Dong Zhuo brought his cruel and brave qualities to the extreme, while Ma Chao brought his self-centered emotional qualities to the extreme.

Dong Zhuo was timid and confronted the Lord of the Mansion, and he was fearless in his own way, while Ma Chao ignored all his relatives, parents, brothers, wives, children, and the whole family died for him.

If the death of his wife and children was caused by the rebels in Liangzhou, then the death of Ma Teng and his brothers was completely inseparable from him.

Knowing that his father and brothers were hostages at Cao Cao, he still decided to rebel against Cao regardless of his own efforts, which left all his parents and brothers dead.

When Han Sui hesitated about this, he actually said that he had given up on his biological father. What else would Han Sui have to worry about? He said that he had 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 given up.

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

Cruel, ruthless, sad.

Although I don’t know if Ma Chao really said such things, there is no doubt that the father and brothers died because of him is an irrefutable fact.

Later, Ma Chao defected to Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu originally planned to betroth his daughter to Ma Chao because of his fame and identity. As a result, his subordinates reminded Zhang Lu that Ma Chao was indifferent to his feelings and did not care about his relatives. He was like this to his relatives, let alone others?

Zhang Lu immediately reacted and stopped talking about this matter and was more wary of Ma Chao.

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

But in fact, Zhang Lu and his subordinates of the same era were quite disgusted with Ma Chao's behavior, which is probably the best interpretation of Ma Chao's character.

Who is Ma Chao? With Liu Bei's knowledge of people, Liu Bei probably didn't know who he was, so after Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, he had never shown any active performance.

Until 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, and his words showed a deep sadness and regret.

Perhaps Ma Chao really regrets it when he looked back on his life on the sickbed at the last moment of his life.

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

But despite this, so what?

More than a hundred people in his family, only one or two died.

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

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

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

Time changes, and there are many things that have not changed.

Now, Mr. Guo wants to put an end to Liangzhou of this era in advance.

One advantage of being a tool for Mr. Guo is that he can enjoy peace.

Mr. Guo once swore that as long as he was alive for one day, he would fight for peace and never let chaos occur again in his jurisdiction.

No matter how reluctant peace is, it will be better than war. Those who forget about war are happy.

Let it all end early.

As despicable as Mr. Guo, he didn't want to see a fourteen-year-old child being forced to go to the battlefield with swords and guns.

Even if I can't study, at least I will take the farm tools to cultivate the fields.

So, Ma Chao, it depends on you.

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

Facts have proved that Ma Chao's performance was very good. Like Dong Zhuo back then, he performed at an almost super level, perfectly adapting to Guo's unlimited expectations for him.

His bullying and oppression to Yan Xing was almost all-round, and that kind of bullying and oppression... Guo couldn't stand it.

Of course, Ma Chao himself is also fearless.

When Guo Peng sent people to enthrone Ma Teng, all the separatist warlords in Liangzhou were afraid of Guo Peng's attack, so they were trembling with fear. When they saw Guo Peng establishing a new emperor, they sent envoys to enthrone, which was obviously a signal of reconciliation.

They felt that Guo Peng was going to be a powerful minister and had to focus all his energy on political rather than military. He was going to retreat to the second line and no longer fight, so he chose to reconcile with everyone.

Reconciliation requires a representative, and this representative is Ma Teng.

Guo Peng chose Ma Teng, who had been rich in all generations, as his target of reconciliation and the representative of Liangzhou people, reached a reconciliation with them, changed the high-pressure policy, and carried out a certain sense of gentleness.

As a symbol of softness, Guo Peng cut the garrison in the Sanfu land facing Liangzhou in half.

Three servants each left 5,000 troops, and Chang'an camp left 15,000 troops. The 30,000 that were cut were recruited by Guo Peng. A new pass was built 140 miles west of Gu Hangu Pass, named Tongguan.

Gu Hangu Pass was gradually abandoned during the Western Han Dynasty. Xinhangu Pass was east of Gu Hangu Pass, close to Luoyang, and lost its position to guard the only passage during the Qin Dynasty. Xinhangu Pass could only guard one of the two roads.

Guo Peng once took advantage of the shortcomings of the new Hangu Pass and successfully broke through the Hangu Pass defense line to attack Dong Zhuo's defense line in Guanxi. If Yuan Shao hadn't stole his family, Guo Peng would have really not know what reason to go back.

So while attacking Ma Teng and Han Sui, Guo Peng also explored the landforms in Guanzhong and found places suitable for establishing Tongguan, thinking of establishing Tongguan as a line of defense to defend Luoyang in the future.

As his imperial capital in the future, although Luoyang is in sufficient historical heritage, the land of Luoyang is not as beautiful as Chang'an, nor is it as good as Beijing in the future. However, in this era, he has made a broken head. The only place he can choose is Chang'an Luoyang, and Yecheng is not as beautiful as Chang'an and Luoyang.

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

There are several dangerous checkpoints east of Luoyang, which are enough to defend against Luoyang. These are the legacy left by the Eastern Han Empire. Guo Peng can use it as long as it is repaired.

In the west, the new Hangu Pass is no longer enough to undertake this important mission, so Guo Peng decided to establish a new dangerous level.

Tongguan.

When choosing the site, Guo Peng chose a location 140 miles west of Gu Hangu Pass. The road between here and Gu Hangu Pass was winding among the mountains, as deep as Han, so it was called Hangu. The east end of Hangu is Gu Hangu Pass, and the west end was the Tongguan address chosen by Guo Peng.

Tongguan was established and troops were sent to garrison, and the land east of Tongguan was used as a strategic buffer for Luoyang, thereby enhancing the security scope of Luoyang.

After these 30,000 troops were transferred to build the pass, they further confirmed the Liangzhou warlords' perception of Guo Peng's behavior.

They believed that Guo Peng had been fighting for more than ten years and was tired, and wanted to stop and rest, enjoy power and wealth. Guo Peng didn't want to fight anymore. Guo Peng was very tired. This guy who was timid in the sky and the earth no longer had the ambition to continue fighting.

They are safe.

So they were overjoyed and came together to congratulate Ma Teng and Ma Chao, celebrating that they had lasted until they were tired of Guo Peng and decided to rest, so they won the final victory together.

From then on, Liangzhou will be free of worries!
Chapter completed!