Chapter Eighty-Six: Trust Ma Chao
Trust Ma Chao
In the silent study, Liu Bei gently mixed the tea, and the fragrance of tea swam all over the room along the mouth of the pot; But some people don't like it, Zhuge Qiao held his head and pondered, not enjoying the fragrance of tea in the house.
Liu Bei was reluctant to use Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Ride, which was indeed quietly similar to history, but history had no ending, but Zhuge Qiao was unwilling to obey.
Sorted out the ideas from the new "Your Majesty, Xiliang Iron Riding Famous Town Quartet, why abandon it"
Liu Bei took a sip of tea and replied slowly: "Does Bo Song think I really don't want to use this cavalry?" It's just that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry now has to guard the north to prevent Cao Pi and the Qiang people from invading the territory, and if they are transferred back to Chengdu to control the unrest in the north," Liu Bei said.
This made Zhuge Qiao even more confused, even if Xiliang Tie rode to Chengdu to participate in the military parade, he would not participate in the whole army, how could it be related to the peace of the north; It turned out that as history says, Liu Bei did not trust Ma Chao, and he would not give Ma Chao the opportunity to lead the army, which caused Ma Chao to die of depression at the age of forty-seven;
'Wan Qian Mountain Pass is still there today, and I don't see General Ma back then. Zhuge Qiao suddenly thought of the inscription in his tomb for Ma Chao in later generations, and actually made me Zhuge Qiao by providence, so I must do what Zhuge Qiao should do, Zhuge Qiao thought to himself.
"Your Majesty, can you trust the last general" Zhuge Qiao suddenly hugged his fists and said.
"How could Berson ask that! I should trust Bo Song," Liu Bei replied with some surprise.
"Since Your Majesty trusts the last general, then why does Your Majesty bother to cover it up, please tell Your Majesty the truth, why don't you transfer General Ma to participate in this military parade" Zhuge Qiao walked out of the tea table and suddenly knelt down in front of Liu Bei;
He has arranged for Ma Jing to be Ma Chao's righteous son, develop his power, and also send medicine prescriptions for Ma Chao to treat his illness, and what he has done is not for the sake of Shu Han, so no matter what, he must do his best to make Liu Bei trust Ma Chao and form a huge Xiliang Iron Cavalry to fight against Cao Wei.
But it also made Liu Bei at a loss, he didn't imagine that Zhuge Qiao's reaction would be so huge, and he was curious why the mention of Ma Chao would make Zhuge Qiao so excited.
"Actually, Bo Song asked so much, and I told the truth; In the past, Ma Chao was a prince, led the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to raid the Guanzhong region, killed Cao Cao to cut his beard and robe, and then defeated Zhang Lu, and then surrendered to me; However, I don't dare to reuse it for him, after all, he was a prince of one party, and he can be sincerely obedient, if he has troops in the future, what can I do if he returns to Liangzhou; Although I named him the Liangzhou Mu and the Hussar General, I also appeased him and used his name to deter the Cao Army and the Qiang people, but I didn't dare to reuse it," Liu Bei said slowly in a deep voice, and the depths of his eyes seemed to reveal helplessness.
It turned out that as later generations said, Liu Bei was worried that Ma Chao would rebel, so he didn't dare to entrust real power, but I couldn't find any reason why Ma Chao would rebel; More than 200 members of his clan were slaughtered by Cao Cao, his wife and son were killed by the rebels, and the last son, Ma Qiu, also died at the hands of Zhang Lu. Zhuge Qiao pondered.
It's just that Liu Bei finally created the foundation, and Ma Chao has no faith, how dare he use it;
"Your Majesty, the last general thinks that Ma Chao has no reason to rebel, he has no inheritance from future generations, what is the point of rebellion," Zhuge Qiao said slowly.
"Maybe Bo Song didn't know, I heard that Ma Chao found his once lost son last year and called Ma Jing; Regardless of whether he has clan power or not, but Ma Chao's influence in Xiliang and among the Qiang people is so great, I really don't worry about letting him take real power," Liu Bei said helplessly.
His eyes seemed to be blank, and he seemed to have drifted towards Wudu, observing Ma Chao's every move.
But Zhuge Qiao rolled his eyes helplessly, he didn't expect that Ma Jing, who was placed under Ma Chao in the past, would become the reason for Liu Bei to guard against Ma Chao today; smiled bitterly, but he was not ready to tell Liu Bei the reason for this incident, if Liu Bei knew the truth, I don't know if he would be suspected, after all, the edge he showed was too sharp.
But he didn't have the ability to persuade Liu Bei to reuse Ma Chao. With the fact of your predecessor, even if you have the eloquence of heavenly debate, you can't do anything, it seems that this is the only way, Zhuge Qiao thought to himself.
"Your Majesty, if the last general is willing to use his life to guarantee that the hussar general will not rebel, is Your Majesty credible?" Zhuge Qiao continued to kneel in front of Liu Bei and asked.
Liu Bei didn't seem to react, staring at Zhuge Qiao at a loss;
What is he thinking, should I believe him? Why did he dare to vouch for Ma Chao with his life? Can I use Ma Chao now? Liu Bei was haunted by these questions.
"Bo Song is really sure, or is there another reason" Liu Bei asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, since the last general dares to use his life as a guarantee, he must be sure that Ma Chao will not rebel, please believe it; In the past, Ma Chao rebelled against Cao Cao because he had a great power in Liangzhou, but now his power has declined, and the clan is all slaughtered by Cao Cao, and he has established a blood feud with Cao Cao; This is also the reason why he rebelled against Zhang Lu and defected to our army, because my army is powerful and can help him take revenge, so the last general asserted that Ma Chao would definitely not rebel without a reason to rebel," Zhuge Qiao continued to kneel and bow.
That's all he can do and say, if Liu Bei doesn't trust it, then he can only resign himself to fate.
Liu Bei picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly, moving very slowly, as if he was struggling. frowned, "That's it!" Then transfer 2,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, a total of 22,000 soldiers, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, the national military parade" Liu Bei made a difficult choice; After all, Zhuge Qiao at this time couldn't help but trust him, let alone invite him with his life.
"Your Majesty is wise" Zhuge Qiao finally breathed a sigh of relief, because he once again changed the course of the entire history.
"Bo Song, don't still kneel, the tea is almost cold; You haven't told me where you've been for more than a month, what's the matter," Liu Bei said softly with a smile;
Zhuge Qiao randomly returned to his position, but he also felt that Liu Bei's ability to transform emotions was too strong, he was still making difficult choices just now, but the next moment it was as if nothing had happened.
"Back to Your Majesty, when the last general was on the mission to Soochow, he heard that Runan County had a great talent, but it was not allowed to be reused; The last general was interested at that time, so after coming out of Wuchang City, he went to Runan to find this person," Zhuge Qiao said slowly;
Liu Bei is interested!
"Can you find this person," Liu Bei hurriedly asked;
"Waiting outside the house"
"Pass him in"
"Nuo" said Zhuge Qiao, and immediately got up and walked outside the house; Deng Ai was very anxious, the captain and His Majesty talked for nearly half an hour, and there was no rumor that there would be any accidents on him, Deng Ai thought.
In the blink of an eye, a person followed Zhuge Qiao and walked in; If it's not Deng Ai, who else would it be!
"Your Majesty is this person, surnamed Deng and Ai Zishizai," Zhuge Qiao said to Liu Bei.
Immediately, Deng Ai knelt down and said: "Grass people Deng Ai, meet Your Majesty"
[To add, in ancient times, an hour was two hours today, because in ancient times, an hour was a day and a night; 】