Chapter 403 Tai Shici returned without success
When Ma Teng saw that one of the women was his daughter, his physical and mental nervousness suddenly subsided. After Ma Yunqi's father recognized her, she flew into her father's arms. Ma Teng naturally hugged his daughter as usual. People born in the Western Regions are so enthusiastic and unrestrained to express their emotions.
Ma Teng patted his daughter on the back, with tears in his eyes, and said in a trembling voice, "Yun'er, you can come back to visit your father..." As Ma Teng spoke, he could no longer control the emotional gate. Tears rolled out of his eyes and wet Ma Yunqi's hair. Ma Yunqi was already choked and speechless at this time. She just hugged her father's neck tightly and buried her head in her father's chest.
When the father and daughter were about to vent their emotions, Ma Teng gently pushed Ma Yun away. Then he stared at Tai Shici. At this time, Taishi Ci stepped to Ma Teng and knelt down and said, "Tai Shi saw his father-in-law!"
Ma Teng raised his hand to wipe the tears on his cheeks, and then reached out to hold Tai Shici's arm and said, "Cier, please get up!"
Tai Shici nod to Ma Teng, and then slowly stood up. Then, Ma Teng took Tai Shici and Ma Yunqi's hands and walked to the seat. At this time, Yanfei had already put the three futons together. After Ma Teng led his daughter and son-in-law to sit down, Yanfei began to prepare fragrant tea and candied cookies.
Under the eager attention of Ma Teng's eyes, Ma Yunqi and Tai Shici said a word and roughly what he had said to Yanfei. Finally, Ma Yunqi asked Ma Teng timidly, "Father, why did you come back so late?! Yan Niang said that you have been going to the palace for a day..."
Ma Teng did not directly answer his daughter's question. He opened his eyes and asked Tai Shici in a low voice, "Ci'er, are you not willing to come to the capital for development? At this time, there is a lack of super generals like you around the emperor... If I'm not afraid of too much danger, I would have wanted to call Chao'er to the capital for the emperor to drive the dispatch..."
Tai Shi Ci summoned up the courage to look at Ma Teng and said gently, "Father, I know what you mean, but my self-conscious ability is limited, and at the same time, I can't withdraw from Jiangdong..."
Ma Teng, who has always been loyal to the Liu royal family, heard Tai Shici say this. With a straightforward temperament, he showed contempt and dissatisfaction.
Seeing this, Ma Yunqi quickly said, "Father, don't complain about Taishi. He does have his own difficulties! Father, we came to visit you today just to persuade you to leave the place of right and wrong and go to Huiji County with us..."
Ma Teng listened to his daughter's words and shook his head. He was thinking: The married daughter is really like splashed water. If you have Langjun, you will forget your parents! ......
According to Ma Teng's temperament, if Ma Chao had spoken to him like this, he would have lost his temper long ago. Ma Yunqi looked at her father's face getting more and more serious, so she stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.
Father and daughter have not seen each other for many years, and Ma Yunqi doesn't want to destroy the atmosphere of family happiness.
At this time, Yanfei prepared fragrant tea and candied fruit. She knelt on the other side of the table and said angrily to Ma Teng, "You are the donkey's temper. Yun'er came all the way to see you. You treat your daughter like this... At home, don't talk about state affairs!"
Gypsum tofu, one thing drops one thing. Ma Tengtian is not afraid, the ground is not afraid, but he is afraid that Yanfei will be angry. He took a breath, squeezed out a little smile, and stretched out his hand to put preserves, raisins and other fruits on the plate in front of Ma Yunqi and Tai Shici. Ma Teng's smile is worse than crying.
Tai Shici and Ma Yunlu looked at each other helplessly and dared not mention the topic of letting Ma Teng leave the capital. Of course, they know that the reason why Ma Teng stayed in the palace for a day must be that he was discussing with Emperor Xian's confidant how to deal with Cao Cao.
Now Emperor Xian wants to deal with Cao Cao, who can see clearly: Isn't that touching stones with eggs? However, the young Emperor Xian was overwhelmed by false thoughts, and his confidants around him were also crazy with hatred. Those people think that: At this time, it was Cao Cao who blocked the bright road of Emperor Xian's great achievements. At this time, Cao Cao should give power to Emperor Xian...
Their eyes were blinded by hatred and interests. They couldn't see: how many princes in the world can be as loyal as Ma Teng at this time? How many armies directly belong to Emperor Xian at this time? What are those imperial troops who have not experienced the baptism of the battlefield in front of Cao Cao? I guess it's not even sheep. At least sheep will attack the enemy with their horns.
Tai Shici knew that he could not persuade Ma Teng to leave the capital on this trip. In front of Ma Teng, he and Ma Yunlu didn't even dare to mention this topic.
In the second half of the night, Tai Shici and Ma Yunqi quietly left Ma Teng's mansion. Due to his special status, because Luoyang City was under curfew, Taishici and Ma Yunqi did not go to Ma Teng's official residence, even during the day. Because Ma Teng himself knew that at this time, the dark whistle sent by Cao Cao could be said to be 24 hours a day, monitoring his every move. Therefore, Ma Teng also understood that Tai Shici and Ma Yunlu were no longer seeing him. In the eventful year, more is better than less than less. How can Ma Teng, who is the focus of his career, care about the secular love of his children? In this regard, Ma Teng is indeed a hard-hearted person, and only such a person can be unconditionally loyal, that is, good and evil are unknown!
The result of meeting Ma Teng was also expected by Tai Shici. Even if he knows the result, he will do his best. He knew that no matter how much Ma Teng supported Emperor Xian and how much Emperor Xian valued him, as long as their emperors and ministers tried to deal with Cao Cao, the result could only be a failure. Emperor Xian can only lose a lot of vested interests and freedom! And the end of Emperor Xian's followers can only be the word "death"!
The predictable tragic ending made Tai Shici repeatedly tell Liu Wei and Bai Lichuan, the evil spirit religion, to save Ma Teng and his wife in danger no matter what means they use at that time. Then, send them to Huiji County.
Tai Shici said these words in front of Ma Yunqi, but in the blind area of Ma Yunqi's vision, Tai Shici spoke and blinked at Liu Wei and Bai Lichuan at the same time. This kind of body language is more tacit and confidential than pinching and sound transmission. Tai Shici means that once Cao Cao is poisoned by his confidants around Emperor Xian, at that time, Liu Wei and Bai Lichuan can use all available methods, such as taking eczziness and stuning Ma Teng... Anyway, we must send Ma Teng and his wife to Huiji County and Yunwu Palace!
Liu Wei and Bai Lichuan certainly understand the implication of Tai Shici. This is the taciistic understanding formed by the three people who have fought together. After Taishi Ci and Ma Yunlu left Luoyang City, Liu Wei and Bailichuan began to be busy: first, the two joined hands to arrange an "evil spirit array" to cover the Ma Teng mansion; secondly, the two began to dig a tunnel from the location of the Ma Gang's rudder, and the tunnel naturally led to the bottom of the Ma Teng's mansion. Finally, Liu Wei suggested that the members of the Ma Gang disguised themselves as small vendors and set up stalls around Ma Teng's mansion to do business...
escorted by two innate masters, and these two super masters are good at sneak attacks. Tai Shici and Ma Yunqi naturally left at ease. At this time, Cao Cao's territory, except for maintaining calm near Luoyang City, was in a state of war. So much so that along the way, Tai Shici and Ma Yunqi saw a team of Cao's army pulling out from the station to the south: infantry phalanx, cavalry policy, grain transport team, siege equipment force...
In the follow-up observation all the way, Tai Shici had to admire Cao Cao's ability to govern the army: these Cao's army and the local people did not commit crimes. Even if they requisition military materials from the people, they were exchanged at an equivalent price.
After several days of observation, Taishi Ci found the general route and intention of Cao's army to attack Jingzhou: According to Taishici's rough estimate, Cao Cao gathered at least 300,000 troops to attack Jingzhou this time. The 300,000 troops were divided into four routes: the West Road Army was led by Xia Houyuan, who was both civil and military. He led 50,000 Cao's army to the junction of Jingzhou and Yizhou through Wancheng, so it can be inferred that the combat intention of the West Road Army: cut off the connection between Jingzhou and Yizhou, prevent Liu Zhang from supporting Liu in Jingzhou, and block one of Liu Brown in Jingzhou. An important way out, after all, Liu Tan and Liu Zhang are both royal relatives, so Cao Cao sent Xia Houyuan to carry out this military plan alone.
The East Road Army was led by Cao Ren, and Cao Ren led 50,000 Cao troops to Hefei, which could prevent the possibility of the Jiangdong Group taking advantage of the situation to make trouble; it also blocked the escape route of Liu Brown in Jingzhou. The rest of the second-way central army, one was led by Cao Cao himself, and the other was led by Zhang Liao. The two-way 200,000 troops marched quickly to Runan City, the gateway to the north of Jingzhou, with the offensive route of "Jiaojiao".
Tai Shici saw with his own eyes that Cao Cao had so many troops at this time, and he was envious of Halazi. Even Ma Yunqi is also clumsy. It can be expected that once Cao Cao wins Jingzhou, the force he has can definitely break through the 500,000 mark... At this time, it can be seen that Cao Cao is still in a strong rising stage. Can Cao Cao fail at this stage?
Guo Jia and Diao Chan both judged that Cao Cao's side would go downhill. The morale of Cao Cao's army in front of Tai Shici was like a rainbow. Cao Cao himself was also talented and wise, which was not comparable to Yuan Shao at all. What's more, Cao Cao's senior management was united, and even the poisoner Jia Xu raised his hands in favor of Cao Cao's attack on Jingzhou. In such a situation, there is no trace of defeat on Cao Cao's side.
It was because of the appearance of Zhuge Liang that Cao Cao began to go downhill as soon as it was convenient?! Thinking of this only possibility, Tai Shici was a little doubtful. However, there is no reason for Tai Shici to doubt the judgment of Guo Jia and Diao Chan.
No matter what the final result of Cao Cao's military operation is, Cao Cao can easily occupy Runan City. A blind man can see this result. The reason is very simple: at this time, Cao Jun's continuous stone throwers have reached 20,000. What is the concept of 20,000 continuous stone throwers? You can throw 80,000 yuan and 40 catties of stone at one time. Can the precarious wall of Runan City be blocked?
Even if Cao Cao does not use the invincible Thunderbolt car, 200,000 troops against the enemy 10,000 defenders, Liu Bei's side has no chance of winning!