Ma Su was successful in his tenure as the magistrate of Chengdu County and was deeply trusted by Zhuge Liang.

Ding You, who resigned from office and returned from office, did not mean to attract reputation and attract attention, but because he was the foresight of an alternative time traveler. He had known that the situation in Jingzhou would undergo a major change and had to return to his hometown to prepare for it.

The Ma family has become one of the most prominent families in Jingzhou in recent years, because Ma Liang ranks second in Jingzhou and has made every decision in government affairs and is very powerful.

Uncle Ma often takes charge of family business and has made a lot of money. The family purchases more and more real estate.

Therefore, the Ma family needs power and power, money and money, and it is very likely to call the wind and rain.

But the rise and fall of the family has been firmly tied to the Liu Bei Group.

Ma Su didn't want to take the risk of taking over Sun Quan. Not to mention the difficulty of starting a new stove, the jealous real estate in front of him could cause the disaster of ruining the family.

If you want to maintain the existing glory of the family, you cannot tolerate the Ma family to look forward to it. Only by finding a way to help Liu Bei defend this acre of Jingzhou is a one-time and for all.

But the military power of Jingzhou was in the hands of Guan Yu, who was in power.

Guan Yu monopolized his power in Jingzhou and could not tolerate others challenging his authority.

Even Ma Liang, the second-ranked figure in Jingzhou, was raised by him because he did not agree with him in military terms, and he used the opportunity of worry to squeeze out Ma Liang.

As a county magistrate of Dingyou, it was impossible for Ma Su to make suggestions to Guan Yu and let Guan Yu retreat to Jingzhou.

Ma Su was unwilling to have his hometown occupied by Sun Quan, and the Ma family's real estate could not be taken away. All of them were in the two Majia Rivers and the Majia River market on the banks of the Xiang River, which belonged to Jiangdong.

Fortunately, only the place name of Majiahe is left there. Most of the people of the Ma family have moved away, and not much real estate has been left behind, so they are rented to local farmers.

The Majia River in Xiangyang is the foundation of the Ma family. The fertile land on the banks of the Ma family is basically owned by the Ma family, occupying most of the Ma family's property and cannot be discarded easily.

After Ma Su came back, he avoided the real and turned to the virtual, and had been planning to build in Jingnan for a long time.

At the glorious moment when Guan Yu flooded the Seven Armies, the Ma brothers quietly came to Lingling City.

Because the eldest brother Ma Wen died of illness, the remaining four brothers of the Wuchang Ma family gathered in Lingling this time and gathered a total of 20,000 elite soldiers.

Generals under Ma Su, Gong Li, Tian Shi, Fu Li, Zhong Yue, Zhang Zhuang, Yang Kui, Xing Daorong, He Yun, Fang Shan and others were all present, all of whom were Ma Su's confidants.

The prefect of Lingling was still Hao Pu. In addition to his strong family strength, he was also rewarded by Liu Bei for his resistance to Lu Meng's army.

In the end, they also surrendered to Lu Meng. After the other two prefects returned to Jingzhou, they were appointed as false positions such as those, and no specific matters were arranged. Only Hao Pu was restored to his post.

Because when Lu Meng attacked the three counties in Jingnan, only Hao Pu led his troops to resist in Lingling City, and the other county magistrates became prisoners without any troops.

When Ma Su came to Lingling, he had no ambition to be independent, nor did he have the ambition to compete for the Central Plains.

But as his hometown, Ma Su naturally could not tolerate others' involvement.

On this issue, the four brothers have completely consistent views, but in terms of specific operations, there are three different opinions.

The first opinion was proposed by the second son Ma Zhongchang. He advocated occupying the land of Lingling and Wuling counties, defending the city, waiting for Liu Bei to send troops to Xichuan, then raise an army to respond, and then lead the army to counterattack Jingzhou.

After Ma Bochang passed away, Ma Zhongchang automatically became the boss and he had a lot of say.

But he was addicted to making various instruments and did not care about family affairs at all.

On the contrary, the third son, Ma Shuchang, naturally took over the power of the Ma family because he was in charge of the family's financial power.

Ma Zhongchang studied and practiced martial arts in his early years, and was also a man with both civil and military skills.

But because he was addicted to strange and lustful skills, he had long stopped practicing martial arts.

Although his foundation is still there and he still has some courage, he is already a complete layman for marching and fighting.

This time, Ma Zhongchang was the first to propose the idea of ​​guarding the two cities of Lingling and Wuling because he used the weapons drawings provided by Ma Su to make many advanced defensive equipment, among which the most powerful one was undoubtedly the powerful crossbow.

After the powerful crossbow was made, after a test shot, a young bull could be shot to death easily, but it did not undergo actual combat tests.

After Ma Zhongchang came to Jingnan, he led the baggage troops to work overtime every day. He installed a lot of city defense equipment on the two city heads of Lingling and Wuling, especially the large number of powerful crossbows. He really wanted to test the power of powerful crossbows.

The super-large crossbow created by Ma Zhongchang uses the steelmaking technology provided by Ma Su, and uses mechanisms to launch archery supports. The firing force is a large steel spring, with a large force and a long range. The size of the arrow is similar to that of an ordinary spear, and has super lethality. Once a person is shot, it is absolutely unlucky.

Ma Zhongchang's usual task is to lead a group of apprentices and workers to create various new weapons. He is very talented in manufacturing and the various weapons he creates are very exquisite.

Because Ma Shuchang had accumulated a lot of food in various stores, and according to Ma Su's advice, all major towns arranged to conduct investigations. This time, the army gathered, and he served as a staff officer and was responsible for the army's food and supplies.

Ma Zhongchang produced many advanced weapons, and he was very excited about the power of these weapons. He has been patrolling the city of Lingling City these days, specifically asking for the right to command the soldiers to use powerful crossbows, just to see the power of powerful crossbows and want to further improve them.

Naturally no one objected to his suggestion, but the defensive proposition he put forward was directly ignored by the other three.

The second opinion was put forward by Ma Liang.

Among the five brothers, Ma Liang is considered the most talented person and has the highest achievements at present.

Although he was just a scholar, he had been an official in Jingzhou for many years, was in charge of government affairs, and often participated in Guan Yu's military meetings.

Although he has not practiced martial arts since he was a child, it does not mean that he is not in military planning.

He was also familiar with military books. During the many conflicts between Jingzhou and Cao Cao, Ma Liang joined Guan Yu many times and fought with Cao's army.

Although he was in charge of food, grass and military supplies, he also had unique insights when counseling military affairs and had a high prestige in the army, which aroused Guan Yu's fear.

Ma Liang was also very impressed when he saw Ma Shuchang and Ma Su's tens of thousands of soldiers in Jingnan.

Before Jiangling was occupied, Ma Liang even tried to persuade Ma Shuchang and Ma Su to lead troops to reinforce Guan Yu to attack Fancheng, but Ma Su flatly refused.

Because the Ma family left a large number of spies in the Public Security Bureau, Jiangling and other places, and the Ma Su brothers were in Lingling, they immediately obtained the military situation of Lu Meng's sneak attack on the Public Security Bureau and Mi Fang in Jiangling surrendered without fighting.

Upon hearing this news, Ma Liang's face turned pale. He knew that Guan Yu was completely finished!
Chapter completed!