Chapter 14 Liu Xie's Conditions
The next day, on the east gate of Gudao County, Liu Xie took Ma Teng's envoy Ma Dai to inspect.
"Zhonghua, how do you think these people are doing?" Liu Xie asked as he looked at the orderly people coming in and out of the city gate.
Ma Dai looked slightly stunned. Obviously, he didn't expect Liu Xiehui to ask him such a question, but after thinking about it, he still said: "It's bitter!"
"When the people prosper, the people suffer, and the people suffer too! This is the truth that has not changed throughout the ages." Liu Xie sighed lightly, pointed to the mountains in the distance and asked, "What do you think of these mountains and rivers?"
"Beautiful!" Ma Dai once again said in concise words.
Then Liu Xie smiled, "Yes! Beautiful! The country is so beautiful that it attracts countless heroes to compete for the competition! Such beautiful rivers and mountains will not make people move!"
Liu Xie's words made Guo Jia, Lu Su, Lu Meng and Guan Ping, who were following him, fall into deep thought. Ma Dai was a little confused. What was Liu Xie's request for in front of him? Did he just want to tell him that Liu Xie is a merciful monarch?
In the chaotic times, such a monarch would not live long! Moreover, Liu Xie is definitely not such a monarch. Thinking about the bloody things he did in Ba County, which one of them could be called compassionate? He couldn't figure it out, so he could only continue to remain silent.
Although he is steady by nature, after all, he hasn't studied much, and he is not enough to read when he talks with Liu Xie.
When he came to a female wall, Liu Xie reached out and patted the female wall, and then said without looking back: "Tell me! What did your uncle ask you to come?"
Hearing Liu Xie's words, Lu Meng and Guan Ping immediately gave a wink behind him. So the Shenwu Guards spread around and put the entire city into their control. All the soldiers guarding the city were driven to the corner.
Ma Dai took a deep breath, bowed to Liu Xie, and said, "Uncle knew that it was not your majesty's opponent, so he sent Dai to discuss with Your Majesty's resignation matters!"
Liu Xie smiled slightly, as if these things could not escape his expectations for him. However, he did not directly ask Ma Dai for Ma Teng's conditions for surrender. Instead, he continued to ask Ma Dai. "Zhonghua, look at it, which is better between your uncle and me?"
Ma Dai grinned. It was obviously a little bitter. If he could believe that Ma Teng was stronger than Liu Xie before, then now, he had to carefully evaluate it because they were underestimated by Liu Xie's Red Dragon Army. As a result, they were beaten to death.
In fact, Ma Dai didn't know how strong Liu Xie showed and whether there were hidden means. But from the surface, the two should be 55. Although Liu Xie's cavalry was strong and his armor was a bit weird, the number was not large.
If he was fighting in the field, Ma Dai was very confident that he would beat Liu Xie, but obviously, Liu Xie knew his shortcomings and could not directly confront them in the field. They would definitely design and crack the advantages of the Xiliang cavalry. Those crossbows were a big weapon of killing.
Moreover, seeing Liu Xie's calm appearance, Ma Dai estimated that his killer moves were more than that. Moreover, Liu Xie dared to attack his uncle and Han Sui directly, which shows that he had a chance to win at the beginning of the budget, and now his uncle and Han Sui turned against each other...
After thinking about it carefully, Ma Dai knew that the dawn of victory had already illuminated Liu Xie's side.
Ma Dai slid down the throat chord with difficulty and said, "Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that Your Majesty has a greater chance of winning!" After pausing, he said, "But if my uncle and Chaosui join forces again, Your Majesty's chance of winning will not be that great!"
Liu Xie chuckled and said, "Zhonghua, you are a smart person. Do you think I will give you such a chance?"
Yes! Ma Dai responded in his heart, could Liu Xie give them such a chance? What if his uncle did not surrender and Han Sui secretly surrendered? The result would only be worse, because in this way, his uncle would have to face the attacks between Liu Xie and Han Sui.
This situation was something that Ma Teng didn't want to see, so Ma Teng hurriedly sent an envoy to come after returning to Tianshui.
From the time he sent Ma Dai over at this time, Liu Xie could guess that Ma Teng was actually a little scared. Although the title of Tianshui is nice, what's the use if he doesn't have the life to enjoy it? Where can I have an official position like Liangzhou Mu?
Seeing Ma Dai silent, Liu Xie smiled and said, "Tell me, let me see what conditions your uncle has put forward!"
Ma Dai took a breath, bit his teeth, and said, "My uncle said that as long as Your Majesty is willing to agree to his position as the governor of Liangzhou, he will surrender and help Your Majesty resist the old thief Han Sui, guard the bitter and cold land of Xiliang for Your Majesty, and never betray him!"
Liu Xie looked back and looked at Guo Jia and Lu Su, and suddenly laughed at the sky. After laughing a few times, he turned around and looked at Ma Dai and said, "Actually, we have thought of your uncle's conditions for a long time." Seeing Ma Dai breathed a sigh of relief and smiled on his face, Liu Xie said, "But I refuse!"
What!? Ma Dai was stunned!
Seeing Ma Dai's expression, Liu Xie suddenly felt a little enjoyable, which was surprising and shocking. It was indeed a very pleasant thing.
"Don't understand?" Liu Xie smiled, making Ma Dai's face look a little ugly, and he felt humiliated by Liu Xie, a kind of IQ humiliation. "Zhonghua, you are a smart person. If you think about it carefully, you will understand why I refuse. Think about it! What can your uncle give me?"
"Isn't this what Your Majesty needs?"
Liu Xie nodded, but shook his head again, and said, "If that's all, then Han Sui can also give me, why should I give you the Ma family a chance?"
Hearing this, Ma Dai felt a little angry and felt that he had been insulted by Liu Xie again. Can the Han family compete with his Ma family? In the eyes of the Ma family, their Ma family is behind General Fubo, Ma Yuan, and then behind the general. What is Han Sui? He is just a famous scholar.
But in fact, in the eyes of many people, the Ma family is nothing compared to the Han family. Although the Ma family is known as General Fu Bo, there are already some Qiang bloodlines in their bloodlines, and some even treat them as half of Qiang people.
Ma Teng has Qiang blood, and Ma Chao's mother is Qiang man, and Ma Chao's Qiang blood is stronger. It is precisely because of this that Ma Chao is respected by the Qiang man as their divine power general.
Although Han Sui had rebelled, he had a name as a famous scholar, which was easily accepted by some famous scholars. This is the difference!
"I don't know what conditions your Majesty has?" Ma Dai thought for a while and asked.
Liu Xie put his hands behind his back, pondered for a while, nodded, and said, "Yes! Since you are an envoy, I cannot let you go back without telling you the conditions. My conditions are very simple. The Ma family moved to Chengdu, and I will grant Ma Shou the title of General of the Western Expedition, Marquis of Huaili, and go to the Western Regions to restore the Western Regions Protectorate. As for Zhonghua and Meng Qi, you are rising stars, I will promise you great uses. Meng Qi, a captain of the Qiang Protectorate, did not run away. Zhonghua, you are a little aggrieved, and be a partial general first..."
Ma Dai opened his mouth, but he did not expect that Liu Xie's conditions would be like this. Although the general who fought against the West could not compare with the governor of the state, his military power was not small, especially Liu Xie asked him to recover the Western Regions, which could be said to be equivalent to temporarily handing over the Western Regions to Ma Teng's hands.
However, moving the Ma family to Chengdu was equivalent to handing over the handle to Liu Xie. But I have to say that if this was not the case, Liu Xie would not be relieved.
And more importantly, his elder brothers Ma Chao and Ma Dai will be valued by Liu Xie, which is much better than his uncle.
Although the position of a general is not very high, it is only one level lower than that of a general.
"Go back and tell Ma Shoucheng that if he doesn't agree to this condition, I will go to Han Wen to make an appointment! I believe Han Wen likes the date very much! I can give you a month to consider it. If there is no news again next year, I will personally lead a large army to go there. By then, there will be no such favorable conditions!"
"Dai, understand!"
Ma Dai left without lunch, and he left in a hurry. In fact, it was enough for them to give them a month. I guess Ma Dai was a little confused! Liu Xie could actually see that Ma Dai did not want to fight with them, he should have been a surrender faction.
However, Ma Dai's position in Ma Teng's car was completely given by Ma Teng. Even though Ma Dai is very capable, if Ma Teng is unwilling to let him stand out, he will definitely not be able to stand out. Therefore, whether to accept the conditions depends on Ma Teng's attitude in the end.
Even though the relationship between Ma Teng and Ma Chao's son is not so harmonious, it is very unlikely to ask Ma Chao to betray him now.
However, Liu Xie was not very worried. He gave Ma Chao and the others a little hope at this time, and they would naturally speak for themselves. As long as Ma Teng and Han Sui did not reconcile as before, as long as Ma Teng was not stupid, he would not refuse this condition.
But Guo Jia and Lu Su were a little puzzled, because Liu Xie actually asked Ma Teng to recover the Western Regions. With Ma Teng's ambition, would it be another Western Liang after recovering the Western Regions? Protons are sometimes quite unreliable, even if Ma Teng's family moved to Chengdu to live.
"Actually, the person I like most is Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi!" When talking about the Western Regions Protectorate, Liu Xie sighed, "Ma Mengqi's reputation in Western Liang is not worse than that in his son. Of course, this is a brave name. But in Western Liang and Western Regions, most of them are Qiang and Hu people. It is very necessary to be a brave general. If someone else goes, he has to start from scratch. His steps are too small and he has to be too long..."
"Actually, the most important thing is whether Ma Teng is willing to leave Xiliang!" Lu Su frowned slightly, finally shook his head and looked at Guo Jia.
Guo Jia chuckled, "It's useless for you to look at me, I'm not Ma Shoucheng!"
"Your Majesty... A man came outside, saying that he was from Zhending, Changshan, and asked Zhao Yun to ask for a visit!"
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