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Ma Wei ushered in a group of special defectors in the big city on the south bank, they are all Luoyang people, non-official, non-people, non-businessmen, but heroes in the alleys, recruited by the government as soldiers, discussed with each other, simply rebelled out of the barracks, with armor, rode horses to Hebei to find rebels, and met the "King of Liang" in Mengjin.

What's even more coincidental is that Ma Wei recognized several of them, all of whom were friends he had made in the Eastern Capital.

More than a dozen Liang soldiers guarded the left and right, calling it "His Royal Highness King Liang", which gave a deep impression to the newcomers, and more than 40 people dismounted and worshipped, although they did not kneel and kowtow, they could be regarded as admitting that Ma Wei's status was superior.

How serious Liang Bing behaved, how easy-going Ma Wei seemed to be, standing under the city gate, walking quickly to greet him, holding the first person, as if to stop everyone from kneeling, and then warmly exchanging greetings with every acquaintance, asking them to introduce them on their behalf, and when he spoke again, he was able to call out everyone's name.

"Hebei is no longer owned by Tiancheng, in the next Bucai, the audience is elected as the king of Liang, as the vanguard of the righteous army, capture Mengjin, and soon send troops to the eastern capital. On this occasion of employing people, isn't it providence that all heroes come to defect? ”

A heroic man once participated in the assassination and escaped the government's investigation, so he didn't hide it anymore and said the truth loudly: "You may not know that the mastermind who planned the assassination was Ma Houye." I was invited to stay outside Shao Junqian's house, but unfortunately I couldn't catch up with the emperor. ”

In addition to being slightly dissatisfied with the title of "Marquis Ma", Ma Wei felt that the truth had been leaked just right, and sighed: "Although the tyrant is removed, the world is not peaceful, and the court does not repent, but becomes more and more violent, so that the officials force the people to rebel and the Quartet is in turmoil." How can I sit back and watch? Only by cheering up, rising up with the heroes, and returning the people of the world to peace. ”

One person asked: "I heard that the Descendant Army, the River Army, and the Jinyang Army are all three heroes, which side does Marquis Ma belong to?" ”

Ma Wei especially didn't like the term "belonging", and said with a dry smile: "The three heroes join forces, and there is no belonging, if you have to talk about it, I am a member of the righteous army and am promoted as the king of Liang." ”

Finally, someone said: "Brother Ma is the emperor of the Liang Dynasty, and he deserves to be named the king of Liang." ”

Everyone said yes, Ma Wei was happy, invited everyone into the city, and accepted it with his heart, believing that with the reputation of these heroes, more people could be recruited in the future.

Entering the city, Ma Wei was about to find a place to entertain the heroes, Wu Yue Wang Ning led dozens of horsemen to arrive, and the guards of the big city also did not dare to stop them, nor did they have time to report.

There were not many people brought by Ning Baoguan, but everyone rode horses, held flags, and looked like a vanguard army, followed by thousands of troops and horses.

Ma Wei was shocked, he had guessed that Ning Baoguan would come as soon as possible, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, but Qunhao didn't know why, and they were all a little confused, looking at Ma Wei, waiting for him to explain the situation.

Ning Baoguan was on the street, and a flag-bearer stepped forward and said loudly: "Ma Wei, don't you want to see King Wu Yue?" ”

In just a split second, Ma Wei had countless thoughts, each of which could bring him more recognition, but it would also bring danger.

Ning Baoguan jumped off the horse and strode over, looking forward with his head held high, holding the handle of the knife in his hand.

Ma Wei only hesitated for a moment, and before he could understand in his heart, he had already knelt down on his knees and prostrated himself on the side of the road, "Minister, Ma Wei knocked on the king." ”

The surrounding Liang soldiers all knelt down with Ma Wei, and the dozens of heroes who had just joined the gang were shocked and knelt down one after another, and no one dared to look up.

"Flat." Ning Baoguan stood for a while, accepting everyone's kneeling before he spoke.

Ma Wei Shane got up and sighed heavily in his heart, the time has passed, no matter what he does, he can't be on an equal footing with Ning Baoguan.

"Call all your people." Ning Baoguan ordered.

"Many people are guarding the city."

"Leave the city to me, you don't have to worry about it."

Ma Wei didn't dare to argue, and ordered his subordinates to send an order to gather all the Liang soldiers, feeling ashamed, so he introduced the newly arrived group of heroes to Ning Baoguan, hoping to improve his status.

Ning Baoguan was more polite to these people, but it was only a nod.

Luo Hanqi came with his troops, ran out of breath, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed as soon as he got close.

Ning Baoguan didn't let Luo Hanqi get up, and directly ordered the five hundred soldiers to be divided into several teams, each with their own duties, either to defend the city, or to go out of the city to inspect, or to meet the army in the rear, or to take over the grain, grass and prisoners.

It was only then that Ma Wei knew that Ning Baoguan had only brought dozens of horsemen into the city in advance.

After the distribution was completed, the two hundred Liang soldiers had also arrived, and Ning Baoguan continued to pass on the order, mixing these people with the five hundred soldiers just now.

In the end, Ning Baoguan said to Luoyang Qunhao: "You have come from afar, do you want to borrow the road to go elsewhere, or do you want to stay and fight with me against the officers and soldiers?" ”

Ning Baoguan commanded Ruoding, Qunhao saw it in his eyes, and rushed to express his willingness to stay.

In less than half an hour, the two cities of Mengjin and Jinjin were all returned to Ninghugguan, and Ma Wei became alone again, only a few Liang soldiers still gave him the courtesy of his courtiers, Ma Wei did not dare to let outsiders see it, and whispered to persuade them to be cautious.

Ning hugged Guan and ordered people to arrange Qunhao, and led his troops to inspect the two cities, and the streets soon became empty, leaving only Ma Wei and Xu Ji two idlers.

Ma Wei walked towards Xu Ji, squeezing out a smile on his face, "Life has ups and downs, often like this, probably because the time has really not come." ”

Xu Ji didn't reveal the scar on the spot, and said: "Since someone from the Eastern Capital is here, you can just inquire about the situation over there and figure out what the officers and soldiers are thinking." ”

Mavi nodded.

The two walked side by side, and Ma Wei suddenly said: "No matter how many setbacks God inflicts, my heart will not change, and the time will always come." ”

Ma Wei returned to normal, took Xu Ji to find the Dongdu Qunhao, drank with them, and asked acquaintances for news.

Luoyang has become a mess, according to rumors, there are also rebellions in the states south of the Yangtze River, and even Luozhou has riots of people killing officials, but the scale is not large, not as serious as the northern states.

Even so, the imperial court refused to reinstate the general Lou Wen, but handed over the military power to Lan Sui.

As Xu Ji and Ma Wei expected, after Lan Sui took power, he was not in a hurry to quell the chaos, but led his troops back to Beijing to force the imperial court to give more power, and he has now been promoted to the three divisions of Taibao, Da Sima, Kaifu Yisi, and the military governor of all states in the world.

A few days ago, King Guangling, who was imprisoned for the crime of assassination, was beheaded on the street.

Lan Sui recruited all men over the age of 15 and under the age of 60 inside and outside Luoyang to join the army, with a strength of one million, and the number of heroes was estimated to be at least 300,000.

Xu Ji specially inquired about the news of Cao Shenxi and Xi Yun, and heard that both of them were serving as deputy generals in the army, so he said to Ma Wei: "Meng Jin is probably really a trap, Lan Sui may be incompetent, but Cao and Xi are both veterans of a hundred battles and will not make too many mistakes." ”

Ma Wei was noncommittal, looking for an opportunity to call Xu Ji aside, and whispered: "Whether Meng Jin is a trap or not has nothing to do with you and me, you must be cautious in front of King Wu Yue." ”

Xu Ji understood what Ma Wei meant, "If King Wuyue is defeated, you and I will both suffer from the pond fish." ”

"No, Lan Sui is incompetent and jealous, if he wins, he will definitely take the credit for himself, and even get rid of Cao and Xi, the world will be even more chaotic, and you and I will have the opportunity to 'fish in the pond'."

"The enemy is currently in the middle of the world, and this is the reason why the Tiancheng Dynasty is about to fall."

Ma Wei smiled: "That's it, let me make a statement to King Wu Yue, if he can listen, the younger brother will speak again, if he is brave and arrogant, the younger brother will not have to take risks." ”

"Okay, let Brother Ma arrange."

Ning Baoguan came back from patrolling the city, took more than a dozen subordinates to participate in the banquet, sat in the main seat, talked with Qunhao, chatted until the rise, and ordered people to withdraw the table to both sides to compete in martial arts.

Luo Hanqi didn't dare to drink anymore, and was the first to stand up, and some of the heroes stood up to fight.

Luo Hanqi fought three games in a row, won one game with strength, won one game with a knife, but lost in hand-to-hand combat, the other party was good at wrestling, Luo Hanqi was unstable in the next game, and he didn't stand up after being fallen, and he lost convincingly.

The scene became more and more lively, Ning Baoguan personally went down, won a game and lost a game, untied the waist knife on the spot, and gave it to the winner, "The treasure knife is a hero, and it is humiliated in my hands." ”

Dongdu Qunhao has always boasted of his fists, feet, knives and guns, often scolded by his elders and suppressed by the government, and when he met the appreciators for the first time, he was overjoyed, and he did his best in the competition, and he was proud to be praised by King Wu Yue.

Ning Baoguan is quite discerning, not casual and general, and can often talk about the other party's heart.

Xu Ji and Ma Wei were unable to enter the field, only to watch, after a few games, Ma Wei's face changed, and he was more depressed than the defeated - the emperor of the Liang Dynasty was full of talent, and he was even more popular than the hand-to-hand combat of the reckless man.

At the end of the competition, Ning Baoguan gave a lot of rewards, without stinginess, got up and toasted, first praised the ability of the heroes, and then said: "Heroes have their own tricks, or powerful, or fast knives, only courage is the most rare, just like this Ma Wei, is not good at swords and guns, but his courage is the best of all, leading a mere 200 soldiers, driving directly to Mengjin, first capturing the small city, and then occupying the big city, and establishing the first merit for our army." ”

Everyone nodded, Ma Wei actually blushed, got up and said, "The king praises it."

Ning Baoguan said: "I promised that if Ma Wei can take Mengjin, he will ask the king to be named the king of Liang. The eldest husband is true to his word, and he will do what he says, although the incarnation king has not yet arrived, but I can make the decision on his behalf, just today, the king of Ma Weiliang, the hometown of the old Liang and the subjects, all belong to him. ”

Everyone called King Liang, Ma Wei's face turned even redder, he stepped forward and knelt down to thank him, Ning Baoguan stretched out his hand to help him up, "In the future, you and I will be kings side by side, and we will no longer bow and worship." ”

In this confrontation, Ning Baoguan won a big victory, and to the surprise of onlookers Xu Ji, the loser did not complain, but was even more in awe.

Dongdu Qunhao has been conquered by Ning Baoguan, and even Ma Wei has forgotten all the previous unconvincing, and has fully revealed his speculations with Xu Ji, detailing the style of Lan Sui, Cao Shenxi, Xi Yun and others, and asking King Wu Yue to be more careful.

Xu Ji kept his promise and didn't say anything, and when he was asked occasionally, it was also perfunctory.

Ma Wei stepped aside, enjoying the title of King of Liang that he had just been recognized, Ning Baoguan beckoned Xu Ji to come over, and said, "You still want to go to Yingcheng?" ”

"Yes, tomorrow morning." Xu Ji felt that there was no need for him to stay in Mengjin.

"Very good, please tell Shen Mushou for me, if he is willing to give up a few pieces of territory for the descending army, hundreds of thousands of people are willing to use it for him, and the kings are also willing to bow down to the vassals. This is not my meaning alone, but also the wish of the incarnation king and the king of Liang. ”

Liang Wang Ma Wei listened to it and didn't dare to make a suggestion.

"What if the Shen family refuses to give up the territory?" Xu Ji had to ask all the conditions clearly.

"We rebelled because we didn't have anything, and we didn't care about having nothing again, just fighting to the death."

"What should I say about the king's acceptance of the court's recruitment?"

"You don't have to say anything, Shen Mushou understands it, if you have to dwell on this, I have nothing to say."

Xu Ji gave up his hand and retired, and all night he was in his heart to hug Guan and Shen Tan, leaving no place for Ma Wei.