Since the Northwest Field Army decided to conquer Wuwei in the First World War, its subsequent achievements have not been brilliant, which has shrouded the entire Liangzhou sky with a layer of dark clouds. √∟ Top Novel,

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, the Jicheng garrison ushered in Sima Yi, who was dusty, and when Sima Yi asked about the entire Liangzhou war, the defender sighed, and then informed Sima Yi of the Liangzhou war.

After Sima Yi heard this, he immediately asked the guards to lead the troops to escort the grain and grass to the Tiger Valley, and moved all the people to Shangqi City, leaving only 2,000 soldiers with him to guard the empty city of Jicheng alone.

The twenty-fifth day of the first month, early in the morning.

Sima Yi had just had breakfast, and suddenly the scout came to report, saying that he had found a large number of Qiang people, who were heading towards Jicheng, and it was less than fifty miles.

"As I expected, the Qiang people really came for the grain and grass in Ji City...... Sima Yi said with a smile.

Subsequently, Sima Yi asked people to set up a table in the city, took a lyre, and sat on the city tower, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Qiang people.

After a while, the forward troops of the Qiang people arrived outside the city of Jicheng, and saw that there were only two small flags on the wall of Jicheng, and there was no soldier on the city tower, so I couldn't help but have a trace of doubt.

After watching it, he laughed and said: "King, the Huaxia army must have heard that my army was suddenly coming, and they didn't dare to engage in battle, so they were so frightened that they retreated directly, maybe they even forgot to bring grain and grass when they left." My lord, I would like to ask for my life, only 500 cavalry will be needed to capture Jicheng. ”

Cherrigi looked around, became suspicious in his heart, and said: "The style of the Huaxia Army has always been to refuse an inch of land, unless it is forced to do so, it will not retreat, there must be some other reason. Perhaps, this is the enemy's trick......"

While talking. The gate of Jicheng suddenly opened, and more than a dozen people carrying brooms and shovels came out of the city, sweeping the snow at the city gate, looking leisurely. At this time, a young man came up from under the castle tower and walked unhurriedly to the table that had already been set up. After sitting quietly, he began to play the harp. The sound of the piano is melodious and graceful, fresh and refined, and it is mixed with a softness, which seems to be ignorant to the Qiang people outside the city.

This strange situation made Cherrigi even more suspicious, and he said to his subordinates: "The Han people are extremely treacherous and habitual in their tactics, and this must be the result of knowing that our army is coming." Knowing that it was impossible to resist, he deliberately arranged it to be so idle, and pretended that all the soldiers had retreated, let our army enter the city, and then ambush our army. Hmph, this king has been reading Sun Tzu's Art of War for a long time, how can he not know this plan? I'd like to see how long they can fit! Pass the order down. The army was encamped on the spot, and we consumed it with them. When all our troops are in place, they will set up a position, and they will be scared away. ”

After the order was given, Mi Dang took people to camp and set up camp, and the Qiang soldiers who came one after another were all stationed there. Busy setting up camp, only Cheriji led a hundred people with his relatives, riding on horseback and quietly listening to Sima Yi's piano.

Sima Yi sat on the city tower, stroking the qin while watching the movements of the Qiang people. He sneered a few times in his heart, and said: "Cherrigi is really fooled, I have heard for a long time that King Qiang loves Sinology deeply, and he will study Sun Tzu's Art of War sooner or later, if it weren't for this, I really wouldn't dare to take such a risk......"

On the first day, Sima Yi played the piano and talked for almost half an hour before leaving. Then the gates were cleared, and the snow was cleared, and the men returned to the city, and shut the gates. However, nothing has changed on the castle tower. Sima Yi even let the defenders in the city rest assured that they could bury the pot and cook and sleep and rest assured.

The next day, Sima Yi continued to concoct the same method, but this time he played the piano for a longer time, and he played it for more than an hour before leaving, and saw that the Qiang people outside the city did not take any action, so he returned to the city.

After returning to the city, Sima Yi immediately organized the soldiers to bury the pot to cook, and then after eating, he began to prepare for evacuation.

In the afternoon, while Cherrigi was still resting in the big tent, he suddenly heard the sound of war drums outside, so he hurried out of the tent to check, who knew that there was nothing outside.

The sound of drums came from inside the city, and Cherrigi was a little puzzled, so he summoned the scouts and sent them out to investigate.

After the scout returned, he reported: "Jicheng has become an empty city, and Sima Yi and the others have been gone for a long time. ”

Cherrigi was annoyed, regretting that he hadn't attacked sooner. Subsequently, Cherrigi ordered the whole army to enter the city, and found that there was no food in the city, and he was so angry that he almost bled from his heart. When he didn't know where the grain was going, Cherrigi had to temporarily stay in Jicheng.

That night, the Qiang people were sleepy and tired, thinking that the Huaxia army had long since disappeared, so they relaxed their vigilance. Sima Yi commanded 2,000 men to quietly approach the city wall, and then set fire to it at the same time, igniting the fuse that had already been buried. As soon as this side is lit, the other side is immediately withdrawn.

After a short time, explosions were heard in Jicheng, and the whole city exploded, and 140,000 Qiang people rushed out of the city.

Sima Yi buried all the explosives stored in the city of Ji in the ground, and once it exploded, the soldiers who had transported grain and grass to shoot the Tiger Valley had returned, which came in handy, blocking the four city gates tightly, and whoever came out would kill whom, and the city was blown upside down, and the corpses were killed all over the city.

After the sound of thousands of explosions stopped, the Huaxia army outside the city drove the army into the city, everyone held torches, illuminated the city of Ji, and saw that there were Qiang people who did not die, so they made up for it, so as to cause the Qiang people to die, and at the same time took away all the available equipment and horses.

An hour later, the Huaxia army walked out of the city, carrying the booty, elated, but did not expect that in just a moment, the army of 140,000 Qiang people would be reduced to nothing.

Sima Yi led his troops to leave Jicheng, and set fire to Jicheng, and the fire soared to the sky and continued all night. returned to the Tiger Shooting Valley, and at the same time secretly delivered the news to Tai Shici and Ma Chao.

The sky was slightly bright, Xiahou Yuan and Xu Shu led the cavalry to arrive here, and saw that the city of Jicheng was dilapidated, and there were still embers of fire outside the city, and the smell of gunpowder, blood, and burnt was mixed together, making people cover their noses endlessly.

Xiahou Yuan rode his horse to the city gate, and saw that there were charred corpses everywhere inside, the ground in the city was blown apart, and it was all black. There were hundreds of thousands, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and secretly shouted: "The army of hundreds of thousands of Qiang people is like this overnight...... All gone? ”

Just as Xiahou Yuan was sighing, Xu Shu rode his horse to his side and saw the devastated Jicheng and the charred corpses in the city. He could probably guess something.

"General, the Huaxia Army has a very powerful weapon, it seems that someone deliberately lured Che Liji and others into the city, and detonated the things that were originally buried in the ground, the whole city has become a pile of ruins, and hundreds of thousands of Qiang people are gone, it seems that there are extremely resourceful people in the Huaxia Army. Now our army has lost the opportunity, and can only loot the people's food along the way for their own use, and then retreat to the area of Baishi Mountain and Wurat's Cave Mountain. Take a defensive position and wait for your majesty's reinforcements to arrive. Xu Shu said what he was thinking.

Xiahou Yuan still didn't want to believe that this was true, although it was said that the Qiang people appeared here unexpectedly, in fact, it is not difficult to imagine that the grain in Jicheng is the foundation of the entire Liangzhou, and the Qiang people came to attack Jicheng, it must be for grain and grass. It's just that it all came too suddenly. The 140,000 Qiang army was wiped out overnight. What an unimaginable thing. Even if 140,000 people stand in front of you and stab them one by one, won't you have to stab them for two or three days?

"It seems that this is the only way, let's withdraw the troops and go back." Xiahou Yuan was gloomy and sad, and lost Cherrigi, a powerful foreign aid. The blow to him was undoubtedly too great.

Xu Shu and Xiahou Yuan turned their horses' heads together, and as soon as they took a few steps forward, Cao Xiu pointed to the ruins in the city and said, "It's Cheriji!" ”

This cry made Xiahou Yuan and Xu Shu extremely excited, and they hurriedly turned their heads to look over. But seeing Cherrigi stumbling out of the city under the protection of the delusion and the incurable, and then nearly a thousand people suddenly appeared under the ruins of the city, and everyone appeared with a look of horror, and when they saw everything in the city, they were also heartbroken, and wailed like madness.

Xiahou Yuan's face was happy, as long as he saw that Cheriji was fine, then the Qiang people would always be the foreign aid of Wei, the Qiang people had a population of more than one million, what was it if they died? And the Qiang people can be all soldiers, although all the elite soldiers of the Qiang people have been lost this time, as long as they anger Cheriji and mobilize all the Qiang people to fight for Liangzhou, then let alone Liangzhou, the entire Qinzhou can be recovered.

"Hahaha...... I knew that King Fu of Qiang had a great life, and he would definitely not die......" Xiahou Yuan hurriedly rode his horse and galloped towards Cheriji, turned over and dismounted, walked directly in front of Cheriji, and said loudly.

Cherrigie's face was gloomy, he just sighed heavily, didn't say anything, didn't pay attention to Xiahou Yuan, drooped his head, and walked outside, probably because he felt too embarrassed.

Mi Dang hurriedly said to Xiahou Yuan: "General Xiahou, don't care, our king is secretly annoyed, and he fell for that Sima Yi, and the result is ...... If we hadn't reacted quickly at that time, found a cellar and drilled into it, even if we weren't killed, we would have been killed by the Huaxia Army, last night was too thrilling, the Huaxia Army and his grandmother's bear ......"

Xiahou Yuan saw that these people who were still alive were unkempt and covered with loess, and roughly guessed something. He said, "It's okay, as long as you're okay, what are you going to do now?" ”

"What to do? Hmph, of course, it is to seek revenge on the Huaxia Army, the king said, as long as he returns to Qiangdi, he will immediately issue a battle preparation order, and all men who are older than fifteen years old and less than fifty years old will all go to the battlefield and bloody the Huaxia Army......" said cruel words.

After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan was happy for a while, and immediately said: "This is the best, we join forces, and we must kill the Huaxia Army without leaving a piece of armor." ”

Mi Dang said: "General Xiahou, we want to borrow some horses, so we will return to Qiangdi......"

"This is easy to say, we are difficult brothers, so naturally it is not a problem." With that, Xiahou Yuan dismounted some of the cavalry and distributed them to the hundreds of people who had escaped death in the city.

It turned out that last night Cherrigi summoned Midang, Zhi Wudai, Fatong, and Moth to discuss how to find the whereabouts of the grain tomorrow. At this time, a series of explosions suddenly sounded, and everyone went out to look together, but they saw that from the city gate to the inside, the explosions continued to sound, and houses and everything flew into the sky, not to mention people and livestock.

There happened to be a few Qiang people in the backyard who were cooking in a pot, dug out a series of explosives bags from the ground, and presented this thing to Cherrigi, who immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and hurriedly made a decision. Having the soldiers start digging a hole in the backyard where they found the string of explosives packets, and then hiding in it with the people survived. Most of the rest of the people jumped into cellars, wells, and other places in order to survive. When the whole city exploded, the people hiding in the cave felt the ground tremble, and then the ruins pressed the hole. only then did he escape the search and arrest of the Huaxia Army who later entered the city.

In fact, Sima Yi didn't see Cherrigie's head last night, but after thinking about it, it might have been blown apart by explosives, and he didn't care, so for the sake of safety, he poured the whole city with fierce fire oil and put a fire, thinking that even if there was a fish that slipped through the net, he could burn it with a blazing fire, but he didn't know that Cherrigi was well versed in Sun Tzu's art of war. Knowing the skills of cave warfare, he escaped a catastrophe.

Rao is like this, but it takes a lot of effort to get out of the ground that is suppressed by heavy objects. Due to the thin air underground and the lack of ventilation openings, many of the people hiding inside did not survive, but Cherrigi specially left air holes to lead to the surface when people were digging holes. Otherwise, he wouldn't have survived.

Although Vatong and Moth Cover also hid underground, they were directly crushed by heavy objects due to the fact that one of the areas they were located was directly crushed by the weight. It's like being buried in the ground, never to live.

Cherrigi rushed to Qiang with five or six hundred cavalry such as Midang and Zhi Wudai in despair, and everyone's hearts were full of remorse.

Especially Cherrigie, although he is proficient in the art of war, he can't distinguish between truth and falsehood, so that he fell for Sima Yi's tricks. lost this good opportunity to fight for Liangzhou.

"Mi Dang, did you tell Xiahou Yuan everything I taught you?" Cherrigi asked.

"It's all said. But, my lord, are we really going back like this time? Won't the revenge of hundreds of thousands of people be avenged? Mi Dang asked suspiciously.

"Report! It's just a gentleman's revenge. Ten years is not too late. Although I have hatred in my heart, I must not pull the Qiang people to the brink of endangerment. The Huaxia Army is really too strong, and now we are not an opponent, let's continue to accumulate strength, and when we come up with a weapon as powerful as the Huaxia Army, that is, when we compete for dominance in the world. Those things are kept, don't lose them, and when you return to Qiangdi, let those Han craftsmen study and study to see how they can make exactly the same thing. Cherrigi said with a flat face.

"The king's knowledge is extraordinary, and it is not comparable to us, it is really a blessing for my Qiang people." Lost in fist hugging.

"I have always thought that I had a vision, I thought that the 230,000 army could occupy Liangzhou permanently, but the reality Che Lixiang lost the elite iron chariot soldiers, and then the Great Xia City was defeated, and then I lost in Jicheng, it seems that Huaxia is indeed a hidden dragon and crouching tiger, after going back, I immediately communicated with Huaxia Guo, asked for belonging, and temporarily showed weakness to Huaxia State, in order to protect myself."

After hearing this, they were all ashamed for a while, but both of them understood that Cherrigi did this precisely to preserve his strength.

"King, what about Wei Jun?" Zhi Wudai asked.

"Let them fend for themselves, we have nothing to do with it!" Cherrigi Road.

………………

Xiahou Yuan, Xu Shu, and Cao Xiu withdrew their troops from Jicheng back to Baishi Mountain, and after walking less than thirty miles, they ran into the army brought by Zhang Xiu.

Xiahou Yuan was taken aback, hurriedly rode forward, came to Zhang Xiu's side, and asked, "General Zhang, why are you here?" ”

Zhang Xiu sneered and said, "I'll come and take your dog's life!" ”

Before the words fell, Zhang Xiu picked up a gun and stabbed it directly at Xiahou Yuan's throat, Xiahou Yuan couldn't reach it and hurriedly dodged, but Zhang Xiu's spear also changed its moves, and the tip of the spear blocked Xiahou Yuan's body, and a rapid series of stabs stabbed Xiahou Yuan's left arm.

Without waiting for Xiahou Yuan to exclaim, Cao Xiu, Xu Shu, Deng Bai, Wen Ji and others immediately led the army to kill, until Zhang Xiu rebelled.

Xiahou Yuan didn't expect Zhang Xiu to suddenly rebel, he was forced by Zhang Xiu step by step, and he didn't even have a chance to fight back. It was the first time he fought with Zhang Xiu, who was known as the gun king of the Northland, but Zhang Xiu made a surprise move, causing him to have no defense, not to mention being shot in his left arm, and even the big knife was picked off.

"Xiahou Yuan!" Suddenly, there was a shout on both sides of the road, Ma Chao led a wave of cavalry to appear on the hillside, and the crossbowmen of the Huaxia army also all shot at the Wei army, blocking the Wei army in this valley. Shot and killed a lot of Wei soldiers.

Ma Chao took the lead, galloping down the hillside with a snort, and the Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear opened the way first, galloping towards Xiahou Yuan.

Zhang Xiu used a hundred birds to shoot the phoenix spear, firmly covering Xiahou Yuan, and waited until Ma Chao arrived. He immediately shouted: "Brother Xian, leave it to you!" ”

Ma Chao's face was hideous, and his marksmanship shook out, Xiahou Yuan had just broken away from Zhang Xiu's northwest wolf, but he ushered in Ma Chao, a tiger, and hurriedly engaged in the battle, so he stood with Ma Chao.

Zhang Xiu led his subordinates to gallop towards Cao Xiu and the others, spears opened the way, and arrows and rolling stones continued to fall on both sides. For a time, the Wei army suffered heavy losses.

Ma Chao is extremely brave, there is hatred in his heart, the enemy of the country is very first, and now there is a blood debt from Wang Shuang, and he will definitely ask Xiahou Yuan for it.

I saw that his spear was full of shadows, his wrists were shaking, and the Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear was like a tongue of fire, and it was a little difficult to cover up Xiahou Yuan who was killed.

Xiahou Yuan lost the broadsword. Only the saber in his hand engaged, and there were many curly blades on the steel blade that were hit by Ma Chao with a spear. Even his arms were numb from the shock.

"This Ma Chao seems to have eaten me today......" Xiahou Yuan noticed that he had been surrounded while facing the battle, but Zhang Xiu and Ma Chao's subordinates no longer birded him, but killed Cao Xiu, Deng Bai, Wen Ji, and Xu Shu like a flood, and the Wei army was suddenly attacked for no reason, and suffered heavy losses for a while.

"Fight me. Do you still have the leisure to look around? It seems that I still haven't put enough pressure on you, and within ten rounds, take your dog's head! Ma Chao saw Xiahou Yuan's absent-minded state, so he said angrily.

Xiahou Yuan was bitter in his heart, Ma Chao was like a tiger. Although he himself is also a tiger, but he was injured, and when he met Ma Chao, a hungry tiger, it was a miserable one, he couldn't eat Ma Chao, but Ma Chao could eat him.

"You can't win, I don't have a weapon, it's difficult to exert ......my strength," Xiahou Yuan suddenly shouted.

Ma Chao said angrily: "Wang Shuang's death, you are responsible, where are there so many rules on the battlefield, just kill the enemy, Xiahou Miaocai, today is your death." ”

While speaking, Ma Chao increased his speed and strength, and waved a shot, Xiahou Yuan didn't dare to resist anymore, only dodge.

Over there, Zhang Xiu shot a silver snake in the dark, the Northland Gun King had never moved a gun for five years, and at this time, the silver snake spear that Ma Chao rewarded him with two pieces of silver snake was immediately killed into the camp of the Wei army with a blow-up momentum. Several generals behind Zhang Xiu are all brave, and the 10,000 soldiers are like tigers and wolves.

Cao Xiu led the Wei army to resist Zhang Xiu, and he used a spear to meet Zhang Xiu, and when he met Zhang Xiu, he immediately shouted and asked: "Your Majesty treats you well, why do you want to rebel against my Great Wei?" ”

Zhang Xiu sneered and said: "If it weren't for Suo Xu's hard persuasion that day, I would not be willing to surrender. If you surrender on the spot, I'll keep you safe!" ”

"Phew! A traitor who betrays his lord for glory, I, Cao Wenlie, am loyal to Your Majesty, how can I betray Your Majesty? Cao Xiu scolded loudly.

Zhang Xiu didn't answer, sneered, the silver snake spear suddenly changed, and the most essential shot in the hundred birds towards the phoenix spear, "Hundred Birds towards the phoenix", stabbed directly at Cao Xiu.

I saw that the shadow of the gun was layered one after another, covering one wave after another, and the sound when the air was broken, stabbing towards Cao Xiu like raindrops.

Cao Xiu was taken aback, although he raised his spear, he couldn't tell which one was real and which one was illusory, and when he was hesitating, he saw a cold light flash in front of him, and Zhang Xiu's silver snake gun stabbed him directly in the throat, and a shot pierced his throat, so that he couldn't shout, and was directly picked off the horse by Zhang Xiu.

"General Cao!" Seeing this, Xu Shu, Deng Bai, and Wen Ji all shouted loudly.

But the rolling stones and arrows on both sides were still falling downward, which made the Wei soldiers a little unbearable, and in just a short period of time, the death toll had exceeded 1,000.

The Wei army was blocked in the central mountain road, and the soldiers of the Huaxia army began to throw ignited explosives into the center of the crowd, and a huge explosion exploded around the Wei army, and an explosive bag exploded, and more than ten Wei soldiers around were blown away. The explosives kept falling, making the Wei soldiers terrified.

At this time, Ma Chao swept Xiahou Yuan off the horse with a shot, and the horse moved forward, and stabbed Xiahou Yuan with a shot in his hand, and the dark red earth fire Xuanlu spear directly penetrated Xiahou Yuan's head, killing Xiahou Yuan immediately. Ma Chao swung his knife and cut off Xiahou Yuan's head, and held it high with the Xuanlu spear of earth fire. Jumping up the hillside, he shouted loudly: "Xiahou Yuan has been killed in battle, if you surrender, you can avoid death!" ”

When Deng Bai, Wen Ji, Xu Shu and many other soldiers saw it, they were all sad and indignant in their hearts, but in the face of the joint attack of the Huaxia Army and Zhang Xiu. But they couldn't resist it, and the explosions continued, cutting off the Wei army, and the rear army lost its command and fell into panic, and many people began to drop their weapons and surrender.

Zhang Xiu took the lead, killed out of the middle of the Wei army, and led the cavalry behind him to fight a bloody road, Deng Bai and Wen Ji couldn't resist it. Zhang Xiu was swept off the horse with a gun, and was captured, Xu Shu raised his sword to resist, and was even more picked off by Zhang Xiu's gun, without waiting for Xu Shu to react, Zhang Xiu's long arm stretched out, and directly clamped Xu Shu under his armpit, Lu Yan, He Luan, Jiang Shi and others all broke into the Wei army. beheaded the partial generals and generals, and for a time the generals of the Wei army died. The captured prisoners were traumatized under the offensive of Ma Chao and others, and the last cadres and others all surrendered.

As soon as the battle on this side ended, Sima Yi rushed over with a large army and saw that Zhang Xiu and Ma Chao had already controlled the situation. He rode his horse to Ma Chao's side and asked, "General Ma, has the Wei army slipped through the net?" ”

Ma Chao said: "All the Wei troops are here, more than 8,000 people are killed and wounded, and the remaining more than 20,000 people are afraid of our army. All surrendered. ”

Sima Yi saw Ma Chao's gun with Xiahou Yuan's head stuck in it, and he knew that the battle was won. At this time, Ma Chao introduced Zhang Xiu to Sima Yi, looked at each other, and exchanged a few words of greeting, Sima Yi only then knew about Zhang Xiu and Ma Chao's conspiracy, and couldn't help but praise Ma Chao for his wisdom and bravery.

Ma Chao was also not modest, and asked people to bring Deng Bai, Wen Ji, Xu Shu and other prisoners, he sat on a rock, forced these people to kneel for him, and then called the knife and axe hands, and prepared to start beheading these old Xiahou Yuan's old troops.

Seeing this, Sima Yi hurriedly dissuaded: "General Ma, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Xiu are dead, if these people intend to surrender to our Huaxia army, won't they just come in handy?" Please keep someone under the knife! ”

"Phew! I'd rather be a ghost than surrender! Xu Shu said unyieldingly.

"Lord Sima, you have heard it, it's not that I don't keep them, it's really that they are not willing to surrender at all, especially this Xu Shu, who should be killed the most!" Ma Chao pointed at Xu Shu and said.

When Sima Yi saw Xu Shu for the first time, he immediately glanced at it, and saw that Xu Shu was indeed an iron-clad man, so he said: "That's it, Xu Shu will be handed over to me to kill, how about it?" ”

"Yes, Lord Sima, please." Ma Chao nodded.

Sima Yi looked at Deng Bai and Wen Ji, and said: "These two people, leave them to me, General Ma killed Xiahou Yuan, it is already a great achievement, I came all the way, it is not easy, I have to bring back a few heads, right?" ”

Ma Chao was already in Xingtou at this time, and he didn't know that the Qiang people were killed by Sima Yi in a battle, so he said: "With Lord Sima's convenience, Xiahou Yuan has a head, far more than them. ”

Sima Yi smiled: "Thank you General Ma for that." ”

After speaking, he asked the people behind him to take Xu Shu, Deng Bai, and Wen Ji away, and when they arrived safely in their army, they said to Ma Chao: "General Ma, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you, Cheriji and others have all been buried in Jicheng, and now Jicheng has become a ruin, and now Liangzhou has basically been pacified, you can give a report to General Taishi, and then General Taishi will write a good report to the emperor together, what do you think?" ”

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, and now regrets handing over Xu Shu, Deng Bai, and Wen Ji to Sima Yi, because the Qiang people are a great achievement, far more than killing Xiahou Yuan. Although he didn't know what strategy Sima Yi used to kill so many Qiang people, he was convinced of Sima Yi's words.

He didn't answer, but frowned, and looked at the captives under the hillside and the results of his bloody battles these days, and the combined credit didn't seem to be as great as Sima Yi's credit for getting more than 100,000 Qiang people overnight.

Sima Yi saw Ma Chao's thoughts, so he said with a smile: "General Ma gave me a big gift, handed over Xu Shu, Deng Bai, and Wen Ji to me, and also gave General Ma a big gift, in the first battle of Jicheng, all the 140,000 Qiang people were killed, I have sent someone to inform General Taishi, in the name of General Ma......"

"Master Sima, what do you mean by this? It's your credit, why should you give it to me? Ma Chao asked puzzled.

"Oh, I also act according to the holy decree, this is what the emperor meant."

"What does the emperor mean?"

"Yes, the emperor has always felt that he has treated General Ma too badly. So ......"

"It turns out that the emperor has been thinking about me, I ......" Ma Chao was deeply moved, and there was a trace of choking in his voice, and tears gradually appeared in his eyes.

Sima Yi hurriedly said: "General Ma, I have temporarily moved the county seat of Liangzhou to Shangqi, and Xiangwu is the emperor's hometown. In the future, this city will inevitably prosper, and General Ma can temporarily return to Xiangwu to garrison, I don't know what the general means? ”

And so it went. Then I will return to Xiangwu immediately, but the grain and grass needed by the army still need to be transported, and there is not much food in stock. ”

"Please rest assured of this, I will definitely send someone to deliver it."

Sima Yi took his leave first, and left with Xu Shu, Deng Bai, and Wen Ji.

After walking for more than ten miles, Sima Yi asked the army to stop. Brought Xu Shu, Deng Bai, and Wen Ji over, and asked, "I rescued you from Ma Chao's men, you have already escaped death, are you willing to submit to my Huaxia Kingdom?" ”

"I'd rather die than surrender!" Xu Shu still said without humility or arrogance.

"It's a pity, I've heard of Xu Yuanzhi's name a long time ago, and I've been following Cao Cao for some years, but I've been in a position where I can't get up or down, and now Cao Cao's general trend is gone. Doesn't Brother Yuan understand the truth of a good minister choosing the master? ”

"Loyal ministers don't care about the two masters!" Xu Shu said.

Sima Yi listened to Xu Shu's answer and said with a smile: "Since that's the case." Then I will fulfill you. Someone! ”

"What do you command?" A lieutenant walked over and asked, clenching his fists.

"Untie Xu Shu and let him go." Sima Yi gave an order.

Du Wei was shocked, stunned, and asked, "My lord, do you really want to let it go?" Xu Shu was a major military division of the Wei State. Letting him go is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain! ”

"What? Are you trying to teach me a lesson about not knowing the pros and cons? Sima Yi turned his head and glanced at Du Wei.

"The subordinates don't dare!"

"If you want to let you go, you will let it go, where did you get so much nonsense?" Sima Yi said sharply.

Du Wei was helpless and did not dare to disobey the order, so he immediately released Xu Shu.

Xu Shu looked at Sima Yi. said: "Don't think that if you let me go, I will be grateful to you, he will see you again, I am still your enemy." ”

Sima Yi sneered and said, "Whatever you want, you go!" ”

Xu Shu didn't say anything, turned around and left, without looking back.

Sima Yi didn't ask, turned to Deng Bai and Wen Ji and said, "Are you willing to surrender?" ”

Although Deng Bai and Wen Ji are the old departments of Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan is dead, and the territory of Wei has been lost, and the two of them have nothing to do with Cao Cao. The two of them tacitly bowed together and said, "We are willing to surrender." ”

Sima Yi said with a smile: "Very good, from now on, you two will be my favored second generals, and in the Huaxia Army, there will definitely be a day when you will get ahead." ”

"Thank you for your kindness." Deng Bai and Wen Ji bowed to him.

Sima Yi turned his head at this time, glanced at Xu Shu, who was not far away, and secretly thought in his heart: "Xu Shu, Xu Shu, the things in your bones, I will wipe you out little by little, let you know, let you live, it is more uncomfortable than death......"

"Withdraw the army and shoot back at Tiger Valley!" Sima Yi turned over and ordered loudly.

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Hanzhong, Nanzheng.

The big flag of the word "Wei" on the city wall fluttered in the wind, the city was quiet and abnormal, Taishou Wang Lang was sitting in the Taishou Mansion to study Hanshu, and suddenly saw a personal soldier hurrying over, with a wave of joy on his face, and asked: "Why are you so happy?" ”

"My lord, Chenggu County ordered Zhang Meng to exterminate a group of local bandits, and is escorting him to ask for merit." The soldier replied.

Wang Lang said: "It's just a gang of thieves, and they need to mobilize the people so much, and let him personally invite merit?" This Zhang Meng, is it too much of a fuss? You can deal with it, just give Zhang Meng something at will, I don't want to see him. ”

The soldiers walked to Wang Lang's side and said: "My lord, this time is different, that group of bandits is not an ordinary bandit, but an old minister of Shu Han, who wandered to Chenggu County to fall into the grass, and the one who took the lead is still the Zhendong general of Shu Han, what is it called......

When Wang Lang heard this, he immediately put down the Hanshu in his hand, a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes, as if he saw a kind of hope, and hurriedly asked, "Zhang Ren?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes...... is this name, and he also captured a lot of old ministers of Shu Han, such as Yang Huai, Gao Pei, Liu Xuan, Deng Xian, etc., so he personally came to invite the merit......"

Without waiting for the soldiers to finish speaking, Wang Lang said, "Where is Zhang Mengren?" ”

"Just waiting outside the city gate, it's not peaceful for a while, so the city gate has been closed, and we don't dare to let anyone in without obeying the orders of the adults."

Wang Lang laughed and said: "Great, this is a great achievement, Your Majesty's army is on the way back, and now it has captured Zhang Ren who is on the run, and not long ago, His Majesty also sent a holy decree to let me arrest Zhang Ren and others, so as not to leave trouble." It's only been a long time since Zhang Ren was captured, which is really exciting. Come and go out with me. ”

"No!"

Wang Lang was originally in Yangzhou Huiji as a guard, after being defeated by Sun Jian, he fled to the sea, and later wandered to the Wei State, after the Wei State was destroyed by the Yan State, he escaped to Jingzhou, from Jingzhou to Hanzhong, temporarily under the Qin State Suo Xu as a master bookkeeper. Later, Suo Xu surrendered to Cao Cao, and he belonged to the Wei State again.

When Cao Cao led the army into Sichuan, Suo Xu recommended Wang Lang to be the Taishou of Hanzhong, and Cao Cao naturally agreed.

Wang Lang is indeed competent enough, there are not many soldiers and horses left in Hanzhong, only 10,000 people, but they are scattered to various cities and dangerous passes, and there are only 3,000 people left in Nanzheng City. A few days ago, Xiahou Heng and members of the royal family, as well as the families of many ministers, had just gathered soldiers and horses to support the soldiers of Chang'an, but they also retreated, so that Nanzheng City became the temporary capital of Wei.

In order to ensure the safety of the royal family, Wang Lang transferred all the soldiers and horses back, except for the dangerous passes, the rest of the soldiers and horses were in Nanzheng City, and the soldiers also increased to 8,000 people.

Wang Lang was overjoyed when he heard that Zhang Meng had captured Zhang Ren and others, because he wanted to be ahead of Xiahou Heng in this matter, if Xiahou Heng knew, then he would have no credit, as a foreign minister, if he wanted to climb higher, he had to have different means.

After a short time, Wang Lang came to the north gate of Nanzheng City, and saw Zhang Meng escorting more than 200 prisoners under the city from a distance, so he smiled and immediately opened the city gate.

Zhang Meng was standing outside the city, with Fa Zheng behind him, and the two of them were very happy when they saw the city gate slowly open.

"Zhang County's order, don't show your feet, everything is according to the original plan." Fa Zheng reminded.

"Don't worry, I'm in control." Zhang Meng said.

After the city gate was opened, Wang Lang personally led a team of people out to greet him.

When Zhang Meng saw Wang Lang coming out, he turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists and said: "Zhang Meng, the county commander of Chenggu County, see Lord Taishou." ”

Wang Lang personally helped Zhang Meng up, glanced at the prisoners escorted behind Zhang Meng, and said kindly: "Hard work Zhang County ordered......"

His eyes swept over everyone, and when he saw Zhang Ren, his eyes stayed on Zhang Ren, and he said in surprise: "Sure enough, it's Zhang Ren!" ”

Zhang Meng saw a trace of greed in Wang Lang's eyes, so he hurriedly said: "Lord Taishou, it is really not easy for the lower officials to arrest this gang of thieves, I am not only injured, but also ......"

Wang Lang didn't want to listen to how Zhang Meng captured Zhang Ren and the others, the important thing is that Zhang Ren was indeed captured, he hurriedly raised his hand, interrupted Zhang Meng's words, and said, "Okay, I know, what is Zhang County Commander going to do with them?" (To be continued......)