When Ma Chao saw this scene in front of him, he knew that he had fallen for Huang Zhong's plan, but he couldn't care about it so much now, because at the first moment after the attack, he was thinking about whether his two brothers were alive or dead.

"My Ma Chao's only relatives now are the two younger brothers, if they are still alive, it is okay to say, but if the two of them are killed by Huang Zhong's dog thieves, I will avenge them even if I fight for my life, as for the surrender of Liu Qi, it is even more likely, unless he is willing to kill Huang Zhong to avenge my two younger brothers."

Thinking of this, Ma Chao couldn't help but take a deep breath and asked in a deep voice: "Huang Zhong, let me ask you, what happened to the two generals who came here to rob the camp yesterday?" ”

Seeing that Huang Zhong had besieged Ma Chao's large army, he ordered the attack to be suspended, and then said, "Are you talking about the two brothers Ma Dai and Ma Tie?" They are still safe and sound now, they are all locked up in my camp, General Ma, the general knows that more than 300 of your closed doors were all killed by Han Sui, only the three of you are left, the general has endured humiliation for so many years, and has always wanted to take revenge, but it is a pity that Liu Bei has the purpose of annexing Lingzun Jiye at the beginning, so he will watch your army annihilated, but because you still have to use your steady dìng right to support the wind, this saved you, but despite this, you no longer have military power in your hands, so, Although your brothers are brave and invincible, they are not reused, and even suspicious, and it is not easy to take revenge. ”

Ma Chao couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Huang Zhong's words, and asked tremblingly: "You said that when my army was wiped out under Huaili City, Liu Bei did it intentionally?" ”

"Yes, general, think about it, if Liu Bei was dedicated to helping you from the beginning, would he still be able to get the right support after defeating Han Sui? Isn't Liu Bei, as a hero, afraid that the general will threaten his rule in Chang'an? Although the general thinks he is a sincere gentleman, the villain always does things according to the villain's thinking, and besides, how can others be allowed to snore and sleep on the side of the couch? What's more, the general is still a tiger? And his later approach was obviously much more clever, because in this way he not only pulled out the minions of the tiger, the general, but also saved the general's life, and the general would naturally go all out to be loyal to him under gratitude. ”

I saw Huang Zhong sigh and continued: "It's just a pity, Xiaoxiong is Xiaoxiong, he will always sacrifice others for his own interests, before he trapped Guan Yu in injustice in order to get Nanyang, and later buried tens of thousands of soldiers under the general's command in order to get the right Fufeng, and then later allied with Cao Cao for his own interests without taking into account the hatred of the general. In fact, the general thought about it carefully, the soldiers under the command of General Liu Knight were actually equivalent to Han Sui and Liu Bei conspiring to kill him, and even Liu Bei even used Han Sui, because Han Sui didn't get anything at all, but Liu Bei got the allegiance of Right Fufeng and the general. ”

Ma Chao couldn't help but be silent for a long time after listening to Huang Zhong's words, and finally suddenly sneered and said: "Although I have to admit that your analysis is indeed very reasonable, I still don't believe you, because you are just a brave man, how can you analyze so many things?" I'm afraid this is a set of rhetoric made up by those people under your command, military advisors, or something to persuade you to surrender, right? ”

Ma Chao originally thought that Huang Zhong would deny it, but he didn't expect Huang Zhong to admit it simply: "You are right, I'm okay with this old man, but I don't know anything about these problems, these words are not what my old Huang can come up with, in fact, what our Duke of Chu said to the general, he wrote this qiē into a letter, and ordered the general to surrender before the battle, and it is precisely because of the persuasion of the general that the lord went out to work and specially ordered the general, and the generals of the Ma family army can only be captured alive, and must not be killed in vain, If there is a violation, it will be counterpaid with life. This is the original text of the letter from the Duke of Chu to Zaixia, and the general is invited to look at it. ”

After that, Huang Zhong tied a letter to the feather arrow and shot it at Ma Chao.

Ma Chao took the letter and unfolded it, and sure enough, it was a letter written by Liu Qi to Huang Zhong, and the content of the letter was exactly what Huang Zhong said.

After reading the letter, Ma Chao saw that Liu Qi's analysis was reasonable, and based on his understanding of Liu Bei in the past few years, he knew that most of them would not be wrong, and he couldn't help but feel confused for a while.

At this moment, Huang Zhong took another letter and said to Ma Chao: "There is also a letter written by the Duke of Chu to General Ma, so that the general will pass it on to the general after seeing the general, and ask the general to take a look." ”

Later, Tong Guò handed over the letter to Ma Chao in the same way.

Ma Chao unfolded the letter and looked at it, and sure enough, it was written by Liu Qi to himself, only to see that it said: "Liu Qi, the Duke of Chu, worships General Ma Mengqi again: Gu Suzhi is a heroic and powerful general, and his reputation is far and wide, and he is really a talent who is not born in my Han Dynasty, and he is worthy of the heroic name of Ling Zuma Fubo, but it is a pity that the general has a lot of fate, first Ling Zun was killed by the thief Han Sui, and more than 300 members of the family were all in trouble, such a tragic thing is really suffocating, but Liu Bei Xuande is a relative of the Han family, and the leader of the Ma Fufeng Alliance, not only did not help the general to relieve difficulties, On the contrary, he took advantage of the danger of people, fell into the well, and killed tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of the general, and took advantage of the situation to control the right wind in his own hands, but instead deceived the general's allegiance with the grace of saving his life, which is really indignant ......."

When Ma Chao saw the letter, there was a deep sting in his heart, and tears almost couldn't help flowing, but he saw that the letter continued to write: "Presumably, with Liu Bei's hypocrisy of benevolence and righteousness, when the general is loyal to him, he will definitely promise to avenge the general, but today Liu Bei's alliance with Cao Cao has exposed his lies. Stealing is not worth it to the general. Since the commander of the army, this general has treated people with sincerity, Corporal Lixian, is the military general under my command like father and son, and the sergeant of our army is called a soldier of the son, and he is able to lead the brother of the five states in just six years, with a population of 10 million and 200,000 sergeants, and today he solemnly sends an invitation to the general, as long as the general is willing to join our army, he will definitely avenge the blood and hatred of the general......

At this time, Ma Chao had already burst into tears, although he had not seen Liu Qi's people, but from the heart of this letter, he had already seen Liu Qi's sincerity, and then Liu Qi's words made him even more excited: "Lone has now been promoted to the public, if he can sweep away the rebellion in the world in the future, and help protect the Han family, presumably the Son of Heaven will be able to reward him if he thinks of Wei Gong, and he will be able to be rewarded. Under the Pavilion Marquis, lead the military capital too defended, please the general temporarily lead the Yellow Thorn Shi to attack the Wudu with 10,000 soldiers and horses, and then the general can train 30,000 cavalry, and then break Han Sui in the future, and then reward. ”

After Ma Chao read the letter, Huang Zhong waved his hand, and then saw two sergeants coming from behind, holding the seal letter of General Xiaocai and Hou Yin in front of Ma Chao.

Huang Zhong slowly dismounted, took the seal letter, came to Ma Chao, and said sincerely: "Hehe, General Meng Qi, this is the promise of the Duke of Chu to the general, I don't know what else the general has to mention, the Duke of Chu said, as long as he can do something, he will definitely try his best to satisfy the general." ”

Ma Chao suddenly let out a long sigh, knelt down in the direction of Xiangyang, bowed three times, and then said with tears: "Chu Gong's kindness is so generous, Chao will repay him with death, if he violates this oath, he is willing to die under the arrows, and there is no place to bury him after death." ”

For a military general, living a life of licking blood on the tip of a knife every day, the most taboo thing is to die on the battlefield, and now Ma Chao has made such a heavy oath, which shows his sincerity.

Huang Zhong hurriedly helped Ma Chao up, and said happily: "Please forgive the old man, call you a brother, Brother Meng Qi, not my flatterer, with your skills and ability to lead the cavalry, you will definitely be able to rank above me in the future, hehe, when the time comes, I still expect Brother Meng Qi to take care of it." ”

Ma Chao didn't dare to hold it up, and hurriedly said humbly: "General Huang is famous, where does the kid dare to compare with the general?" The kid only thinks that he can avenge his family's blood in the future, and he is already very satisfied. ”

"Hehe, at the beginning, my brother didn't measure himself, he fought against the Duke of Chu in Changsha, and later returned to the Duke of Chu in desperation, he was just a Zhonglang general at that time, how could he have thought that he would achieve such a high position as General Zhenxi? Brother Meng Qi is still very young, and he is well-known in Xiliang, and he will help Chu Ping to settle Liangzhou in the future, and make great contributions, so why worry that the lord will not be rewarded? By the way, since the elder brother is still obedient to the Duke of Chu, the two virtuous brothers will naturally be released, come here, and invite the two generals Ma. ”

Huang Zhong waved his hand and ordered someone to release Ma Dai and Ma Tie, and after a while, he saw that the two generals were untied and brought into the tent, and Huang Zhong personally ordered someone to take armor, weapons, and mounts to reunite their brothers.

"Big brother."

"Big brother."

"Two virtuous brothers."

The three brothers reunited again, and their hearts were naturally happy, and then Ma Dai and Ma Tie heard that Ma Chao was made a marquis and a general, and he also had military power, and was promised by Liu Qi, the Duke of Chu, to order them to lead their troops and horses to Xiliang, kill Han Sui to avenge their families, and they were very excited in their hearts, and immediately said that they would surrender to the Duke of Chu.

Huang Zhong temporarily asked the two of them to be lieutenant generals under Ma Chao's account, and then awarded the soldiers and horses after the appointment of the lord Liu Qi. Seeing that Huang Zhong trusted them so much, Ma Chao and the three of them thanked Huang Zhong in surprise.

In addition to some of the soldiers who fled, there were more than 7,000 people in the army under Ma Chao, plus the troops brought by Ma Dai and Ma Tie before, more than 8,000 people had gathered under his command, and Huang Zhong allocated his 2,000 soldiers to Ma Chao, gathered 10,000 people, and handed them over to Ma Chao for command, and then called Fa Zheng to discuss with him the plan to deal with Zhang Fei.