Chapter 228: Killing

With the submission of Han Sui, the two counties of Jincheng and Longxi were also incorporated into the Liangzhou pastoral system headed by Chen Cheng. Wuyuan, Shuofang, Beidi, plus Hanyang, a total of four counties as direct leaders, Anding Ma Teng, Wuwei Chengyi, Wudu Zhang Heng, Jincheng Han Sui, Longxi Li Xiangru, these people have also surrendered, Chen Cheng's power has swelled to the point that other Xiliang princes can not confront head-on, Zhang Ye's Cheng Yin and Jiuquan's Song Jian, even if they have any ideas, they can only follow everyone to the table first.

But in addition to the four counties under the direct leadership, it is not known how much sincerity there are in the other counties. Master Lu has always been unafraid to speculate on Chinese with the worst malice, and Chen Cheng feels that this is still too biased, and it is better to remove the word "Chinese".

Ma Teng came to Yinchuan with several sons in the wind and snow, first found a place to live, and then came to the door to ask to see Liangzhou Mu. Chen Cheng met the Ma family father and son in the side hall, and asked Ma Yunlu to come over. With the passage of two years, Ma Chao's stature is a little taller, but he is still as handsome as ever, Chen Cheng saw it and exclaimed: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Meng Qi is more heroic." Ma Taishou's sons are also becoming more and more majestic. ”

Ma is two years older, and he is no longer flying off the previous one, but there is still a little unruly between his eyebrows, although when he saw Chen Cheng, he felt like a thorn in his back, but he was still quite unconvinced: "Chen Yuanjun is very different from before!" If we hadn't seen each other again, I couldn't believe that a person's appearance could have changed so much! ”

At the beginning, Chen Cheng was even better looking than him, but his height was about the same, but now Chen Cheng is half a head taller than him, and his figure is even more majestic.

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "At the beginning, I led hundreds of newly defeated soldiers, and I came to surrender in poverty, panicking like a lost dog. Now he is already the lord of a state, and there are 100,000 elite soldiers under his command, so of course it is different! ”

Ma Teng glared at Ma Chao and said with a dry smile: "When I saw it that day, I knew that the envoy was not an ordinary person, but there was Han Sui by his side at that time, so he couldn't follow the envoy, and now that I think about it, I regret it!" ”

Ma Chao's face was unhappy, but he couldn't help himself. He grew up among the Qiang people since he was a child, because he is the son of Ma Teng, and he has a good martial arts, so he has developed an unruly temperament, and he is not satisfied with anyone. But no matter how dissatisfied he was, he was still only Ma Teng's son, but Chen Cheng completed a gorgeous turn in the past two years and became the lord of Liangzhou.

Of course, his character has become a little better than before, and part of the reason is that he once failed miserably at the hands of Yan Xing. Ma Chao has always been self-defeating and brave, but he was so ugly defeated in front of everyone, that incident hit him very hard. He didn't say it, but secretly he practiced hard every day, just hoping that one day he could find Yan Xing and avenge his revenge in the past.

But it's a pity that Yan Xing is in the north of Yacheng today, and Ma Chao has not seen it. Among Ma Teng's sons, Ma Chao is the oldest and the most courageous, and he can also say a few words to Chen Cheng, Ma Tie and Ma Xiu were oppressed by their elder brothers when they were young, so their personalities are not so strong, after seeing Chen Cheng, they looked so scary that they were a little scared in their hearts, and they sat there silently.

While talking, there was a sound of "popping and popping" on the floor, and several people turned their heads and saw Ma Yunlu running over quickly, rushing into Ma Teng's arms, and shouting: "Ah Da! Why did you get here with such a big snow? It's been a long time since I've seen you, and I miss you so much! ”

Ma Teng and his daughter haven't seen each other for a long time, although they are a little dissatisfied with her behavior like this, but after all, the nature of father and daughter is a little embarrassed for a while. Ma Teng patted the daughter in his arms, and after Ma Yunlu sat down on the side, he said to Chen Cheng: "The envoy should have agreed to my family immediately, but I am such a daughter......... Can I meet with the Waiter first? ”

Hearing her father say this, Ma Yunlu's neck and ears turned red, she lowered her head, but propped up her ears, wanting to hear more clearly. When Chen Cheng saw it, he felt a little funny, but this kind of childlike attitude is probably what everyone has had, so he was a little touched while being funny.

Chen Cheng said: "Of course you can, Zilong should teach the students of the crash course in Yacheng now, and people are generally not allowed to go in there, I will write you a pass and send someone to take you over." ”

So Ma Teng took his sons to say goodbye to Chen Cheng, left the state pastor's mansion, and prepared to ride to Yacheng two or three miles north of the city under the leadership of Yabing. This time, Ma Yunlu said that she would not go with Ma Teng, although she wanted to stay with her father and brother for a while, and she also wanted to go to Yacheng to meet General Zhao.

Ma Teng touched the bun on his daughter's head and said with a smile: "It seems that our daughter has really grown up and is going to get married!" ”

Ma Yunlu stomped his feet and said angrily: "Ah Da, what are you talking about!" ”

After that, she ran to the backyard to find Liu Qian and Zi Jia'er. In the backyard, Zi Jia'er's eyes widened, and she whispered to Ma Yunlu: "Sister Ma, are you really going to marry General Zhao?" ”

She is the youngest, and she doesn't know anything about men and women, so she can only ask questions. Liu Qian is only one year younger than Ma Yunlu, and she already seems to understand, she shook the horns on her head, and said to Ma Yunlu seriously: "If you marry Shi Zhongling, will you have a child soon?" ”

The blush on Ma Yunlu's face did not subside, and he chirped: "I want to have four children with him, three boys and one girl!" ”

Liu Qian sighed, Ma Yunlu directly applied the situation in her own family. Ma Teng has three sons and one daughter, so she said that she wants three boys and one girl. Princess Wannian felt that her two friends, Zi Jia'er, were confused, and Ma Yunlu was too simple, as if they hadn't grown up.

Her face showed a slight sadness that was not appropriate for her age, but it was quickly replaced by fortitude.

The roads inside and outside Yinchuan have been covered with heavy snow. But because the temperature was very low, the road was frozen solid, so the horses were able to gallop on it. When Ma Teng and the others came, they ran directly from the frozen Yellow River. At that time, Ma Chao's two younger brothers were still worried about whether the ice would break halfway through, but fortunately, that kind of thing didn't happen in the end.

You can already run horses on the road, but you can't go too fast, otherwise you will slip. When the two tooth soldiers on the road rode to the front, Ma Teng turned his head and asked Ma Chao, "You saw Chen Yuanjun today, are you convinced?" ”

Ma Chao snorted and said reluctantly; "His martial arts are far superior to mine!"

But Ma Mengqi immediately said: "In a few years, my martial arts will become stronger, and I may not lose to him!" ”

Ma Teng recalled the scene of the first battle in Huangbei Mountain, shook his head, and said: "Even if you practice for another ten years, you still can't compare, it's no longer something that manpower can contend with." ”

He thought of Chen Cheng being stabbed through the body with a spear and still being confused, so he couldn't help but shudder, and repeated again: "You can't beat it." ”

Yacheng is a branch city built two or three miles northwest of Yinchuan, which has been transformed into a huge barracks after more than a year of uninterrupted construction. When you get closer, you can see more clearly the trenches, the horse rejection, the tall ramparts, the higher enemy towers, the neat barracks and stables........ All of this is to create an atmosphere of solemnity.

There are many more detailed systems in the tooth soldiers, such as "teaching camp", "military academy", "crash course", "trapped camp", "flying bear hussar" and so on. But no matter which part they belong to, the people here, except for those children, do things in one place, and the camp is always full of tension and a solemn atmosphere.

Even in such cold weather, there were still soldiers on duty at the gate of Yacheng and on the enemy tower. Seeing someone coming, the tooth soldier on the first floor took off the horn on his waist and blew it vigorously. The cold sound of the horn resounded over the city of Tooth, letting the people inside know that someone was coming.

Even with the tooth soldiers leading the way, the defenders inside checked the pass before opening the gate. The expressions of Ma Teng and the others unconsciously became serious, and this kind of fierce situation brought heavy pressure to people. Ma Teng's management of the soldiers is not strict, although the soldiers and horses in Anding County can fight, but there is always a little scattered, compared with the soldiers around him who are strict and murderous, it is much worse.

Ma Tie sneezed, and said to Ma Xiu with some envy: "These people are really rich, you see they all have cotton jackets to wear!" ”

Isn't it? Ma Tie didn't say anything, Ma Teng and they hadn't paid attention to it, and at this time, they were shocked to remind, only to find that the soldiers who came and went were wearing thick cotton clothes. The style of this cotton coat is similar, gray in appearance, and the sleeves are narrow and long, so that the soldiers can retract their hands to keep warm.

The warmth effect of cotton clothes is much better than the winter clothes filled with catkins and reeds in the past, it is still a new thing in this era, and Yinchuan has not been sold for a few days, not only is it expensive, the key is that it is not necessarily bought if you have money, but I didn't expect to see so many here at once. Even the soldiers guarding the gate and the children who lined up to sing were all in one piece.

Originally, Ma Teng was a little annoyed about Zhao Yun's abduction of his daughter, and this time he came to ask for the guilt. But at this time, seeing Yacheng's side turned out to be this kind of appearance that made him feel envious and frightened, and the original anger dissipated without a trace unconsciously.

When the soldiers saw the father and son of the Ma family, they all looked at it a few more times, but they looked at the enemy with a kind of eye. Ma Teng even suspected that as long as someone shouted, he was afraid that these people would immediately draw their weapons and rush forward.

The tooth soldier led them to a barracks and said, "General Zhao is giving a lesson to the trainees of the crash course, you guys wait here for a while." ”

Ma Chao was very uncomfortable by the oppressive atmosphere here, and finally had a seizure at this time, and said angrily: "Do you want us to wait for him? ”