Chapter 155: Meeting
Ma Chao originally didn't have much pressure to see Chen Mo, but since he was captured by Xu Rongsheng, his previous pride and self-confidence were completely gone, but when he followed Xu Rong, although Xu Rong didn't say anything, although he was no longer bound, if he did it, even if he was barehanded, the other party could not do it himself, but Ma Chao still felt a little depressed inexplicably.
"General Xu, I heard that Lu Bu was also known for his martial arts back then, I don't know how it compares to me?" Ma Chao coughed lightly, wanting to find some topics, he is in Xiliang, and he doesn't know anything, such as today's more famous generals, Lu Bu and Huaxiong He knows, Lu Bu was known as the world's first fierce general, Ma Chao sometimes feels very angry in his heart, but he is older than himself.
Xu Rong glanced at Ma Chao strangely, then thought about it carefully, and said very seriously: "If Wenhou commands the cavalry, I am afraid that I will be invincible if I fight outside the city." β
Although they have never fought each other, but the two joined forces in Chenggao and Xingyang to fight against the coalition forces, Lu Bu often ran around the world with cavalry, and regarded the coalition camp as his own back garden, even if the coalition forces were suspicious of each other, but it was not enough to say that they were all rabble, Lu Bu's insight into the weaknesses of the enemy's army formation, as well as the ferocity during the battle and the ability to control and command the cavalry, Xu Rong also admired it very much.
It may be a bit modest to say that he is invincible, but obviously, at least Ma Chao and Lu Bu are not at the same level now, and against Ma Chao, Xu Rong will not have too much pressure.
"General, don't fool me!" Ma Chao frowned and said, Xu Rong's ability has been seen, but Lu Bu has not.
"There may be a fight in the future, and I will know when the time comes." Xu Rong didn't argue, there was no need, now Ma Chao is used to fighting with the wind, and has never encountered a decent opponent, although his ability is really good, but after all, his knowledge is limited, how to know how big the world is, it is useless to tell him more, now Xiliang is basically decided, the lord has no worries, and Nanyang is the place of four wars, strategically rushed, and the conflict between Nanyang is inevitable, Ma Chao is now under Chen Mo's command, and he also has enough ability, if he really goes out in the future, he will naturally not lose the opportunity to fight.
What is this?
Ma Chao looked at Xu Rong with an attitude of love or disbelief, and he was angry, and couldn't help but tease: "Although my father has surrendered, but let me go to see the Marquis of Changling like this, General Xu is not afraid that I will be bad to the Marquis of Changling?" β
"Call the lord!" Xu Rong looked at Ma Chao seriously and said, "If you want the Ma family to never recover, you can try to see if you can come out alive." β
Ma Chao pursed his lips and didn't say anything more, just followed Xu Rong all the way into the government office, the whole Ma family had already come with him, more than 300 people, even if he succeeded in assassination, the end might be the destruction of the Ma family, he naturally didn't dare to act rashly, but this feeling of being suppressed everywhere made him quite unhappy.
"Inform the lord that Ma Chao has been brought!" Xu Rong came to the door of the hall and asked the guards to report first, and only after getting permission did he take Ma Chao to see Chen Mo.
Ma Chao's steps were a little stiff, in his mind, Chen Mo must be afraid of his own assassination, at least that Tai Shi Ci and Hua Xiong should stay by his side, but after entering the hall, a young man of his age sat on the main seat, and under him were two weak scribes, except for that, only a fierce and ugly man was left standing aside.
Ma Chao glanced at Dian Wei: It's so ugly!
This kind of person who doesn't have much ability is actually very common among the Qiang people, even if the other party's physique is really amazing, Ma Chao didn't take it to heart, but after entering the hall, the feeling of being uncomfortable became stronger.
"I have long heard of Meng Qi's young hero, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary." Chen Mo looked at the young man in the hall and said with appreciation.
Ma Chao's image is naturally not said, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, standing there like a sword out of the sheath, young man, it should be like this.
"Ma Chao see the lord!" Although he was arrogant when he was outside, but when he really saw Chen Mo, Ma Chao was a lot more decent, firstly, Chen Mo has always had a good first impression, not to mention that everyone loves him, but at least he will not be annoying, secondly, although Chen Mo looks like he is smiling, but in his gestures, it makes people feel disrespectful, Ma Chao experienced for the first time what it is like to be powerful without being angry, obviously Chen Mo smiled very kindly, but even if he did not deliberately render his identity, it still made people feel awe.
"Don't be formal, sit." Chen Mo pointed to the mat and said with a smile: "General Shoucheng will come to meet tomorrow, and your father and son will also reunite, and then Meng Qi will take his family to Chang'an first." β
"Isn't it with the lord?" Ma Chao was surprised.
"Originally, it was planned like this, but Han Sui didn't come down for a long time, I'm afraid that he will have to delay here for a few days." Chen Mo nodded, and then sighed.
"The last general is willing to stay and serve the lord!" As soon as he heard that he was going to beat Han Sui, Ma Chao's eyes lit up, and the whole person was in good spirits, and he had already seen that the old thing was not pleasing to the eye.
"This is not a matter of Meng Qi, it may not really start a fight, and when Meng first came, he asked Meng Qi to fight against his former allies, which is not appropriate after all." Chen Mo waved his hand and smiled.
Ma Teng has surrendered, the reason why Han Sui has not moved for a long time is just that he doesn't want him to run, otherwise now Cheng Yi and Hou Xuan have been killed by Xu Rong successively, Han Sui only has Jincheng left, and he really wants to move troops, where can Han Sui bear it, but he moved his family to Lingju, and now he sees Ma Teng surrendering, and he also has the intention of relying on Chen Mo, but he doesn't want to be completely held by Chen Mo like Ma Teng, so he can only do things for Chen Mo, and he also wants to retain some autonomy and even military power, so he has been arguing with Chen Mo.
Nothing out of place!
Ma Chao wanted to say this to Chen Mo, but it was not good after all, so he could only stop, bowed down and said, "I don't know what else the lord commands?" β
"I have arranged a mansion for the Ma family in Luoyang, and you and General Ma Dai will join the army as generals." Chen Mo touched his chin and said, "But I heard Wen Kai say that every time you fight, you like to fight with people?" β
"This ......" Ma Chao was impressive, he didn't think there was anything wrong before, he used to fight with the Qiang people, and he fought with the Huns, but after Chen Mo fought, first Tai Shici, then Hua Xiong, and then Xu Rong, he was a little contemptuous of this kind of behavior, and Ma Chao didn't know what to say now.
"They are all young people, and it's not a bad thing to be brave and ruthless, but the Central Plains is different from the Qiang people, do you know what I will do if I lead a general, and I will do it when I encounter you running to fight?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.
"I don't know." Ma Chao shook his head, he had also heard that Chen Mo was powerful with troops, but he didn't know how powerful he was, so he was just looking at how Chen Mo was fighting the enemy at this moment.
"Promise you, trick you into the front of the battle, and shoot them with arrows." Chen Mo looked at Ma Chao's face that gradually lost his smile, shook his head and said: "Meng Qi should not be disdainful, the set of fighting generals has been outdated in the Central Plains for a long time, do you know that it takes a long time to study and hone a military general to be able to lead the army, and the military generals who have been selected with great effort will be killed in a fight with others on the battlefield, this is strange, I train soldiers and horses, isn't it just to accompany the generals into battle to cheer for the generals?" This kind of thing can be done by recruiting some people, why train elite soldiers? β
"What the lord said is very true." Ma Chao could only nod, it seemed that this was indeed the case.
"There are a lot of military books in Chang'an Academy, you can go and see them if you have nothing to do." Chen Mo smiled: "You have enough combat experience, but the understanding of martial arts, it seems that there is still a deficiency, in the future, your opponent will not be the Qiang people, but those famous generals in the Central Plains, the Qiang people's combat methods are certainly desirable, but what we want is to take their strengths, not to be a Qiang general, if you want to become the world's first fierce general instead of the first fierce general in Xiliang, you had better learn more about the art of war." β
"Whoa!" Ma Chao bowed down and said, as for whether he listened to it or not, then let's talk twice, after all, his current age and achievements are indispensable, and it is normal to be unpleasant.
Chen Mo didn't expect to convince him with such a few words, but just pointed out Ma Chao's shortcomings and reminded him, so that he would naturally face up to problems in the future.
After chatting with Ma Chao about some Xiliang customs and interesting stories about the Qiang people, it was not early to see that Chen Mo prepared a farewell banquet for Ma Chao, it can be seen that Chen Mo is quite fond of Ma Chao, this kind of specification is also rare among the generals under Chen Mo, Ma Chao has a young heart, and soon regarded Chen Mo as a confidant.
"Pretty naΓ―ve." Late at night, seeing off the rickety Ma Chao, Chen Mo smiled a little, at this age, it's really not too difficult to understand.
"Lord, that Ma Chao seems to be only two years younger than you." Dian Wei stood beside Chen Mo and suddenly spoke.
"What do you want to say?" Chen Mo glanced at Dian Wei.
"The last general said......" Dian Wei scratched his head and said, "This gap is too big, he is like a fool." β
"Heh~" Chen Mo didn't answer, just looked at Dian Wei, and then sighed, Ma Chao has a hand in leading soldiers, and you are embarrassed to say others?
After leaving a look, Chen Mo put his hands behind his back and went back to rest since ancient times.
"Lord, what do you mean by that?" Dian Wei hurriedly followed.
"It's not early, I want to go to sleep." Chen Mo didn't look back.
"Alone?" Dian Wei asked subconsciously.
"Or else? Are you with me? Chen Mo turned his head and looked at Dian Wei strangely.
"No......" Dian Wei hurriedly shook his head and said: "I mean, there are many tribes that have sent women over recently, do you want to pick one for the lord, I have seen it, this Qiang mother-in-law, one by one is enough...... Jin'er ......"
In the end, seeing that Chen Mo's eyes were gradually becoming unkind, Dian Wei's voice also became smaller.
"If I'm so addicted to alcohol, I'm afraid I'll have to consider changing the guard." Chen Mo said very seriously: "Now, I'm afraid you can't even fight Ma Chao?" β
"How is that possible?" Dian Wei said disdainfully when he heard this, he Dian Wei was a character who could fight with Lu Bu, and he would never be compared to a ghost in his early twenties.
"Don't do these things again." Chen Mo glared at Dian Wei and said.
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