Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 988 Key direction

   There was a commotion in the hall.

   Ma Chao just listened quietly, with a half-smile on his face. Perhaps because of the mixed race, Ma Chao has a handsome face, a tall stature, and a sense of strength. Compared with other Qiang people who are short and strong, he stands out from the crowd. Because he is still young, the beard on his face is sparse. It's not very obvious, one glance even has a sense of feminine enchantment, and after a few more glances, one can feel the heroic spirit under his handsome appearance.

   Ma Chao listened for a long time, lowered his eyelids, and did not get angry, but just said in a low voice: "Enough."

  A Qiang headman next to Ma Chao was gesticulating and talking lively. Ma Chao spoke suddenly, and the voice was not loud. The Qiang headman didn't hear clearly at all, and continued to talk continuously. When he finished speaking, he found that Ma Chao was looking at him with a half-smile. He looked at Ma Chao calmly, scratched his head and said, "Young Commander, did you just... say something?"

   The corners of Ma Chao's mouth are slightly upturned, and he has a pretty good smile. If it is put in later generations, it is estimated that many fans will faint on the spot...

   It's just that what Ma Chao said next is not so funny: "I said, stop everyone. In this hall, I am the one who decides, and I am the only one."

  Ma Chao's voice was not high, but this time it was heard by everyone in the hall.

Although Ma Chao smiled, his tone was extremely calm, even hiding a trace of chill, just like Yan Bing on the snow mountain, you don't need to touch it, you can tell what kind of piercing ice is hidden in the ice just by looking at it. deep cold.

  Slowly, the other voices in the hall gradually disappeared. Several people turned their heads slightly to look at Ma Xiu, but saw Ma Xiu gradually lowered his head under Ma Chao's eyes...

  Ma Chao is tall and straight, and his voice is always low, but every word he utters is as powerful as a nail, and his eyes are as sharp as a sword. Looking around, it hurts the eyebrows and eyes of everyone in the hall.

   "...Why did you come here? Just to eat two rations? Why don't you think about it, where did the belongings gathered during this period come from?"

   "My father brought us here, don't you know that the place in Guanzhong is dangerous? Don't you know that the people in Guanzhong are dangerous? But why do you still come?"

   "It's easy to like it so much, and only do things that are sure and not dangerous, so why don't you just die of old age in Xiliang, continue to sleep on broken rugs, drink bad wine, and gnaw your bones!"

   "Ten pieces of sheepskins can't be exchanged for a handful of salt! Three cows can't be exchanged for a piece of tea cake! Let me ask you, how long do you want to live like this?"

   "What are you thinking?"

"I know, many of you already feel that you have enough money, that's all right. Even if you return to Xiliang with these things, you will be rich enough, but what about your son? What about your grandson? What about the descendants of the whole family? After using up what they have in hand, should we let them go back to the grassland and continue to live the life of grazing cattle and sheep?"

   "What are you going to do?"

   "I know that too, but some of you..."

   "Stupid, stupid, extremely, extremely!"

   Ma Chao uttered the last four words one by one coldly, like four shots fired in unison, and some people in the hall were a little restless.

"... A certain descendant of the Ma family, starting from Zhong Chenghou, took An Bian as his post, and passed it down to this day. Is there any difficulty? A **** battle, and a family fortune through hard work! The members of the Ma family rely on their bravery, and rely on the ability passed down from Zhong Chenghou!"

"Without this ability, without this long spear, what are we going to use to protect the Ma family's property? Scriptures? Haha, what a joke! The Ma family only has such a small population now. , just looking at the point in front of me, being poor and old-fashioned, when the vigor of the Ma family wears off, how long can this family business last?"

   "I don't believe that my father is so easy..."

   Ma Chao turned his face aside, then paused for a while, and continued.

   "But whether it's true or not, we, now, must march!"

"How many people are there in our Ma family? How many people are there in Xiliang? How many people are there in Guanzhong? How many people are there in the east of Hangu? Bottom level! It’s so hard to have such an opportunity now, my father personally led us to where we are today, and finally see the hope that belongs to us Xiliang people, can’t we just hand over such a great opportunity so easily? "

   "It's easy to go back! It's just like going to heaven if you want to come back!"

"Right now, apart from Uncle Han, there is only Thief Li left among the people of Xiliang... I also firmly believe that even if my father is really... Li Thief will definitely pay a huge price! And now, the best If we can't grasp the opportunity, who can guarantee that Li Thief will not recover? If we don't take Li Thief's life while he is weak, why don't we wait for him to recover before killing us?"

"Since the Guanzhong people still have a peace treaty with us, these Guanzhong people also want us Xiliang people to kill each other..." Ma Chao glanced at a few people pointedly, and then said, "Uncle Han's concerns, I don't think so. I understand, I am not ignorant of the difficulties in front of me, but if I don’t take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate Li thief in one fell swoop, and then put all the Xiliang people in the entire Guanzhong under the banner of Uncle Han and our Ma family, is it possible that in the future? The Xiliang people continue to fight, let the Guanzhong people take advantage of it?!"

   "My father's mission is to lead everyone to create a world of Xiliang people, and our mission is to continue to walk along this road, and earn a legacy for our descendants!"

   Ma Chao stood in the hall with his hands behind his back, looking proud.

  The hall was silent, and even Ma Xiu, who had lowered his head, looked up at Ma Chao at this moment, with a somewhat excited expression.

Ma Chao exhaled lightly, and said seriously: "Xiliang, Guanzhong! The world is so big that it exceeds your imagination. I believe that since you have come to this point, you also know this truth... Take a step back, our Ma family It’s just a fall, and I don’t know when I will be able to recover, further, such a big world, no matter how it is divided, it will be much bigger than before..."

"What's more, people who are also from Xiliang, why are you afraid of Li Thief, dare not fight him to the death? He is my father-killing enemy, he is the roadblock of the Ma family, smash him, If you step on it, our Ma family will not lose the blood in our chests, and we will not lose our reputation among Xiliang people!"

   "Tell me! Warriors of the Ma family, how do you choose?! Do you dare to fight! Do you dare to take revenge! Do you dare to exchange the swords and guns in your hands for everyone's world?!"

For the last few words, Ma Chao raised his voice and yelled out in a stern voice. Everyone in the hall was stimulated by his words and seemed to be unable to sit still. When Ma Teng set off from Wuwei, someone immediately pulled out his sword, stood up with a swipe, raised the sword in the air and shouted loudly: "Fight! Fight! Fight! We dare, we dare! Kill Thief Li! Kill him!" Thief Li!"

  Ma Chao laughed, high-spirited, and pulled out his sword fiercely, held it in the air, and slashed fiercely: "All the leaders go back to form the team immediately, and set off early tomorrow morning! If you don't kill Thief Li, you will not turn back!"

   Everyone agreed with a loud bang, and then left the hall with a murderous look.

  Ma Dai walked last, and slowly waited for everyone to go out, then stood beside Ma Chao, and said softly: "Brother Meng Qi, don't you need to be careful..."

  Ma Chao narrowed his eyes, staring at the back of Matthew who was going away, then shook his head and said: "Now is the time for the Ma family to work together, and they are not stupid... What's more, they don't dare to measure them..."

  ………………

  The sunshine of early summer sprinkled on the walls of Wugong County.

   Today is a pretty good weather, neither too hot nor cold, very comfortable.

  The weather is so good, and there is no war, so tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in and around Wugong County, although there are still many swords, guns and arrows, but they all feel that the original chilling and tense war atmosphere seems to have quietly gone.

   Soldiers in martial arts can naturally enjoy this relaxing moment and relax their previously tense spirit a little bit, but civilians in martial arts cannot have such a comfortable enjoyment.

  For these peasants, this kind of weather also means a good time to work...

  Xia Mou is a veteran in the army after all, so the civil engineering around the martial arts must not only be done solidly, but also need to be perfect.

  The trenches of martial arts have been dug into two layers, and they are all within the range of an arrow from the wall of the village. The new circle of trenches is five paces wide, and now it has been dug to a depth of one person. Combined with the original trenches, it is as solid as gold.

At this moment, the peasants are picking up the soil, tamping it down, densely packed like ants, continuing to work hard, digging the entire martial arts trench deeper, raising the earth wall higher, and cutting wood and quarrying stones in the distance. The team of chariots and horses, rumbling and rumbling...

  The entire martial art has now become a huge fortress.

At this time, if you look down from the sky, you can see Wugong County as the center, like a huge ant nest, densely packed with people who are coming and going, except for the garrison in the city, there are people all over the city wall. On the side, there are also two camps, one large and one small, the small one is for infantry, and the big one is for cavalry, forming a triangle relationship with Wugong City. Around the camp, teams of soldiers or soldiers are practicing , or on patrol, orderly and orderly.

  Xia Mou still has the old habit of inspecting the city wall twice a day to check his own defense. Sometimes Xia Mou would stand alone on the city wall, looking at the busy crowd under the city wall, as if thinking, but no one knew what Xia Mou was thinking.

Ever since Han Sui and others from Xiliang moved into Meiwu, all of Xia Mou's orders and arrangements were in order, and there were no special general orders. He just kept repairing fortifications and training soldiers. As for what Xia Mou was thinking in his heart, I'm afraid even the confidantes around him may not be able to fully guess it...

However, in the current situation, it seems that the shadow of war has completely gone away. Zhong Shao and others are gradually adapting to the chaotic situation in the court, and are also sorting out a new way out of it. It seems that everything is developing towards the good side. .

So now, Xia Mou's personal guards also acted a lot more relaxed. Seeing Xia Mou thinking about something alone on the city wall, he naturally didn't dare to step forward to disturb him, so he stood guard at a distance, and lowered their voices to each other. Whispering and laughing at something.

At this moment, suddenly a few scouts from far away stirred up smoke and dust, and came towards Wu Gong, which immediately attracted the attention of the patrolling team outside the city, and they went forward, and then led the scouts straight to the place without saying a few words. Martial Arts City came.

  The scout who reported the letter rushed to the top of the city, bowed down in front of Xia Mou, and then accepted Han Sui's letter.

  The letter is not long, and the content is not much, Xia Mou read it quickly, frowning.

   Ma Teng died.

   was killed by Li Jue.

  Xia Mou also knew about this, but to Xia Mou, the killing of Xiliang people was something Xia Mou liked to hear.

   Followed by Hongnong's Yang Biao, leading the army to Xinfeng, after that, there is no new news.

  However, Han Sui said in the letter that he would raise troops to hunt down Li Jue and avenge Ma Teng. Is this...

   Internal strife in Xiliang is good news, but the arrival of Yang Biao and others may not be good news. Although the Yang family fled Chang'an before, there are still many old disciples of the Yang family inside and outside the Chang'an court. What kind of behavior these people will do when Yang Biao leads the army, this is naturally the most important thing at the moment problem.

   Presumably Chong Shao is also having a headache with this problem in Chang'an City right now?

  Yang Biao is not Fei Qian.

   What's more, Yang Biao is said to have nearly 10,000 soldiers now. If he hadn't been defeated by Li Jue last time, he might have even more soldiers now.

  With so many soldiers and horses in hand, how can it be compared with Fei Qian who only brought a few hundred horses?

  Besides, when facing Fei Qian, Zhong Shao can put on an old-fashioned posture, but compared with Yang Biao, no matter in terms of family background or connections, he is far behind...

   It's not like everyone, including Xia Mou, didn't know the fighting skills between Yang Biao and Wang Yun, so this time, can Zhong Shao beat Yang Biao?

   Scramble is definitely inevitable, unless…

Xia Mou pondered for a moment, then suddenly unfolded the letter again, carefully read it from beginning to end again, and suddenly smiled: "Come here! Let me tell you that I know it. At this time, I still need to report it to the public to make a decision... Another order will go on." , when we allocate grain and grass tomorrow, we will give ten more carts..."

  (end of this chapter)