said that Ding Yuan suddenly fainted, and after Lang Zhong's treatment in the middle of the night, he finally woke up in the early morning of the next day. According to the theory at the time, this was a disease of wind paralysis, and in modern times, it is mild hemiplegia and hemiplegia, which requires long-term recuperation to recover.

After Ding Yuan woke up, he immediately asked about last night's incident, Ma Chaohe didn't dare to hide it, and told him one by one at the moment.

Ding Yuan closed his eyes and stopped talking after listening, and only after a long time did he open his mouth and said: "The old man has no children under his knees, and he treats Fengxian like a parent, how could he have thought that in the end, he would raise a tiger for trouble." If it weren't for the foresight of the virtuous nephew, it would not be a pity for the old man to die, and the more than 10,000 merger state troops would inevitably be annexed by Dong Zhuo and become the minions who aided the abuse. ”

Ma Chao persuaded: "The world is impermanent, and people's hearts are unpredictable!" Although Lu Bu's matter is due to his own surname, it is more of a grievance accumulated over a long time. Now that he has taken refuge in Dong Thief, he will be an enemy when he meets again in the future! Chao will get justice for his uncle! In addition, my uncle's health is not good, and this disease can not be cured overnight, so it is really not suitable to work hard with the army, so why don't you send someone to send your uncle to Yecheng to concentrate on recuperation? With the care of the embroidery girl, you can rest assured! ”

Ding Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "It can only be like this now, fortunately, there is a virtuous nephew, and I am not afraid of the old thief Dong usurping and rebellion, you call General Gao Shun, the old man has something to explain to him!" ”

Ma Chao nodded, and hurriedly sent someone to call Gao Shun, who had been busy all night, to the front.

"The last general, Gao Shun, will visit the lord, is the lord in good health?"

Ding Yuan sighed: "Birth, old age, sickness and death, the common feelings of the world, the old man is old, and it is not a pity to die!" If memory serves, you've been following the old man for nearly 14 years! ”

Gao Shun nodded and said: "Exactly, thanks to the promotion and appreciation of the lord, Gao Shunfang has today's achievements!" ”

Ding Yuan shook his head and said: "All this is what you have achieved with your own efforts, the old man's career is not smooth, and it is inevitable that his subordinates will be affected, and now he is sick and hindered in his actions." I want to entrust you and your subordinates with nearly 10,000 state troops to the champion commander Hou, I don't know what you want? ”

Gao Shun said: "The champion Hou Aimin is like a son, with great ambitions, and he is dedicated to the sake of his corporals, and he is really the master of the world." Besides, the roots of the state army are in the state, and who in the world does not know that the state is under the control of the champion Hou, and it is only appropriate for the current lord to entrust this team to the champion Hou, and there is no objection to it! ”

Ding Yuan nodded, then looked at Ma Chao and asked, "What does the virtuous nephew think?" ”

Ma Chao did not shirk, this 10,000-strong team is the elite part of the Bingzhou army, comparable to the Xiliang soldiers under him, and it is by no means comparable to the eggs of new recruits, and he hugged his fists at the moment and said: "Uncle Ding rest assured, the little nephew does not dare to have the trust, and one day, he will definitely develop it into a terrifying steel division and serve the Xinghan!" ”

"Well said! Since the general was killed, and the court was controlled by Dong Zhuo, the old man was really unable to maintain the usual expenses of more than 10,000 troops. ”

Ma Chao nodded again and again, but he was ashamed in his heart. Speaking of which, he and Dong Zhuo are both national thieves, but their methods of acting are different. Dong Zhuo directly exposed his ambitions and tried to subvert the Han family and conquer the world by force. And he Ma Chao was far-sighted, his ambition was deeply hidden, and he collapsed and disabled the Han under the banner of Xinghan, and then took it into his pocket openly, which was better than Dong Zhuo.

The three of them talked about some details, and soon Ding Yuan was tired and fell into a deep sleep. After the two of them paid out the account, they immediately arranged for the army to pull out the camp and all of them were stationed in the West Garden. After counting, there were more than 8,500 soldiers left behind in this Bingzhou army, including more than 2,000 cavalry and nearly 5,000 infantry troops, and the rest were auxiliary soldiers who were responsible for burying pots and cooking, paving roads and bridges, and patrolling the camp according to the village.

In order to prevent gangs and factions in the army, Ma Chao decided to disrupt this army and let Zhao Yun take over the 2,000 cavalry, and the remaining 5,000 infantry troops, including the 700 trapping camps, were all led by Gao Shun.

After three days like this, 10,000 troops were successfully stationed in the West Garden. At this time, Ma Chao was discussing with Gao Shun about expanding the trapped camp and forming heavy infantry, and suddenly someone sent two invitations, but it was Dong Zhuo who invited Ma Chao and Ding Yuan to have a banquet in the Jiade Hall later, and said that he would discuss the abolition of the establishment again.

After Ma Chao received the invitation, he tore to pieces in front of the messenger and shouted: "You go back and tell Dong Zhuo that the general will lead the troops to wait for him twenty miles outside the east gate to come to fight, if he should be a turtle with a shrunken head, the general will rush back to Jizhou to transfer troops and send generals, not to mention that the general will lead an army of 200,000 to besiege Luoyang, and he will definitely capture him and break his corpse into 10,000 pieces!" ”

The messenger was so frightened that he was so frightened that he told Dong Zhuo as he did after entering the city, and the latter was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Okay, you yellow-mouthed child, the old man doesn't come to provoke you, but you have repeatedly fought against the old man, and only 10,000 soldiers and horses want to threaten the old man, I really don't know how thick the sky is!" ”

Lu Bu saw that the opportunity for meritorious service had come, so he hurriedly stood up and worshipped: "Ma Chao's thief is really too deceitful, and he is willing to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to meet the battle, and he will definitely cut off Ma Chao's head and hang under the east gate!" ”

Hua Xiong also stood up and said: "The last general is willing to fight with Wen Hou, and vow to be ashamed!" ”

Song Xian, Cheng Lian and other generals who had just joined also asked for battle, how could they let go of such a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, there were Ma Chao and Ding Yuan leading the army stationed outside the city, he could not sleep well, and was about to agree, but he heard Li Ru shake his head and said: "My lord, it's not too late to listen to my words before making a decision!" ”

Dong Zhuo was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "Wen You has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it!" ”

Li Ru said: "In Confucianism's view, Ma Chao does not have the heart to fight to the death with the lord, this time it is called an invitation to fight, but it is actually a negotiation with the lord, otherwise he will directly transfer troops and send generals, why bother?" ”

Dong Zhuo groaned slightly, nodded slightly, and said: "What Wen You said is reasonable, how should the old man deal with it!" ”

Li Ru said: "As long as the lord himself leads 10,000 elite soldiers out of the city to face the battle, Ru also wants to see what tricks this young champion can play!" ”

At noon the next day, the two armies opened up a formation twenty miles east of Luoyang City, this time Ma Chao as the main general is also neatly draped, gold helmet, gold armor and silver belt, and the crotch thunder barge has also entered adulthood, and the heavenly dragon city-breaking halberd in his hand flashes from time to time. To his left is Zhao Yun in a silver helmet, silver armor, silver spear, white robe and white horse. On the right side is Dian Wei, who has a dark face and a majestic figure, wearing heavy armor and holding a double halberd, but under his crotch is a black war horse, although it is not as good as the Thunder Barge and the Jade Lion of the Night, but it is also a good horse in a million. Huang Zhong and Gao Shun led the army on both flanks.

The lineup on Dong Zhuo's side is not bad, first of all, there is the majestic and majestic Lu Bu standing on Dong Zhuo's side, and the red rabbit horse under his crotch is incomparable. On the other side are Li Ru and Hua Xiong, as well as Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er, Song Xian, Cheng Lian, Wu Kuang and other generals who have just arrived.

After beating the war drums, Ma Chaoti immediately took a few steps forward and shouted: "Dong Zhuo, old thief, you have the courage to step forward and answer!" ”

Dong Zhuo couldn't help but feel angry when he heard this, he was over fifty years old, enough to be Ma Chao's grandfather, and now Ma Chao opened his mouth to be an old thief, and his face was suddenly a little unbearable, but the loser did not lose the battle, and he also shouted loudly: "The little thief is arrogant, I knew that your Ma family could develop to such a point, and the old man should have sent troops to destroy Ma Teng and Han Sui!" ”

Ma Chao sneered: "Even if you can win, you will kill a thousand enemies and lose 800 yourself, if so, where did you come from today's scenery!" "Anyway, take a hundred steps forward and stand between the two armies!

Dong Zhuo was born as a military general, and he was not afraid of Ma Chao's violent trouble, waved his hand to the left and right, and also rode forward a hundred steps alone, and when he was thirty steps away from Ma Chao, he reined in the war horse, and said in a deep voice: "The old man has long known that you have something to say, and now in front of the two armies, what do you have to say!" ”

Ma Chao smiled slightly, hugged his fists and said: "Since Dong Gong has guessed, then he won't talk nonsense, but ask Dong Gong, who can be a hero in this world!" ”

Dong Zhuo replied without thinking about it: "In this world, except for you and me, the rest of the princes are all local chickens and dogs!" The old man wants to extinguish it, and it is like a backhand! ”

Ma Chao praised: "Yes, Dong Gong has been entrenched in Xiliang and Guanzhong for many years, and he has many soldiers and generals. This candidate is entrenched in the land of Jizhou and Jizhou, and the strength is not bad at all, if you and I are two tigers fighting, who is the beneficiary? ”

Dong Zhuo said: "Of course it's the Han court!" The reason why Liu Hong supports you to grow stronger is that he wants to use you to deal with me and other local princes, is what the old man said right! ”

"Yes!" Ma Chao said: "If the first emperor hadn't died young, you and I would have had a battle sooner or later, it was the snipe and the clam that competed, and the fisherman profited!" But now that the first emperor is gone, Ben Hou is not willing to work hard for the Han family, why don't we discuss and discuss, how about dividing the world of the Han family equally? ”

"You, you are unexpectedly" Dong Zhuo was shocked when he heard this, although he had ambitions, but he had not yet reached the point of splitting the soil and claiming the title of emperor, otherwise there would be no need to enter Beijing to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and it would be over if he was directly called emperor in Chang'an. But now Ma Chao actually said the words of calling the king and the emperor directly, so how could he not be shocked!

Surprised for a moment, Dong Zhuo suddenly laughed, and after a long time, he said: "My way is not lonely, my way is not lonely!" I can't imagine that your Ma Mengqi's ambition is greater than that of me Dong Zhuo, and it is hidden deeply, even the old man was almost deceived by you! ”

Ma Chao secretly sneered in his heart, the purpose of his words was to provoke Dong Zhuo's ambition and give him the idea of becoming emperor. A spark can start a prairie fire, as long as Dong Zhuo has the idea of becoming an emperor, even if it is just a little bit, it will grow stronger and stronger day by day, and sooner or later it will reach the point of being out of control.

Ma Chao said: "Ambition and strength complement each other, the greater the strength, the greater the ambition, if Dong Gong has no idea of becoming the emperor, why enter Beijing to meddle in the affairs of the imperial court?" ”

Dong Zhuo couldn't deny it, sighed slightly, and said: "You yourself are a big man and a horse, a general of the hussars, and the Ma family is a famous family in the world, are you not afraid that the old man will announce it when you say this, so that you will be abandoned by the world?" ”

Ma Chao said: "You know what I know, God knows, Dong Gong thinks that someone will believe it if he says it?" Besides, Dong Gong has already started to act, and Chaoruo doesn't even have the guts to say it, so what kind of hero is it! ”

Dong Zhuo laughed, pointed at Ma Chao and scolded with a smile: "Okay, you are a deceitful thief, the old man has always treated you as a stupid person who is a diehard loyalist and the Liu family of the Han family, so it seems that the old man underestimated you." Let's talk about it, how can we divide the Han family equally? (To be continued.) )