"Ma Taishou, I really don't hide that I came to Xiliang this time to find the holy decree." Cao Xing looked at Ma Teng's expression, and said, even Cao Xing was prepared for the worst in his heart, the big deal is a big deal, what kind of king worries about humiliating the king and humiliating the minister, if the son is outside today and waiting here, he must go all out to rescue and so on, if it is placed in the future life, it can be regarded as a moral kidnapping, but now in such a situation, Cao Xuan decided to gamble.

It's just that what Cao Xuan didn't expect was that when Ma Teng knew the whole process, he just groaned for a while, then looked at Cao Xing, nodded and said.

"Cao Xing didn't see it, you were so humiliated at a young age, and you didn't hesitate to come to Xiliang from Bingzhou all the way, just to regain the holy decree, my Ma Teng's heart was moved, you can rest assured, I still have 20,000 soldiers in my hands, whether it is public or private, I will help you get back the holy decree!"

After Ma Teng and Cao Xing finished discussing, Ma Teng summoned two sergeants and told them to take Cao Xing to rest, and the two sergeants invited Cao Xing out of the palace.

After walking a distance, Cao Xuan and the three of them looked back, the two sergeants who escorted them had already left here, and Chen Hu couldn't help but ask Cao Xuan with the question in his heart.

"Big brother, you told that Ma Teng all the purpose of our coming here, is Ma Teng reliable?"

"Yes, my lord, now we are at a disadvantage, and telling them that our purpose is tantamount to letting others master one of our hole cards, after all, it is a great sin to lose the holy decree!"

Cao Xuan glanced at Chen Hu and Zhong Qi, gave them a look, and let them experience it for themselves, what Cao Xuan just wanted to say was what the two of them said, didn't Cao Xuan think of it? It's just that now, Cao Xing has no choice but to do it.

Hadoli took refuge in the Qiang tribe, at least on the surface, and the Qiang tribe gave him the greatest protection. Looking at today's posture, it is clear from the Qiang people's side that if Cao Xuan wants to use Hadoli, then start a war with them, and a war with the Qiang people is tantamount to a field war.

But others say that there are fifty or sixty thousand troops, and Cao Xing is only three thousand people, twenty to one, unless Han Xin, a soldier immortal, is alive, otherwise Cao Xing really can't beat it, so he can only borrow troops from Ma Teng and others.

Ma Teng's attitude looks good today, but in fact, what he is thinking in his heart, Cao Xuan is not sure, but after a short time, Ma Teng sent someone to vacate a vacant land, and a sergeant came to report that this is the temporary military camp arranged by Ma Teng for Cao Xuan and others, Cao Xuan walked in to take a look, whether it was a house or a training place, there were a lot.

Ma Teng's treatment of Cao Xing, an outsider, with such specifications, shows that Ma Teng's impression of Cao Xing is not bad, at least he did not deliberately suppress it. Seeing this, Cao Xing's heart breathed a sigh of relief, I hope Ma Teng is as upright as he imagined.

However, Cao Xing stayed in the military camp for three days, and he didn't see any news from Ma Teng, but on the fourth day, Ma Teng finally sent people to find Cao Xing.

A man who looked like an officer came to Cao Xing, respectfully clenched his fists and said, "Lord Cao, my Ma Taishou wants to invite you to the conference hall!" ”

Cao Xuan nodded, tidied up his clothes, it seemed that the most critical link was finally coming, he followed this sergeant to the hall of Beidi County, but as soon as he walked into the hall, Cao Xuan felt that the atmosphere was not right. In this hall stood countless soldiers with swords and armor, but these soldiers only stood to the side, apparently only acting as guards.

In the middle of the hall were three stools, where Ma Teng and two others sit.

Ma Teng saw Cao Xing coming and hurriedly got up to greet him, and then pulled Cao Xing to the middle, looked at the other two with a smile on his face, and introduced to them: "Two brothers, let me introduce you to you, this is what I said to you before Cao Xing, who came from Bingzhou thousands of miles away, just to regain the holy decree!" ”

Cao Xing's eyes were about to pop out when he heard this, this Ma Teng may not be too upright, he actually told the two people in front of him all the purpose of Cao Xing's visit, what kind of road these two people are, he doesn't know yet.

But soon, Ma Teng introduced Cao Xuan one by one: "Brother Cao Xing, this is my sworn brother, Han Sui Han Wenyue." ”

Ma Teng has a sworn brother named Han Sui, Cao Xing has heard of this matter for a long time, he looked up and down, this Han Sui Han Sui is also about thirty years old, but he is not dressed as a general, but as a Confucian dress, he looks polite and polite, but has a bit of scholarly temperament.

Cao Xuan gave Han Sui a fist, and Han Sui also stood up with a smile in response.

"This is General Zhang Jizhang, who is here to garrison Beidi County with us!"

Cao Xuan reported to Zhang Ji, but Zhang Ji didn't act as reasonable as Han Sui, he just glanced at Cao Xing, patted the dust on his clothes, and dealt with a few words casually.

Although Zhang Ji was not so enthusiastic, Cao Xuan didn't care, he only had one question in his heart, that is, why did Ma Teng bring him to meet these two people? And Ma Teng was quick to give the answer.

After Ma Teng's implicit explanation, Cao Xing finally figured out the cause and effect, because this is the territory of Xiliang close to the Qiang people, and the Qiang people, like the Xianbei people, enter and plunder from time to time.

It stands to reason that the local officials should report the matter to the imperial court and let the imperial court appoint a new taishou, although the local officials did report the matter, but the imperial court did not respond for a long time, as for why, everyone has their own opinions.

Cao Xing guessed that a few years ago it happened to be the moment when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and Emperor Han Ling had been indulging in the sound of dogs and horses, and it was estimated that he was frightened by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, where would there be time to take care of him.

And after the end of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Emperor Ling of Han was once again immersed in his dream of the Spring and Autumn Period, and even sold his official beard and only cared about his own pleasure, plus there were ten permanent servants who often made trouble from it, so this matter was delayed, and Beidi County did not defend it for a long time.

In order to prevent the Qiang people from invading and plundering again, he said that Fufeng was too guarded by Ma Teng, and he wanted to come to Beidi County with his soldiers and horses to defend against the invasion of the Qiang people, but before he came, he found that there was another snob who had already arrived here.

That snob is naturally Zhang Ji, but Zhang Ji is not a separate force, and the one standing behind him is Longxi Taishou Dong Zhuo.

However, Beidi County is so big, and there is an invasion of the Qiang people, it is really not a fragrant bait, and the purpose of everyone coming here is just to avoid that if the Qiang people attack again, they will directly attack the Beidi County, and then they will invade the entire Yongzhou, so everyone occupies half of the position and concentrates on defending the Qiang people.

But it didn't take long for this Han Sui to come over again, and I don't know what method he used, anyway, Ma Teng finally became brothers with different surnames with him, Han Sui was not hypocritical, and came to Beidi County with his soldiers and horses, saying that he wanted to defend against the invasion of the Qiang people with Zhang Ji and Ma Teng, and finally everyone formed a horn trend.

Hearing this, Cao Xuan finally understood, what Ma Teng said to Cao Xing that day, he would send troops to help Cao Xing regain the holy decree, it should be sincere for Ma Teng, but Ma Teng wants to send troops from here, it seems that it is not so simple, he must ask for the consent of the other two, everyone is a horn, if one side collapses, the other two are likely to suffer. That is why we have today's meeting.

Since he is here now, Cao Xuan is not hypocritical, and directly looked at Han Sui and Zhang Ji and said: "Two generals, everyone must have heard about my affairs, the holy decree is like the Son of Heaven, like today's Son of Dust, and I hope that the two generals can send troops to help!" When Cao Xuan said this, his eyes still glanced around from time to time, and he found that Ma Teng heard this with a solemn and solemn face, Han Sui heard this, although the look on his face remained the same, but Cao Xuan always felt that in the depths of his eyes, there was a hint of a smile, as for Zhang Ji was the most presumptuous, he stood up directly when he heard this, and said in an impatient tone.

"What kind of troops are sent, we don't even have enough to defend against the Qiang, and we lend you troops, don't you want us to dig our own graves! You lost the decree yourself, you should have found it yourself, why do you have to implicate us! ”

"Hey, General Zhang, it's a bit too much for you to say that, if you say that the holy decree is far away from us, then forget it, but now that the holy decree is in front of us, I think we have to help Brother Cao Xing again!" Ma Teng said.

Zhang Ji glanced at Ma Teng, the look on his face was impatient again, and he waved his hand, frowned and said: "Okay, if you want to send troops, you can send troops yourself, anyway, I am under the orders of my lord, my task is to come here to defend, and I did not take the initiative to attack, if you want me to take the initiative to attack, then go to my lord, he is now training in Longxi!" ”

"Hey, General Zhang, I said don't be so excited, everyone is stationed here, they all have the same purpose, you can't look up and look down, no matter how polite you are, no!" Han Sui stood up and persuaded with a smile on his face: "I think what you and Shou Cheng said are very reasonable, the holy decree of our Han Dynasty actually fell into the hands of the Qiang people, which is indeed a great shame, but then again, we are stationed here, and we may be attacked by the Qiang tribe at any time, not to mention this for the time being, and as far as I know, there seem to be many unstable factors within our Xiliang, if we bring the troops out like this, I'm afraid that when we come back, we won't even be able to find the door!" ”