When Yang Xiu arrived at the post house, Ma Chao and Yan Xing were turning over on their horses, and the knights under their command were also fully armed, looking ready to fight. Yang Xiu was taken aback and hurriedly stopped. Ma Chao was in a very bad mood, and turned his head and didn't want to talk to Yang Xiu, but Yan Xing was more polite and told Yang Xiu that they planned to go out of the city to Sun Ce's camp to spread the edict.

"What if General Sun refuses to accept the edict?"

Ma Chao glanced at Yang Xiu. "Didn't Yang Gong tell Gongzi? If you refuse to accept the edict, then you will compete. Either he dies or we die, in short, it will satisfy Yang Gong. It would be better if we all died together. ”

Yang Xiu smiled bitterly: "Meng Qi, you are just angry." The intention of the imperial court to let you come is to invite General Sun's father and son to go to Chang'an to teach martial arts, but they are worried that they are busy with military affairs and can't get out, so they sent the two of you to ask for advice, just like when they sent Chao Cuo and others to Fusheng to learn Shangshu, in order to exchange what they have, exchange the art of war and martial arts, so that more scholars can learn their strengths and serve the country. You are mistaken, go like this, once you have a conflict with General Sun, will you miss a big thing? ”

Ma Chao looked at Yang Xiu suspiciously, and then at Yan Xing and Pang De. Yan Xing groaned and said, "Then what does this martial arts competition mean?" ”

This is what General Sun meant, but it is implicitly in line with the meaning of the imperial court to build a martial arts hall. Why did the court send you? If it is just to decide life and death, it is enough to send one assassin, why waste the good materials and beauty of the two. The imperial court deliberately did this, just to make you famous in the world and sweep away the stigma that Dong Zhuo brought to the people of Xiliang. Think about it, General Sun is a hero of Shandong, and he became famous in a war, if you can defeat him, can the people of the world still despise the people of Xiliang? Taking the opportunity of this martial arts competition, you and the heroes of the Kanto region learn martial arts and exchange ways of using soldiers, so that they can see that the Xiliang people also have young heroes, not all of them are as ferocious and easy to kill as Dong Zhuo, and no longer regard the Xiliang people as barbarians. Meng Qi, Yan Xing, how can you ignore it? ”

Ma Chao was so moved by Yang Xiu's words that he didn't dare to Meng Lang again. "In that case, it's better for Yang Gongzi to go with us, and ask for advice along the way."

Yang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly agreed. In order to get close to Ma Chao and others, he didn't take a car and decided to ride a horse. It was not an easy task for him. Most of the scholars rode in cars, not many on horseback, and he was especially the case. The horse was tall, and he didn't climb up after trying a few times, but it caused Ma Chao and others to laugh at him for a while, and he was embarrassed. Seeing this, Yan Xing turned over and dismounted, and led his mount to Yang Xiu.

"Childe, you can ride my horse, this horse is more docile."

"Thank you, thank you." Yang Xiu took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and reached out to take the reins. Yan Xing shook his head silently, knelt on one leg, grabbed the reins tightly with one hand, and patted his thigh with the other. Yang Xiu understood, grabbed the saddle tightly with both hands, stepped on Yan Xing's knees, Yan Xing reached out to support Yang Xiu, and with a gentle send, Yang Xiu easily turned over and got on the horse.

Yang Xiu was grateful, and once again bowed to Yan Xing. Yan Xing smiled and called a guard and asked him to lead the horse for Yang Xiu. He changed his mount, pressed his hand on the horse's back, and jumped up, as light as a swallow. Ma Chao watched coldly, snorting intentionally or unintentionally, very disdainful. Yan Xing heard it clearly, but he didn't react, just signaled to Yang Xiu that he could go.

The three of them kicked the horse's belly lightly and walked forward side by side. While walking, Yang Xiu introduced the buildings along the way to them, and talked about the offensive and defensive battle last year. Cai Yong wrote an article describing in detail last year's battle, although the focus was on Xu Rong, Wancheng's attack and defense were only mentioned, but Yang Xiu had lived in Wancheng for so long and understood it clearly.

"Childe is really an export, and his writing is brilliant."

"Meng Qi has won the award, the article is a small way, but it is written for the sake of preaching. Although there is a distinction between righteousness and injustice, only in terms of the way of using troops, the generals of both sides fought wits and courage, and made strange moves, which is the most brilliant part of this battle. I'm just a scholar, hearsay, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes in Lu Yuhai, you are all generals who lead the army, and you naturally understand it better than me. General Zhengdong is a famous general, rebelling against the general and the tiger, as soon as he makes a move, he is different, and there is a tendency to win over the blue. The two generals will see you later, but I will ask him for a lot of help. ”

Ma Chao was noncommittal.

Yang Xiu saw it in his eyes, and said: "Meng Qi, Yanming, we are the same age, I may be a few months longer, so I will say a few words, if there is something inappropriate, please don't see the two of you." Although the rebellious generals and generals Jianwei are also the same age as us, they have already achieved such a meritorious service, and they are one step ahead, and they can be exemplary, and we cannot treat them as ordinary teenagers. Zi said: If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher. You have the great hope of the imperial court, just to gain a wide range of knowledge, to gain yourself, and in the future with the rebellious general, General Jianwei, you are worthy of the reputation of the general of Kansai. ”

Ma Chao was moved when he heard this, nodded again and again, and unconsciously got a little closer to Yang Xiu. He is the same age as Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, but his achievements are not as good as those of the Kanto region, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are both Kwantung people, if it continues like this, won't it become a joke for the Kansai generals, where are the Liangzhou people still qualified to be ranked with the Kwantung people. This time I met Sun Ce, and I had to compete with him no matter what to see who was better.

"If you want to say that General Sun is a person, the strongest point is not that he is good at martial arts and is good at using soldiers. To be honest, he was even better at this than his father, General Zhengdong. The reason why it can be better than blue is that this is the real key. ”

Ma Chao's curiosity was aroused. "Oh, and what's his strongest?"

"Be good at employing people." Seeing that Ma Chao took the initiative to ask for advice, Yang Xiu smiled slightly, and finally let go of a big stone in his heart. "Although General Zhengdong is good at fighting, he doesn't know how to use people, and there are few strategists around him, so he only relies on the courage of his blood. But the rebellious general paid attention to inviting celebrities, and now there are many scholars around him. Last year, General Sun defeated Xu Rong, and the three people who rewarded him the most were all scribes. In the battle of Junyi not long ago, Guo Fengxiao, whom you saw yesterday, was the first merit. Don't look at Guo Fengxiao's powerlessness, he is General Sun's henchman. ”

Ma Chao raised his eyebrows slightly and was silent. The reason why Ma Teng took Han Sui first was because Han Sui had read, and Ma Teng was almost illiterate. They have been with Guo Jia for more than ten days, and they know that Guo Jia is resourceful, and Sun Ce has such a strategist to assist, like a tiger with wings. But where to find such a reader? Ma Chao involuntarily glanced at Yang Xiu. Although it was not a pleasant time to get along yesterday, Yang Xiu was very happy to drink, and he came to accompany him today, and he was still a good person. He just analyzed the battle and was the way, and he didn't deliberately show off, unlike those who looked down on the martial artists, he was a figure who could be befriended. Yang Xiu's father is Situ Yang Biao, if he can become friends with Yang Xiu, will the Ma family still rely on Han Sui?

Thinking of this, Ma Chao smiled enthusiastically. "What year was Yang Gongzi born?"