"You tell me again." Ma Chao's eyes almost spurted blood, grabbed the soldier's throat hard, and roared through gritted teeth.

"General, the general's men will be merciful...... the soldier said with difficulty, rolling his eyes.

After Ma Chao eased his hand, the soldier breathed a sigh of relief and said solemnly: "General, the old general and the second general were all killed by Han Sui, and now Han Sui occupies Huaili, imprisons his wife, claims to be Youfufeng, and is preparing to lead the army to attack Pusaka, and will wipe out the general and the four generals." ”

Ma Chao suddenly felt sad and indignant, and immediately pulled out the long sword at his waist, cut off a corner of the case in the tent, and then shouted: "Han Sui Pifu, my Ma Chao doesn't kill the old thief, there is such a case." ”

After finishing speaking, he immediately ordered the reorganization of the soldiers and horses, prepared to lead the army to attack Huaili, and swore to kill Han Sui.

But suddenly I heard Ma Dai say: "Brother and slow, although the enemy's hatred is not shared, but we can't just kill back in a daze, now the enemy situation is unknown, we don't know how many people Han Sui has, and I don't know if this is a trap set by Han Sui to deliberately lure us to Huaili, so we must be cautious on this trip, because once defeated, we will really lose our foundation, according to the younger brother's opinion, it is better for us to contact Liu Sili and let him live with us to send troops, because Han Sui is an old thief who has taken the right to help the wind, We will definitely threaten Chang'an, we are anxious about this matter, Liu Sili is also anxious, even more urgent than us, as long as we send troops together with Liu Sili, we will definitely get revenge if we want to come to the big revenge. ”

Ma Chao snorted and said sharply: "The eldest husband was born in the world, and his parents are very kind, and now my father was killed by the old thief Han Sui, I should personally lead the army to kill the old thief, how can I fake others?" What's more, when I heard the bad news of my father's death, I was so anxious that I couldn't rush to Huaili immediately, how could I dare to delay for a moment? Even if you are reasonable, you can't take care of it. If you really insist on your opinion, then go to Xuande Gong with Pang De and ask him to send troops to help, and my fourth brother and I will immediately set off and go to Huaili. ”

After finishing speaking, Ma Chao no longer cared about Ma Dai, and immediately ordered the sergeant to rush to make the white flag and white armor within three days, and then immediately led the army to set off.

Ma Dai knew that his brother Ma Chao had already decided to do so, so he didn't say more, and immediately called Pang De and went to Xie County to see Liu Bei.

Ma Dai knew that the situation was urgent, so he and Pang De each cleaned up briefly, and immediately rushed to Xie County on horseback.

Because Ma Dai and the others were fast and galloped all the way, they came to Xie County, a hundred miles away, and met Liu Bei in less than two hours.

"General Bozhan, General Ling Ming, I don't know what is important for the two of you to come here? By the way, how is your army preparing for the attack on Anyi? This time, Ben is looking forward to the demeanor of your Xiliang warriors. Liu Bei saw the two of them, and his face was as bright as the sun in March.

But Ma Dai and Pang De brought a cold current, they ignored Liu Bei's jokes, but knelt on the ground and kowtowed with a "bang", and said with tears: "Please let the general call us go." ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Why did the two of them suddenly make this big gift? If there is anything to talk about, the one who would have been able to help the two of them will definitely do their best to help. ”

But I heard Ma Dai cry and said: "General, disaster has come, the last general's uncle Shoucheng was suddenly attacked by Han Sui's old thief in Huaili yesterday, my uncle and second brother Ma Xiu were all killed, Han Sui old thief occupied Huaili, self-proclaimed right Fufeng, I am afraid it will be unfavorable to Chang'an, the last general begged the general to read the friendship with my uncle before his death, help my brother kill this old thief, avenge my uncle, the general's grace, my brother will not dare to forget." ”

"What?" Liu Bei couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, almost jumped up, although he claimed to have the land of Guanzhong, and invited himself to be the captain of the school, the territory he now has is just Jing Zhaoyin and Zuo Feng Yi, although the right Fufeng is occupied by Ma Teng, but because he has established a military alliance with himself, it has become a barrier for his own defense of Liangzhou, and now Ma Teng was suddenly attacked and killed by Han Sui, and his rear was undoubtedly threatened, once Han Sui attacked Chang'an, I am afraid that his foundation in the past few years has all turned into water.

So Liu Bei almost didn't even think about it, so he decided to help Ma Chao deal with Han Sui this time no matter what.

But as soon as Liu Bei wanted to speak, he saw Zhuge Liang look at him, and he couldn't help but doubt in his heart, but he believed that Zhuge Liang must have a clever plan, so he said to Ma Dai: "General Bozhan, please rest assured, Uncle Ling and I have an extraordinary friendship, I have always regarded him as a brother, and today I was innocently killed, how can I sit idly by?" Bozhan and Ling Ming have worked hard all the way, and now they must be tired, you go down to rest and rest first, and I will straighten out the military horses and avenge Brother Shoucheng. ”

Ma Dai and Pang De thanked Liu Bei and went down to rest.

It wasn't until after the two of them left that Zhuge Liangping retreated, and then he slowly said to Liu Bei: "Congratulations to the lord, this time I can get Ma Chao and Ma Dai, and the lord will unify the Sanfu region just around the corner." ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Now that Ma Shoucheng has been killed, my Chang'an is facing a threat at any time, why should I be happy?" ”

But I heard Zhuge Liang say: "In fact, the lord should also know that Ma Teng sits on the right side of the wind, although it is indeed the barrier of the lord, but it also restricts the development of the lord, and the state is Yuan Shao's territory, Hedong, Hongnong is Cao Cao's territory, these two forces are all good food, and they can't compete with it, and now although we are united by the Quartet to map Hedong, but even if we get it, I am afraid that it can only be handed over to Yuan Shao in the future, such as today's fortunate Ma Teng was killed, we just use this as an excuse to seek the right wind, once we get here, we can further seek Hanzhong, Recently, Zhang Luzheng of Hanzhong led an army to attack Liu Zhang in Yizhou, and the lord could completely occupy Hanzhong in the name of helping the Han clan, and then further possess the entire Yizhou, so that the lord's hegemony was stable. ”

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and said: "The reason why this general decided to lead the army to deal with Han Sui is just to take care of the old friendship with Ma Shoucheng and help Ma Mengqi return to the old land, and never want to annex his land; Also, it is necessary to help Liu Zhang deal with Zhang Lu, but Liu Zhang is a member of the Han family and my brother, how can I take his Yizhou? ”

Zhuge Liang has been following Liu Bei for so long, so he naturally knows that he, the lord, has always been hypocritical and righteous in his fair days, but he still sighed softly: "The lord is really the lord of benevolence and righteousness." It's just that the lord should know that although Ma Chao is brave, he is by no means comparable to his father, and the lord let him charge into battle, if he is allowed to guard the city, he really has no one else. Moreover, this person is young and vigorous, although he has a deep hatred of blood, but he may not be of the same heart and mind as the lord, if he is allowed to guard the right wind, Liang is afraid that Lu Bu's attack on Xuzhou will be repeated. ”

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this, he couldn't help but think of the time, he kindly welcomed the homeless Lu Bu to Xuzhou, but he didn't expect this person to take advantage of his own attack on Yuan Shu, lead the army to sneak attack Xiapi, and lead him to lose the foundation of Xuzhou.

After a slight sigh, Liu Bei said slowly: "But whether it is from the perspective of friendship with Ma Shoucheng or from the safety of my Chang'an, we must defeat Han Sui and recapture the right Fufeng, so helping Ma Chao is a must." ”

But I heard Zhuge Liang laugh and said: "Ma Chao is our ally, help is naturally necessary, the lord is the lord of benevolence and righteousness, naturally he wants to prosper the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, drive away Han Sui, and help Ma Chao, but it is clear that this time Han Sui will inevitably have an ambush, and this time Ma Chao will go to Xingshi for revenge, and he will definitely be defeated." ”

"What then? Shall we remind him? Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then said.

"But Ma Chao is thinking about his father's hatred now, even if we persuade him again, he will never listen, and if he listens, the situation will be even worse, because once Han Sui has a firm foothold in the right Fufeng, then both us and Ma Chao will be in crisis."

"So what do we do? Did you watch Ma Chao die? Anyway, he is also the son of the old man, and he has this martial art, wouldn't it be a pity if he died like this? Liu Bei couldn't help but feel anxious and asked slowly.

But I heard Zhuge Liang say with a smile: "Ma Mengqi is the tiger general of the world, of course we want to save it, but it depends on the timing to save him, we can't even take us in order to save him, right?" ”

"Oh? I don't know what the timing of the military advisor said? Liu Bei knew that Zhuge Liang had finally said the key, and a pair of big ears listened in a daze.

But he heard Zhuge Liang smile mysteriously, and said to Liu Bei: "Does the lord know the battle of Anzhong back then?" ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I naturally know that today's Jingzhou Mu Liu Qi was still a young general back then, and he led the army to Anzhong to ambush Cao Cao, and the result was a big victory, and he began to become famous. ”

"Yes, that's exactly the case, but does the lord know that Cao Cao was defeated at the beginning, why Zhang Xiu was defeated, and Liu Qi was defeated?"

"This, the general seems to have heard that Cao Cao had an ambush at the beginning, and then Zhang Xiu was defenseless after the defeat, and then Liu Qi pursued again, and the result was a big victory. Ah, military, what do you mean? Liu Bei suddenly opened his eyes and said happily.

"Exactly. We have to wait until Ma Chao falls into Han Sui's ambush before suddenly sending troops, so that Han Sui will inevitably be defeated without guard, and we can not only take the opportunity to recapture Youfufeng, but also meet Ma Chao's brothers. At this time, presumably the elite under Ma Chao's command has also been lost, hehe, a tiger without claws can only become the lord's mount, naturally there is nothing to fear, at that time, the lord will have both land and people, and have a full righteous name, it is really a good thing to kill three birds with one stone. In fact, to tell the truth, Liu Qi is arrogant, forgetful of righteousness, and not honest, but his strategy is still good, and we can use it for reference. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and looked at Liu Bei, who was stunned, and said slowly.

"Hehe, if this is the case, the general will be according to the words of the military advisor, but it's a pity that the 20,000 elite horsemen under the command of Ma Chao are used, if they can be used by me, they will definitely be like a tiger." Liu Bei sighed slowly and said with a look of regret.