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Chapter 173

When Zhang Yu heard that the enemy general who came to surrender was Ma Teng, he couldn't help but look at it carefully. The system mall assisted Zhang Yu to quickly restore Ma Teng's past memories.

Ma Teng was a descendant of General Fubo's general Ma Yuan. His father was once the Ganwei of Tianshui Lan. Later, he lost his official position and stayed in Longxi. He married a Qiang girl as his wife and gave birth to Ma Teng. Ma Teng was poor when he was young and had no property. He often cut wood from Zhangshan to carry it to the city to sell it to support himself. Ma Teng was 1.85 meters tall, with wide arms, round waist, and a heroic nose. At first glance, he felt that this person was extraordinary.

In real history, Ma Teng and Han Sui will accept reunions at the same time. Ma Teng was appointed as General Zhenxi and stationed in Jincheng by the court. Han Sui was appointed as General Zhanxi and stationed in Mei. Han Sui and Ma Teng's garrison were exchanged many times for various reasons.

Later, Ma Teng asked Li Jue for private matters, but he did not get the answer, so he led his troops to attack each other. Emperor Xian of Han sent an envoy to persuade him, but failed. Han Sui, who was stationed in Jincheng, led his troops to persuade him, and then joined forces with Ma Teng to attack Li Jue. The court officials Zhong Shao, Ma Yu, Liu Fan wanted to kill Li Jue and others, so he secretly contacted Ma Teng and was willing to respond to his inner support, but because the matter was exposed, he had to flee to Huaili.

Li Jue sent Fan Chou, Guo Si and his nephew Li Li to attack, Ma Teng and Han Sui were defeated and retreated back to Liangzhou. Li Jue's troops attacked Huaili again, and Zhong Shao and others were killed. Soon, Li Jue and others made peace with Ma Teng and Han Sui and changed their appointments to General Andi, and Han Sui as General An.

Ma Teng submitted a letter saying that the army was insufficient supply and asked to go to Chiyang, so he led his army to settle in Changping'antou. General Wang Cheng was afraid that Ma Teng would plot against him, so he led his troops to attack him. Ma Teng was not prepared and defeated westward. Soon, Li Jue and Guo Si attacked each other. The Sanfu was in turmoil. Ma Teng then gave up his plan to go east, united with Han Sui, and became brothers of different surnames.

At that time, there was still a situation of more than a dozen warlords separatist rule, among which Ma Teng and Han Sui were the strongest. In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Cao Cao adopted Xun Yu's suggestion and sent Zhong Yao to act as a minister of the Sili School and to supervise the troops in Guanzhong. After Zhong Yao arrived in Chang'an, he wrote to Ma Teng and Han Sui to state the interests. So Ma Teng and Han Sui were willing to surrender and each sent their sons as hostages.

As he went further, Zhang Yu didn't know, but one thing he knew was that Han Sui and Ma Teng were eventually killed by Cao Cao, and Ma Teng's son Ma Chao rebelled and became an important figure in dominating Liangzhou.

To sum up history, Zhang Yu concluded that in order to control Liangzhou, Han Sui and Ma Teng must use it. Although Han Sui and Ma Teng broke up and rebelled, sometimes rebelled and sometimes surrendered to the court, one thing is certain. These two people pretended to be a great man in their hearts. If their wishes were met, they would not really want to rebel.

Zhang Yu looked at Ma Teng with a calm face and said loudly: "Ma Teng, you have received the emperor's kindness in the world. Your ancestor Ma Yuan will crawl out of the grave and scold you when you hear that you are rebelling."

Ma Teng was ashamed of shame, buried his face on the ground, and whispered: "I know I am wrong, I beg the general of the Zhenguo to punish him."

Zhang Yu said: "Ma Teng, I ask you, if I with Huangfu Song withdraw the team back to Sili, can you and Han Sui start the express company branches in Wudu County, Longxi County, Hanyang County and Anding County within ten days?"

After thinking about it, Ma Teng looked up and whispered: "General Zhenguo, do you have any other requirements?"

Zhang Yu waved his hand and laughed and said, "Ma Teng, aren't you just trying to find an official in the court? I told Han Sui that as long as you two submit to the court, I will ask the emperor to appoint you two as generals, and you two will manage Liangzhou together."

Ma Teng looked happy and smiled on his face and asked, "Really?"

Zhang Yu said: "The premise is that you have to run the express company for me. Li Shen, west of Jincheng, has opened express companies in various counties. Due to your rebellion in Jincheng, it has not been done yet. If you can run the express company branch for me within ten days, I will persuade General Huangfu Song to withdraw his troops, return to Fufeng County, and give Liangzhou to you and Han Sui."

Ma Teng smiled and asked, "Really?"

Zhang Yu said: "I will ask my general manager of express company Zhang Long to stay and assist you in establishing it. Ma Teng, I remind you that at most twenty days, if you can't handle it for me, I will choose one from your sons Ma Chao, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, and Ma Dai to slaughter it. If you can't handle it for a month, you will slaughter another one. Every ten days later, you will slaughter one until you kill Guang. Do you believe it, I have this ability?"

A spear suddenly appeared in Zhang Yu's hand. Zhang Yu stabbed a corpse with a spear, lifted it up, and threw it away. The corpse flew out a beautiful arc and landed fifty meters away.

Ma Teng was so scared that his face was pale and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "General of the State, I promise to complete the express company within ten days."

Zhang Yu said to Zhang Long: "Order the fight to stop. You should accompany Ma Teng in person, and then go to Jincheng to meet Li Guan, and sign all the agreements to be signed. The team will be temporarily handed over to Huangfu Yunduo, and stay here, waiting for you to come back."

Zhang Long hugged his hands and said loudly.

In the evening, Zhang Yu came to Huangfu Song's place.

Because Huangfu Song, like Zhang Yu, sent cavalry to pursue the rebels, neither army carried the camp tent. In order to keep warm, Huangfu Song and Zhang Yu could only light a bonfire.

Huangfu Song seemed extremely excited because of his brilliant victory. Huangfu Song kept stroking his white beard and laughed loudly from time to time.

Zhang Yu looked at Huangfu Song and felt very complicated.

Zhang Yu recalled the scene when he first met Huangfu Song in Changshe. At that time, Zhang Yu was very afraid of Huangfu Song. As the number of interactions with Huangfu Song increased, before he knew it, Zhang Yu was not only no longer afraid of Huangfu Song, but also regarded Huangfu Song as his elders.

Now Zhang Yu and Huangfu Song have become friends for ages. Huangfu Song has even decided to marry his precious daughter Huangfu Yunduo to Zhang Yu, and the two families are married. Huangfu Yunduo is responsible for finance in Zhang Yu's express company. When he came to fight, Zhang Yu asked her to serve as a deputy to the private army and assisted Zhang Long in command of the team. During the specific battle, she and Zhang Long each led 500 cavalry.

Emperor Ling of Han was about to die in April, and then there would be a tragic massacre of eunuchs in the palace. Dong Chong and He Jin would die one after another. Dong Zhuo would enter the dictatorship of Luoyang, and the Han Dynasty would then move to the period of battle for hegemony. Regardless of whether the system could be upgraded, Zhang Yu thought he had to stay in Luoyang. Zhang Yu had not yet thought about how to deal with the situation in Luoyang. Before the system was upgraded, Zhang Yu could not interfere with the process of any major event that was about to happen. If it was upgraded, he had to obey the system task arrangements.

How could Zhang Yu feel good? He can't even make his own decisions.

Zhang Yu thought that at this time, Emperor Ling of Han and the generals of the world must reveal the death of Emperor Ling of Han and the trend of chaos in the world.

Huangfu Song said to Zhang Yu: "General of the State, we are far away from the camp and the supply of materials cannot be provided. Chief Liang Yan reminded me that I must be careful of Dong Zhuo's bad things. If Dong Zhuo does bad things at the base, we will become a rootless tree and we cannot go west anymore."

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Okay! Then we will withdraw back to Meiyang after cleaning the battlefield tomorrow. I had met with the rebel general Ma Teng just now, and he expressed his willingness to surrender to the court. Let's give Han Sui Ma Teng a chance, how about?"

Huangfu Song was overjoyed and said, "It's great, so it's great. In this way, the rebellion in Liangzhou is expected to be pacified."

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Yes! As long as the court has a proper strategy, Liangzhou will have hope of stability. Unfortunately, something big will happen to the court soon."

Huangfu Song was stunned and asked curiously: "What big thing will happen?"

Zhang Yu looked at Huangfu Song's eyes, hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "I borrowed the emperor's life from God. God doesn't want him to prolong his life anymore. The emperor will die in April."

Huangfu Song's eyes suddenly burst, and under the reflection of the fire, it looked very terrifying, and he shouted: "Zhang Yu, why didn't you invite God to let the emperor live for a hundred years?"

Zhang Yu didn't expect Huangfu Song to accuse him. Zhang Yu found another bonfire not far away, and Liang Yan and others were looking at this side curiously.

Zhang Yu stood up, looked at Dongfang, and said, "General, we can only do our best to do our best and let our destiny be destiny. Destiny cannot be violated."

Huangfu Song also stood up and said loudly: "Zhang Yu, why are you still staying here for mother-in-law and mother? Why don't you go back to Luoyang to save the emperor?"

Zhang Yu turned around and looked at Huangfu Song's eyes, sighed and said, "If the express delivery company is not done well, I will not go to Luoyang."

Huangfu Song said loudly: "When is it now? Why are you still thinking about your broken express company? Okay! I promise you if it's good? Sili and Liangzhou counties will definitely guarantee that as soon as the war is over, you will complete your so-called express company branch."

What Zhang Yu wanted was Huangfu Song's guarantee. How could Huangfu Song take the express company seriously? However, Huangfu Song's words must be done. As long as he agreed, he would do his best.

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Okay! I will ask Yunduo to contact you about the express company. I will go back to Luoyang tomorrow. If I get the express company in Luoyang and have not done good news yet, I will throw away all the affairs in Luoyang and return again."
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