When Ma Hong attacked Yizhou, Liu Bei was not idle, and sent Jian Yong as an envoy to Jiaozhou, wanting to let the scholars in Jiaozhou take refuge. The Shixi family of Jiaozhou is the most powerful family in the barren land of Jiaozhou, Shixie and his three brothers lead four counties, occupy more than half of the land in southern Xinjiang, and have a very high prestige in Lingnan.

Liu Biao also tried to send troops to attack Jiaozhou at the beginning, but Liu Biao's control over the four counties of Jingnan was not strong, and he failed to take Jiaozhou, but Liu Bei was different, and now Liu Bei's control over the four counties of Jingnan is very high, plus some of the original Liu Biao's old departments in Jingzhou, Wen Ping, Wang Wei, Fu Xun, Yi nationality, Han Song, Song Zhong, and others took refuge in Liu Bei, and now Liu Bei controls more than eighty percent of the land in Jingzhou in addition to the northern half of Nanjun and Nanyang.

Under the persuasion of Jian Yong, Shixie took refuge in Liu Bei, and Liu Bei took control of Jiaozhou from then on.

Wu Zi's Art of War said that those who disagree with each other cannot go to war, and those who do not make peace with the country cannot go to the army; If you are not in harmony with the army, you cannot go into battle; If you are not in harmony, you cannot enter the war; If there is no peace, there can be no victory.

The domestic will is not unified, can not send troops, now Ma Hong's country belongs to this situation, although the surface of the matter of the Kuai family and the Ma family, but Ma Hong received Ma Xiu and Ma Tie and Liangzhou Yang Fu, Jiang Xu and others letters, they asked Ma Hong to correct Ma Yunlu, with Ma Yunlu as the general's wife.

The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, and Ma Hong can't agree to the Liangzhou faction's request in this matter, but he can't directly refuse, so Ma Hong has a headache. Pang Tong, Liu Ye, Gan Ning, Wei Yan, and Huang Zhong all belong to the Jingzhou faction, and they are the commanders of the five legions, controlling almost all the armies of Ma Hong's forces. At this time, Ma Hong set up a 5,000-person cavalry corps in Fangling County, Hanzhong, to support Nanjun at any time and guard against Liu Bei. Ma Hong appointed Pang De as the commander of the cavalry corps, and the sixth corps was established, as a native of Liangzhou, Pang De became the first corps commander and controlled 5,000 cavalry. Ma Hong promoted Pang De to the head of the Fangling Army, firstly, because he believed in Pound's ability, and secondly, because he gave the Liangzhou faction a reassurance.

After Fa Zheng and Meng Da returned to Ma Hong, the two former Liangzhou people naturally quickly wrote to Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and others in Xiliang to get in touch with them. Fa Zheng and Meng Da contacted Xiliang Yang Fu and others at the behest of Ma Hong, and Ma Hong wanted to pass on a message to the Xiliang Shi clan through Fa Zheng and Meng Da, telling them that Fa Zheng and Meng Da were now mixing well under Ma Hong, and calming their hearts and telling them not to worry, as long as they followed Ma Hong, no matter where you are from, they will not treat you badly.

"Master, someone came to visit the lord, saying that he was holding a letter of introduction from the fox." Ma San held a letter of introduction and presented it to Ma Hong.

Ma Hong's eyes lit up, he opened Hu Du's letter and read it, these days, Hu Du's writing has indeed grown a lot, the words are also beautiful, and more importantly, the letter has Zhang Wei's name. Ma Hong thought carefully about the memory, if he is not mistaken, Zhang Wei was a subordinate of Ma Zhong (Hu Du) in the Shu Han Dynasty, but he didn't expect that Hu Du and Zhang Wei were quite fateful, this time Hu Du met Zhang Wei again in Ba County, Zhang Wei is now just a sixteen-year-old boy, Hu Du is now the commander of the army met Zhang Wei outside, and saw that Zhang Wei was very talented, so he introduced him to the Military Academy of Nanzheng, Hanzhong, and wanted to ask Ma Hong to be Zhang Wei's teacher.

"This fox is really interesting, it seems that I value Zhang Wei very much, and invite Zhang Wei in." Ma Hong said.

Ma San saw Ma Hong say a word of invitation, and hurriedly went out to invite Zhang Wei in.

Zhang Wei has black hair, sword eyebrows, sharp black eyes, thin and lightly pursed lips, angular outlines, and a medium figure, like an eagle in the night.

"Hungry?"

"Huh? ……”

Ma Hong suddenly asked Zhang Wei if he was hungry? made Zhang Wei speechless for a while, although Hu Du said to Zhang Wei in advance that he, a teacher, has never followed routines, Zhang Wei imagined the first sentence that Ma Hong's mouth would ask countless times, but he never expected that the first sentence Ma Hong asked was Are you hungry? Zhang Wei couldn't help but touch his stomach and replied honestly, "I'm hungry." ”

"It's good to be hungry, I'm hungry too, just come and have a meal with me." Ma Hong spoke, chuckling, revealing his white teeth.

Zhang Wei had some doubts in his heart, did Ma Hong leave him to eat, did it mean that Ma Hong had taken a fancy to him, but he obviously didn't ask anything, could it be that the real test started with eating? Zhang Wei was a little nervous when he thought of this, and his kneeling body leaned forward, a little stiff.

Ma Hong saw Zhang Wei's nervousness, and said with a slight smile: "Don't be nervous, just have a meal." ”

Ma Hong invited Zhang Wei to eat, and the meal was very rich, and the maid placed two dishes on Zhang Wei's dining table, a braised bear's paw and a steamed sea bass.

Ma Hong only placed a steamed sea bass on the dining table, Ma Hong stretched out his chopsticks and put a piece of meat on the back of the sea bass, put it in his mouth, and then stretched out his hand to Zhang Wei and made a gesture of invitation.

What to eat first? Mencius has clouds, fish is also what I want, bear paws are also what I want, the two can not be both, and those who give up fish and take bears are also. Life is also what I want, righteousness is also what I want, and I can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also. Is this a test of my choice? Zhang Wei took the chopsticks and pondered for a while, stretched out the chopsticks to clip the bear's paw, and when the chopsticks were about to touch the bear's paw, Zhang Wei stopped.

It shouldn't be that simple! Zhang Wei looked at Ma Hong, Ma Hong ate the fish seriously, picked up the fish bones, and didn't look at Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei retracted the chopsticks, pondered for a while, reached out and picked up the bear paw, picked up the chopsticks and walked to Ma Hong's food table, and put the braised bear paw on Ma Hong's food table.

"Please eat it to the general." Zhang Wei saluted Ma Hong and said.

Ma Hong smiled slightly and took a bite of the bear paw with chopsticks, and then Zhang Wei also stretched out the chopsticks and took a bite of the bear paw and put it in his mouth.

Ma Hong smiled and looked at the young man in front of him, very good, quick to react, quick to think, and a man who could be made.

Zhang Wei took a bite of the bear's paw and then retreated to his seat, and began to eat sea bass with chopsticks, and then served two soups, a lotus seed porridge and a plum blossom soup.

The choice between the lotus flower and the plum blossom, these two flowers are very similar, both are known as gentlemen, the lotus flower out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons, and the lotus symbolizes cleanliness and self-care; The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, and it is more focused on tenacity and courage, as well as its own distinctiveness.

Zhang Wei drank the plum blossom soup without the slightest hesitation, he thinks that he is a tough person, and when the flowers are killed, only the plum blossoms bloom in the wind and snow, this is his character, and what he pursues is different.

"Zhang Wei, would you like to be my student?" Ma Hong asked.

Zhang Wei's eyes lit up, and he immediately knelt on the ground and saluted Ma Hongxing: "Student Zhang Wei visits the teacher." ”

Zhang Wei is happy in his heart, he is poor abroad, if he can get Ma Hong's favor, it means that his future is limitless, Hu Du is Ma Hong's student, and now he can lead the army alone as a commander, and if he Zhang Wei behaves well in the future, he will definitely be able to make a difference.

Ma Hong smiled slightly, and said secretly in his heart: Zhang Wei is here, I remember that there is another Zhang Yi, I don't know where that Zhang Yi is? Looks like we're going to have to send someone to find out.

(To be continued.) )