Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 176 Pattern
The 17-year-old Ma Chao, in terms of official position alone, does have the flavor of a wunderkind.However, he couldn't be happy in his heart at all, because he was just a bare-handed commander with no soldiers under him.

After all, Wang Yun's intention was to use Ma Chao as a proton to contact Ma Jiajun who was close to Ma Teng's subordinates.

But Liu Xie would not play such tricks. Ma Chao is a fierce tiger, and if he is kept as a watchdog like Wang Yun, something will happen sooner or later.Just like Lu Bu, he was a lone wolf who could conquer all directions, but was surrounded by Wang Yun aggrievedly.In the end, he had no choice but to elope with that Diao Chan and find another vast world.

"During the Battle of Chang'an, my big man produced a young hero. The name of Xiliang Brocade is not only well-known in Liangzhou, but also in Guanzhong!" Liu Xie squinted his eyes. Glancing at Ma Chao who was drowsy in the court, this guy really didn't seem interested in the affairs of his family and country at all.Even when Liu Xie mentioned him, he didn't look up.

However, Liu Xie also understood Ma Chao.After all, Ma Chao is a smart man, and he has already seen his future destiny, so he will inevitably appear unhappy.Fortunately, Xu Huang, who was close to him, reminded Ma Chao, so that Ma Chao could react, and hurried forward to salute Liu Xie, so as not to chill the atmosphere in the hall.

Seeing Ma Chao's reaction, Liu Xie was overjoyed. He deliberately teased Ma Chao, and said, "I heard that General Ma has not yet married. In the battle of Chang'an, General Ma took the lead and fought bravely. I am very relieved. Ma Chao The general has been in Chang'an for some time, I don't know if there is someone you admire in your heart? If so, you might as well say it, I will save this matchmaker for the general."

Hearing that Liu Xie was rambling about his own marriage in the lobby, Ma Chao became more and more annoyed, but he couldn't get angry with Liu Xie, so he had to lower his head and reply weakly: "The Xiongnu is not here. Sweeper, why do you call yourself home?"

This sentence directly poured cold water on the heads of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

Ma Chao, as the eldest son of Ma Teng, has an outstanding demeanor like a beautiful jade, so naturally he has been remembered by these ministers for a long time.Moreover, they have long heard that Ma Chao and Liu Xie have a close relationship in private, and they are very likely to become another upstart like Huo Qubing in the Han Dynasty.Unexpectedly, Ma Chao is a blunt guy who doesn't understand how to get married in a noble family.

"Since the general doesn't have anyone he likes, how about I choose a virtuous and virtuous match for the general?" Liu Xie was very satisfied with Ma Chao's weak appearance at the moment, knowing that Ma Chao was unhappy, but he became more energetic.

Moreover, he also saw that when he said these words, he immediately mobilized the minds of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.As Liu Xie's eyeballs swept across the courtiers one by one, those courtiers who were sitting still, their eyes eagerly wanted to jump out and sell their own girls.

In fact, Liu Xie also knows that the minds of these ministers are actually very contradictory.On the one hand, they are noble families themselves, and they look down on frontier warriors like Ma Chao at all.But on the other hand, after experiencing Dong Zhuo's chaos, they can also see how important it is to hold a gun in their hands now.Therefore, when dealing with Ma Chao, they wanted to marry the Ma family, but they still sat still and pretended to be reserved, which was probably the case.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that Liu Xie was starting to get up, Ma Chao was really angry, and said solemnly, "The man was born in troubled times, and he has made great achievements for thousands of years since he was a seven-foot-long stick in his hand. Besides, my ancestor was a big man. General Bo, there is even a word about the shroud of horse leather. As a descendant of the Ma family, Chao Chao would rather gallop on the battlefield and make achievements than be a son-in-law of some kind in Chang'an!"

The term "golden turtle son-in-law" only appeared in "We You" written by Li Shangyin, a ghost poet in the late Tang Dynasty.However, it is the same as the "golden talisman son-in-law" in Ma Chao's mouth. It means that the man has a noble status because of the golden talisman on his body.

Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Liu Xie stopped teasing Ma Chao, but said with a cold face: "What if I don't allow the general to go to the battlefield in the future?"

As soon as these words came out, Ma Chao's face turned pale and he was in great pain.However, after all, he shouldered the great responsibility of the Ma family's future, but he still held back and said: "The minister will go back to the mansion to sleep!" , Get up and want to leave.

With Ma Chao's prestige of overturning the imperial case with a sword, none of the ministers without a leader dared to come out to stop Ma Chao.Only Xu Huang looked really worried, and was about to come out to say something nice for Ma Chao, but Liu Xie's eyebrows twitched, and he couldn't help but say with joy: "I don't know if the couch in the general's mansion is harder than that in the old soldiers' barracks." How about the plank bed?"

Hearing this, Ma Chao turned his head suddenly, and turned around with the silver fish scale armor on his body, making a clear sound: "Old soldier? Barracks? What do you mean by your majesty's words?"

There are three questions in Ma Chao's sentence, which shows the urgency of his mood.If Liu Xiezhi didn't tell the truth at this time, maybe Ma Chao would rush over and beat him up, and immediately said seriously: "It was the old soldiers who I hated and feared in the Battle of Chang'an. These people defected before the battle. The former Situ Wang Yun meant that he should be executed as an example to others. However, these old soldiers valued their bravery and despised death, and killing them was useless. So many people died in Chang'an, and I don't want to add more souls..."

"Your Majesty, leave it to the minister. Within three months, the minister will definitely bring a loyal army to your majesty!" Ma Chao stepped forward again, patted his chest and assured him, even without any hint from others, he took the initiative He fell to the ground.

This attitude naturally satisfied Liu Xie, but he still had to ask one more question to suppress those courtiers who were ready to move: "What if they surrender and rebel?"

"Then Your Majesty will behead the humble minister!" Ma Chao replied emotionally.

"Okay!" Liu Xie looked around at the ministers: "Since that's the case, do you have any objections?"

Who would dare to stand up to fools like Ma Chao?Each of them believed that if they jumped out at this time, they would only be beaten up by Ma Chao, and no one would stop them.

As a result, there was another silence in the courtroom.

To be honest, Liu Xie didn't like this kind of silence very much, which made all his choices seem arbitrary.However, he also knows that what he needs now is such a situation.Only after the courtiers have changed from old to new and have a new look will there be a scene of contention among a hundred schools of thought.

Relying on these old officials who were feared by Dong Zhuo, I am afraid it will not work.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with the decision to give Ma Chao the right to form an army of less than [-] old soldiers alone.After experiencing the first battle in Chang'an, Liu Xie can see that the current environment in Chang'an is not a good time for him to engage in national integration.Although the general atmosphere among the people is that hatred and numbness coexist, but in a place like the military where bravery is so strict, Liu Xie's idea of ​​wanting everyone to become one is obviously immature.

That being the case, it is obviously most appropriate for Ma Chao, a general with a quarter of foreign blood, to command those old soldiers.And Ma Chao's force and ruthless style are definitely more than enough to deal with those rebellious alien soldiers.Not to mention, although his title of Brocade of Xiliang has just emerged in Guanzhong, it is very well-known in the hearts of these old soldiers.

In this way, it is obviously the best way to deal with this army that Liu Xie is reluctant to kill, and releases but is not at ease.At the same time, Ma Chao is young and thoughtful. After he has something to do, he will not be idle in Chang'an to hold back any plots and schemes, and he will not disturb the hearts of the girls and daughters-in-law in Chang'an.

Yes, in order to prevent Ma Chao from stealing Liu Xie's limelight, Liu Xie put another bridle on Ma Chao, that is, Ma Chao must station troops in the outskirts of Chang'an for training.Of course, what was said on the surface was the same as what Jia Xu said, because the old soldiers finally defected to the rebels during the Chang'an rebellion, which hurt the hearts of the people in Chang'an, so this army with historical problems was ordered to Can only be stationed outside the city.

By the way, it must be said here that Chang'an's military strength has shrunk greatly.The newly formed Northern Army was almost crippled in the battle of Chang'an, leaving less than four divisions, which are currently led by Huangfusong's son and nephew; the Huben Southern Army, although Xu Huang's official position is already very big, but his subordinates There are only about four thousand soldiers.Including the elite part specially reserved for Xu Rong, there are only 2000 people.

In this way, counting the old soldiers under Ma Chao's men, there are only less than [-] troops in Chang'an.And this is why Liu Xie disdains Liu Xie for issuing the edict denouncing the heroes of the Kanto region.The [-] remnant soldiers were thrown into the melee where [-] troops were frequently mobilized, and it was estimated that they would be wiped out in the blink of an eye.

However, the emptiness of Chang'an troops does not mean that the Guanzhong area is dangerous.On the contrary, the safest area right now is here.On the right side of Chang'an, there is Ma Teng, the general who conquered the west, leading more than [-] Ma's troops to guard Guanyou; the old capital of Luoyang goes directly to Hulao Pass, and Jia Xu leads Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu and others to command [-] west troops. Liang cavalry blocked the Kwantung heroes.

These two parties are all troops who nominally surrendered to the Han Dynasty.Of course, it seems that Ma Teng on the right is more reliable.But here on the left, there is Jia Xu, as long as Liu Xie is not a fool and has any unreasonable thoughts about the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, there will be no big troubles.

All of this is Liu Xie's internal and external grass-roots team built by chance.It looks a bit different, but Liu Xie believes that as long as he is given a period of time, he can completely integrate the people of this team, until with the power of Guanzhong, he can sweep the land of the Central Plains that has escaped the embrace of the Han Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)