Ma Hong naturally knew who the person Han Sui was talking about, and to do the thing of stabbing people in the back, it was best to find a companion who was good at stabbing people to do it together. Han Sui didn't want the person who liked to stab people to stand behind him, so he would definitely pull that person to stab others with him.

Ma Hong had already guessed that Han Sui might have answered this way when he saw Han Sui, and now that Han Sui already had the heart of the alliance, then he only needed to convince Ma Teng again, and this alliance would be considered a success. In Ma Hong's view, it is easier to persuade Ma Teng than to persuade Han Sui. Ma Teng's opinion will directly affect Han Sui, because it is impossible for Zhang Lu to invite two wolves into Hanzhong at the same time, he is already very tired of guarding against one wolf, and if he wants to introduce two wolves into the house, the consequences will be even worse. Zhang Lu will not ask for help from Ma Teng, who is far away from him, Ma Teng will not be able to reap the slightest benefit, so if Ma Teng wants to seek benefits, he must support the attack on Zhang Lu. If Ma Teng said that he wanted to attack Zhang Lu, Han Sui and Ma Teng had just reconciled, and he would definitely not want to renew the gap with Ma Teng, and if he also wanted to seek benefits, he would definitely stand on a united front with Ma Teng.

Han Sui is a smart person, he can see through the focus of the whole thing at a glance, so he asked Ma Hong to deal with Ma Teng, as long as Ma Teng gives an opinion, he will stand with Ma Teng, and it is much better to stab others with Ma Teng than to stab each other with Ma Teng.

Jincheng, named Jincheng, Ma Hong only saw poverty, Han Sui and Ma Teng attacked each other over the years, and many small leaders of Xiliang fought openly and secretly in order to expand their power, desperately squeezing the people of Xiliang. The Han Dynasty is about to die, and these people living on the border are not as good as the people in the inner realm in the peaceful and prosperous era, and now they are in troubled times, and the situation of the people is even more dire. Xiliang was originally a vast and sparsely populated area, coupled with years of war, most of the people fled to Hanzhong County, the population loss was serious, the productivity declined rapidly, and the people here could only live more poorly.

Ma Hong rode on a horse and went to Ma Teng's territory with Li Yu, and Cheng Gongying led a team of people to escort Ma Hong. Xiliang is not as good as other states and counties, the people here are fierce, and it is common to kill outsiders. When Ma Hong and Li Wu just entered the territory of Xiliang, Li Wu killed nearly ten people, the reason why Li Wu killed people was only because Ma Hong was riding on a horse to eat cakes, and a child came up to beg for bread to eat, Ma Hong gave the child two cakes, and then dozens of villagers rushed up with bricks and sticks to kill Ma Hong and Li Wu and rob them of their property, and Li Wu killed nearly ten people. In order to prevent Ma Hong from dying without finding Ma Teng, Han Sui took the initiative to let Cheng Gongying lead a team of men and horses to escort Ma Hong, Ma Hong was grateful for this, Li Wu was not a reliable guard.

One day, Ma Hong's horse team arrived in Wuwei County, and half a day later arrived in Wuwei City. Ma Teng sent his third son Ma Tie out of the city to meet Ma Hong, Ma Tie and Ma Hong were not much different in age, and when they saw that the messenger was such a young person and had the same surname as himself, they quickly got closer to Ma Hong. Ma Tie is a hospitable person, after he took Ma Hong into the city, he has been introducing Ma Hong to what is interesting in Wuwei City, and said that after Ma Hong met his father, he took Ma Hong to play around, and Ma Hong naturally readily agreed.

Ma Tie kept talking to Ma Hong on the way into the city, and unconsciously arrived at Ma Teng's mansion, Ma Teng's mansion is not big, and it is much smaller than Han Sui's mansion, and it is not worth mentioning if it is compared with Liu Biao's mansion. But it's normal, Xiliang is already poor, many of the soldiers under Ma Teng's command are Qiang soldiers, in the early years, Ma Teng did not have a base, and the team led by him lived a nomadic life, and the army was stationed in Wuwei only two years ago.

Ma Hong entered the Ma Mansion, met with Ma Teng, and presented Liu Biao's letter to explain his intentions. At this time, Cheng Gongying, who was standing on the side, realized that Ma Hong had long expected that Han Sui would let him persuade Ma Teng, and Liu Biao wrote two secret letters at the beginning. In fact, there are more than two secret letters written by Liu Biao, because Xiliang is a mixed place, with more than a dozen teams, among which Han Sui and Ma Teng are the two most powerful.

Ma Hong took advantage of Ma Teng's time to read the letter and looked at the people in the room, Ma Teng was eight feet five inches long, full of black hair, with a straight nose and a square face, two eyes were shiny, and there were not too many traces of age on his face, if people who did not know his age, they might think that he was just a middle-aged man about forty years old. The man closest to Ma Teng, the man was more than eight feet long, with a full beard, a face as yellow as dirt, thick eyebrows, and a pair of copper bell eyes were also looking at Ma Hong. Ma Hong and this man looked at each other and smiled at him, this man is about thirty years old, if Ma Hong is not wrong, it is Pang De, Ma Teng's henchman.

The young man sitting next to Ma Tie and Ma Tie looked somewhat similar, at first glance, it was similar to that brother, the young man was a few years older than Ma Tie, and his height was also taller than Ma Tie, to say the least, eight feet. A tight-fitting robe shows off his sturdy figure, his face is as clear as a carving, his angular face is unusually handsome, his thick eyebrows are slightly raised upward, and under the long, slightly curled eyelashes are a pair of slender eyes, which look a little dull compared to his muscular figure. Ma Teng and Ma Tie's eyes are both big round eyes, bright and bright, and this young man's eyes are slender and godless, could it be that this young man is Ma Tie's half-brother Ma Chao, and the rumored Jin Ma Chao in later generations is not successful?

Ma Hong stared at the young man's face, and the young man also noticed that Ma Hong was looking at him, so he glanced at Ma Hong with his weak eyes, and Ma Hong noticed that Ma Teng had finished reading the letter and was looking at him. Ma Hong said with a somewhat embarrassed face: "I have heard the general's prestige for a long time, but I didn't expect the general's sons to be tall and mighty, and I really couldn't help but take a few more looks, it's really a general!" is full of masculinity and righteousness, which really makes me envious! ”

After Ma Hong finished speaking, the expressions of the people sitting there were rich, and Ma Tie was even more stunned. When a person suddenly doesn't talk about business in a formal setting, but instead praises you for your good looks, and also praises your whole family for being good-looking, this is not something that a normal person can do. Ma Teng is a well-informed person, this Ma Hong stood in a regular manner, and his tone was relaxed and free, without a trace of tension, but why did Ma Hong say such a thing, this is not like what an envoy can say, but like the words of a young man without scheming. But if this young man is really a scheming person, how could Liu Jingsheng send him to Xiliang, it is not that no one cares about Jingzhou, it is definitely not the case, this young man must have a deep meaning in doing this.

Cheng Gongying is a smart person, and at this time he understood that Ma Hong didn't want to talk about business with Ma Teng today, because he was Han Sui's person.

Although Ma Teng couldn't understand why Ma Hong praised his whole family on such an occasion, he still smiled and said: "Your Excellency has won the award, I see that Your Excellency took on a big responsibility at a young age and went to my Xiliang alone, which shows that Liu Jingsheng is extremely important to Your Excellency!" That alone is much better than my sons who don't like it. ”

Ma Hong said with a smile: "The general said that he was joking, the general's sons are all good men who can gallop on the battlefield, and they are just lobbyists, how can they be compared with the sons?" ”

Ma Teng saw that he insisted on complimenting himself, but he didn't talk about business, at this time Ma Teng understood Ma Hong's intentions, Cheng Gongying was beside him, and some things were not very convenient to say. Ma Teng and Ma Hong complimented each other a few words, Ma Teng set up a banquet to entertain Ma Hong, at the banquet Ma Teng did not mention a word of business, but chatted with Ma Hong, from the cultural scenery of Jingzhou to the customs of Xiliang, just not to talk about a word of business.

After the banquet, Ma Tie sent Ma Hong back to the room to rest, and Ma Tie privately told Ma Hong that Ma Teng would meet Ma Hong alone tomorrow.