Right Fufeng County, Huaili City.

On the night of the army stationed, Li Li and his family stayed in the backyard of the county guard's mansion.

External actions do not avoid hatred, and internal actions do not avoid relatives.

Nowadays, the Taishou of Youfufeng County is Li Li's former opponent and current father-in-law, Ma Teng Ma Shoucheng.

When Yongliang Erzhou was pacified three years ago, Li Li did not blame Ma Teng's family for the past, and let Ma Teng take his wife and concubine to enjoy his old age in Hanyang. Until the end of last year, Zhang Lu was about to make a move in Hanzhong, and there seemed to be a misdeed. At the right time, Li Li made a decisive decision and decided to re-establish Ma Teng as the Fufeng Taishou, garrison the west gate of Jingzhao, and garrison Chen Cang to resist the Hanzhong soldiers from attacking Chang'an.

In fact, Ma Teng is only in his forties, which is the prime of life, and he is far from the time of retirement.

However, before pacifying Liangzhou, Ma Teng and Li Li were inseparable, and they fought with each other, so that when the Ma family army was exterminated, most of the generals built yì Li Li to execute Ma Teng to prevent future troubles. But at that time, Ma Chao and Ma Yunluo, both brothers and sisters, had already served him, and they inevitably interceded for their father Ma Teng, and asked Li Li to open up and let his father and the family go. It was in this form that Li Li adopted a compromise method and let Ma Teng settle in Jicheng with his wife and concubine and spend his old age in peace.

However, now that the war in Liangzhou has resumed, Youfufeng County, as the western gateway of Jingzhao Sanfu, must have enough prestige to guard this place to ensure that Chang'an is comprehensive. At a time when most of the generals of Western Liang gathered on the front line of Hangu Pass to defend against the princes of the Central Plains, it was said that they had prestige in Liangzhou that could not be ignored and deterred the surrounding Xiaoxiao, except for the late Jincheng Han Sui. Ma Teng is the obvious choice.

After three years, Ma Teng still has influence that cannot be ignored in the territory of Liangzhou, especially among the surrounding forces and many Qiang tribes. Ma Shoucheng's prestige is still very loud. At the very least, letting Ma Teng garrison Fufeng County made Hanzhong Zhang Lu very jealous, so that the Hanzhong soldiers missed the best opportunity to capture Chencang Pass and attack Chang'an in one go. And this qiē was caused by Ma Teng's sudden appointment as Fufeng Taishou.

Two months ago, Zhang Lu's younger brother, Hanzhong general Zhang Wei led 30,000 troops to raid Chencang, and attacked for three days in a row. The morale of the originally demoralized defenders was high and they resisted desperately, causing the crumbling Chen Cangguan to once again survive the strong attack of the Hanzhong soldiers for a whole day and a night. And Zhang Wei, who led the troops to attack the city, was taken aback. When the assault failed, they were forced to withdraw their troops. Since then, the Hanzhong soldiers have repeatedly attacked the city, but they have never been able to advance an inch. As a result, the offensive and defensive battles of Chen Cang fell into a stalemate. It continues to this day.

This is the war on the Eastern Front, and on the contrary, there is also a Western Front battlefield in the territory of Wudu County. When Zhang Wei led the troops to raid Chencang, Yang Ang, the general under Zhang Lu's account, led an army of 40,000 to attack Wudu County, and within half a month, the momentum was like a bamboo, occupying most of Wudu County, until Ma Chao led the Huben battalion to arrive, and the offensive momentum of the Hanzhong soldiers was curbed. He immediately entered the city and defended it, and confronted Ma Chao's army in a stalemate. This is the battlefield of the Western Front opened up by the Hanzhong soldiers in the territory of Wudu County. The strength of the troops was better than that of Zhang Wei's troops who attacked Chen Cang, and they confronted the Tiger Camp with 40,000 cavalry for more than a month, and they have not missed defeat so far.

The battlefield on the Western Front is so poor, not because Ma Chao has no way to command the troops, nor is it because the soldiers of the Huben battalion are not brave enough. Rather, the Huben battalion fought from Shuozhou to Bingzhou, and then rushed to Wudu County non-stop to continue fighting, and fought continuously for ten months, not only the strength was sharply reduced, but also the people were sleepy and the horses were lacking, and the troops were frustrated. Under such a high-intensity continuous battle, even the iron-clad war cavalry will be tired, let alone human?

Because of this, it is very rare that the Western Front battlefield can maintain the status quo and contain the offensive momentum of the Hanzhong soldiers. Therefore, the first thing Li Li did when he mobilized the army to the west was to send Zhou Yu to lead the Shuofeng battalion cavalry to Wudu County to take over the defense line, replace all the tiger camp cavalry, and return to Chang'an to rest for a period of time.

At the same time, Li Li led the main army into Fufeng County and took over Chencang Pass, which served as the main battlefield of the Chinese army in the western expedition to Hanzhong. Zhou Yu, as the deputy general of the Chinese army and the chief general of the Western Front, led the Shuofeng battalion into Wudu County, confronted Yang Ang, the general of Hanzhong, and waited for an opportunity to use troops.

At this point, with the soldiers and horses of the eastern and western fronts of the Xiliang Army in place one after another, the entire battle situation has undergone fundamental changes.

Prior to this, Hanzhong Zhang Lu attacked on two fronts, led 10,000 Chinese troops to enter Yangping Pass, and then sent Zhang Wei and Yang Bai to lead 30,000 troops to attack Chencang, and Yang Ang led 40,000 troops to attack Wudu County, which caught the Xiliang army off guard, held the east and missed the west, and could not take care of the east and west, completely lost the opportunity, and the troops were insufficient, and they were in an extremely unfavorable situation. However, with Li Li's great victory in the battle of Sili, the main battalions returned to Liangzhou one after another, and Zhang Lu's military advantage in Hanzhong was gone, and even the momentum of taking the initiative to attack came to an abrupt end.

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Fufeng County, Huaili City, the main hall of the county guard.

Today is the sixth day of Li Li's westward expedition, last night the army arrived at the city of Huaili, after a short rest, Huang Zhong's 20,000 soldiers of the Qin Gong Battalion marched overnight, rushed to Chencang to take over the defense. The 10,000 Jinyi Guard cavalry and the 20,000 peerless iron cavalry led by Zhao Yun and Ma Dai were stationed outside the city, ready to go out at any time.

At this moment, Li Ligao sat in the main seat of the county guard, and on both sides of the hall sat Taishou Ma Teng, the new military general Fa Zheng, the commander of the Qin Gong battalion Huang Zhong, the commander of the Wushuang Iron Cavalry Zhao Yun, as well as Chen Dao, Ma Dai and Ma Xiu and other generals.

This is the first time that Ma Teng has participated in the military aircraft deliberations as a subordinate, and it is also the first time he has seen Li Li after three years.

Back then, although Ma Teng's soldiers and horses were not as good as Jincheng Han Sui, the Ma family's army was strong, which made Han Sui also afraid of him, so Ma Teng was the leader of the Xiliang group, as if he was the leader of Xiliang. However, with the strong rise of Li Li and his Wuwei army, the situation in Yongliang changed greatly, and Li Li came from behind, overpowering Ma Teng and Han Sui, and became the most powerful princely force in Liangzhou. Then the entire Xiliang situation changed drastically, Dong Zhuo died, Wang Yun was destroyed, Lu Bu was defeated, Li Dao, Guo Yan and other veteran generals bowed down one after another, Li Li entered Chang'an strongly, unified the Xiliang army, and then waved his army to pacify Yongliang and Liangzhou.

To this day, Jincheng Han Sui has long been a dry bone in the grave, half of the eight tribes of Liangzhou lost their lives and half surrendered, and made great contributions to Li Li, becoming a descendant general who followed Li Li with all his heart. And Ma Teng, who was once the leader of Xiliang, has been idle for three years by luck, just when he completely calmed down and retired with peace of mind, but unexpectedly Li Li used him again and ordered him to serve as the Fufeng Taishou and guard Chencang.

Time is the most ruthless, and time can kill grievances and fighting spirit.

In less than three years, Ma Teng has come all the way from the torment of the first days, and now he has adapted to the quiet and peaceful leisure days, and his mood tends to be peaceful.

Two years ago, his eldest son Ma Chao was promoted to the commander of the Longxiang Battalion, worshiped the general, and even promoted his nephew Ma Dai to Zhonglang General, and Ma Tie and Ma Xiu brothers were also promoted to captains. Last year, Yunluo, the eldest daughter who had always been let go by him, officially became Li Li's concubine and gave birth to a big fat boy with a tiger head and a tiger brain; For this reason, Ma Teng couldn't help but make a special trip to Yiwu to visit his grandson, and lived in Wubao for more than half a month.

It was this trip to Chang'an that made Ma Teng completely let go of his obsession, no longer hostile to Li Li, and truly regarded him as his son-in-law, without the slightest idea of competing for hegemony. Because he saw with his own eyes the great achievements made by Li Li in just two years, the official roads extend in all directions, the people come and go in the post stations, the caravans are endless, there is not a single homeless person along the way, you can see endless wheat fields everywhere, Xiliang is stable and peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Ma Teng never dreamed of such a prosperous scene, and Li Li's ability to govern the state and county, he thought that he would never be able to do it, and he never even thought about it. And this qiē was all seen with his own eyes, so that he admired his son-in-law in his heart, and secretly sighed that Li Li is really an amazing character!

In addition, Li Li is very good to Ma Yunluo, although there are many female dependents in the entire Yiwu Inner Mansion, they get along very well, and they are happy, laughing and laughing. In Ma Teng's impression, although his daughter Yunluo was born beautiful, she was slightly thin, and she had a straightforward personality and no scheming. Yes, he had been worried that his daughter would inevitably be bullied by the main room after becoming Li Li's concubine, and even in dire straits, and he was miserable, but as a father, he could only stand by and watch, and he was powerless to change his daughter's situation. However, when he went to Yiwu, he realized that he was purely cranky, living for himself, and the reality was completely different from what he thought. The daughter Yunluo, who has not seen each other for nearly two years, has become more and more beautiful and plump, has graceful manners, smiles all day long, teaches her husband and children, paints with a group of sisters, sings and dances, and is extremely happy.

Seeing that his daughter was living a happy life, and his son and nephew were also deeply appreciated by Li Li, Ma Teng was finally relieved. For this reason, he also thought about taking the initiative to ask Li Li to come out, and do his part for Li Li in his lifetime, whether it is to govern the county or guard the border, he will go wherever he is needed, so it is not in vain in this life, and it can be regarded as a little bit of a small contribution for his children and an accumulation of more. It's a pity that he couldn't save face after all, and he was embarrassed to beg Li Li, so he could only return to Hanyang with regret and continue to retire in leisure.

But he didn't know that since he was free, he had been followed by Eagle Eye all the year round, although he didn't talk about surveillance, but he always kept an eye on his every move. Therefore, his thoughts then reached the ears of Li Li, who was on the front line of Hangu, and it happened that the situation in Hanzhong was unclear, so Li Li appointed Ma Teng as the Fufeng Taishou to guard against Zhang Lu in Hanzhong from attacking Chang'an.

Facts have proved that Li Liqi's use of Ma Teng to control Fufeng County is undoubtedly a wise move.

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