In Linwei City, Guo Huai's face was extremely solemn, and he hurriedly walked to a wing room in the county guard's mansion.

The smell of medicine in the wing room was very strong, and even a little choking.

Zhang He was lying on the couch, his eyes were closed, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, and his face, which was already slightly thin, was now skinny, his lips were chapped and his face was sickly ruddy.

"How's the old general?"

Guo Huai asked the maid standing in front of the couch in a low voice.

"Back to General Guo, the old general's fever did not go away, and he never woke up."

When Guo Huai heard this, the worry on his face was even worse.

Now that the Shu captives have come to the city, and the Qingshui City in the north is now a lonely city, Guo Huai knows in his heart that Guangwei County will fall into the hands of the Shu captives sooner or later.

He glanced at Zhang He on the couch again, and said to the door, "Come in!" ”

I saw a few sturdy sergeants pouring in outside the door.

The leader of them is Zhang He's personal guard.

I saw Guo Huai instructing the leader, "While Linwei City has not been besieged and Weishui is still passable, you should quickly take General Zhang out of the city and return to Guanzhong for treatment, don't delay your condition." ”

"What about you, General?"

Guo Huai smiled indifferently, "I have the responsibility of defending the land, and now that I have lost Shangqi, I am guilty of losing the land." Now the only way to defend the last fulcrum of Linwei is to wait for reinforcements and atone for the sins. ”

"Your Majesty will come to Chang'an in person, and reinforcements will definitely be transferred from Kanto. China's million-strong army, how can it be compared to China? Now they are just getting a temporary advantage, just waiting for the army to arrive, Shu Lu will definitely be powerless to resist. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Huai's face showed a look of determination, and he waved his hand and said, "You take the old general and leave quickly!" ”

The sergeants received the order and began to move Zhang He.

"Be careful, don't touch that wound."

Guo Huai admonished on the side.

I saw that although the wound on Zhang He's left leg was bandaged, the exposed calf was not only swollen to the same thickness as the usual thigh, but also blackened, which looked a little terrifying.

Zhang He was turned over and groaned, but his eyes still did not open.

That night, the group went out of the city from the east gate of Linwei and quietly left from Weishui.

Two days later, the news of the destruction of Qingshui City reached Linwei.

Just as Guan Xing and Zhang Bao continued to march south to join Wu Yi, Feng Yong finally returned to Jicheng.

He was greeted by Shi Xianglang, the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion who glared at him with a straight face.

"The prime minister has an order, please General Feng immediately go with him to see the prime minister."

Xiang Lang looked at Feng Yong with an angry expression.

Xiang Lang is a good old man, his temperament is rarely concealed, and the reason why he can treat himself like this, Feng Yong can naturally guess.

Xiang Lang used to highly respect Ma Liang, and he was good friends with Ma Jian in private, but now he has made great achievements and beat Ma Jian in public, which is really a bit insulting, and Xiang Lang naturally looks at himself unpleasantly.

It's just that Xiang Lang is already his grandfather no matter what, and Feng Yong only pretends not to see Xiang Lang's resentment.

A young and vigorous general who has won a big battle, if he doesn't fly a little high, can he do it?

"The last general, Feng Yong, came back by order and saw the prime minister."

Feng Yong was led into the living room in the front yard of Ji Taishou Mansion, Zhuge Liang was sitting inside and bowing his head to read something, and there were a lot of documents piled up on his desk.

"I'm back!" The Prime Minister of the Great Han looked up at Feng Yong, looking a little tired, sighed, waved his hand, and let the others go down.

Then he pointed to the table next to him, "There's water there, pour it yourself when you're thirsty." ”

"Thank you, Prime Minister." Feng Yong hurriedly stepped forward and poured a bowl and brought it to Zhuge Liang, "It's too hard for the prime minister to lead the army outside and deal with so many government affairs, so drink saliva first." ”

Zhuge Liang stroked his forehead helplessly, "If you can follow the rules outside, why do you need to act like this in front of me now?" ”

"What the prime minister said is not right. The prime minister is half of my uncle, and it is natural to pour you a bowl of water, so why did he become a pretend? ”

Feng Yong put the bowl down, picked up another bowl for himself, and carefully soaked it with water, then poured himself water again, and drank it with a bang.

When Zhuge Liang heard this, his face showed a look of crying and laughing, "Five years ago, I asked you to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion to do things, and you would rather only have a few hundred acres of land." Now it's saying that I'm half of your uncle, and your cheekiness is the only one in the world. ”

Feng Yong smiled.

"Now someone is telling me that you have made military achievements by yourself, you have no military law, and you abuse lynching, tell me, what did you think at the time?"

Zhuge Liang himself picked up the bowl and took a sip of water, and asked gently.

"Who? Is it so unsightly? ”

Feng Yong was stunned, and secretly said that Xiang Lang has an open-minded temperament? At such an age, he still learns to sue villains behind his back?

"You don't care who you are, just what you think? Is it really a lack of military discipline based on merit? ”

Feng Yong found a place below and sat down, looking at Zhuge Liang, "Prime Minister, there is no one else here, so don't fool me with those words that fool outsiders." If I don't do this, it's really about the horseman......"

"Huh?"

Zhuge Liang glared.

"Well, well, that's that Martha...... Uh-huh, when betraying him is a capital crime, that's not too much, right? ”

"Ma Tan does not know people, and when he is in battle against the enemy, he takes improper measures, and after the defeat of the army, he does not know how to collect the rout, and he only says one crime, which is not a capital crime, but he counts several crimes together, and it is not too much to condemn a capital crime."

Zhuge Liang admitted, and then sighed again, "I'm also at fault in this matter. When I knew that he was camped in the mountains, I shouldn't have let him continue to be in charge of the army, just because he was kind to me, and I still had selfish intentions after all. ”

"And this Northern Expedition, I was a little too hasty. In the battle of Jieting, Li Sheng connived at lawlessness in the front, and then Ma Tan fled in the first battle, and the disease was not in the lack of soldiers, but in the unclear military discipline. ”

"On the other hand, the soldiers you lead are clear about orders, and the soldiers use their lives, so they have the ability to break Zhang He's name in the street pavilion. Therefore, after the Northern Expedition, I wanted to lose the territory of the cloth, vigorously emphasize the army, reduce the number of troops and generals, think about the punishment clearly, and change the way. ”

When Feng Yong heard this, he was extremely surprised at the moment, "The prime minister defeated Cao Zhen in Wudu, and tens of thousands of Cao thieves were gone, how can you say that there is something missing?" ”

"How can tens of thousands of Cao thieves compare with the Northern Expedition?" Zhuge Liang shook his head, "If the Northern Expedition fails, Ma Jian will inevitably sacrifice with human heads." ”

"Although it is dangerous now, the overall situation has finally been decided. You beat him up in front of the officers and men in the army, and humiliated him too much, so I don't want to use a heavy punishment here. ”

Feng Yongyu said angrily, "I also want to kill him as a sacrifice to the soldiers, but Hanzhong can have today, he is indispensable, and Nanxiang has also been cared for by him." ”

"Besides, there are not as many talented people as Cao Thief, and if you kill talented people without deciding today, it is not wise. So desperately to damage some reputation and spare his life, it can be regarded as saving some vitality for the big man. ”

It was the first time Zhuge Liang heard someone say that venting his personal anger was so high-sounding.

nodded appreciatively at the moment, "It's rare that you can think like this, if I don't fulfill you, I will fail you to live up to your heart." In this case, then the whole thing is done: if you hit him, I will punish you. Not only does it fulfill Ma Tan, but also let you collect the heart of a soldier, how about it? ”

"What is the punishment? How to be punished? ”

Feng Yong suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Punish dozens of military sticks," Zhuge Liang said indifferently, "Ma Tan was beaten by you, and he fell ill after arriving in Jicheng, and now he almost has a breath left." I didn't expect you to be so vicious at such a young age. ”

Ma Jian is about to die of illness?

Feng Tuqiu, who heard the news, was so frightened that he immediately stood up, his face a little pale.

"Prime Minister, don't talk nonsense, he was obviously fine after I beat him, but now he is sick because his health is not good, what does it have to do with me beating him? How can this be done on me? ”