"It stands to reason that our love is exhausted, but since you are willing to go west, and you call yourself a minister, and you are the lord of contemptible, then you have a little bit of the righteousness of a monarch and a minister, so I will send you a gift." At the beginning of October, on the morning of this day, on a platform on the bank of the Yellow River in the west of Yuzhong City, an important town in Liangzhou, General Gongsun Xun personally led several accompanying civil and military officers out of the city, and then summoned Han Sui, the former overlord of Xiliang, here. "But what else do you have to say?"

Han Wen, who had messy hair and was somewhat embarrassed, heard this, and before he could speak, he came out with a sigh of relief.

It is said that in the past ten days, Han Sui and his 7,000 troops have not even entered Yuzhong City for half a step, and have been stationed in a military camp in the west of the city, and then selected 3,000 soldiers and horses to go west. Not only that, but these 7,000 people were also taken away from their armor and horses, and they were basically taken into custody by the surrounding army as prisoners of war.

Therefore, at this time, when the dust settled, Gongsun Xun went out of the city to see him again, and Han Wenyue was relaxed for a while.

"Please make me public, how should this trip be?" Han Sui thought about it and asked. "What is the strategy of getting out of the Jade Gate?"

"I'm going to talk about this matter if you don't ask." Gongsun Xun looked at the head of the person in front of him with his hand, his face was calm, and his tone was crisp. "Add you as the general of Pingxi, lead the Western Regions to protect it, garrison it in Qiancheng, if the three thousand soldiers are selected, let the champion general lead three thousand horsemen to escort you out of Yumen Pass...... After leaving the Yumen Pass, I will return your clothes and armor and weapons, and will also hand over some military materials, grain and grass to you. After that, it's up to you. ”

Han Sui raised his head slightly, obviously puzzled, he was actually detained these days, and his freedom was confined to the barracks, so it was inevitable that some news would be delayed: "Dare to ask the lord, who is the champion general?" ”

Gongsun Xun paused, but still told the other party the answer seriously: "It is Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, the cavalry captain who broke through Wushan with an attack on the back, and then smuggled eight hundred cavalry into Di Dao...... I took his wisdom and courage to arrive at Liangzhou, so yesterday Wudu went down to distinguish the king of Di and Bai Ma Qiang to descend, on the first in Pingliang, he added his champion general, and increased the rank of 3,000 stones. ”

"Once Baimaqiang is here, the three southern counties of Liangzhou are all flat." Han Sui first showed a sudden expression, and then changed his face and congratulated: "The minister has not had time to congratulate the Lord on the fair determination of Liangzhou!" ”

"There is no need to say these words." Gongsun Xun narrowed his eyes and said. "That day, Zhao Zilong smuggled Di Dao, and set up an empty camp to scare you away, in fact, Liangzhou has been pacified, and these days are just an armed march to intimidate and surrender."

"The champion general Pingliang's first merit is worthy of his name!" Han then changed his tune. "On that day, at the three forks in the west, it can be called a lot of courage, not only ministers, but also those who have always been unruly in the Xiliang Hao clan are also shaken......

"Wenyue!" Gongsun Xun suddenly interrupted the other party. "Why should you and I do this? Moreover, what about the contemptible champion general, what about the contemptible Xiliang Hao clan, and what does it matter to you? ”

Han Sui was speechless for a while.

"But what else do you have to say?" Gongsun Xun continued to ask.

"The Minister's Family ......"

"You, as well as the families and clansmen of the officers above the leader of the 3,000-soldier squadron you selected, all moved to Yecheng." Gongsun Xun replied immediately. "Ningshuo's general Zhang Sheng's hoarding is relatively remote, and the place north of Shaanzhou has always been a little unstable, I am going to let him go back first, and by the way, I will escort these people eastward."

"That's not what the minister meant." Han Sui waited for the other party to finish speaking, and then he reluctantly spoke. "I just want to ask the lord if he can ask the ministers to see their families again before leaving, and I can tell my sons to come to Yecheng to serve the princess......"

"No." Gongsun Xun didn't blink his eyelids. "With Ling Ming here, what are your sons worried about? I'm here to see you off today, so let's finish talking, and you can leave immediately...... Didn't you see that the champion general had already come to your camp to urge the troops? ”

Han Sui first looked at his son-in-law Pang De, who was standing with a knife not far from Gongsun Xun's side but did not squint, and then looked back at the Zhaozi banner that had arrived in his camp, and his expression finally couldn't help but darken, but it was only a pause, but he quickly agreed:

"Yes!"

"Everyone is leaving, what else do you have to ask, what you have to say, ask and talk about it together." Gongsun Xun continued to take his hand.

"When you get to the Western Regions, what should the minister do?" When Han Sui heard this, he finally let go completely. "What should be done with the countries of the Western Regions? What are the permissions? ”

"Whatever you want." Gongsun Xun replied casually. "I only need two things...... First, the trade routes of the Otsutsuki clan (Kushan) and Anxib (Parthia) in the west were unimpeded; Second, the Western domain is by the Han family...... If these two things can be done, you will add nine tin in the Western Regions, as long as you don't put me on the edge of Zangzhou, you really call yourself the king of Pingxi, as long as you don't write it to me in the official document on the surface, I don't care! All in all, you will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarchs, and you will do your own things in the Western Regions! If it really comes to the time when it is necessary, Zangzhou will also support one or two in the future. ”

Han Sui relaxed a little more: "Then naturally, maybe I will collect the savages of the small countries in the Western Regions in the name of the lord over there?" ”

"Yes!" Gongsun Xun is extremely simple.

"The lord is generous ......"

"It's not generosity, it's a different vision...... Like the people below, they seek to establish a family and become famous; For people like you, you seek a place of comfort, not for men; If I am at this time, all I care about is the general trend of the world, as long as the hearts of the people in the world are roughly attached, and my new policy can be implemented in the world, then what is the point of the rest of the things? ”

Han Sui was silent for a while, but then spoke again: "Lord, now that the eleven counties of Liangzhou are in place, then your current territory, if it is the land of eleven states according to the new policy of dividing the states, if it is according to the previous thirteen states and one capital of the world, there will also be six and a half states. Although the three states of seclusion and Liang are poorer, they are condescending and have the prosperity of soldiers, so no matter how you say it, they are already the number of twenty-one in the world...... Is it because of this so-called general trend of the world that such a situation has repeatedly suppressed the use of troops? ”

As soon as these words came out, Pang De next to him couldn't help but instinctively look back, and on the other side, Meng Jian, Wang Ling, Zhao Ang, and Jiang Xu, the four servants on duty, who had been waiting silently, and Fu Gan and Gai Shun, who were specially called by Gongsun Xun, were also slightly moved.

"Really?" Gongsun Xun was thoughtful when he heard this, but he still stood with his hands in his hands and stood straight. "Why do you ask?"

"I heard that the lord has always called himself a 'contemptible person', and I just think it's ridiculous." Han Sui said with emotion. "But if you think about it carefully, the lord has half the world, and it is not easy to call it a lonely man...... So from this point of view, there should still be a big obstacle in front of the lord. is either hiding in the court, or pinning on Cao Liu's generation, but there is always something. ”

Fu Gan and the others became more and more nervous.

"What do you want to say?" Gongsun Xun's eyes narrowed more and more.

"The minister is willing to do something unbearable for the lord," Han Sui suddenly knelt and kowtowed. "I just want to stay in Handi! Even if it is sent to Dunhuang after the deed, it is more or less at ease! ”

"I thought you had really grown." Gongsun Xun immediately shook his head. "Get up, take me a glass of wine, and go back to the camp to pack your things and go on your way."

Han Wenyue was completely disappointed, but he had no choice but to get up...... It's always hard for someone who has had a broken spine to get back up straight.

And as Han Sui got up, Fu Gan, the waiter of the Yellow Gate who had been instructed on the side, had already prepared, and immediately brought a wooden tray, on which a pot of Amway spirits and two large pottery cups were simply placed, and that's it.

"Wenyue!" After Gongsun Xun finished pouring the wine himself, he gave Han Sui a cup first, then turned around and picked up a glass by himself, and finally sighed quietly. "We are old people, and the reason why we turned against each other back then was that Yu Gong naturally disobeyed your ambitions when you were young, and became a military leader who only knew one side of the separatism, and then became a source of chaos in Liangzhou; Yu is private, but because of what happened to Nanrong back then, I have always hated you in my heart. But later, after the first battle of Weishui, he personally hammered and killed Cheng Gongying, which was regarded as venting the hatred in his heart, and now he was surrendered by you and let Liangzhou return to the center, which is considered the overall situation...... And now, as soon as you leave the Western Regions, it will be like exile, and many grievances will end here, so I will let the son of Nanrong hold wine here, and personally let you have a bowl of wine, which can be regarded as for Nanrong, Cheng Gongying, and ourselves, and put an end to the old things. Luckily? ”

Han Sui looked at Fu Gan, who was staring at him but had a complicated expression, and then thought of Cheng Gongying and Yan Xing, and his nose was more or less sour, and then he was upset.

As a result, the person almost raised his head and drank a large glass of liquor in one go, and when he put it down again, his eyes were already slightly red.

Gongsun Xun also drank all the wine, and when he took the wine glass handed back by the other party, there was a slight north wind from the autumn and winter communication, rolling up a burst of yellow dust.

Gongsun Xun's heart moved slightly, and he poured wine on the tray for the second time.

Moreover, after pouring the wine, the person was not in a hurry to hand it to Han Sui, but leaned over and twisted a touch of loess from the loess platform on the bank of the Yellow River at his feet, and sprinkled it on one of the glasses of wine, and then handed the glass of wine to the other party.

Taking this glass of wine and looking at the floating dust on the wine, Han Sui's heart suddenly swelled up with an inexplicable and violent emotion, which was intense, as if the wine was almost overflowing...... The reluctance to Liangzhou, the memories of the past, the pure nostalgia for youth, the desire for the general trend of the world, and the confusion about the future are completely entangled.

He really wanted to ask Gongsun Xun, was this sudden second glass of wine a hurried farewell after the first meeting in Luoyang? Or a hurried westward walk after the meeting in Hanoi to compensate?

And why do you scatter soil, do you want to let yourself not forget the taste of Liangzhou's terroir, or imply that you will not come back for the rest of your life?

However, I don't know why, Han Wenyue didn't ask a word, just held the glass of wine in both hands and trembled slightly, as if he was holding some unbearable weight.

As if seeing the other party's thoughts, Gongsun Xun picked up his wine glass and said lightly: "I don't have any specific meaning, I just want to persuade Wen Yue to drink another glass...... Wen Yue, persuade you to have a glass of wine, and go west out of Yumen without a reason! ”

After that, Gongsun Xun took the initiative to raise his head and drink it all, and Han Sui finally couldn't suppress all the feelings in his heart, and tears rained down for a while, but he grabbed the glass and drank it before the tears fell to the wine glass.

The dust and wine fell into his stomach, Han Wenyue threw down the wine glass, and hurriedly got off the stage and returned to the camp without looking back, but as soon as he got off the stage, he met Jia Xu and Xi Zhong who joined forces in the audience, and suddenly remembered Yan Zhong, so he had to cover his face with his sleeves and staggered away...... If there is no mistake, he will be escorted by Zhao Yun, from the three-way mouth of the Yellow River in the west to the northwest into the Hexi Corridor, and then go all the way west, out of Yumen, through Dunhuang, through the car division to the Western Regions, and then the return date is unknown.

Gongsun Xun watched the other party's figure disappear into the barracks, so he lowered his head and picked up the pottery cup from the ground, and carefully placed it in the tray in Fu Gan's hand. But his face was expressionless, he turned to look at the Yellow River rolling on his side, and was silent.

Oh, but he actually closed his eyes.

Fu Gan didn't dare to move, Jia Xu and Xi Zhong, who obviously had something to do, were also silent, and people such as Meng Jian, Wang Ling and others naturally didn't dare to make any superfluous moves, but Pang De couldn't help but look at the messy Han Sui military camp on the west side, but he was only slightly gloomy.

The Ya Que on the earth platform was silent, and the military camp not far away was noisy for a while, but this did not affect Gongsun Xun to listen to the roar of the Yellow River.

It is said that after drinking two glasses of wine, because Han Sui was involved in the old man's new affairs, just like the Han Wen was embarrassed, this General Wei also had a tiger roaring in his chest for a while, and he almost wanted to pounce.

came out in a hurry, without a broken blade, so if you want to suppress this tiger, you can only rely on the Yellow River Tianwei.

I don't know how long it took, Gongsun Xun suddenly opened his eyes, and then said directly: "From here to the three forks of Taoshui, Huangshui, and the Yellow River, that is, the land of Yuzhong and Jincheng counties, there is a great atmosphere, and all of them are assigned to Tianshui County...... Then abolish the two counties of Jincheng and Yuzhong, and merge them into one county, let Zhang Derong build a new city in the middle of the two cities, and move Tianshui County and Liangzhou Prefecture to here! ”

Xi Zhong and Jia Xu were caught off guard, but they still hurriedly bowed their heads.

After Jia Xu received the order, it may be because of the locals in Liangzhou, but he couldn't help but say a few more words: "This place can control the westward passage, there is indeed a great atmosphere, and the former Han Dynasty was originally Tianshui...... Only now that the essence of the land is assigned to Tianshui, it inevitably seems that Tianshui is too heavy, and Jincheng is slightly lighter. ”

"It's okay, you can cut off the three counties of Baishi, Caohan, Heguan and Jincheng County in Longxi County, and then let Zhang Liao, who went to Pingyao Dangqiang, go to Xihai Yanchi to sweep a little, and take the opportunity to set up a county in Longqi City there; You can also return the west county and Rongqiuyi to the south of Tianshui to Longxi...... In addition, since Wuwei County is to be the skeleton of Zangzhou, it is more appropriate for Zuli County to be in the east of the Yellow River as Anding County. "Gongsun Xun opened his mouth and put Xiliang in place." Wenhe is from Liangzhou, do you think it's appropriate? ”

"It's so natural." Jia Xu immediately said yes. "It's just that the new city also asks the lord to give the name."

Gongsun Xun noticed the other party's title, and couldn't help but glance at the other party, before responding: "Please also ask Wenhe to think of a good name!" ”

Jia Xu was not polite when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he pointed to a conspicuous mountain range in the southwest and said: "This mountain is called Gaolan Mountain, since the lord wants to build a new city to guard the way to the west, he must build a city on the bank of the river under the mountain...... Why not call it Gaocheng or Lancheng? ”

"Just Lancheng!" Gongsun Xun said casually. "In the future, let Zhang Derong bury a monument at the foot of the mountain, and say that Zhao Zilong is in Liangzhou, and Jia Wen and Minglancheng are also in Si, and he Zhang Derong is still in Si!"

Jia Xu couldn't help but smile embarrassedly: "The champion general has built miraculous achievements in Liangzhou there, and Zhang Fujun will rule the people here in the future, and the minister is just a name, so what qualifications do you have to rank among the two?" ”

"Who made you a ryoto?" Gongsun Xun said with a smile. "How could Liangzhou Xiangzi not look down on you, a native of Liangzhou? I can't say that I will divide the state and county in the future, and I have missed the border, because of this monument, the people on both sides of the Yellow River will fight for your hometown! ”

Jia Xu couldn't laugh or cry.

"What are you two looking for me?" Gongsun Xun finally asked about the matter.

"That's right." Xi Zhong hurriedly stepped forward and said. "My lord, because the champion general's attack on Wushan and smuggling Di Dao was too unexpected, the pacification of Liangzhou Quanzhou was much faster than expected...... And Chang'an's side...... Are we going to send someone back to report the victory? ”

The so-called victory is naturally to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, plus the meaning of urging Chang'an to launch as soon as possible.

"Yes!" Gongsun Xun immediately woke up, and then glanced at Fu Gan, who looked as usual on his side, as if he didn't understand what was going on, and simply agreed. "Yancai (Fu Ganzi) You go back for me, tell Taifu and the Son of Heaven that Liangzhou has been decided, and report to the state, the change of counties and counties, and the westward journey of Han Sui. Then tell the court that I will go to Zhang Lu and Zhang Tianshi to talk about the general affairs of Liangzhou here...... You don't know, I am also familiar with the Taiping Sutra, and I am half a Taoist...... But that's just it, if Hanzhong is determined, he is not ready to really cut down Shu, and then he will return to Chang'an to look at the Central Plains...... Got it? ”

Fu Gan hurriedly bowed his head and said yes.

Gongsun Xun bowed slightly, but he didn't bother to make any suggestions...... After all, at this time and at that time, he drove Han Sui west for Fu Nanrong today to settle grievances, if this kid can still jump into the pit, he will either be more stupid than Lu Bu, or he will be more filial than Ma Chao.

So let him go.

As he spoke, Han Sui's troops had already begun to slowly dispatch under the leadership of Han Sui and under the armed escort of Zhao Yun. Gongsun Xun glanced at it from a distance, patted Pang De's arm, made a casual gesture, and went back to the city with the two military advisors.

Behind him, on the bank of the loess platform, the Yellow River is still roaring.

——————I'm the divider for another drink——————

"Jia Wenhe, a famous minister of this dynasty, or Wuwei Gu Zangren. However, in the case of Chen Song, there is a monument in Lancheng, which says, when the champion general Zhao Yunding Liangzhou Yusi, the military division Zhonglang general Jia Xu is named Lancheng Yusi, Tianshui Taishou Zhang Derong governs Tianshui Yusi, General Shiwei, Taizu Mingzhi 21 Yusi in the world...... The villagers everywhere all said that Jia Wen and the people of Jincheng in the old county of Gailan City were also named after this city? I think so. —The Dictionary. Yan. Pei Song's note