Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 453 Bingzhou Ma Teng
"Mr. Cao's plan is really good, but I still don't understand one thing. Yuan Shao's troops in Jizhou are full of fine food. Why didn't Mr. Cao ask Yuan Shao to send troops this time? We must know that if Yuan Shao sends troops, our province will be bigger." Wei Zhongdao After a little hesitation, he spoke.

"It's not that we don't want Yuan Shao in Jizhou to join us in dealing with Lu Bu. It's just that Yuan Shao is fighting Gongsun Zan now. I'm afraid he won't be able to draw any troops. Besides, we are enough to deal with Lu Bu. If even we can't deal with Lu Bu. , I’m afraid that no one in the world can deal with Lu Bu.” When he said this, Cheng Yu looked confident and confident, as if everything was under control, but the words were indeed true. , Among the princes in the world, no matter Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, or Ma Teng, they are already the top figures among the princes. If the three of them can't deal with Lu Bu, then no one can shake Lu Bu's strength.However, while saying this, it also illustrates another point, that is, if Lu Bu cannot be defeated in this battle, I am afraid that there will be no chance in the future.

"Okay, since Cao Cao is so sincere, I really want to have a fight with Lu Bu, so that Lu Bu can know how powerful I am." After speaking, Yuan Shu turned to Wei Zhongdao next to him and said, "Wei Zhongdao, prepare yourself, this time I will fight with you." You will go out with the army and serve as the army adviser, and I will let Ji Ling lead the brigade to Juancheng, and this time I must make Lu Bu look good."

At the same time, in Ma Teng's mansion far away in Jinyang, Bingzhou, the atmosphere was extremely solemn, and everyone looked serious.

"You tell me, should we join forces with Cao Cao to deal with Lu Bu this time?" Ma Teng sat upright, glanced at the generals below, and asked.Although he was asking the generals for advice, only Ma Chao and Ma Dai, these two nephews of Ma Teng, were the only ones who could talk here.

"Now that Lu Bu is far away in Yanzhou, it is indeed a great opportunity for us to attack Yongzhou. It would be a good thing for our army if we can take advantage of this opportunity to take Yongzhou. But before that, we have to solve two things. First, It's Zhang Yang who was duped. Ever since our army came to Bingzhou, Zhang Yang has retreated and been duped. Although his military strength is far inferior to our army, if my lord goes on an expedition to Yongzhou, there is no guarantee that Zhang Yang will not jump out and copy our army's retreat. One is the Xianbei in the north. The activities of the Xianbei people have become more and more rampant these years. The reason why Lu Bu let us station in Bingzhou may not mean that we want us to deter the Xianbei people. It’s just that if our army leaves Bingzhou, the Xianbei people will be unwilling. Lonely, attack Bingzhou." After a long silence, Ma Dai stood up first, and said after bowing to Ma Teng.

"Well, Ma Dai, you are right to worry. We must deal with these two matters." Ma Teng then turned to look at Ma Chao and asked, "Chao'er, what do you think about this matter?"

From the very beginning, Ma Chao kept his brows tightly locked and remained silent. He only raised his head when he heard Ma Teng's question, and said worriedly, "I'm thinking, what will my sister do if she finds out about this?" I think. There was indeed a deep hatred between us and Lu Bu back then, but in troubled times, there is nothing wrong with the victor, the prince, and the defeated Kou. Let go of the former enemy so easily, besides, I can see that my sister also wants to stay in Chang'an." Speaking of this, Ma Chao's face showed a complex look, obviously as a general who won the three armies, Ma Chao hoped that he would He can gallop on the battlefield and create his own mythology, but on the contrary, as an elder brother, Ma Chao also hopes that his sister can find her own home.

"When we were in Chang'an, Lu Bu let us go. He did us a life-saving favor. However, how can you decide the court's important affairs because of such personal feelings. Too much worry will only corrode the sword in your hand." See When Ma Chao was like this, Ma Teng couldn't help but reprimanded him.It is bound to be the most taboo thing to fight in troubled times is to look forward and backward.

"General calm down, Bingzhou is not stable now. It seems too early to talk about whether to send troops to Yongzhou at this time. It is better to solve the problem of Bingzhou first and then plan for Yongzhou. What's more, Yongzhou has Xun Yu in charge of the overall situation. Everything needs to be considered in the long run. .” Seeing Ma Teng getting angry, Ma Dai on the side hurriedly persuaded him.

"Although Xianbei's ambitions are not small, it's also because we can't unite within Bingzhou, which gave Xianbei an opportunity. As long as we can find a way to solve Zhang Yang, then Xianbei will stop talking." Ma Teng nodded, The subject changed.Ma Teng also understood that it was too risky for him to abandon Xiliang in order to attack Chang'an last time. Now Ma Teng naturally cannot make the same mistake again. If he wants to attack Yongzhou, the first thing to do is to settle the interior of Bingzhou, so dealing with Zhang Yang is the first to bear the brunt things.

"The general might as well invite Zhang Yang to the banquet, and then kill Zhang Yang with an excuse at the banquet, so that the interior of Bingzhou can be easily pacified." Ma Dai said after a little thought.

"That's great, you can arrange it." Ma Teng nodded and said.

Since Ma Teng came to Bingzhou, Zhang Yang knew that he was not Ma Teng's opponent, so he took the initiative to give up Jinyang and went to be fooled. First, he could avoid direct conflict with Ma Teng, and second, compared to Ma Teng and Lu Bu behind Ma Teng Zhang Yang feels that he is just a small character, since he has no ambition to fight for world hegemony, there is no need to confront these people.But Zhang Yang might never have thought that although he didn't intend to compete with Ma Teng, Ma Teng was thinking about him and wanted to get rid of him completely, so as to take the whole Bingzhou as his own.

Under Ma Dai's arrangement, Zhang Yang, who was duped, soon received a letter saying that Ma Teng had received the news that the Xianbei people seemed to be making moves, so he invited Zhang Yang to Jinyang to discuss military affairs. With the responsibility of guarding the land, it is reasonable to call state and county officials to discuss military affairs when there are threats from foreign enemies.So Zhang Yang happily went to the appointment without knowing it, and it must be that Ma Teng is also Zhang Yang's superior. The two are both officials of Bingzhou, and Zhang Yang does not want to offend Ma Teng.

"Hehe, General Ma Teng is doing well today. I don't know what the Xianbei side is doing. This time, we have to rely on the general to contribute to the country." Zhang Yang said as soon as he saw Ma Teng, he bowed his hands and saluted.

"Come here and take down Zhang Yang, who is connected to foreign countries." Seeing Zhang Yang walk in with a smile on his face, Ma Teng suddenly yelled with a straight face.Then guards rushed in from outside and surrounded Zhang Yang.

"This?" Seeing this sudden scene, Zhang Yang obviously didn't react and was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "General Ma Teng, what are you doing?"

"Zhang Yang, I got news that you secretly colluded with the Xianbei people and wanted to rebel in the Central Plains when the princes were in chaos. I, Ma Teng, was ordered by the emperor to guard one side. How can you allow a villain like you to communicate with foreign countries and take it down for me?" There is no good reason for Ma Teng to arrest Zhang Yang. Although it is not Ma Teng's specialty to make up crimes for others, as a feudal official, Ma Teng can't do this kind of thing. However, Teng had seen a lot, and if he wanted to kill Zhang Yang, then the charge of rebellion was naturally the most appropriate, so Ma Teng didn't think much about it, and took it directly and used it.

"Humph, Ma Teng, there is nothing wrong with wanting to commit a crime, but Zhang Yang didn't expect that you are such a shameless villain. I'm still a loyal minister who regards you as a big man and has been assisting you. Thinking that you are also a wolf with ambition, but if you kill me today, you will definitely die in the future." At this time, even if no one said it, Zhang Yang had already understood it, but now Zhang Yang has become a prisoner of his class, let alone Anything is in vain, it can only be used for a while.

"Go ahead and scold, anyway, it won't be long before your head will leave your neck." Ma Teng didn't care about Zhang Yang's hysteria before he died. This kind of thing of being reviled by others is very understandable.

"Chao'er, gather your soldiers and horses and go to be fooled." Seeing that the soldiers had pulled Zhang Yang down, Ma Teng turned his head and ordered to Ma Chao.

When Ma Chao led his troops to the swindle, there were already fast horses rushing back to the swindle to report to the swindled officials. When the swindle heard that Zhang Yang had been killed, they were already in a mess, let alone relying on the swindled city and Ma Teng resisted, so once Ma Chaojun was deceived, he took over the military power of the deceived army smoothly.

However, at the same time that Ma Chao took over the swindle, one person and one rider quietly left the swindle and headed towards Yanzhou. It must be that Zhang Yang was Ding Yuan's subordinate in the first place, and among those who stayed behind Zhang Yang, some of them were familiar with Lu Bu. At this time, seeing Ma Teng killing Zhang Yang, he wanted to report the matter to Lu Bu and contact Lu Bu again, so as to find a way out for himself when he had to.

However, it is said that Lu Bu took the wolf rider and galloped all the way to Donglai, Qingzhou, to meet Tai Shici's mother. This journey made many officials in Qingzhou tremble with fear. After all, these officials had either turned to Yuan Shao, or Yuan Shao sent them to garrison Qingzhou Yes, when I learned of Lv Bu's sudden visit at this time, I felt uneasy. It stands to reason that Lv Bu, as a captain, is the superior of these officials. Taking the opportunity to seize the territory, it is not difficult for them.Fortunately, Lu Bu came and went like the wind, and Lu Bu had already left by the time these officials heard the news, but this also made these officials panic.Because since Lu Bu can come and go freely in Qingzhou, it has already shown that Lu Bu has the ability to capture Qingzhou, and Yuan Shao is entangled with Gongsun Zan at this time, and there is power to entangle with Lu Bu. Fortunately, Lu Bu was active in Qingzhou. It was very short, and before some officials could react, Lu Bu had already left.It's just that when Lu Bu was leaving, there was an extra carriage in the line, but there was an old woman sitting in the carriage. This person was none other than Tai Shici's old mother.

(End of this chapter)