When Yang Xiu arrived at the post house, Ma Chao and Yan Xing were turning over the horse, and the knights under his command were fully armed, looking like they were preparing to fight. Yang Xiu was shocked and stopped him quickly. Ma Chao was in a bad mood and turned his head and refused to talk to Yang Xiu. Yan Xing was more polite and told Yang Xiu that they planned to leave the city to pass the imperial edict in Sun Ce's camp.

"What if General Sun refuses to accept the imperial edict?"

Ma Chao glanced at Yang Xiu. "Didn't Mr. Yang tell the young master? If you refuse to accept the imperial edict, then you will compete for martial arts. Either he dies or we die. In short, it will satisfy Mr. Yang. If we die together, it would be even better."

Yang Xiu smiled bitterly and said, "Meng Qi, you are just angry. The imperial court asked you to come here to invite General Sun and his son to Chang'an to give martial arts. He was just worried that they were busy with military affairs and could not get rid of themselves. He sent you two to ask for advice, just like when he sent Chao Cuo and others to Fusheng to study the Shangshu, in order to communicate with each other, exchange military skills, so that more scholars can learn their strengths and serve the country, how could you ever let your life and death with him? You were mistaken for people, and if you go like this, wouldn't it be a big deal if you conflict with General Sun?"

Ma Chao looked at Yang Xiu in confusion, then Yan Xing, Pang De. Yan Xing pondered and said, "What does this martial arts competition mean?"

"This is General Sun's meaning, but it is intimately in line with the imperial court's intention of building a martial arts hall to be martial. Why did the court send you here? If it's just to determine life and death, sending an assassin is enough, why waste the two of them's good materials and quality? The court deliberately did this, just to make you famous all over the world and to wipe out the stigma that Dong Zhuo brought to the people of Xiliang. Think about it, General Sun is a hero from Shandong and becomes famous in one battle. If you can defeat him, can the people of the world still despise the people of Xiliang? Taking this opportunity of a martial arts competition, you will discuss martial arts with the heroes of Guandong and exchange the ways of using military force, so that they can see that the people of Xiliang also have young heroes, not all of whom are as cruel and easy to kill, and no longer treat the people of Xiliang as barbarians. Meng Qi, Yanxing, this is a big deal, how can you ignore it?"

Ma Chao was moved by Yang Xiu's words and dared not to Meng Lang again. "Since that's the case, it's better for Mr. Yang to go with us and ask for advice along the way."

Yang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed. In order to get close to Ma Chao and others, he did not take a car and decided to ride a horse. For him, this was not an easy task. Most scholars took a car, but not many riders rode horses, especially this. The horse was tall and he tried several times but did not climb up. Instead, Ma Chao and others laughed and were embarrassed. Seeing this, Yan Xing turned over and got off the horse, and led his mount to Yang Xiu.

"Young Master, please ride my horse, this horse is more docile."

"Thank you, thank you." Yang Xiu took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and reached out to pick up the reins. Yan Xing shook his head quietly, knelt down on one leg, grabbed the reins with one hand, and patted his thigh with the other. Yang Xiu understood, grabbed the saddle tightly with both hands, stepped on Yan Xing's knees, Yan Xing reached out to support Yang Xiu, and gave it lightly, Yang Xiu easily turned over the horse.

Yang Xiu was extremely grateful and bowed to Yan Xing again. Yan Xing smiled and called a guard to lead the horse for Yang Xiu. He changed a mount, pressed his hand on the horse's back, and jumped up as light as a swallow. Ma Chao watched coldly and hummed intentionally or unintentionally, very disdainful. Yan Xing could hear it clearly, but there was no reaction, and just signaled to Yang Xiu that he could leave.

The three of them kicked the horse's belly and walked forward side by side. While walking, Yang Xiu introduced the buildings along the way to them, talking about the offensive and defensive battle last year. Cai Yong wrote an article detailing the battle last year. Although the focus was on Xu Rong, Wancheng's offensive and defense only mentioned it, but Yang Xiu lived in Wancheng for so long and understood it clearly. At this moment, he told the story with a clear structure. Ma Chao and others were fascinated by the hostility. Unconsciously, they faded a little, and finally praised Yang Xiu.

"The young master is indeed a good word and has a great literary talent."

"Meng Qi has been awarded for it. Articles are a small way, and they are written for the purpose of preaching the story. Although there is a distinction between righteousness and unrighteousness in fighting, just from the perspective of military use, the generals of both sides compete with wits and courage, and their strange moves are used. This is the most exciting part of this battle. I am just a scholar, and I heard that it is inevitable that there will be mistakes from Lu Yu Hai Pi. You are all generals who command the military and fight, and you naturally understand them more deeply than me. The General of the Conquest East is a famous general, and the generals of the generals who fought against rebellion will be different from others as soon as they take action. They have the power to be better than the blue. The two generals will meet later, so I want to ask him for help."

Ma Chao refused to comment.

Yang Xiu saw it and said, "Meng Qi, Yanming, we are about age. I may be a few months older, so I will say a few words. If there is any inappropriate point, please don't look down on the outside. Although General Jianwei, General Jianwei is the same age as us, they have already established such achievements and take one step ahead and be a role model. We cannot regard them as ordinary young men. Confucius said: If three people go, there must be my teacher. You are worthy of the court and you should learn a lot and gain yourself. In the future, you will be the best general with General Jianwei and General Jianwei, so that you can be worthy of the reputation of being a general in Guanxi."

Ma Chao was moved when he heard this, nodded repeatedly, and became closer to Yang Xiu unknowingly. He was the same age as Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, but his achievements were not as good as that. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were both from Guandong. If this continued, wouldn’t it be a joke? Liangzhou people are not qualified to be on par with Guandong people. This time when they met Sun Ce, they would have to compete with him no matter what, and see who was better.

"If you want to talk about General Sun, the strongest thing is not his good martial arts skills and good at using troops. To be honest, he is even stronger than his father's General Dong. The reason why he can surpass his superiority and surpass his superiority is the real key."

Ma Chao was curious. "Oh, then what is his strongest?"

"Good at employed people." Seeing Ma Chao asking for advice, Yang Xiu smiled slightly, and finally let go of a big stone in his heart. "Although General Zhengdong is good at fighting, he can't use people. There are few strategists around him, and he only relies on his blood and courage. But the general who is trying to rebel is paying attention to the invitation of famous people. Now there are many scholars around him. Last year, General Sun defeated Xu Rong, and the three most rewarded people were scholars. In the battle of Junyi not long ago, Guo Fengxiao you saw yesterday was the first meritorious. Although Guo Fengxiao was powerless, he was General Sun's confidant."

Ma Chao raised his eyebrows slightly and remained silent. The reason why Ma Teng regarded Han Sui as the first is because Han Sui had studied and Ma Teng was almost illiterate. They had been with Guo Jia for more than ten days and knew that Guo Jia was smart and that Sun Ce had such a counselor, which was like a tiger. But where to find such scholars? Ma Chao couldn't help but glance at Yang Xiu. Although they were not happy yesterday, Yang Xiu was very happy to drink, and today they came to accompany him. He was still good. He just analyzed the war and did not show off. Unlike those who looked down on military men, he was a person who could make friends. Yang Xiu's father was Situ Yang Biao. If he could become friends with Yang Xiu, would the Ma family still rely on Han Sui?

Thinking of this, Ma Chao smiled enthusiastically. "Which year is Mr. Yang?"
Chapter completed!