Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Yanyu Controversy
Finally, someone couldn't hold it back and wanted to attack Ma Dai. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
It has been said that the best way to deal with a powerful enemy is to nip it in the bud.
And Ma is undoubtedly the enemy of many people, and he is the more powerful one among them.
In the past, in Liangzhou, people often said that Liangzhou three horses, these three horses refer to the three brothers Ma Teng, Ma Zong, and Ma Yue. Sanma is located in the northwest, and with the land of poverty and fatigue, he created the Liang country that is now in Bazhou.
And now, the prestige of the three Ma brothers is gradually fading out of people's ears, even if it is the Liang King Ma Yue, it is also an unattainable figure, it is difficult to hear people talk about it in the streets and alleys, usually once the topic is stuck to the border with the Liang King, people will salute in the direction of the Liang Wang Palace in the north with reverence, and then stop talking.
Now, the old Liang people are used to calling the five horses of the Liang country!
Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, and Ma Qing will be the helmsmen of the next generation of Liangguo, but Ma Xiu was assassinated in Luoyang, Ma Tie wholeheartedly assisted the family, and the boss Ma Chao became the personal general of Lao Liang Wang...... What is really active in the eyes of outsiders is Ma Qing, the king of Xiaoliang, and the most outstanding second generation of the Ma clan in Liangzhou, and the actual ruler of Yuzhou at present, Ma Dai.
In fact, so far, Ma Qing has not shown any outstanding appearance, he has completely inherited the inconspicuous appearance of the old Liang King in his early years, can unite the young heroes of the country around him, and has enough respect for the elders, a little bit in martial arts, a little in resourcefulness, and a decent military strategy.
It's not absolutely good, but it's not a straw bag either, it's a safe heir to the empire.
But Major General Ma Dai is different, he is a really eye-catching young man, who controls a state alone, wins all battles, and defeats all attacks...... This is nothing magical, Cao Mengde's eldest son Cao Ang is also prosperous in Yanzhou, and Sun Wentai's eldest son Sun Jian is a well-known battlefield general, which is a fierce general who can catch and release the right pair with Liu Bei, a prince who is more than a decade older than him.
But one thing is different, Ma Dai is both civil and military!
The huge Yuzhou, the Ma family has no foundation, and it is the hometown of the Yuan family, so he is stunned to get it in order, and many famous families are brought together under the Ma family, which is not simple...... Who in the world dares to underestimate this person in the second generation of the Ma family?
Stubbornly go on the horse to govern the soldiers, and get off the horse to govern the people.
Looking at another fifteen years, once the old Liang King has some accidents, it will be no surprise that the little Liang King will be on the throne, this is a proper minister of Tuogu, a good border general!
If this is the case, people from all sides are only afraid of it, and it will not be to the extent that the fish will die and break the dead hand.
The key is that this young man experienced the contradictions and turmoil between the upper echelons of Liangzhou and Luoyang, and even lost a brother in Luoyang.
Once he holds the power of the upper echelons of the Ryokuni Kingdom...... The relationship between the Liang Kingdom and the imperial court will change in the blink of an eye!
So, some people can't hold back.
To say that Ma Dai has experienced a lot of assassinations in Yuzhou, and the number of Yuan's protégés and former officials imprisoned in his Shen Ting Prison has long been very considerable.
And some of the scholars are now even willing to help him in all matters.
The enemy who was burdened with mortal enemies was actually dissolved by Ma Dai into a help to rule Yuzhou.
Those assassinations from Yuan's protégés, Ma Dai has never been a serious matter, when the Yuan family has been destroyed for more than ten years, there are still people in the world who have their ghosts in their hearts, and even at the cost of their lives to fulfill their own or their parents' promises...... This is a kind of hero in itself!
But this time, the person who assassinated the major general was different from the past.
These people are no longer Yuan's protégés, and they are not simply fighting for one belief...... These people are the real killers of the dead, they have no faith and only a goal, and the goal is to kill Ma Dai!
At this time, Yuzhou Mu recruited troops with great fanfare, and was full of drills on the border between Yuzhou and Yanzhou, threatening to join the battlefield in Xuzhou.
In fact, the real trend of Yuzhou is only known to Ma Yue and Ma Dai, the uncle and nephew. Others, whether they are from Xuzhou or Yanzhou, have no bottom in their hearts.
"Report! Longdu Xinbao ......"
The galloping horseman, with a feather behind him, dismounted as soon as he got into the ground, and because he was unfamiliar with the terrain, he first ran two steps to the left, and then found the place where the tent was, and ran away.
However, before he could take two steps, he tripped over a tripwire on the ground when he passed a corner, and fell to the ground between turns, and couldn't help but scream.
In the blink of an eye, several sergeants sprang out from behind the tents on both sides, and two sturdy men with ropes slammed him down, and the horseman was just about to resist before his head was raised, and he saw several strong crossbows pointed at his head, the nearest one, even a foot away, was about to put the arrow on his head.
I can't help but feel like a dead face.
"Catch an assassin and take a detour!"
The squad leader shouted, then rearranged the tripwire and escorted the Assassin down.
Governing Yuzhou is not an easy task for Ma Dai, and the biggest difficulty is not how to coordinate the relationship with various families, but how to save his own life.
Ma Dai calculated that he had been assassinated by three waves of Assassins on the most days, and at the least, once a ten.
For a long time, his spirit was highly tense, and there seemed to be no safe place in the world, which made his mind tired, and Hugh said that he was going to govern and lead the army, and he couldn't even eat well.
But later, he had his own set of defenses, one was language, one was behavior, and the other was that his position was not only unexpected, but also constantly reversed.
Moreover, he never exposed himself to the public, and even when he had to, he tried to hide his face.
It is as if in this barracks, there are three tents, but only one is the location known to the real messenger cavalry, which is all word of mouth, and the messenger can only know it in the three nearest kiosks in the barracks.
And these messages have to go through three verifications, and the horsemen have to be changed three times.
This ensured that a horseman knew at most two codes, and even if he arrived at the correct tent, he would not be greeted by Ma Dai, but by a selected deputy.
Eventually, the letter will be screened by the deputy to check the authenticity and handed over to Ma Dai at night, who sleeps in the same military tent as his own soldiers.
Today's Ma Dai is wearing the uniform of an ordinary soldier of the Liang Kingdom in the barracks, and if he is not a general in the Liang State Army, no one will recognize his face.
As for those who have worked hard to infiltrate the army and want to assassinate him by unscrupulous means, most of them will not have good fruits to eat, as long as they are not Yuan's protégés and former officials, and they have no personal enemies with Ma Dai, they will all be killed on the spot.
Major General Liang Guo is not a bad person, he cares about those who assassinate him for gratitude, or for faith, those people although he hates them, but at least they know how to be grateful.
Or if he has a personal enmity with him, he can let them go as long as he doesn't cause harm to himself, and he is willing to let the hatred end in himself.
But if it's for money, or something...... But it is not within the scope of pardon.
"General...... Something went wrong. ”
On the open ground, a soldier of the Liangguo State was practicing, and the general dressed as a tun commander paced to Ma Dai's side and whispered, "Something happened." ”
This is an army that never needs to be loudly announced.
Ma Dai tilted his head, raised his eyebrows, and did not speak to signal the chief to continue.
"Yanzhou has sent troops to us, and their prime minister, Cao Ang, personally led the army, and brought Li Dian to the border with 8,000 troops." Tun Chang pondered the wording, pointed to the boundary mountain between Yanzhou and Yuzhou and said: "Look at what they mean, they want to deter us, and the Tanma on the other side of the mountain said that there may be two fierce generals protecting their eldest son, it seems that what is the name of Dian Wei...... Xu Chu? ”
"Shock?"
Ma Dai sneered and didn't answer, but continued to practice, the spear was pushed forward violently, and the upright spear stabbed straight out, as if it was about to penetrate the invisible thousands of troops and horses in front of him.
Then he took the spear in his hand, looked at the hill that separated the boundary, and said, "Let them in, and be unguarded." ”
Tun Chang was stunned, and seemed to be a little incredulous, the Yanzhou army ran to his door to show off his might, "General, let's just let them go...... In? ”
"The court eats inside and outside, my uncle helps them fight the world, and they still want to take away my Ma's Tongguan!" Ma Dai smiled, but the smile on his face was very cold, and at the same time, there was something wild in his eyes. "If we don't let them in, we won't be able to march to Yanzhou. Let the military Chinese write a document, and the Yanzhou army invaded the territory of our Yuzhou and announced to the world that this is a dispute between Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and the Liangguo will not intervene, so as to block the words of the imperial court...... As long as Cao Cao of the court does not move, I, a junior, will have to bite off a large piece of meat from Uncle Cao. ”
"Send a horse to find out the enemy's generals, soldiers and horses, find out their grain route in Yanzhou, and send fast horses to enter Xu through Jingzhou, and then enter Hebei from Xu, ask General Gan for assistance, and then ask Uncle Guan to send soldiers and horses to watch the court. The battlefield of Yanzhou will be handed over to me Ma Bozhan! ”
Ma Dai didn't say anything about finding out the situation of the soldiers and horses in the imperial court, he wanted to fight Yanzhou, as the saying goes, how can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch?
Now that he has opened up the situation in Yuzhou, he naturally has greater ambitions, as long as he wins Yanzhou, it will be the result of killing birds with one stone.
The first thing to expand is the prestige of his Ma Bozhan in the Liang Kingdom, which can also further increase the bargaining chips of the Central Plains War against the Liang Kingdom, which is directly obtained by their Ma clan.
Cao Mengde did not send troops, and if he sent troops, he could really pull the imperial court into this chaotic battlefield. As a result of the battle of Tongguan, the two sides briefly suspended the battle, but at this time Ma Dai still wanted to start the war...... directly overthrew the imperial court, and the province was eventful.
Again, the imperial court did not send troops, lost Yanzhou, blocked the connection between Liu Bei, the biggest ally of the imperial court, Jingzhou, and the imperial court, and it was easier to tie him to the chariot of Liangguo, and it was not up to Xuande Gong to decide what to do at that time.
Of course, Ma Dai also wanted to fight with Cao Ang on the other side of the mountain, and see who could beat who on the wall and beat his head!