The lights swayed, and the moths hit the lampshade.

"...Isn't this the world like this?"

Looking at the shaking fire, Ma Teng did not directly answer what Gongsun Zhi said, but responded vaguely, then fell silent, turned around and walked back to the back of the long desk.

Some of the other party's words were indeed in the heart. He started from a small matter and came to a great chaos today. In order to protect himself, he also did many things against his will. He picked up the wine, put it to his mouth and stopped. Turning his eyes to the soldiers around him, and finally put down the bronze lord.

"….Governor Gongsun is not only sharp, but also able to speak. The world is like this. It is not Ma's original wish to fight with each other, raise Qiang, Di and get food and fodder in the court, but Liang in Xiliang is poor and sparsely populated, so it is not that easy to support the army." Ma Teng smiled helplessly and spread his hands: "But what can I do? There is Han Sui in the west and Chang'an in the east. One step forward is to tear off the face with Prime Minister Cao. Will he start a war with Han Sui in the future? Just now, the governor also said that fighting among Han compatriots is not worth it, and I agree with it."

"So, Han Sui is dead now. Although there are still several prefects in Liangzhou, it will not be too difficult for General Ma to eat them. Of course, it would be better if he could live in peace." Gongsun Zhi waved his hand and asked someone to take Han Sui's body down and bowed to Ma Chao. When the latter returned the gift, he continued: "...There is still a way now, General Ma may be interested."

Ma Teng gently shook the bronze lord in his hand: "The governor may as well tell me."

"The ancestors, Ma Fubo, defeated the Qiang people in the west, and attacked Jiaozhi in the south, shocked the Xiongnu and died of serious illness when they attacked Wuxi barbarians. The spirit of horses and corpses is admirable. How about the general who is descended from behind? "Gongsun Zhi's voice spread low, and he strode to the seat on the right to sit down. "The general also knows that I ruled the northern land and controlled Liaodong. Now I have taken down You and merged the two states. If I go to war with Cao Cao, it will be difficult to decide the outcome without more than ten years. By then, millions of people will fall into a battle and even more people will die. This is not the deadlock that Prime Minister Cao and I want to see."

Ma Teng nodded and fell silent again. After a long time, "The governor was willing to say this truth. Ma was grateful in his heart... It was just that the governor came to Youfufeng just because the ancestor of the Ma family was General Fubo?"

"Yes!" Gongsun Zhi smiled, two completely different attitudes from his cold and fierce aura. "After loyalty, I was relieved to be stabbed in the back. In fact, for Liangzhou, there is no need to mention the benefits and harms of Liangzhou. I believe no one will refuse. Before I came, I decided to set a strategy with Cao Cao in Hanoi and reached a partial consensus. Including General Ma's side, half of the entire fourteen states stood in the peaceful position of my Han Dynasty."

Ma Teng looked at him quietly. After a moment, he turned his head and waved to the people around him. The dense footsteps accompanied by the sword and shield figures retreated out of the hall. When he looked over again, he said softly: "Governor Gongsun knows... I already have the will of His Majesty..."

The lights shone on the faces of the two, and their eyes were all looking at each other. A maid came tremblingly to pour wine and walk by the side. Gongsun Zhi's voice was also very low: "Which Dong Zhao?"

"The Han Dynasty was weak, the princes continued to fight against each other, the farmland was deserted, and the people were displaced. What the governor had advocated before was correct, but before foreign resistance, internal troubles still need to be settled."

“The two are not contradictory.”

Ma Teng smiled, and then his smile gradually faded, and his hand was pressed on the long desk: "The governor was still pretending to be confused at this time... What Ma said was... The Han thief Cao Cao. I, Ma Teng, was granted the title of General of the Great Han to the Western Expedition. If I could go from the road to the Western Regions, I could make Liangzhou and the land of the Three Auxiliary Prosper again and spread my great Han power to all directions. This is right, but if I obeyed the orders issued by Cao Cao, I would be embarrassed to see my ancestors if I emptied the underworld in the future!"

His voice was calm and firm.

"......The world is like this, the former emperor may be wrong, and all the princes are also wrong. Is Cao Cao not wrong? He used the emperor to fight against the unjust ministers, but he did not know that he was the biggest thief, who was the autocratic and arrogant, deceiving the emperor, and killing civil and military officials in the court without any hesitation. The dignified emperor was just a plaything in his hands!" Ma Teng slapped the long case one after another, "My Liangzhou is poor, but he can see it the most clearly. If others dare not talk about it, Ma Teng dares!"

However, when Gongsun Zhi was not ready to persuade him, the other party suddenly stood up from the head and pulled out his long sword with a clang: "Meng Qi, take two troops and horses to take down the three thousand people from Han Sui outside the city."

"yes!"

Seeing that Ma Chao was about to collapse, his face suddenly showed joy. He quickly bowed his hands and shouted loudly, squeezed his eyes at Gongsun Zhi on the side, turned around and strode out the door: "Ling Ming! Ask Shang Bozhan to follow me out of the city!"

The shouting broke the silence of the courtyard. The sudden change caused the two groups of people who were originally tense to gradually let go of their hostile vigilance. Then they turned their eyes to Han Sui soldiers mixed with the guards of the Ma Mansion. Before the other party could react to what had happened, they were rushed up to take them down.

A figure above walked out of the long desk, and the sound rang in the hall.

"...Teng is not strong enough to save His Majesty in difficulties, but he can still do it with a little effort to the people of the world... After all, I still want to see the great man show his power again for a hundred years."

"Together!" Gongsun Zhi raised his hand.

Ma Teng raised his hand: "...... and encourage the governor."

....

"The lord may have to stay for a few more days. There are not many soldiers and horses on this trip, but it still needs to be practiced and should not be slackened."

"...But before returning to Jincheng, you need to prepare the food and fodder and drinking water in advance..."

"Also, beware of the people from the Ma family..."

The moonlight was as quiet as water shone through the mountains in the distance. Outside the military camp outside Huaili City, a general named Yan Xing and several close deputy generals gathered in the tent to talk about some military affairs. He was not worried about the lord Han Sui spending the night in the Ma Mansion. After all, the two have the right to be brothers, and there is no interest in turning against each other in the moment.

However, when talking to everyone, his eyelids were unconsciously leaping wildly. After saying a few words, he was about to send the generals away when the ground was slightly shaken. At this moment, a voice from the front camp came faintly: "...... There are cavalry outside!"

Yan Xing walked out of the tent. In the dark night in the distance, several fire dragons came from all directions. Just as he asked the commander: "What's going on ahead?", the sudden sound of fighting had risen. The next second, huge flames shone on the front camp tent, and huge chaos then spread.

Under the fire, the figures of human figures and the outlines of war horses were intertwined. In the thick smoke, a general in armor led a horse team to kill from the crowd first, waved a spear, and shouted: "Yan Xing, the person who knew the current affairs surrendered, Han Wenyue is dead."
Chapter completed!