Hostility, hostility comes for no reason, and it goes for no reason. But the wise will be able to see the subtle clues.

In such troubled times, it is difficult to preserve the friendship between princes. Even if Yanbei and Cao Cao once joined forces to defeat the enemy on the battlefield in Guanzhong and supported each other, a few years later, when their identities changed to the northern overlord and Yanzhou herdsman, the Tiger Prison Pass still showed the intention of restraint and slaughter, and the two armies would face each other if they were not careful.

In a cruel age, it is much easier for an old friend to become an enemy than an old enemy.

What's more, Ma Teng, a northwest hero who can't fight with Yanbei's eight poles, how can he not speculate with the deepest malice in the face of Yan's goodwill?

A person of insight in the Central Plains said: The generals of the West are all upright and bent up, and they have no intention of the world, and they are just happy for the time being. This is not a bad thing, such a mind should be the most kind group of people in the world, but on the contrary, it is contrary to the ambitions of the princes who have the heart to calm the world or compete for the world in Yanbei, the Central Plains.

Who can not feel worried and jealous of each other?

"Meng Qi, you fought with General Zhao, but who provoked you?"

At night, Ma Teng, who had a resolute face, was uneasy, and summoned his children to the tent, coerced and asked, after learning the ins and outs of Ma Chao and Zhao Yun's fight, he repeatedly asked Ma Dai and others, and after everyone said that there was no doubt, Ma Teng finally sat back in the middle of the Chinese army's big tent with peace of mind, raised his hand to his daughter Ma Yunlu and said: "Bring the remaining half pot of wine on the case." ”

He pointed to a pot of wine next to him that should have been in front of Ma Chao's seat.

Ma Yunlu went to get it, but saw that the pot was empty, so he had to find a pot from behind the case and put it on Ma Teng's case. Ma Teng's anger some time ago made her a little worried, and she said softly with a forced smile, "Father, drink less wine." ”

Ma Teng waved his hand, and he didn't get angry anymore, and asked his children to sit down, and then said to Ma Chao: "Meng Qi did a good thing by mistake today, don't be so reckless in the future, if Yan Zhongqing gets angry, thousands of people will die." ”

Ma Chao wanted to contradict two sentences, but when he saw that Ma Teng rarely said so gently that he had done a good deed, he sat down behind the case and said in a loud voice: "Father said that the child has written it down, and he will act in a measured manner in the future." ”

"Meng Qi has a paranoid personality, you have to wait for a good student to assist him in the future. Such a character is easy to use, and his father was worried that someone in Chaozhong or Xiliang knew Meng Qi's character, and instigated him to fight with Zhao Yun. Ma Teng sighed and said, "Now that I know that no one calculates, my heart is a little relaxed, and I can drink a pot." ”

Ma Tie was a man with big shoulders and a round waist, but he was still a little naïve when he spoke, and said: "Father, someone in the court is just calculating us, we all come to Fufeng, how can the people of Liangzhou calculate us?" ”

"Liangzhou has always been disliked by the Central Plains, and now several rebellions have shaken the world, and the princes of all walks of life are each other in repentance. Although the camp is solid, the people in the camp are ventilated everywhere, and there is nothing that cannot be passed out. Ma Teng said that he wanted the sons to keep it in his heart, but at the end, he touched the braid on his head and scolded with a smile in a Xizhou dialect, saying: "This Zhao Zilong, it seems that the Ma family is really going to pay tribute!" ”

By mistake, Ma Chao's invitation to the battle made Ma Teng's whole army feel better for Zhao Yun by a whole level, and under the love house and Wu, even Ma Teng had more expectations in his heart for the matter of paying tribute.

"Although Yan Zhongqing is young, the selection of generals should not be underestimated, and people like Zhao Yun can't settle Liangzhou!"

Ma Teng sighed with emotion, which caused Ma Xiu to not vomit unpleasantly, but he did not dare to speak out because of Ma Teng's prestige. Ma has several sons, except for the two children who have not yet grown up with their daughters in Maoling, the eldest son Ma Chao grew up almost savagely, and ignored it when he was young; Ma Xiu, the sister-in-law, was taken by Ma Teng and grew up to be the strictest in discipline and the most knowledgeable in etiquette; The third son, Ma Tie, is the youngest child brought by Ma Teng, who is also pampered and has the closest relationship with his father.

When Ma Teng saw Ma Xiu's appearance, he asked him to speak, but he heard Ma Xiu say: "Father, Zhao Yun's bravery is comparable to my brother's, but he took advantage of the sword, why didn't my father say that my brother could pacify Liangzhou?" ”

Ma Chao always treats his father badly and his younger brother is favored, the reason why his brother is respectful is this, Ma Chao's bravery makes his brothers respect his brothers as his father, and there is no need to be jealous at all.

"Meng Qi's bravery, even Zhao Zilong may not be comparable, but it is not only courage that is needed to pacify Liangzhou." Knowing that his son is not as good as his father, Ma Teng naturally knows that Ma Chao has the courage to kill in his heart, but he is more optimistic about Zhao Yun's performance, and said: "Zhao Yun has his back to the Yan family, enters my camp, and sees the head of the small sect as the general of the big sect, neither arrogant nor humble." Don't say that Meng Qi is going to the court to see Yan Zhongqing for his father, and he can't do it. ”

Zhao Yun's humility and arrogance are the best way to deal with the heroes of Xizhou in Ma Teng's opinion. The people of Liangzhou are not unreasonable, and those princes are not reckless, but in their dealings with the officials of the Central Plains, they seem to be barbarians everywhere, this situation is not uncommon for Ma Teng, and he himself is the same. But he knew better that this was because they originally belonged to the Western Yi, and the material culture of the Central Plains was relatively backward and poor, and they only relied on strong force, so it was difficult to treat the court and scholars with a normal mentality.

And Zhao Yun happens to have the martial arts and the mentality of being good like water that can make the people of Liangzhou respect, coupled with the fear of the princes of Liangzhou brought by the strong military strength of the imperial court, having Zhao Yun in charge may not be a good thing for Liangzhou.

The next day, Zhao Yun and his entourage bid farewell to Ma Teng and set off for Liangzhou, where Ma Teng sent troops to escort them to Longguan along the way and hand over the customs defense. Then Ma sent an envoy to Luoyang again to inform him of the news, and urged him again to send Jing Zhaoyin and Zuo Fengyi to take over the county, and then the envoy went all the way north, through Hanoi to Wei County, and entered the court to inform the Great Sima Mansion that Ma was willing to pay tribute.

Zhao and Chen Ertai guarded Liangzhou, and they were all happy. After the two of them entered the state county, a group of dozens of horses entered the Wudu from Hanyang County, went straight to the East Wolf Valley without entering the city, and went southeast along the frustrated water to bypass the border defense and enter the border of Hanzhong.

It was Guo Jia and his entourage who traveled with Zhao Yun, but after they entered Hanzhong, they did not rush to Nanzheng to meet Zhang Lu, but placed envoys in various places in Hanzhong. Guo Jia's entourage on this trip is dozens of temple langs, and most of them have been left in Kansai before, and now all the temple langs around him want to stay in Hanzhong, and even infiltrate Yizhou in the south, as for seeing Zhang Lu, Guo Jia does not attach importance to this matter.

It is impossible for Zhang Lu to be attached to it in a short period of time, not to mention that even if it is attached to the imperial court, it is not operating, and it is difficult to obtain Hanzhong. It is better to just make friends and make Zhang Lu contain Liu Zhang in the south in order to achieve stability in the southwest. Fortunately, in the land of Yizhou in Hanzhong, there were many displaced people who came to take refuge in Guanzhong, and it was easier to infiltrate Hanzhong because of the simplicity of five buckets of rice.

After doing all this, Guo Jiacai reined in his outfit and sent servants to Nanzheng, Hanzhong to deliver the famous assassination, and read the edict to Zhang Lu as the general of Pingnan Zhonglang as a messenger of the imperial court.