The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 444
"That goes without saying, my brother is the number one general in Xiliang!" Before Ma Chao could reply, a young general jumped out from behind him. very.

Li Yuan glanced at the young general. He looked somewhat similar to Ma Chao, presumably he was Ma Chao's brother.Ma Teng frowned when he saw this, and reprimanded him: "Tie'er, don't be so big or small, you can't be rude in front of General Li."

"Yes..." Seeing that Ma Teng was unhappy, Ma Tie quickly retreated behind Ma Chao. In Xiliang, he was most afraid of his father Ma Teng and his elder brother Ma Chao.

"Wen Zhong, you are laughing at my lax parenting." Ma Teng apologized.

"General Ma is serious. There is no boy who is not arrogant. I was the same when I was his age." Of course, Li Yuan couldn't care about these juniors. He is 34 years old this year, and he has passed his [-]s.

"Hahahaha, how can my incompetent sons compare with you? I think you were so powerful when you were less than 20 years old. You defeated Lu Bu's Bingzhou iron cavalry and became famous all over the world. They are far behind you " Ma Teng said with a smile, although he was old, he could still clearly remember fighting side by side with Li Yuan at Hulao Pass, and that battle was almost the most glorious battle in his life.

But when Ma Teng said this, Ma Chao, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie were dissatisfied. They felt that they were no worse than Li Yuan, but they just didn't have the opportunity.

Li Yuan also noticed the change in the faces of Ma Chao and the others, thinking that the Ma family was indeed a proud and arrogant generation. No wonder Liu Bei didn't trust Ma Chao even if he subdued him in "history".

"Wen Zhong, let's go to the city. I've already arranged a banquet for you." Ma Teng took Li Yuan's hand and entered the city together, looking very friendly. .

After entering the prefect's mansion, everyone sat down as guest and host. Ma Teng sat in the first place, Li Yuan and Ma Chao were on both sides, and Xu Zhu was beside Li Yuan.After drinking for three rounds, everyone has become acquainted, Ma Teng started to talk about business, and asked: "Wen Zhong, you must come to Wuwei to find me this time because of something important."

"That's right, I came to Wuwei this time to form an alliance with General Ma." Li Yuan originally prepared a lot of arguments, but when facing Ma Teng, he felt that the nonsense was meaningless, so he simply said it directly.Han Sui, who was sitting opposite Li Yuan, was stunned for a moment, and looked at Li Yuan in surprise.

"Wen Zhong, with our relationship, why do you need to say such outlandish words? You and I are old friends. It is absolutely impossible for us to attack each other. If you need my help, just ask. You are welcome. " Ma Teng didn't regard Li Yuan as an outsider, and even regarded him as a very close person, and he would do his best to help Li Yuan without much discussion.

Li Yuan was deeply moved, and cupped his fists and said: "General Ma, if you need me in the future, just ask me, I, Li Yuan, will definitely help!"

"Wen Zhong, I don't need to say more about the relationship between you and me. Although I haven't seen you for many years, I have heard about your growth over the years. You first joined Kong Ni and started your business in Runan, participating in the alliance of princes. You didn’t have many troops back then, but when you fought against Lu Bu, you already conquered all the lords. From then on, I concluded that you are not a thing in the pool, and you will definitely become a famous figure in the world in the future. Now you really don’t come out of me As expected, you have defeated Tao Qian, Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, Liu Biao, Sun Ce and others in just ten years, and became the number one prince in the world today. This achievement far exceeded my expectations." Ma Teng sighed. .

"General Ma Liao praises you. How can I compare with you? You have guarded Xiliang for many years, and your hard work is far behind me." Although Li Yuan is far more powerful than Ma Teng, he is still very humble.

"You don't have to be humble. I am far inferior to you in terms of martial arts, army management, strategy, and the way of governing the country. I heard that Xuzhou and other places have become very prosperous under your governance. The people live and work in peace and contentment. You are admired by all people. I I have ruled Xiliang for many years but I still only know how to march and fight, and I don’t know anything about other things, so I’m far behind you.” Ma Teng clearly knew the gap between himself and Li Yuan, but he didn’t say these words for Li Yuan , but to his sons.

Ma Chao and others are proud and arrogant. Although Ma Chao is skilled in martial arts, he is very good at fighting, and he is also very brave in combat, but he is not good at strategy. He knows that wars cannot be won by bravery alone. Sometimes strategy is more important than martial arts. Li Yuan is better than Ma Chao in this respect, so he hopes that Ma Chao can learn more from Li Yuan, and if there is a chance, he also wants Ma Chao and others to follow Li Yuan for a period of time and learn more skills from him.

Han Sui on the side saw that the relationship between Li Yuan and Ma Teng was so good, he was very worried, and he never thought that Ma Teng would trust Li Yuan so much, he suddenly saw Ma Chao's face seemed a little unhappy, he Knowing that Ma Chao is an arrogant person, how could Ma Chao be happy now that Ma Teng keeps praising Li Yuan?

In fact, not only Ma Chao, Ma Tie and Ma Xiu are also unhappy. They always think that their brother Ma Chao is superior in martial arts and no one can beat him. Even Li Yuan is definitely not Ma Chao's opponent. They really want Ma Chao to fight Li Yuan. Then kill Li Yuan's prestige and prove to his father Ma Teng that they are no worse than Li Yuan.

Han Sui was an old man, and he could tell what the Ma family brothers were thinking when he saw their faces. He interjected thoughtfully, "General Li, I have heard for a long time that you are highly skilled in martial arts. We soldiers from Xiliang admire the strong one the most. I don't know if we can Shall I send a few warriors to compete with you in martial arts?"

"General Li, I heard that you fought Lv Bu for [-] rounds at Hulao Pass, and I wanted to see your bravery. I would rather hit the sun today. Please teach me my martial arts today." Ma Tie couldn't hold back for a long time. He immediately jumped out to challenge Li Yuan after hearing Han Sui's suggestion of a martial arts competition. He thought that his martial arts were better than Li Yuan, and he didn't need his brother Ma Chao to fight.

Seeing Ma Tie's initiative, Han Sui was secretly happy, thinking that the people in Ma's family really seemed like idiots who only knew how to compete in martial arts.If Ma Chao and the others knew that Han Sui would have such thoughts, they would definitely tear him apart, but it's a pity that they don't know how to read minds.

"Tie'er, why are you here again? You said you can't be rude to General Li." Ma Teng wanted to call Ma Tie back.

(End of this chapter)