In order to avoid being beaten, Liu Bao memorized a lot of "big defenses for men and women", and even brought out Confucius' "eating and sexual habits". In the end...
Ma Su still beat him hard.
So at a young age, Liu Bao understood two things. The first was that when someone wants to hit you, nothing you say is of any use; the second was that Cai Yan was Ma Su's inverse scale, and he could be touched immediately. fry.
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Fufeng County, Xiwu.
Historically, Xiwu was the residence built by Dong Zhuo 250 miles west of Chang'an after he moved the capital to Chang'an. It was seven feet tall and thick, adjacent to the city of Chang'an. It was named "Long Live Wu" and was known as "Xiwu" in the world. .
In this time and space, Dong Zhuo died long ago, and Xiwu is still a medium-sized city, serving as the residence of Ma Chao, the partial general.
General Ma Chao, who had returned from walking his horse, was sitting in the main hall of his mansion, listening to his generals Yang Qiu and Li Kan taking turns reporting on the situation in Guanzhong.
"In the land of Hexi (Liangzhou), various tribes are attacking each other with increasing intensity. Song Jian, the king of Hexi, came as an envoy to invite Meng Qi to return to Liangzhou to attack the various tribes of Qiang and Hu and the powerful."
"After Yu Fuluo, the Righteous King of the Southern Xiongnu, occupied Feng Yi County, his power continued to expand westward along the north bank of the Wei River. Recently, there have been several frictions with our troops."
"Cai Yong, the captain of the Sili School, reported to Cao Cao and ordered Liu Bei to be the King Zhao Yin and the governor of all the military affairs in Guanzhong. In name, after Liu Bei comes, he will be our superior."
"The soldiers we sent to Hanzhong to repair the plank road were driven back by Zhang Lu."
"Lü Bu of Bingzhou and his troops in Hetao seem to have the intention of going south to Guanzhong."
"..."
Ma Chao is tall and handsome, and if it is just about his military strength as an adult, he can even compete with Lu Bu; but for now, he can even defeat Yan Xing, who died with Han Sui. but.
Perhaps because of his full force points, Ma Chao's mind is very simple. How simple is it? As long as you glare at him, he will immediately rush up to fight you, or is it a matter of life and death? Urgent; if you look at him with ill intentions, he will not be able to sleep well for three days and three nights, thinking over and over about the reasons.
How should I put it, Ma Chao's lack of brains made him suffer repeatedly, and even cost him his life in the end.
Historically, Ma Chao was originally under the command of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao treated him fairly well. Because he suspected that Cao Cao's attack on Zhang Lu through Guanzhong was fake and that the attack on Guanzhong was real, he raised an army to resist Cao Cao and wanted to conquer the world.
There is actually nothing wrong with chasing deer all over the world. All the princes in the world do this, but Ma Chao's timing and planning of raising troops are simply too childish. First of all, he missed the best time to raise troops after the Battle of Chibi. At that time, Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi and his vitality was severely damaged. , if Ma Chao chooses this time to raise an army, he will definitely make a difference. Secondly, at the beginning of raising an army, he must at least bring his family back. How can he be alone in the world when he is born! You need brothers to fight a tiger. If there are two more With the help of two brothers and his old father Ma Teng, Ma Chao may not lose so miserably.
You must know that before Ma Teng decided to go to Xuchang, he had been a prince in Guanzhong for more than 20 years. He had won more battles with famous generals in the world and lost more. His military ability was not to be said to be top-notch, but at least he would not give it away in vain.
But there is nothing I can do. Having such a son on my hands is my fate.
In short, Ma Chao was so confused that he raised an army, which directly ruined the life of his old father Ma Teng.
Strictly speaking, Ma Chaobing did not have the intelligence to become a prince, but he had the heart to be a prince. He still wanted to sit firmly in the pass, watch the victory and defeat in Chibi, and watch the changes in the world. This is a bit stupid. No matter who wins the battle of Chibi , presumably they will eventually set their target in Guanzhong.
In order to alienate Ma Chao, Cao Cao personally went into battle to deceive Han Sui, and also sent envoys to send obliterated letters to alienate the two.
Sure enough, as soon as Ma Chao saw the altered letter, he immediately suspected that Han Sui and Cao Cao were having an affair. He raised his troops on the spot to "fight Han Sui to the death." Internal strife broke out in the city, so Han Sui was forced to seek refuge with Cao Cao.
, assisted the latter into the city, and attacked Ma Chao together.
Then, it took Cao Cao more than a year to completely defeat Ma Chao until he had nothing. He had to surrender to Zhang Lu first and then Liu Bei, panicking like a lost dog.
However, after defecting to Liu Bei, Ma Chao relapsed into his old stupid habit. He often called Liu Bei "Xuande", which angered Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu once wanted to kill Ma Chao. When Ma Chao learned about it, they
He no longer dared to call Liu Bei's name, and he was always in fear, fearing that the brothers Guan Zhang and Zhang would take his life. In addition, because he raised an army to resist Cao Cao, his father, two brothers, and more than 200 members of the clan were executed by Cao Cao. Ma Chao became even more
Depressed and depressed, he soon died young.
If there really is a regret medicine in the world, and if you take it, you can go back to the time when you made a mistake and start over, then one regret medicine is enough for a normal person, but Ma Chao...
One hundred are needed!
After listening to the reports from his generals Yang Qiu and Li Kan, Ma Chao frowned and patted the table anxiously.
"What should I do if Liu Bei comes?"
This is the right question to ask.
Yang Qiu and Li Kan looked at each other, but neither said a word. Like Ma Chao, they were both reckless men, and even their brains were not as bright as Ma Chao's. They wanted them to give Ma Chao an idea unless the sun came out from the west.
In fact, Ma Chao also knows that as long as he has a counselor by his side, he will not be helpless in all matters, big or small, and can only solve them by force.
But the current situation is like this. He really doesn't have any counselors, and he can't recruit counselors. As far as he knows, neither Lu Bu nor Liu Bei have counselors.
A talent like a counselor has a very keen sense of the world's situation. When he thinks that a prince has no future, even if you put a knife on his neck, he will not come to seek refuge with you. Even if you don't even hold a knife, he will not come to seek refuge with you.
There's no chance of putting it on his neck - he'll smear his feet and leave before you do anything.
Therefore, Ma Chao has a group of reckless men under him. They don't know how to manage people's livelihood, let alone how to cooperate vertically and horizontally. They just go walking horses, hunting, and drinking every day. Although they nominally surrender to the imperial court, in fact they have no idea at all.
Taking the imperial court seriously, as long as outsiders or foreign troops step into Guanzhong, their sensitive nerves will be aroused immediately.
Just as the current behavior of Yu Fuluo, the right virtuous king of the Southern Huns, makes Ma Chao very angry, what makes him even more angry is that Liu Bei is coming.
It is already difficult to deal with Ma Di and Yuv Luo. The three forces are now frantically testing on the edge of war every day. If Liu Bei comes at this time, wouldn't it mean that they will start a fight directly?
Ma Chao feels that he is not a combative person.
But there are always people who challenge his bottom line.
angry!!
Ma Chao patted the table again and said, "Yu Fuluo bullied me too much! Liu Bei didn't care beforehand, how do you think I should deal with Yu Fuluo?"
This question was easy to answer. Yang Qiu and Li Kan looked at each other and immediately gave a unanimous suggestion.
"Meng Qi, since Yu Fulo is so ignorant, why not just send troops to take down the Southern Huns' lair! As long as we act quickly enough, Ma Su won't have time to stop them!"
"That's right! The Huns like to live in the wild, not in the city. If we suddenly raise an army, Humphrey will definitely not be prepared, and he will definitely not be able to stop us from charging!"
The feasibility of this proposal is very high.
Soldiers are deceitful. No one stipulates that those who belong to the same court cannot attack each other.
Moreover, with the world in such chaos, the Xuchang court might care about the safety of Sili Colonel Cai Yong, but would definitely not care about the life and death of the Southern Xiongnu.
Despite this, Ma Chao hesitated.
Yu Fulo has 20,000 cavalry under his command, and their combat effectiveness is not much inferior to that of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. If Yu Fuluo is prepared, the 50,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry will definitely face a bloody battle. If both families lose, it will be a bloody battle.
A situation that Ma Chao didn't want to see.
"Meng Qi, let's fight?! This is just a good way to give Liu Bei a show of strength, so that he will know the reputation of our Xiliang Army."
"Meng Qi, if this battle succeeds, we will have the final say in Guanzhong; if it fails, it will only be a three-legged confrontation. If we do not attack Yufuluo at this time and wait until Liu Bei arrives to fight with him, our situation will not be good! I
However, I heard that Liu Bei was good at fighting under Gongsun Zan and had made many military exploits. He also had two fierce generals, one was Guan Yu, with a red face and a long beard.
His name is Zhang Fei, and he wields a snake spear that is eight feet long. He is brave enough that no one can match him, and he can be called a formidable enemy!"
Ma Chao nodded, pinched his chin and said, "It's just that I'm afraid Yu Fuluo will be on guard!"
"If Yu Fuluo is on guard, he will not be able to do all the work here. Then the war will be delayed by the sun and the moon, and the sun and the moon will be delayed. Then our army will not be able to support the food and grass!"
After all, he is the smartest person in this room. Ma Chao's analysis is reasonable and goes straight to the core of the problem - because they are not good at governing the place, the Xiliang army has never had much food and grass, and it is just barely enough.
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Yang Qiu and Li Kan scratched their heads, unable to find anything to refute for the moment.
"What's more, Ma Su has set up beacon towers on both sides of the Weishui River. If we can't win quickly, Ma Su will probably help Yu Fuluo to deal with me. If so, we will be attacked from both sides!"
As Ma Chao spoke, he stood up slowly and walked around the room. If he had a higher IQ, he would understand that there was no way Ma Su could help the Huns deal with the Xiliang cavalry, which was mainly Qiang people;
If one of the two generals has a high IQ, they will tell him that instead of worrying about Ma Di helping Yu Fuluo, it is better to worry about Ma Di sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight and profiting from it. But it is a pity that Yang Qiu and Li Kan have lower IQs than him.
, never thought of this.
Historically, the fates of Yang Qiu and Li Kan were also very bumpy, especially the latter's miserable end. Li Kan rebelled during the Xingping reign of Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with thousands of his troops. In the second year of Jian'an, due to the depression in Xianyang, Li Kan led his troops to
The soldiers stationed in Chang'an lived in the Wubao built by Dong Zhuo before. They ate jujube and pears, dug old graves and took the clothes of the dead to wear. Their life was miserable, even worse than a beggar. In the 16th year of Jian'an (211 AD)
), Li Kan joined forces with Ma Chao, Han Sui and other ten forces to resist Cao Cao. In September, Cao Cao launched a decisive battle in Weinan and defeated the ten coalition forces. Li Kan died in the battle.
At this time, Li Kan did not embark on the path of rebellion. After Ma Teng came to the court for the second time, he defected to Ma Chao, who had an official status, as a powerful man in Mei County.
After struggling for a long time and unable to make up his mind, Ma Chao took two of his generals to the north bank of the Weishui River to investigate in person.
At this time, Liu Bei and others had arrived at Chang'an City.
They arrived very quickly. As soon as they helped Kong Rong, the governor of Beihai, resolve the Yellow Turban siege, they rushed to Guanzhong with five thousand soldiers without stopping, without stopping anywhere on the way.
In order to come to Guanzhong to serve as the governor of Beijing, Liu Bei even refused the post of Beihai governor offered by Kong Rong. Beihai was plagued by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the area under his jurisdiction was sparsely populated, and its development prospects were slim. Since Liu Bei already had such a good place as Guanzhong, of course he would not
We want a Beihai County that is poor and has no population.
After entering Chang'an City and arriving at Sili Xiaowei's Mansion, Liu Bei finally met Ma Di, the "great talent" he had longed for.
As soon as they met, Liu Bei was overjoyed. Ma Di was indeed a talented person, well-spoken and personable, and Cai Yong was indeed as legendary as he was, well-educated, gentle and honest.
Of course, Liu Bei was not only ecstatic about this, but also about military power. When he entered the captain's house, before his buttocks got hot, Cai Yong had already handed him the talisman that symbolized the control of the troops and horses in Guanxi.
This means that from now on, all the princes in Guanzhong and even Xiliang will be under his control!!
Liu Bei's eyes were so moved that he took a deep breath, bowed and bowed to Cai Yong, "Bei has been living for half his life, and he has never received such a great gift. Mr. Cai, please accept my bow."
"Xuande, please get up and sit down!"
Cai Yong stretched out his hand to help, and the host and guest returned to their seats and started talking animatedly. Ma Di sat aside silently, looking at the four strong men behind Liu Bei, holding his chin in thought.
The number of people is wrong!
The number of Liu Bei's younger brothers is wrong, there are actually two more!
If the red-faced and bearded man on the left is Guan Yu, and the dark-faced and big-eyed man on the right is Zhang Fei, then who is the white-faced and beardless man behind Guan Yu, who is exceptionally handsome? Who is the white-faced and bearded man behind Zhang Fei?
"Mr. Xuande, excuse me. Who are these people?"
Liu Bei was chatting and having fun with Cai Yong. When he heard this, he was stunned and quickly introduced: "This is my second brother Guan Yu Guan Yunchang, this is my third brother Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide, this is Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong, and this is Taishi Ci Taishi."
Ziyi."
Sure enough, it was Zhao Yun and Tai Shi Ci!
Ma Su looked at Liu Bei in surprise. He didn't know what to say, so he had to bow his hands to several people.
"He is really a four-member tiger general!"
The four officials, Guan, Zhang, Zhao and Taishi quickly raised their hands to return the favor, saying, "Thank you for the compliment."
Speaking of tiger generals, Liu Bei suddenly became interested and turned to chat with Ma Di about the situation in Guanzhong.
Cai Yong stood up with a smile and walked out with square steps. His views were consistent with Ma Di's, and he was in favor of giving up military power to Liu Bei.
Cai Yong knew nothing about war in the first place, and he also knew that Cao Cao's purpose of letting him serve as Sili captain was to let Ma Di come to Guanzhong for a while to maintain the weak control the imperial court had here. Instead of doing this, it would be better to give up the military power.
If given to the right person, he would be fine as a civil servant.
With this in mind, Cai Yong left the main hall happily.
Liu Bei waved his hand to signal the four generals to step back and move around freely. He sat down next to Ma Su and started talking about receiving the letter...
The two people, who were 20 years apart, hit it off immediately and chatted from noon to sunset, enjoying themselves to the fullest.
From Liu Bei's narration, Ma Su quickly understood the reason why Zhao Yun and Taishi Cihui followed Liu Bei to Guanzhong.
Because Taishi Ci had nowhere to go, Liu Bei happened to extend a thick and long olive branch to him, so he recognized him as his lord and followed him all the way. Zhao Yun was deceived by Liu Bei, and his current identity is still Gongsun Zan.
