In the autumn of the first year of Han Xingping, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty died, and the world was shaken. After Chen Lin learned the news, he just walked out of the mansion silently and whispered: "The whole army has a white belt, pay tribute to Your Majesty." The whole person was as if he had lost his soul, but he didn't see Chen Lin feeling sad. Chen Lin's mansion, Chen Lin waved his hand: "Everyone retreat." Huang Yan glanced at Zhou Cang, Duan Yu and the others, nodded, and saw Zhou Cang and the others retreat one by one, they all knew that if the current Chen Lin was willing to keep anyone, it must be Huang Yan. There was silence in the house for a long time, Chen Lin looked up and saw that Huang Yan was included, and he didn't drive Huang Yan away.

"Huang Yan, did you say that all this was done by Wen He?" Chen Lin was shocked when he said this, if he let others hear it, he didn't know what kind of reaction it would be, but Chen Lin and Huang Yan were both so calm. Huang Yan: "The eldest young master, whether it was done by Mr. or not, the truth and history books will be the same as those spread outside, it is Li Bei who killed the king, and it has nothing to do with us and Mr. ”

"Bang-" There was a loud bang, and it suddenly exploded in the room, but it was Chen Lin who slammed a wine bottle on the case to the ground: "Do they think so." Chen Lin had never been so angry, Huang Yan hurriedly knelt down: "The eldest young master, the great man's strength has been exhausted, Mr. is afraid that the eldest young master always has that little loyalty to the big man, and he has missed a big thing, now the eldest young master is sitting in Yizhou, with 100,000 troops in charge and 1,000 generals, the eldest young master, it is no longer a matter for the eldest young master alone, they naturally have to do something for their own future." It's just the eldest young master, Mr. Jia is definitely loyal, now in addition to the two young masters in the army, there are also General Gao Shun, General Huang Hansheng and Mr. Jia, no one is in the same faction, young master, don't misunderstand Mr. Jia. ”

Chen Lin didn't say a word, just lowered his head and closed his eyes, and suddenly raised his head: "Is the matter of the townspeople true?" Huang Yan was overjoyed and surprised when she saw Chen Lin speak, and nodded helplessly: "Yes, since three months ago, Commander Duan has been very close to them. Chen Lin: "Foreign generals are not allowed to collude with the guards, don't he know the townspeople, forget it, he can't be the deputy commander, let him go out to lead the troops to be a deputy general, let him be the deputy general of the country." Move him away from the guard, he should be able to understand why so-and-so did it. ”

Huang Yan: "Young Master, although they are all in their own factions now, they are still loyal to the lord, but internal strife is inevitable, and the contradiction between General Zhang Shouyi and General Wei a few days ago is one of them." Chen Lin sighed: "Oh, I can't imagine that even you can see it, Huang Yan, you have been a guard for twenty years, are you willing?" ”

Huang Yan: "Young Master, like you said, it's been twenty years, is it still necessary for the Young Master to ask such a question?" When Chen Lin heard this, he laughed out loud, and his mood suddenly became much brighter. He also said: "Wen He made such a fuss, I'm afraid that the big man is really dead, I don't know how many people are so happy that they can't sleep." ”

Huang Yan: "No matter what the others do, Li Zhiran and Guo Aduo are finished, Chang'an is lost, Guo and Li are difficult to take care of, mainly because the army is discouraged, you see, they don't dare to attack the city today, I'm afraid they also got the news." ”

Chen Lin: "As soon as Your Majesty dies, and Your Majesty is young and has no brothers, it is difficult for the Han family to be unified for a while, and the people of the world will have no scruples from now on, which is also what Wen He wants." Huang Yan, ordered Uncle Zhi to strictly guard Jingzhou, carefully guard against the front line of White Emperor City, and don't let Jingzhou have a chance. There is also Shangyong, now there are not many soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, Shangyong must strengthen his vigilance, Yuan Highway is unpredictable. Shoot arrows at the enemy barracks outside the city, go to the arrows, tie strips of cloth, and say that our army will only investigate the two thieves, Li Zhiran and Guo Aduo, and if the rest surrender, they will be innocent. ”

Huang Yan smiled in her heart, Chen Lin returned to normal, and at the same time, with this order, I was afraid that Li Zhiran's army would be even more discouraged. Huang Yan was about to go out to do something, but Chen Lin hurriedly stopped: "Oh, you go and invite Wei Wenchang to come over, just say that he wants to invite him, and he is alone." Chen Lin said with a smile, Huang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then understood that he should go out.

On the first day, I heard that Emperor Xian died, and what was even more odious was that everyone said that it was Emperor Xian who Li Bei killed, which made Li Dao jump into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it away. Because no one believed that Li Bei didn't do what Li Dao ordered, in this way, Li Dao couldn't run away from the charge of killing the king. At the beginning, Li Dao wanted to attack the city directly and use a fierce attack to distract the soldiers, but no, the army had no intention of killing the enemy. Li Wei had to stop the army, but on the second day, he saw Li Li leading more than 100 cavalry back in embarrassment, and the 3,000 cavalry was beaten by Chen Ze so that only more than 100 cavalry fled back. Li Wei was furious and wanted to behead Li Li, but the general Hu Feng hurriedly dissuaded: "Da Sima, beheading the general before the battle, it is not good for the army, besides, General Li is still the nephew of Da Sima, go to Da Sima and let him make meritorious contributions." This exempted Li Li from the death penalty.

On the third day, Li Lichong, who was punished for patrolling, rushed in and rushed straight into Li Dao's military tent, which made Li Dao furious and shouted angrily: "There is no military discipline for recklessness. Li Li saw that his uncle was angry again, and hurriedly shouted: "Da Sima, something is wrong." Just about to divert Li Dao's attention, Li Dao shouted: "What's the matter, if you can't tell the reason, see that I don't cure you." ”

When Li Li heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the sense of urgency just now was gone, and he picked up a life by himself more than anything else, no matter what kind of deserter you are. Li Li hurriedly said: "Da Sima, deserters, there are deserters in the army, many soldiers have listened to the rumors of the enemy, this morning there was an army of Sima with four hundred people to go out to chop wood under the pretext, and they never came back." ”

Li Dao was taken aback, three or two deserters are not a problem, it happens from time to time, but a military Sima leads the team to escape, then it is not as simple as escaping, it is a rebellion, especially at this juncture, Chen Lin's rumors are not poisonous. Li Dao was shocked: "What? Four hundred? Li Dao immediately beheaded the general who was in charge of the military Sima, Li Dao originally wanted to kill a hundred people, but he never thought that Li Dao would kill him like this, but it made the army even more panicked.

Xiliang, Qinchuan. The current Qinchuan is no longer a quiet place, Han Sui's 20,000 troops are gathered here, and Guo Yan's 30,000 troops have also driven into this wasteland, and the two armies are facing each other. There were several battles in succession, each with its own victory and defeat, but the scale was not large, and the casualties were small. At this time, Han Sui asked loudly: "Didn't Shoucheng agree to go south, when will he arrive?" ”

Cheng Gongying: "Wen Yue, although Ma Shoucheng agreed, but the stability has just been obtained, how can Ma Shoucheng go south so quickly, and he can't keep Ma Shoucheng Now that he heard that the emperor is dead, if he goes straight to the wind, maybe it's okay." ”

Han Sui was furious: "Damn, our army is here to help him block the enemy, he will go to help the wind himself, if he dares to help the wind, he will directly negotiate peace with Guo Aduo, and then return to the army to take stability, I don't think he is in a hurry." Cheng Gongying laughed: "Wenyue, it's just speculation now, if you say this, let Ma Shoucheng listen to it, it's not good." What if he is a little late, what can Guo Aduo's 30,000 people, even if our army can't win, it won't be defeated, it's good to spend it like this, let General Wei go desperately with them. ”

As soon as Han Sui heard Cheng Gongying's words, he immediately smiled and said: "Wen Wei, just your ghost, hahaha, it's okay, Emperor Xian is dead, this Xiliang, you can't be without an owner for a day, what plan does Wen Wei have to teach me?" Han Sui had the idea of wanting to be the king of Xiliang again.

When Cheng Gongying heard this, how could he not understand the reason, bowed his head and thought for a while, and said: "It's not easy, it's not easy, now Chang'an has been captured by Xu Maozhi, if nothing goes wrong, this Xu Maozhi will definitely be the general of the guard." Then in the land of three auxiliaries, I advise Wen Yue not to make up his mind. Wen Yue, now there are two plans for you to choose, one is to maintain the status quo, according to the Jincheng, garrison Qinchuan, outside Yizhou, Ma Shoucheng, and then to subdue the Qiang people, within two years, you can get 70,000 or 80,000 elite soldiers, at that time Wen Yue can become a big thing. The second is-" Speaking of this, Cheng Gongying glanced at Han Sui, and then said: "The second is to reduce Yizhou." ”

Han Sui was shocked: "What, surrender Yizhou?" Cheng Gongying nodded: "Now Wen has about 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers, and he has been operating in Jincheng for many years, General Wei has no choice but to let you be the king of Xiliang, at that time, Wen Yue only needs to deal with the Ma family's army, and Xiliang will have no worries." ”

Han Sui shook his head again and again: "No, no, even if General Wei has nothing to do with me in the short term, what about the future?" No, no, no. Han Sui knew at a glance that he was definitely not a person who was willing to be subordinate, at least not now. Then Han Sui shouted: "There is another plan." "It's weird. Cheng Gongying was shocked: "No, Wen Yue, now the two families are allies, if they easily break the contract, wouldn't it make the world laugh, besides, Xiliang is a person who values love and righteousness, if Wen Yue does this, many people in this northwest land will be dissatisfied." ”

When Han Sui heard this, he lowered his head and said, "Is it really not good?" ”

Settle in the south, Ma Jiajun. Ma Teng: "Alas, I can't imagine that Li Zhiran would dare to do such a thing, woohoo lament." Ma Chao secretly glanced at Ma Dai at this time, raised his head and said: "Father, there is nothing to say, the child petitions to be a pioneer, and the father gives the child 10,000 soldiers and horses is enough, and the head of Li Zhiran will be given to the father to pay tribute to His Majesty." "Now Ma Jiajun is already in the south of Anding County, Ma Jiajun went south smoothly, but Ma Teng didn't know what he was thinking, he walked slowly, four days, only walked a hundred miles, according to Ma Chao, this distance, I can get there in one day.

Just when Ma Teng was marching slowly, Ma Teng received the news of Emperor Xian's death, and Ma Teng and Ma Yu were sad. At this time, Ma Teng was also very happy when he heard that his child was arrogant, and he was about to agree, but he saw Pang De and said: "Lord, although the young general is brave, he can't enter lightly, I hope the lord will think twice." ”

Ma Chao and Ma Dai and a few others suddenly glared angrily, but Pang De just didn't see it. Ma Dai: "Uncle, Chang'an is lost, Guo and Li must be unstable, at this time, my brother is attacking, it is the right time, uncle does not have to hesitate." Pang De looked up at the brothers of the Ma family, and suddenly lamented in his heart, it seems that he has offended everyone in the Ma family, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything at this time.

After leaving the military tent, Ma Chao few, Ma Chao: "Hehe, the death of the emperor has helped us a lot, I didn't want it to go so smoothly, but now it's okay, God help me." ”

Ma Dai: "Brother, that Pang Lingming-" Pang De kept stopping them just now, looking at Pang De's expression, as if he knew Ma Chao and the others' plans, Ma Dai couldn't help but worry. Ma Chao waved his hand: "Don't worry, Pang Lingming doesn't care if he knows it or not, if he wants to say it, he said it just now, and if he didn't say it just now, then he will definitely not say it again." This time it was decided by several of my brothers, and Pang Lingming must have seen it, and he didn't want to embarrass us and leave him alone. Send a letter to Tiedi immediately, and you can act. ”

In another part of the barracks, Pound had just left the military tent and was called back by Ma Teng. Pound: "Lord, I don't know what happened to my lord?" Ma Teng glanced at Pang De: "Ling Ming, how many years have you been with you?" Pound was stunned for a moment, not understanding what it meant, but also said: "Ten years, lord, this year is just ten years old." ”

Ma Teng looked up at the sky, the sky in the northwest was clear and cloudless, and he muttered: "It's been ten years." "It's like talking to Pound, and it's like talking to yourself. After a while, Ma Teng: "Ling Ming, Meng Qi is young, don't be like them." ”

As soon as Ma Teng said this, Pang De was shocked, could it be that Ma Teng knew, or that it was Ma Teng's instructions at all, Pang De's face was suddenly uncertain. Ma Teng said softly, "It's not my idea. ”

Pound suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, isn't it good, but Pound looked up at Ma Teng again, full of puzzlement. Ma Teng laughed: "Ling Ming, they are all my sons and my nephews, what can I do?" This time I stopped, what about the next time, and the next time? In that case, it is better to let them make trouble while I am still alive, and I can help you with other problems. When they encounter a crisis, they will know that they are wrong, and they will have a long experience, so that even if I die, they can live well. ”

Ma Teng said it so easily, but it showed indescribable greatness, the greatness of his father. Pound really admired his lord at this time, and always thought that Ma Teng was a martial artist and didn't understand anything, but he didn't expect that he didn't understand, but understood everything. Just for the sake of his son, Ma Teng had to let go of that wisdom and instead express his love for his children in a way that others couldn't understand. At this moment, Ma Teng is not a loyal minister, nor a general, nor a hero, he is just a father.

Pound knelt down heavily, the shock in his heart was indescribable.

Ma Teng helped Pang De up: "Ling Ming, you go and help them." Pound is also a father, and at this time, he suddenly had an indescribable admiration for Ma Teng in his heart, and Pound nodded.

After Pound left, Ma Teng looked to the south and said, "Wenyue, I owe you, so I will repay it with my life." ”

Ma Teng shouted outside the military tent: "Come on, go to Qinchuan." ”

A team of only 1,000 people, from the south of the settlement to Qinchuan, the horse-shaped banner, fluttering in the wind.