The stars twinkled in the dark night sky, the moon didn't know if it was shyness or some other reason, anyway, it didn't come out at all, and there was no trace of it, and the original cool sky in the west was clear and translucent all year round, so tonight, the stars in the sky, bright or dark, yellow or blue, are all gorgeous, enough for anyone in the future to see, will be intoxicated, intoxicated and envious.

When the sun is not there, the moon shines.

The moon does not come out before the stars can reign.

And now in the territory of Xiliang, there is neither the sun, nor the moon, but there are many stars, Han Sui is the largest, and some of them are gradually evolving into the trend of the moon......

Originally, in Dong Zhuo's era, Xiliang was generally regarded as the Three Kingdoms, Dong Zhuo was the largest, and then Han Sui and Ma Teng, but Han Sui or Ma Teng alone could not compete with Dong Zhuo, so they could only unite, and now that Dong Zhuo is dead, Ma Teng is also dead, and naturally Han Sui's family is left.

Of course, there are other little stars on the ground in Xiliang, and now, these little stars have all gathered together and gathered outside Wuwei City.

Han Sui and Ma Chao united and summoned the warlords of the various ministries in Xiliang.

Xiliang people, and the Qiang people have stayed for a long time, basically the habit is almost the same, as long as there is wine and meat, you can gather around the bonfire and celebrate all night.

There are countless stars in the sky, and there are countless underground bonfires, anyway, it has entered the middle of summer, although it is a little cool at night in the wild, but for such a rough-skinned and thick-skinned Xiliang man, it is not a thing at all, not to mention that there is wine and meat, although the wine is light wine, and the meat is some beef and sheep bone racks, but for these ordinary soldiers, it is already quite good.

The banquet began this evening and continued until late at night.

Except for Han Sui and Ma Chao, the other nine Xiliang warlords all came, and they seemed to be harmonious, and they all smiled and called each other brothers, looking like brothers working together to break gold, but everyone knew that in fact, they all had their own ideas behind their backs......

Duan Xuan held the wine bowl, his steps were slightly floating, and he came to Zhang Heng, the two of them drank the wine with a shout, and then twisted around the bonfire and danced for a while.

Perhaps because he was too strong to drink, Duan Xuan jumped and jumped, almost stumbling to the ground, and the guards who followed on the side hurriedly came to help, but he was pushed away by Duan Xuan, and he also staggered and yelled: "Lao Tzu is not drunk!" That's up to you! Get lost! ”

Zhang Heng also seemed to have drunk too much, stepped forward and hugged Duan Xuan, laughed and said, "Yes, not drunk, not drunk...... Drink again, drink again......"

The two of them staggered out shoulder to shoulder, and suddenly one was unstable, and the two fell on the grass with a thud. The guards of the two hurriedly stepped forward, the forked hands of the forked hands, the lifting of the feet, and the drag and resistance, and finally the two people who waved their arms and yelled that they were not drunk resisted into their respective tents.

Entering the tent, Duan Xuan roared a few more times, then shut up and stopped shouting, pushed away the guard, staggered to the stool in the tent and sat down, closed his eyes, took the hot cloth towel handed over by the guard, covered his face steamingly, and rubbed it fiercely.

Waiting for the heat of the cloth towel to completely dissipate, Duan Xuan let out a long breath of wine, although the skin on his face didn't know if it was because of alcohol or because of the hot cloth towel, it was a little black and red, but the whole person was still obviously not in the slightest drunken state.

Duan Xuan threw the cloth towel to the guard, and said in a deep voice: "Go get some hot soup, and make a few leg of mutton...... I just drank wine, and I didn't even eat a few bites of meat......"

Wuwei is Duan Xuan's territory and the gathering place of the Duan surname, but unfortunately, not all the Xiliang warlords who came here obeyed Duan Xuan's orders, and only Zhang Heng and Liang Xing were good friends with Duan Xuan.

Although Duan Xuan was under Dong Zhuo's command before, he actually did not have much direct subordination with Dong Zhuo, in fact, it was similar to the vassalage between the Qiang people, and the small tribe was dependent on the big tribe, assuming certain responsibilities and enjoying certain protection.

After Dong Zhuo's death that year, Duan Xuan almost didn't think about it, and immediately turned around and surrendered to Wang Yun, but he knew that Wang Yun would not believe him, but just wanted to control the troops at hand, and noticed that the situation in Chang'an seemed to be getting worse and worse, so soon after, he managed to escape from Chang'an and return to Wuwei.

Speaking of which, the surname Duan is still Gaomen, which is derived from the branch of Duan Huizong, the capital of the Western Regions during the Han and Yuan Emperor periods, and has gone through about two hundred years of migration and development, and has now become a party of Xiliang.

If it weren't for the second year of Guanghe, because the crimes of the eunuch Wang Fu were exposed, and Duan Cheng of the Wuwei Duan clan was implicated and imprisoned, and then died in prison, the development of the Duan family would have been better, after all, at that time in Sanming, Liangzhou, Huangfu Gui was dead, Zhang Huan only served as the chief farmer, and Duan Cheng was appointed as the captain twice......

Duan Cheng is Duan Xuan's brother. Although Duan Cheng is much older than Duan Xuan, there is really no direct and inevitable relationship between age and generation in a big family.

Back then, Duan Xuan also felt that Dong Zhuo had a chance to enter the court, so he followed Dong Zhuo, but he didn't expect that Dong Zhuo would not take long to grasp the power, and it would disappear, which also made Duan Zhuo very depressed, after all, a lot of people and money and food were invested, so he was wasted, and he didn't get any return.

"Brother Duan!" Zhang Heng entered the big tent and bowed his hand, and there was no drunken and shaky appearance between actions.

Duan Xuan was not surprised, pointed to the chair on the side, and said, "Come on, Brother Xian, sit, let's wait for Brother Liang a little longer...... Let's have some hot soup first, and a leg of lamb, would you like one? ”

"Medium! This group of rabbit cubs is lined up to toast, and it can't be done without drinking! This stomach is full of wine, and he walks swaying......" Zhang Heng was not polite, and after sitting down, he grabbed a leg of mutton and gnawed it.

Duan Xuan laughed, and also grabbed a leg of mutton and gnawed it.

Before the two of them could bite halfway, the guards outside the big tent reported in a low voice: "Lord Liang is here." "In Xiliang, those who are in high positions are also called adults.

"Please!" Duan Xuan put down the leg of mutton and said to Liang Xing, who walked into the big tent, "How about it, Brother Liang Xian, don't you drink too much, do you want to have some sobering hot soup?" ”

Liang Xing took the hot cloth towel handed over by Duan Xuan's guards on the side, wiped his face vigorously, and said in a muffled voice: "Well, let's have a bowl......

"What about the guys? Are you still drinking? Zhang Heng threw the gnawed lamb leg bone to the side, grabbed another one, and said while gnawing.

Liang Xing drank the decanting sour soup in one gulp, then sat down, nodded and said, "Those few are still drinking, but when I came over, I didn't see Cheng and Hou ......."

Cheng is Cheng Yin, Hou is a candidate, and there are more than 1,000 cavalry under his command, and the other 7788 add up to 3,000 or 4,000 people each, all of whom are not small local warlords.

There are also four Xiliang warlords who are divided, namely Li Kan, Yang Qiu, Ma Wan and Cheng Yi.

There are nine warlords, but the composition is very complex, there are Xiliang people, there are Hedong people, some are biased towards the Han family, some are biased towards the Ma family, and some remain neutral......

Cheng Yin, Candidate, and Li Kan are all from Hedong, and they are relatively close, but these three people are relatively neutral, and Ma Play is also from Hedong, but Ma Play may be relatively close to the Ma family because of their surnames.

The others are all Xiliang people, among which Yang Qiu and Yan Xing have a good relationship, so they are biased towards Han Sui, Cheng Yi is a loner and not very gregarious, Duan Xuan, Zhang Heng, and Liang Xing were attached to Dong Zhuo before, and later became independent after Dong Zhuo's defeat.

"Ha......" Duan Xuan let out a voice that didn't know whether it was ridicule or emotion, and then waved his hand and said, "Leave them alone...... The boy of the Ma family said that he wanted everyone to enter the customs together, do you have any thoughts on this trip? ”

Zhang Heng's mouth was full of meat, and he said: "Sea oil sprinkles the first method, and each folds the short bear wine for four......"

Duan Xuan seemed to understand what Zhang Heng said, and couldn't help but smile and shook his head: "I said Brother Zhang Xian, how much do you have to use your brains, help you think of some ideas?" ”

Liang Xing said on the side: "I think ...... It's not just about whether we have ideas, but also about whether they have ideas......

Zhang Heng swallowed the meat in his mouth and said, "Damn, this group of rabbit cubs, all full of flowers and intestines, if they are not happy, there is no good thing!" If you want me to say, just follow Brother Duan! The kid of the Ma family, Mao is not all together, so he commands this and that, who is he? Han Wen asked that old fox, it's not interesting to follow him, every time he eats meat, let's drink some soup at most, damn it! It's better to be Brother Duan! ”

Duan Xuan waved his hand, a little modest, but did not say any disagreement about Zhang Heng's comments about Han Sui and Ma Chao.

"But General Zhengxi took Hanzhong ......" Liang Xing was silent for a moment and said slowly, "...... It must be to take Longyou again, otherwise what to do with Hanzhong? At that time, all the way from the north of the lower debate, all the way to the west of Tianshui, echoing left and right, and the relevant Zhonghan and China are the back-up...... It's right to strike first, otherwise we will be unable to cope with it when we gather a large army in the west......"

Zhang Heng said with a big grin: "What are you afraid of? Xiliang is our world! How many people are there in the west? How many people were there in the imperial court back then, and they weren't beaten by us like this? ”

Liang Xing shook his head and said, "...... Well, it's really different...... Sometimes there are too many people to do good things...... Although there were many soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court back then, we only needed to fight those central forbidden armies, and we didn't need to engage all of them, and we won a small part, and the rest naturally retreated...... And the expedition to the west......"

Duan Xuan nodded and said: "Although there are not many soldiers in the west, but this guy is from the north and all the way, Baibo Montenegrin Xiongnu Xianbei, which one is a soft egg?" Which one is easy to fight? But the expedition to the west is a fucking victory! Not only that, this expedition to the west is getting stronger and stronger, and now it has annexed Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and the next thing is either Sichuan Shu or Longyou! Therefore, this expedition to the west should not be underestimated, and it must not be guarded against! ”

Zhang Heng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "In this way, we can only obey the old fox of the Ma family boy and Han Wenyue?" Send troops together to attack Guanzhong? ”

Duan Xuan laughed twice and said, "Brother Zhang Xian, what you said is also right and not right. ”

In fact, Duan Xuan really wanted to pick up the banner by himself, but in order to become a captain, Duan Cheng lost a lot of material resources and manpower, but he didn't get much back, and he ran with Dong Zhuo some time ago, and tossed in a lot, money or something, it's okay to say, if you have a chance to do a few votes, you will come back some, but the manpower consumed by this will not be replenished for a while.

In addition, the Duan clan made his fortune by suppressing these Hu people in the west, from the Western Regions to the Western Liang, there are not a few Hu people who died under the hands of the Duan clan, and there are also those who directly wiped out all the clans, in this case, if Duan Xuan is allowed to be as close to the Qiang people as Han Sui and Ma Chao, even if Duan Xuan is willing, the Qiang people may not be happy......

Therefore, in terms of reputation, Duan Xuan is relatively better, but in terms of manpower strength, he is not as good as Han Sui and Ma Chao.

Zhang Heng was puzzled and said suspiciously: "What is right and wrong?" ”

Duan Xuan laughed, and did not answer this question directly, but said: "I heard that Han Wenyue sent Yan Yanming back to Jincheng by asking that old fox......

Han Sui also has a son, but his son is thin and weak, and he doesn't like to fight, he only likes to read, so basically he doesn't go into battle at all, and he stays in Jincheng, but he is Han Sui's son-in-law, Yan Xing has some military skills, so he is also quite valued by Han Sui.

"This old fox ......," Liang Xing said, "...... It's not that Yan Yanming is in the back...... Guarding against us......"

Duan Xuan slapped his face and said, "Brother Liang Xian is still smart!" Then you might as well think again, why should this old fox guard us? ”

Zhang Heng said: "Brother Duan, just say it directly, this twist hurts, your brain hurts......"

Duan Xuan laughed a few times, then stretched out three fingers and said slowly: "Jincheng is the old nest of Han Wenyue, with Yan Yanming in charge, Jincheng will not be chaotic, and it can also be used as a backup, this is one of them; Second, just like Brother Zhang Xiandi said, letting Yan Yanming come back first is also to prevent us from doing anything; What are these three ......?"

Duan Xuan looked at Zhang Heng and then at Liang Xing before he said, "...... There has not been half a step forward in this pass, and the people who are going to the west have not encountered one, so Han Wenyue, the old fox, withdrew Yan Yanming first, what does this mean? This shows that this old fox intends to let us go and fight to the death with the people who conquer the west first, and he will pick up the cheapest behind...... It also shows that Han Wenyue, the old fox, doesn't want to go all out at this point in time! Hum! ”

Liang Xing said: "So, Brother Duan, what do you mean ......?"

"Hehe, don't you think it's such a desolate place, but there are so many people ......" Duan Xuan's eyes flashed, "It's too noisy?" This time, it's a little cleaner......"