Chapter 5 Ma Qing's gift-giving
Since the banquet broke up, and later under the mediation of Li Ru, Dong Ma and the two sat together again, but there was still no happy ending, but the estrangement between the two deepened.
The difference between the two is that Ma Yue is unwilling to tear his face with the Han, while Dong Zhuo is eager to expand his territory and will inevitably break with the Han. If the interests of two people are different, their eyes will be different. Dong Zhuo cares more about merging the state and actually has the interests in hand. And what Ma Yue cares about is that the long-term Liangguo can stand tall among the Hans.
In Ma Yue's thinking, only a better system and culture can be accepted by the Han in the dΓ©tente, so that instead of the strong country falling apart, it is the Liang State inheriting the Han Dynasty, and the two are integrated and become stronger under the joint promotion.
Dong Zhuo is currently the most mainstream prince's idea, relying on power and soldiers to rule everything.
But Ma Yue had already passed that period, and he had also been reckless, so he knew very well that without the corresponding culture and economy to rely on, there was no strong army that could rule for a lifetime, but he could not rule for a lifetime. He didn't want the Liang Kingdom he had established to become a short-lived regime, but Dong Zhuo was working in the opposite direction.
Such an influential prince, who once loyally supported him and left him, is now so divided...... Ma Yue was still grateful to Dong Zhuo in his heart, and he always remembered that less than half a month after the establishment of the Liang State, the entire territory of the state was changed.
He didn't blame Dong Zhuo, he just felt that he didn't do a good job.
The streets of Longdu are not dark at night, because they are illuminated by torches raised by soldiers and horses.
In three or five days, Longdu was in chaos...... Rumors arose, some people said that the state was going to become independent, some people said that King Liang wanted to kill the state pastor, and some people said that the state pastor wanted to kill the king of Liang.
There are countless similar stupid rumors, and Ma Yue didn't take them to heart, even if the city gate between the middle city and the outer city was blocked due to the confrontation between soldiers and horses, Ma Yue didn't care about these things.
It's nothing more than a competition, if Second Brother Dong wants to fight, then fight.
The lights in the Liangwang Mansion were bright at night, and a cadre of generals gathered here for emergency, Ma Yue pressed a few cases with both hands, and behind him was a map of Longdu, and said in a deep voice: "The Bingzhou army has a thousand soldiers and horses in the city, all of them are in the outer city, and now they are confronting each other with the guards of Zhongcheng, it seems that Brother Zhong wants to admonish him." β
There are not many generals of Liangguo in front of Ma Yue, and many people are almost good at this kind of thing, as if Cheng Yin and others are not in Longdu, and only Ma Wan, Yang Feng and others are left in Longdu...... To deal with Dong Zhuo's problem, the key depends on Ma Play and Yang Feng. In this matter, Guan Yu can play a very small role.
Ma Dong has 500 elite soldiers in the Western Regions, all of whom are warriors who follow him and go around to conquer 27 countries. Yang Feng was in charge of the guards in the city of Longdu, a part of the Liangwang Armored Army, with 3,000 soldiers and horses scattered throughout the city.
"Whether it is a military admonition or not, you can't let Dong Envoy leave Longdu." Yang Feng opened his mouth to speak, and said to Ma Yue with a serious face: "The matter has not been resolved, once Dong Yuanjun returns to Bingzhou, Lianghe is likely to break up, so that we will lose Mergezhou." β
"That's what I mean, Dong Zhuo can't go." Ma Wan has experienced this kind of civil strife a lot, and more than ten countries in the Western Regions have been tossed by him to take advantage of it. "At the same time, the king must quickly send a general who can go to Bingzhou to preside over the overall situation in Bingzhou, and then station in Bingzhou, suppress the soldiers and horses, and guard against the chaos in Bingzhou."
Ma Yue nodded lightly, smiled and said to Ma Yu: "Don't worry, Jia Wenhe is already on his way to Bingzhou." All you need is to gather your troops and horses to seal the city gates. Arro, I need you ......"
As he spoke, Ma Yue leaned close to Yang Feng and whispered: "Recruit the dead soldiers, lurk next to Brother Zhong's mansion, once the mutiny starts, you will take control of Dong Zhuo first." β
"The rest of the matter is much easier to solve, okay, you can do it." Ma Yue turned around and no longer cared about this matter, he had something to worry about more - how to get along with Dong Zhuo, who failed in the war, was what he really needed to worry about.
Pushing open the door, he turned around, and Ma Qing, who was facing Ma Qing, who couldn't dodge, looked frightened, looking at Ma Yue with two eyes, speechless.
"This kid ......" Ma Yue shook his head and picked up his son, slapped him on the back of the head and asked with a smile: "The prince of Liang Wang actually eavesdropped behind the door and spread the word?" β
Ma Qing reacted at this time, glared at Ma Yue angrily and asked, "Dad, are you going to fight with Ah Dull and his father?" β
"What kind of battle?" Ma Yue smiled, children always regard everything as a matter of the world, he shook his head and smiled: "Dad and your uncle have a little awkward, don't you always fight with Ah Du, it's okay." Look, you're worried about that, why don't you go to sleep? β
"I can't sleep, don't you always teach me to have an awkward relationship with my friends, apologize the next day, and send fun things to Dong Yu?" Ma Qing pouted and said to Ma Yue with a proud face: "You also send something to your uncle, won't the two of you reconcile, why do you want to mobilize soldiers and horses?" β
Ma Yue was stunned for a moment, and with a smile on his face, he stopped his intention to carry Ma Qing back to the bedroom. His son will learn to lead and rule in the future, so he doesn't want to tell Ma Qing directly that what he imagined is too naΓ―ve, or that he doesn't understand what the situation is. Every opportunity to talk to his son is an education for him...... Even if there are some things he doesn't understand now, he still has to understand them, even if today's events are ten years later, he can understand some of the truths that Ma Yue wants him to understand, and it will be worth it. Therefore, Ma Yue was not impatient, but repeated what Ma Qing said, "I will also send some gifts to Dong Zhuo, and we will reconcile?" Well...... Would it be good for Qing'er to send some gifts to your uncle on behalf of her father? β
"What's so difficult about this, I know where my uncle lives in the outer city, I'll go!"
Ma Yue prepared a carriage and horses for Ma Qing very casually, called two armored horsemen to accompany him, and stood in front of the mansion to watch the back of Ma Qing galloping away from the mansion.
"This kid is good at science, he doesn't sway a little bit in a big car, and he is very stable." Hearing the voice, Ma Yue turned his head and saw Ma Yu standing next to him, Ma Yue made a noncommittal expression, tilted his head and asked Ma Yue, "Are you really not afraid that Dong Zhuo will detain him?" β
Ma Yue's face was light and light, and he didn't have the slightest worry about the horse play, he turned around and said with a smile: "Brother Zhong won't, even if he wants to admonish me, he is just dissatisfied with me, not to the extent of that deep hatred." Why did he turn around and leave at the banquet without even bringing Dong Yu, do you really think he forgot his son? When he is old, he is not so easy to forget. β
The reason why Dong Yu still stayed in Liangwangfu was entirely because Dong Zhuo knew that Liangwangfu might not be so safe for him, but for his son, it was the safest place in the world.
On the other hand, Dong Zhuo's mansion in Longdu is also absolutely safe for Ma Qing...... After more than 20 years of friendship, they would not feel strange even if they met each other, but the two men would never attack a child.
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"What's going on, it's noisy outside!" Dong Zhuo's mansion is the same, seven or eight military marquis gathered in the mansion, Dong Zhuo just pressed the resolution of the three-day confrontation to attack the main gate of Zhongcheng, he heard a noise outside the mansion, threw himself through the window and saw a carriage parked outside the door from a distance, so he walked to the courtyard and asked, "What is that for?" β
The two junzhou soldiers ran over in a panic, with a strange expression on their faces, and said: "General, outside is the son of the Liang Wang family, who said that he was here to give you a gift, and he was clamoring to enter the mansion." β
"Don't panic, let me see." Dong Zhuo suddenly didn't know the bottom of his heart, why did the little rabbit cub of the Ma Yue family come here? Dong Zhuo poked his head out, and the prince of Liang Wang was making a mistake with the Bingzhou army, pushing and shoving, shouting, "Let me in, I am the prince of Liang Wang, is there anything else I can't enter in Longdu?" Get out of the way, or I'll let my uncle pull out your armor and spank you later!" β
Dong Zhuo went out with a smile and a smile, looked at Ma Qing, whose little face was flushed, and asked, "Ouch, big nephew, why are you here?" Get out of the way, can you stop the prince of Liangwang? β
When Ma Qing saw Dong Zhuo going out, he was happy. Pointing and glaring at the flying bear army who was blocking him, his little eyes were a little reproachful as he followed Dong Zhuo into the mansion and said: "Uncle, what are you doing here, my father is thinking about how to beat you in the mansion, you are also holding a spear here, uncle, you and my father have been working together for more than 20 years, and you have not worked together before me, what can't you say directly." β
Dong Zhuohan laughed, and walked into the mansion with Ma Qing in his arms, and Ma Qing looked around and knew that he could do it. A few armored Flying Bear Soldiers just rushed to the face, and this is about to start. Dong Zhuo asked, "Why did Qing'er come here so late?" β
"My dad told me to deliver a gift to my uncle." Ma Qing and Dong Zhuo didn't see each other at all, the maid took the fruit and immediately picked up a bunch of grapes and ate it, while eating, she told the ins and outs of the Liangwang Mansion tonight, pointed to the outside and said: "By the way, uncle, I brought a cart of things, you remember to ask the attendant to push it to the house." β
Dong Zhuo smiled bitterly and agreed, beckoned the attendant to accept the gift, sighed, and said to himself with a secret smile in his heart: Ma Yue, this kid, is here, and let him help him teach his son.
Dong Zhuo is such a smart person, will he not be able to see through this matter? His tacit understanding with Ma Yue has surpassed everyone in the past 20 years, and he knew Ma Yue's thoughts just by virtue of Ma Qing's words.
"Don't worry, Uncle has nothing to do with your father. By the way, didn't you want your uncle to tell you about the battlefield last time, and my uncle told you, do you know why you have experienced more than 100 battles in your life, and your uncle is fine? Here's why! "Dong Zhuo pulled out a small white horn from his neck like a change of pattern, as if it was made of jade." This white horn was obtained by the uncle in his early years, and he has always worn it on his body to protect himself, and now it is yours, let it bless the safety of our Liangguo family! β
Dong Zhuo put the white bull horn on Ma Qing's neck, and told some stories about the battle to Ma Qing, pulling his attention away from Dong Ma's dispute, and waited until midnight to send more than ten horsemen back to the mansion.
Dong Zhuo, who returned to the mansion, began to put on his armor, "Give Lao Tzu an order to attack the Zhongcheng Gate tonight!" β