Just when Zhao Xing was secretly meeting Dong Zhuo, a mysterious guest was welcomed in Guzang City hundreds of miles away in the general's mansion where Ma Teng was.

At first, Ma Teng didn't like this mysterious man with his head and tail, but when the person showed something, Ma Teng quickly stopped the people around him and said something to the mysterious man in his dark room for a long time.

The person Ma Teng saw was the great swordsman Wang Yue who had not appeared in front of the world for a long time. Wang Yue came out to Ma Tengliang. It was a piece of yellow silk called the Imperial Imperial.

Although Dong Zhuo's defeat was not yet known to everyone in the world, Liu Bian, the emperor far away in Luoyang, was not always blinded and could not see the turbulent situation in the world. Especially after the three coalition forces besieged Bingzhou without any result, he was forced to grant a huge throne to his younger brother, Liu Bian, who was already in his twenties, finally realized the situation of the Han Dynasty's central court and his own precarious power.

Without anyone to remind him, Liu Bian also knew that the person who threatened his throne the most was Zhao Xing, who he tried to win over and buy. If he knew that Zhao Xing would now bring such a huge threat to the great man, ten years ago, he would not have been able to send Wang Yue to secretly protect Zhao Xing in Luoyang City. Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world, so Liu Bian, who was suffering from bitter fruit, is now staring at Zhao Xing's every move, for fear that his negligence would ruin the 400-year foundation of the great man.

A few days ago, the emperor's uncle Liu Bei accepted a master named Zhuge Kongming. Although this man was less than twenty years old, he had unique vision and far-reaching ideas. He was more organized and insightful about Zhao Xing's analysis of Jin State. Liu Bei hired Zhuge Liang as his counselor, and he was together in the morning and evening, and had great courtesy and respect. Once again, Liu Bei sighed in front of others that if he had met Mr. Kong Ming a few years ago, how could the Han Dynasty be forced into such a difficult situation by Zhao Xing?

After news of Dong Zhuo and Ma Teng's misconduct came out of Liangzhou, Zhuge Liang asked someone to tell Liu Bei that Dong Zhuo would do it first. At that time, Zhuge was not famous, but was just a scholar living in the Tai Academy of Luoyang, so Liu Bei did not take this seriously to the young man named Zhuge Liang.

After the Jin Daily, which was brought back from the north by the past business travelers, published the news that Zhao Xing had made a vow to the Wuyuan City and led his army to the north of the Mobei to clear out the Xianbei people, Zhuge Liang asked someone to send a message to Liu Bei, saying that Dong Zhuo would attack Ma Teng soon, and that Dong Zhuo would definitely lose this time.

Liu Bei, who received the news, paid a little attention this time and sent a secret spy to Liangzhou to spy on military affairs. Soon after, he learned the shocking news that Dong Zhuo's army was defeated in Guzang City. Liu Bei, who received this news, did not report to the emperor and the Grand Marshal Lu Zhi, but rushed to the Imperial Academy to visit Zhuge Liang. Liu Shangshu, who had always been able to identify and employ people, had already keenly discovered that Zhuge Liang was a rare talent. If he did not recruit him, it would be the biggest loss.

There is no need to explain what happened after Liu Bei met Zhuge Liang. It was nothing more than some bloody plots like "Three Gu Academy". In short, Zhuge Liang became Liu Bei's guest of honor and would try to mess with Zhao Xing in the future.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Xing held an unprecedented "roundtable meeting" in Jinyang City. The news spread throughout the world with the Jin newspaper the next day. After Zhuge Liang saw the newspaper, he told Liu Bei that Zhao Xing would definitely go to Liangzhou in the next step and would have great actions. Because Zhuge Liang did not know what the fourth prince fell into Dong Zhuo's hands, Lu Zhi, the emperor and others vaguely learned from Zhao Xing's hint, so Zhuge Liang could not guess Zhao Xing's specific actions next step, but he also predicted that a major event would happen.

When Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang say this, he was naturally very nervous and asked Zhuge how to deal with it. Kong Ming told Liu Bei that there were originally two forces in Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo and Ma Teng, but now that the two tigers fought to hurt Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng naturally would not willingly give up the results to Zhao Xing, so the court should send people to Wuwei and contact Ma Teng immediately, indicating that the court is willing to support the Ma family to fight against a dominant Jin State.

After hearing this, Liu Bei agreed very much. So he quickly reported the matter to the emperor and suggested that the emperor send a heavyweight secret envoy to Wuwei to contact Ma Teng to fight against Zhao Xing. Liu Bin was worried about the affairs of Jin State. After listening to Liu Bei's analysis, he naturally agreed immediately and quickly wrote a decree to let his master Wang Yuexing go to Wuwei at night and meet Ma Teng secretly.

In the imperial edict that Ma Teng saw with his own eyes, the emperor clearly named him the governor of Liangzhou, and promised that Huangfu Song, who led his army to station in Chang'an, could support Liangzhou and jointly deal with the threats from the Flying Tiger Army and the Pioneer Army of Shangjun, Jin. The premise of this secret edict was that Ma Teng had the ability to control Liangzhou, rather than being controlled by Zhao Xing.

Where to go and how to choose? With the arrival of Wang Yue's secret, a multiple-choice question about life and death was placed in front of Ma Teng.

Ma Teng did not immediately make a statement in front of Wang Yue, so he found an excuse to leave the room and was about to discuss the matter with several important generals under him.

Now, the Huang Xuan division of Dingyuan Army was led by the powerful general Hu Cheer, stationed not far outside Guzang City. He was escorting more than 20,000 prisoners of Dong Zhuo's army and had not left for a long time. Zhao Xing did this obviously to remind Ma Teng not to have any thoughts, and to be responsible for the fate is similar to Dong Zhuo. Many soldiers in Ma Teng's army have been to Jin State and have many connections with Jin State soldiers in private. This secret talk is of great importance and must not be known to Zhao Xing.

In order not to make people suspicious, Ma Teng thought for a long time and sent Peng Jian, the second manager in the mansion, who was not very noticeable, to go to the military camp to invite Pang De. Han Sui went to the mansion to attend the banquet. After Peng Jian received the order, he quietly left the backyard and drove the carriage to the barracks to welcome Pang De and Han Sui. When the carriage turned in a secluded street, an inconspicuous thing fell from the carriage, and was then picked up by the owner of the street shop...

On the same day and night, in a secret room at the Huqiang School Guardian Mansion, Ma Teng took out the secret decree of the emperor in front of Pang De, Han Sui and his eldest son Ma Chao, and let everyone take a look at each other carefully, and then looked at everyone without saying a word.

After a while, Han Sui first spoke: "This matter is a great opportunity for the general's rise. Although Zhao Guochang had many helps Wuwei in the past, he was good at calculating and never did business at a loss. I am afraid he would use more of us. Dong Zhuo led his troops to attack Wuwei. Since he had already learned about this matter, why didn't Meng Qi lead his army back to the rescue earlier? As a result, we suffered heavy casualties, and the losses caused by Hu Cheer were extremely small!"

After hearing Han Sui's words, Pang De said hesitantly: "Although Zhao Guochang has taken advantage of our actions, it is undeniable that without the help of Jin State, how can we gain a foothold in Wuwei and defeat Dong Zhuo at the city? The strength of Jin State surfaced has already made all parties in the world frightened. This time, the choice is no less than gambling bets. Once we bet the wrong size, wouldn't it be just enough to give Zhao Xing a chance to take action?"

Seeing that the most important counselors and the most important generals were disagreeable, Ma Teng turned to ask his eldest son Ma Chao: "What does my Shi'er think about this?"

Ma Chao frowned his eyebrows and thought for a moment, and then replied with some embarrassment: "Dad has never been to Jin State. Maybe he doesn't know how powerful Zhao Xing is now. The child once studied and trained in Jin State for half a year. The more he learned, the more he felt that Zhao Xing was unfathomable. With my current strength, he would not easily not be enemies with him. Although the child is brave, he can't stop him from protecting the generals of Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, etc. in **... "

After hearing his son say this, Ma Teng was a little embarrassed. To be honest, Ma Teng was still very moved by the conditions offered by the court, but as Pang De said, it is better to be cautious about the matter of betraying the alliance. If you can't resist the temptation and surrender to the court, you will ruin your originally strong relationship with Jin. As a result, it was found that Zhao Xing was more powerful than the court. Wouldn't he lose the rice if he steals the chicken?

Seeing that Ma Teng was hesitant, Han Sui said again: "General Pang and the eldest son's words just now also make sense. Since it is difficult to make the right choice now, we will not make a choice and wait for the situation to develop."

Ma Teng looked at Han Sui and said, "What Wen Yue's brother means is that you will not offend both of you, so don't express your opinion for the time being?"
Chapter completed!