Chapter 18: Three Thousand Soldiers
After walking for three days in a hurry, I finally arrived in Langzhou, which is today's Changde City. It could have been directly down the Xiangjiang River and into Dongting to Yuezhou. But the king of Chu asked Ma Yun to replace him and make a detour to Langzhou to visit Ma Xicao in the Jiuwu frontier.
Under the guidance of Liu Yan, the judge of Jiedu, Ma Yun and his entourage came to the front of the Langzhou Jiedu Embassy Hall, only to see a middle-aged man in a bright purple robe and plain clothes and a young man in a green coat with a jasper waist standing in front of the hall. Ma Yun expected that the purple-robed middle-aged man should be his cheap third uncle, so he hurriedly walked a few steps and bowed down: "The third uncle has always been fine, and the little nephew is polite." ”
Ma Xixu hurriedly helped Ma Yun, and said with a smile: "After ten years, Yun'er has now become a beautiful young man in the wind of Yushu." Guangzan, I haven't seen your fifth brother yet. ”
Before the man in Tsing Yi could speak, Ma Yun had already grabbed him and said, "Is this Brother Guangzan?" But I want to kill my brother. Then he said some words of goodwill to each other.
Ma Xixu said: "The family should not stand in the courtyard and talk, the family banquet is ready." Yun'er, Lord Tuoba went to the hall to eat and talked. ”
So, the two people sat down separately. Ma Xicao persuaded him to drink and said, "I heard that Yun'er is going to the Central Plains, and I am very worried about my uncle." The reason why the city gate was not opened today was because I was afraid that someone would find out the news, in that case, Yun'er's trip to the Central Plains would be dangerous. ”
Ma Yun toasted and thanked: "Thank you uncle for your love." Uncle has been fighting the world since he was a child, and the world knows about heroes. My father also said the day before yesterday, 'When you go to Yuezhou, you must learn from your third uncle, your third uncle is a thousand-mile horse of my Ma family'. ”
Ma Xicao laughed and said, "Brother Wang is too praised." However, Yun'er is coming to Yuezhou, if you have any needs, just ask, Uncle Wei will try his best to meet them. ”
Ma Yun peeked at Li Xiang on the side, and said with a casual smile: "Uncle, you also know that Yun'er has never liked to read much, so she likes to ride a horse and shoot arrows." My father once asked me, 'What do you want to do when you grow up?' So I said, 'Good for the general.' So, when the envoy returns, I want to serve in front of my uncle's army. Uncle, you must teach me. ”
Ma Xicao chuckled in his heart and thought: Could it be that he wants to be the envoy of Wuping Festival? He glanced at Liu Yan a few times, and said with a haha: "Yun'er, Wupingjun has always been thin and weak, I'm afraid you, a person who has been in the forbidden army, can't look down on it." It's better to do this, even if you train in Yuezhou, if you lack any weapons and equipment, I will ask the treasury to deploy them for you. ”
Before Ma Yun could answer, Liu Yan said: "Little prince, forgive the officials for being presumptuous." This training is not simple, since ancient times, it has been said: a thousand times a request, a general is rare. My lord, the little prince wants to train his troops, and the adults still have to send some capable generals to assist more. ”
Hearing this, Li Xiang and Wu Ban were a little anxious, why did this ball roll back again. Okay, let's train troops, you send officers, then we'll make a.
Ma Yun also felt that something was wrong, and was thinking about how to speak. Ma Guangmeng suddenly said with a grin: "Lack of officers? Am I just a ready-made officer? No, I can study here with Uncle San. Third uncle, a member of our Ma family, wasn't he born to be a general who fought in all directions. Like King Wumu, like the second uncle, like the third uncle, you were born to be a general. Right? Three Uncles. ”
Ma Xicao smiled and nodded again and again: "Not bad, not bad." I'm a member of the Ma clan, how can I be the queen of others? Yun'er, you can train in Yuezhou with confidence, come on, let's have a full drink. Next, the glass was raised, Ma Xicao and Ma Yun seemed to have forgotten, and they no longer mentioned the topic of military training, but chatted happily about family life.
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As soon as Ma Yun and the others were arranged, Liu Yan hurriedly ran back to the Jiedu Embassy. Eagerly said to Ma Xixu: "My lord, why didn't you agree to send General Zuo to Yuezhou just now, so that Yuezhou would not fall into our hands?" ”
Ma Xicao groaned for a moment and said: "Just now Ma Yun said that he wants to be a general under my account, you say, will my second brother intentionally let Ma Yun succeed me as the envoy of Wuping Festival." ”
Liu Yan said angrily: "My lord, you are too worried. In my opinion, for at least ten years, the King of Chu will never change your position. Jiedu makes his position very important, and it is not subject to the Ma family, and now that the princes of the Great King are less than twenty years old, how can they let them take on such an important position. ”
Ma Xicao stroked his beard and smiled: "Hehe, if it weren't for Lord Liu's words, I fell into the fog." In fact, the age difference between me and my second brother is one year old, how can it be that my brother is the same as my brother. Don't talk about this in the future. ”
Liu Yan sighed and said in a low voice: "My lord, in my opinion, the king likes extravagance and indulges in wine, I'm afraid it is not the appearance of longevity." The cunning rabbit is still three caves, even if you want to be a loyal minister, you have to leave some room for the future. There is a saying: the sky and the whisk, but the blame. There is such a great opportunity today, adults should not miss it. ”
Looking at the flickering candles, Ma Xixu groaned again, not knowing what was going on in his heart.
Early the next morning, Ma Yun came to the Jiedu embassy to prepare for his resignation. Ma Xicao was very polite, and he also gave Ma Yun a lot of advice, and finally said quite unintentionally: "Yuezhou is a place where soldiers must fight, Wang Yun supervises Yue, and the garrison is only 7,000. After Yun'er goes, you have to pay more attention to Li Tang's movements, I thought I would give you 3,000 more troops. I wonder what you think? ”
Hearing Ma Xixu's words, Tuoba Heng said: "Thank you, Lord Ma, but in the opinion of the following officials, the soldiers and horses of Yuezhou are enough for self-defense, and the imperial court policy should not have too many soldiers in one state." ”
Ma Yun smiled and said, "Isn't the third uncle Zhuge Liang?" I came today to borrow 3,000 soldiers from the third uncle, so as to increase the E army in Yuezhou. ”
Ma Xixu was stunned for a moment, as if he was a little surprised, and turned to Tang Zhu, the commander of Langzhou, and said, "Okay, Tang Zhu, you go and order 3,000 elite soldiers to deliver Yun'er." As he spoke, he winked at Tang Zhu.
Ma Yun said goodbye to his third uncle and prepared to go to the school to order soldiers and horses to go to Yuezhou. On the way, Tuoba Heng couldn't help but say: "Little prince, how can you borrow troops from Langzhou, once you borrow troops from Yuezhou, it will be difficult to do." ”
Ma Yun smiled: "Under the Pu world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. The Yuezhou soldiers are Chu soldiers, and the Langzhou soldiers are also Chu soldiers. What to fear. Speaking with Li Xiang and the others looking at each other and smiling.
Ma Xicao is really not easy to get along with. Looking at these 3,000 elite soldiers, Ma Yun's heart was cool. Good fellow, what a miserable one. Among them, there were 2,500 people, either old men in their fifties and sixties, or children in their fifteen or sixteen years, all of whom were still as thin as wood. Jack Ma almost thought he had crossed over to a Nazi concentration camp.
Ma Guangmeng, who was beside him, couldn't help it, and scolded loudly: "What the fuck is this rotten soldier." ”
Before the voice fell, only one person shouted: "You kid, do you dare to fight me for 300 rounds?" ”
Ma Yun hurriedly looked down, only to see a bearded man holding a three-pronged steel knife standing out of the team. Ma Guang laughed fiercely: "What don't you dare to do, you wait." "If you speak, you will end up fighting him.
Ma Yun hurriedly pulled the light and glanced at Qian Qing. Qian Qing understood, copied out a steel knife, and said, "Let me try how many catties you have." As he spoke, he jumped off the platform and fought with the bearded man.
Ma Yun watched them tease back and forth for forty or fifty rounds, and just as he felt that it was enjoyable, Li Xiang next to him couldn't help but gently tug his sleeve.
Ma Yun understood what he meant, hurriedly stepped off the platform, and shouted, "Stop." ”
After seeing them stop, he arched his hand and asked, "I don't know the name of the strong man, what kind of position in the army." ”
When he saw a big official, he hurriedly replied, "The villain's surname is Zhang, and his name is Wenbiao." He is a squad leader in the army. ”
Ma Yun deliberately said: "Hey, isn't this a secret investment from Mingzhu, is General Zhang willing to follow Xiao Wang and be a centurion?" After the merit is obtained, it will be promoted. ”
Zhang Wenbiao knelt down and thanked: "The villain is willing to serve the adults and serve the dogs and horses." ”
Ma Yun hurriedly helped him up, and said in the same way as Cao Cao: "I don't like 3,000 soldiers, I like to have one person." ”
As soon as the words fell, someone said: "Is King Chu Zhongxian such a vulgar martial artist?" ”