Chapter Ninety-Five: Heroes (4)

In Chen Cheng's view, even if there is a war, it is normal to send envoys to each other. But Yan Zhong didn't see it that way, he said to Chen Cheng: "Han Sui has always been good at conspiracy and trickery, but I'm afraid that he sent people just to paralyze Ma Shoucheng." Perhaps, Han Wenyue's army has already crossed Liupan Mountain. ”

"Then what if Han Sui doesn't send someone?"

"If Han Sui doesn't send someone, it means that he has already made up his mind to go to war!"

Chen Cheng smiled dumbly and said, "So, whether Han Sui sent someone or not, it means that he is going to war?" ”

Yan Zhong said as a matter of course: "Exactly! Han Sui is nicknamed the Yellow River Jiuqu, and the twists and turns in his stomach are ten times or a hundred times that of others, and when dealing with him, he has to sleep with one eye open. ”

When he saw Yan walking in, he asked Yan Xingdao, "Yanming, tell me, why did Han Sui send someone to Pengyang?" ”

Yan Xing was silent for a while, and said, "I'm afraid I'm going to send troops." ”

".......", Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "Even if Han Sui has no intention of fighting, he has to fight if you are so maliciously speculated." Many things are caused by misunderstandings, isn't it good to put things on the table? is so suspicious of each other, and if you have nothing to do, you have to make something happen. ”

Yan Zhong said: "Of course, you can be open and honest with a gentleman like Junhou, but for an old fox like Han Wenyue, you still have to tie the fence tightly and prepare your bow, arrows, knives and guns." ”

Chen Cheng chuckled and stopped talking about this topic, he pointed at Yan Xing and said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, this Yan Xing Yan Yanming is a hero in Liangzhou, and Bo Dao praises him as one of the best talents in Liangzhou." ”

Then, he pulled Zhao Yun over again and said, "Yanming, this is Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, who is my main book." ”

Yan Xing and Zhao Yun were both eight-foot-tall men, and the two glanced at each other, seeing the firmness in each other's eyes and something familiar, both of them were awe-inspiring in their hearts, and secretly gave birth to jealous emotions.

"Zilong just arrived today, I'll make a few side dishes, let's have a few drinks together."

Chen Cheng doesn't like to drink too much, but he likes the rice wine of this era, although it is inevitably a little cloudy, but the degree is low, and there is a sweet feeling, and the taste is very good. You know, he drinks beer with Sprite, and he likes this soft taste the most.

Of course, it's not that he can't drink high-count spirits, and he can drink a lot of them, but he just doesn't like them very much.

Zhao Yun and Chen Cheng had been together for a while in Guanzi City, and knowing his temperament, they were not surprised that he would cook himself, but took off his armor and then rolled up his sleeves to help.

Liu Qian shouted from the side: "I'm here to help too." ”

Chen Cheng looked at the five or six arrows left in her quiver, waved his hand, and said, "Shoot your arrows first." ”

Liu Qian pursed her mouth dissatisfiedly and shot an arrow unhappily.

While Zhao Yun helped, he asked, "Is that the princess of ten thousand years?" ”

"Yes," Chen Cheng quickly chopped the meat into pieces, added cooking wine, salt, chicken powder, added ginger and garlic, marinated it, and then prepared the others, "You can teach her archery in the future." ”

Liu Qian, who was eavesdropping while shooting arrows, was unhappy in her heart, and as soon as her fingers were loosened, the arrows flew out of the range of the target and shot into the grass behind.

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "If it's compared to archery, I can't compare to the lord." ”

Chen Cheng said "hey" and said, "What's the name of the lord?" There are no outsiders here. ”

Zhao Yun looked to the side, Yan Zhong and Yan Xing were kneeling on the floor, talking in a low voice. Seeing Zhao Yun looking over, Yan Xing also looked up.

Yan Zhong said: "From Hanyang to Anding, there are only a few roads to go. If Han Sui wants to fight quickly, he will definitely take all the soldiers and horses in Hanyang, and then go to Ayang and cross Liupan Mountain, and then it depends on whether he will take Gaoping first or go straight to Pengyang. ”

As he spoke, he dipped his fingers in the water and drew a rough outline of the terrain on the desk. After pondering for a while, Yan Zhong said: "I have been away from Xiliang for a long time, and I don't know much about the recent situation here, which plan do you think Han Sui will choose?" ”

Yan Zhong asked a few times before Yan Xing withdrew his gaze and asked in a low voice, "Uncle, don't we have to help?" ”

"No, the prince won't care about such a trivial matter. Do you think Han Sui will go straight to Pengyang? ”

Yan Xing looked at the case for a while, stretched out his hand and nodded a few times near Gaoping, and said: "If I were Han Wenyue, I would not go to fight Gaoping, as long as I captured Xiaoguan, and then sent more than 1,000 cavalry garrisons to fight there, so that Gaoping's soldiers and horses would be blocked in the north." Then the army will take Jingyang directly, and then divide the troops to copy and settle down, and the main force is here waiting for Ma Teng to lead the troops to come over for a decisive battle! ”

"Anwu?" Yan Zhong pondered for a while and asked, "I'm afraid that Ma Shoucheng is unwilling to fight a decisive battle here." ”

Yan Xingdao: "If you don't want to fight a decisive battle here, who is willing to follow Ma Teng?" ”

Yan Zhong let out an "oh", looked at the case for a while, and said, "What if that's the case?" ”

He drew a circle on the three-way intersection behind Liupan Mountain and said, "If Ma Teng stationed the main force here, can Han Sui call over?" ”

Yan Xingdao: "Although this place is not far from Jingshui, there is no danger to defend around, if Ma Teng fights here, it will be more beneficial to Han Sui." ”

Yan Zhong said: "It's not okay to send troops to block the pass of Liupan Mountain?" ”

"Han Sui has 100,000 available troops in his hands, even if he wants to divide troops to garrison Hanyang in Longxi, at least 60,000 can be drawn, and Ma Teng's side is full of troops, and the number of troops will not exceed 40,000. If the pass of Liupan Mountain is blocked, it will be stronger than anyone. ”

"Hey, so Ma Teng is lost?" Yan Zhong smiled: "Why don't we go and ask Han Sui in advance to give us a way to live?" ”

Yan Xing shook his head and said, "Calculation is only one aspect, for fighting, the most important thing is to make a decision on the battlefield. If you can win with more troops, then what kind of war will you fight? Let's put the soldiers and horses in the table and compare them to each other, is it over? ”

was talking here, and Liu Qian had already shot all the arrows over there, and then helped Chen Cheng distribute the fried dishes to the plate.

Chen Cheng asked his own soldiers to come and get a copy, and then brought the plate to the lobby and distributed it to everyone. He poured Liu Qian a glass of juice and said, "You drink this." ”

He personally poured a glass of wine for Zhao Yun, Yan Zhong and Yan Xing, and said with a smile: "Come, I salute you, I'll do it first, you are free." ”

Yan Zhong had no interest in eating and drinking, so he used some wine and food indiscriminately, and said, "Yanming, how many people can you recruit from the Qiang Ministry?" ”

Yan Xing swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "There are no less than a thousand people. ”

Yan Zhong said: "Too little. ”

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "It's too much, raising 400 people now is enough for me, and if I recruit another 1,000 people, then I will have to eat me poor." ”

Yan Zhong said: "If there are more people, the cost is big, but if there are more people, it is good to occupy the territory." ”

The chopsticks in Chen Cheng's hand stopped and asked, "What did Ma Shoucheng say?" Would you like to lend us a piece of land for temporary living? ”

Yan Zhong said: "He neither said he agreed, nor did he say he didn't agree, it seems that he still has doubts, afraid that we will occupy the magpie's nest." ”

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "I once heard such a story, saying that the owl caught a mouse in the woods and was about to eat it, when he suddenly saw a phoenix flying over the sky, the owl immediately screamed in fright, and said angrily: Are you trying to rob my mouse?" How does it know that the phoenix is not a sycamore that does not live, and it does not drink a clear spring? ”

Yan Zhong said: "I have also read this story of Zhuangzi, but I am afraid that Ma Teng and Ma Chao have not read it, and they will not understand the ambition of Phoenix." ”

Chen Cheng said: "After tomorrow, they will understand a little." ”

After eating, Yan Zhong and Yan Xing left first, leaving Chen Huacheng and the three of them in the backyard.

Yan Xing saw that he had gone far away, and said in a low voice: "Julu Hou must compare, and he must bow down to everything, not like he can do big things." ”

Yan Zhong looked at his nephew in surprise and said, "That's how you see it?" ”

He said to Yan Xing: "I said take a look at it more, and you will know what kind of person the prince is in a few days." ”

In the backyard of the county office, Chen Cheng asked Liu Qian to sit on the side, and then told Zhao Yun about what happened after the separation. When he said what the first emperor said before he died, Liu Qian couldn't help crying.

Chen Cheng touched her hair and said, "Okay, okay, don't cry." ”

Zhao Yun sighed: "So that's the case.

Chen Cheng said: "Zilong came from Luoyang, there must be a lot of people scolding me over there, right?" ”

Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment, but still nodded, and said, "There are some people who are saying bad things about Wenzheng, saying that you ordered the fire to Luoyang, but some people say that Yuan Shu and He Jin's people did it." ”

"Hey, that's right to speak ill of me." Chen Cheng poured another glass of juice for Liu Qian, and then said: "He Jin and I used Luoyang as a battlefield, and countless people were killed and wounded. If I win, that's fine, and now that He Jin wins, then they won't scold me to death? A gentleman is evil! ”

He asked Zhao Yundao: "Can the turmoil in Luoyang City be calmed down?" How many places did the fire burn? ”

Zhao Yundao: "Half of Luoyang was burned, and when I came, there were still many people outside the city who had no food and clothing, because Taicang was also burned, and it is said that the general wanted to put grain, but there was no food to put it." ”

"Half of this is my fault," Chen Cheng asked again, "What happened to the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion?" Did the general ask them to blame? ”

Zhao Yundao: "I don't know this, there are soldiers and horses inside and outside the city, I remember to inquire about Wenzheng's whereabouts, so I didn't stay long, but I heard that bandits are often in the city and in the nearby villages." ”

"Have you ever encountered Zilong?"

"I've met twice."

Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "How did He Jin do it?" There are so many bandits near the dignified imperial capital, which really makes people laugh out of their big teeth. ”

Zhao Yundao: "It is said that on the day of the Luoyang fire, after the arsenal caught fire, a lot of weapons flowed into the people. Because of the influx of the army, there was a shortage of food inside and outside Luoyang, and many people had no food, so they could only take risks to become robbers. ”

"Zilong thinks those bandits are excusable?"

"They just wanted to eat in one breath at first," Zhao Yun sighed and said, "But once they use the knife and get bloody, they will become extremely murderous and can't stop anymore." ”