The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 421 420 Liangzhou Rebellion (7)

Han Sui did not punish Hou Xuan severely, but only fined Hou Xuan several months' salary, and returned his son Hou Yin to Hou Xuan.

Although Hou Yin's life was cut off and he was beaten half to death by Han Cheng, his life was saved anyway. Hou Xuan also saw with his own eyes that Han Sui and Han Cheng had a falling out because of him. Yin made a mistake first, and Han Sui did not kill Hou Yin, which was already a great kindness, so Hou Xuan didn't care about anything anymore, took Hou Yin to bid farewell to Han Sui, and went back to Shangyu County.

Han Cheng and his father Han Suien broke up with each other, and rode a war horse all the way eastward alone.

Two days later, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pound returned to Gaoping, the county town of Anding County.

Gaoping is also an important town on the Silk Road. After crossing Longxian County and crossing Liupan Mountain, it arrived at Gaoping City.

Gaoping City was first built in the third year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the national power was at its peak and the military power was strong. He launched continuous attacks on the Xiongnu and opened up a large territory.

In order to strengthen the military defense of the northwest frontier, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up Anding County. The government was located in Gaoping City (now Guyuan County). Because the city was strong, it was unmatched in the entire Northwest, so it was also called "the first city". ".

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the situation in Liangzhou was turbulent, and warlords of different sizes existed at the same time. Ma Teng was originally just a small official in the account of Geng Bi, the governor of Liangzhou. After discovering his heroic side, Geng Bi discovered his extraordinary ability, so he appointed him as the army commander, and from then on he was responsible for leading troops to fight.

Later, Han Sui, Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, and Wang Guo jointly rebelled, and Geng Bi was defeated and killed. Ma Teng, in order to protect himself, turned to the side of the rebel army and joined forces with the rebel army.

But as the imperial army came to quell the rebellion, Ma Teng led his troops to join the imperial court again, and in turn helped the imperial court eliminate Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, and Wang Guo's troops. Therefore, Han Sui and Bian Zhang hated him deeply.

Later, when Han Sui and Bian Zhang had a conflict, Han Sui planned to kill Bian Zhang, and Bian Zhang's subordinates defected to Ma Teng one after another.

Later, Han Sui couldn't support himself alone, unable to withstand the attack of the imperial army, he was forced to surrender to the imperial court, and was appointed as the prefect of Jincheng, and his subordinates also became the official army.

Ma Teng was also appointed as a general because of his military exploits, and he was stationed in the Anding area.

Later, Dong Zhuo rose and became the governor of Xiliang. Han Sui and Ma Teng were all attached to Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo died, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and other old troops led the Xiliang army into Chang'an and occupied Chang'an again. In order to appease Ma Teng and Han Sui, he appointed Han Sui as the general of Zhenxi and continued to serve as the prefect of Jincheng, and concurrently served as the governor of Liangzhou, while Ma Teng was the general of Anxi and the prefect of Anding.

However, as Han Sui's ambitions continued to expand, he couldn't tolerate Ma Teng's nail in his eyes at all. He also remembered Ma Teng's duplicitous behavior and hated Ma Teng deeply, so the two armies often had constant friction.

Later, under the mediation of Yan Wen, a native of Hanyang County, Ma Teng and Han Sui finally decided to live in peace, attack and defend the alliance, and turned their spearheads to Li Jue, Guo Si and others in Chang'an, which gradually stabilized Liangzhou .

However, after Yan Wen's death, Han Sui's ambition sprouted again, and he often wanted to deal with Ma Teng, but he never found a chance to do so.

Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pound went hunting nominally, but in fact they were secretly investigating the distribution of Han Sui's troops. After completing this mission, they returned.

The three of them rode war horses, and as soon as they entered Gaoping City, they immediately went to the government office to report to Ma Teng some gains from the trip.

But when they came to the hall of the government office, they saw a chubby man dressed as a literati standing in the hall, holding an imperial decree in his hand, while Ma Teng was kneeling on the ground, listening.

When the three of them came to the entrance of the hall, the fat man dressed as a literati had already read the imperial decree and handed it to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng received the imperial edict and said loudly: "My humble minister Ma Teng, thank you Lord Long for your kindness!"

Then, the fat man helped Ma Teng up, and said with a smile: "General Ma, get up quickly, congratulations to General Ma, congratulations to General Ma, General Ma has risen steadily, and suddenly became a Weiwei, this Weiwei is Jiuqing One, General Ma has been promoted!"

Ma Teng stood up, his tall body covered the fat man at once, and Ma Teng clasped his fists and said: "Master Dong came from a long way, and Ma has no hospitality, Ma has already been prepared. Bojiu, you must never get drunk with Master Dong!"

That fat man was none other than Dong Zhao.

After Dong Zhao heard this, he cupped his hands and said, "Since Lord Weiwei has kindly invited you, Dong would be more respectful than obedient."

At this time, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De came in from the outside of the hall. As soon as they entered the hall, Ma Chao shouted loudly: "My lord, the child is back!"

Both Ma Teng and Dong Zhao looked out together, but saw that Ma Chao had already arrived, and Ma Dai and Pang De followed behind Ma Chao.

Dong Zhao saw Ma Chao's handsome appearance and extraordinary appearance. His handsome face, burly body, and those deep eyes all left a deep impression on him.On the way to Liangzhou, he had already heard about the name of Ma Chao, who was hailed by the Qiang people as the "Shenweitian General". After entering Liangzhou, Ma Chao's reputation grew, because of his handsome appearance, Suave and suave, he often wears white clothes and bright silver armor in battle, and a brocade robe over the armor. After a battle, his body is not stained with blood, and the armor is still bright and beautiful, so he is called It is called "Jin Ma Chao".

"Master Ma, this must be Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi, who is known by the Qiang people as 'Shenweitian General' and also known as 'Jin Ma Chao'?" Dong Zhao took a step forward and said.

After Ma Teng heard this, he laughed and said: "It's just a false name. I don't think Mr. Dong has heard of my son's name. It really surprised Ma."

"Meng Qi is very famous in Liangzhou. Who doesn't know? Who doesn't know? Mrs. Ma can have such a son, which is really enviable! If my son can have half of Meng Qi's talent, then I will Don't be so troubled. Alas!"

Dong Zhao was praising Ma Chao one second, and sighed because of his son the next second, which made Ma Teng even more proud as a father.

Ma Teng hastily shouted to Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, come and pay respects to Master Dong!"

Ma Chao respectfully bowed to Dong Zhao: "Meng Qi has met Mr. Dong!"

Dong Zhao laughed and said, "Young General, you don't need to be polite!"

As soon as the voice fell, he turned his head and said to Ma Teng: "If Mr. Ma comes to Beijing this time, you might as well bring Meng Qi with you. The Regent has also heard of Meng Qi's reputation and wants to meet Meng Qi very much. Maybe , the regent liked Meng Qi very much after seeing him, so he kept Meng Qi by his side as an official. By that time, both of you father and son will be in the capital, and the family can be reunited again, wouldn’t it be wonderful?”

Ma Teng had a smile on his face. After hearing Dong Zhao's words, he also had this kind of intention in his mind, but he didn't dare to show it. He just said to Dong Zhao: "Meng Qi has been in the frontier fortress for a long time, and he doesn't understand court etiquette." I'm afraid that if I go to the capital, I will cause some unnecessary troubles, and instead add trouble to Mr. Dong..."

"Master Ma, in fact, the capital is not as imagined, and the regent is not a polite person. Besides, I am not afraid of any trouble, and when I came, the regent also specifically confessed that he must bring Meng Qi to Capital city, I want to see Meng Qi with my own eyes..."

Before Dong Zhao finished speaking, Ma Chao suddenly interjected, "Father, are you going to the capital?"

Hearing that Ma Chao interrupted Dong Zhao, Ma Teng immediately reprimanded him, "Why are you so ignorant of the rules? You interrupted Master Dong?"

"Master Ma, you don't have to be so strict. It's not a big deal. I've come a long way, and I'm a little tired. You and your son discuss the matter of going to the capital first, so I'll take my leave and go take a nap." Dong Zhao felt It is also time to leave, to give Ma Teng, Ma Chao and his son enough space to discuss matters.

Seeing that Dong Zhao was going to rest, Ma Teng immediately arranged for Pang De to take Dong Zhao to the guest room, and also ordered Ma Dai to arrange a banquet.

In the blink of an eye, only Ma Teng and Ma Chao were left in the hall.

Ma Chao asked again: "Father, are you going to the capital?"

Ma Teng did not speak, but handed the imperial decree to Ma Chao.

After Ma Chao glanced at it briefly, he said, "Why did the court call my father to the capital to serve as a guard for no reason?"

"Of course I think I have the qualifications to be a Wei Wei. I have been guarding Liangzhou for a long time, and Qiang Hu dare not approach him. Naturally, it is for this reason that the court wants me to be a Wei Wei?"

"Is father going to be a guard in the capital?" Ma Chao asked again.

Ma Teng stroked a beard hanging on his chin, his eyes already had a look of longing, and asked, "What do you think of me becoming the Weiwei?"

"Not so good!" Ma Chao replied bluntly.

Ma Teng looked at Ma Chao with surprised eyes, and asked, "Don't you feel all right?"

Ma Chao said: "Although Wei Wei ranks among the nine ministers, he is an official in the capital. The capital is so big and there are so many officials. Even the nine ministers are only one of them, which does not show any importance at all. Moreover, the capital is At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the laws must be relatively strict. My father is used to doing his own thing in the frontier, and he has to abide by many rules when he goes to the capital. Doesn’t his father feel that he is not free enough? As the saying goes, accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. It is inevitable that you will not make any mistakes. In case the emperor and the regent are angered one day, you only need an imperial decree to send your father into the dungeon. My father has no relatives in the capital, and he has no friends. Those ministers in the middle school don’t know each other, and no one pleads for father, so wouldn’t father be lonely in the dungeon for the rest of his life?”

After Ma Teng heard this, he suddenly found that Ma Chao also had the ability to analyze things. To be honest, he was already tired of Liangzhou. Although Liangzhou is now peaceful, it is only on the surface. In fact, he and Han Sui are fighting openly and secretly. , and he also knew that Han Sui had long wanted to annex himself.Therefore, he always wanted to stay away from Liangzhou, but suffered from having nowhere to go.It just so happened that the holy decree came at this time and called him to be a guard, as if God heard his prayer and opened a door for him when he was hit by walls.

Moreover, Ma Teng didn't think about what would happen in the capital in the future. He just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible, fly far away, stay away from this barren land, and no longer suffer from wind, sand and bitter cold. Half life.

To put it simply, Ma Teng was not a hero from the very beginning. Every step he took was involuntary and planned for himself. If there was a better choice, he would never appear in Liangzhou. In the past ten years, which day will I stop worrying about it?
Seeing Ma Teng's pensive look, Ma Chao thought that Ma Teng was thinking about his words, so he continued, "Father, although Liangzhou is located in a remote place, and it is a place of bitter cold, but here my father says one word and one word. , the father is the only one here, why bother to covet the vacant position of Jiuqing and go to the capital. Besides, it is not easy to be a capital official. The capital officials are all in cliques, and there is only one father, so he will inevitably be excluded. If father wants to return to Liangzhou, it will be even more difficult..."

"Meng Qi, don't say any more, I already know what to do as a father, so go down." Ma Teng waved his hand.

"Father, I just came back from Hanyang County and found out about Han Sui's military deployment. Doesn't Father want to hear about it?" Ma Chao asked.

"Go back and mark on the map first, and show me Han Sui's troop distribution map tomorrow!"

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)