Ma Yunlu was also shocked in her heart, she knew her eldest brother Ma Chao best, he was extremely unruly, he was not a convincing master at all, let alone a person who was willing to work for others.

After Cao Ju said this, he squinted his eyes and waited for Ma Chao's answer, but he was not in a hurry.

Ma Chao's heart was shocked, Cao Ju suddenly recruited, he only had two ways to go.

refusal, that means that he wants to become a prince and disobey Cao Ju's management, then, Cao Ju can completely declare in the name of the emperor that he is also a thief, and Ma Jiajun will definitely disappear from the air soon.

If he accepts it, he will be like a fierce horse being put on the reins of the horse, and from then on he will accept the order of the rider to let him go east and not west, and let him not lie down when he stands, and he will not be free.

Seeing Ma Chao's face change, Cao Ju was extremely calm, but Ma Yunlu was very anxious, lest Ma Chao's refusal would anger Cao Ju and bring disaster to the Ma family.

After thinking for almost half an hour, Ma Chao finally sighed, stood up, knelt down on one knee in the center of the big tent, and said loudly: "The last general, Ma Chao, participate in the lord." ”

Okay, great, the Three Kingdoms are powerful, Ma Chao, one of the most unruly generals, actually surrendered, Cao Ju was of course overjoyed, but he deliberately suppressed the excitement in his heart, stood up, walked to Ma Chao, helped him up, and said with a slight smile: "Meng Qi is lonely, and the West can be decided." ”

The West can be decided.

The meaning of these four words, Ma Chao understands, Ma Yunlu also understands, Cao Ju is ready to use the name of General Ma Chao Shenwei to pacify the Western Regions.

This ambition can't help but surprise Ma Chao secretly, you must know that the relationship between the Han and the Western Regions is very delicate, although the Han is strong, but the Western Regions are nomadic people, and they can't annihilate one of them, so they can only rely on both soft and hard methods.

It's just that these nomads, on the surface, surrender to the Han, but they are not sincere, and they will take advantage of the internal problems of the Han to frequently attack and harass, which has caused the Han to have a headache for hundreds of years.

Ma Jiajiu has been in Xiliang for a long time, although he can suppress the Qiang people, but the ethnic minorities in the Western Regions are not only the Qiang people, and Ma Teng and Han Sui cannot conquer all the ethnic groups in the Western Regions, which is what Cao Ju said about pacifying the Western affairs.

Ma Chao perked up, hugged his fists, and asked: "I don't know how the lord wants to calm the western affairs, and the last general is willing to be the forerunner." ”

Cao Ju laughed and said: "The West is stable, Lone just has this thought in his heart, and the specific matters must be discussed with the military advisors after Liangzhou is pacified, and once the strategy is established, Meng Qi should be the vanguard." ”

Ma Chao had heard that Cao Ju had several strategists under his command, all of whom were very powerful characters, and he sighed in his heart, which was also one of the biggest reasons for his failure, blindly relying only on bravery, not emphasizing literati, as a result, not to mention the lack of strategy, even if it was bravery, he was not as good as Yan Xing, the general under Han Sui.

"Thank you, my lord." Ma Chao immediately gave up his hand again, his face was unwavering, and now he has thought about it a lot, and his heart is a lot more settled.

Cao Ju said: "Meng Qi is attached, and he should have drunk a lot, but the battle in Guzang City is struggling, and our army must quickly rescue, and the celebration banquet will be made up for in the future." ”

"Thank you, my lord, this is a trivial matter." Ma Chao immediately clenched his fists and said, "The lord is very worried, Cheng Yin led his troops to come to the rescue, but he did not find any trace of the lord's army, and he must be terrified when he found out about the lord's defeat of Han Sui." With the treachery of Cheng Yin and others, they will definitely not surrender to the lord, and they will inevitably break the cauldron and fight a battle, attack Guzang City as much as possible, cut off the lord's retreat, and then join forces with Han Sui to attack the lord inside and outside. ”

Cao Ju looked at Ma Chao in surprise, it seemed that he knew the history of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Chao was a reckless man, brave and unscrupulous, and easily impulsive, unable to listen to the advice of his subordinates, so he repeatedly made mistakes, and was forced by Cao Cao's discordant plan, cornered, and went to Hanzhong to take refuge under Zhang Lu.

However, the living Ma Chao in front of him is different, the wisdom shown is only available to a few wise generals under Cao Ju, is this still Ma Chao, or is the historical record wrong?

Seeing Cao Ju looking at him like this, Ma Chao couldn't help blushing, understood the doubts in Cao Ju's heart, and hurriedly explained: "Lord, this time the last general defeated Han Sui and Cheng Yin and others, thanks to the rescue of the lord, this is the only way to save the Ma family." The last general is not a dull person, and in this battle, he will reflect. ”

"This time, the last general was defeated, not the soldiers were not fine, the generals were not fierce, but in fact they were defeated on strategy. When the last general set out on the expedition, he thought that the arrangements were in place, but in fact, there were many loopholes, and he did not have the slightest intention of the enemy. Therefore, the last general learned from the pain, determined to learn a lesson, no longer underestimate the enemy, and use more brains. ”

Unexpectedly, a civil strife in Liangzhou actually made Ma Chao enlightened, which is even more worthy of celebration than accepting Ma Chao, a fierce general, because Ma Chao in the future will not only be a member of the fierce general, but also be able to take charge alone.

Cao Ju said with a smile: "Great goodness, if Meng Qi can think like this, he will become a great weapon in the future, and his fame will shock the world." ”

Ma Chao hurriedly and modestly said: "The lord praises falsely, and the lord needs to teach more in the future." ”

The happiest thing is Ma Yunlu, her eldest brother Ma Chao, who has always been pretentious, was actually subdued by the man she just admired, and everyone became a family, so she will have more time to contact Cao Ju in the future.

Liangzhou women, unlike women in the Central Plains, dare to love and hate, never suppress the love in their hearts, Ma Yunlu is a typical representative of Liangzhou women, she likes Cao Ju, she will not back down, no matter how many women Cao Ju has.

And Ma Chao, of course, also has this idea, after all, women, who to marry is not to marry, if they can marry the dragon among people like Cao Ju, the status of their Ma family will also improve. Moreover, Ma Chao had ambitions before, and of course it can be seen that Cao Ju's ambitions are even greater, and he will inevitably become emperor in the south in the future.

At that time, Ma Yunlu must at least be a concubine, then his Ma Chao brother will become the uncle of the country, and the Ma family's prosperity is naturally not a problem, this is the goal of the joint efforts of several generations of the Ma family.

The more he thought about it, the more Ma Chao looked forward to and excited, and he couldn't wait to send his sister to Cao Ju's bed immediately, but this matter was really urgent, otherwise, it would be as if his sister couldn't get married.

So, if you want to make it happen, you have to make excuses first.

Ma Chao's eyes rolled, and he immediately took it into account, turned his head and said to Ma Yunlu: "Yunlu, the lord is out on the expedition, and there is no one to take care of him, you are also a general, and there is nothing wrong with being in the barracks, and you will be responsible for taking care of the lord's diet and daily life in the future." ”

Ma Yunlu was thinking about such a good opportunity, and he was overjoyed when he heard this, and without the slightest twist, he immediately agreed.