In other words, the name of this market town where the Han army was stationed is called Tangfang, which is a border town, where Han people and Xianbei and Xiongnu people live together, belonging to the boundary of Liangzhou, and obeying Sinicization.

But it was said that the three brothers and sisters of Ma Chao came to Tangfang Town, and it was just night, only a few shops were still open, and there was nothing fun, but Ma Feng was full of interest, and when he saw that a restaurant was open, he pointed and said: "Go, the bride is the biggest today, the bride is treated, eldest brother and brother, Wenlu invites you to have a good meal!" ”

When I came to the restaurant, I saw several horses parked at the door, and a small servant was feeding the horses forage. The three of them entered the inn, and Ma Chao was the last to go in and looked at the horses suspiciously.

In order not to disturb the people, the three brothers and sisters all took off their military uniforms and changed into civilian clothes. After entering the store, I saw three men and one woman sitting in a corner, ordering food and drinks.

The guy at the store immediately came up to ask if he was going to eat quickly or stay in the store, and before the two boys could speak, Ma Feng said first: "Five catties of cooked mutton, five catties of cooked beef, five catties of high-grade Du Kang, seasonal stir-fried cold dishes or something, etc., and ten catties of brown rice." ”

After listening to her, the shopkeeper stood there stunned, he was stunned, because these three objectively looked very young, and they asked for so much at once, for fear that they would not be able to eat and waste.

Ma Feng's eyes glared: "What, what's wrong with I'm afraid I won't give money?" Go, go, go! ”

The shop guy confirmed again: "Are the three of you really ordering so much?" ”

"What's this nonsense?" Ma Feng got angry again, "Hurry up, I can't eat, don't we know how to pack and take it away?" Go quickly, and the silver will not be less than yours. ”

The shopkeeper is just going to get busy.

Ma Dai asked in a low voice: "Sister Wenlu, you ordered so much, can we really eat it?" ”

Ma Feng patted Ma Dai and said, "Cousin, you don't know anything, my brother is when he grows his body, and we are the tiger generals of the Han army, he must eat a lot." ”

Ma Chao shook his head with a smile, pointed at Ma Feng and said, "If you are greedy, you will say that you are greedy, why do you take me out to talk about things?" ”

Ma Feng asked rhetorically: "Am I wrong?" Are you still eating small? Wasn't that a meal of four or five pounds? You can't eat enough food in our army at all, so let's spend our own money to eat a good meal, it's not a violation of military discipline, right? ”

Ma Chao smiled and said: "No, no, no." ”

While waiting for the dishes, Ma Chao picked up a few newspapers on the table and read them.

As mentioned earlier, two years ago, there was a newspaper in Luoyang, called New World. Liangzhou is a little behind, and there is only a newspaper called "Xiliang Chronicle", and it is also a weekly magazine.

Ma Chao was fascinated, and Ma Feng asked: "What is my brother so fascinated by reading, is there a new serialized novel?" ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said: "No, I'm reading this article, this author is also very interesting, it's actually called Yang Tieqiu, and there is such a name." ”

Ma Feng asked, "What was written?" ”

Ma Chao said: "Analysis of current affairs, saying that the Southern Xiongnu will not change their minds in Fuluo, and they will definitely invade the boundary of Liangzhou." ”

Ma Feng smiled and said, "Isn't this nonsense? My Liangzhou is in Hexi, and his Southern Xiongnu is in Hedong, separated by Hetao and Xianbei, how can he invade? ”

Ma Chao pointed to the newspaper again and said: "But what Yang Tieqiu said is very reasonable, you see, last year, Yu Fuluo and Yuan Shao and Bai Bo Guo Tai united to launch the Battle of Hedong, although they won, but in this battle, Yu Fuluo lost his son Liu Bao.

"He has always wanted to take revenge, but his alliance collapsed, and he couldn't get Yuan Shao's help, and Guo Tai was a remnant of the Yellow Turban, and he had no combat effectiveness, he could only rely on himself, but his own strength was too weak, Luoyang had heavy troops, Chang'an also had heavy troops, and there was a strategist Jia Xu to defend it, he didn't have to think about these two places."

Ma Feng asked: "Then he can come to invade my Liangzhou?" He doesn't want to think about how easy it is for me to mess with Liangzhou? ”

Ma Chao said: "But Liangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and he doesn't want to conquer the city, he just wants to plunder everywhere and disrupt the development of my Han family, even if he can't avenge the sand, it can also cause some trouble to my Han family." Moreover, the princes were in the east, and he came to the west to unite the Xianbei, the Western Regions and the Northern Xiongnu, harassing Liangzhou, and causing the danger of being flanked on both sides by our Han Dynasty. ”

Ma Feng nodded again and again and said: "It seems that this Yang Tieqiu's analysis is still very reasonable, so let's say that our Liangzhou is in danger, brother, we can't go back to Luoyang." ”

As he was talking, among the four people sitting there, one of the women suddenly stood up, walked over, clasped her fists and said, "Gongzi is wrong, Yu Fuluo unites all the departments of the Western Regions, but there is no Xianbei." ”

Ma Chao looked at this person, although he was a woman, he was wearing a man's clothes with clear eyebrows.

Ma Chao also replied: "Why can't the son see that there will be no Xianbei?" ”

This woman was wearing men's clothes and deliberately lowered her voice, obviously a woman dressed as a man, so Ma Chao called him Gongzi, and he didn't want to deliberately demolish him.

The man and woman said: "Because the Xianbei people are friendly with the Han Dynasty, they will not collude with them in the uprising and plot against the Han Dynasty." ”

Ma Feng said: "I don't think what my sister said is necessarily right, right? People are unpredictable, who knows that you Xianbei people will not covet my big man? ”

Ma Fengxin was straightforward, and she broke through the other party's daughter with one word, and also told her identity as a Xianbei person.

The other party was speechless for a while, his face turned red, and he only said: "You ......"

Ma Chao said: "It turns out that you are a Xianbei person, no wonder you have to speak for the Xianbei people." ”

The woman said hurriedly: "I'm not speaking for the Xianbei people, what I'm saying is the truth, the Xianbei people will not be enemies of the Han." To tell you the truth, I'm the author of this article. ”

"Yang Tieqiu?" Ma Chao laughed, "You are Yang Tieqiu?" Why did you come up with such a powerful name for a girl's family? ”

Yang Tieqiu said shyly: "This is a pen name, is the pen name good?" ”

Ma Chao asked again: "Then what is your name?" ”

Yang Tieqiu said: "My name is Yang Yuan. ”

Ma Chao groaned: "Well, Yang Yuan, the word iron ball ......"

Yang Yuan stomped his feet and said: "Oh, I'm not called Tieqiu, I don't have words, Tieqiu is my pen name, okay?" ”

Ma Chao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Okay, Yang Yuan, I'm getting off Ma Chao." ”

Hearing him say that it was Ma Chao, Yang Yuan was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth: "You, you are Jin Ma Chao, Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi?" ”

"It's just down there."

Yang Yuan turned around in surprise and shouted to the other three people: "He's Ma Chao, he's Ma Chao!" ”

The three people immediately came over in surprise, and one of them hugged his fists and said, "General Ma, in Xia Yang Qiu, is Yang Yuan's elder brother." ”

Ma Chao nodded in understanding, and the other person clenched his fists and said, "Under Pound." ”

Another person clasped his fists and said: "In Xia Liangxing." ”

Pang De, whose name is Lingming, is as old as Ma Chao, also seventeen years old, tall and sturdy, and suddenly knelt down on one leg and said: "Not talented Pang De, willing to follow the general, whip and kick, and reimburse the court!" ”

Since then, Ma Chao has been the deputy general Pound.