Li, who had drunk everyone, returned to the room, and waited for a full quarter of an hour before Ma Zhong's abuse of Ma Zhu was over.

Seeing that Ma Zhong no longer spoke, Li hurriedly glanced at Ma Zhu and asked him to come forward to admit his mistake, although Ma Zhu was reluctant in his heart, but he still honestly lowered his head and walked over, he walked to Ma Zhong and knelt down and said, "Father, the child knows that he is wrong." ”

The chest that was originally rising and falling rapidly, because the insults for a quarter of an hour had gradually subsided, it seemed that Ma Zhong had lost a lot of anger.

Ma Zhong lay back on the couch, staring blankly at the ceiling, ignoring Ma Zhu's confession.

Seeing the situation, Ma Zhu knelt forward two more steps, then slammed his head on the ground and said: "At present, Qiaozhou's heavy troops may attack Youling, please father no longer be angry and make a decision early." ”

Unexpectedly, Ma Zhu would make a small calculation, and he wanted Ma Zhong to shift his attention to the survival of Youling as soon as possible, instead of continuing to beat and scold himself.

"Yes, master, as the saying goes, 'knowing mistakes can improve a lot', since Zhu'er's mistake has been cast, it will be fruitless to continue, and it will be even more angry with your body, so it is better to focus on how to solve the problem of Qiaozhou's heavy troops. Li also hurriedly stepped forward and gently stroked Ma Zhong's chest to give him relief, and helped Ma Zhu say good things.

Ma Zhong closed his eyes and took a few heavy breaths, Ma Zhu hurriedly patted his ass and said: "Father has been in officialdom and on the battlefield for many years, and the child is sure that his father must have come up with a countermeasure at this moment." ”

Ma Zhong nodded without speaking, acknowledging Ma Zhu's question.

"There are 10,000 enemies, and the number of troops is as many as 50,000, how did my father deal with it?" was originally just a sentence of sycophancy, but I didn't expect it to become a reality, Ma Zhu asked excitedly after a while.

Now that he has figured out a way, there is no need to worry too much, just ask Ma Zhong for advice and learn how to save the day under these obstacles.

"Let me ask you first, what is the reason why Lu Hang raised 50,000 troops to attack Youling?" Ma Zhong said with a chuckle at the corner of his mouth.

"Huh?" Ma Zhu couldn't react for a while, why was his father confused?

Li knew Ma Zhong's temper, and kicked Ma Zhu lightly behind his back at an angle that Ma Zhong didn't pay attention to, signaling him to answer whatever he asked, not to say anything that he didn't have.

Ma Zhu, who was stunned, immediately reacted after being kicked by the Li family, and hurriedly replied: "Because my father ordered Tangtai Valley to be a general, he raised 60,000 horses and infantry troops to attack Langyuan City, which is under the jurisdiction of Qiaozhou. ”

"Then why did I send 60,000 troops to attack Lang Yuan?" Ma Zhong asked, still staring at the ceiling.

Because Fang Jie killed Zhou Ting, who had previously been sent to capture Lang Yuan, and lost his father's 30,000 horses, and also surrendered his father's advisor Gao Cun. Ma Zhu was already a little impatient with the question, but he still answered Ma Zhong's question honestly.

"Then I originally belonged to the same Han courtier as Lu Hang, and the two places have always been non-aggression against each other, why did I suddenly send Zhou Ting to lead 30,000 people to seize Lang Yuan for no reason?" Ma Zhong continued to ask.

"The child doesn't know. Ma Zhu shook his head and said.

"Because of Fang Jie. Ma Zhong sneered.

"Fang Jie, what's the matter with him?" Li Shi asked suspiciously when he heard this, and at the same time retorted in his heart: "Because of outsiders, I haven't known you well enough after thirty years of husband and wife, are you sure it's not for your great cause?"

"Forgive the child for being foolish, I don't know what my father means, please ask my father for advice. Ma Zhu was a little confused, could it be that Fang Jie was from his side?

Hmph, I want to blind your dog's eyes!

"Last time I went to Qiaozhou to find Lu Hang to borrow soldiers to meet Fang Jie for the first time, after asking, I learned that Lu Hang was the captain of the Yang Military Academy at that time, and he was the general of Kou, and this was not only the first time I saw him, but also the first time Lu Hang met Fang Jie. Ma Zhong recalled the details of the Qiaozhou Assassin's Mansion at that time and said.

"The first time we met, we gave him the rank of captain and gave him a five-rank general?!" Ma Zhu and Li glanced at each other, and they both saw the incredible in each other's eyes, is this luck or what?

"I also wondered what kind of skills this Fang Jie had to rise to prominence, and when I asked, I found out that Lu Hang had a purpose for him to be a general. Ma Zhong said.

"What purpose?" This paragraph of speech has already made Ma Zhu a little anxious, when is it still selling off.

"Cross-border thorough investigation and arrest of the murderer of Zhou Anjia in Shuling Village, under the jurisdiction of Qingyun County, that's why I gave him General Kou! It's to ask for Kou!" Ma Zhong still looked at the ceiling, and said in a cold tone.

At this time, Ma Zhu was already in tears, and when he heard this, he understood, it turned out that the real reason why his father sent troops was to prevent the Qiaozhou people from tracking down his own son!

"Father! The child is indeed wrong! In the future, the child will obey his father's teachings and will never dare to do anything evil!" Ma Zhu knelt on the ground and cried and kowtowed to Ma Zhong, and his forehead had been knocked out of blood because of the force he was too strong.

"It's because of your audacious actions that my plan is completely out of order," Ma Zhong said through gritted teeth......

Listening to Ma Zhu's crying confession, Ma Zhong sighed and continued: "Now that the situation has been decided, it's useless to cry again, get up." ”

Ma Zhu kowtowed three more times before standing up, Li looked at the blood left on his forehead, and hurriedly stepped forward to wipe him with the cuffs in distress.

"With my father's decision, how should I decide the current situation?" asked Ma Zhu, wiping away his tears.

"If you want to keep the land of Youling, you will die in battle, and you can only ask for surrender. Ma Zhong sighed, an army of 60,000 couldn't win against Fang Jie's 10,000, how could 20,000 defeat him with 50,000 now!

"But Liang has been knotted, how can Lu Hang respond?" Ma Zhu said before that he wanted to surrender Qiaozhou, but the problem is that the feud between the two sides is too great, and it is definitely not easy to surrender with a white flag.

The corners of Ma Zhong's mouth curled, and he smiled slightly and said: "What is the origin, we all deal with the source." ”

Ma Zhu didn't understand what Ma Zhong meant, frowned and asked, "Please ask my father for advice." ”

Ma Zhu didn't understand what he meant, but the Li family, who had been with Ma Zhong for decades, understood what he meant, she looked at Ma Zhong in disbelief with wide eyes in shock, and asked with trembling lips, "You...... What do you mean......"

"The source of the matter is from this rebel, when Fang Jiejun arrives, I personally lead the civil and military to open the city gate to welcome, in order to show loyalty and then offer the head of the murderer in the door case, and then give gold and silver money, beautiful and beautiful treasures to eliminate his grievances, wealth moves his heart, and he will not blame me again, and then you can protect it. Ma Zhong's face was expressionless, and his words were as cold as the cold ice of Ladong.

From the beginning of the two of them to the end of this indescribable decision, Ma Zhong never looked at Ma Zhu from beginning to end.