After hearing this, Ma Chao thought that his father Ma Teng and uncle Han Sui were going to take him to the battlefield to defeat the rebels.
So he happily said: "That's great, father."
"My child has finally waited until today, as long as his father gives the order."
"The child will definitely be able to make great achievements with the spear in his hand and the treasure under his crotch."
Ma Yunluo also said at the side: "That's right, father and Uncle Han."
"Third brother has been talking about this matter in my ears these past few days. Now I have finally fulfilled my third brother's wish!"
Han Sui and Ma Teng looked at each other and thought that this was indeed the case. After all, Ma Chao is not very brave anymore. How could he give up such a good opportunity this time?
But for the sake of the overall situation, Ma Teng still said: "Chao'er, this time we will go to the Central Plains."
"Your uncle Han Sui and I don't intend to take you there together, because this place cannot be left without someone to guard it!"
"We have already discussed it. Apart from you, there is no one else in the army who can protect this place."
"And we know that you are brave and aggressive, so while you are stationed at the border, you must listen to Yun Luo's opinions and ideas on everything."
"I have avoided the tricks of those traitors in the meeting, and Yun Luo is also the most attached to you."
After Ma Teng finished speaking, Ma Chao was so anxious that he immediately knelt down and said, "Father, this border land can be guarded by the eldest brother and the second brother!"
"Besides, I'm still young, wouldn't it be best to kill enemies with my father?"
Ma Yunluo also said: "Wherever the third brother is, I will go. It doesn't matter, and the third brother listens to me the most!"
Han Sui: "My dear nephew, you see what Yun Luo said."
"I can only leave this border to you for the time being. Besides, although your eldest brother and second brother are brave, it is really not possible to let them guard this border. They are too straightforward."
"How can these two rough guys understand the twists and turns on the battlefield?"
"Among you brothers, you are the smartest. There is something subtle in everything, and Yun Luo is supervising you, so we can rest assured."
Ma Chao saw that his father and Uncle Han Sui had said this, so there was no room for negotiation on this matter.
Moreover, this border land is related to the survival of hundreds of thousands of people, and I am not that ignorant.
So Ma Chao had to agree no matter what, so Ma Chao said: "Father and uncle, don't worry, since you have said so."
"When you come back, my son promises to hand over the intact border land to you."
Ma Yunluo: "Third brother, third brother. There is also me. Doesn't it mean that third brother doesn't want me anymore?"
Ma Chao: "Okay, okay, I understand, and my dearest little sister."
Ma Teng and Han Sui looked at each other, and after Ma Chao agreed, a stone fell from their hearts.
Ma Teng: "Chao'er, remember. On the border, we won't give in an inch of land!"
"If your uncle Han Sui and I were killed in battle in the Central Plains, you would not be allowed to mobilize a single soldier from this border area to avenge us."
"You just need to fight against foreign enemies here and protect the people on the border."
"No matter who among these princes takes over the world in the future, you will not be able to leave the border easily."
"Also, take good care of Yunluo. If the two of us fail to do this, it is really God's will!"
Ma Teng's words were equivalent to his last words. Even if Ma Chao and Ma Yunluo were young, how could they not know about it.
Ma Yunluo: "Dad, don't talk nonsense. It would be great if we defeated Daddy and Uncle Han and came back here."
"My brother and I will definitely wait for dad to come home."
Ma Chao also echoed: "Yes, father."
"Victory and defeat are common things in military affairs. It is normal to have losses and wins."
"We are not fighting with others, are we? As long as people live well, there is still hope for everything."
Ma Teng and Han Sui also showed reluctance in their eyes. They looked at Ma Chao and Ma Yunluo and didn't know what to say.
Finally, Han Sui left the camp first. Ma Teng also stood up and said, "Don't worry, father promises you to come back alive as much as possible."
"But this border land, I leave it to you two brothers and sisters."
After Ma Teng finished speaking, he also walked out. But how could he not know that no one could say for sure what would happen on the battlefield. The situation changes in an instant, and the outcome is unpredictable.
Therefore, no one dares to truly say that he can come back safely and alive, so the guarantee Ma Teng gave to Ma Chao and Ma Yunluo just now was just his best.
This is also because he knows that he does not have the final say on what happens on the battlefield.
Inside the camp, Ma Teng kept the border army's commander's token and seal. Only then did Ma Chao start fighting and said, "Little sister, don't worry."
"I will take good care of you when my father, eldest brother and second brother are away."
"Just like before, I won't let you be wronged in the slightest."
Ma Yunluo choked and threw herself on Ma Chao, crying: "Third brother, I don't know if my father will be able to come back after he leaves this time."
"I'm so scared. It would be great if the world still belonged to men. Then my father wouldn't have to go to Zhuolu Central Plains against his will, and we could always be together."
After hearing what his sister Ma Yunluo said, Ma Chao knew that this was impossible. Since the ancestor dragon unified the world, if the kings of future generations cannot unify the territory, let the people of the world have a home to return to and have national self-confidence.
So no matter how rich and powerful this country is, it is nothing more than a weak country, or even a sinful country.
Because they do not have the ability to unify the territory and unify the world.
Ma Chao: "Okay, be good. Brother promises that you will always be here."
"What my father and Uncle Han are going to do is a very great thing, regardless of success or failure. Their heroic deeds will be recorded in the history books."
But at the same time, Ma Chao himself was also very worried. But now he had to pretend to be strong, listening to the distant sound of horse hooves outside the camp.
Ma Chao knows that we have to say goodbye today. They may never see each other again, and he has to become stronger.
Because hundreds of thousands of people in this border land and his sister are waiting for his protection, he cannot let others see his weakness.
After Ma Teng and Han Sui left the border area, Han Sui said: "I don't know whether it is right or wrong to go to the Central Plains this time."
"But we know that if no one wants to do this, then it is up to us, not only for ourselves, but also for the unity and strength of the country."
"In the future, no matter who wins the world, this border land will not be forgotten and will no longer be bullied by foreign races."
At this moment, Ma Chao and Ma Yunluo were standing on the city tower, watching the army that was getting further and further away disappear before their eyes, and finally no trace of it could be seen anymore.
Ma Chao lovingly stroked his sister's head and said, "From now on, no matter what happens."
"Brother, I will always be by your side, let's hook up!"
Ma Yunluo also stretched out her hand and said: "Pull the hook!"
Ma Teng also answered Han Sui's question at this time and said: "For the people on the border, for the sake of my brothers."
"Actually, many times we don't have a choice. Just like when Yun Luo's mother died when she gave birth to Yun Luo, we are not qualified to choose."
Both of them are very clear about one thing, that is, if the Central Plains continues to have civil strife or is divided into countries, the border areas will become more and more miserable.
Because the place where they are is the gate of the country and cannot be left without someone to guard it.
But now it is impossible to just rely on their words. Because the border areas consume a huge amount of materials and funds every year, if there is no support from the country's financial institutions in the future.
Then it will be as fragile as a piece of tofu, and the world will be in chaos. The people will suffer, so even if they leave now, they will only bring half of the soldiers and horses in the border area.
The remaining half was handed over to Ma Chao to command and guard the place they had guarded for half their lives.
At this time, Ma Tie came up and said, "Father, uncle."
"Why have we been gone for so long and why don't we see our third brother going to fight against the rebels with us?"
Ma Tie's words were always so naive, but he was better at being obedient. But sometimes they are so stupid, which makes Ma Teng and Han Sui feel very helpless sometimes.
Ma Teng: "Now that we're gone, don't we need to guard this border area?"
"So Chao'er and Yun Luo didn't come with them. I left them both at the border."
"Why, do you want to go back too?"
After hearing this, Ma Tie quickly shook his head and said, "Forget it, come to a place like the border where birds don't shit."
"I'm about to get sick. I don't want to go back and suffer again."
It can be seen that in Ma Tie's eyes, the border is a place where birds don't shit.
Now that he can see the beautiful scenery of the Central Plains, how can he be willing to go back like this?
So naturally he rejected Ma Teng's suggestion and rode ahead to lead the way.
And Li Jue, who was in Gongyang at the moment, was still furious. Because he has now led his soldiers to turn Gongyang upside down, but he still can't find the imperial seal hidden by Guo Bang.
The soldiers all lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word, for fear that Li Jue would be angry with them later. After all, they also knew about Li Jue's cruelty.
Li Jue: "Tell us your own suggestions and guesses about Guo Si, or if you get this national jade seal, where will he hide it?"
It was only at this time that Li Jue was willing to start brainstorming, but didn't he think it was a little late? After he had killed many people, and now that his men still had prizes, they no longer dared to speak easily.
I was really afraid that if I said something wrong, I would be killed by Li Jue and follow in the footsteps of those before me.
At this moment, Li Jue seemed to realize that what he had done before had gone too far, causing the people below to say nothing.
So at this moment, Li Jue spoke again: "This time, you can just say it. You can say whatever comes to your mind. I, the general, will forgive your innocence!"
With Li Jue's guarantee, a general guarding the city said: "General, to be honest, I haven't seen the imperial edict coming in or out of the city gate for a while when I was in Luoyang."
"During the time I came to Gongyang, I didn't even hear any news about the imperial edict."
"So I think that this imperial seal may still be in Luoyang."
As soon as these words came out, the whole scene became very quiet. Even Li Jue himself fell into deep thought. He was also thinking about the problem of this little general guarding the city.
If everything the other party said was true, then it meant that he had really killed Guo Si by mistake. Because according to the speculation about the whole story of this matter, Guo Bang really did not monopolize the imperial seal.
Otherwise, with Guo Bang's strength and the help of Chuanguo Yuxi. Maybe he, Li Jue, is the one who dies now. Although Guo Si's strength is indeed a little weaker than his own, Guo Si's strategy is several times or even dozens of times that of his own.
Li Jue was self-aware of this, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen to strike first.
After thinking for a long time, Li Jue said, "You think so too?"
"In other words, it is very likely that Dong Zhuo did not leave Luoyang with the Imperial Seal at that time, but hid it somewhere in Luoyang."
"Dong Zhuo just took the puppet Young Emperor hostage and temporarily moved the capital to Gongyang. As for the scene when everyone left, it was just a cover-up."
Thinking about it this way, Li Jue thought everything would work. I even understood the meaning of what Guo Bang said before he died, but it was a pity that Guo Bang didn't finish what he said at that time, so he spent so much effort.
Li Jue, who thought he had figured everything out, didn't care what the generals below were saying. He said directly: "The person who just mentioned this question will receive a reward of one thousand!"
Guard: "Thank you so much, General, for the reward!"
He didn't think that he was just mentioning it casually. Unexpectedly, I really let myself come up with the answer in a crooked way.
Li Jue: "Tell brothers to repair well today. We will rush back to Luoyang early tomorrow morning and head to Qingzhou."
"We will capture that place and use it as our base camp. As for Gongyang, it is still too small. If Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo were still there, this place would indeed be impregnable, but Lu Bu has already left."
"As for Dong Zhuo, he was killed by Lu Bu. Therefore, Gongyang cannot be defended by us."
"In that case, it's better to let the brothers have some fun."
Li Jue's meaning is very simple, and he is also imitating Dong Zhuo before him. He let his subordinates burn, kill and loot at will, making the people of Gongyang miserable.
But these subordinates are also completely loyal to him, Li Jue, and this is also his strategy.
However, using such means to control the army. Taking the initiative will not last long, just like Dong Zhuo, the previous master of the Xiliang Army.
