Sure enough, it was not out of Cao Liang's expectations, on the third day after the road closure incident, Xiahou Xuan, the general of Zhengxi, appeared in Tongguan City, and Guo Huai, the assassin of Yongzhou, almost arrived in Xiahou Xuan's footsteps, and he arrived on his back feet.

However, although the two came together, the destination was not the same, Guo Huai went straight to the Tongguan Governor's Mansion, while Xiahou Xuan entered from the west gate of Tongguan, went straight to the east gate, and out of the east gate, he came to the sentry post of the Yue cavalry camp.

With Cao Liang's support, those sentry posts of the Yue Cavalry Battalion are naturally very tough, and in the face of Xiahou Xuan, who he doesn't know, he also dares to face each other with swords and guns, so that he can't take half a step forward.

"Bold! You can't be rude, General Zhengxi is here, don't retreat quickly! The lieutenant officer behind Xiahou Xuan immediately reprimanded.

Du Bo, who was the leader, was not intimidated by the name of General Zhengxi, and was not moved at all, and said proudly: "Without the order of my Captain Cao, no one can think of passing!" ”

The lieutenant officer was furious and shouted: "Presumptuous, wait ......."

Xiahou Xuan waved his hand to signal the officer to step back, and said with a light smile: "It's a little interesting, it seems that Cao Ziming's efforts this year have not been in vain, and the Yue Cavalry Battalion, which was not successful in the past, is now so hard, not bad." Go, call your lieutenant Cao, and the governor has something to say to him. ”

Cao Liang was actually in the camp, a military camp of more than 700 people, and the scale could not be very large, Cao Liang saw Xiahou Xuan from a distance, and immediately stepped forward, bowed and said: "See General Xiahou for your humble position." ”

Although Cao Liang and Xiahou Xuan have a good personal relationship, in public, they are still commensurate with their official positions and come forward to salute in a decent manner.

Xiahou Xuan smiled and said, "Captain Cao, you have done a good thing!" ”

Cao Liang said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Others are not allowed to enter the city beyond the camp, is it possible that they are not allowed to camp outside the city?" ”

Xiahou Xuan said: "You have to pick a place to camp in Anzhai, this is not right, the road was just blocked, making it impossible for people to pass, and this complaint has been sued to Chang'an." ”

Cao Liang said loudly: "Even if you tell the Son of Heaven in front of the emperor, you have to distinguish between right and wrong, the Yue Cavalry Battalion is also the army of the Great Wei, eating the imperial grain and official salary, serving the imperial court, why is it that when you get to the city of Tongguan, you can't even enter the city gate, and you are cold and hungry here?" This matter is not to be explained, it is definitely not over! ”

Xiahou Xuan looked left and right, and said to Cao Liang: "Captain Cao, how about taking a step to speak?" ”

"Please." Cao Liang immediately welcomed Xiahou Xuan into the tent, and at the same time retreated left and right.

Xiahou Xuan laughed and said: "Ziming, your hand is really amazing, Guo Huai probably didn't expect you to do this, you are close to the road, some people are afraid that they are stabbed in the throat, and it is very uncomfortable." ”

Cao Liang said lightly: "If people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, if people offend me, I will offend people!" ”

Xiahou Xuan said with emotion: "Also, Ziming, you are not even afraid of the Sima family, let alone such a few little minions, the foolish brother really admires your true temperament of daring to think, dare to do and dare to act, without you, the foolish brother is really like losing his right arm, looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally looking forward to you." ”

Cao Liang said: "What, isn't Brother Tai in trouble?" You are the general of Zhengxi and the governor of Yongliang, and you can kill officials below 2,000 stones, who dares not to obey orders? ”

Xiahou Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "Do you really think that little bamboo can scare people?" It is true that the foolish brother is the general of Zhengxi and the governor of Yongliang, but he came to Chang'an single-handedly, and he didn't even have his own people around him, and it was difficult to do anything. ”

"Brother Tai Chu is holding the imperial decree of the imperial court, and the local officials dare to resist and disobey the decree?" Cao Liang said.

"This cool place, the water is not ordinary deep, the foolish brother came to Chang'an, just for the general to go to Shu next year to make preliminary preparations, but this person is not familiar with the place, where he goes, to a piece of meandering to meet, respectful and courteous, but once you do the real practical things, if you either push three or four, or the yang and yin violation, in addition to perfunctory is prevarication, this more than a month, there are not a few things that have been done at all, seeing that the New Year is approaching, and the date originally set by the general to cut down Shu is getting closer and closer, I really don't know what to do." Xiahou Xuan let out a long sigh.

The imperial court can appoint Xiahou Xuan as the governor of Yongliang, the general of Zhengxi, but it is so difficult for the governor of Yongliang to serve the people.

Yongliang Erzhou belongs to the border land, where wars are frequent, so the people are fierce, the soldiers are strong, and it is easy to develop an unruly character. The previous governor of Yongliang was still Sima Yi, he had been working hard here for many years, it can be said that almost all the generals and officers, including Guo Huai, the assassin of Yongzhou, were allocated by him, and the protégés covered the entire Yongliang land, and others wanted to intervene again, unless the officials of Yongliang and the two states were replaced, they could not shake Sima Yi's foundation at all.

Cao Rong thought that sending a Xiahou Ba to serve as the protector of Shu could check and balance Sima Yi, and Cao Shuang thought that sending a Xiahou Xuan as the leader of the Yongliang region could take over the power of the Western Front, but in fact, they all far underestimated Sima Yi's influence in the Yongliang region.

When Sima Yi was dealing with Zhuge Liang, he dragged the mud and water, and kept using the tactics of shrinking, but he couldn't hold it out, and he consumed Zhuge Liang to death. But in terms of cultivating cronies, Sima Yi spared no effort and tried his best to install his cronies loyal to him in the Yongliang army and officialdom.

And those dissident forces that have a bad relationship with Sima Yi, Sima Yi used conspiracy and conspiracy, or to eliminate Yongliang, or to kill people with a knife, and use the hands of the Shu army to get rid of it.

Although Sima Yi has now left Yongliang, the forces he cultivated have taken root and grown vigorously in the land of Yongliang, and it can be said that the forces loyal to Sima Yi have now penetrated into the entire bureaucratic system of Yongliang, intertwined and flourishing, and it is far from being able to solve the problem by parachuting one or two powerful figures from Luoyang.

So after Xiahou Xuan arrived, although he seemed to be kind on the surface, and everyone was respectful to Xiahou Xuan, but in fact, when Xiahou Xuan was about to go to do something, he found that he was touching nails everywhere.

And this kind of nail, but not a sharp and hard iron nail, but a soft nail as soft as a bone, the road in front of Xiahou Xuan seems to be a smooth road, but when he really waits for him to move forward, he finds that there are walls everywhere, and there is always an infinite resistance blocking him, even if Xiahou Xuan wants to exert force, but it is like a punch on cotton, and he is powerless at all.