Chapter 190

Jia Xu cupped his hands,

"My Lord, Han Sui has gathered an army of eighty thousand and will arrive in Didao in three days."

Liu Bei nodded,

"Wenhe, what do you think?"

Jia Xu paused,

"My Lord, only thirty thousand of these eighty thousand are Han Sui's troops; the others are warlords from various parts of Liangzhou and Qiang troops. They can be split."

"We only need to secretly send people to promise benefits to Cheng Yin, Yang Qiu, and others, and the allied forces will naturally not be of one mind."

"As for the Qiang troops, they will inevitably send warriors to duel. Our army only needs to defeat the strongest warriors of their tribes to intimidate them."

Liu Bei nodded,

"Good, Wenhe's analysis is excellent. Ju Yi will arrive in Didao in three days. With his fresh troops, it won't be hard to break Han Sui's coalition."

In Didao City,

Ma Teng had a headache,

"Lord Liu Xuande treats me so well; if I join Han Sui to deal with him, it really won't be justifiable."

"But I have an alliance with Han Sui; it's hard to handle."

Ma Chao cupped his hands,

"Father, let me go and test Liu Bei's mettle tomorrow to see if he is as brave and invincible as the rumors say."

Ma Teng nodded,

"That's fine."

The next day at noon,

Outside Didao City, there were thousands of banners.

Ma Teng and Liu Bei were hunting together outside the city.

Ma Teng pointed to the five thousand elite cavalry not far away,

"Lord Liu Xuande, my troops aren't bad, are they?"

Liu Bei nodded,

"The folk customs of Liangzhou are fierce. This five-thousand-strong cavalry lineup is neat and full of murderous intent; one can tell they have been through a hundred battles!"

Ma Teng laughed loudly,

"These five thousand elites have followed me through battles all over Liangzhou; everyone is a good hand!"

He waved his hand!

The sound of horns rang out,

"Da! Da! Da!"

Ma Chao and Ma Tie led the cavalry to accelerate rapidly, galloping across the wilderness with rainbow-like momentum; ten thousand horses galloping was chilling.

Ma Teng was very proud; his cavalry was the elite of the elites.

While praising Ma Teng, Liu Bei also waved his hand.

Liu Bei's five thousand personal guards, led by Zhang Fei and Chen Dao, also began to show their strength.

The lineup was even neater, with a momentum like a mountain.

The warhorses accelerated, the cavalry speed was fast, yet they were like an arm directing a finger. During the rapid run, they quickly changed formations without the slightest disorder—far more powerful than Ma Teng's cavalry!

"Shoot!"

With Zhang Fei's explosive shout,

Five thousand cavalry bent their bows and set arrows,

"Sou! Sou! Sou!"

Dense arrows filled the sky, covering a grassland in the distance!

After several more rounds of mounted archery, the cavalry put away their bows, held long spears, and charged, intimidating the entire field!

Ma Teng was shocked,

"It's actually mounted archery?! Mounted archery with thousands of 560 people."

Ma Teng only had a few hundred people who could do mounted archery; he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart...

Ma Chao, Ma Tie, and others were also shocked; if their cavalry faced Liu Bei's cavalry, they feared they would be finished after a few rounds of mounted archery!

Ma Ma Yunlu hid among Ma Teng's personal guards, her beautiful eyes flowing,

"Hmph, no wonder he dared to bet with me; it turns out his personal guards are so powerful?"

"Then am I going to lose... Wuwuwu, the world-shaking Lord Liu Xuande actually set me up?"

Ma Ma Yunlu's little face was conflicted. She found Liu Bei looking at her and couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

Liu Bei, however, smiled at her.

Ma Teng discovered this, and he was extremely shocked in his heart,

"What's going on? My daughter and Liu Bei?! When the hell did this happen!"

Netizens in the live broadcast room were overjoyed,

"Haha, Ma Teng just discovered his house was stolen!"

"This expression is just the word 'awkward'!"

"Miss Ma Ma Yunlu has been peeking at the big-eared thief; she can't escape the big-eared thief's clutches."

"This is called admiring a hero; what do those upstairs know!"

The military exercise ended, and Ma Teng was still marveling at the elite nature of Liu Bei's cavalry,

"No wonder Lord Liu Xuande could break the Xiongnu and Western Xianbei and crush Dong Zhuo's army; I, Ma, am ashamed of my inferiority!"

Liu Bei naturally expressed humility.

Ma Chao was very unconvinced,

He rode his horse over and cupped his hands,

"Ma Chao is untalented and wants to challenge Lord Liu Xuande."

Zhang Fei was furious,

"My brother, how is it your turn to challenge him? I'm coming!"

Liu Bei, however, waved his hand,

"Zhang Yide, don't be anxious; I also want to spar with Mengqi."

After speaking, he winked at Ma Ma Yunlu.

Ma Ma Yunlu was also very spicy and glared back.

Now Ma Chao also discovered...

"Liu Bei and my sister?!".

Ma Chao held a hook-sickle spear and sat on a tall horse; his appearance was quite good.

He followed his father to fight in Liangzhou, always charging and taking the lead.

He was also handsome, dressed gorgeously, and had an extraordinary bearing, known as the "Splendid Ma Chao of Xiliang."

Ma Chao cupped his hands,

"Lord Liu Xuande, be careful!"

He kicked the horse's belly, and the white horse he was riding suddenly rushed out.

Ma Chao got closer and closer,

But Liu Bei did not whip his horse to rush toward Ma Chao.

Ma Teng, who was watching the battle, frowned,

"What is Lord Liu Xuande doing?"

Ma Ma Yunlu was also a bit anxious,

"What is he doing? Still thinking about things?"

Ma Ma Yunlu really couldn't watch anymore and shouted,

"Lord Liu Xuande, charge quickly!"

Ma Teng?? What's the situation!

Ma Chao? Whose side is this sister on anyway!

Ma Chao saw that Liu Bei still hadn't charged, and couldn't help but be angry,

"You actually look down on me? Good, today I'll let you see my power!"

He whipped the reins hard, and the warhorse's speed became faster and faster!

Ma Teng muttered,

"Lord Liu Xuande is being too arrogant. A person borrows the horse's momentum; how can he block my son's charge?"

Ma Chao rushed to Liu Bei's side, shouted explosively, and used the horse's momentum to stab fiercely!

Liu Bei finally moved,

He swung the iron spear in his right hand with all his might, steadily hitting Ma Chao's hook-sickle spear,

"Clang! "

A huge sound shook the eardrums of the soldiers who were far away, making them feel sour.

Sparks jumped wildly between the two weapons,

Ma Chao's tall horse was actually forced back five or six steps by the impact!

Liu Bei, however, didn't move at all!

On horseback,

Ma Chao's tiger eyes widened, staring fixedly at Liu Bei.

Since he started his career, except for when he was a teenager and almost killed by Yan Xing, he had been invincible in Xiliang and had no opponents at all.

Now, in a head-on collision, he had borrowed the horse's momentum, yet he was forced back by Liu Bei, who hadn't moved at all.

And his arms were already completely numb!

The Xiliang soldiers on the other side also gasped; they knew Ma Chao's bravery,

"This Lord Liu Xuande doesn't seem to have used his full strength yet!"

"What full strength, Lord Liu Xuande didn't move at all!"

"There is actually such a person with divine strength in the world?!"

Ma Teng's eyes also widened; he knew Liu Bei was strong, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to be strong to this extent!

Ma Ma Yunlu was also shocked and horrified,

"Lord Liu Xuande is actually this powerful?"

Liu Bei smiled,

"Mengqi, be careful, I'm coming!"

He kicked the horse's belly and killed toward Ma Chao!

The long spear in his hand drew a perfect arc in the air—a perfect combination of power and angle!

Ma Chao hurriedly raised his spear to meet him!

"Clang!"

Ma Chao's figure sank, and he almost couldn't hold the long spear in his hand!

Liu Bei didn't wait for him to react and stabbed two more times in succession!

"Clang! Clang!"

Ma Chao couldn't block it anymore, and the hook-sickle spear in his hand flew out of his hand,

"Sou!"

Liu Bei's iron spear rested near Ma Chao's neck and then quickly retracted.

Ma Chao stood there, doubting life.

After a long time,

He cupped his hands,

"Lord Liu Xuande is indeed brave and invincible; I admire you."

Liu Bei went over and patted Ma Chao on the shoulder,

"Mengqi, no need to be discouraged. I once knocked Lu Bu away with one hammer, and for you, I used three moves."

Ma Chao sighed long; Lord Liu Xuande's comfort was still quite useful. Calculating this way, he and that Lu Bu were about the same?

"Mighty!"

"Mighty!"

The soldiers on both sides shouted one after another.

The army worshiped the strong and admired the brave Liu Bei endlessly!

Especially the Xiliang soldiers; they worshiped the strong even more, and in their hearts, they were almost treating Liu Bei as a god.

Ma Ma Yunlu's eyes shone, staring at Liu Bei; her admiration could no longer be hidden.

Ma Teng looked at Ma Ma Yunlu, and a different thought arose in his heart!

Guo Jia and Jia Xu looked at each other,

"The Lord displayed his bravery and has already conquered the hearts of the army on Ma Teng's side!"

The live broadcast room also exploded,

"The big-eared thief is invincible at picking up girls; who wouldn't want a powerful husband with eight-pack abs!"

"Look at Little Sister Ma; her eyes are already shining."

"People in Liangzhou worship the strong; men and women are the same."

After the competition,

Everyone naturally went to the city to drink and drink again.

Liu Bei's drinking capacity once again convinced the Ma father and son!

Ma Chao's attitude toward Liu Bei changed instantly, becoming much more admiring and respectful.

Liu Bei didn't put on airs and drank happily with him!

Ma Chao also wished he could become sworn brothers with Liu Bei!

Liu Bei... it was too hard to take Ma Ma Yunlu as a concubine; her father and brother both wanted to become sworn brothers with him!

"What a sin!"

Ma Chao was particularly arrogant, but this time he was convinced by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded; this Ma Chao was the one who chased Boss Cao until he threw his cloak and cut his beard. This experience was not common, so he must arrange it for Boss Cao!

After several rounds of wine,

Ma Teng was a bit hesitant,

"Brother Brother Shoucheng, if you have something to say, just say it."

Ma Teng made up his mind,

"Lord Liu Xuande, Han Sui has gathered an army of eighty thousand and is heading towards Didao..."

Liu Bei smiled,

"I have already heard about this from Ma Yunlu. Brother Brother Shoucheng, no need to worry; I have my own way to deal with him."

Ma Teng?? His daughter hadn't married yet, and she was already turning her elbow out!

"Brother Brother Shoucheng, your daughter just told me to leave Longxi quickly."

Ma Teng nodded,

"I don't want anything to happen to Lord Liu Xuande. Rest assured, Lord Liu Xuande, I have already called several good friends, and we have seven or eight thousand troops. I don't think Han Sui dares to mess around."

Ma Chao cupped his hands,

"Lord Liu Xuande, I am willing to be the vanguard to help you crush Han Sui!"

Ma Teng... sighed in his heart,

"Lord Liu Xuande's appeal is too strong; his son and daughter have both defected to his side?!"

Liu Bei cupped his hands,

"Many thanks for Mengqi's help, but Brother Brother Shoucheng and Han Sui have a deep bond, and I don't want to make Brother Brother Shoucheng feel embarrassed. I will deal with Han Sui myself."

Ma Teng was a bit surprised,

"But Lord Liu Xuande, you only have six thousand troops; that is too few."

Liu Bei smiled,

"No matter, my general Ju Yi is also bringing his own seven thousand troops to Didao."