teng lying on the ground, Ma Chao turned around and walked out of the lobby, called his personal guards to take him down and take good care of him, and then asked someone to invite Cui Lin over.

"Where's General Ma?"

Cui Lin walked into the lobby and was shocked when he saw that Ma Teng was not in the hall, and asked Ma Chao.

Ma Chao said calmly: "Father is very tired from traveling here, so he went down to rest first."

Hearing this, Cui Lin's face changed slightly. After staring at Ma Chao for a while, he finally stopped asking further.

"Then I wonder how the conversation between the general and your father went? Has the misunderstanding been resolved?"

It doesn't matter whether Ma Teng is there or not. What matters is whether Ma Chao is willing to accept surrender and submit to the court. This is the only purpose of his trip.

"The misunderstanding has naturally been resolved."

Ma Chao laughed and said: "I actually don't want to have any fight with the imperial court. I also know the purpose of the angel's trip. I am willing to submit to the imperial court.

Cui Lin was overjoyed when he heard Ma Chao agreed to surrender. He held back his excitement and said, "The general really understands the righteousness!"

"In this case, it is better to let General Ma stay in Chang'an and take charge of the Xiliang Army. The general will go with me to Yecheng to meet the Holy Spirit."

"Your Majesty will definitely reward the general generously!"

Ma Chao's willingness to surrender would not only reduce one of the great enemies for the court, but also add 100,000 elite soldiers out of thin air!

"It's not urgent."

Ma Chao shook his head when he heard this, and then said: "Of course I am willing to submit to the imperial court, but I have a condition."

"What's the condition? General, just say it's okay!"

Cui Lin said very readily that it was normal to have conditions, but it would be abnormal to agree to surrender without conditions.

These are all negotiable.

Ma Chao pondered for a moment, and then said: "My hometown is on the border of Liangzhou. There are many small countries and foreign races outside the pass, and the people are often harassed."

"I would like to lead my troops and sit in Liangzhou. I hope that Your Majesty can grant Liangzhou to me as a fiefdom, so that my Ma family can guard the border for the Han from generation to generation."

"As long as you agree to this condition, I will submit."

Cui Lin's smile instantly froze on his face. He stared blankly at Ma Chao in front of him, as if he couldn't believe what he just heard.

Grant Liangzhou... as a fief?

After a moment, Cui Lin came to his senses, and an angry emotion emerged from his heart, which he could not suppress at all!

"Bold maniac!"

Cui Lin stood up as he slapped the case, his face turned livid, and his whole body was shaking with anger, "Do you know what you are talking about!"

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Ma Chao just said a lot of things.

But it can be summed up in four words.

That is "Split the Earth and Become the King"!

This daring guy actually wanted to lead a hundred thousand elite troops to occupy Liangzhou, and even shamelessly asked the emperor to grant Liangzhou to him as a fiefdom!

How shameless!

Ma Chao smiled and said: "I know very well that this is the condition for me to submit to the imperial court. Is there anything wrong with it?"

The joy that had just risen in Cui Lin's heart at this time had long since disappeared. He laughed angrily when he heard this, pointed at Ma Chao's nose and cursed: "How dare a mere rebel dare to claim that he will break the earth and become a king?"

"Where did you get the courage!"

There is no possibility of agreeing to the conditions proposed by Ma Chao, and they are not even discussed!

Since the early Han Dynasty, non-clan members were not allowed to be crowned kings. This was a rule that had lasted for more than 400 years.

Even if we put aside this rule, we might as well take a look at the people who were eligible to be crowned kings in the early Han Dynasty.

Zhao Wang Zhang Ao, Huainan Wang Yingbu, Yan Wang Zang Tu, Chu Wang Han Xin, Liang Wang Pengyue, Changsha Wang Wu Rui, Yan Wang Lu Wan...

Which one has not made great contributions to the Han Dynasty? What qualifications does Ma Chao have compared to these founding heroes?

And once you agree, it will be a slap in the emperor’s face, and it will lead to chaos in the world!

A rebel can be crowned a king with a different surname because of his great power. Whoever wants to be crowned a king in the future will raise an army and rebel. The world will never be at peace again.

"That means there's nothing to talk about?"

Ma Chao's face also turned cold, and there was a hint of murderous intent in his eyes when he looked at Cui Lin.

But instead of being afraid, Cui Lin scolded him even more harshly: "Ma Chao, you traitor, evil thief, and traitor!"

"You are rebelling and treasonous. You consider the enemy who killed your mother to be your father. You are unkind, unjust, unfaithful and unfilial. You are disgraceful to everyone in the world!"

"The emperor's kindness gave you the opportunity to surrender. Instead of cherishing it, you made such nonsense. I think you have a plan to die!"

"Do you really think that with one hundred thousand Xiliang troops, the imperial court can do nothing to you? Little did you know that when the imperial soldiers arrive, you will be like a chicken with tiles and a dog's ears!"

"The fate of the Yuan family will be the fate of your Ma family!"

"Don't say you didn't predict what you said!"

Cui Lin's speaking skills were very sharp, and his words directly revealed Ma Chao's background, causing veins to pop out on his forehead, and the murderous intent in his eyes became more intense.

His hand was already on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Seeing this, Cui Lin sneered and said, "Ma'er, do you dare to kill me? Come on, come on, my head is right here, waiting for you to pick it up!"

After saying that, he lowered his head, exposed his neck, and stretched it out in front of Ma Chao.

He wished Ma Chao would chop him to death now!

Ma Chao stared at him for a long time, then snorted coldly: "Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. You want me to kill you and leave your name in history. There is no way I will let you do that!"

"I will spare your life today. Go back and send a message to the emperor in Yecheng, asking him to either make me King of Liang or wait for me to lead the army to Yecheng!"

Ma Chao stood up after saying this and called his guards to carry Cui Lin out.

As Cui Lin was carried away, he cursed unwillingly: "Ma! You have the guts to rebel, but you don't have the guts to kill me!"

"Cowardly rat! You will not die well!"

Cui Lin's voice gradually faded away.

Ma Chao had no time to deal with him. He ordered his guards to take good care of Ma Teng and then returned to the Xiliang Army camp.

Pang De was still guarding the army at this time. Seeing Ma Chao coming back, he couldn't wait to step forward and asked: "General, why didn't the old general come with you?"

Faced with Pang De's question, Ma Chao showed hatred and gritted his teeth and said: "The two traitors, Lu Bu and Yuan Xi, tortured my father to death and threatened me to surrender!"

"He sent someone to say that if I didn't surrender, he would send the heads of my second and third brothers to me!"

Ma Chao said, even red eyes.

Pang De was shocked after hearing this: "How could Lu Bu and Yuan Xi be so cruel? Where is the old general? I will go to visit him now!"

"Wait a minute, Ling Ming!"

Ma Chao quickly suppressed his sadness after hearing this, stretched out his hand to hold Pang De, and said to him: "I have asked a doctor to treat my father's injuries. My father is now unconscious. The doctor said that he needs to rest and should not be disturbed."

"I refuse to surrender this time. Lu Bu will definitely send troops to attack soon. The most important thing now is to prepare for war."

"The matter of making double stirrups and horseshoes cannot be delayed."

Pang De hesitated for a moment. Although he was very worried about Ma Teng's safety, he still clasped his fists and said: "Yes, General."

After dealing with Pang De, Ma Chao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Pang De's stubbornness gave him the most headache. In short, Pang De could not meet his father, otherwise this rigid guy would definitely not continue to support him.

Losing Pang De, a great general, was like losing a helping hand for him, so he could only continue to lie with this lie.

"You better know the current situation, dog emperor."

"If you obediently make me the King of Liang, I will lead my troops back to Liangzhou, and from then on I will be a local emperor far away from the well water and river water."

"If you refuse to make me the King of Liang... then I will have to kill you in Yecheng, capture you, and then let you issue an order to make me the king."

Ma Chao thought secretly in his heart.

He did not have the idea of ​​becoming an emperor through rebellion, because the previous two people who rebelled and became emperors had a miserable end.

After Wang Mang died, his head was made into a collection; Yuan Shu was also beheaded, and it was heard that he could not even drink a bowl of honey water in prison before his death.

This shows that the destiny is still with Liu.

So his idea is just to divide the land and become a king, which is more practical than being a three duke or nine minister!

Retracting his gaze from Pang De's departing back, Ma Chao turned on his horse and returned to Chang'an again.