"Judge, this is Ma Liangma Jichang, the chief of the Ma clan of the large clan of Jingzhou. He has always had an old friend with Liang!" Zhuge Liang introduced in harmony, "Ji Chang expected that a war would happen in Jingbei. In order to avoid the disaster, he moved with his family to the east of Zhangling with his family."

"Ma Liang in Xiangyang, pay homage to Guan Junhou!" Ma Liang, a white-browed scholar, bowed to Guan Yu and said respectfully.

After hearing Zhuge Liang's introduction, Guan Yu, Li Tong, Zhao Yun and others looked at Ma Liang with surprise.

Not surprised by his appearance. Apart from his white eyebrows, Ma Liang was no different from ordinary people. What was really surprised was his identity as the leader. Although Guan Yu and others had never been to Jingzhou before, due to the alliance between Liu Bei and Liu Biao, and Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang and others were all from Jingzhou, they were familiar with the situation within Jingzhou.

The six most influential tribes in Jingzhou are among the horse tribes. Just look at the situation of the Cai and Kuai tribes, we can see that the strength of the horse tribes is definitely not much different.

But it is really incredible that the patriarch of such a prominent clan is just a young man around 20 years old. (Note: Ma Liang's age is 20 years old. In fact, Ma Liang was 17 years old in the eighth year of Jian'an.)

"Captain Ma, please get up!" Guan Yu had never had any good feelings for those rich gentry families, but at this moment, one was for Zhuge Liang's face, and the other heard that the other party could solve the food and grass problems, and said in a slow tone.

"Thank you, marquis!" Ma Liang's words and deeds were very polite and his attitude was quite gentle.

"Why did the Ma clan leader come to Pingchun? Kong Ming just now said that the Ma clan leader could solve the food shortage of the people in Zhangling, but he didn't know what kind of tricks?" Guan Yu really didn't believe that people with a status like Ma Liang would run to a chaotic place like Pingchun to "meet" Zhuge Liang for no reason.

"Liang heard that the army of Junhou was stationed in Pingchun, so he came to ask for a visit!" Ma Liang did not speak in vain and directly explained his purpose. "Liang wished to offer 80,000 stones of food and grass for Junhou to provide relief to the people of Zhangling!"

"Eighty thousand stones?" Li Tong, Zhao Yun and others heard this number and couldn't help but exclaim.

Eighty thousand stones of grain were enough to supply Guan Yu's army to fight in May. Such an astonishing number of grains was actually provided by the Ma clan. This alone shows the strength of the six major families in Jingzhou.

Guan Yufeng's eyes widened and asked seriously: "Eighty thousand stones of grain, take it seriously?"

"How dare Ma Liang talk nonsense in front of the king and the lords?" Ma Liang's face was calm and said in a harmonious voice, "If the king and the lords are not enough, Liang can borrow another 80,000 stones from the other old clans for the use of the king and the lords!"

"160,000 stones?!" Even Guan Yu was shocked at this moment, "Captain Ma did not say anything in vain?"

"But there is a half false statement. You can kill someone's head!" Ma Liang said sincerely.

"If this is the case, the Ma clan leader can be said to be the rebirth of the people of Zhangling!" Guan Yu smiled with a rare look and bowed his hand and said, "I thanked the Ma clan leader for these hundreds of thousands of people!"

"I dare not be the Lord and the Lord thank you!" Ma Liang hurriedly replied, "The people of Zhangling should be grateful to Liu Huangshu and Guan Junhou, and have nothing to do with Liang."

Seeing Guan Yu, Li Tong was unable to realize it for a moment. Zhuge Liang smiled and explained: "Ji Chang has given all the food and grass to the lord and lord's tent. How to use it next has nothing to do with Ji Chang!"

Guan Yu suddenly realized and nodded slightly, and couldn't help but feel more in love with the young patriarch she had just met. Ma Liang's move was clearly to give the opportunity to show kindness to Zhangling and even the people of Jingzhou to Liu Bei.

"But how can the head of the Ma clan horse transport food and grass from Xiangyang to here?" Li Tong asked in surprise.

After hearing Zhuge Liang introduce Li Tong's identity, Ma Liang replied in a humble and unrestrained manner: "General Li, don't worry, these food and grass are not in Xiangyang, but now they are in Zhangling. And they are less than a hundred miles away from Pingchun!"

"What?" Li Tong and others were shocked again. The eighty thousand stones of grain were actually under their noses.

"It's like this..." Then, Ma Liang explained the reason to Guan Yu and others - although the Ma family is in Yicheng, Xiangyang County, originally belonged to the "power" of the Cai clan. Cai Mao has always been arrogant. Although the Ma clan has strong strength, there is no need to be an enemy of Cai Mao. Therefore, the industries of the Ma family are mainly distributed in other counties and counties.

After Liu Biao was assassinated. Ma Liang, who was only eighteen years old, keenly foresaw that Jingzhou might fall into a civil war, and moved the family's foundation to the junction of Zhangling, Shouchun and Lujiang very early.

"Captain Ma generously donated money to save the people of Zhangling from water and fire, and to relieve the troubles between Guan and Guan's brothers. I really don't know how to thank him!" Guan Yu sighed with a stroke of his beard.

"Liang has no other request, he just wants to support his clan under the emperor's command, and hope that the king will fulfill his wish!" Ma Liang bowed Guan Yu in the long run and said earnestly.

Guan Yu personally stepped forward to help Ma Liang up. He nodded and said, "The head of the Ma clan is loyal, righteous, brave, generous, kind and kind. He has the style of a national scholar. Guan is not talented, so he agreed to his brother!"

"Thank you for your success!" Ma Liang said happily, "If you don't abandon the matter of helping the refugees, you will only ask the emperor to ask the emperor for an announcement to help the people so that you can do your best!"

Guan Yu's eyes lit up, he pondered for a moment, and immediately nodded and said, "This is the case that the leader of the horse is the only one who has to do with the horse. Jimin announced that something is necessary to send a fast horse back to Shouchun and ask for it from his brother!" The issue of relief to refugees really made Guan Yu very troubled. It was not that he was unwilling to provide relief, but that this matter was too delaying the opportunity for the fight.

According to the news just came from Hanyang, Guan Yu learned that his third brother's military had joined Liu Qi's army and was about to attack Jiangling. If he was dragged here, it would inevitably affect the plan to break the enemy.

Now that Ma Liang is willing to work for him, it is really a great thing. The Ma tribe has a great reputation in Jingzhou and is very familiar with Zhangling's situation. Who else can be more suitable for helping refugees than Ma Liang?

What is even more rare is that Ma Liangsuo asked for the "Announcement on Helping the People". In fact, this was what Ma Liang specifically requested to pay all the contributions to the relief of refugees to Liu Bei.

"Kong Ming, I'm working hard!" Guan Yu turned around and thanked Zhuge Liang who was standing quietly on the side.

"Isn't Liang's responsibility to relieve his worries for the Lord and the Lord?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile and a harmonious smile.

"In this way, at most two or three days, the army can continue to move towards Xiangyang!" Li Tong also breathed a sigh of relief. He said with a smile, "I don't know if the general has attacked him?"

Guan Yu nodded slightly and looked southwest, as if his third brother's army was within sight...

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A soldier ran up the city tower and whispered to Zhuge Liang.

After a moment, Zhuge Liang nodded, waved his hand to signal the soldier to go down first, and then gave Ma Liang another wink. Ma Liang said goodbye to Guan Yu and left.

"June. The person who was stationed near Xiangyang made a detailed report. Ma Chao and the Iron Cavalry of Xiliang left Xiangyang City in the evening yesterday and headed towards Nanjun!" Zhuge Liang reported to Guan Yu about the land of the newly obtained land.

Xu Shu spent more than a year building a meticulous fine net in Jingzhou, and there were a large number of fine nets lurking in each county and county.

During the war, Xu Shu handed over all the power to Zhuge Liang to make a plan for Guan Yu to make a battle plan.

"It seems that Ma Chao is preparing to fight with the general first!" Zhao Yun frowned slightly and said, "The Liangzhou Iron Cavalry has strong combat power. Ma Chao had swept the two states of Yongsi with tens of thousands of Iron Cavalry. It is not an easy opponent to deal with."

"..." Guan Yu nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice, "It seems that my third brother has attacked the hinterland of Nanjun, and we must march soon. Zilong, you immediately lead the Fengqi camp to go first.

The harassment near Xiangyang made Ma Chao unable to look after each other, and then created opportunities for his third brother to defeat the enemy!"

"Yes!" Zhao Yun said with extraordinary simplicity.

"Judge, I will send you something back in detail..." Zhuge Liang continued to say. "Now, the news that Ma Chao harmed the people of Zhangling has spread throughout Xiangyang and Nanjun.

It seems that the general, like us, also sent a detailed plan to rebel against the Jingzhou soldiers under Ma Chao's command... Liang thought that taking advantage of Ma Chao's opportunity to go south, General Zhao's light cavalry put pressure on Xiangyang and directly instigated the Xiangyang defenders..."

"Yeah..." Guan Yu thought for a moment, nodded in agreement and said, "Does Kong Ming have a good idea?"

"Your Majesty can write a piece of advice to surrender. It is said that as long as the soldiers who are in conflict with each other will abandon the darkness and turn to the light and wake up, they will be able to forgive the past and those who offer the city will be rewarded.

Then someone asked to copy a hundred copies of the statement and shoot General Zhao's cavalry into Xiangyang City. Maybe it would be a miraculous effect!" Zhuge Liang said with a faint smile.

"Okay!" Guan Yu responded without hesitation.

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Shouchun, conference hall

Liu Bei, Xu Shu and others were discussing the issue of helping the people of Zhangling.

"...Zhangling has hundreds of thousands of people who need relief, and the current army of kings and generals is fighting outside. The food and grass may not be able to provide assistance!" Mi Fang said with concern.

"No matter what, we cannot let these hundreds of thousands of people die of hunger, but I, Liu Bei, have some strength.

Then he was about to leave!" Liu Bei said resolutely, "Zhongsi, quickly count the food and grass in Shouchun and Lujiang. Except for military grain, all the stored grains will be transported to Zhangling to provide relief to the people. If it is not enough, then allocate them from Danyang and Wujun!"

"Yes!" Zhang Yi responded to the order.

"Zi Zhong, let's stop the grain transaction with Hebei!" Liu Bei turned to Mi Zhu and ordered,

Seeing that Liu Bei gave up on the transaction of obtaining the most important combat readiness resources for relief without hesitation, Lu Su was shocked at first, and then a look of relief appeared on his face.

It is so lucky to have this wise ruler!

At this moment, the city gate captain Gongsun Yu rushed into the hall, bowed to Liu Bei, and raised a silk book in his hand to report: "Report to the lord, Guan Junhou is urgent!"

"Come on!"

After reading the exhibition letter for a while, Liu Bei couldn't help laughing loudly: "Hahaha..."

"Lord, why are you so happy?" Xu Shu asked with a smile.

"The Ma family in Jingzhou is willing to offer 160,000 stones of food and grass to help me provide relief to Zhangling refugees!" Liu Bei stood up and walked to the hall, handed the silk book to Xu Shu with his own hands, and said with a laugh.

"What happened?" Xu Shu Zhanxin looked at it for a moment and suddenly said, "It turned out to be Ma Jichang, no wonder!"

"Yuan Zhi knows this person?" Liu Bei said curiously.

"Ma Liang Ma Ji Chang was famous for his young man (young) in Jingzhou. He became the leader of a clan at 18 years old and had outstanding talents. Although Ji Chang was not a teacher from Lumen, he often asked for advice from Shu's mentors, so he was familiar with Shu, Kong Ming and Shiyuan.

"Xu Shu said with a smile, "Ji Chang was really a great helper to join the lord!"

"If so, I really want to meet you now..."

Those who have attained enlightenment are indeed helpful! Lu Su shook his head and sighed with a smile, but he suddenly saw Zhang Yi who was beside him with a complicated expression, and he seemed to be fighting in his heart, but he soon returned to normal.
Chapter completed!