At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

At the same time, he is emotionally indifferent and extremely self-centered. In order to survive and himself, there is nothing that cannot be given up.

This is not the fault of Liangzhou people, it is the times that have created such a group of people.

Such Liangzhou people were represented by Dong Zhuo in the early stage and Ma Chao in the later stage.

Together, they have bloomed a different kind of light in this era.

Chapter 661 They think Guo Peng is tired

Dong Zhuo maximized his brutal, aggressive and brave qualities, while Ma Chao maximized his self-centered emotional traits.

Dong Zhuo raged against the palace lord, acting like he let go of himself without fear, while Ma Chao ignored all his relatives, parents, brothers, wife, children, and the whole family died for him.

If the deaths of his wife and children were caused by the rebels in Liangzhou stealing their home, then the deaths of Ma Teng and his brothers were completely inseparable from him.

Knowing that his father and brother were hostages in Cao Cao's hands, he still recklessly decided to rebel against Cao, causing his parents and brothers to die.

When Han Sui was hesitant about this, he actually said that he even gave up his biological father, so what else did Han Sui have to worry about?He said that he already regarded Han Sui as his father, and Han Sui should also regard him as his son.

The hostages in Cao Cao's hands should be abandoned.

The survival rules of Liangzhou people in that era can be seen.

Cruel, heartless, sad.

Although I don't know whether Ma Chao really said such a thing, there is no doubt that his father and brothers died because of him, which is an irrefutable fact.

Later, Ma Chao joined Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu originally planned to betroth his daughter to Ma Chao because of his fame and status, but his subordinates reminded Zhang Lu that Ma Chao was indifferent and didn't care about his relatives.

Zhang Lu immediately reacted, stopped talking about this matter, and became a little more wary of Ma Chao.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms portrayed Ma Chao as a heroic figure like the Five Tiger Generals, only because Ma Chao had no choice but to defect to Liu Bei in the last years of his life, and was portrayed as a positive figure under the general environment of respecting Liu and demoting Cao.

But in fact, Zhang Lu and his subordinates at the same time were quite contemptuous of Ma Chao's behavior. This is probably the best interpretation of Ma Chao's character.

Who is Ma Chao? With Liu Bei's knowledge of people, it is estimated that Liu Bei is not unclear, so after Ma Chao took refuge in Liu Bei, he has not been too active.

Before Liu Bei went to Yiling, Ma Chao was seriously ill, and wrote a suicide note to Liu Bei, entrusting his blood relative Ma Dai to Liu Bei. His words showed strong sadness and regret.

Perhaps at the last moment of his life, when reviewing his life on the sick bed, Ma Chao really regretted it.

When a person is about to die, his words are also kind. In the end, Ma Chao must regret it.

But even so, so what?

There were more than a hundred people in his family, and only one or two died.

People who come out of the Shura field care about themselves more than others. In a state where they don't know when they will die, how can they have extra energy to care about others?

Dong Zhuo and Ma Chao were just the two most prominent representatives of Liangzhou people in that era. What they represented was a tragic era.

Ma Chao went to the battlefield at the age of 14. What is the difference between this and those young soldiers in the Middle East?

Time has changed, the sea has changed, and there are still many things that have not changed.

But now, Mr. Guo wants to draw an end to Liangzhou in this era ahead of schedule.

One advantage of being Guo's tool man is that he can enjoy peace.

A certain Guo has sworn that as long as he lives, he will continue to fight for peace and never let another turmoil occur in his jurisdiction.

No matter how reluctant peace is, it is better than war. Those who have forgotten war are happy.

Let this end early.

As despicable as Guo, he doesn't want to see a 14-year-old child being forced to go to the battlefield with a knife and a gun.

Even if you can't go to school, at least, take the farm tools and go to the field to plow the land.

So, Ma Chao, it's up to you.

Guo has deep expectations for Ma Chao. When the people of Liangzhou will be released from the sea of ​​suffering depends on how well Ma Chao performs. The better Ma Chao performs, the sooner the people of Liangzhou will be released from the sea of ​​suffering.

Facts have proved that Ma Chao's performance is very good. Like Dong Zhuo back then, he almost performed super-level and perfectly complied with Guo's unlimited expectations for him.

His bullying and oppression of Yan Xing was almost all-round, that kind of bullying and oppression... No one in Guo could stand it.

Of course, Ma Chao himself is confident.

When Guo Peng sent people to canonize Ma Teng, all the separatist warlords in Liangzhou were frightened by Guo Peng. They were afraid that Guo Peng would attack with a large army, so they were trembling. Seeing that Guo Peng had established a new emperor, he sent envoys to canonize him. Clearly a sign of reconciliation.

They felt that Guo Peng was going to be a minister of power, and that he had to focus all his energy on politics instead of military affairs. He was going to retreat to the second line and stop fighting, so they chose to reconcile with everyone.

Reconciliation needs a representative, and that representative is Ma Teng.

Guo Peng chose Ma Teng, a wealthy man of many generations, as his reconciliation object and the representative of Liangzhou people, reached a reconciliation with them, changed the high-pressure policy, and carried out a certain sense of Huairou.

As a symbol of Huairou, Guo Peng halved the garrison at Sansuke, which faced Liangzhou.

The three assistants each retained 140 soldiers, and the Chang'an camp retained [-] soldiers. The [-] cut off were recruited by Guo Peng. A new pass was built [-] miles west of the ancient Hangu Pass, named Tongguan.

The ancient Hangu Pass was gradually abandoned in the Western Han Dynasty. The new Hangu Pass is located to the east of the ancient Hangu Pass, close to Luoyang. It lost its status as the only passage in the Qin Dynasty. one of them.

Guo Peng once took advantage of the flaws of the new Hangu Pass and successfully broke through the Hangu Pass defense line to attack Dong Zhuo's defense line in Kansai. If Yuan Shao hadn't stolen his home, Guo Peng really didn't know why he would go back.

So Guo Peng, while attacking Ma Teng and Han Sui, was also surveying the landforms in Guanzhong, looking for a place suitable for establishing Tongguan, thinking about establishing Tongguan as a line of defense to defend Luoyang in the future.

Luoyang will be his own imperial capital in the future. Although the historical background is sufficient, the shape of Luoyang is not as good as Chang'an, and it is not as good as Beijing in the future. However, going to Beijing in this era is purely brain-dead. The only place he can choose is Chang'an Luo Yang, Yecheng is not as good as Chang'an and Luoyang in terms of shape.

Guo Peng gave up Chang'an and chose Luoyang. The important reason is that Luoyang is closer to the two prefectures of Qingyan and Yanzhou, and closer to his starting base. It is easier to control and develop Kanto nearby.

There are several dangerous checkpoints to the east of Luoyang, which are enough to defend Luoyang. These are the legacy left by the Eastern Han Empire, and Guo Peng can use them as long as they repair them.

On the west side, Xinhangu Pass is no longer enough to undertake this important mission, so Guo Peng decided to build a new dangerous pass.

Tongguan.

When selecting the site, Guo Peng chose a location 140 miles west of the ancient Hangu Pass. The 140-mile road between here and the ancient Hangu Pass winds through the mountains and is as deep and dangerous as a letter, so it is called Hangu, Hangu The east end is the ancient Hangu Pass, and the west end is the location of Tongguan selected by Guo Peng.

Set up Tongguan, send troops to garrison, and use the land east of Tongguan as Luoyang's strategic buffer, so as to enhance Luoyang's security range.

After the [-] troops were dispatched to build the pass, the Liangzhou warlords' understanding of Guo Peng's behavior was further confirmed.

They think that Guo Peng has been fighting for more than ten years and is already tired. He wants to stop and rest and enjoy power, glory and wealth. Guo Peng doesn't want to fight anymore. Guo Peng is very tired. Ambitious.

They are safe.

So they were overjoyed, and came to congratulate Ma Teng and Ma Chao together, and celebrated that they had survived to the end. Guo Peng was tired and decided to rest, so they won the final victory together.

From then on, Liangzhou has no worries!

They can relax and be the emperor of the land, domineering in the local area!

Chapter 662 .670 Han Sui who was bullied

Ma Teng and Ma Chao are of course triumphant.

They believed that their father and son were important contributors to the Liangzhou people's current status. It was through their efforts that Guo Peng was forced to treat Liangzhou with a soft policy.

It's all thanks to Marshall.

The congratulations and obedience of these warlords, big and small, undoubtedly fueled the arrogance of Ma Teng and Ma Chao, and they soon forgot that Han Sui's efforts were involved in these things, and Han Sui also spared no effort to help them.

They even selectively forgot that Liangzhou's political and military ecology is a dual-core system rather than a single-core system.

For this, Han Sui was naturally very dissatisfied, very jealous, and very annoyed.

But he still never expected that Ma Teng and his son would get the support of almost all the warlords in Liangzhou so quickly, and secure their position as the top leaders in Liangzhou.

He thought that the big and small warlords in Liangzhou would still maintain the previous situation, and everyone would do their own thing, but Han Sui still underestimated the importance of orthodoxy and righteousness.

Ma Teng and his son have mastered the righteousness, and they do everything with righteousness. The little warlords are not stupid. They know that Ma Teng and his son are the real talkers in Liangzhou, and they can speak in front of Guo Peng on behalf of Liangzhou. Naturally, he rushed to curry favor with Ma Teng and his son, and threw Han Sui aside.

Even Han Sui is still the second in command of Liangzhou in the traditional sense.

The position of Biejia is also very important, and General Anxi is not dispensable, it can even be said to be very important, being the second in command.

But with the titles of Inspector of Liangzhou and General Zhengxi, who would care about Han Sui and his son-in-law?

Guo Peng chose Ma Teng, so it was obvious that he should curry favor with Ma Teng. If Ma Teng wanted to attack Han Sui, they must also attack Han Sui.

With the help of righteousness and fame, Ma Teng soon emptied Han Sui.

The officials arranged in Liangzhou Governor's Mansion have also become Ma Teng's cronies, and all of them report directly to Ma Teng instead of Han Sui, and even Han Sui's own work is done for him.

Han Sui was directly emptied out, the regime was not at all profitable, and he sat on the bench every day.

As for the army, all the warlords in Liangzhou stated that they would follow the command of Ma Teng and Ma Chao, without mentioning Han Sui and Yan Xing at all.

So soon, Han Sui's original military forces and servants faced a big split. They chose to abandon Han Sui and seek refuge with Ma Teng and Ma Chao.

Han Sui didn't expect that the name of Dayi would be so terrifying, and he could win people's hearts so much. Seeing that he was about to become a poor commander, and seeing that the dual-core situation was about to be replaced by Ma's single-core, Han Sui was anxious extremely.

But Ma Teng took advantage of it and acted like a good boy. On the surface he was very close to Han Sui, but inside he was very unkind to Han Sui.

Evade his power, buy his cronies, and kill this best "brother" step by step. With a multi-pronged approach, Han Sui only had the power to parry, not the ability to fight back.

That's not to mention, Ma Teng is a bit older, and he prefers actual benefits rather than verbal performance.

Ma Chao is different, he is young and energetic, and he became General Zhengxi again. son's revenge.

There are many ways for Ma Chao to retaliate against Yan Xing.

For example, he brought his own soldiers to eat and drink in Yan Xing's army, and asked Yan Xing to provide meat and drinks to satisfy his hunger, but Yan Xing himself didn't have enough meat to eat, so Ma Chao ate them all. And take it in a fair manner.

Ma Chao took all the meat that Yan Xing's army had finally obtained from hunting, and then Ma Chao flaunted his power under the banner of General Zhengxi.

This is not bad, Ma Chao also likes to insult Yan Xing, such as riding on a horse and asking Yan Xing to hold the reins for him, doing the work of a groom, taking him into the barracks, shouting at Yan Xing in public, humiliating Yan Xing.

It's not that Yan Xing has no temper, and he really wanted to get angry and kill Ma Chao, but Han Sui was in a hurry at the beginning, so he asked Yan Xing to be patient. Yan Xing had no choice but to endure.

When Ma Chao saw that Yan Xing was so easy to bully, he immediately intensified and asked Yan Xing to wash and feed his horse himself. Yan Xing was so angry that he almost wanted to do it, but he was stopped by his relatives. up.

"The overall situation is the most important! General Han said, the overall situation is the most important!"

Yan Xing continued to be patient, but at the same time he did not forget to cry to Han Sui.

Han Sui felt that Ma Chao was going too far, so he went to Ma Teng, hoping that Ma Teng would restrain Ma Chao to some extent, which was too much.

When Ma Teng heard this, he was immediately very angry, and said that he must teach Ma Chao severely to reassure Han Sui, and his so-called lesson was to tell Ma Chao not to go too far, to save face, and not to irritate him too much. .

His campaign to seize power has not yet been completed, and Han Sui still has some strength, so don't overly stimulate him for the time being.

Ma Chao said yes, but he dismissed it secretly. In his opinion, Han Sui really raised an army if he had the ability to come to Ma Teng and cry.

So Ma Chao went his own way, and asked Yan Xing to bring his own soldiers to Ma Chao's barracks to chop firewood for Ma Chao to use as firewood.

This Yan Xing really couldn't bear it anymore, and angrily went to Han Sui to explain the problem, Han Sui looked embarrassed, gritted his teeth and was furious, realizing that Ma Teng didn't take his words to heart at all.

"My father-in-law! They are riding on our necks to do whatever they want! Do we have to continue to endure? If we continue to endure, when will we be tall? If we don't resist, I'm afraid it won't be long before they will be slaughtered like pigs and dogs. We are here!"

Yan Xing angrily smashed Han Sui's case with his fist.

Han Sui was stunned by the loud noise for a long time, and after reacting, he suddenly realized that what Yan Xing said made sense.

Ma Teng and Ma Chao were bullying them. Their step by step retreat did not make Ma and his son restrain their behavior, but intensified.

It's still an insult to personality now, but in the future, I'm afraid it will be hard to even survive, and Ma and his son will take them under the knife.

Blindly backing down is fruitless, and we must find a way to do something.

but……

Ma and his son are already in power, and the warlord forces in the entire Liangzhou have fallen to Ma and his son. The number of troops that he can still control is only about [-]. If we really want to fight, isn't that courting death?

Han Sui became more and more annoyed, and began to hate Guo Peng again, hating that Guo Peng chose Ma Teng instead of him.

Ma Teng made it clear that he wanted to kill him.

He just didn't understand why Guo Peng chose Ma Teng instead of him. Is it because Ma Teng's ancestors were better than his own?

"Our army is only 1 people. Ma Teng and Ma Chao have tens of thousands of troops, and Li Kan, Yang Qiu and others are helping them. When he raises his arms, the Liangzhou army must obey their orders, not mine. Our soldiers Little, how to resist?"

Han Sui sat down on the ground with a dejected face.

Yan Xing gritted his teeth and said, "If we don't resist, we won't even have [-] troops in a short time! Don't we just sit and wait for death?"