Han Cheng saw that Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De were all looking at him with puzzled eyes, so he hurriedly said: "I know, after I say this, it is difficult for people to believe it. In this world, how can a son unite with outsiders to deal with his own Lao Tzu. But what I said was the truth, if Ma Chao is willing to help me avenge my hatred, I will help you eliminate Han Sui. Han Sui's distribution of troops, no one knows better than me, in addition, I also know where Han Sui's weakness is, and I also know what kind of means to use to deal with Han Sui, with my help, within three months, you can eliminate Han Sui, and your Ma clan will also become the master of the entire Liangzhou! ”

After listening to Han Cheng's words, Ma Chao had to say that Han Cheng's words were very tempting, but out of caution, Ma Chao still asked: "You are Han Sui's son, why should I believe you?" ”

"Nope! I am not Han Sui's son anymore, I used to be, from now on, no more, I have broken off with Han Suien, from now on, Han Sui is Han Sui, I am me! Han Cheng directly vetoed.

Ma Chao said: "I'm still saying that, why should I believe you?" ”

"That's it!" Han Cheng directly took out a folded sheepskin from his arms and showed the roll of sheepskin in front of Ma Chao.

Ma Chao stretched out his hand and took it, opened it and took a look, his eyes lit up, this sheepskin was drawn on a map, and there were people marked with cinnabar on it, and the words 10,000, 5,000, and 3,000 were written on different places, and some names were written, such as Yang Qiu, Hou Xuan, Ma Wan and others.

Seeing this, Ma Chao immediately understood, the sheepskin in his hand. It's a map of the distribution of forces. And the information is very detailed. Not only is the number of troops distributed very accurately, but even the names of the people who led the troops are recorded one by one. However, this sheepskin was only a part of it, limited to a few counties in Hanyang County, not all of them, and he noticed that at the junction of Hanyang County and Anding-gun, there were some extremely dense small red dots. These little red dots showed a tendency to surround them, but they were places he didn't know.

After reading this part of the troop distribution map, Ma Chao immediately felt his scalp tingle, but he didn't expect that Han Sui was already ready to move, and secretly assigned the army to hide in various valleys at the junction of Hanyang County and Anding County, and each place where the troops were hidden was either three or five hundred, or seven or eight hundred, or more than a thousand, dotted and dense. A rough count of the troops on this line alone. That's more than 35,000 people!

Ma Chao put down this incomplete troop distribution map, frowned tightly, looked at Han Cheng coldly with deep eyes, and asked quietly, "How can I know whether this troop distribution map of yours is true or false?" ”

Han Cheng said with a smile: "If you don't believe it, even if you send scouts to investigate one by one, although these soldiers are more secretive, it is inevitable that there will be places where the horse's feet are exposed, as long as the scouts have enough patience, they will definitely be able to find the results you want." In these places, the farthest is only a hundred miles, and the nearest is only fifty or sixty miles, and if the cavalry is concerned, it should not be a problem to go back and forth once a day. If you find out that I am lying to you, this head of mine will be cut off by you. ”

Ma Chao put away the troop distribution map directly, and said to Han Cheng: "Okay! I'll believe you once, and I'll send someone to investigate, and if I find out you're playing tricks on me, hum! Then don't blame me for being rude to you! ”

"Don't worry, I still have to use your hand to help me avenge my hatred, how can I play you tricks? Send for them to search each of these places, and if you find that one of them is incorrectly marked with the map I have given you, I willingly offer you this head. Han Cheng said categorically.

Ma Chao twisted his face and instructed Pang De: "Send someone to wait for Han Gongzi, without my order, no one is allowed to approach here, and no one is allowed to approach Han Gongzi!" ”

"Whoa!"

As soon as the words fell, Ma Chao turned around and left, Ma Dai and Pang De followed closely behind, out of the big tent, Ma Dai asked: "Big brother, Han Cheng seems to be talking about it, but I always feel that there is fraud in this, Han Cheng is Han Sui's son, how can he deal with him in turn?" ”

Ma Chao said: "This map of the distribution of troops is very consistent with several places we have explored, and there are some places that we don't know. It is better to believe that it is there than to believe that it is not. Let's send scouts to these places to investigate, Han Cheng said that he was not lying, and he will find out after checking. In addition, send someone to contact the detailed work lurking in Jicheng to check carefully, what happened between Han Cheng and Han Sui, Han Cheng took revenge one by one, what was going on! ”

Ma Dai and Pang De said in unison: "Oh! ”

The matter was urgent, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De summoned scouts overnight, and asked them to go to those hidden locations to investigate according to the troop distribution map given by Han Cheng, and explained that it was just an investigation, not rash, and as soon as there was news, they would come back immediately to report.

In addition, Ma Chao was not too relieved, so he asked Ma Dai to go with the scouts, and sent fifty scouts at one time, two by two, so that they could take care of it, for fear that something would go wrong.

So, Ma Dai took the scouts and left Gaoping City in the starry night, and went to the location that Ma Chao explained to them to investigate.

In addition, Pang De also sent someone to contact Xizuo in Jicheng overnight, wanting to find out what happened between Han Sui and Han Cheng.

That night, Ma Chao stayed awake all night, and spread out the incomplete force distribution map he got from Han Cheng in front of him, reflecting the dim candle flame, Ma Chao saw the dots of cinnabar on this force distribution map, and immediately fell into deep thought.

Tomorrow, his father Ma Teng will take his family to the capital to take office, and at this time, Han Cheng's arrival gave him a sense of crisis. If all these hidden places presented in front of him are true, then how should he deal with them?

No matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the Ma family army is, after all, there are only 1,000 people, and all the troops under Ma Teng combined, it is only 30,000 people, but this time the troops distributed on the border of Anding County exceeded 35,000 people, which is only a part of Han Sui's troops, it is reported that Han Sui has a total of 150,000 troops in Liangzhou, no matter what its combat effectiveness is, but in terms of numbers, this is undoubtedly a huge number.

Tomorrow, Ma Chao will take over all the troops from his father, but whether those things can follow his own orders like Ma Teng is unknown. Because, in addition to him, there are several Ma Teng's cousins in the army, all of whom are generals with thousands of troops each, will these uncles approve of Ma Chao to take over all the troops?

In the eyes of the Qiang people, Ma Chao is an invincible general, but in the eyes of those uncles, he is a son of Ma Teng, Ma Teng can have today's achievements, inseparable from the brave fight of these uncles, among them, Ma Dai's father Ma Fei, is Ma Teng's own brother, is Ma Chao's own uncle, Ma Fei fought bravely, and also has a certain prestige in the army, and those who are the same generation as Ma Teng, most of them are relatively close to Ma Fei, and Ma Rui, Ma Lun, Ma Shao, Ma Gang, the four cousins and uncles, also have a certain prestige in the army, Whether Ma Chao can get the support of these uncles and uncles is still unknown.

I have to say that Ma Chao is a little disgusted with his father Ma Teng's irresponsible approach, he patted his ass and left, and went to the capital to enjoy Qingfu, but he left a huge stall for himself, and it is still unknown whether Ma Chao can support this piece of the sky of the Ma family.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of these troubles that Ma Teng would rather give up his freedom in Liangzhou and go to the capital, right?

I don't know when Ma Chao fell asleep, and he didn't wake up until after dawn, when someone came to call the door.

Ma Teng had already sent Dong Zhao away, and now the Ma clan and the officials above Sima in the army had gathered in the hall of the mansion, and only Ma Chao was waiting for him.

Ma Chao knew that it was time for his father to announce that he would go to Beijing and hand over any power to himself, if he didn't go, he might let those uncles gossip, and these uncles were the cornerstone of the entire army. Moreover, in the Ma family's army, there are also their sons and nephews, in short, the relationship between the Ma family is complicated, and it is not clear to think about it.

Ma Chao picked up a handful of cold water, washed his face casually, sobered himself up, and rushed towards the palace hall in great strides.

When Ma Chao arrived at the palace hall, the hall was already full of people, and all the eyes were watching his arrival.

Ma Chao's eyes quickly glanced around, but he saw that the faces of several of the uncles showed dissatisfaction with themselves. As soon as he entered the hall, he immediately hugged his fists and said, "I'm really sorry, Meng Qi has some things to delay, so I'm a step late, I hope you will forgive me!" ”

There was silence in the hall, and no one spoke because of Ma Teng's presence, but Ma Chao could clearly see that on the faces of the four cousins and uncles, Ma Rui, Ma Lun, Ma Shao, and Ma Gang, there was a faint hint of displeasure.

"Meng Qi, sit down!" Ma Teng said loudly.

Ma Chao walked straight to the first seat on Ma Teng's left, and as soon as he sat down, he smiled at his uncle Ma Fei who was sitting next to him.

The corners of Ma Fei's mouth just smiled lightly, and he suddenly asked in a low voice: "Meng Qi, Dai'er didn't come back last night, do you know where he went?" ”

"Uncle, I asked Ma Dai to do a very confidential matter, and I will come back later today, please don't worry, uncle."

Ma Fei didn't speak again, and sat there motionless. At this time, Ma Teng stood up from his seat, and took out a holy decree from his arms, and said in public: "Yesterday, someone from the imperial court came and sent a holy decree to recruit me to the capital as a guard captain. Therefore, I have decided to go to Beijing today! ”

As soon as Ma Teng's words fell, there was an uproar in the hall, and everyone turned their heads and talked about it, but they all expressed their surprise and incomprehension at Ma Teng's decision. (To be continued......)