Chapter 3 The Return of the Western Expedition
"Is that Uncle Ma?" Ma Qing, who experienced a huge sandstorm in Wuwei, arrived in Zhangye ten years later, and on the road from Zhangye County to Hanyang, Ma Qing, who was scheming, waited for 500 horsemen under the banner of playing with horses. For the man who looked like a general in the middle of the formation, Xiao Ma Qing expressed his disappointment. "It seems...... It's not good, why can he be a general? ”
Ma Qing grew up listening to the name of Ma Wan, and the generals who were stuck in Longdu would inevitably talk about this young general who guarded King Liang several times in the early years, and when King Liang entered the customs for the second time, he led the army out of Yumen without hesitation because of an idea put forward by King Liang.
Before you know it, Liangzhou has passed four generations.
The first generation was Dong Zhuo's era, and they were full of yearning for Huangfu Gui, Zhang Huan, and Duan Ying's Liangzhou Sanming.
The second generation is the era when Ma Teng grew up, and the men they aspire to become in their hearts have become Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song.
The third generation is the era when Ma Chao grew up, and the desire in their hearts has changed, and they have become Ma Yue, who is a young marquis.
In the fourth generation, it is the turn of children such as Ma Qing and Dong Yu, just like modern children who yearn to become scientists, these Liangzhou teenagers who train bows and horses are full of hope for their future, yearning for the land full of variables and adventures in the Western Regions, hoping to become a horse to play in the enemy country eight thousand miles away.
The war report and good news rushed all the way from Yumen Pass to Longdu, one by one, one by one, in different ways into the court of King Liang, and also into every tea and dinner in the wine shop township. Then, the merchants of the Western Regions came and went frequently, and those high-eyebrow gods, brown or yellow hair, blue or green eyes, and those fierce beasts and treasures that appeared in myths and legends were loaded into cages and treasure boxes, and sent to the outside of Longdu.
Nine cities and eighteen miles were formed in this way. The people of Liangguo have experienced the wonderful journey again and again from the surprise at the beginning to the strange now.
And all this, no one will forget the great idea from King Liang, but no one will forget that it was personally promoted through this general named Ma Wan.
However, this general, wearing a golden winged helmet, covered with gold and silver bright armor, wearing a strange brown and yellow cloak, sitting on a tall horse and holding a rope, and a mighty and majestic lion beast on the other side, did not match the appearance in Ma Qing's mind. Ma Qing thought that the horse should be a mighty and tall general like a god, otherwise how could he have done such a feat? With 3,000 horsemen, the 27 countries of the Western Regions surrendered!
"That's right, do you see it clearly, it's him, that's our Uncle Ma." Ma Tie and a few children looked down on the hillside, turned their heads to look at Xiao Ma Qing and Xiao Dong Yu with a look of disbelief, and asked, "What, is it different from what you think?" ”
Dong Yu nodded, glanced at Ma Qing, Jiang Wei stretched out a finger and rubbed it horizontally on the middle of the person, and the three teenagers were full of disillusionment.
"Brother, I thought Uncle Ma was a red-faced, nine-foot-tall, three-foot beard, and a Xilianghuan knife...... Just like Uncle Pingxiang Houguan, he rushed into battle and slashed the enemy, and all obstacles were broken; Siege the city and break the wall, invincible. Otherwise, like Brother Meng Qi, with a cold face, self-generated divine might, the five Qiang and the six are afraid to die, and a character like his brother goes to the Western Regions, which can definitely pacify several countries. Ma Qing shook his head and counted the appearance of the famous generals of Liang Country in his mind, "Otherwise, like Old Man Jia or Old Master Cheng, who touch their mouths and incite civil strife in other people's families, or with a hook of their fingers, the attendants will immediately even bring the case of others getting up several times a night in front of them, and a terrible person like them can probably persuade one or two countries to surrender, right?" ”
Dong Yu nodded.
"His Royal Highness is right! I heard that in the early years, General Jincheng was captured as a prisoner when he rebelled, and he taught Wuwei's Zhi Wudai to defect to the battlefield by using the toilet, which is simply cunning! Jiang Wei clapped his hands, and when he said it, he was a little ashamed, but after he finished speaking, he said with a look of expectation: "I really hope that I can also become cunning and cunning!" ”
"The worst is the worst, you have to think like my father!" Xiao Ma Qing's face was full of disappointment, and he even told Ma Yue about it. Ma Tie couldn't help but laugh at this scene, and a few little rabbit cubs commented on the famous generals of Liang State, pointing and pointing, saying that Jia Xu was cunning and cunning, and this kid actually counted King Liang. I only heard Ma Qing say: "Although he will also beat me with a big stick, I heard that those Central Plains people were very afraid of him when he was young, and he looked fierce...... But you see this Uncle Ma, he doesn't look as good as my father! ”
"My dad, my dad can!" This time, Dong Yu didn't nod again, as if he couldn't fall behind in counting his father, "My father can eat, drink, and sleep!" My dad can sneak into their country, eat them poor, and then turn all their women into my little mother, my dad can give birth to a country! ”
Thirteen-year-old Dong Yu has been in Bingzhou for less than three years, and what impresses him the most is the wine cellars in Bingzhou's pastoral mansion and the extra few young ladies who came home when he returned home.
Ma Tie shook his head helplessly, when he was a child, boys felt that their father was inferior to someone else's father, just like his brother had not looked at his father since he was a child, and until now father and son are still strangers. He would tell his uncle that he must correct the heads of the two cubs full of strange ideas.
"Stop, King Liang is not like you said, not to mention that the people of the Central Plains are afraid...... Qing'er, don't say that again in the future. Ma Tieyi scooped Ma Qing off the back of his mount, and said seriously: "Your father single-handedly established the Liangguo, a vassal state that can be compared to the Han Dynasty, the battle of Bears Ears Mountain scared Yizhou Mu Liu Yan to death and did not dare to go out of Qinchuan half a step, he has experienced too many wars like that, when I was born, there were people in Liangzhou every winter who would freeze to death and starve to death, and even when you were born, he was already a Liangzhou pastor, but you still have to worry about whether you will not be able to support you." Look at the situation now, what kind of scene is Liangguo? You have to remember that you have a very great father! No one in the world can compare to him, and that's why people you think are very powerful are willing to follow him. ”
Ma Qing's age still couldn't understand Ma Tie's sudden solemn admonition to him to remember that his father was a very great person for the entire Liang Kingdom, so he just nodded dumbly.
"Dull son, you also have to remember that your father is the person Uncle Ma, including my father, wanted to be the most when he was young, and your father worked ten times and a hundred times hard to become the master he is today, in order to let you enjoy everything that they did not enjoy when they were young." Ma Tie pointed to the queue of horses playing in the distance and said: "See that person clearly, remember that person, although he may not be as heroic and tall as you think, and even his position is not high, General Liang Guobiao...... But he is our benefactor of the Ma clan, and he fights for the glory of the Ma clan. ”
'Ours, Father?' Jiang Weidun Ma was not far behind the three of them, and what Ma Tie said to Ma Qing and Dong Yu did not let the two of them listen to it much, but it made Jiang Wei behind him stand on the spot. In order for his son to enjoy everything that they did not enjoy when they were young, they fought for it. Father...... That's why he died on the battlefield. ’
Although Jiang Wei had never even met his father.
It is often said that Jiang Wei is a lucky child who is favored by King Liang. But who knows what it's like to travel back and forth between the Liangwang Mansion and the Nine Cities and Eighteen Miles from Heaven to Hell? If he had not seen the most extravagant life, perhaps he would have been content with poverty...... But God played with him like this, teaching him to wear gorgeous clothes that are hard to buy for ten thousand dollars, riding a BMW horse that is hard to find, and learning the private school of the palace where it is difficult to enter the palace even if the head is sharpened from top to bottom in the Liang Kingdom...... But after the daily pleasures, they must return to the most real life, and the family is surrounded by walls.
He didn't even want to learn those useless astronomy, geography, economics and mathematics, even if the big people who went in and out of the Liangwang Mansion looked down on Shang Jia the most, and if he was given the capital, he was willing to take risks.
Some people are born to win and have never tried to be poor. There are those who are content with poverty and have never felt rich. But Jiang Wei is running in luxury and poverty all day long...... The hardships of life and the trials of life also left an indelible impression on his young heart.
"Ma, General Ma, he's coming, coming towards us!"
Hearing Dong Yu's voice, Ma Qing hurriedly turned his head, and he saw that the general wearing strange armor came on a galloping horse alone, stopping in front of them proudly, and the yellow sand rushing in front of him seemed to have the breath of the Western Regions. Ma Qing heard this uncle, who looked like an eagle, speak, and his eyebrows were full of pride, "You guys...... Is it the one sent by King Liang to greet the general? ”
"Uncle, I'm Ma Tie!" Ma Tie faced the horse play, although he had been crowned for several years, he still looked at the horse play like a child and said, "Don't you remember me? ”
"Xiao Tie? Haha, I thought it was someone sent by San Lang, it turned out to be you kid, let Lao Tzu take a look, yo, grow into a good man! Ma Yu bent down and looked at Ma Tie with two eyes, pride slowly retreated on his face, jumped off the horse's back suddenly, walked in front of Ma Tie and fished him off the horse's back, patted him on the shoulder and laughed, and then pointed to Ma Qing and the others and asked, "Who are these three little guys...... That knife, are you Xiao Qing'er? ”
Ma Qing didn't have time to talk before he was dragged down by the horse, held and threw on the horse, and then the horse turned over and put him on the horse, and said with a smile: "Xiao Qing'er has grown up, just like a different world, when you left, you didn't have a long knife, and now you have become a big man in the blink of an eye, and the years have urged people!" ”
sighed, raised his hand with a smile on his face in a blink of an eye, and said to Ma Tie, who was stunned: "Xiao Tie leads the way, go home!" ”