Chang'an, Li Bei Guo Ning happened to return to Chang'an today, and as soon as Li Bei returned to the mansion, he heard a report from a subordinate: "Young Master, Mr. Jia Wenhe asks to see you." "Li Bei frowned, Jia Xu? For this very powerful figure in the eyes of his father and others, Li Bei is not so concerned, but after all, he is his father's honored guest, and he is not easy to slacken. Ordered someone to invite in, Li Bei saw Jia Xu coming in in a panic, and hurriedly greeted him, smiling: "Mr. Jia, it's been good lately, my father said when he came back that he must visit Mr. This is not just back home, I want to find Mr., I don't want Mr. to come first, it's a sin." "I can't see that Li Bei is a master in this regard, if it were someone else, maybe Li Bei would be stunned.

Jia Xu smiled in his heart, but his face was still very anxious, Jia Xu grabbed Li Bei: "Young General, disaster is near." Li Bei was surprised, but pretended to be calm and said: "Sir, don't bluff, I just sent His Majesty back to the palace with Guo Ning this morning, and it has been arranged, and it will take most of the day to return to the palace, what a disaster." ”

Jia Xu was still nervous and said, "Young General, is it convenient to talk here?" Li Bei saw that Jia Xu was so cautious, and couldn't help but be really shocked, could it be that there was really something big, and hurriedly said: "Talking inside." After that, he and Jia Xu hurriedly entered the secret room. Li Bei: "Sir, what is it that makes Mr. so flustered?" Jia Xu: "Young General, I accidentally knew that there were people in the capital who wanted to do wrong, so the young general might as well do it." ”

Li Beihahaha laughed: "Sir, there are many people in Chang'an who want to do wrong, but so what, now my 20,000 troops are here, and the east is guarded by General Zhang Shidu, who can help me within a radius of thousands of miles." Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Oh, young general, now we are only relying on the 20,000 army, but what if this army no longer obeys orders and major generals?" ”

Li Bei's face darkened: "Mr. Huyu, why does this army not stop my orders?" Jia Xu: "Major General, this, alas, how to say this, alas." Li Bei was already impatient in his heart, and shouted: "Mr. can just say anything, there are only you and me here, and no third party will know anything about it." ”

Jia Xu: "Young General, Great General, doesn't the Young General remember the time when the Great Sima and the Great General were not dying, and there was still less time when the sword soldiers were used, and the last time the Major General was almost cut off by one of the general's generals." ”

"Young master, young master." At this time, a cronie outside the secret room couldn't help but call Li Bei loudly, and Li Bei was furious: "What's it called, if there is nothing to do, break your dog's legs." I saw that the subordinate said: "Young master, there are people in the army from outside the door, saying that General Guo Ning and a few adults in Beijing brought a lot of wine and meat to the barracks, saying that they are treating the army." ”

Don't be surprised, Guo Ning Laojun, why don't I know. Jia Xu smiled behind Li Bei's back at this time, but exclaimed, "Oops, it's still a step slower." Li Bei turned his head sharply and asked loudly, "Sir, what's going on?" ”

Jia Xu: "Oh, the young general, yesterday I accidentally learned that the general actually sent someone back to the capital to contact the minister in Beijing, saying that he wanted to erect the young general, and as soon as he heard that the young general and Guo Ning were back, he hurried over, but he was still a step too slow. Major General Think about it, what is this Guo Ning doing in the labor army, does the major general of the labor army know? Guo Ning didn't tell the young general, right? Guo Ning is clearly uniting the ministers in Beijing and using the minister's financial resources to win over the army. Imagine if Chang'an's 20,000 soldiers and horses are all generals, what will happen to the young generals, is it possible for the big Sima to return to Chang'an in the future, and who will have the final say in Chang'an at that time. ”

Li Bei was furious, patted the wooden case, and scolded: "Damn, what a Guo Ning, who laughed and laughed with a certain person all the way, but he was so insidious and cunning, Mr. save me." ”

Jia Xu: "Young General, don't worry, Rong Xu think about it, think about it carefully - Young General, he is not kind and blames us for being unjust, there are also 10,000 of the 20,000 troops that are the young general's, and the labor army can't let them betray the young general, but it will be difficult to say in the future, while the young general can still command, the young general, he Guo Ning can unite hundreds of officials, why don't the young general go into the palace and firmly grasp His Majesty, hum, and then slowly settle accounts with Guo Ning." ”

When Li Bei heard this, he immediately went crazy and kidnapped the emperor, although Li Dao Guo Yan was domineering, but he still let the emperor have face, but what Li Bei is thinking about now is a crazy thing, kidnapping the emperor, and can't let the emperor live in the palace. Li Don't think of it, and immediately surrendered his hand to Jia Xu: "Thank you Mr. for your advice, otherwise you don't know how to die." "Chong Chong is going out. Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Young General, now that Chang'an is in chaos, I don't know if Xu can stay in the Young General's Mansion for a day or two, or discuss more with the Young General?" When Li Bei heard this, he was overjoyed, it was also a good thing to have Jia Xu's help, it seemed that it was not unreasonable for his father and others to take a fancy to this person. Li Bei nodded, and instructed the two guards: "Always protect Mr., if something happens to Mr., you will look good."

Jia Xu smiled coldly and was silent. But he said that Guo Ning was there, but it was Yang Biao and other ministers, and at this time, he saw that Guo Ning was successfully mobilized by himself and others. Yang Biao smiled at the sky and said to the minister next to him: "I don't know what happened to Wenhe, if you can persuade Guo and Li to have a big fight, it is best that both of them die, this Chang'an is peaceful, and the Han Dynasty will be revived." At this moment, a guard rushed over, looked around, saw no outsiders, bowed his head and said to Yang Biao: "My lord, Mr. Jia has not come out since he went to the Li Mansion, and the little one who bought a servant of the Li Mansion knows that Mr. Jia is now locked in a room in the mansion by Li Bei, and there are two warriors watching outside the door at any time." ”

Yang Biao was shocked, Jia Xu was placed under house arrest? Asked urgently: "What about Li Bei himself" The guard said: "My lord, Li Bei is out of the house, the little one is in a hurry to find out where Mr. Jia is, and he didn't pay attention to Li Bei, hoping that the adult will forgive him." ”

Xiliang, Ma Teng has decided to send troops south, Ma Yu is right, this is a once-in-a-lifetime good time, and it is the time to eradicate the two thieves Li Dao and Guo Yan in one fell swoop. At this time, Ma Chao suddenly found out and said loudly: "Father, I learned that my uncle is now in command of Di Dao, and the stable soldiers and horses have also withdrawn, at this time my uncle is attacking Di Dao with all his might, this is a good time, father." ”

Pang De was taken aback, and Ma Teng was also puzzled, and asked: "What is the good time, isn't it time to wave troops to stabilize and threaten the thieves from Fufeng." Ma Chao shouted: "Father, every time we only have the opportunity to go south, go south, go south a year ago, but the whole army is wiped out, nothing is gained, how many children of my Ma family can't go home, why are these?" Now my uncle is fighting fiercely in the south, although Jincheng must also be prepared, but the strength must be insufficient, father, as long as we go south quickly, Jincheng will definitely be unprepared, plus stability is already defenseless, so Xiliang has Wuwei Longyou to stabilize the four counties of Jincheng in the hands of our army, uncle except surrender, there is no other way out, at that time, Xiliang is my Ma family has the final say, father. Coupled with the prestige of my Ma family among the Qiang people, who dares to disobey, when the time comes, my father can ask the court for a Liangzhou pastor, which is much more formal than Dong Zhongying gave it back then. ”

As soon as Ma Chao said it, it made Ma Dai and the other brothers also have their eyes flashing, but they frightened Ma Teng and made Ma Yu very angry, but Pang De still didn't say a word. Ma Teng shouted: "Rebel son, after the famous general of my Ma family, generation of princes, although there are many declines now, but he is still a minister of the court, he had to rebel with the thief before, which has made his father very painful, and now you, you, rebel son, are angry with me." Ma Yu also shouted there: "Ma Mengqi, Hugh is talking nonsense." ”

Ma Chao gritted his teeth and lowered his head and didn't speak, he was extremely unwilling in his heart, he couldn't understand why his father still couldn't understand, is the current Han still saved, which one is not developing himself now, and even that uncle Han Sui is also walking his own path step by step. What about the big man? Everyone said that they were for the sake of the big man and for the big man, but apart from his father, who else really thought about the big man now. General Wei Chen Lin? Hmph, if it was really for the sake of the Han Dynasty, a huge Yizhou he Chen Lin could send 200,000 troops instead of 20,000. In the final analysis, it is not based on its own Yizhou, and it is not to classify Yizhou as its own property. Ma Chao was unwilling and resentful in his heart, but his father's majesty was here, so Ma Chao had no choice but to bow his head and remain silent.

Ma Teng held his chest again and again, and only after a long time did he give a loud order: "Immediately raise 20,000 troops, all of them are cavalry, and Ling Ming will lead 3,000 troops as the vanguard, go straight to Anding, and the rear army will follow a certain person to settle down in person." "After all, it's his own son, if it were someone else, Ma Teng would have to split it in half. Ma Teng glanced at Ma Chao, Ma Chao has outstanding martial arts and drive, and at the same time has no less prestige than himself among the Qiang people, except for Pang De in the army, even if Ma Chao has the heart of the army. Alas, it's a pity that Ma Chao is too strong, and I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

Ma Teng spent a whole year building a new iron cavalry, one of which was the Qiang people, in the northwest, it was not uncommon for the Qiang people to enlist in the army, and no one said anything. The reason why the Qiang people came out to help the Han people in the war is nothing more than because of the prestige of the Han people, but also because of interests. The Qiang people are unprofitable, no matter whether you are Ma Teng or Han Sui, although you have a high prestige among the Qiang people, if there is no benefit, they will not help you fight in vain. When the Qiang people arrived in the interior, they would make trouble and rob and kill the people, which was also not uncommon. Usually the generals who command these miscellaneous armies are very prestigious people, for example, now Ma Teng has made Pound the vanguard.

Ma Chao hurriedly followed Pang De: "Ling Ming." Before he could say anything, Pang De said: "Young General, De Nai was carried up by the lord, and he only carried out the lord's orders in his heart, and he didn't care about anything else, the lord did whatever he wanted, and I hope the young general understands." ”

Ma Chao retreated fiercely.