From the perspective of martial arts alone, if the generals under Yuan Shao, like Lu Kuang and others, can be regarded as fierce generals, then Ma Chao can be regarded as a top fierce general;

If Yuan Shao's generals, like Yan Liangwen and the like, can be regarded as fierce generals, then Ma Chao can still be regarded as a top fierce general.

People with high ability are like this.

No matter who compares to me, I'm always one of the best people.

Since Guo Tu's envoy team followed Ma Chao's team, Guo Tu felt as if he had come to Liangzhou in another world.

There are still so many horse thieves, countless of them, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

However, no matter which group of horse thieves, when they saw the big word 'horse' on the tall banner in the middle of the line, it was a move - they turned around and left, without the slightest hesitation.

This made Guo Tu very puzzled. A question arose in my heart: "Ma Chao is in Liangzhou, is he so famous?" ”

At night, Guo Tu couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, so he walked out of the big tent and asked one of Ma Chao's soldiers: "Brother, I want to ask you something." Does your general Ma know how to do magic? Why did the horse thieves leave when they saw him? ”

When the soldier heard Guo Tu's question, his face was proud, like a proud peacock.

said to Guo Tu in a big way: "Hey! You Han people really know how to imagine. Our young master doesn't know how to do magic. The reason why the horse thieves left was just to survive. ”

Guo Tu looked confused: "??? ”

I had to ask the soldier again: "Brother, are you sure you don't have a fever?" Or maybe you're not kidding me?

There were thousands of horse thieves on the other side.

Seeing that our team of less than 1,000 people wants to run away and survive?

I can't even tell who's strong and who's weak, so I'm a butt thief?

Go home and farm. ”

The soldier looked at Guo Tu with a foolish look, with a hint of contempt, and said slowly: "What do you outsiders know? Our young master has extraordinary martial arts and is brave and invincible. Come, I'll talk to you. ”

Guo Tu was overjoyed in his heart: "And! still despise me, with your IQ, I will give you three sentences to 'coil out the roots'. ”

I saw the soldier talking eloquently: "A year ago, we had a big battle with Han Sui's department.

There was a team of more than 300 horse thieves who wanted to come to our tribe to 'take advantage of the fire', but they happened to be bumped into by our young master.

Treat these people, our young master will not be polite.

Without saying a word, a gun, a horse, and a man killed more than 200 of them in half an hour.

The remaining more than a hundred people want to run, but how can our young master let them go?

After chasing them for more than a hundred miles, they were driven to extermination. I don't know who spread the word about it.

From then on, the horse thieves saw our banner and ran away. If you run slowly, you'll die. ”

Guo Tu was shocked, and said in his heart: "My good girl! According to what this soldier said, this Ma Chao is a character. It is estimated that it is more powerful than Yan Liangwen and ugly, and it should be about the same as Huang Zhong. ”

At the same time, Guo Tu also made his own little calculations in his heart.

"If I can persuade him to surrender to the Fenwu army; Or let him raise troops to attack Cao Cao's Sizhou and relieve the pressure on the lord Han Cheng.

Wouldn't I be able to take a big credit for it? And then go one step further and become one of the core figures under Han Cheng? ”

Thinking of this, Guo Tu asked the soldier again: "Then do you know what your young master's martial arts are?" ”

The soldier thought for a moment and said to Guo Tu: "Ten pins!"

After all, there is a guy named Yan Xing in the Han Sui tribe, who has always claimed to be a Jiupin general.

In the past few years, I was able to have a tie with our young master; In the past few years, on the battlefield, we often let our young master chase and run. ”

When Guo Tu heard this, the curiosity in his heart was gone, but there was a strong sense of talent.

So Guo Tu arched his hand to the soldier, expressed his gratitude, and returned to his big tent.

Only the disgruntled complaints of the soldiers remained.

"Hey, really. I've only told one story, and I've got many more stories about our young master. ”

In the big tent, Guo Tu thought alone: "Judging from the reactions of these horse thieves, most of what this soldier said is true. Even if there is an exaggeration, it is not much. This Ma Chao's martial arts are absolutely extraordinary.

Calculating the age, this Ma Chao is just in his early twenties, and he is young and vigorous.

Give him a reputation, and he will definitely be able to make a good fate.

I heard that his father was Ma Teng, who fought with Li Dao, Guo Yan and others in the past, this is a 'ambitious' guy.

This is just right, a double general, everyone is happy! ”

So, Guo Tu took out a pen and a blank holy decree, and kept writing something.

A day later, the party reached the vicinity of Maten's 'Kamui' tribe.

Ma Teng led 10,000 horses to meet the messenger thirty miles outside the camp.

Guo Tu and the others heard Ma Teng's angry voice from a distance.

"General Ma Teng, welcome the holy decree."

Guo Tu couldn't help but praise in his heart: "Liangzhou, Nuoda, is the only one who can be so sensible!" This Ma Teng is a sensible person, and with the assistance of a brave and invincible son like Ma Chao, he will definitely become the lord of Liangzhou one day. I made the right decision. ”

So, Guo Tu was not pretentious, went straight out of the car door, and shouted at Ma Teng: "General Andy doesn't need to be polite. I came all the way, and only General Andy knew so much about etiquette. I am deeply grateful. After I go back, I will definitely tell the general and His Majesty, and provide the greatest help to General Andy! ”

Ma Teng looked at the messenger of this 'little eye' and said in his heart: "Is this 'good man' showing favor to me?" Or are you tempting me? ”

"Anyway, it's going to be the right thing to do!" Ma Teng made a decision in his heart in an instant.

I saw Ma Teng say to Guo Tu with a guilty face: "The minister is guilty, he failed to settle Liangzhou, he blinded the name of General Andy, and disappointed His Majesty and the general!" ”

Guo Tu's eyes narrowed. "Hey, there's something in the words! As soon as I finished saying that I would give you the greatest help, you said that you were sorry for the name of General Andy. Why, you want to give me a dismount and let me change your name? Gotta go back! Otherwise, I don't know how powerful my Guo Gongze's 'fast mouth' is. ”

So, Guo Tu replied seriously: "I have come all the way and have a deep experience!" The chaos in Liangzhou has nothing to do with General Andy! ”

I thought to myself: "Come with me to these 'sloppy eyes', you are still tender." ”

Ma Teng was shocked, "Huh? I've run into an opponent! Look at how good I am. ”

Ma Teng said......

Guo Tu said......

Ma Teng said a word, Guo Tu said a word.

Before I knew it, dozens of words had already been said.

The rest of the people could only sigh in their hearts: "You two are 'great loyal ministers', don't talk about it." Standing, very tired! ”

I don't know if the two of them figured it out, or who relented.

An hour later

The base camp of the 'Kamui' tribe

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Ma Teng guarded Liangzhou, and his contribution was indispensable, and he was specially named the general of Zhenxi, Lianghou. His son Ma Chao, with extraordinary martial arts, was appointed as the 'No. 1 Warrior of Liangzhou' and General Shenwei. ”

Ma Teng was overjoyed, knelt on the ground, and bowed to the holy decree many times.

In Liangzhou, there are not many literate people, and the transmission of information is also slow.

Others may not know the meaning of General Zhenxi, but Ma Teng knows it very well.

Now, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and various princes have canonized many generals.

But most of them are miscellaneous generals, with loud names but no use at all.

After all, when you go somewhere else, people don't recognize it!

But these Zhenxi generals, Zhengbei generals, and chariot generals, are different.

The titles of these generals are only given to senior generals.

Everywhere you go, it's all right.

For example, Han Cheng was a general in Taiyuan County, and when he arrived in Jizhou, he was still a general.

Ma Teng then understood: "Han Cheng's gift to himself is really big!" ”

Therefore, when Guo Tu finished talking about the price of war horses, Ma Teng left Guo Tu and the others to rest in the 'Shenwei' tribe for a few days.

A few days later, let Ma Chao lead 3,000 cavalry to escort Guo Tu and others everywhere to announce the decree, and it was not until Guo Tu returned to Sizhou that Ma Chao came back.

You give me a big gift, how can I not show it?

......

At the same time as Guo Tu's mission to Liangzhou, Han Cheng of Taiyuan County also received a number of military reports.

But there are mainly two things - Cao Cao sent troops; Yuan Shao sent troops.

Yuan Shao led an army of 200,000 and set out from Hejian County to conquer Yuyang County in Youzhou.

Cao Cao led an army of 80,000 and had occupied Hanoi County, and could attack Shangdang County north at any time.

Han Cheng once again gathered the backbone personnel to discuss the strategy against the enemy.

The situation was urgent, and Li Ru didn't have time to listen to others, so he went straight to the point and said: "Both sides are menacing, it seems that they want to beat us and we can't take care of each other."

Of the two, Cao Cao can be compared to a wolf full of wisdom, and Yuan Shao can be compared to a tiger who is 'bluffing'. In this war, we have to focus on Cao Cao's side. ”

Li Ru's words, Fu Zhu, Sima Yi, Xu Shu and other strategists agreed very much.

Although Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were both princes of one side, and in terms of military strength, Cao Cao's power was far less powerful than Yuan Shao.

But Cao Cao is equivalent to starting from scratch, it is a process of becoming strong from weak, Cao Cao's power is expanded step by step, and his prestige is established little by little.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao is a process of changing from strong to soft, although the strength is still very strong, but the territory is getting smaller and smaller, there are fewer and fewer fierce generals, and the prestige is getting lower and lower.

Therefore, the ability of the two is judged by high and low.

Han Cheng was overjoyed when he saw that the four strategists all attached great importance to Cao Cao, this was the effect he wanted.

So, Han Cheng made a decision and divided the soldiers into two ways.

The first route was with Zhang Liao as the main commander, Fu Zhi as the military advisor, supplemented by Yan Rou, Zhao Fu, Liu Bao, Zhang Yan, Fu Luo Han and other generals, leading 100,000 troops to Youzhou to resist Yuan Shao.

On the other hand, Han Cheng personally took charge of the commander, Li Ru and Sima Yi were the military advisors, and Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Wei Yan, Han Hao and other generals were deputy generals, leading 80,000 troops to Shangdang County to fight the enemy.

The reason why Han Cheng fought with the same number of people as Cao Cao was not because he was competitive.

I just want to see myself, in the same situation as Cao Cao's troops. Can you hold Cao Cao's offensive?

At this time, Kirbineng's envoy Zhang Dang had just passed the Yanmen Pass and went straight to Taiyuan County.