Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Fortunately, Lu Su was not a rigid-minded person. Seeing the cold weather, he directly used his authority to loosen the alcohol prohibition for the soldiers. He drank and ate meat along the way, and no one in the team complained.

"Zijing, tell me how long it will take before you can tell Chen Cang?"

Hearing Xu Chu's words, Lu Su tightened the fur collar around his neck, squinted his eyes and said, "If the heavy snow continues, it will take about two to three days. If the snow stops, we can go to Chencang tomorrow night."

As Lu Su spoke, he glanced at Xu Chu and secretly clicked his tongue.

I saw Xu Chu pouring wine into his mouth, probably because he drank too much, the wine flowed into his collar against the meat, and he looked extremely cold, but Xu Chu didn't feel a bit, and continued to pour it into his mouth Drinking wine, and looking at Xu Chu's clothes, which were obviously thinner than his body, Lu Su couldn't help but wonder if this guy's brain had been frozen.

Xu Chu didn't know that Lu Su was slandering him, so he chattered and asked, "I heard that Ma Teng was not a peaceful person along the way. The imperial court, sometimes dismissive of the imperial court, is very weird, doesn't seem like a good person, Zijing is really sure."

Lu Su smiled slightly, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was guzzled by the cold wind. He coughed twice, covered his mouth with his hand, and said: "The world was in chaos before, and anyone who has thousands of soldiers and horses in their hands Humans will have some ideas, and Ma Teng is no exception, but most of what Ma Teng seeks is for high officials and dignitaries, not to rule the world like a lord, so it is not difficult to subdue Ma Teng."

Xu Chu was puzzled, "How do you say that?"

Lu Su smiled and said: "Look at Ma Teng, he rebelled against the Han in his early years, so it can be seen that he didn't have much loyalty to the big man. Later, when the princes asked for Dong, Ma Teng joined, perhaps for the sake of righteousness, but more I just want to ask for a name, otherwise, after the lord killed Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng would not have entered Chang'an, let alone get the title of General Zhengxi, hehe, although he has no name, but without the help of Li Jue and Guo Si, Ma Teng would be Definitely can't get this name."

"If Ma Teng has a heroic ambition and won the name of the general who conquered the west, he will definitely return to Liangzhou, attract talents with righteousness, win the hearts of the people with benevolence and righteousness, and wipe out the disobedient people in the local area. Go straight down to Chang'an, kill Li and Guo, save the emperor, and then no matter whether you are a hero or a powerful minister, you can advance and retreat freely, but what did Ma Teng do?"

Xu Chu answered, "Ma Teng stayed in Sili all the time, he didn't go to Liangzhou, but he fought with Li Jue a few times."

Lu Su spread his hands and said, "That's it. The world is in chaos. A hero like the lord naturally looks at the world. Even if he has the merits of helping people, he leaves the court and goes to Nanyang. But Ma Teng has always Wandering around Chang'an, focused on drilling into the court hall, alas, I really don't know what to say about him."

After thinking for a while, Xu Chu scratched his head and laughed, and said, "According to what you said, then Ma Teng seems to be nothing. If Ma Teng lost those two children, would my lord still ask us to come see him?"

Chapter 740 Ma Chao

"Since the lord said"

Lu Su was talking to Xu Chu in a serious manner, when he suddenly saw Xu Chu's strange expression, frowning, slightly startled, then suddenly, he laughed and joked: "It seems that Zhongkang already knows what the lord likes, and the future can be expected."

Xu Chu chuckled, shook his head and said, "What is the future that can be expected? Xu doesn't care about that now. To tell you the truth, at first I thought that being like the two generals Xu and Huang was considered a character, so I also wanted to be a leader of the army." General, after following the lord for a while, I realized that Elai is actually the number one smart person, as long as he wholeheartedly protects the lord, he doesn't need to worry about anything else, the salary is not bad, and he can eat and drink whatever he wants, There is nothing more comfortable in the world than this."

Lu Su laughed again, and wanted to tease Xu Chu a few words, but found that what Xu Chu said was extremely true, no matter how Li Yi won the world in the future, how to reward his subordinates, no matter how high their positions are, they will always have to give Li Yi's relatives General Wei's face.

From this point of view, the guard Li Yi is indeed a good job.

Moreover, what Lu Su admired even more was Li Yi's ability to choose people. At that time, he couldn't understand why Xu Chu was trained by Li Yi as a general of the personal guard camp as soon as he came. some.

But the facts have proved that Li Yi's choice is correct, not only Xu Chu, although the generals of the personal guard camp have different personalities, they are all "dead-headed" when it comes to Li Yi, even in the face of Xu Huang Kuai Yue These people also don't sell face at all. In this aspect alone, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang probably wouldn't do as well as them.

Feeling secretly, Lu Su smiled and said: "Since the lord personally ordered the girl from the Ma family, from the lord's eyes, ahem, I think her talent and appearance are definitely not bad, but"

Lu Su's expression became a little more serious, and he said: "Before you and I left, the lord told me that although Ma Teng was well-known in Xiliang, he was nothing more than a mediocre man compared to the heroes of the world, but his eldest son Ma Chao was Bufan, this son has the courage of Lu Bu. Although doing good can't stabilize the world, he can do evil, but it is enough to cause chaos. Therefore, you and I must take Ma Chao away this time. As long as Ma Chao goes to Xiangyang, a mere Ma Teng will not be enough. consider."

Speaking of business, Xu Chu also became serious, nodded heavily and said: "Don't worry, you are trying to win Ma Teng by marriage, and I will go to find Ma Chao to make friends with martial arts. Regardless of victory or defeat, I must inspire him to meet the heroes of the Central Plains for a while."

Lu Su warned: "That's right, but since my lord said that Ma Chao has the courage of Lu Bu, Zhongkang can't be righteous. If we fight each other, we must not underestimate the enemy."

"Don't worry, if others say that, I will not be convinced, but what the lord said, it's not wrong, I just hope that Ma Chao knows current affairs, if he doesn't give the lord face, hehe"

The following words were replaced by Xu Chu's laughter, but there was a deep sense of coldness in the laughter.

This time they came to see Ma Teng, although they had a lot of calculations, but they still had good intentions in essence. As long as Ma Teng knew the way, the royal family and relatives would be at their fingertips, which is definitely a good thing.

As for Ma Chao, although Li Yi's evaluation of Ma Chao is mixed, and he will basically not grant real power, as long as Ma Chao is honest, Li Yi will not treat him badly.

However, if the Ma family doesn't give Li Yi face, then Li Yi will inevitably use some shady methods.

Before leaving, Li Yi handed Xu Chu a secret letter. If the negotiations with Ma Teng went well, Xu Chu would burn the secret letter in front of Lu Su. But if Ma Chao didn't want to go to Jingzhou, then they would To act according to the contents of the secret letter.

Although no one knew exactly what the arrangement in the secret letter was, Li Yi's original words were that Ma Chao would be considered a great player if he survived for a year.

As the two walked forward, they whispered about the situation they might encounter. When passing through a forest, Xu Chu suddenly raised his hand and stopped Lu Su's words.

Along the way, the two had reached a tacit understanding. Lu Su led his horse back and Xu Chu listened attentively. Then he looked at the nearby forest and saw snowflakes falling from the tree trunks. He immediately frowned, because the front There are people coming, and there are quite a few of them.

"Array!"

With an order, the soldiers who were still shrunk, who hated their necks too long, suddenly roared like a different person, and threw the wine bag or food in their arms on the ground, according to the usual After training, a small phalanx was quickly formed, holding spears, or bending bows, looking ahead vigilantly.

Almost at the same time as the formation of the phalanx was formed, there was a sound of horseshoes on the road ahead. Xu Chu raised his eyes and saw snowflakes churning under the horseshoes, causing a burst of white mist. Not a lot.

Sili and Liangzhou are far from the Central Plains, the Central Plains is chaotic, but no matter who is in charge, there will be rules, but here is different, let alone bandits, even those in charge often make cameo appearances, Ma Teng has done it before .

Xu Chu had encountered horse bandits more than once along the way, but he saw them all carrying the banner of the General's Mansion, and their aura was fierce, and they didn't look like they were easy to provoke, so the journey was safe and sound.

Xu Chu squinted his eyes and ordered the army to shrink to beware of the cavalry, but he stood alone in front of the formation, letting the smoke from the horse's hooves keep approaching, but he had no intention of avoiding it.

Later, although Lu Su was nervous when he saw this, he did not speak out to dissuade him.

In addition to completing what Li Yi told them, their group also has an invisible task to represent Li Yi in the Northwest. Their attitude can be modest, but their bones must be tough. Although they will not bully others, if they are offended, It is better to die than to bow your head. Only by making those who wait and see respect and fear Li Yi can it pave the way for Li Yi to control the Northwest in the future.

The horses on the opposite side came very quickly, and within a few breaths, the cavalry came to the front, even the wind and snow could not continue to block their figures, and the clothes looked like Xiliang soldiers and horses.

Although these cavalry came fiercely, they did not attack Xu Chu and his party. When the distance was still more than twenty feet away, one of the silver-armored and white-robed generals raised his hand, and the surrounding knights all held the reins. Neighing, the galloping horses settled in place after a little struggle, and the cavalry in the front row were no more than half a horse's body apart.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party's intentions were unclear, Xu Chu and the others couldn't help applauding this skill alone.

However, although the brigade of cavalry stopped, the white-robed general did not stop when he issued an order just now. Instead, he let his mount gallop and continue to move forward.

Seeing this, Xu Chu understood that the other party was probably not here to start a war, so he was a little relieved and focused all his attention on the white-robed general.

However, when the distance got closer and he saw the appearance of the visitor, Xu Chu was very surprised.

I saw that the face of the visitor was like a crown of jade. Although he was born in the northwest, his delicate features were enough to make those Jiangnan girls envious. Xu Chu can guarantee that in his more than 20 years of life, this is the first time he has seen such a good-looking man.

Even, if it wasn't for the man's burly figure, or looking at the light in his eyes, Xu Chu couldn't help but suspect that the other party was actually a girl.

At this time, Xu Chu had already guessed the identity of the visitor. Apart from Ma Chao who could be called "Jin" Ma Chao by his lord, there would probably be no second person.

At the same time, Xu Zhu also secretly sighed, no wonder his lord fell in love with other girls, he could understand it just by looking at Ma Chao's appearance.

While thinking about it, Ma Chao had already arrived in front of Xu Chu, pulled the rein, and the horse swayed more than ten feet away in front of Xu Chu, and the man and the horse turned around very gracefully, and then asked loudly: "Are you coming from a general?"

When Ma Chao was speaking, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, his eyes were slightly squinted, and he looked very proud. At first glance, he seemed defiant, but in fact, his eyes were quietly sizing up Xu Chu and the army behind him, secretly amazed.

Ma Chao is only [-] years old this year. He is very skilled in martial arts, especially in swordsmanship. Looking at the entire Xiliang, he has no opponents. He is the most arrogant. Ma Chao, the eldest son, greeted him on his behalf, so as not to make any mistakes on the road.

This matter was nothing at all. Ma Chao was naturally curious about Li Yi, who is famous all over the world. He wanted to see him for a long time. Although he couldn't see Li Yi this time, as the saying goes, it is great to see Li Yi's people first. of.

But Ma Teng knew that Ma Chao was arrogant and worried that his recklessness would conflict with Li Yi's emissary, so he repeatedly told Ma Chao to be polite and obedient. Be patient and wait.

Who is Ma Chao? Although he didn't refute Ma Teng, his stomach was full of dissatisfaction.

Although Li Yi is prestigious in the Central Plains, this is his Ma family's territory, and it is enough to treat guests with courtesy. Why is he so timid and timid? Wouldn't it be ridiculous to spread the word?

So, Ma Chao agreed to Ma Teng's explanation, but in his heart he was thinking about how to give the other party a blow. Fortunately, Ma Chao also knew that Li Yi was not easy to mess with, so he didn't dare to do things too much. After thinking about it, he asked the cavalry to drag him down. Pretending to attack while holding on to the branches, causing smoke and dust billowing all the way, he has exerted enough power, if he can scare people in the future, he, Ma Chao, will win today.