Chapter 405: Ready to Move (2)
Ma Chao is half Qiang because his mother is an authentic Qiang, but his mother died early, and Ma Teng married another Han woman as his wife.
It is precisely because of this that Ma Chao's personality was very rebellious when he was a teenager, and Ma Teng is a good man, so he doesn't know how to restrain Ma Chao's character.
However, after a fight with Cao Xing, Ma Chao's personality has changed a little, no longer fighting and killing all day long, but began to concentrate on reading, which is a bit like Gan Ning's way, he used to be an old boy, but as time went by, he began to stop participating in those things that robbed the house, and concentrated on studying, and finally became the twelve tiger ministers of Jiangdong.
Ma Chao's change can certainly make Ma Teng happy, but then again, there are two sides to everything, even if you look good now, there will always be a negative day.
Now it just shows it, in fact, after the inexplicable death of Emperor Han Xian, other princes have been crowned kings, and Ma Teng originally didn't have much interest in being a king.
After all, at that time, Ma Teng had already worshiped the wind and guarded the wind, and there were soldiers, generals and strategists under his hands.
Among the surrounding Taishou county guards, Ma Teng's power is the largest, no one dares not to buy Ma Teng's account, Ma Teng doesn't want to sit on the world, he just wants to protect his current home with peace of mind.
As a result, Ma Chao was anxious when he heard this, and immediately took several of his younger brothers to find Ma Teng every day, and Ma Chao had only one request, such as the princes who were crowned kings one after another. Ma Teng has already occupied a place in Yongzhou, why not be crowned king as soon as possible?
Originally, Ma Tengxiang waved his hand and asked Ma Chao to leave this matter alone, but Ma Chao was unrelenting, and even listed several reasons why he had to be crowned king.
First of all, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty died, and the orthodoxy of the Han family in the world is gone, and his Ma Teng's Fufeng Taishou also happens to be the establishment of the Han family.
The system of the Han Dynasty has collapsed, so there is no reason for him to be too guarded.
If Ma Teng wants to continue as a mercenary, he must find a way to set up a banner for himself.
Secondly, calling the king the emperor, this is a ritual in ancient times, a ritual to determine the concept of superiors and subordinates, if Ma Teng sits on the land of Liangzhou and does not become the king, it is very likely to be looked down upon by others. It's out of touch with the times.
Seeing his son talking eloquently in front of him, Ma Teng didn't know how to say it, although he wanted to refuse, but he had to do everything justly, even if you want to reject Ma Chao, you must find a suitable reason, Ma Chao is now an adult, and he can no longer use that kind of forcible means to suppress the thoughts in his heart.
So for this matter, Ma Teng could only delay it again and again, and when it was dragged to the neighbor next to him, Han Sui, who was also the king, many of Ma Teng's subordinates couldn't bear it anymore.
Ma Chao took the lead again, although Ma Teng and Han Sui used to be brothers, but Han Sui was a real thief, Ma Chao had long looked at him unpleasantly, and under Ma Chao's many realms, Ma Teng finally sat in the position of King Yong.
Now Han Sui sharpened his knife again, although Han Sui's direction was pointing in the direction of Qin, but if he wanted to enter Qin, he was separated from Yongzhou, which meant that he had to pass through Ma Teng's territory.
So this matter is also connected with Ma Teng. Maybe Han Sui also took into account that his relationship with Ma Teng is getting worse day by day, so he will not go to Ma Teng and ask Ma Teng to get out of the way, but send some spies to the Qin State to continue to sabotage, although this has little effect, but it can only be like this.
Now that Jia Xu is here, it is to solve Han Sui's trouble, Ma Teng has some hesitation, and he weighs the pros and cons there, after all, he is now a king, and he is no longer a hot-blooded general.
As a result, when Ma Chao heard the news, he immediately became interested, and repeatedly advised his father not to hesitate there, Han Sui is known as the Yellow River of Jiuqu, Ma Teng has also bowed to him before, and he understands Han Sui's character again, but Han Sui is the kind of Yin person.
Today, Ma Teng does not think of brotherhood like Han Sui turned his face, maybe it won't be long before there are new interests in front of Han Sui, Han Sui will definitely unceremoniously move his knife against Ma Teng, so Ma Chao will try his best to fight.
The use of troops against Han Sui does not have to be quite large-scale, anyway, if Ma Teng agrees to Jia Xu's request, then it will be like an alliance with the Qin State in disguise.
Ma Teng worked hard for the Qin State in front, and the Qin State naturally wanted to provide backup supplies, which was a benefit, and secondly, Ma Chao also had a touch of ambition in his heart.
The world says that Xiliang is Xiliang, but Xiliang is divided into Yongzhou and Liangzhou, and now Liangzhou is all occupied by Han Sui. Ma Chao also wants to draw Liangzhou over here, after all, he also wants his country to develop and grow.
Seeing the ministers arguing in front of him every day, Ma Teng is also the first two big, but Ma Teng's character is destined to be greatly influenced by these people's grass growth, so Ma Teng finally thought twice and decided on one thing.
For example, if there is a big chaos today, the heroes rise together, and the various vassal states stand side by side, it seems that he and Han Sui have been at peace in the past few years, but the two have been brothers before, and they can't understand each other's personalities.
So Ma Teng finally accepted Ma Chao's suggestion, since he wants to fight, let's fight.
When Jia Xu came back, he immediately began to arrange the alliance, first of all, the Qin State had to show enough sincerity, the Qin State transported a large amount of food and weapons like the Yong State, all of which were excellent equipment, and Ma Chao was also very powerful.
With these powerful equipment, would you still be afraid of him Han Sui? You must know that Ma Chao has been familiar with military books in the past few years, and has practiced Xiliang Iron Cavalry hard, Ma Chao is confident, his iron cavalry is absolutely invincible in the world, and it is impossible for Han Sui to stop it.
Therefore, at the end of 198 AD, the Yong Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom began to fight completely.
Han Sui naturally had some distress about this matter, first of all, he published an article, where he condemned Yongguo's shameless behavior, he didn't provoke Yongguo, Yongguo actually did something to him, which is really unreasonable.
However, Han Sui's crusade against Xi Wen is at most just a show of his own momentum, a little sympathy, and a little response, and it will not have much effect, and the real battlefield fight will eventually be proved with blood and fire.
In this way, Ma Chao directly began the attack on Liangguo, and at the beginning of the battle, as Ma Chao expected, the iron cavalry he trained was indomitable and invincible under his leadership, directly connecting more than a dozen cities of Liangguo. And Han Sui was also completely panicked when he saw this.
However, Han Sui's panic did not come from fear, but because Han Sui had not picked up a gun and mounted his horse for a long time, and went to the battlefield to fight in person, so he was panicked by Ma Chao for a while.
However, if you only think that Han Sui's ability, this is the only one, it is wrong, it is very wrong, Han Sui, who has the spring of the Yellow River in the Nine Songs, how can he be frightened because of this matter.
In the end, Han Sui also launched his own counterattack, and for a while, even if Ma Chao had Xiliang Iron Cavalry, it was no longer as smooth as before, and it and Han Sui fell into a bitter battle.
And Cao Xuan nodded after hearing the news, and then recruited Jia Xu and gave him a task, that is, if Yongguo needs it, he must do his best to meet it, Jia Xu will be a diplomat this time, do everything well, anyway, let Yongguo drag Han Sui's footsteps to death, so that he will have the opportunity to face Zhang Ren.
This task is not very difficult for Jia Xu, Jia Xu also nodded confidently, and Cao Xing's whole person was relieved to see this.
The next thing is to figure out how to deal with that guy Zhang Ren.
Cao Xuan convened all the generals, everyone discussed together, everyone expressed their opinions, and finally Cao Xuan summarized everyone's opinions, which roughly means that although the problem of Liangguo has been solved, then again, Qin has just finished two battles.
The national strength needs to be restored, and if you send troops to Shu now, then it can only be Cao Cao's people who are cheap.
Therefore, if you want to use troops against Shu, you should take your time, since Zhang Ren is so disobedient now, then you can try to use Jinyi Wei to test one or two.
This method is not very good, but it is more pertinent, and it belongs to the kind that is steady and steady.
So Cao Xuan finally looked at Che Wu, and Che Wu also nodded.
After years of development, Jinyiwei has made great progress. Anyway, the opponent this time is not the previous Xu Yu's intelligence organization, nor is it a ghost pawn of Wei, it is just a Shu country, and Shu has no special intelligence force, at most it is a spy, so Che Wu is still very confident.
After discussing these things, Cao Xuan was just about to dismiss the meeting, but he still asked Che Wu with interest, what is Cao Cao's situation now?
You must know that Qin's biggest opponent will always be Wei.
As soon as he heard this, Che Wu's eyes were a little solemn, and then he said to Cao Xing: "King, the situation is a little bad, I'm afraid that Jingzhou won't be long before it will fall into Cao Cao's hands!" ”
When Cao Xing heard this, his eyelids jumped, Cao Cao in history did occupy most of Jingzhou, there is nothing wrong with this, not to mention that after Cao Cao and Cao Xing divided the Wei State, Cao Xing chose to go north to attack Karasuma and gain a large territory in the north.
And Cao Cao saw Cao Xing's victory, he naturally couldn't be idle, during this period, Cao Cao didn't think about it, since Cao Xing was fighting in the north, why didn't he give Cao Xuan a surprise attack?
For Cao Cao's idea, some strategists agreed, while others expressed opposition.
Cao Cao couldn't make a decision for a while, so he asked Guo Jia, but Guo Jia's suggestion was.
"Cao Xing's defeat of Karasuma and the stabilization of the north is a foregone conclusion, although the defensive strength of the Qin State is empty now, but it has not yet reached the point of being vulnerable, even if we attack suddenly, but there are two very critical problems, the first is that the division is unknown, and secondly, it will not be long before Cao Xing will return with his troops, and then it will definitely cause a war between the two countries, and now he is opposed to Cao Xing, and the gains outweigh the losses!"
As soon as he heard this, Cao Cao had some doubts in his heart, because when he asked this, Cao Xing and Karasuma were in full swing, and who won and who lost had not yet been revealed.
But why did Guo Jia's first sentence affirm that Cao Xuan would definitely win, Guo Jia's statement was like a fortune teller.
Guo Jia finally suggested that Cao Cao could learn Cao Xing.
Cao Cao had some puzzled rhetorical questions, how should he learn Cao Xing.
Guo Jia laughed twice, and then said, "Has the king forgotten? How did Cao Xing fight Karasuma, it was completely when we all didn't expect to send troops, and now we can also follow it, the north is not easy to fight, but we can aim at the south! ”
When Cao Cao heard this, he was stunned for a long time, and then he also reflected what Guo Jia meant, Guo Jia's eyes had already been cast on that place in Jingzhou.
Jingzhou is fertile, although the population is not very large, but others have abundant products, if Cao Cao knocks it down, it can be used as a grain base for his rear, from there to transport grain, is to supply his army and horses in the north.
As long as Cao Cao brought all his troops and horses up, then it would be easy for the iron cavalry to sweep everything in the past.
Guo Jia's proposal made Cao Cao a little moved, but Cao Cao was not a reckless person, he still asked a very critical question, Guo Jia just said that he couldn't beat Cao Xing, that was because the teacher was unknown, so now Cao Cao is famous if he goes to provoke Liu Biao?
In this era, you have to pay attention to a rational word in everything you do, others don't provoke you, and you suddenly hit others, is there something unreasonable. Anyway, you will be condemned in righteousness, and people's hearts will be lowered, unless you can settle the situation in one battle and destroy other countries at once, otherwise, the future trouble will still be relatively large.
As soon as Guo Jia heard this, a smile immediately appeared on his face: "King, Liu Jingsheng sits in Jingzhou, waiting for 100,000, such a good place, but he just wants to be a dog guarding the land, such a person will finish playing sooner or later, if you don't marry Jingzhou at the moment, you have to give it to others!" ”
As soon as he said this, Guo Jia directly took out a letter from his arms, and then handed it to Cao Cao, and when Cao Cao read the content of this letter, the whole person was also surprised, but soon he showed a smile, and this letter was Liu Biao's crime.
Immediately, Cao Cao did not hesitate and directly sent troops to Jingzhou, but before sending troops to Jingzhou, he still did a little bit of it.
Liu Biao is from the Han clan, and is a feudal official, with soldiers in his hands, but when Dong Zhuo was in power and Li Dao Guo was in chaos, Liu Biao, as a member of the Han clan, was indifferent, and even the princes of the Eighteenth Road asked for Dong, he did not come, he couldn't say anything about it, he was ruthless as a clan, and he was even more disloyal as a courtier. Therefore, Liu Biao should definitely be responsible for the death of Emperor Han Xian, and the already dead Emperor Han Xian was moved out again.