: The name Meng Qi

In July of the fifth year of Jian'an (192), Ma Yue and Ma Chao joined forces in Baima, Hebei.

"See brother!"

Ma Chao turned over and dismounted and bowed toward Ma Yue.

Ma Yue rushed forward and helped Ma Chao up, with a look of relief and said, "Brother Chao, you have grown taller again."

Ma Chao scratched his head and replied in a silly voice: "No matter how tall I grow, I am still my brother's brother."

"Haha." Ma Yue smiled casually, clenched Ma Chao's arms, and turned to Gan Ning and said, "Gan Ning, let me introduce you to you. This is Ma Chao, my brother of the general."

Gan Ning had heard of Ma Chao's name from Dian Wei, and hurriedly held his fists and bowed: "I will meet the major general."

Ma Chao replied with fists and said, "See General Gan Ning."

Ma Yue then asked Ma Chao: "Brother Chao, has Li Su's fleet arrived at Xinfeng Port safely?"

"Brother, don't worry." Ma Chao said in a voice, "The counties on both sides of the river have been repeatedly looted by my brother's cavalry three times. Now, there are no soldiers and soldiers of the Kwantung Army within a hundred miles of the north and south. As long as there is no accident on the way, Mr. Li Su's fleet should have arrived at Xinfeng Port half a month ago."

[Li Su's fleet is all large tower ships with slow speeds. Ganning's navy is a rushing and a fighting ship, and fast speeds. So Li Su walked more than two months before Ganning, but in the end, Ganning arrived at the Baima only one month later than Li Su.]

"That's good." Ma Yue said, "What's the situation in Hanguguan?"

Ma Chao replied: "Half a month ago, I received a letter from the military advisor. In the letter, the military advisor said that there was a complete plan to destroy the 300,000 Kwantung Army in one fell swoop! However, recently, since the army has been moving in, it has not received a letter from the military advisor for half a month. I don't know what the war in Hangu Pass is going on."

"All the best strategy?" Ma Yue's heart thumped and he murmured, "Can the 300,000 Kwantung Army be destroyed in one fell swoop!?"

Ma Chao said: "Brother, what the military advisor said is not like a comforting word."

"Well." Ma Yue nodded, "The military advisor has never spoken loudly. It seems that there is a perfect solution."

"Major General~~" As soon as Ma Yue finished speaking, dozens of Liangzhou fast horses suddenly came from the plain in front of him and shouted loudly, "Where is the Major General?"

Ma Yue looked up and couldn't help but look happy, and said loudly: "Jutu!"

The dozens of fast horses galloping in the galloping were the Wuhuan scout led by Jutu. Jutu had always followed Ma Yue's tent as the scout leader. The last time Ma Yue led 8,000 iron cavalry to Jingyang. Considering that he was not familiar with the place in the south, it was useless for Jutu's scout to go there, so he left him in front of Ma Chao's tent to obey orders.

"Uh~~ lord?" Ju suddenly stopped his horse and stopped, then turned over and got off the horse and knelt down on the dust, and said quickly, "See lord!"

"See lord!"

Dozens of horses behind Ju Tu turned over and dismounted.

Ma Yue hurriedly stepped forward and helped Jutu up, and said to dozens of scout cavalrymen: "Get up, brothers, get up quickly."

"Lord!" Ju suddenly stood up, gasped violently, and said anxiously, "Hangu Pass urgently! Hetao urgently!"

Ma Yue's heart thrilled again and said coldly: "Tell me!"

Ju Tu looked around, his eyes looked embarrassed, and whispered: "Lord, can you speak with a step?"

Ma Yue's eyes were cold, Ma Chao and Gan Ning generals said goodbye when they saw the opportunity. Only Dian Wei had a cold face, just like a valiant man still guarding behind Ma Yue. Ju Tu took a deep breath and whispered: "Lord, Hangu Pass, Hetao condemns the fast horses at the same time, Hangu Pass wins miserably, Hetao loses miserably!"

Ma Yue's eyes became colder and he said sternly: "How to win miserably? How to lose miserably?"

Ju Tu said: "Our Xiliang army and the Guandong coalition forces fought fiercely in Hangu Pass. They did not want plagues to be sent to heaven. They were alive. In just over a month, 300,000 Guandong army and 50,000 Xiliang army were not yet available! In the end, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu only led tens of thousands of remaining soldiers to return to Luoyang, and there were only a few thousand defenders left in Guanzhong."

"ah!?"

Even if the butcher Ma was cruel and bloodthirsty and treated human life like a mustard, he was shocked when he heard this news. The plague! It turned out to be a plague! Obviously, this must be Jia Xu's masterpiece, and this must be the perfect strategy mentioned by Jia Xu in his letter to Ma Chao. This is indeed a perfect strategy. It is really a perfect strategy to really destroy the 300,000 Kwantung Army.

But.

The price paid was too tragic. The entire 50,000 Liangzhou army and the entire 50,000 strong men! How many years would it take to recuperate to recover? The only thing that is thankful is that the most elite 20,000 old subordinates were unscathed because they followed Ma Chao on the battlefield. These 20,000 elite soldiers were still there, and the butcher Ma still had the confidence.

Taking a deep breath, Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "Show did Hetao defeat miserably?"

Ju Tu's expression suddenly turned dim and whispered: "In the Hetao battlefield, General Fang Yue led 10,000 troops to guard the Wild Biao Du to win the North Road coalition, General Ma Teng led 40,000 troops to guard Yunzhong to prevent the sudden sneak attack of Yuan Shao's army. He did not expect that Gongsun Zan, the governor of Youzhou, and Zhang Yanming, the bandit of Heishan, were actually hurting each other."

"Gongsun Zan?" Ma Yue's eyebrows were furrowed in an instant, and he said in a dark voice, "Black Mountain bandit Zhang Yan!?"

Ju took a breath and continued: "Youzhou army, the Black Mountain bandits rebelled at the battle, our army was defeated by the enemy on three sides! Only Fa Zheng led more than 10,000 remaining troops back to Meiji, General Ma Teng~~"

Ma Yue said in a narrow voice: "What's wrong with Uncle Teng?"

Ju Tu said sadly: "General Ma Teng fought to the death and refused to retreat. He was killed by Yuan Shao's general Zhang He. The head was hanging at the gate to show the public!"

Ma Yue's eyes suddenly turned into a coldness. Although it was summer, Ju Tu clearly felt a hint of coldness. Ju Tu followed Ma Yue for a long time, knowing Ma Yue's temperament, and knowing that Ma Yue was really angry! Sure enough, Ma Yue clenched his fists and broke out from his teeth coldly: "Zhang He, I will tear you into pieces!"

"Lord." Ju Tu whispered, "Do you want to tell the major general this bad news?"

"No!" Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "This matter must be kept strictly confidential. If any information is leaked, I will only ask you!"

Ju Tuning said in a voice: "Please rest assured, lord, I will keep my mouth shut as if I am."

"Hu~~" Ma Yue breathed a long sigh, his face had completely returned to normal, and he said to Ju Tu, "Okay, Ju Tu, you step down first, and then let the Major General come to see you."

"Affect the order."

Ju Tu agreed and took the order and left.

In less than a cup of tea, Ma Chao arrived.

Ma Yue signaled Ma Chao to join the seat, and then asked non-sightedly: "Brother Chao is now nineteen this year, right?"

Ma Chao said respectfully: "Brother, I am twenty years old."

[Ma Chao's age is slightly different, so it needs to be modified for the plot.]

"Yeah." Ma Yue nodded and smiled, "It's time to get married in his old age."

Ma Chaojun's face turned slightly red and she said loudly: "It depends on your brother."

Ma Yue said: "When this battle is over, I will find a good family for you, brother."

Ma Chao said: "Thank you brother."

Ma Yue said again: "Since you are going to get married, you will be an adult, and you should have the word "expression"."

Ma Chao was stunned at first, and then said happily: "I hope my brother will give me a letter."

In terms of seniority, Ma Yue is only Ma Chao's brother, and Ma Chao's biological father Ma Teng is still alive (at least Ma Chao doesn't know that Ma Teng is dead), so it's not the turn of Ma Yue to give Ma Chao a name. However, in terms of identity, Ma Chao is the general of Pingxi, the governor of Liangzhou, the head of the Ma clan, and the unscrupulous lord of Ma Teng and his son. Therefore, Ma Chao will only feel honored by Ma Yue's name.

Ma Yue frowned and thoughtful, and then said relievedly, "Why call Meng Qi."

"Meng Qi?" Ma Chao said happily, "Thank you for your brother's gift."

"Meng Qi." Ma Yue asked, "Do you know the meaning of the word "qi"?"

Ma Chao stood up, knelt down solemnly to Ma Yue with the courtesy of his younger generation, and said respectfully: "I respectfully listen to my brother's advice."

Ma Yue nodded and said earnestly: "The rise is to revival! The Ma family of Maoling is a prominent family in the world. The father and uncle are gradually fading. I gave you the name Mengqi for your brother, hoping that the Ma family can revival again in your generation. Furthermore, the rise is to revival, which also contains the meaning of inheriting the past and opening up the future. It is often said that life is impermanent. If you have a brother who has three strengths and two weaknesses, Zheng'er, Zhan'er is young and has a prestige that cannot convince the public, you will have to rely on Meng Qi to assist you."

Ma Yue couldn't understand what he said.

In a word, Ma Yue is planning ahead and making plans for death! If one day is not lucky, Ma Yue will die in the battlefield like Ma Teng. At that time, Ma Zheng and Ma Zhan were young, and the orphans and widows could not control the group of tiger and wolf generals under his command. This requires Ma Chao, the general of the clan, to stand up and stabilize the situation.

"Please rest assured, brother, I will definitely assist the two young masters with all my strength."

How could Ma Chao not understand what Ma Yue meant, and he was both grateful and frightened.

"Meng Qi." Ma Yue stepped forward and helped Ma Chao up, gently stroked Ma Chao's shoulder, and said in a calm voice, "From today on, you will try to lift the main lever of the Ma family. No matter what difficulties you encounter in the future, no matter what happens, you must remain calm and never act irritated."
Chapter completed!