Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 987 Jin Machao

   Ma Teng is dead...

  How could Ma Teng die like this?

"No! This is not true!" Ma Chao howled, his voice was shrill, grabbed the collar of the soldier who reported the news, pinched the soldier's neck, and yelled viciously, "This is not true! How dare you curse my father, I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"

   "Meng Qi!" Han Sui shouted in a deep voice, "Calm down!"

   Ma Chao froze for a moment, and then slowly let go of his hands.

  The soldiers who had escaped from death covered their necks, panting and coughing violently, and then saw Han Sui sitting on top of him and waving his hands, and ran out hurriedly as if relieved of a heavy burden.

  Han Sui glanced at Ma Chao, who was still standing still, with somewhat complicated expressions.

   "Li thief! You and I are at odds with each other!"

   After a while, Ma Chao, who came back to his senses, pulled out his sword, cut a **** **** on his palm, and then painted it on his face.

   This is the tradition of the Qiang people. They smear their faces with blood and make an oath to express their intention to fight blood with their enemies.

   "Uncle!" Ma Chao turned to Han Sui, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's march! I want to catch Thief Li with my own hands and tear him to pieces!"

  Han Sui's eyebrows moved slightly, but he didn't speak.

   didn't move either.

  March, hit back, hit a fart.

   What about grain and grass?

   Eat the wind and eat the soil?

  What about the war horses that were originally worn out?

  Equipment?

   What about arrows?

  Can it fall from the sky?

  Not to mention other things, the food and grass on hand now, even if you save it, it will not exceed five days, seven days at most. If you want to attack Li Jue, let alone whether you can win the fight, where will the food and grass along the way come from?

   What's more, if you really want to march, there are so many related matters involved in it, how can it be so simple.

   "Uncle! Uncle!" Ma Chao didn't understand why Han Sui was silent, and thought that Han Sui hadn't made a decision yet, so he shouted again and again.

  Han Sui said: "Meng Qi, brother Shoucheng was murdered like this, and I am heartbroken, but... we don't have much food now, and if we rush forward, I'm afraid we will be taken advantage of by others, so this matter still needs a long-term plan..."

   "No! I'm going to kill him! Kill him!" Ma Chao's face was smeared with his own blood, and his originally handsome face looked a bit ferocious.

Han Sui sighed, first asked someone to bandage Ma Chao's hand a little, then took Ma Chao to sit down, comforted him and said, "Meng Qi, don't be impatient, I can understand your mood, but if you want to march, you really don't have to." Simple."

  Ma Chao wanted to stand up, but was held back by Han Sui. He sat down helplessly, but still said murderously: "Why not simple? Just kill! From here directly to the thief Li! I want revenge! Revenge!"

  Han Sui endured it, and then said: "Li thief is extremely vicious, this revenge must be avenged, but we must also pay attention to some methods, my nephew, does my nephew know how much rations we have?"

   Ma Chao blinked, and then said as a matter of course: "Isn't uncle in charge of food and grass?" Han Sui, you don't know about these things, how can I know?

Han Sui was silent for a while, and then said: "In Meiwu, the amount of grain and grass is only five days... and it is more than five days' journey from here to Xinfeng... If there is any delay on the way, or just a moment If you can't find Li thief in time, you will be hungry, so how can you fight?"

   Ma Chao was silent for a while after hearing this, but he still understood the importance of food and grass, and he didn't say anything stupid about hitting even if he was hungry.

   But Ma Chao did not give up. After thinking for a while, he suddenly said, "We can go grab it! Just like the last time we fought against Meiyang, grab food and grass! Uncle, right, we have soldiers and horses, just grab it!"

  Han Sui looked at Ma Chao and sighed inwardly.

  Young man...

   But who hasn't lived a young life?

  Han Sui patiently explained in detail: "It is possible to rob, there is nothing wrong, but Meng Qi, have you ever thought about what will happen after robbing?"

Ma Chao replied almost without thinking: "What will happen? It's not that we haven't robbed it, and it's okay. If we rob it, we rob it. People in these surrounding counties don't have many soldiers, so what can we do? "

Han Sui shook his head and said, "One moment and another moment. Before we robbed Meiyang, it was because we were in a state of hostility with the Guanzhong guys. Even if we did too much, there was nothing to say, but now that we have Peace talks... If you suddenly go back on your word, you will lose your faith..."

In fact, Han Sui is not an old pedant, the type who holds the so-called great benevolence and righteousness, but in his eyes, whether there are enough interests for him to give up at the moment, faith is not a problem, but it is not a problem to use these faith to exchange Whether it's worth it or not is the question.

   "Xinyi?" Ma Chao repeated with a frown.

Han Sui nodded, and further explained: "If you and I want to stay in Guanzhong, we need to pay more attention to the word "faithfulness... If we get a name of unbelief, I am afraid that not only Guanzhong, but also people in the world will not understand it." If you are with us, what can you do if you are alone at that time?"

   Ma Chao lowered his head and pondered for a while, then turned to look at Han Sui and said, "But my father is dead! And we have soldiers! I want revenge!"

"Uh..." Han Sui was stunned for a while, and finally sighed, "Well, then, I will write a letter to General Xia to explain the situation, otherwise the transfer of troops and horses that is close at hand will definitely cause other troubles. Be vigilant and uneasy, and you have to wait for the next batch of food and grass to arrive, it would be even better if you could write more about food and grass equipment..."

  ………………

  In a residence in Heiwu, several leaders of the army, Ma Dai and Ma Xiu sat together.

Ma Dai is Ma Chao's younger brother, and he is more inclined to Ma Chao's mother's side in terms of blood relationship. That is to say, like Ma Chao, he has more Qiang blood. Years, but the ligature has not yet officially taken one.

   As for Matthew, the crowning ceremony has not yet been held, so there is no official word. There is also a younger brother in Wuwei's family in Xiliang, called Ma Tie. Because he is not yet ten years old, he didn't come with him this time.

   Among these people, Ma Chao was pacing back and forth.

  The guards standing outside the hall are all members of Ma Chao's clan, most of them are Qiang people, and they are all loyal warriors of the Ma family. After getting the news that Ma Teng was killed by Li Jue, they gathered here immediately.

  Now everyone looks dignified. There was even an unbelievably surprised expression mixed in.

  Nearly 3,000 sons, although some of them belonged to Li Jue and the others, even after deducting these troops, there were still about 1,800. How could they not protect Ma Teng?

In addition, these wealthy families in Xiliang are all clear in their hearts. Strictly speaking, Li Jue, Guo Si and others are even inferior to Ma Teng and Han Sui, because when Ma Teng, Han Sui and Dong Zhuo When they were equal, Li Jue, Guo Si and others were still listening to orders under Dong Zhuo's tent, but now...

  All eyes were on Ma Chao's face, but Ma Chao didn't show any expression, just paced back and forth slowly in the hall.

  Ma Chao sometimes looks a bit dumbfounded, but that doesn't mean Ma Chao is stupid.

  Qiang people in Xiliang all get married early, and there are many people who become fathers in their early teens, but Ma Chao doesn’t have one.

Ma Teng was very poor when he was young, and was so poor that he could only go to the mountains to cut firewood to survive. Although women in the Han Dynasty did not worship money like a certain Xiaotuo in later generations, no gentry family was willing to marry their own women to such a poor family. People who see no hope.

Even though Ma Teng kept emphasizing that he was Ma Yuan, it was still not easy to use, so in the end, Ma Teng had no choice but to marry a Qiang woman among the Qiang tribe, the daughter of the leader of a small branch of the Qiang tribe, That is Ma Chao's mother.

  In April of the fourth year of Zhongping, Geng, the governor of Liangzhou at that time, trusted treacherous officials, which led to the rebellion of the Didoren Kingdom and the Di, Qiang and other ethnic groups. The states and counties recruited warriors to fight against the rebellion. Ma Teng seized the opportunity and enlisted in the army. Soon because of his bravery, he was valued by the state and county officials. He was appointed as an army officer and commanded the army.

  The people Ma Teng took with him to join the army were members of Ma Chao's mother's tribe.

  Of course, as Ma Teng's status rises, many so-called successful men have to face problems.

  Primary three.

   Well, there was no such name in the Han Dynasty, but it was just that.

   Ma Teng remarried a Han woman and gave birth to Ma Xiu and Ma Tie.

  As for the original Qiang wife, she naturally stayed with the Qiang people, and Ma Teng had one on each side, feeling very happy.

The subsequent development is naturally similar to most of the **** plots. As time goes by, although Ma Chao is Ma Teng's eldest son, he can also feel that Ma Teng is paying more and more attention to Ma Xiu and Ma Tie. …

  That's why Ma Chao's mother sent Ma Dai over. In the concept of the Qiang people, if you want what you want, you can’t ask for it, so Ma Chao’s mother didn’t expect Ma Teng to turn back as a prodigal son, but after all, Ma Chao was her own child, so she did her best to support him. Ma Chao.

  So, the current situation is very delicate.

  Ma Chao didn't say a word, but everyone felt a little strange.

For the Shaodang Qiang people sitting next to Ma Dai, Ma Chao is not only the son of Ma Teng, but more importantly, the son of his own nobleman. More is worry.

   On the other side, for the few people close to Matthew, Ma Chao is not the best successor to the Ma family in their minds. It's just that Matthew is still young and it's not convenient for him to formally contend.

This time Ma Teng led his troops into Chang'an, in addition to taking advantage of the fire to loot, he was preparing to give Ma Xiu and Ma Tie a background. After all, Ma Teng said that he was the successor of Ma Yuan, but after all, he was too poor before. Even a poor family is not considered a poor family, at most it is a broken family, so it still needs some procedures to return to the gentry system.

   Ma Teng's plan is naturally good, and it is progressing fairly well, but now it has stumbled, so where the Ma family will go in the future has become the problem now.

  On weekdays, Ma Chao is always bluffing, and he often speaks indiscriminately. He seems to say whatever comes to his mind. Naturally, he has never called everyone to discuss things like he is now.

  Ma Chao turned around a few times, finally stopped, stood in the middle of the hall, looked left and right, and said: "The current situation is like this, do you have any ideas?"

Ma Teng used to be arbitrary in the world, basically issuing orders directly, and letting everyone under him follow the instructions, so everyone is used to it, but now looking at Ma Chao's young age, he seems to have no opinion, a look of hesitation Undecided, some people looked at each other, gave some winks, and then began to speak.

   "...The old master is very skilled in martial arts, how could it be so easy... Is there any other inside story? Could it be that the old master didn't actually... just the fake news released by Li Thief and others?"

   "This also seems to make sense, but the question now is what should we do now, should we march?"

   "Young Commander, we seem to have an agreement with the people in Guanzhong. Are we rushing into the army... General Han also said that we should abide by the agreement and not act without authorization..."

"You really take this agreement seriously, but it is only temporary. Everyone knows this in their hearts, but it is true that there is not much food and grass now, and this is also the truth. It will be broken! This is a problem..."

"Although it's not a big deal to send some sons to hunt some grass and valleys around, but there are no good goods in the surrounding area. Is it really impossible to search around? I'm afraid the search is not enough to send out. The gaps between your sons' teeth..."

   "Everyone, let me tell you, it's not a question of food and grass now, but a question of whether to march to avenge the old master! Why are you talking so nonsense..."

"What is nonsense, don't you eat food and grass? Even if the old master is here, he is still sympathetic to Erlang, and he didn't say the reason for letting Erlang go to the battlefield on an empty stomach! I really don't know how the soldiers who followed you survived... "

"Hey! Did I ever say that I made my subordinates hungry? Who doesn't know that I've always been the best for my subordinates, and I'm not like someone who piles up all the good things in his account and never knows how to divide some !"

"What do you mean by some points! That's all because of my hard work, one knife and one gun! What's wrong, I'm jealous, I want to take the knife and go to the battlefield to get it! I stare at the red eyes all day, good thing Will it fall from the sky? Hehehe..."

  When one person speaks, everyone immediately speaks, and everyone in the hall expresses their opinions one after another. Most of Ma Teng's subordinates are Qiang people, so the etiquette is naturally a bit rough. Everyone is dancing and dancing, and their voices are getting louder and louder. They simply ignored Ma Chao's expression in the hall and started arguing on their own. The originally solemn hall seemed to have turned into a pond full of hundreds of ducks...

  (end of this chapter)