"Thank you Yang Taishou for your hospitality, the last general is ready to lead the army back to Chang'an tomorrow and return to Gong Pei."

At the celebration dinner that day, Wei Yan said casually while drinking with Yang Qiu.

However, Yang Qiu was extremely sincere and said: "Brother Wei, this can't be helped, Brother Wei is now a great hero who saved the army and people in the city, and now everyone is grateful, every household is dedicated to the general and Pei Gongjian, and the younger brother is also thinking about giving up the position of Anding County to Brother Wei, and Brother Wei is in charge of the overall situation, and the younger brother is willing to be a pawn, how can Brother Wei bear to leave us in this situation?" ”

When Wei Yan heard this, he immediately shook his hand and said: "Yang Taishou's words are a bit serious, the last general is just acting on orders, without Pei Gong's foresight and clever strategies, how can the last general defeat the enemy and make contributions?" At the beginning, Pei Gong instructed the last general to return to Chang'an after the victory of this battle, how could the last general dare to disobey the order? ”

Yang Qiu heard this, but said very excitedly: "In this case, the last general is willing to resign from the position of the stable taishou, and recommend Brother Wei as the stable taishou, I believe that Pei Gong will definitely comply with the will of the people." ”

Later, Yang Qiu wrote a resignation letter to Pei Qing in front of Wei Yan, and recommended Wei Yan as the new stable taishou, and ordered him to be sent to Pei Qing's mansion in Chang'an overnight.

Wei Yan dissuaded: "Brother Yang, even if you are really willing to resign from the position of Taishou, you will not have to wait until tomorrow after you wake up, right?" Now that you've drunk so much wine, it's simply not fit to do that. ”

However, he saw Yang Qiu smile and said, "Brother Wei, do you really think I drank too much?" In fact, I have been thinking about this matter for a long time, I am not as good as Brother Wei in the ability to command the army, far inferior to Brother Wei in terms of resourcefulness, and far from the brave side, if it is in the Chengping period, maybe I can still keep one side safe, but now in the period of war, whether it is Ma Teng, Li Dao or the Qiang and Xiongnu, I am not its opponent, coupled with the unique geographical location and fertile land of stability, here is more coveted, with my ability sooner or later to bring the disaster of the army to stability, in this case, why should I covet this position, Wouldn't it be right to give it to the virtuous? Although Brother Wei is young, he is promising, wise and brave, he has won the hearts of the people and the trust of Pei Gong, and he is naturally the best candidate to guard stability, if I don't know how to abdicate and make way for Xian at this time, then I really don't know how many catties and taels I have, right? ”

Later, Yang Qiu did not listen to Wei Yan's persuasion, and insisted on ordering someone to send the resignation to Pei Qing.

Wei Yan was of course very happy when he saw this, he had been planning for so long, and he was finally going to control this Anding County in his own hands, this fledgling first battle was fought very successfully, even if Pei Gong saw it, he would definitely be very happy.

Yang Qiu was also very happy, when he saw Wei Yan agree, he finally unloaded a burden in his heart, and drank with Wei Yan again, and finally got drunk to the point of being unconscious......

Early the next morning, Yang Qiu came to his senses, remembering his actions last night, and even had a trace of remorse, he so casually handed over the Anding County run by two generations to others, which was quite unpleasant, although he was a stable clan in the future, I am afraid that he would have to keep a low profile.

"Why was I so confused? I actually gave up Andan as soon as my brain was hot, no matter what, I had to let Wei Yan give me some protection, otherwise, once Wei Yan or Pei Qing turned their faces on me in the future, would our Yang clan still have room to exist? Although it seems a little unlikely, but people are separated from their stomachs, who can guarantee that they will not turn their faces when the time comes? ”

Yang Qiu was full of depression, but this kind of depression couldn't be told to anyone, after all, he insisted on doing this last night, but Wei Yan kept persuading him on the side.

In this case, Yang Qiu could only wait helplessly for Pei Qing's ruling, of course he hoped that Pei Qing could continue to keep him as a stable guard, but he knew that this was basically an extravagant hope, and there was almost no possibility, he just hoped that his family could be preserved.

However, he didn't expect that the news that came later made Yang Qiu feel very surprised, Pei Qing did not agree with his resignation from the post of Anding Taishou, but at the same time, he officially appointed Wei Yan as the lieutenant of Anding, worshiped as the general of Fenwei Zhonglang, and was in charge of Anding's military.

Although this practice is equivalent to depriving Yang Qiu of his military power, Yang Qiu is still more excited, because his position of stability and Taishou has been retained, although he is now only acting in charge of civil affairs, but after all, this is also the nominal supreme governor of a county, compared to his fate of being killed after Ma Chao broke the city, this is really too surprising and unexpected.

However, Wei Yan was a little dissatisfied with Pei Qing's approach, he originally thought that he should take it for granted to be a stable guard, and grasp the military and civil affairs, but now he only got a position as a lieutenant of Anding, although his military position was promoted to Zhonglang General, but after all, he did not become a county guard, which made people feel a little unsatisfactory in their hearts.

But after all, he is a newcomer, and his qualifications are still shallow, which is also a matter of no choice, if he wants to be promoted, he can only obtain it by making military merits in the future.

Fortunately, Pei Qing asked him to escort the prisoners of war to Chang'an in the past few days, and he could just ask, what considerations did Pei Qing do this?

And at this time, Ma Teng was shocked to hear the news that Ma Chao lost his troops and returned defeated, and he was so angry that he almost fainted, thinking that this battle could easily force An Ding to surrender, and by the way, he directly surrendered Duan Xuan in the north, so that he had two more counties out of thin air, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and hundreds of thousands of people, but not only did not get any benefits, but suffered heavy losses, and even the only wise and brave general under his command Pang De was also captured, in this case it is a problem to protect himself, Where is the talk of further expansion?

"Push this rebel out of the gate for me and behead it for public display!" Ma Teng, who was annoyed, was bored when he saw Ma Chao now, and immediately ordered Ma Chao to withdraw and behead.

But seeing that all the civil and military forces under his command interceded for Ma Chao, saying that Ma Chao led the troops for the first time and lacked experience, and the enemy general was really cunning and fell into the other party's trap, and some said that it was the right time to employ people, and left Ma Chao to make meritorious contributions.

After all, Ma Chao is Ma Teng's parent, so although Ma Teng was angry in his mouth, he was reluctant to kill Ma Chao in his heart, so he said coldly: "Even so, I can't spare you easily, rebel, do you know how much this defeat has affected our army?" Originally, our army had an absolute advantage in the competition with Han Yue (that is, Han Sui), and Han Yue needed to ask me for help if he wanted to capture Wuwei, but now because of the loss of so many people, our army is in a weak position, and in the future, I have to be subordinate to him in the interaction with Han Yue. But now you've been forced to do this. ”

"But we can use the Qiang people, our ancestors' ......."

"Shut up!" Ma Teng interrupted him without waiting for Ma Chao to finish speaking, and said sharply: "Rebel, you remember to me, although the Qiang people are your mother clan, but they don't pay attention to faithfulness and covet my Han wealth and women, cooperating with them is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger, and you must not rely on them until the moment of life and death." ”

"My father is right, but how should we solve our current crisis?" Ma Chao was still not convinced, and said with a snort.

"Well, let me think about it," Ma Teng pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Yes, there is only one way to survive the current crisis. ”

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