Dong Zhuo brought his brutal and brave traits to the extreme, while Ma Chao brought his self-centered emotional traits to the extreme.

Dong Zhuo was afraid of the lord of the mansion, and he looked like he was fearless, while Ma Chao ignored all his relatives, parents, brothers, wives, children, and the whole family died for him.

If the death of his wife and children was caused by the theft of the house by the rebels in Liangzhou, then the death of Ma Teng and his brother is completely inseparable from him.

Knowing that his father and brother were hostages in Cao Cao's hands, he still made a desperate decision against Cao, which made his parents and brothers die.

When Han Sui hesitated about this, he actually said that he had even given up his biological father, what else did Han Sui have to worry about? He said that he had already regarded Han Sui as his father, and Han Sui should also regard him as his son.

The hostages in Cao Cao's hands should be given up.

The survival rules of the Liangzhou people of that era can be seen.

Cruel, ruthless, pathetic.

Although I don't know if Ma Chao really said such a thing, there is no doubt that his father and brothers died because of him, which is an irrefutable fact.

Later, Ma Chao took refuge in Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu originally planned to marry his daughter to Ma Chao because of his fame and identity, but his subordinates reminded Zhang Lu, saying that Ma Chao was indifferent and didn't care about his relatives, and he was still like this for his relatives, let alone others?

Zhang Lu reacted immediately, stopped talking about the matter, and was a little more wary of Ma Chao.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms portrayed Ma Chao as a heroic figure like the Five Tiger Generals, but it was only because Ma Chao had no choice but to defect to Liu Bei in the last years of his life, and was portrayed as a positive character in the environment of respecting Liu and degrading Cao.

But in fact, Zhang Lu and his subordinates of the same era were also quite disdainful of Ma Chao's behavior, which is probably the best interpretation of Ma Chao's character.

What kind of person is Ma Chao, with Liu Bei's knowledge, it is estimated that Liu Bei is not unclear, so after Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, he has not been too active.

Until Liu Bei set out to conquer Yiling, Ma Chao was seriously ill and wrote a suicide note to Liu Bei, entrusting his blood relative Ma Dai to Liu Bei, and his words reflected a strong sadness and regret.

Perhaps at the last moment of his life, when looking back on his life on the sickbed, Ma Chao really regretted it.

People are dying, their words are good, and in the end, Ma Chao must regret it.

But still, so what?

Of the more than 100 people in his family, only one or two died.

The people who came out of the Shura field cared more about themselves than about others, and they didn't know when they would die, so how could they have extra energy to care about others?

Dong Zhuo and Ma Chao are just the two most prominent representatives of the Liangzhou people of that era, and what they represent is a tragic era.

Ma Chao went to the battlefield at the age of fourteen, what is the difference between this and those young soldiers in the Middle East?

Time has changed, and there are many things that have not changed.

And now, Guo wants to draw an end to Liangzhou in this era in advance.

There is an advantage to being a tool for Guo someone, that is, you can enjoy peace.

Guo swore that as long as he lived, he would fight for peace and never let any more turmoil break out in his jurisdiction.

No matter how reluctant peace is, it will be better than war, and those who forget about war are happy.

Let this end early.

is as despicable as Guo someone, and he doesn't want to see a fourteen-year-old child forced to go to the battlefield with a knife and gun.

Even if I can't go to school, at least give me farm tools and go to the fields.

So, Ma Chao, it's up to you.

Guo has deep expectations for Ma Chao, when the people of Liangzhou will get out of the sea of suffering, it depends on how Ma Chao plays, the better Ma Chao plays, the sooner the people of Liangzhou will get out of the sea of suffering.

Facts have proved that Ma Chao's performance is very good, just like Dong Zhuo back then, he is almost a super-level performance, which perfectly conforms to Guo's infinite expectations for him.

His bullying and oppression of Yan Xing was almost all-round, that kind of humiliation and oppression...... Guo can't stand it.

Of course, Ma Chao himself is also fearless.

When Guo Peng sent someone to canonize Ma Teng, all the warlords in Liangzhou were afraid of Guo Peng, for fear that Guo Peng would raise a large army to attack, so they trembled, and when they saw that Guo Peng had established a new emperor and sent an envoy to canonize him, this was obviously a signal for reconciliation.

They felt that Guo Peng was going to be a powerful minister, and he would have to focus all his energy on the political aspect rather than the military aspect, and he was going to take a back seat and stop fighting, so they chose to reconcile with everyone.

Reconciliation needs a representative, and that representative is Ma Teng.

Guo Peng chose Ma Teng, who was a wealthy family in the world, as his object of reconciliation and the representative of the people of Liangzhou, and reached a reconciliation with them, changing the high-pressure policy and carrying out a certain sense of tenderness.

As a symbol of Huairou, Guo Peng cut the garrison of Sanfu Land facing Liangzhou in half.

The three auxiliaries each left 5,000 soldiers, the Chang'an battalion left 15,000 soldiers, and the 30,000 cut down were requisitioned by Guo Peng, and a new pass was built one hundred and forty miles west of Guhangu Pass, named Tongguan.

Guhangu Pass was gradually abandoned in the Western Han Dynasty, Xinhangu Pass was east of Guhangu Pass, close to the position of Luoyang, lost the status of the only passage in the Qin Dynasty, and Xinhangu Pass could only hold one of the two roads.

Guo Peng once took advantage of the defects of Xinhangu Pass and successfully broke through the Hangu Pass defense line to attack Dong Zhuo's defense line in Guanxi.

Therefore, while Guo Peng attacked Ma Teng Hansui, he also explored the landform in Guanzhong, looking for a suitable place to establish Tongguan, thinking of establishing Tongguan as a line of defense to defend Luoyang in the future.

In the future, Luoyang will be his own imperial capital, although the historical background is sufficient, but the shape of the land of Luoyang is not as good as Chang'an, nor is it as good as the future of Beijing, but in this era, going to Beijing is purely a bad head, and the only place he can choose is Chang'an Luoyang, and Yecheng is not as good as Chang'an and Luoyang in terms of shape.

Guo Peng gave up Chang'an and chose Luoyang, the important reason is that Luoyang is closer to Qingyan Erzhou, closer to his own basic base, and it is more convenient to control and develop Kanto nearby.

There are several dangerous checkpoints to the east of Luoyang, which are enough to defend Luoyang, which are all the legacy left by the Eastern Han Empire, and Guo Peng can use it as long as it is repaired.

To the west, Xinhangu Pass was no longer enough to undertake this important mission, so Guo Peng decided to build a new dangerous checkpoint.

Tongguan.

When selecting the site, Guo Peng chose the position of one hundred and forty miles west of the ancient Hangu Pass, and the road of more than one hundred and forty miles between here and the ancient Hangu Pass winds between the mountains, and is as dangerous as the letter, so it is called the Han Valley, the east end of the Han Valley is the ancient Hangu Pass, and the west end is the address of Tongguan selected by Guo Peng.

Set up Tongguan, send troops to garrison, and use the land east of Tongguan as a strategic buffer for Luoyang, so as to enhance the security scope of Luoyang.

After these 30,000 troops were transferred to build the pass, the Liangzhou warlords' cognition of Guo Peng's behavior was more confirmed.

They think that Guo Peng has been fighting for more than ten years, he is tired, he wants to stop and rest, enjoy power and glory and wealth, Guo Peng doesn't want to fight anymore, Guo Peng is very tired, this guy who is afraid of the sky and the earth has no ambition to continue fighting.

They're safe.

So they were overjoyed, and came together to congratulate Ma Teng and Ma Chao, celebrating that they had survived to the end, until Guo Peng was tired and decided to rest, so they won the final victory together.

From now on, Liangzhou has no worries!

They can relax and be the emperor of the soil, and be powerful in the place!