Pei Gai led his troops into the Fufeng Country through martial arts, and Su Jun still led the first to reach the city of Yixian, but what was waiting for him this time was a drum and arrows. Su Jun was caught off guard, and was hit by an arrow in his left arm - fortunately, he didn't get deep into the flesh, and was forced to flee back in embarrassment and report to Shangguan Xie Feng.

Xie Feng came to report to Pei Gai, and Pei Gai led his army to five miles east of the city, set up camp, and then personally inspected the city defenses - of course, he would not be within the range of the bow and arrow. I saw that the city gate was closed, and the city soldiers were three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and the garrison was very tight.

Pei Cai turned his head and asked the person who followed: "Shenzhi, what does Zhu Shuang mean?" ”

This person is the newly refuge of Pei Gai, whose surname is Wei Minghong and Shenzhi, and he was born in the Wei family of Jingzhao. The surname Wei is originally from Zou County in Lu State, and the great Confucian Wei Xian was born in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, and his fourth son Wei Xuancheng once worshiped the prime minister, and moved to Jingzhao Duling, which has been passed down to this day. There is a local folk song that says, "Jingzhao Weidu, go to Tianshawu (the previous text is mistakenly made "go to Tiansanchi", and it doesn't rhyme, so let's correct it here); Ducheng Weishe, well-dressed" - the word "Ducheng" not only refers to Du Ling, but also alludes to Du's family.

A few years ago, Hu Kou entered Chang'an, Guanzhong was in turmoil, and the Wei and Du families suffered heavy losses, and their widows were forced to flee south. Du Yi and they went to Jingzhou to assassinate Wang Cheng, and Wei Hong was similar, but although he went to Jingzhou, he was attached to his old friend and Wang Cheng's general Ying Zhan Yingsiyuan. When he heard that Pei and Zu had gone on a northern expedition and recovered Luoyang, Wei Hong couldn't sit still, and as far as he could tell, Henan had been restored, and Guanzhong was the only enemy in the north, and the danger factor was much lower than in the past, so he still placed his family in Xiping County and returned to the north alone.

Shortly after Pei Gai took office, Wei Hong returned to his hometown and soon responded to Pei Gai's recruitment. Pei Gai not only made a name for himself under the city of Dali, but then entered Chang'an with lightning speed, and as soon as the banner was erected, there were still many Guanxi scholars who were included in the curtain - although at present, the number is not too much, but the growth rate is gratifying. Wei Hong did not agree to accept the official position, but only entered Pei Cai's scene as a guest, and the idea was obvious, that is, when the situation was not good, it would be convenient for him to run away.

Since Pei Gai is plotting to seize the four counties such as Anding, of course, there must be a Guanxi scholar who is familiar with the situation to lead the way, and you Yao He has already gone out to contact Di and Qiang, so he took Wei Hong with him.

asked Wei Hong at the moment, saying that you saw Zhu Shuang close the city gate tightly and didn't answer, what did he plan? Wei Hong replied: "Ding Nai, the court of the Ming Dynasty, here in person, Zhu Youzhe (Zhu Shuang) has no reason to resist, but Ruokai City is included in the Ming Dynasty, and Yang Guotu (Yang Xiang) Yin Jian is in front. Therefore, he had to pretend to be deaf and dumb and close the city to defend himself. If the minister wants to come, he must have sent an envoy to Xinping for help......"

"Do you think Zhu Hui is willing to rescue?"

Wei Hong nodded: "Brother Zhu, it is said that they have always been friendly, and Zhu Shiwei did not dare not come to the rescue. Although Xinping is small, Zhu Shiwei is known as capable of fighting, and how elite he is, Ming Gong must not be careless. ”

Pei Cai groaned slightly, looked at the city again, and said, "Let's go back to the camp to discuss." ”

After entering the camp, he summoned the generals and clearly pointed out: "There are two strategies today, one is to attack Yixian first, so that the Xinping army has nothing to rely on; The second is to surround but not fight, and first break the reinforcements of Xinping. Who do you want to do? ”

Zhen Sui hurriedly replied again, he said: "Although the city pool of Yixian is high, I see that there is no outer barrier, no suspension bridge, no water in the trench, and the horse wall is broken. Even if Xinping sends troops immediately, it will be 300 miles away from this point, and it will take at least five or six days to arrive - where can it take five days to attack this small Yixian? It's better to take the city first. ”

Xie Feng shook his head and said: "The governor wants to settle the four counties in one fell swoop, not only to fight Fufeng, but also to fight Xinping, if you are in a hurry to conquer Yicheng, I am afraid that Xinping's reinforcements will shrink back, but it will take a lot of effort." If the Xinping army can be broken first, maybe Yixian can go down without attacking, and Xinping County will be governed...... Where did it come from? Or maybe the wind has fallen. ”

Zhen Sui glared at Xie Feng fiercely, and said in his heart, where are you, you belong to the same battalion, and you dare to refute the master's opinion! pouted at the moment: "Maybe you don't attack, or you can expect the wind to fall, it's all maybe-how to fight a war by relying on maybe?!" ”

Pei should ignore him first, but turned his head to look at Li Yi: "Qing has been in Guanzhong for a long time, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Not long after Li Yichu returned to Pei Gai, he was afraid of Zhen Sui's brave name, so he originally didn't plan to speak, but since Pei Gai asked, he hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "What Governor Zhen said is indeed reasonable, but ...... Xinping Zhu is too defended, known as being able to fight, if it can be destroyed in the wild, it may be lighter than going to attack Qi County in the future. ”

Zhen Sui still wanted to refute, but Pei Gai waved his hand to stop it, and turned his head to ask Wei Hong's opinion again. Wei Hong replied: "The minister doesn't understand military affairs, but he knows a little bit about the geography of Guanzhong. Guanzhong is rich, all in the Weishui Valley, from Huayin in the east, to Chencang in the west, the terrain is flat, and Qianmo is vertical and horizontal. There is Qishan in the north of Yi County, the terrain is getting higher, the military is not easy, although the city of Qi County is small, but it is between the valleys, the army is difficult to arrange, then attack Qi County, than attack Yi County, it is ten times more difficult. If you can destroy the Xinping soldiers here, it will not be difficult to calm the two cities of Yi and Qi...... Just ......"

Speaking of this, after a pause, Pei should encourage him with his eyes, Wei Hongcai said: "The minister does not understand military affairs, but he knows that Zhu Shiwei can fight, and there are no less than 7,000 people in his department, all of whom are elite. ”

Zhen Sui sneered: "It's only seven thousand, even if they are all elites, will they still be the opponents of our army?" On that day, under the city of Dali, 200,000 Hu troops ......"

Pei Gai interrupted him: "In this way, Qing is willing to win a decisive battle with the Xinping Plain?" ”

Zhen Sui just relied on his own martial arts and raised the bar casually, and after Pei Gai asked, he realized that he seemed to be standing on the opposite side again, and couldn't help but "tsk", and then asked: "How many distances are there from the north to Qishan?" ”

Wei Hong replied, "The nearest place is not more than fifty miles. ”

Zhen Sui said that it was enough-"It's better to surround Yixian without attacking, let the Xinping soldiers enter the Ping, don't go out of the guerrilla army to go around behind it, cut off his way back, and then destroy it in one fell swoop on the plain." When the Fufeng soldiers saw it, they would inevitably be bold, but they could go down with one blow, and then attack Qi County, and decide the two counties in one fell swoop! ”

Xie Feng squeezed his eyes at him, what does that mean: Boss, you have completely surrendered to me, right?

Zhen Sui didn't look at him, and turned to Pei Gai to give his hand: "The last general will ask for his life and fight face to face with the Zhu who claims to be able to fight!" ”

Pei should not answer first, and then looked at Pei Wei again.

He led the troops to the expedition this time, and originally planned to leave Pei Wei in Chang'an and control the court situation for him, just like Cao Cao was outside and Xun Yu was inside, and Liu Yu was outside and Liu Muzhi was inside in the future - because he didn't worry about Liang Fen, and he didn't think that Xun Song could have a single power. However, Tao Kan garrisoned Feng Yi and other two counties, and Pei Gai lacked a qualified chief of staff around him, and no one could take this position except Pei Wei at present, and he was finally forced to take Pei Wei in the army.

Anyway, it shouldn't be too long for me to leave Chang'an this time, only in the middle of the customs, and the distance is not far, and in case of emergency, it is still too late to hurry back. At present, there are not only Xun Song in Shangshu Province, but also Li Rong and Pei Tong, and the matter of the city guard is entrusted to Lu Yan, so theoretically there will be no trouble in the short term.

Pei Gai couldn't help but sigh, there were still too few people under his hands. Although Wei Hong and many other Guanxi scholars came to vote, Huaheng also had the intention of investing, after all, the time spent together was too short, and the other party's loyalty and ability could not be guaranteed. From this, I can't help but miss Bian Wangzhi, if Bian is here, will Ann have this worry?

To tell the truth, his most trusted subordinate is still Bian Yan, and Pei Wei is blessed with the attributes of the same clan. It's a pity that Xuzhou's huge foundation is really reluctant to give up, so he has to entrust it to Bian Yan.

Pei Gai finally asked Pei Wei's opinion, and Pei Wei also advocated besieging the city and sending reinforcements, so he set a strategy. Just as he was about to assign the tasks of the battalions, suddenly the junior colonel came to report that Mrs. had a letter sent from Chang'an-Pei Gai frowned slightly, and said in his heart What is the big deal, I have only been away for a few days, you will write a letter? After receiving the letter, he ignored it for the first time and arranged for each battalion to choose a place to dig a stronghold and surround Yixian. However, it only encircled the north and east sides, one has a limited number of soldiers, and the other is Weishui in the south of the city, and it is inconvenient to encircle it - Que Qi two sides, Zhu Shuang, if you want to abandon the city and flee, you can do whatever you want.

After the account was dispersed, Pei Gai opened his wife's letter, read it at a glance and read it, and then handed it to Pei Wei with a smile. Pei Wei is quite strange, why are you showing me your husband and wife's family letters? Could it be that in addition to talking about family affairs and showing affection, there are other tricks that can't be done?

After reading it carefully, it turned out that he was talking about Liang Wei, and Liang Wei's wife Xin actually ran to beg Mrs. Xun to show his husband a clear way. Xun Guanniang didn't write how beautiful Xin was in the letter, which led to "I see pity", so she just said that she was pitiful, so she replied: "Rufu was originally a meritorious hero, and he was the same clan as Situ and my husband, if it weren't for his brother who didn't know what to do, why would he be today?" If you want to serve the country, it is useless to beg me, it only depends on whether you have the courage to do so......"

Pei should be short of manpower, Xun Guanniang is also very clear about this, so she pointed to Xin's family, saying that your husband has been in Guanzhong for a long time, and he must be familiar with human geography. This time the army is a great opportunity, if the words are useful, or if you make any contributions, are you afraid that you can't restart your career? It depends on whether Liang Wei has the guts.

After reading the letter, Pei Wei handed it back to Pei Gai and said, "What Madame said is also reasonable. Liang Zhengjing (Liang Wei) is the nephew of Suo Qi, if he is willing to pardon and use it, it may be able to play the effect of a thousand golden horse bones, so that Sergeant Guan will no longer wait and see, and his vision will be from Wenyue. Pei Gai smiled: "But I don't know how to be like a person, if I am as unbearable as his brother, I don't want this horse bone." So he ordered Li Yi to enter the account to inquire.

Wei Hong didn't scream, when the Liang brothers followed Jia Kai to attack Chang'an, he had already fled to Jingzhou, and he definitely didn't know anything.

After Li Yi entered the account, he frowned at Pei Gai's question and replied: "I am a martial artist, he is a scribe, and his name is very different, so he has no contact...... However, it is true that he was defeated and fled in Dali that day, and he did not take the initiative to abandon it like his brother......"

Pei Wei said: "Liang Zhengjing may not have the ability to command the army, and with the situation of the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong in the past, that is, Lu Yun is still unable to defeat Liu Yao, let alone him?" It is difficult to dare to fight against Hu Kou. And ......" paused, and said to Pei Gai: "The Liang clan of Xie County has been scattered, and the Liang clan of the Wu clan is subordinate to Wenyue, but it is the Naxin clan...... I wonder if I can make friends with the surname Longxi Xin through her? ”

When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help but suddenly realize that in these years, the surname Xin is much more prominent than the surname Liang.

In the Western Han Dynasty, there were famous ministers Xin Wuxian, famous generals Xin Qingji, and famous Taoist priest Xin Yuanping, all of whom came from the Longxi Xin clan; At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, one of its branches moved east to Yangzhai in Yingchuan, and at the end of the Han Dynasty, there were Xin Ping and Xin Bi brothers; Xin Bi Shiwei is the captain of the guard, and his daughter married Yang Tan as his wife, so he became an in-law with the Taishan Goat clan who was famous in the early Jin Dynasty - that is, the famous and "smart and talented" Xin Xianying.

Therefore, Pei Wei said that when it comes to the family, Yingchuan Xin's family, as well as his own family Longxi Xin's family, are much more high-level than Liang's, if you can get in touch with this family through Liang Wei's wife Xin's family, it is better than a hundred times better than a Liang Wei - "There was Shangshulang Xinbin in the previous dynasty, that is, Longxi Xin's family, but unfortunately Suoqi was defeated, he was frightened and fled at night. I have heard that the five brothers have the reputation of 'Five Dragons and One Gate, Jin Youyukun' in the county, if they can be contacted through the Xin family, it may be a great help for Wen Yue to go to Longlong in the future. ”

Pei Gai nodded first, then smiled and said, "Then Liang Wei must have the courage to come to me-okay, I'll wait here to see if he dares to come." ”

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The Xin brothers of "Five Dragons and One Gate, Jin Youyukun" died of illness due to the epidemic before, and now there are only three left, namely Xin Ming Zi Jiankuang, Xin Pan Zi Huaiyuan, and Xin Bin Zi Baoxun. Among them, only Xin Bin came out of Chang'an and served as Shang Shulang - the same official career as his father - Li Yi and others launched a coup d'état that day, Xin Bin was also in Shangshu Province, so he stayed by Suo Qi's side, so frightened that he almost didn't dare to say a word. After all, he was a lowly official, and others didn't care about him, and then Hua Heng asked him to help draft the documents, but Xin Bin resigned because he was too frightened and difficult to write. When the situation in the city stabilized a little, as soon as the city gate opened, he immediately rolled up his bag and ran back to his hometown Longxi Didao.

Xin Pan was in charge of affairs in the clan, and suddenly heard that his brother ran back from Chang'an, he couldn't help but be surprised, and when he met, he asked: "Why did Bao Xun return?" Could it be that Hu Kou is approaching Chang'an again? ”

Xin Bin replied: "If Hu Kou is in the city, and his brother is only dead, how dare he abandon the righteousness and flee?" In the original history, this person followed Sima Ye to Pingyang, and then when Liu Cong forcibly ordered Sima Ye to wash the knighthood, he hugged the emperor and wept bitterly, thus being killed by Liu Cong.

So Xin Bin described the coup d'état in Chang'an City to his brother in detail, and then said: "Hu Kou is raging, the society is in danger, and the auxiliary ministers are still dumping themselves, and if this continues, I am afraid that Chang'an will not be able to defend it." The younger brother resigned and returned to his hometown...... "If it really comes to the day when the Son of Heaven suffers, it will be a loss for me to run again, so it is better to leave early."

Xin Pan groaned for a while, and shook his head: "Bao Xun is mistaken." Qing thinks that the person who seeks to seize the state government is Liang Situ? I expect it to be Pei Gongye! ”