Golden City.

There were several people standing in the lobby of the Taishou Mansion, and Ma Teng was sitting on the main seat.

Ma Chao stood up and said: "Father, Cao Cao is not a good bird, he said let's fight Chang'an, do we have to fight Chang'an?" It takes half a month to march from here to Chang'an, and in my opinion, this battle is not fought! ”

Ma Teng was a little undecided, so he looked at Ma Yi, who was a few years older than him, and asked, "What does my brother think about this?" ”

Ma Yi thought for a while and stood up and said: "After all, Cao Cao represents the imperial court and the emperor, and now it is the imperial court that allows us to send troops to attack Chang'an, and the ancestors of my Ma family began to be famous generals who have been loyal and good for generations, if they do not follow the will of the imperial court, will they not be called traitors?" Our brothers and I can't give an account to the heavenly spirits of our ancestors and ancestors! ”

Ma Yi's words made Ma Teng's expression stagnant, anti-thief? Of course, he didn't want to bear such a notoriety, but Cao Cao was obviously uneasy and kind!

Ma Chao said again: "Now that Cao Cao's envoy is here, Yuan Shang's envoy is also in the city, but Qin Feng's envoy has not yet come, if my father has not made a decision, will he not be considered vacillating?" How do you gain trust? ”

Ma Dai, the son of Ma Yi, also said: "Uncle, in my opinion, it is better to send Yuan Shang's envoy away first, and pretend to promise to form an alliance with them, if the Yuan family is really beneficial to my Ma family in the future, simply make the fake come true; If the Yuan family declines, we will be on the side of the winner! ”

Ma Teng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Dai'er has grown, very good!" ”

At this time, the sergeant outside the door came to report: "General Qiyu, the imperial court envoy Fu Gan asks to see!" ”

Ma Teng waved his hand after hearing this: "Please let him in!" ”

"No!"

Fu Gan was quickly brought in by the sergeant, "I've seen General Ma and the generals!" ”

Ma Teng asked, "Why did the messenger come?" ”

Fu Gan said very simply: "General, or to send troops to attack Qin Feng, so that the general knows that the imperial court is forced to seal Qin Feng as the assassin of Yongzhou in view of the situation, if Qin Feng sends people to Yongzhou to take over the military administration, and the general's sphere of influence is sandwiched in the middle, if the general does not send troops to attack Chang'an, and Qin Feng sends people to stabilize Yongzhou and take over the military and political affairs of Yongzhou, as long as he orders to cut off the trade route, the general and others will not get any supplies of life, the longer the time, the weaker the general's strength will be, and sooner or later they will die. The general should not be taken lightly! ”

"What?" Ma Teng was taken aback, "There is such a thing?" ”

"Exactly, if there is half a lie below, the general can immediately behead me!"

The two generations of the Ma family looked at each other, and their faces showed worry.

Fu Gan took the opportunity to persuade: "General, the ancients often said that those who follow the path are prosperous, and those who are against virtue die, Cao Gong serves the Son of Heaven and quells the riots, only the right moves, the Ming Code, the rule of the country, meritorious service will be rewarded, and there will be punishment, this is the way, Qin Feng and Yuan are against the imperial court, do not respect the emperor's order, be generous and suspicious, benevolent and indecisive, although the soldiers and horses are strong, but they have lost the hearts of the people in the world, which can be described as anti-virtue!" ”

"Now that there is something going on in the imperial court, and the general is not doing his best, and he is at both ends, do you want to sit and watch the success or failure of Duke Cao and the princes? I'm afraid that the victory or defeat has already been decided, and when the time comes to punish the merit, the general will be beheaded first! ”

Ma Teng's eyes flickered a little when he heard these words, and his heart began to feel empty.

Fu Gan continued: "The world often says that the wise man can turn disaster into blessing, now the prime minister and Qin Feng and Yuan are holding each other, although there are thousands of strategies can not solve the danger in the pass, at this time, if the general can send troops to crusade against Qin Feng, and the imperial army from the east and west, the thief will be defeated, the general's move to solve the danger of one side, the prime minister will treat the general well, the general's merits, the paper silk can not be fully loaded, only the general chooses!" ”

Ma Teng's heart moved, and he asked, "The imperial court plans to send troops to attack Qin Feng?" ”

Fu Gan said: "Just wait for the general's side to send troops and horses, and the imperial court will want to issue an edict from Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Sun Quan in Jiangdong, Liu Bei in Runan, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and Liu Zhang in Yizhou, so that the princes of all parties will send troops to fight together!" ”

"Jiangdong Sun Quan, Jingzhou Liu Biao, Runan Liu Bei and the imperial army attacked Nanyang together, and Yizhou Liu Zhang and Hanzhong Zhang Lu sent troops to attack Guanzhong, Qin Feng will not be able to take care of both the beginning and the end, and will be defeated sooner or later!"

When Ma Teng heard this, he had no worries, and he had already decided to send troops to attack Chang'an.

He said to Fu Gan: "The envoy please return to the pavilion first, and then reply to the envoy after I have discussed!" ”

"Waiting for the general's good news!"

After Fu Gan left, the two generations of the Ma family, you look at me, I look at you, Ma Yi said: "Brother, it seems that this battle will not work if it is not fought, if we do not send troops, when the imperial court cleans up Qin Feng, it will definitely come to us for trouble, and then there will be no peace in Liangzhou!" ”

Although Ma Teng had already decided to send troops in his heart, he had a doubt, and he asked, "I have never understood, why did Qin Feng send an envoy to see Han Sui, but this envoy did not come to see me?" Could it be that Qin Feng looks down on my Ma family? ”

Ma Chao suddenly asked, "Father, could it be that Qin Feng wants to contact Han Sui to be unfavorable to us?" ”

"It's not impossible!" Ma Yi said, "Han Sui, this person is greedy, profit-seeking, and very suspicious, so I have to guard against him!" ”

Ma Teng thought for a while and said, "I want to meet with Han Sui and find out his details!" ”

So, Ma Teng sent someone to see Han Sui and agreed to meet in Pingxiang.

Five days later, Ma Teng and Han Sui met outside Pingxiang City, and each side only brought 100 or so horsemen each.

"Brother Wen Yue, don't come to harm?" Ma Teng laughed and walked over to Han Sui.

Han Sui showed a sincere smile on his face, opened his arms and hugged Ma Teng, and patted each other on the shoulder.

"I can eat and sleep well, it's so good!"

A few sergeants brought over a table and brought two Maza, and Han Sui and Ma Teng sat face to face.

Han Sui asked: "Brother Ma, what is the matter with asking me to come this time, just send someone to pass on the word if you have something!" ”

The toilet waved her hand and smiled: "Some things are not just sent to a person to say, for example, this time the imperial court asked us to send troops to attack the Flame Army entrenched in Chang'an, I want to talk to you face to face, what is your idea?" ”

Han Sui asked rhetorically: "Brother Ma thinks this battle can be fought?" ”

Ma Teng sighed: "When the envoys of the imperial court came to deliver the decree before, I didn't want to have a bad relationship with Qin Feng, after all, they had no grudges with us, and they didn't threaten us, but now they don't need to, I don't know if Brother Wen Yue has heard that Qin Feng has been canonized by the imperial court as the Yongzhou Assassin?" ”

Han Sui smiled in his heart and said, "I've heard a little, what's the matter?" ”

Ma Teng stretched out his finger and dipped some wine in the wine glass and drew a topographic map of Liangzhou and Yongzhou on the table, "Brother Wenyue, please see, Qin Feng served as the assassin of Yongzhou, and we were sandwiched by his forces, just like a dough, he can pinch it if he wants, and pinch it as much as he wants, once he gains a firm foothold in Yongzhou and steadily strengthens his power, that is the day we will be defeated!" ”