In July of the fifth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (192), the two armies of Ma Yue and Ma Chao met in Baima, Hebei.

"See brother!"

Ma Chao turned over and dismounted, bowing down to Ma Yue.

Ma Yue hurriedly stepped forward to help Ma Chao, his eyes showed a look of relief, and said, "Brother Chao, you have grown taller again." ”

Ma Chao scratched his head and replied in a humble voice: "No matter how tall the little brother is, he is still the little brother of the elder brother." ”

"Huh." Ma Yue smiled, clenched Ma Chao's arms, turned back to Gan Ning and said, "Gan Ning, General Ben will introduce you to you, this is General Ben's younger brother Ma Chao." ”

Gan Ning had already heard of Ma Chao's name from Dian Wei's mouth, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "The last general will see the major general." ”

Ma Chao clenched his fists and saluted back: "See General Gan Ning." ”

Ma Yue asked Ma Chao at this time: "Brother Chao, has Li Su's fleet arrived safely at Xinfeng Port?" ”

"Brother, don't worry." Ma Chao said in a condensed voice, "The counties on both sides of the river have been repeatedly sacked by the younger brother's iron cavalry three times, and now there is no longer a single soldier of the Kwantung Army within a hundred miles on the north and south banks, as long as there are no accidents on the way, Mr. Li Su's fleet should have arrived in Xinfeng Port half a month ago." ”

[Li Su's fleet is all large building ships, the speed is slow, and Gan Ning's sailors are warships, fighting ships, and fast speed, so Li Su went more than two months before Gan Ning, but in the end, Gan Ning only arrived in Baima one month later than Li Su. ]

"That's fine." Ma Yue said, "What is the situation in Hangu Pass?" ”

Ma Chao replied: "Half a month ago, the younger brother received a letter from the military advisor, and the military advisor said in the letter that there was a perfect plan to destroy the 300,000 Kwantung Army in front of Hangu Pass in one fell swoop!" However, recently, because the army has been fighting, it has not been half a month since I received a message from the military division, and I don't know what happened to the Hangu Pass. ”

"Foolproof?" Ma Yue's heart jumped, and he muttered, "You can wipe out the 300,000 Kwantung Army in one fell swoop!?" ”

Ma Chao said: "Brother, what the military advisor said doesn't seem like a word of relief. ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded and said, "The military advisor has never said big things, it seems that he really has a perfect plan." ”

"Major General~~" Ma Yue's voice fell, and suddenly dozens of Liangzhou fast horses galloped from the plain ahead, shouting loudly, "Where is the young general?" ”

Ma Yue looked up and couldn't help but show joy, and said loudly: "Ju Tu! ”

This galloping dozens of fast horses Huo Ran is the Wuhuan scout led by Ju Tu, Ju Tu has always followed Ma Yue before serving as the scout leader, the last time Ma Yue led eight thousand iron horsemen south to Jingyang, considering that he was not familiar with life in the south, Ju Tu's scout ranger rode was useless, so he stayed in front of Ma Chao tent to listen to the order.

"Uh~~ Lord?" Ju suddenly stopped at the horse, then turned over and dismounted and knelt down in the dust, and said quickly, "See the lord!" ”

"See the lord!"

Behind him, dozens of horsemen turned over and dismounted.

Ma Yue hurriedly stepped forward to help Ju Tu up, and said to dozens of scout cavalry: "Get up, brothers, get up quickly." ”

"Lord!" Ju Tu stood up, gasped violently twice, and said urgently, "Hangu Pass urgent!" Hetao Urgent! ”

Ma Yue's heart jumped again, and he said coldly: "Speak!" ”

Ju Tu looked around left and right, his eyes showed embarrassment, and he said in a low voice: "Lord, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Ma Yue's eyes were cold, Ma Chao and Gan Ning generals saw the opportunity to leave, only Dian Wei had a cold face, like a King Kong still guarding behind Ma Yue, Ju Tu took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Lord, Hangu Pass and Hetao are sent to Ma at the same time, Hangu Pass is a fiasco, and Hetao is a fiasco!" ”

Ma Yue's gaze became more and more gloomy, and he said awe-inspiringly: "How to win miserably?" How to fail miserably? ”

Ju Tu said: "My Xiliang army and the Kwantung coalition army fought fiercely in Hangu Pass, I don't want the plague to fall from the sky, and the lives are miserable, in just over a month, there is not one in the 300,000 Kwantung Army and the 50,000 Xiliang Army!" In the end, Cao Ying and Yuan Shu only led tens of thousands of remnants back to Luoyang, and the defenders of Guanzhong were only a few thousand left. ”

"Huh!?"

The horse butcher was cruel and murderous, and regarded human life as a mustard, and suddenly heard the news and could not help but be surprised, the plague! It turned out to be the plague! Obviously, this must be Jia Xu's masterpiece, this must be the perfect strategy that Jia Xu said in his letter to Ma Chao, this is really the perfect strategy, and it really destroyed the 300,000 Kwantung Army.

But.

The price paid is too tragic, a full 50,000 Liangzhou army, a full 50,000 strong men! How many years will it take to recover? The only thing to be thankful for is that the most elite 20,000 old troops were unscathed because they followed the expedition of Ma Yue, these 20,000 elites are still there, and the confidence of the horse butcher is still there.

Taking a deep breath, Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "Go on, how did the Hetao fail miserably? ”

Ju Tu's expression turned gloomy suddenly, and he said in a low voice: "On the Hetao battlefield, General Fang Yue led 10,000 troops to garrison Yeniudu to resist the coalition army on the North Road, and General Ma Teng led 40,000 troops to guard Yunzhong to guard against Yuan Shaojun's sudden sneak attack. ”

"Gongsun Zhan?" Ma Yue's eyebrows tightened for a moment, and he said in a dark voice, "Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan!?" ”

Ju took a breath, and then said: "The Youzhou Army and the Black Mountain Thieves are in rebellion, and our army is defeated by the enemy on three sides!" Only Fa Zheng led more than 10,000 remnants of the army back to Meiji, General Ma Teng he~~"

Ma Yue said in a condensed voice: "Uncle Teng, what's wrong with him?" ”

The sentence suddenly said: "General Ma Teng fought to the death and did not retreat, he was killed by Yuan Shao's general Zhang He, and his head was hung on the door to show the public!" ”

Ma Yue's eyes suddenly turned into a cold, although it was summer, but Ju Tu clearly felt the slightest cold, Ju Tu followed Ma Yue for a long time, knowing Ma Yue's surname, knowing that Ma Yue had moved really angry! Sure enough, Ma Yue's fists clenched, and a cold sentence burst out from between his teeth: "Zhang He, this general is going to break the corpse into ten thousand pieces!" ”

"My lord." Ju Tu said in a low voice, "Do you want to tell the major general this bad news?" ”

"No!" Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "This matter needs to be kept strictly confidential, if you leak any news, General Ben is the only one who asks!" ”

Ju Tu said in a condensed voice: "Please rest assured, the last general will be tight-lipped." ”

"Huh~~" Ma Yue breathed a long sigh of relief, his face had completely returned to normal, and said to Ju Tu, "Okay, Ju Tu, you step back first, and then let the young general come to see you." ”

"Yes."

Ju suddenly agreed, and took the order.

Before the tea was done, Ma Chao came.

Ma Yue motioned for Ma Chao to take the seat, and then asked indiscriminately, "Brother Chao is nineteen this year, right?" ”

Ma Chao said respectfully: "Back to my brother, my younger brother is twenty years old." ”

[Ma Chao's age is slightly different, and it needs to be modified for the sake of the plot.] ]

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded and said with a smile, "In the year of the weak crown, it's time to marry." ”

Ma Chaojun's face was slightly red, and he said loudly: "It's all up to my brother." ”

Ma Yue said: "When this battle is over, I will find a good family for you as a brother." ”

Ma Chao said: "Thank you, brother." ”

Ma Yue said again: "Since you want to marry, you are an adult, and you should have a table." ”

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "I also hope that my brother will give me the words." ”

In terms of generation, Ma Yue is only Ma Chao's brother, and Ma Chao's biological father Ma Teng is alive (at least Ma Chao doesn't know that Ma Teng is dead), it is not Ma Yue's turn to give Ma Chao a name, but in terms of identity, Ma Chao is the general of Pingxi, the history of Liangzhou Thorn, the patriarch of the Ma clan, and the lord of Ma Teng's father and son, so Ma Yue will give the word, Ma Chao will only feel honored.

Ma Yue frowned in contemplation, and only after a moment did he say with relief: "It's better to call Meng Qi." ”

"Meng Qi?" Ma Chao said happily, "Thank you brother for the words." ”

"Meng Qi." Ma Yue asked, "Do you know the meaning of the word 'Qi'?" ”

Ma Chao got up, knelt down solemnly to Ma Yue with the courtesy of a junior, and said respectfully: "The younger brother respectfully listens to the elder brother's training. ”

Ma Yue nodded, and said earnestly: "Riser, ZTE also!" Maoling Ma clan is the world's wang family, to the father and uncle's generation gradually withered, for the brother to give you the word Meng Qi, is to hope that the Ma family can be in your brother and my brother generation again; Moreover, the initiator, the enlightenment, also contains the meaning of inheriting the past and the future, as the saying goes, life is impermanent, if there are three long and two short, if the brother has three long and two short, the son of the soldier and the war child are young, and the prestige is not enough to serve the public, it is necessary to rely on Meng Qi to assist you. ”

Ma Yue's words couldn't be clearer.

In a word, Ma Yue is planning for a rainy day and preparing for death! In case of bad luck one day, Ma Yue died on the battlefield like Ma Teng, at that time, Ma Zheng and Ma Zhan were young, and the orphans and widows couldn't suppress the group of tiger and wolf generals under their command, which required Ma Chao, the clan general, to stand up and stabilize the situation.

"Please rest assured, the younger brother will do his best to assist the two sons."

How Ma Chao couldn't understand the meaning of Ma Yue's words, he was grateful and frightened in his heart.

"Meng Qi." Ma Yue stepped forward to help Ma Chao, gently touched Ma Chao's shoulder, and said in a condensed voice, "From today onwards, you will try to provoke the pillars of the Ma family, no matter what difficulties you encounter in the future, no matter what happens, you must remain calm, and you must not be rash." ”

Ma Chao said solemnly: "The younger brother respectfully follows the teachings of the elder brother. ”

……

(To be continued)