This guy is not Ma Chao

  Han Sui rebelled?

  Han Sui has also rebelled!

  Moreover, they killed the Imperially appointed Colonel and Governor, and occupied Jincheng!

  I didn't pay attention to who was beside Han's name at all, I just thought of that guy.

  How did this guy turn against us?

  This thing does not exist at all in my memory.

  My impression of Han Sui has always been stuck in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and games: Han Sui and Ma Teng became sworn brothers, compared to Ma Teng, Han Sui's bravery was slightly inferior but his wisdom was slightly higher, so in games, the initial military advisor for Ma Teng's forces is usually Han Sui. So... I never knew Han Sui was actually this powerful, much more than my old man! He directly rebelled against the central government! And he even united with ethnic minorities to rebel, damn it! This guy is something else! Although it can't compare to Zhang Jiao's rebellion that shook the nine provinces, it still counts as a major disaster. After all, in previous years, the Qiang and Hu invasions only killed civilians, but this time they directly killed a governor and a colonel, and this Colonel was originally responsible for monitoring the actions of the Qiang and Hu, so the court can't just sit back and do nothing.

  I thought the imperial court would quickly organize a counterattack, but unexpectedly they didn't take it seriously at all.

  Because of the great victory over the Yellow Turbans, the Emperor decided to change the reign title.

  "In the twelfth month of Ji Si, a great amnesty was granted to the whole country, and the era name was changed to Zhongping."

  The war-weary generals were all panting heavily, and no one was prepared to put on their armor again in the short term.

  Disaster followed closely, surging forward.

  "In the second year of spring, the first month, a great epidemic."

  Lightning strikes aren't enough, there also have to be some inexplicable coincidences.

  "On the 9th day of the second month, a great disaster occurred in Nangong, and a fire burned for half a month before being extinguished. On the 10th day, a house outside Guangyang Gate collapsed on its own."

  Meanwhile, slightly adjusted tax collection, but unexpectedly, bandits from Heishan appeared again.

  "The land tax is ten coins per mu. The bandits Zhang Niujiao and more than a dozen others from Heishan have risen up, plundering and extorting wherever they go."

  Finally, someone has come to clean up Han and his gang of little thieves.

  However, the central army, which had won a great victory over the Yellow Turbans and was riding on its momentum, unexpectedly suffered consecutive defeats.

  Bei Gong Bo Yu and others rebelled in San Fu, Emperor Xian of Han sent Zuo Che Ji Jiang Jun Huang Fu Song to quell the rebellion, but he was unsuccessful.

  After fighting for three months, there was still no outcome.

  Is Huangfu Song too weak or are Beigong Boyu and Han Xi too strong? Or is there something fishy going on between them?

  I have no way of knowing.

  But I always thought that Huangfu Song was a capable person, after all he had been leading troops for many years and had achieved some military successes during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

  But what about the result?

  Bei Gong Bo Yu is what kind of person? A northwestern barbarian!

  Who is Han Sui? A petty commoner from the border region!

  Can a mob of undisciplined troops defeat the Central Army?!

  Moreover, they were the "crack troops" who had just returned from a victorious battle against the Yellow Turbans.

  Isn't it because Huangjin is too weak?

  But how strong can Bei Gong Bo Yu and Han Chui's mob be?!

  My mind is a bit muddled.

  But the situation at home is even more chaotic.

  That day, I was practicing swordplay in the small courtyard when I suddenly heard someone arriving.

  Only after ten seconds or so, a burst of crying sounds came from home.

  I dragged the long gun and sprinted towards the front yard.

  Ma Teng was kneeling on the ground, hugging a young child and crying uncontrollably. He held the child so tightly that I couldn't even tell if it was a boy or girl.

  "Come on, come on..." Ma Teng muttered, "Don't be afraid... Who killed your parents?!"

  "I, I don't know..." The child was even calmer than his father, struggling free from Ma Teng's arms and revealing a square face. "At that time, a group of chaotic soldiers rushed into the house, and my parents told the steward to carry me out from the backyard..."

  "Rebel soldiers?" Ma Teng slowly stood up from the ground, "It's probably the troops of Bei Gong Bo Yu and Han Shui!" He seemed to be muttering to himself, "Where is the steward? I remember he was quite old..."

  "Wu Bo pushed me onto the horse and was caught by the chaotic soldiers himself......" The young man suddenly burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably.

  Ma Teng was silent for a moment, then patted his back. The dirty short sleeves raised a cloud of dust in the sky.

  "Don't be afraid, Uncle will take care of you." Ma Teng turned his head to look at me, "Chao Er, this is your younger cousin, Dai Er, and in the future, you must take good care of him."

  I quickly matched his pronunciation and memory, Ma Dai!!!

  "Dai'er, this is your uncle's eldest son, Chao'er. Call him 'big brother' and from now on, you two can play together." Ma Teng stroked Ma Dai's head with a benevolent expression.

  Ma Dai turned towards me and called out shyly: "Big brother..."

  I finally got a clear look at his face, which was as dark as copper, with eyebrows like ink and a layer of mud on top, making him appear seven or eight years older than me.

  "Okay, Xiao Dai, you come live with me first?" I needed to show him my friendliness, so I reached out and grasped his small black hand.

  No way, they say it's a small hand, but in fact it's even more powerful than mine. With one pull from me, he didn't budge at all.

  He lowered his head in embarrassment and followed me running back to the backyard.

  "How old are you?" I sized him up.

  "Almost eleven years old..." he replied.

  I was startled: "Aren't you my younger cousin? How can you be older than me?"

  "I was born in March of Xi Ping's sixth year..." He blinked his big eyes.

  I reacted: "What are you talking about with this 'virtual age'! I'm eight months older than you, that's right."

  He nodded cleverly: "Big brother was born in July of Xi Ping's fifth year?"

  I lifted my foot and patted his head: "You figured it out pretty quickly, you're a lot smarter than Old Zhao!" This complex algorithm would take my assistant Zhao Cheng at least half a minute...

  He lowered his head again in embarrassment.

  Then I had an extra tail beside me.

  He accompanied me in eating and drinking, accompanied me in sleeping, also accompanied me to receive that extremely boring Jia Fu Zi's education, as well as old dad's marksmanship training.

  Although Ma Dai is eight months younger than me, he obviously has a more solid foundation. The death of his parents also brought him a huge blow, and he didn't like to follow me around, instead spending more time exercising and strengthening his body.

  The direct result was that he soon became robust in body — though the word "robust" is hardly applicable to a child.

  Ma Teng was very attentive to his nephew, visiting him almost every other day for the first month, making my sister and me feel quite envious. When Coach Gun taught shooting, because Xiao Dai was exceptionally focused and eager to learn, Old Ma didn't hold back, teaching him all he knew, and Xiao Dai practiced even harder, making rapid progress, far surpassing me who loved to eat and sleep, always looking for excuses to take a break.

  Another result of his hard training was that his body not only became strong but also grew taller.

  I vaguely feel a sense of pressure: probably... he'll soon be taller than me?

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  Then news came that Huangfu Song, who had been fighting for a long time without success, was dismissed.

  In the seventh month of autumn, the Left Commander of the Imperial Guards, Huangfu Song, was dismissed.

  The emperor replaced him with a general he thought was more capable of winning battles and sent him on an expedition.

  "In August, with Zhang Wen as General of Chariots and Cavalry, he attacked Bei Gong Boyu."

  I don't know who Zhang Wen is, but after two months of bitter and brutal fighting, the news of victory finally arrived.

  "In November, Zhang Wen defeated Bei Gong Boyu at Mei Yang and sent General Zhou Shen to pursue him, surrounding Yu Zhong. He also sent General Dong Zhuo to attack the Xian Liao Qiang. Neither Shen nor Zhuo were successful."

  We only know Dong Zhuo, yes, he also grew up in Liangzhou when he was young, and had a good relationship with some Qiang people. This time he attacked the Qiang people, I don't know if it's true that he couldn't defeat them or intentionally showed weakness, anyway, he didn't succeed.

  But at least it counts as a victory.

  Afterwards Zhang Wen won several more battles in a row and Beigong Boyu became like a stray dog, only able to engage in guerrilla warfare with the government army.

  Bian Zhang and Han Cui had already taken advantage of the situation to lead their troops in surrendering to Zhang Wen.

  Zhang Wen, because the two were originally Han people, were forced by the Qiang Hu to rebel, did not severely punish them, but instead let them lead troops to besiege Beigong Boyu.

  Zhang Wen petitioned the imperial court and then posted public notices in all directions, stating that anyone who could capture or kill Bei Gong would be rewarded: if an official, they would be promoted three ranks; if a commoner, they would be rewarded with good land and gold and silver.

  The people of Xiliang are brave and heroic. Many men spontaneously organized and joined forces with the imperial army to suppress the rebels.

  Internally worried and externally troubled, Beigong Boyu retreated step by step, he could only flee.

  He retreated from Jincheng, which had already been occupied by Han Sui. To the east of Jincheng was Zhang Wen's large army, and to the south was Longxi Commandery, Dong Zhuo's hometown. Although it was a place where Qiang and Han people lived together, they would not tolerate a single traitor like him.

  So he could only flee northward.

  The north of Jin City is Wuwei County.

  Wuwei is our territory.

  Welcome!

  I've been itching for a fight, ready to take down Beigong Boyu and make a name for myself. Hmm, doesn't look like I'll be making a name this time, might as well give the credit to my old man instead.

  Dad vetoed my great idea: "No way."

  "Bei Gong Bo Yu has caused such chaos and betrayed the country, and has been defeated time and again. He is already a stray dog of a ruined family, so killing him would be no big deal."

  "Your grandfather was once demoted and almost collapsed, but fortunately, he was rescued by the Liangxi Qiang people and barely found a way out. If your grandfather knew that I killed Beigong Boyu, he would definitely be furious."

  "Was it Beigong's family who saved Grandpa?"

  "Of course it's not that coincidental, but most of the people led by Beigong Boyu are Xianling Qiang people, your grandfather won't agree with me killing them."

  "Just kill Beigong Boyu, and we can spare the lives of the Qiang people." I insisted.

  "......No way." The old man didn't back down either.

  "Father, you really won't kill him?" I pulled in Xiaodai as an excuse, "Have you forgotten who killed Uncle's family? Shouldn't this grudge be avenged?"

  Ma Teng's neck bulged with a thick tendon, as if he was enduring something: "...can't kill him." Old Dad sometimes has a particularly stubborn brain, and it's likely that his brain was also clever when Cao Cao killed him at the time.

  "Why don't you entertain him then?" I changed my tone.

  "Invite him?" Old Dad was taken aback.

  I let out a sigh and patted my hand: "Since you can't bear to kill him, let Ma's eldest son me do it for you."

  Dad was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and burst out laughing.

  He must have thought his son was really telling jokes.

  "I'll see him out of Wuwei, you come along too." He left with these words and packed his things.

  I rubbed my chin and smiled silently.

  Bei Gong Bo Yu, Father wants me to send you off, but I, Young Master, want your dog life.

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  Wait!

  I snapped back to reality from my cold smile: My marksmanship seemed to have never improved, although the opponent was a defeated general fleeing in disarray with not many soldiers by his side, but after all, he was of a certain age, a minority from the northwest, that must be tall and strong with broad shoulders and waist, his muscles were absolutely unmatched by me, fighting and chopping people must have more experience than me, even if I ambushed him, I would probably end up with egg on my face.

  No, no, alas! I have a heart that worries about the country and its people, but unfortunately, I am at a loss as to what to do.

  It is said that one fence has three stakes, and a good man has three helpers. I'd better pull in a few helpers, and with everyone fighting together, my heart won't be too tense.

  Let me tell you, I was a weak student in my previous life, and as a child, I only got bullied by others. After middle school, I never participated in any organized fights or group activities. The only time was when I was in high school, hiding two steel pipes in the dormitory, but someone else forced me to take them, saying it would add to the momentum at the right time. At that time, my heart was racing like crazy, what the hell was I doing? I felt like there were tens of tons of TNT explosives hidden under the bed, and I almost shook with fear. Fortunately, my unseen enemies were also intimidated first, and those two steel pipes were confiscated by the organization. From then on, I finally felt that life had returned to peace and tranquility.

  I counted on my fingers for half a day and found that only one person, Pang De, could go with me to fight: Among the young people I know of this generation, they are generally too young. The oldest in our small circle is the eldest son of the Pang family, Pang Zhuo, but can he go to the battlefield? If he can, then I can unify the country with one foot. Next is his younger brother Pang De, who is only thirteen years old. Although he is almost 1.7 meters tall, he is still young and tender, and can only be counted as half a combat force. Then there is my older sister Ma Wen, who is almost twelve years old. Using my vision to look at her... ahem, to say something uncivilized, she hasn't even started growing hair yet! As for me, I'm nine years old and have gotten used to being idle and lazy. My best skill is riding horses and shooting small birds, rabbits, and deer. Exclude that; Ma Dai is nine years old, his marksmanship is slightly better than mine, but can he kill people? Ma Xiu is almost eight years old and just started learning how to shoot two days ago; Ma Tie is six and a half years old...

  The above is what I thought was my list of confidants.

  Everyone is still underage, what can you possibly accomplish?!

  Old Master has many subordinates besides Pang Yi, but they are extremely polarized. Either they are in their fifties or sixties and have sons who are not of the same generation as me, or they are younger and can only be called uncle, with children around five or six years old. It's okay to play games with Ma Tie and Ma Xiu, but how can I call on them to follow Young Master to kill people?

  What else can you do when everyone is still a minor?