Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 61 The Incoming Visitor ([-])

Liu Yucai sent off the mother and daughter of Huangfu's family, when he heard the voices of other visitors coming from outside the courtyard.

"This is the residence of King Liu of Zhongshan!"

Hearing this, Liu Yu turned around and came to the door again, only to see a middle-aged general with a big body and a strange face and nose pulling a whole cart of fine grains to the door of the small courtyard.

"I am Liu Yu, who is your Excellency?"

"The last general is Ma Teng from Xiliang, and he is here to send some congratulatory gifts to the King of Zhongshan on the orders of General Xu Rong!"

At this time, food in Luoyang City was more valuable than gold, and fine grains were not even stored in the palace.

So Xu Rong's congratulatory gift can definitely be regarded as a generous gift.

It's just that what attracted Liu Yu's attention was not the cart of fine grain, but the general who was in charge of delivering the grain.

Xiliang Ma Teng, Jin Ma Chao's biological father!
This is a prince-level general, thinking of this, Liu Yu quickly turned on the system's but function.

"Ding, Ma Teng has 85 strength, 86 leadership, 79 intelligence, 80 mental skills, 10 friendliness, five elements, and water."

That's great, it's really a general with five elements, and it's also a water attribute.

After empowering Jia Xu, there are only two attributes left in the system, water and wood, which have not yet been activated.

I met a general with water attributes so quickly, how long would it be if I didn't take the opportunity to increase my friendliness!

"There is General Lao Ma, please come in with me and sit down for a while so that I can show my friendship as a landlord!" After Liu Yu finished speaking, he politely gestured to him to come in.

"I have something to convey to General Xu Rong. If that's the case, let's go to Zhongshan Prince's Mansion to disturb me for a while!" Seeing Liu Yu treating him so courteously, Ma Teng also smiled heartily, and walked into Liu's Mansion.

Ma Teng used to be a member of the Liangzhou warlords, and after taking refuge in Dong Zhuo, he was assigned to be a lieutenant under Xu Rong.

There are as many school captains in Luoyang as Guojiang Zhiqing, no one cares about him, and Ma Teng has long been resentful for this status gap.

Now I feel very comfortable being treated by Liu Yuli, but I am so happy that I forgot the proper etiquette, and walked directly in front of Liu Yu.

The person in front of him was Zhongshan King of the great Han Dynasty, and even the princes or ministers had to greet him first when they saw him.

But Ma Teng didn't react until he walked several steps.

"I was rude just now, don't blame Zhongshan King!"

Ma Teng hurriedly turned around and apologized, but Liu Yu smiled and said it was okay.

"I know that General Ma has half the blood of the Qiang people, and his style of acting is more straightforward than ordinary generals. This happens to be my favorite type, so you don't need to be too restrained in front of me!
Hearing this, Ma Teng was overjoyed again, thinking that others would look down on him because of his Qiang blood, but Liu Yu didn't take it seriously, this kind of magnanimity is worth making friends with.

"Ding, Ma Teng's friendliness has reached 30."

The two walked into the front hall one after the other, and after sitting down as the host and the guest, they exchanged courtesy.

At this time Ma Teng felt that it was time to tell what Xu Rong had explained.

Ma Teng said: "In addition to congratulating King Zhongshan on his upcoming promotion this time, General Xu Rong has another important request. However, General Xu cannot easily leave the city gate because of his duty, so he let me pass on a message. .”

There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. From the moment he saw the cart of fine grains, Liu Yu knew that Xu Rong, the captain of the city gate, must have something to ask for.

However, Liu Yu had long planned to use Xu Rong as a breakthrough point to break into the Xiliang Army. At this time, when he heard that he had something to ask for, he thought it would be a good opportunity to increase mutual friendship.

So Liu Yu opened his mouth and asked tentatively: "I don't know what General Xu is asking for? I just returned to Luoyang City and I don't have a strong relationship with the court, but I can't guarantee that I will be able to help!"

Ma Teng replied: "This matter has nothing to do with the court. It is a piece of cake for King Zhongshan, but it is of great importance to General Xu and our Flying Tiger Army!"

Hearing this, Liu Yu also became curious and motioned to Ma Teng to speak directly.

Ma Teng said: "The thing is like this. Our Flying Tiger Army found a large tomb in the south of Luoyang, but we haven't found the entrance. I heard from the brothers in Kangjiazhuang that Zhongshan King is very good at geomancy, so General Xu Rong thought Please take the time to help me take a look."

When Liu Yu heard that it was about tomb robbery again, he thought to himself that the Xiliang Army really has a unique tradition!

At this time, Liu Yu thought that after helping Li Jue find the entrance of the underground palace in Kangjiazhuang, Li Jue's friendship level has increased by leaps and bounds, and so on, as long as he can help Xu Rong, he will definitely get his friendship level.

Moreover, Liu Yu still has two friendship cards and one recruitment card in his hand. If used properly, Xu Rong might be able to recruit Xu Rong soon.

Unexpectedly, the first step to divide and evade Dong Zhuo's military power was related to tomb robbery!The world is unpredictable! The art of geomantic omen, which was thought to be useless, is about to be used again.

Thinking of this, Liu Yu nodded and agreed.

So Ma Teng bid farewell with fists in his hands, while Liu Yu escorted him out of the courtyard.

Before leaving, Liu Yu casually asked about Ma Chao, Ma Teng's son.

Cao Cao, who was beaten by Ma Chao in history, was definitely a fierce man. At this time, while he was still young, it happened to be a good opportunity to subdue him.

Liu Yula asked casually: "I heard that General Ma has a son named Ma Chao who is as brave as a man in his teens. I wonder if he also serves in the army?"

Hearing Liu Yu's praise of his son, Ma Teng was very happy, and said proudly: "Although my son Ma Chao is only 15 years old this year, his strength has surpassed that of his ancestor Ma Yuan!"

Ma Yuan was General Fubo in the early Eastern Han Dynasty. He had made great contributions to the imperial court. All the descendants of the Ma family wanted to be like him.

Liu Yu continued: "It's just that with brute force alone, you can only become a fierce general who charges into battle. You should learn more about military tactics, so that you can surpass General Fubo's achievements."

Ma Teng nodded approvingly, and said, "I wanted Quan Zi to worship the three famous generals in Luoyang City as teachers, but when I arrived with Quan Zi, I found out that the three famous generals were either demoted to prison or retired. , now Quanzi can only temporarily stay in the army as a small school."

The three famous generals in Ma Teng's mouth refer to Lu Zhi, Huangfusong and Zhu Jun. These three men showed their talents in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then led troops to wipe out many other bandits one after another.

It's just that since Dong Zhuo took control of the center, Lu Zhi retreated to his hometown in Youzhou ahead of time, while Zhu Jun and Huangfusong offended Dong Zhuo one after another, one fled to Jingzhou, and the other was imprisoned in a big prison.

Just as Ma Teng was distressed that his son could not learn from him, Liu Yu said with a smile: "Hehe, General Ma and I hit it off right away. If you can believe it, why don't you ask your son to learn the art of war with me?"

Ma Teng was overjoyed again when he heard the words, isn't there a master of military command and strategy in front of him?

To say that Liu Yu defeated Sanying in a row in front of Hulao Pass, and beheaded the fierce general Ji Ling with another move, he showed a level of force that was even higher than that of Lu Bu.

Then he attacked the camp of the allied forces of the princes at night, used tactics to separate the princes and retreated one after another, and defeated Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's army in succession in the battle of Dagu Mountain. These great victories showed that he used soldiers like a god.

Moreover, Ma Teng thought that the Zhongshan King was young but had a prominent status. If he could become a teacher and friend with his son, then the Ma family would really embrace him.

Thinking of this, Ma Teng no longer hesitated, and gave Liu Yu a big gift to meet the teacher on the spot for his son, and said that he would call Ma Chao to come to visit the teacher early in the morning.

(End of this chapter)