In the middle of the night, Zhang Yancai led the army to arrive in Shangtai County, and Ma Chao had already set up a large camp outside the county seat, which was enough to receive these troops led by Zhang Yan.

After such a long march, the army is already a little tired, these militiamen are the first time to go out, are tired and half dead, as soon as they arrive at the place, they are paralyzed, fortunately Ma Chao has already made people make meals, these soldiers have eaten and drunk enough, and then they went back to the camp to sleep.

Zhang Yan, Ma Teng, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Xu Chu and others all entered the county seat and were personally entertained by Ma Chao.

There weren't too many words at the dinner, just a casual chat, and after being full of wine and food, Ma Chao asked Zhang Yan to take Zhang Yan to a mansion that had been arranged long ago to rest.

This mansion, is the largest one in Shangtai County, is the mansion of the candidate, after the father and son were killed, Ma Chao in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, the candidate was all over the door, not a single left, this bloody mansion, it was abandoned, and Ma Chao did not live.

Half a month ago, Ma Chao learned that Zhang Yan led the army to Liangzhou in person, so he sent someone to clean the mansion of the candidate and use it as a temporary habitat for Zhang Yan.

After Zhang Yan entered this mansion, Xu Chu led the guards to block the entire mansion, outsiders were not allowed to summon, and no one was allowed to enter, if anyone wanted to come to see Zhang Yan, they must be reported.

The candidate's mansion is very large, and Zhang Yan will definitely not be able to live alone, so Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others all live here, and after Xu Chu arranged the guards, he went directly out of the county seat. I went to the barracks outside the city.

And Ma Teng, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu and others. lived with Ma Chao. Father and son haven't seen each other for a long time, and they should have something to say.

Later in the evening, Ma Dai led dozens of maidservants to the mansion where Zhang Yan lived, but was stopped by the guards, and after some questioning, the guards learned that these maidservants were sent to serve Zhang Yan's daily life.

However, the guards can't call the shots. asked Ma Dai and the others to wait outside, but went first to inform Zhang Yan.

After Zhang Yan learned about this, he asked the guards to reject Ma Dai's kindness, saying that he didn't need it, even if he needed someone, there were guards in the house.

Ma Dai had no choice but to take these maidservants and leave.

It was late at night, but the county government was brightly lit, and Ma Chao, Ma Teng, Ma Tie, and Ma Xiu were still narrating in the hall. At this time, Ma Dai came back from outside dejectedly. Seeing this, Ma Chao asked, "Why do you have such an expression?" Have they all been sent? ”

"Send is send. It's a pity that King Yan didn't let people enter the mansion, and he rushed back. Ma Dai said angrily.

After hearing this, Ma Teng asked, "Who are you going to send?" ”

Ma Dai replied: "The eldest brother asked King Yan to send some maidservants to serve King Yan's daily life." ”

Ma Teng said angrily: "Look at the stupid things you have done! Why didn't a servant girl arrange to enter the house earlier, and had to wait until this time to send it? When you do this, it's hard not to doubt your motives! Perhaps, King Yan will think that you deliberately arranged for these maids to come in, just to find out the news. ”

Ma Chao said: "Father, the child is by no means what he meant, it's just that the preparation is a little insufficient, and the work is a little abrupt, so I'll go and explain it to King Yan!" ”

When Ma Teng saw Ma Chao getting up to leave, he immediately shouted: "Stop!" When you go at this time, it will get darker and darker, and things that you didn't have will also make people think that you have something. ”

"What then? We can't let King Yan misunderstand our motives, right? Ma Chao asked.

"This matter is already like this, let him go, in short, you must be cautious when doing things in the future, and don't leave a bad impression on King Yan. We are the courtiers of the Han Dynasty, King Yan is the regent, the power of the whole world is held in his hands alone, the Son of Heaven is nothing, if our Ma family leaves a bad impression in the heart of King Yan, then the future career will be ruined. Ma Teng said.

Ma Chao said: "Actually, I don't care if I don't have a career, I just want to stay in Liangzhou and do what I want to do, as for the capital, I don't want to go at all." ”

Ma Teng said: "You have been unruly since you were a child, and your father knows you very well, even if you want to go to the capital, your father will never let you go, so as not to cause trouble." However, even if you are in Liangzhou, you must be more submissive, with your reputation in Liangzhou, as long as you are in one day, the Qiang people will not dare to mess around, King Yan is an extremely smart person, he knows how to use people, so you can rest assured, as long as you are as obedient as possible, don't let King Yan see your arrogant side, you can stay in Liangzhou for a lifetime. Moreover, our Ma family will rely on you to glorify the lintel in the future. ”

After Ma Chao listened to Ma Teng's words, he nodded heavily and said, "Father, don't worry, the child must follow his father's teachings." ”

Ma Teng nodded with satisfaction, and said slowly: "Thinking about my Ma clan, what a beautiful scenery it was back then, if Meng Qi can restore the glory of the ancestors back then, how good it would be......"

Ma Teng is a descendant of the Fubo general Ma Yuan, who made great achievements for the Han Dynasty and was one of the top famous generals at that time.

After Ma Chao heard Ma Teng's words, he muttered: "Isn't the ancestor my father said exactly Ma Yuan?" No matter how loyal Ma Yuan is to the imperial court, isn't he wronged in the end? I don't want to be like my ancestors, I want to be a person who surpasses my ancestors. ”

After hearing this, Ma Teng was quite relieved, and he admired Ma Chao's ambition even more. He has three sons, if Ma Tie and Ma Xiu can be like Ma Chao, how good it would be.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next day, Zhang Yan got up early in the morning, and he asked Ma Teng, Ma Chao and others to come to the place where he lived to discuss matters, roughly to ask Ma Chao about the situation in Liangzhou.

Ma Chao reported the current situation in Liangzhou to Zhang Yan, who then asked Ma Chao about the situation of the army and the relationship with the Qiang people. Ma Chao answered them one by one, without concealment.

Zhang Yan had some understanding of Liangzhou and Ma Chao's army, so he then asked: "Meng Qi, if you are asked to get in touch with the Qiang people and ask the Qiang people to send troops to help us deal with the Xianbei people, with your understanding of the Qiang people, are they willing?" ”

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment and asked, "King Yan wants to ask the Qiang people for help?" ”

Zhang Yan said: "Don't make such a fuss, we must know how to use what can be used, let the Qiang people deal with the Xianbei people, this is the strategy of razing and defeating, and they are the best to lose both, so that Liangzhou will reduce many unstable factors." Don't forget jì, the Qiang people have betrayed the Han many times......"

Ma Chao said: "I haven't tried this, but I can try to contact the leaders of the Qiang tribes to see what their opinions are." However, from what I know about the Qiang people, if there is no interest, they will never go to war against the Xianbei people. ”

Zhang Yan said: "I have already prepared for this, you only need to send someone to contact first, first see the reaction of the Qiang tribes, and then I will make countermeasures to their reaction." ”

"Whoa!"

Ma Teng and Ma Chao left quickly, and after they left, Zhang Yan summoned Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu to his side and asked him about countermeasures.

Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu were all on the battlefield for the first time, and they had never had experience in commanding wars, and they were not familiar with Liangzhou, so the three of them could not give any good advice for the time being.

However, the three of them agreed that if they simply relied on the Qiang people to deal with the Xianbei people, it would never work, and the Qiang people could be used as reinforcements, but they could never be used as the main force of the attack, because the Qiang people and the Xianbei people had no direct hostile relationship, and the two nomads had no hatred.

Zhang Yan said bluntly: "If there is no hatred, create hatred, the three of you should think carefully and see if there is any way to make the Qiang and Xianbei people regard each other as mortal enemies......"

Pang Tong said directly: "This is very easy to do, as long as we send a cavalry team to pretend to be the Qiang people, to attack the Xianbei people's garrison, burn and loot, and blame all the Qiang people for all their sins." At the same time, it was concocted in the same way, and people disguised themselves as Xianbei people to attack the Qiang people. In this way, even if the Qiang and Xianbei people have no hatred, they have become enemies. ”

Xu Shu continued: "Ma Chao has been in Liangzhou for a long time and is very familiar with the customs of the Qiang people, so it is better to let Ma Chao lead an army to pretend to be a Qiang people to attack the Xianbei people." And King Yan has fought with the Xianbei people, so he should know some of the habits of the Xianbei people, so it is better for our army to select a part of the troops to pretend to be the Xianbei people. ”

"As far as I know, Ma Teng's mother is a Qiang person, and the Ma family also has a close relationship with the Qiang people, are they willing to do this?" Zhuge Liang said.

Zhang Yan was silent for a moment, and then said: "Ma Teng is a reasonable person, I think he should support my idea." However, before that, I still have to go and find out what Ma Teng is talking about. Kong Ming, I'll leave this matter to you. ”

Zhuge Liang hugged his fists and said, "Oh! ”

This time, Zhang Yan took Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu to Liangzhou, not for anything else, but to exercise these three resourceful people.

Zhuge Liang is known as Wolong, Pang Tong is known as the phoenix, Zhang Yan once watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I remember that in this book, Sima Hui once said that Wolong and phoenix, the two of them have one, which is enough to settle the world.

Now, Wolong, Feng Xiao, and Zhang Yan have all gotten it, in addition to them, he also has Xu Shu, Jia Xu, and many resourceful people, if he can't unify the world, then he can also find a piece of tofu to kill him.

Originally, Zhang Yan didn't plan to let Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu help him too early, but as his sphere of influence became larger and larger, he needed more and more talents, so he had to find an opportunity to hone and hone Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu.

This time he led the army to the west, when Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu became famous, and he also had high hopes for these three people. (To be continued......)