Chapter 294: Ma Teng dies
Ma Chao escorted Ma Teng, who was injured by an arrow, and fought his way out of the encirclement under Ma Dai's response and escort, followed by Yan Xing, a general under Han Sui, who led the troops to chase and kill all the way.
After running for dozens of miles all the way, Ma Chao gradually felt that the chasing soldiers behind him had been thrown off, and then focused on Ma Teng, only to find that Ma Teng vomited blood from his mouth, with less air in and more breath, and hurriedly stopped on the side of the road.
"Father, father!" Ma Chao jumped off the horse with Ma Teng in his arms, squatted down on the side of the road, and shouted anxiously.
At this moment, Ma Teng's face was like gold paper, he opened his eyes and asked weakly, "ยทยทยทยทยทยท left?" How many soldiers? โ
Ma Chao turned his head and swept his eyes, and said with difficulty and pain: "There are only hundreds of people left!" โ
When Ma Teng heard this, he opened his mouth and spit out several mouthfuls of blood in a row, coughing non-stop, vomiting blood while coughing, so frightened that Ma Chao was at a loss and panicked, "Father, father!" โ
Ma Teng finally stopped coughing and vomiting blood, and at this moment his breath was even weaker, and he seemed to be using his last strength to explain: "Xiliang, you can't stay, go to Chang'an with Ma Dai to join Qin Feng, he is your brother-in-law!" โ
"Father!" Blood and tears flowed from the corners of Ma Chao's eyes.
"Dai'er!" Ma Teng shouted weakly.
Ma Dai immediately walked over and knelt down and grabbed Ma Teng's outstretched hand, looking at him worriedly: "Uncle, my nephew is here!" โ
Ma Teng pulled Ma Chao's hand over and folded it with Ma Dai's hand again, "In the future, you and other brothers should support each other, not be suspicious of each other, and trust each other, the Ma family will rely on you two brothers in the future!" โ
"And Ma Xiu, he is still in Chang'an, he has a temperament, you have to watch him a little!"
The brothers Ma Chao and Ma Dai nodded tearfully.
Ma Teng's breath was short, and after a deep inhalation, his chest gradually deflated, and there was no more sound.
"Father!"
"Uncle!"
The brothers Ma Chao and Ma Dai let out a cry of grief, and the remaining hundreds of cavalry also bowed down at this time, all of them sad.
After a long time, Ma Chao wiped away his tears and said to Ma Dai: "Second brother, the weather is hot, and my father's bones can't be stored for too long, so I bother you to take some sergeants to cut down some trees to make simple coffins, and someone will dig a grave in a chosen place to bury my father nearby, and then move the grave and bury it when my Ma family rises in the future!" โ
"No!" Ma Dai clenched his fists and agreed, wiped his tears, and took some sergeants to cut down trees.
Ma Chao left some people to take care of Ma Teng's body, took people to the nearby highlands to pick up a place to dig out the tomb, arranged it properly, and waited for Ma Dai to take people to make a coffin and put Ma Teng's body into the burial, and then take someone to carry the coffin for burial.
In order to avoid being overtaken by the pursuers, Ma Chao and Ma Dai left markers near the cemetery and quickly headed east with the remaining more than 400 cavalry.
However, he said that Qin Feng only stopped in Chencang for a while, met with Hao Zhao and explained, and then continued to return to Chang'an with the team.
Approaching Chang'an, he saw the towering city walls and towering west gate of Chang'an City from a distance, Ma Yunlu was a little excited, and couldn't help but ask when he looked at the tall city wall: "Husband, is that Chang'an City?" Sure enough, it is worthy of the former Han Xijing, which is majestic, far from being comparable to other cities! โ
"Of course, the capitals of several dynasties are comparable to other cities!" Qin Feng said with a smile.
Xiao Qiao's temperament is gentle on the outside and strong on the inside, while Ma Yunlu reflects the upright and straightforward people of the Northwest Desert both on the outside and on the inside.
Ma Yunlu turned his head to look at the soldiers and horses behind him, and asked again: "Husband, shall we take the army directly into the city?" โ
Qin Feng waved his hand: "No, the army can't enter the city, I'll go to Xianyang first to settle the army into the camp, and then go to Chang'an!" โ
"Oh!"
Garrison Xianyang, 20,000 horses can almost guard against the threat to Chang'an in the entire Guanzhong region.
Qin Feng and others settled the soldiers and horses in the Xianyang camp, Zuo Ling and Jia Xu, who stayed in Chang'an, had already ordered to prepare wine and meat to reward the three armies, and after the soldiers entered the camp, they began to rest for a while, a jar of wine was carried out, and pieces of beef and mutton and broth were distributed to each sergeant.
In addition to wine, meat and broth, everyone can also get a piece of pasta, steamed bread made of white flour, Qin Feng brought the rough method of making steamed bread into the army, and the guys researched and innovated this method and carried it forward, and the steamed bread made was not inferior to later generations in terms of softness and taste, and the sergeants liked to eat it one by one.
At the celebration banquet, Ma Yunlu gnawed on steamed buns and kept eating, she asked Qin Feng: "Is this made of white noodles?" It's fluffy, soft, and delicious! โ
Qin Feng said with a smile: "It's made of white noodles, it's called steamed buns, you can eat more if you like!" โ
"So your food is so good!" Ma Yunlu said a little sourly.
Qin Feng handed her a meat bun: "You eat this again!" โ
Ma Yunlu's eyes widened after eating the meat bun, "How did the guy come up with the idea of wrapping meat in this steamed bun, this is too smart, it tastes really good, I like to eat it, does she have a name?" Is it called steamed buns? โ
"It's called a meat bun, and it can also be cabbage inside, called a vegetable bun!"
After having a celebration banquet with tens of thousands of soldiers, Qin Feng took Ma Yunlu and Jia Xu, Zuo Ling and other officials and generals back to Chang'an City.
Jia Xu, Zuo Ling and the others went to busy their official business, and Qin Feng took Ma Yunlu to the backyard of the Assassin's Mansion.
"You just live in the West Garden, the East Garden is left to Xiao Qiao, I may go to Nanyang in a few days, Xiao Qiao gave birth to a child a few days ago, I have to go over to see and take their mother and son back!"
Ma Yunlu didn't eat it after hearing this, but asked, "Then should I go with me?" โ
Qin Feng said: "You don't have to go, I will take them back to Chang'an after a while, and you sisters will naturally be able to meet, I just hope that you will meet every day in the future and don't quarrel and get angry!" โ
Ma Yunlu waved his hand and said, "No, I'm not a person with a small amount of energy!" โ
Qin Feng sent someone to find a few maidservants for Ma Yunlu to help clean the West Garden, and stayed in her West Garden to work, and he sent someone to find Ma Xiu.
These days, Ma Xiu has been under house arrest because of the war between Qin Feng and Ma Teng, and has been locked up in his home in Chang'an for more than a month, and today he was actually taken to the Assassin's Mansion, which made him panic in his heart, thinking that Qin Feng's subordinates wanted to kill him, right?
When he was brought into the Assassin's Mansion and saw Qin Feng in the lobby, his heart was even more flustered, Qin Feng came back intact, could it be that his father Ma Teng had been defeated?
"Qin Feng, you don't have to pretend, if you want to kill, you have to listen to the respect!" When Matthew saw Qin Feng, he shouted, but he also had a bit of courage and the temperament of not being afraid of death.
Qin Feng looked at Ma Xiu's appearance and couldn't help laughing.
Matthew was annoyed by Qin Feng's laughter, "Why are you laughing? โ
Qin Feng pointed at Ma Xiu and said, "Your appearance looks heroic, but in fact, you are still afraid of death!" โ
was bluntly dismantled by Qin Feng, and Ma Xiu's face turned red, "Afraid of death, is there a shame?" Who in this world is not afraid of death? โ
"You're right!" As he spoke, Qin Feng beckoned to the soldiers next to him and ordered: "Go to the backyard and tell the second lady to let her come for a trip, and notify the back kitchen to have one more person to eat!" โ
"No!"