When I learned the news, it was already June of the third year of Zhaoning (192).
Cai Yan locked himself in the room and sobbed softly for a long, long time.
She actually had a good impression of Wei Zhongdao, but Ma Di kept sabotaging her, and the two never got together.
Unexpectedly, only a few years after they were separated, this man had already passed away.
According to the boy who came to report the news, Wei Zhongdao had always been suffering from hidden illnesses. He would vomit blood every now and then. He went to many doctors but could not be cured. Before he died, he held up his bed and faced south and shouted "Yanmei" three times.
Then he coughed up blood and died.
When Cai Yan was sad, she later realized why Ma Di had stopped her from interacting with Wei Zhongdao - it must have been that this younger brother had already noticed that Wei Zhongdao was ill, so he used this subtle way to stop her.
Fall in love.
well……
Old friends are dying one after another, just like leaves falling in the wind, which is infinitely sad.
Unlike Cai Yan's sadness and grief, Ma Su was not surprised at all by the news. He had spent the past few years worrying about preventing his sister from jumping into the fire pit.
Ma Su sat down slowly, feeling that he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
It’s really a way to prevent fire and theft…
At this time, another close servant of the Cai family ran in from outside the door and reported: "Report! The Southern Xiongnu and Baibo Army have rebelled! Now the two coalition forces have broken through Hanoi, stationed troops in the east of the river, and are eyeing Luoyang."
"What?!"
Ma Su stood up suddenly. This sentence instantly aroused his sensitive nerves, and his original intention of hiding from the world and living in seclusion disappeared.
Historically, the people who kidnapped Cai Yan were the Southern Xiongnu. The Southern Xiongnu’s Zuoxian King was named Liu Bao, and his father was named Yu Fuluo. He was the Great Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu. Yu Fulo led the Southern Xiongnu to participate in the Pinghuangjin Rebellion.
, meritorious, lived in the Fen River Valley, and later joined forces with the Baibo Army led by Guo Tai to attack Taiyuan County, Hedong County, occupied Hanoi County, and threatened Luoyang. At that time, Dong Zhuo was attacked by a coalition of princes led by Yuan Shao from Guandong. When he was attacked on both sides,
They had to retreat to Guanzhong. After Dong Zhuo was killed by Lu Bu, Guanzhong was in chaos. The Southern Xiongnu who occupied the Fenhe Basin took the opportunity to invade the Weihe Basin, which is the Guanzhong Plain, and kidnapped Cai Yan!
If Wei Zhongdao is the first hurdle in Cai Yan's life, then the Southern Xiongnu is the second hurdle.
As soon as he heard the news about the Southern Xiongnu, Ma Di couldn't calm down at all. He walked around the room anxiously, "Why did the Southern Xiongnu rebel? Aren't they just the imperial army?"
"His Majesty was seriously ill and difficult to treat, and he passed away a few days ago. Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, announced to the world that Chen Liu and Wang Xie would succeed to the throne in Xuchang, carry out extensive construction work, build a palace, and summon all civil and military officials to take office in Xuchang. As of yesterday,
Tens of thousands of troops and many officials have gone to Xuchang."
"General Yuan Shao was furious and raised 50,000 troops... He rushed to Jizhou to kill Han Fu and took away Han Fu's position as Yizhou shepherd..."
"???" Ma Su looked confused. Yuan Shao didn't raise his troops to fight against Xuchang to snatch the emperor, but instead fought to Jizhou to snatch Han Fu's territory?
It’s just that you are so unrighteous. Ma Su nodded and continued to ask: “What else is there?”
"Gongsun Zan has rebelled and is currently leading his army to attack Youzhou Mu Liu Yu..."
"One million yellow scarves in Qingzhou are ravaging Qingyan and Xu Sanzhou..."...
"Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, has rebelled and is leading his army to attack Liu Biao..."
"Yuan Shu occupied Nanyang and tried to attack Liu Biao with Sun Jian..."
"Zhang Lu in Hanzhong rebelled, burned down all the plank roads, and severed contact with the imperial court..."
"Song Jian from Xiliang became king in Hexi..."
"Yan Baihu, a wealthy family in Wu County, rebelled and established separate territories in Wu County's Shicheng Mountain and Baihu Mountain, with more than 10,000 troops..."
"Lü Bu, the governor of Bingzhou, respected his troops and severed all relations with the imperial court..."
"Ma Teng fled back to Xiliang, and he and his son Ma Chao raised 50,000 troops and marched into Chang'an."
"..."
The servant probably reported about a stick of incense before he finished reporting the chaos in the world.
Ma Su stood blankly in the hall, speechless for a long time.
The situation in the world is a mess, and it is evolving more and more in the original direction.
In other words, Luoyang now has no owner.
If combined with the news that the Southern Huns are eyeing Luoyang at the moment.
Danger!
After coming to this era, Ma Su felt nervous for the first time. He looked at his trusted servant and asked: "Where is my foster father now?"
"I have been appointed by Cao Cao as Sili Xiaowei, and I am about to go to Guanzhong Chang'an to take up my post to resist Ma Teng and Ma Chao!"
…
"Cao Mengde, I am Gan Liliang!" Upon hearing this, Ma Di immediately ran away and cursed,
If you think about it with your buttocks, you will know that Cao Cao's purpose in making Cai Yong the captain of Sili this time was to force him, Ma Di, to go to Guanzhong to resist Ma Teng and Ma Chao.
In Cao Cao's words, "You, Ma Su, can't possibly watch your adoptive father being raped by the Xiliang cavalry!"
In anger, Ma Su sighed.
well……
There is no way, the identity of the God of War can no longer be hidden.
If three horses fight, two will die!
It was definitely not his intention to kill the other two people named Ma for no reason.
At this stage, he just wants to kill King Zuoxian of the Southern Huns, or be beaten to death by King Zuoxian of the Southern Huns, and does not want to kill Ma Teng and his son.
"You tell my adoptive father, I will take a shortcut to Tongguan to meet him. Remember, I must not enter Chang'an before I arrive at Tongguan!"
"Yes, sir."
He bowed his hands and left quickly.
Half a day later.
Ma Su took Zhu Heng and three thousand soldiers, took a shortcut, and rushed towards Tongguan in the northwest.
All the way over the mountains and ridges, when they reached the flat ground, Cai Yan poked his head out of the carriage with red eyes and asked in a low voice: "Brother Su, where are we going?"
Half a day ago, she was in her boudoir grieving over the death of Wei Zhongdao. This younger brother broke into the door, picked her up and put her into the carriage without saying a word, and then drove her wildly. Until then, she
Only then did I dare to ask what happened.
Ma Su looked back at this sister and said with murderous intent: "Go to fight, go to kill... the Huns!"
"oh……"
"You are not afraid?"
"As my brother is here, I'm not afraid..."
"..."
The siblings fell silent, and the only sounds left in the world were the footsteps of the soldiers and the friction of the carriage's wheels on the ground.
A bumpy ride.
Three days later.
Tongguan.
Cai Yong looked at Ma Su who was much taller with great relief, and said with a smile: "Now that my son is here, I feel relieved as a father."
Ma Di nodded and checked Cai Yong's entourage.
Cai Yong did not go to Guanzhong to take office empty-handed this time. Cao Cao sent him a group of soldiers and horses originally belonging to the Northern Army as a guard, with a total of 5,000 infantry.
This amount of troops is actually not that small.
But it depends on who the opponent is.
Ma Teng opposite has 50,000 horses, all of them cavalry!
The most important thing is that Ma Teng and Ma Chao are both generals, while Cai Yong is just a sixty-year-old scribe.
How to fight this battle?
If Ma Su didn't follow him, wouldn't it be clear that Cao Cao would let Cai Yong die?
As soon as I rejected Cao Cao's solicitation, it felt uncomfortable to have my back foot clearly arranged.
Ma Su was very angry and made a mark in his heart for Cao Cao.
