Three Kingdoms: Hegemony System

Sizhou, outside the city of Huaili.

A convoy slowly approached the city, and the procession consisted of more than a hundred people, some of them were strong and strong, some of them were smart-looking, and it seemed that they had come to do business.

At this time, the world was not very peaceful, before the Son of Heaven moved the capital to Xuchang, Sizhou has always been directly under the jurisdiction of the Son of Heaven, but due to the rebellion of Dong Zhuo first, and then Li Dao and Guo Yan were at war.

Sizhou, which was originally rich and prosperous, was already unpopulated at this time, and those scholars in Guanzhong either entered Guandong to the east, or Jingchu and Bashu to the south.

The leader of this caravan is Liu Jue's subordinate Ma Yan, and the reason why he entered Sizhou this time is, of course, to meet Ma Chao.

Before Liu Jue gave up Xiangfan, he had already sent Ma Jian as an envoy, and this was Ma Jian volunteering, he was only about twenty years old now, and it was the time to make a contribution.

Although the trip was quite dangerous, Ma Jian did not hesitate to come.

In order to facilitate the journey, Ma Jian pretended to be a businessman, led more than 100 guards, and pulled more than a dozen carts of goods, among which there were gifts for Ma Chao.

Ma Tan went all the way north to Wuguan, and walked very hard, not only to be careful of the bandits, but also to have no place to stay along the way, and the desolate scene in Sizhou made him feel even more frightened.

The former residence of the Son of Heaven, the location of the Han Dynasty, would be this scene.

Fortunately, when approaching Huaili, the people gradually increased, and they finally became a little more angry.

After Ma Tan entered Huaili City, he first found a post house to live in, and after resting for one night, he personally came to the door the next day and handed a letter of worship to Ma Chao.

After Ma Teng was edicted to Yecheng, Ma Chao was named a partial general, worshiped the Marquis of Tingdu, and took over Ma Teng's army in Huaili.

At this time, Ma Chao received the post, and he couldn't help but be surprised, Ma Jian was Liu Jue's subordinate, at this time Liu Jue didn't go to deal with Cao Cao, why did he send someone to him?

Ma Chao thought for a moment, then understood Ma Tan's intention, and immediately asked Ma Tan to come in.

In the hall, Ma Chao saw Ma Jian and couldn't help but be a little surprised, the other party was so young.

"I heard the lord say that the horse is super brave, and when I saw it today, it was really the same. "

Ma Jian thought in his heart, but his face was meticulous, and he bowed to Ma Chao and said: "General Zhennan has laid down Ma Jian and seen General Bi. "

"Excuse me!"

Ma Chao raised his hand slightly, and then asked with a smile: "I have never had a friendship with General Zhennan, so I don't know why the envoy came this time?"

"Ma Tan was ordered to come this time, firstly, to meet the general. Ma Jian took out a roll of bamboo slips, handed it over with both hands and said, "This is a little bit of my father's heart." "

Ma Chao asked the attendant to take the bamboo slip, opened it and looked at it, couldn't help nodding, and said to Ma Yan: "Is there anything else besides?"

Ma Jian arched his hand and said: "There is one more thing, that is, my lord wants to join forces with the general to fight against Cao Cao together. "

Ma Chao had already guessed it, and said in a deep voice: "Fight against Cao Cao together?" It's a light thing to say, now Cao Cao is powerful, with 800,000 troops, who in the world is his opponent? Besides, my father is still in Yecheng, if I raise an army to fight against Cao, won't I put my father to death?"

Ma Jian was neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "Ma Jian also knows this, but if he does not resist Cao at this time, once Cao Cao annexes Jingzhou and Jiangdong, I am afraid that the next one will be the general, and this is the time when the lips are dead and the teeth are cold." "

Ma Chao sneered and said: "I am the partial general and the Marquis of Duting who was sealed by the imperial court, and Cao Cao is now the prime minister, sweeping away the princes of the Quartet for the Son of Heaven, if I raise an army to resist Cao at this moment, wouldn't I be against the imperial court?"

Ma Tan smiled slightly: "Now the general is a prince, if he surrenders to Cao Cao in the future, it depends on the face of others, where is he so happy now?"

Ma Chao's face changed slightly, and he said: "Don't mention this matter again, the envoy should come back, I will act as if nothing happened." "

"Since the general is determined to do so, Ma Jian will not say much, please forgive Ma Jian for disturbing him. Ma Jian got up and bowed to Ma Chao, and then said goodbye and left.

The purpose of Ma Tan's trip is not necessarily to convince Ma Chao, as long as he brings the words, and the next thing is the main thing.

After Ma Tan returned to the post house, he sent someone to give gifts to Ma Chao, and after buying dry food in the city, he led everyone to leave on the third day.

Ma Jian is gone, but Ma Chao's heart is not very calm.

Ma Chao is ambitious, especially after Ma Teng entered Beijing, his ambition has further grown, but he has not yet figured out whether to continue to divide Sanfu or expand his territory.

Of course, Ma Chao was unwilling to surrender to Cao Cao, putting aside his ambitions, just like Ma Jian said, once he surrendered to Cao Cao, how could he be as free as he is now?

It's just that although the Kansai Army in Ma Chao's hands is elite, the number is only more than 30,000, and if he rises up to fight Cao, he really has no bottom in his heart.

What's more, his father Ma Teng, as well as the Ma family's clan, are still in Yecheng at this time.

But if he doesn't fight Cao, when Cao Cao sweeps Jiangnan, it will be his turn next.

Ma Chao thought about it and decided to consult with his younger brother Ma Dai.

Ma Dai listened to Ma Chao's words and couldn't help asking, "What does my brother think in his heart?" "

Ma Chao's eyes flashed, and he said: "Now Cao Cao is on a southern expedition, what he is worried about is me and Xiliang Han Sui, if I join forces with Han Sui to attack Tongguan and go west out of Luoyang, Cao Cao will definitely be greatly shaken." "

Ma Dai was taken aback and said, "Brother, uncle, they are still in Yecheng, if you raise an army to attack Cao, will they still be alive?"

Ma Chao said fiercely: "If you don't respond to Liu Jue and Sun Quan now, and wait until Cao Cao gets rid of these two people, then it's time to ask us." "

Ma Dai was stunned and said: "Even if this is the case, when the time comes, we will not be able to submit to obedience, and Cao Cao may not embarrass us." "

"Instead of sending people under the fence, it is better to divide one side and be a remote prince, wouldn't it be a great pleasure?" Ma Chao's ambition was exposed, and he said: "I want to unite with Han Sui to send troops to attack Tongguan together, what do you think of Ma Dai?"

Ma Dai was stupid at this time, Ma Chao wanted to raise troops to resist Cao, and even united with Han Sui.

You must know that before this, due to the contradictions between the tribes, Ma Teng and Han Sui became enemies, Han Sui killed Ma Teng's wife, and the two attacked each other for many years.

Now Ma Chao said that he wanted to unite with Han Sui, the enemy who killed his mother, which made Ma Dai a little difficult to accept.

In fact, Ma Chao is such a cold-blooded person.

Historically, in the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao wanted to attack Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and he needed to pass through Ma Chao's territory, which made Ma Chao suspect that Cao Cao wanted to annex himself.

So Ma Chao disregarded the safety of his father and brothers, united with his enemy Han Sui, and raised 100,000 troops against Cao with more than ten warlords such as Zhang Heng in Guanzhong.

When Cao Cao found out, he immediately killed Ma Teng and wiped out the three clans.

Later, Ma Chao defected to Zhang Lu, and Zhang Lu still valued him very much at first, and gave him the position of sacrificial wine, and the status of sacrificial wine was second only to Zhang Lu, and Ma Chao became the second person in Hanzhong.

Not only that, Zhang Lu also wants to marry his daughter to Ma Chao.

However, Zhang Lu's subordinates were not optimistic about Ma Chao, saying that he was too ambitious, unkind to his family, and those who followed him did not end well, so Zhang Lu suddenly woke up.

Next, Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, and his wife Dong and son Ma Qiu remained with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

As a result, Zhang Lu was defeated by Cao Cao, Cao Cao got Dong and Ma Qiu, gave Dong to Yan Pu, and handed Ma Qiu to Zhang Lu, but Zhang Lu hated Ma Chao in his heart and personally killed Ma Qiu.

Ma Chao was at Liu Bei's place, and he had a good personal relationship with Peng Yang, but Peng Yang was alienated by Liu Bei at that time, so he came to complain to Ma Chao and said some rebellious things.

Ma Chao listened to Peng Yang's words, and was taken aback, but he was silent on the surface, and then reported all what Peng Yang said to Liu Bei, and then Peng Yang was imprisoned and soon lost his life.

At that time, Peng Yang was one of Ma Chao's few friends, but he was betrayed by Ma Chao like this.

At this time, Ma Dai didn't know what to say, so he had to look at Ma Chao stupidly.

Seeing that his brother didn't speak, Ma Chao didn't care in his heart, and said to himself: "I plan to send a messenger to Han Sui to discuss with him about raising troops to attack Cao, and then unite with more than a dozen warlords in Yongliang to break through Tongguan, maybe I can go east to Xuchang!"

The more excited Ma Chaoyue became, as if he saw the day he attacked Xuchang and Yecheng, he immediately ignored Ma Dai and turned around to prepare for the union with Han Sui.