Huangfu Song listened to Ma Qiang's strategy, stroked his beard and nodded, "This is a good strategy, even if it is not successful, there will be no loss." ”

Ma Qiang arched his hand and said, "I am willing to lead the soldiers and horses under my command to attack as the main attack and pull out Guangzong!" ”

Huangfu Song saw that Ma Qiang was asking for battle, and he was even more suspicious of what Dong Zhuo said before.

Didn't you say that Ma Qiang cherished his soldiers and horses? Where is this a little bit of cherishing one's own soldiers.

"General Dong, what do you think?"

Dong Zhuo rolled his eyes in his heart, I thought, can I object?

Well, I'll also see what kind of medicine is sold in this Ma Qiang gourd!

Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song reached an agreement, and Ma Qiang's strategy was approved, and then the three parties decided to harass Guangzong day and night in batches according to the time, so as to exhaust the troops.

That night, Ma Qiang asked Guo Jin to lead a battalion of soldiers and horses to beat more torches, and then beat the drum desperately, shouting to attack the city, the archers were in the dark, and the arrows were thrown into the city without money, anyway, in the dark night, you can't shoot me, and I can't shoot you.

Zhang Liang was draped all over his body, holding a steel spear to command the soldiers and horses to prepare for the battle, but it happened that he waited for a long time, except for the sometimes inaccurate arrows, no one really came to attack the city.

Before Zhang Liang could react, Guo Jin collected his troops and returned to the camp.

Zhang Liang watched the countless torches leave, and felt as if something was not right in his heart.

At this time, there were shouts of killing from the south.

The herald arrived on horseback and reported "General! There are Han troops gathered in the south of the city, and it seems that they are preparing to attack the city! ”

"What? Come with me! ”

It was Cao Cao who was in charge of the tired soldiers in the south of the city, Cao Cao looked at the panicked Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city, and suddenly thought about it, if he faced such a situation, what should he do?

He asked Cao Hong on the side, "Zilian, if you are asked to defend the city, the enemy army is so tired, what should you do?" ”

Cao Hong didn't think about it, so he said, "Naturally, the soldiers and horses were divided into several shifts and took turns to be on duty." ”

Cao Cao nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Can your soldiers sleep peacefully under such circumstances?" ”

Cao Hong scratched his head and said, "Not a few days ago, just get used to it." ”

Cao Cao sighed, "I'm afraid that when you get used to it, this tired soldier's plan will become a hidden battle, and the lonely city cannot be defended, if you encounter this in the future, you should pretend to be exhausted, and lure thieves to attack the city, so that you have a chance to win, this is the way of the art of war!" ”

"Captain Cao really understands the art of war!" One person said in the back, Cao Cao looked back, saw that it was Yan Zhong, and arched his hand and said, "I've seen Lord Yan." ”

Yan Zhong was also standing beside a middle-aged Confucian student, who Cao Cao had never seen, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Lord Bo, who is this?" ”

Yan Zhong smiled and said, "This is Jia Xu, the character is harmonious, born in the Jia family of Wuwei County, half of my disciples, he was studying abroad, and he came to defect after getting my letter, but he didn't expect to arrive at this time." ”

Cao Cao looked at this middle-aged man who was a little blessed and smiled at him, and nodded, Wuwei County Jia is after Jia Yi, Jia Yi studied under Zhang Cang, Zhang Cang is a disciple of Xunzi, and is one of the most orthodox Confucian giants.

"I don't know where Brother Wenhe lives now?"

"Although he is filial piety and honesty, he has no official position."

Cao Cao looked at Yan Zhong and said with a smile, "With Lord Yan Bo here, after this battle, Brother Wen He will definitely be able to go to the palace and Cao as a colleague." ”

Cao Cao regarded Jia Xu as a mixed military meritorious.

In fact, there are a lot of such people who have come recently, and people with a discerning eye can see that the Taiping Road is about to end, and a great military feat is waiting for everyone to divide up, and the likes of Kong Rong are all here for this.

After all, the Han Dynasty had the most expensive military merits.

Jia Xu didn't get angry when he heard this, he nodded with a smile, Cao Cao couldn't help but despise him a little, and continued to ask Yan Zhong and said, "Lord Yan, I was just thinking about how to deal with me if I was in the city, do you have any other opinions?" ”

Yan Zhong stroked his beard and said, "Meng De's strategy is very good at the art of war, and I don't have any other way, Wenhe, what about you?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said, "If the lonely city is not guarded, I will never trap myself in the lonely city, so there will be no such thing." ”

"Cut, if you can't think of it, you can't think of it, and it's not ashamed." When Cao Hong heard Jia Xu's words, he said disdainfully, Jia Xu was not angry, and still smiled faintly.

Cao Cao read the lonely city again, and suddenly he couldn't understand Jia Xu.

Is this man capable or is he posturing?

"Okay, it's almost time, let's go back, let the thief breathe a sigh of relief, and next, it's Captain Xu." Yan Zhong said with a light wave of his feather fan.

Yan Zhong and Jia Xu returned to the barracks, the two sat opposite each other, Jia Xu poured a glass of water for Yan Zhong, and then said to Yan Zhong, "This plan will definitely be able to break the thief army, and the chance of victory is in the middle of the day, and the world can finally be peaceful for a while." ”

"The government is in turmoil, the sea is in trouble, the moth thief is the cause, if you want to make the world peaceful, it is not enough to kill the moth thief." Yan Zhong took a sip of water, and then said, "Wenhe, I came to you to discuss a matter, I want to encourage Huangfu Song Qingjun to side, do you think it's okay?" ”

Jia Xu was not surprised at all, he knew his mentor too well.

In fact, why not be like this?

Or in the entire Xiliang, there are a few people who don't want to wash the blood of the Luoyang Zhugongs.

Xiliang has been bitter in Luoyang for a long time.

Jia Xu and Yan Zhong are both celebrities in Xiliang, but it is precisely because they are celebrities in Xiliang and children of wealthy families that they resent Luoyang and the princes of Kanto even more.

As mentioned above, there are three sources of officials in the Eastern Han Dynasty, one is filial piety, one is Maocai, and the other is military merit.

Not to mention military merits, filial piety and Mao are recommended by the local government, which is actually a rising channel for wealthy families.

And this passage, which seems to be fair, was recommended by the prefectures themselves, but in fact, it is extremely unfair to Kansai.

Because the index is distributed according to the population of each prefecture, that is, there are very few people who can become officials in Kansai every year, while there are many in Kanto, and there are many of them.

If only that's it, but there is also a three-way avoidance, that is, locals cannot be local officials.

Most of the counties in Kansai are vast and sparsely populated, and under this three-avoidance law, the children of the wealthy families in the counties of Liangzhou basically go to Kanto as officials, while the counties in Kanto Prefecture are dense, and the wealthy families in Yingchuan go to Nanyang, and the wealthy families in Nanyang go to Yingchuan, which is really just a matter of raising their feet.

The relationship is to be maintained, it is necessary to exchange interests, Liangzhou is already poor, and it is difficult for the local wealthy families to exchange interests with the wealthy families in the Kanto region, which makes the wealthy families in the Kansai region become the isolated island of the Shi group for a hundred years, and they can only keep warm by themselves.

And what did the Kanto scholars think when they arrived in a bitter cold place like Kansai?

It's a military feat!

Liangzhou was in chaos in the past ten years, but not only the people wanted to rebel, but even the officials, many people hoped that the people below would rebel.

If you don't oppose me, where did you get your military exploits!

It is in this context that the issue of giving up Liangzhou was sent to the imperial court for discussion, and it was almost passed.

And the people of Xiliang, seeing that the princes of Kanto see themselves and their hometown like this, how could their hearts not be cold?

Dare to change the sun and the moon into a new sky! Although no one has written this verse yet, there are many people who have such thoughts.

Yan Zhong and Jia Xu are all such people.