The sky was gloomy, there was a storm outside the room, and the dim candle flame reflected Ma Chao's weak face.

Today, he is restless after falling asleep.

I don't know if I didn't sleep well after leaving Chengdu, or if I had something in my heart after embarking on the journey to the north again.

"Daddy? Second brother? Third brother? ”

Suddenly, Ma Chao began to murmur in his sleep.

He saw the steel sword with the sun, and his father and two younger brothers being beheaded at the gate.

Ma Chao didn't know that they were beheaded because they were involved in the "Edict of Clothes and Belts", and Ma Chao only thought that he and Han Sui had harmed them by raising troops to resist Xiahou Yuan.

- Phew!

A burst of knife light.

Blood was spilled everywhere... He seemed to see Cao Cao's thin eyes and long hair, and Cao Cao was shouting at him: "Horse, you can't escape from the palm of your lonely hand!" ”

At this moment, Ma Chao was completely awakened from his sleep, and he roared loudly: "Cao thief, evil thief, rebel thief, traitor..."

He was covered in a cold sweat.

He calmed down, only to find that the room was pitch black, but his whole body was already extremely cold.

When he was stunned, in his sleep, the picture of his father's tragic death, the picture of his Ma Chao's uprising, and the picture of him Ma Chao sitting on a cold bench in Bashu and depressed.

These... It was as if everything appeared in front of his eyes.

- "Chao, just a concubine, stay in Yongliang, don't enter the court to blaspheme the Son of Heaven!"

- "Now the transcendent abandons the father, and the general shall be the father, and the general shall also abandon the son, and take the superordinate as the son."

- "If someone does not love his relatives, how can he love his neighbor?"

- "Super brave but not benevolent, see without thinking, do not be lips and teeth. If it is brought closer, it will be left to the tiger by raising it."

This sentence pierced Ma Chao's heart like a stinger.

An old woman in her eighties was also pointing at his Ma Chao's nose and scolding angrily.

- "Thou shalt betray thy father's rebellious son, thou shalt kill thy king, shall heaven and earth tolerate thee for a long time, and thou shalt not die early, and dare to look upon others with thy face!"

The next picture is Ma Chao, who is extremely angry, pulling out his sword.

With a roar of "ah", Ma Chao killed the old woman in anger-

These...

These stories that happened to him in the past are like dots, and then they are connected into lines, and then one by one they emerge in front of him.

Suddenly, Ma Chao shook his head violently, hearing the sound of rain outside the window, he lit a candle, and then slowly walked out of the room.

"General..."Ma Chao's subordinate Yang Wan also heard the movement here and walked out of his room in the farmhouse.

I saw Ma Chao's pale face looking at the sky and the rain.

Ma Chao also noticed Yang Qian, and he said in a low voice.

"I hate rain the most, that year, my father took the second brother and third brother to Xudu, and the day I was left alone in this Guanzhong place, it rained, and in this ghost place in Guanzhong, the rain hit my body like a knife cut..."

Speaking of this, Ma Chao paused, "I watched them leave step by step, all the way was muddy, I actually wanted to tell them that I didn't want to stay in this level... Stay in this killing land, but who would have expected that those who went to enjoy the blessings died, and those who stayed in this killing land survived. ”

In the inherent concepts of many people in later generations, places like Guanzhong and Yongliang belong to Ma Teng and Han Sui.

Not really.

As the saying goes, Kanto is out of the prime minister, Kansai is out of the general, and there are many gates here... Including Ma Teng and Han Sui, there are more than ten warlords and more than ten factions...

Even Dong Zhuo was only one of these factions.

And in a ghost place like Guanzhong, there has always been no trust and affection.

Every day when I open my eyes, all I see is killing.

For a field of abundant harvest;

For the sake of a well;

For food, for women, for the sake of the territory... Betrayal, assassination, poisoning, as long as you can think of it, it will appear here, Guanzhong... It's a place where there's no lower limit.

Ma Teng, Ma Xiu, and Ma Tie fled there, but only Ma Chao and his mother... and his younger sister Ma Yunlu stayed.

Yang can understand Ma Chao, he has grown up with Ma Chao since he was a child, and he empathizes with what Ma Chao has experienced.

But...

Yang Wan still reminded: "General, this trip to Xiacheng is very important, and it is still necessary to restrain your mind..."

Ma Chao first bowed his head, and then raised his head to look at the sky, "Look at this rain can't stop for a while, let's go, let's take advantage of the rainy night to hurry, arrive at Naxia City one day earlier, and find out the situation in the tribe over there one day earlier." ”

"Okay, I'll lead the horse."

Yang Wan immediately went to the stable.

Ma Chao is still doing the last sentimentality.

After a while, with the dripping rain, the sound of vigorous horses' hooves resounded, and the two men and two horses galloped north like a whirlwind.

They took a small road, and it was not Xiabiancheng that led to it, but to those Di tribes on the outskirts of Xiabiancheng...

It is imperative that they first find out what is going on over there.

Zhang Fei said that he came to give Ma Chao a great achievement, but who knows what this great achievement means to Ma Chao!

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Xiaban Castle has been the seat of Wudu County for a hundred years.

This thousand-year-old county, which was called the "hometown of walnuts in China" in later generations, has a river and three rivers in this territory and a city with beautiful scenery.

Ma Chao and Yang Qian rode horses for ten days and walked the mountain road for two days, and then they bypassed many checkpoints and arrived at the outskirts of Xiafen City.

Thanks to Yang Qian, the leader of the Di tribe, if he wasn't familiar with the terrain here, Ma Chao would definitely not have been able to reach here.

Merely...

As soon as they arrived here, Ma Chao and Yang Wan noticed that something was wrong.

In the Di tribe, I can only see in the drizzle, countless people of the Di tribe are honestly lining up, each of them carrying a large bag of grain, or pulling or carrying or carrying, with fear.

Next to them are some officers and soldiers, they are wearing the armor of the Wei army, but some... The hat is still the unique costume of the Di people, and these are the soldiers and horses of the Di people who surrendered to the Wei army.

It's just that they all have worried looks on their faces, but they have to clench their big knives, as if they are coercing their people to pay for food.

In addition to these soldiers of the Di tribe, there are more Wei troops...

There was no trace of pity on their faces.

It seems that, in their opinion, this kind of forcible expropriation of grain and grass is in Cao Wei... It's commonplace.

"Isn't this the month of a good harvest? How do you pay so much? ”

Ma Chao subconsciously opened his mouth.

Yang Wan said: "Could it be that as the three generals said, Xiahou Yuan is forcibly requisitioning the grain here." ”

As soon as their words fell, they could only hear the clerk in charge of the inspection, with a high-spirited attitude, "Hurry, hurry, hurry, let you pay food reluctantly... The tribes of the Yinping Di tribe next door have all raised 200,000 grains and have already been shipped to Hanzhong! You, alas... Yesterday I was reprimanded by General Cao Hong because of you... Hurry up, if you don't pay enough today, you will look good! ”

Because of the words of this scribe, the sorrow on the cheeks of these people of the tribe was even worse.

It's just that...

Faintly, under his loud scolding, there were some soft weepings among the people.

But at this moment, an unkempt woman dressed in Di ethnic costumes and a boy with a dirty face and black hands were pushed out.

"Why so little? Two husks of grain per household, you don't even get half of it, right? Are you begging for food? ”

Suddenly, the scribe scolded the woman.

"Master Guan, it's good, there are only so many at home!"

Who would have thought that when she blurted out this, the scribe greeted directly: "If everyone is like you, then the food that Hanzhong wants will not be able to be collected for half a year... Everybody is like you? General Cao Hong is afraid that he will take my head first..."

"But it's all given, and we won't be able to survive the summer grain harvest..."

Seeing that the woman was still talking back, a whip of "snap" was struck, and the scribe clenched the whip, "No?" Hehe... Come on, go to her house to search, I want to see, is it true? Or is it false? ”

The sudden occurrence of this scene made Yang Wan glared angrily, and he almost stood up.

These are all clansmen!

He couldn't see his people suffering like this.

Unexpectedly, Yang Wanfang took a step, but was dragged by Ma Chao.

Ma Chao didn't speak, just glanced at him and shook his head gently.

After going through so much, Ma Chao is no longer the reckless teenager, he is more calm and more restrained.

"Let's get out of here... Think long-term! ”

Ma Chao's subtle voice came out, and then continued to move forward with Yang Wan.

On the contrary, a soldier of the Wei army seemed to recognize the two of them, and he whispered to the scribe: "County Cheng, those two people seem to be..."

Hearing this, the scribe's eyes narrowed, "Send someone to follow them—"

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It was dawn, and the heavy rain had not stopped last night, and the wind and rain were like darkness.

Yang Fu, Zhao Ang, and Wang Yi stood in the rain, they were wearing hats, but the bean-sized rain pressed down the hats, and they still made their shoes and socks wet.

And beside them, Lei Ding, the leader of the Di tribe, stood in the rain, without a hat...

Let the rain pour down his cheeks.

In front of him, Cao Hongzheng glared at him angrily, "It's been fifteen days, and the Yin tribe next door has sent all the 150,000 grains collected to Hanzhong, but you don't even have half of it here... Hum... It is said that the Seven Divisions of Leiding are the largest branch of the Di tribe? How... Can Yinping get enough food over there? You can't make it up? ”

"It's not that it's not enough..."Lei Ding's words groaned heavily, "It's that there is still half a year before the harvest, and if they forcibly requisition all the grain stocks in the tribe, then they won't survive July..."

"I don't care about that!" Cao Hong waved his hand, this is also about the 100,000 grains he embezzled, and Cao Hong will never be sloppy when it comes to money: "I'll give you another five days, if you don't make up enough within five days, just let the 'strong end' of the king of Yinping also come to be your king of white horses!" ”

Speaking of which, Lei Ding still wants to fight for it.

But Cao Hong shook his hand and walked into the room angrily.

Lei Ding had no choice but to look at Yang Fu, Zhao Ang, and Wang Yi...

Yang Fu shook his head, "If Yin Ping's side doesn't have enough, then it's okay to say... But now, alas... How do I have to intercede! I'm afraid of comparison! ”

Hearing this, Lei Ding also sighed "sigh", he knew... Yin Ping Wang Qiangduan wants to behave in front of Cao Wei.

Even if it is at the expense of their people.

When it comes to ruthlessness, Lei Ding can't make up for him, so he can only give up his hand and say: "Thank you Yang Gong, I'll find a way again..."

As he spoke, he walked out of the courtyard alone and disappeared into the rain.

Wang Yi bit his lip and couldn't help complaining: "Cao Wei has never treated the people of the Di tribe as human beings..."

Zhao Ang hurriedly covered his mouth...

But these words were still heard by Yang Fu truly.

Yang Fu said with emotion: "For a long time, the people in the war zone... Prime Minister Cao Cheng has never been his own people, before... forcibly relocated the tribes of the people in the Sanba region, and the Great Wei suffered a loss... Don't dare to risk moving the people again this time, then... According to Dawei's usual methods, he can only squeeze as much as possible... Great Wei to the people... Especially the alien people... Oh, that's it, don't mention it! ”

Speaking of this, Yang Fu waved his hand, sighed, and turned around.

Looking at the back of Yang Fu slowly leaving, Zhao Ang's hand covering his wife's mouth was slowly put down, and he said helplessly.

"Prime Minister Cao Cheng is a clear person, he will care about the suffering of the people, but those people must be confirmed... It's the people of Great Wei, obviously... The Di clan is just a place of war, Prime Minister Cao Cheng will not treat them as his own people, and he will not take the suffering of Li Shu here to heart..."

This...

Wang Yi paused, she opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but she still closed it.

Zhao Ang saw what his wife was thinking at a glance, so he said: "Madam wants to say that if it was Liu Xuande, it would never be like this..."

Although he didn't want to admit it, Wang Yi nodded slightly...

She couldn't help but look to the south, to the land of Nabashu.

Zhao Ang's voice seemed to have poured a basin of cold water, "Uncle Liu Huang is benevolent, righteous and virtuous, and he is a master, but... Ma Chao is there, and we have no choice-"

Call...

Wang Yi let out a long exhale, and she pursed her lips.

Yes, my husband is right.

Even if they realized that Cao Cao and Liu Bei were far from being the monarch and treating the people.

But... They...

At least they had no choice.

They are already destined to be deeply tied to Cao Wei's boat.

For a while, Wang Yi pursed his lips, "Husband, if Cao Cao slaughters this land of Bashu like Xuzhou and Yecheng?" So we... Is it considered to be aiding and abetting? ”

Zhao Ang was going to answer...

At this moment, a personal guard walked quickly to Zhao Ang's side and whispered something in his ear.

Zhao Ang's expression was shocked, and his eyes narrowed suddenly.

The whole person also became nervous.

He asked solemnly: "Is this true?" ”

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The place where Ma Chao and Yang Qian chose to rest was a wine shop in the Di tribe.

Surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is a place where many Di people must pass on the way to cultivate, and these days, there are suddenly more people who come here to drink tea.

Of course, more than drinking tea, it is more these Di people chatting here.

It's one of the few places where big guys can get together.

It's just, at the moment... Throughout the room, the sound of sighing and sighing came from time to time.

Some Di people were talking.

"The food at home has been handed over, and it will be out of food in a few days, so I really don't know what to do."

"I didn't know until this side was occupied by Cao Wei that in the past... Under the rule of Liu Zhangzhou, we are so leisurely, Liu Zhangzhou is a child who loves the people like a son, how nostalgic I miss those days. ”

"I heard that Uncle Liu Huang over there in Bashu is implementing a 'paving into acres', and all taxes... According to the calculation of acres of land, those who have no land do not have to pay a little grain... The poll tax has been saved. ”

"I don't know, we're here... Hehe, originally it was said that the cattle were counted and the grain was lost, and our own cattle were used, four or six open... We can get six, but we have requisitioned food again and again, let alone six, and in the end, 'four' was forcibly requisitioned away by them, if we starve to death... That's strange, this Cao Wei can't stay! ”

"Then why didn't our patriarch take us to betray him Cao Wei? Isn't it possible to surrender to Bashu if you go south here? ”

With the sound of this voice...

There was a sudden silence.

I saw the person who said this, and a strong man next to him covered his mouth, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful that the wall has ears, you will lose your life." ”

When they said this, these Di people also deliberately looked at Ma Chao and Yang Qianqian.

It seems that he is quite afraid of these two raw faces.

Ma Chao and Yang Wan looked at each other.

These Di people are wary of them, and they are also wary of these Di people.

Looking at each other, Yang Wan opened his mouth directly: "Little Er, check out——"

He put a string of five baht coins on the table, and walked out of the wine shop with Ma Chao, but when he arrived in front of the horse pile, he realized... Their horses were gone.

"It's not good..."Ma Chao was sensitive, and hurriedly exclaimed.

At this moment, there was a crowd of people in the surrounding trees.

"Surround them—"

Suddenly, one by one knife and axe hands suddenly appeared, surrounding Ma Chao and Yang Qian.

Hundreds of people.

On the outskirts, soldiers with bows and arrows were winding their arrows, and the arrows were directed towards them.

In this case, surrounded by a lot and without horses, even if Ma Chao and Yang Wan can kill, they will not run wider than a bow and arrow.

In this case, there is absolutely no possibility of escape.

"Hahaha..."

At that moment, there was a loud laugh.

"Traitor Ma Chao, you killed my son, finally here, let me capture you..."

It's Zhao Ang...

He is the lieutenant of this place, and he is in charge of the soldiers and horses of a county, so... Suspecting that the enemy had infiltrated, the first person to report was not Cao Hong, but Zhao Ang.

But Wang Yi didn't follow him.

It seems that Zhao Ang has taken care of it, if it is really as the information detected, it is Ma Chao and Yang Qian, then in a desperate situation... They will fight to the death, and Madame Wang Yi will be a threat here.

"Zhao Ang?" Ma Chao also recognized the visitor...

They are inherently enemies.

Speaking of which, it was still in the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan to frantically test the land of Yongliang, Ma Chao and Han Sui rebelled, and gathered troops to attack Longyou, because Ma Chao held up the banner of the rebel thief and the Xinghan family, and all counties responded to Ma Chao and surrendered.

Only Liangzhou Thorn History, Mingshi Weikang held on until August...

Until the food supply is exhausted, it is not necessary to surrender with the intention of surrendering.

At that time, Yang Fu and Zhao Ang persuaded Wei Kang bitterly.

Wellcome didn't listen, and sure enough... After Ma Chao entered the city, he directly killed Mingshi Weikang.

As for Yang Fu, Zhao Ang and others, they temporarily surrendered to Ma Chao, and then rebelled...

In fact, the reason why Yang Fu and Zhao Ang betrayed Ma Chao was not because of how loyal they were to Cao Wei, but because of Ma Chao's reputation, because Ma Chao killed celebrities.

Just like the morale of Yanzhou in the past, Cao Cao killed Bian Rang, and he could make Chen Gong and Zhang Miao betray and dedicate Yanzhou to Lu Bu.

Ma Chao is the same, kill a Wellcome... almost made Yang Fu, Zhao Ang and others hate him to the core.

After that, it was Ma Chao who took Zhao Ang's son Zhao Yue as a hostage, and Zhao Ang and Wang Yi put "righteousness" first, in fact... Just considering that Ma Chao even killed the famous Wei Kang, will he be able to tolerate them?

That's when I decided to rebel...

Not surprisingly, Ma Chao killed the sons of Zhao Ang and Wang Yi, and it was from then on that the two sides became mortal enemies and never died.

Now it's the enemy who is red-eyed when they meet...

"General? Let's get out..."

Yang Wan asked Ma Chao in a low voice.

After carefully observing the surroundings, Ma Chao shook his head lightly and muttered in a low voice: "In this case, kill out... It's tantamount to death! ”

"That..."

"Stay in the green hills! Don't worry about running out of firewood..."Ma Chao's calm analysis.

Can't resist at such a time, so many archers, resist ... Just die!

Hope must be left behind...

No matter how weak or weak the star is, there must be hope!

The current Ma Chao is no longer the troll he was a few years ago, he has seen too many people's warmth and coldness, he... It's calmer than ever.

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(End of chapter)