Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 624 See you in poverty (I wish all mothers in the world a happy Mother's Day!)

Chapter 625: Seeing the poor dagger
In the fourth year of Tiantong, on August [-]th, outside the north gate of Lintao City, Ma Zun led five thousand Qiang riders slowly into the city, and came to the gate of Duwei's Mansion. Sima Lin stood at the gate to greet him in person.

Seeing Ma Zun coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "I have seen General Ma and General Ma Ting!"

When Ma Zun and his two saw that it was Sima Lin, they were immediately a little unhappy. They thought that the people from the Sima family would welcome them outside the city, but they didn't expect to open the city gate after they arrived at the city. After entering the city, Sima Shang He just sent Sima Lin to greet him at the door.

"General Sima, why didn't you see Captain Nan?" Ma Zun gave Ma Ting a wink, and Ma Ting immediately understood, and then asked Ma Lin.

When Sima Lin heard the words, she immediately felt distressed. In fact, he had suggested to Sima Shang that he greet Ma Zun at the gate of Daocheng in person to lull Ma Zun and prevent him from arousing suspicion, but Sima Shang didn't take it seriously. Between Ma Zhi and Ma Zun, although they were not in a state of conflict, they had formed an indissoluble enmity. If he treated Ma Zun too politely, it would make people feel abnormal.

"Uh...Forgive me, Major General Ma, because Deng Jun's troops are approaching the city, and the pressure on the city defense is very high. The captain has no choice but to lead the generals to guard the city day and night, and the board and lodging are all at the top of the city. But don't worry, the captain, the captain said, tonight I will hold a banquet at the Captain's Mansion, and personally welcome the Major General!" Sima Lin explained.

"Okay, since that's the case, please ask General Sima to send someone to take us to settle down first. As for the dinner, we'll talk about it later!" Ma Ting wanted to say something, but was stopped by Ma Zun.

"Okay, the Major General is magnanimous and has the demeanor of General Ma Zhi. Sima Lin admires it. Sima Jun and Sima Mao (Chang Mao), you two will lead the way for the Major General, and settle down first. The Major General has needs, but must be satisfied! "

"Here!" Chang Mao responded, and then took a peek at Ma Zun who was on the horse. After Li Siye entered the city, he claimed to be from the Sima family, and several generals under his command temporarily changed their surnames to Sima, and Chang Mao changed his name to Sima Mao. Meet Ma Zun with Sima Lin, and at the same time observe Xiliang ace Qiang Ranger at close range.

"Lieutenant General, what do you mean by this Sima merchant? He obviously asked us for help. We came all the way to Taocheng to rescue him, but he didn't show up. Does this mean that you look down on us?" Sima Jun and Chang Mao After taking Ma Zun to the prepared station, he left. After Sima Jun and Chang Mao left, Ma Ting couldn't help complaining.

"Uncle Ting, if this Sima merchant greets us in person and is particularly enthusiastic, I will be a little worried." Ma Zun said with a smile.

"Why is that?" Ma Ting asked in confusion. Isn't it normal for him to wait for someone to come from afar, as the host, to be more enthusiastic?Why is Ma Zun so worried?
"My father often told me that Sima Shang is very arrogant. Although he is not arrogant, there are not many people who can make him look up to him. This time he sent people all the way to Guzang to ask us for help. For him It's already a great shame and shame, it's very rare for him not to show us face, besides, our two families have been fighting against each other in Xiliang for the past few years, so it's impossible for Sima Shang to be enthusiastic, let alone me, even if his father personally leads When the army comes, I guess Sima Shang won’t be too enthusiastic.” Ma Zun was a little dissatisfied with Sima Shang’s arrogance at first, but after thinking about it, he realized that this was normal. On the contrary, if Sima Shang was too enthusiastic, he would I also feel a little scared.

"So it is!" Ma Ting suddenly realized.

On the other hand, Chang Mao went back to report to Li Siye as soon as he saw the Qiang Rangers.

"General, the last general is back!" Chang Mao came to Li Siye and said.

Li Siye nodded and said, "How is it? What do you think of Qiang Rangers?"

"Elite! The elite among the elite!" Chang Mao said seriously.

"Oh? I didn't expect Chang Mao, who has always been proud, to make such an evaluation. Then tell me, how is the elite method?" Li Siye was a little curious. It is definitely not easy to be able to cross Xiliang and coerce all directions, but it is really rare to be able to make Chang Mao, who has always been proud, make such an evaluation.

"Although I haven't seen the strength of the Qiang rangers, I can see from their military appearance that this elite is very different from the elite of the Qin army we have encountered before, even stronger than my Great Deng Gewei. In terms of military appearance, other than the last general, I have seen it in General Gao Shun's trapped camp, General Zhang Liao's euphorbia soldiers, and the Modao Army under the general's command, and the only one who can beat them is General Luocheng's Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry. "Chang Mao said.

"Is General Chang Mao exaggerating a bit? No matter how powerful the Qiang Rangers are, they are nothing more than a team showing off in the barren land of Xiliang. How does it compare with the trump cards of our army, such as the Eight Cavalry?" Fu Youde on the side asked in disbelief.

Let’s not talk about Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry, because there are not many people, and most of them are fighting alone, but the three soldiers and horses of the camp, the Modao Army, and the Euphorbia are the trump card troops of the Deng Army, and their strength is very strong. In the Dengwei Changshe battle, it was these three elites who joined forces to abolish the Wei army's ace Wei Wuzu.

"General Youde, don't believe it. If you want to defeat this Qiang ranger in a direct confrontation in the wild, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it without several times the number of soldiers and horses. Even if we send our army's elite cavalry, I'm afraid it will be more than twice as many." The strength of the army is enough." Chang Mao said.

Li Siye stood up slowly. To be honest, he was also a little unbelievable. The Modao army trained by himself in the camp and the Euphorbia warriors had always been the trump cards of Deng's army. Among the twenty guards of the Deng Kingdom, the most powerful guards are due to the existence of the Modao Army and the trap camp, and Zhang Liao's Shence Guards can surpass the old guards such as the Jinwu Guards and the Spirit Snake Guards soon after they were formed. , because of the existence of Euphorbia warriors, but now in the mere land of Xiliang, there is a troop no less than the three trump cards.

"Unfortunately, if possible, I would really like to bring the Mo Dao Army over to compete with this Qiang ranger, to see who is the trump card, but there is no such opportunity anymore." Li Siye sighed tone, said.

Although the Mo Dao Army was trained by Li Siye, Li Siye did not have a single one in his hands. The control was handed over to Gao Siji, the new General of the Tiger Wing Guard. Now that the Tiger Wing Guard is in Henan County, it is impossible to come to Xiliang.

"If the Qiang rangers are really so powerful, it will be very difficult to wipe them out tonight," said Li Siwen on the side.

"It doesn't matter!" Li Siye smiled and said, "No matter how powerful the Qiang Rangers are, they are just cavalry. The biggest advantages of cavalry are their impact and mobility. These advantages can only be displayed in the wild. Now the Qiang All the rangers have entered the city, and the advantage has been greatly reduced. In addition, tonight, the Sima Chamber of Commerce invited Ma Zun and the ranger generals of the Qiang nationality to the Duwei Mansion. As the saying goes, capture the thief first and capture the king first, so why fear the Qiang cavalry without a general?"

"The general is wise!" Everyone echoed.

Li Siye looked at the crowd and said, "Tonight's banquet, Chang Mao, you will accompany me, and Youde, you and the Sima family's soldiers and horses will quietly surround the camp of the Qiang Rangers, and wait for Ben. The general orders, and Siwen, you sit at the head of the city tonight, and when there is chaos in the city, let the soldiers and horses from outside the city come in, and surround and kill the Qiang cavalry."

"Here!" The three responded.

Chang Mao has already shown up today. If he is not present at the banquet tonight, people will probably be suspicious, so Li Siye wants to bring him along. Although Li Siwen has some strategies, he is not strong enough. Facing such a powerful Qiang ranger, he may not be able to It is not easy to catch, so it is more appropriate to send Fu Youde to encircle the Qiang Ranger camp.

As night fell, the Southern Captain's Mansion in Lintao City was brightly lit, and the core disciples of the Sima family gathered here, inviting Ma Zun and the Qiang Rangers from afar, including Li Siye and Chang Mao, Among them, Li Siye's pseudonym was Sima Ye, and Chang Mao's pseudonym was Sima Mao.

During the banquet, Sima Shang, who was the host, raised his wine glass, toasted Ma Zun, and said, "Young General Ma, I am very happy that you can come to help from thousands of miles away, please drink up this cup. I will do it first." Respect!" After saying that, he drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.

Ma Zun smiled, drank the wine in his glass, and said: "Wei Sima is serious. Although you and I have some misunderstandings, we are both ministers of the Great Qin. Now that the country is in crisis, we should help each other. I have said to you that the Sima family contributed a lot to Xiliang's present peace, and we can't ignore the hardships of heroes."

"Old General Ma's righteousness, Captain Ben is convinced, if he repels Deng's army and keeps the land of Longxi, he will go to Guzang City in person to thank Old General Ma!" Sima Shang said.

"Of course that's fine. When Captain Sima comes to Guzang, I'm determined to show Captain Sima a taste of the beautiful scenery of Wuwei County!" Ma Zun replied with a smile.

"Then let's put it that way!" Sima Shang said with a smile.

"By the way, Captain Sima, I don't know who the general opposite is? Let me see how extraordinary he is, and I ask Captain Sima to recommend you!" At this moment, Ma Zun saw Li Siye sitting opposite him. For tonight's banquet, Sima Shang sat at the head seat, Ma Zun sat on the left as a guest, and Li Siye sat on the right. Even Sima Shang's uncle Sima Lin sat behind Li Siye. It can be seen that the status is not low, so Ma Zun Zun asked curiously.

"Oh! This one!" Sima Shang said: "This is Captain Ben's family uncle Sima Ye, and he is also the most trusted person of Captain Ben. Major General Ma must have heard of it. He inherited the southern captaincy in [-], and Uncle Ye is the general left to the captaincy by his late father."

"It turns out that you are a person who cares for Gu. I'm sorry!" Ma Zun bowed his hands to Li Siye and said, but Ma Zun also kept an eye on it, because he had never heard of the name Sima Ye. If it was as important as Sima Shang said, Why his father Ma Zhi never mentioned it in front of him, but Ma Zun didn't think too much about it, he just felt a little strange.

"Young General Ma, you are very polite! I have heard that the Ma family has produced many capable people, and Sima Ye has been fascinated for a long time. If there is a chance, I will definitely visit Guzang in person!" Li Siye said, cupping his hands.

After a simple greeting, the banquet continued. After drinking for three rounds, Ma Zun said to Sima Shang: "Captain Sima, now that Deng Jun is approaching the city, what strategy does the captain have to defend against the enemy?"

"Hehe!" Sima Shang smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, Major General, before facing Deng Jun, Captain Ben was always beating drums in his heart, and he had no chance of winning at all. Fortunately, for some reason, Deng Jun The army has always been garrisoned outside the city, and has no intention of attacking the city at all. This made Lieutenant Ben very worried, worried about what kind of conspiracy and tricks Deng Jun would use, but now it is all right, with the arrival of the Major General and the Qiang Rangers, Captain Ben's confidence has increased greatly, who doesn't know that the Qiang tribe roamed all over Xiliang without a single defeat, with such an elite army, what a mere Deng army!"

"Lieutenant Sima won the prize, what's the point of a mere name?" Although Ma Zun was a bit smart, he was only a young man. Seeing Sima Shang's praise of Qiang rangers, he felt a little complacent, and said modestly.

On the other hand, Fu Youde and Sima Jun, the general of the Sima family, led the army to slightly surround the camp of the Qiang Rangers. While the Wei Mansion invited Ma Zun and others, they also sent a large amount of wine and meat to the soldiers of the Qiang Rangers. Now the entire Qiang Rangers are still eating and drinking, and they didn't notice anything strange at all.

Outside the city, Li Jing and Deng Zhong also led an army to sneak under Lintao City, and divided their troops to surround the entire Lintao City.

At the banquet, the dinner went well. Ma Zun wanted to resign many times, but Sima Shang kept him with various reasons, and asked people to toast Ma Zun continuously. At first, Ma Zun didn't think it was necessary. Something was wrong, but slowly, Ma Zun realized something was wrong, because he found that Sima Shang didn't seem to want to let him go.

So Ma Zun resigned again and said: "Captain Sima, I think tonight will be about the same. Now that Deng Jun's soldiers are approaching the city, we still focus on defending against Deng Jun. Besides, I am a little too drunk. Let's go!" After saying that, he pulled Ma Ting up to the side, ready to leave.

At this time, Li Siye stood up slowly and said, "Young General Ma, since you are here, don't leave!" As soon as he finished speaking, Chang Mao led several people to block Ma Zun's way.

Seeing this, Ma Zun glanced at Li Siye in surprise.Then he turned to Sima Shang and asked, "Captain Sima, what does this mean?"

Before Sima Shang could speak, Li Siye opened his mouth and said, "Young General Ma, tonight, I am the master here!"

Ma Zun stared at Li Siye, and asked, "Who are you? I have never heard of an important general named Sima Ye in the Southern Captain's Mansion."

Li Siye smiled and said: "It's normal that you haven't heard of the name Sima Ye, because I am not from the southern capital's mansion at all, and I am not called Sima Ye either. Please allow me to introduce myself. I see Li Siye, who is the Great General of the Great Deng, the General of the Hussars of the Governor's Mansion, the Commander of the West Road Army, and he is here tonight especially for the Young General Ma!"

"What! Deng Jun?" Before Ma Zun could speak, Ma Ting shouted in surprise. He didn't expect Deng Jun's people to appear here!
(End of this chapter)