As mentioned earlier, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, almost the entire territory of Longxi County was occupied by the Qiang people, and the leaders of the Di tribe as neighbors naturally knew this, so they would not dare to offend even the weak Qiang tribe after they led the Tibetan army into the territory of Longxi County, so their two preferred targets for attack were Xiangwu County.

As a result, this time, they kicked to the iron plate.

In just one battle, Ma Dai only used 3,000 infantry in Xiangwu County to successfully clear out the remnants of the two tribes of the Di tribe who invaded the territory.

The Di people in Wudu County are half-herding and half-farming, and horses are naturally indispensable in the tribe, and there are not many cavalry entering the territory of Xiangwu County, but there are also a lot, there are five hundred horsemen, and those forces who do not pay attention to this seemingly insignificant war are not clear, how Ma Dai used infantry to defeat these cavalry, but Jin Jue is very clear - strong crossbow!

It wasn't until the end of this local battle that Jin Jue woke up and said that he had been sending people to observe Ma Dai secretly, but why didn't Ma Dai send anyone to observe him secretly?

It is precisely because of the experience and experience of Jin Jue in leading his troops to attack Caohan City, Hanzhong County, and then Yizhou in recent years that Ma Dai has realized that the only way to prevent and resist the invasion of the Qiang tribe in Longxi County is to use a strong crossbow.

The Qiang people in Longxi County and the Qiang people in Wudu County have something in common in their way of life, at least they are half-herding and half-farming, but due to the different topography of the two counties, there are more and more sophisticated war horses in the Qiang tribes, no matter how hard Ma Dai tries, he wants to rely on these Han people to greatly increase the number of war horses in Xiangwu County, which is a very unrealistic idea.

Therefore, Ma Dai thought of learning from Jin Jue and arranging a large number of strong crossbows in the county, so that if the Qiang people wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, they would inevitably be strongly blocked by the strong crossbows on the city wall of Xiangwu County.

However, in the past two or three years, Ma Dai in Xiangwu County behaved very peacefully, with no intention of expanding his influence to the surrounding areas, and the Qiang people behaved quite well-behaved and did not send troops to attack Xiangwu County, and the relationship between the two parties was quite stable.

However, through Cao Cao's sudden dispatch of troops to Guanzhong this time, Jin Jue, Jia Xu and Ma Dai all expected that the peaceful relationship between the Qiang people in Longxi County and Ma Dai in Xiangwu County was about to break down.

The Qiang people did not dare to send troops to Hanyang County, not because they were afraid of Ma Teng, but because they were afraid that after Cao Cao took Hanyang County, they would send troops to suppress Longxi County because of this matter.

"Oh! Ma Dai? Childe, as the old saying goes, you can't get close to each other, no matter how Ma Teng treats Ma Dai, in the final analysis, they are all relatives, if you rashly send someone to lure him down, your subordinates are afraid that it will cause the opposite effect! When Jia Xu heard Ma Dai's name, he nodded, and then he asked a question without worry.

"Hehehe, Jia Gong is extremely worried. However, I didn't intend to convince Ma Dai, I just sent someone to make a very fair deal with Ma Dai. Hearing this, Jin Jue chuckled three times, and then, without selling Guan Zi again, he explained directly: "I sent someone to contact Ma Dai and make a deal with him in private." When the time comes, I will shoot General Zhang Xiu leading his troops to attack Xiangwu County, Ma Dai pretending to be invincible, and returning to Hanyang County alone with injuries.

Hehehe, Jia Gong, you think, Ma Teng's three sons are like this, Ma Dai was defeated in the hands of General Zhang, who has been famous for a long time and has fought on a par with Cao Thief, what's so strange? As for the deal between Ben Gongzi and Ma Dai, it is also very simple. Ben Gongzi promised that after I sent troops to take Hanyang County, I would canonize him as the official Taishou of Longxi County.

Because I respect his ancestor, General Ma Yuan, I will let Ma Dai and his descendants inherit the official position of Taishou of Longxi County, and at the same time, I will return to him all the subordinate counties in Longxi County and the county seat of Xiangwu County in the past few years. Jia Gong, do you predict that under such generous conditions as mine, will Ma Dai accept it? ”

"Oh! Childe, if this transaction condition is based on alone, Ma Dai is indeed very likely to agree. However, as far as your subordinates know, back then, when you and Ma Dai led the troops to attack Caohan City, you played with him! Even if Ma Dai doesn't dare to hold a grudge against you, he won't trust any of the conditions you offer because of this matter, right? Jia Xu pointed out the loopholes in Jin Jue's words.

No matter how generous the conditions Jin Jue offers to anyone or any force, there is a very difficult problem to avoid, personal credit problems.

In the Western Han Dynasty, there is a famous saying that has been widely circulated, Ji Bu is a promise of a thousand gold, it can be seen that in ancient times, scholars and people attached great importance to a person's integrity.

"Hehehe, Jia Gong, this time you are relying on hearsay rumors, and you are wrong to blame this son!" When Jin Jue heard this, he shook his head and smiled bitterly three times, and explained: "At the beginning, the person who played tricks first and was ready to break his promise was not Ben Gongzi, but Ma Teng's house. In the battle of Caohan City, if I did not support Ma Dai in advance at that time, but used the 2,000 cavalry in his hands to capture Caohan City.

Jia Gong, can you imagine that at that time, Ma Dai, who was entrusted by Ma Teng, will let me take away the grain in Caohan City according to the terms I reached with Ma Teng before? ”

"This ......" When Jia Xu heard this, his heart was suddenly shocked, indeed, just as Jin Jue said, at the beginning, Jin Jue, who rode alone to Ma Teng to discuss the deal, took a great risk.

Ma Teng and Han Sui have similar personalities, capricious and suspicious, so Ma Teng used the battle of Caohan City to smear Jin Jue in the outside world, and after that, he used this excuse again to send troops to attack Luoyang City. However, the scholars and people of Liangzhou all knew that the situation at that time, if Jin Jue was not smart enough, the person who really broke the contract would definitely be Ma Teng.

"This time, it's really a subordinate, it's wrong to blame you, son!" Jia Xu hurriedly stood up and bowed down to apologize to Jin Jue.

"Jia Gong, you don't have to be like this! I don't really care too much about what the world thinks of me. To put it bluntly, in this troubled world, who has a bigger fist and who has more confidence in what he says. Just like Cao Cao, he killed so many innocent people of Xuzhou, if I hadn't stirred up the situation, Xuzhou would have been under the control of Cao Thief a long time ago.

For ordinary people, the so-called grudge is not as important as their own life! If this son didn't have his own unique intelligence and today's circumstances, he wouldn't dare to say anything like avenging his father! Seeing this, Jin Jue waved his hand at Jia Xu and said bitterly.