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Before dark, the soldiers pushed the wooden and stone obstacles on the bridge, and successfully occupied the big city on the opposite bank, starting from here, and the horses were whipped up, and it was only a day's journey from Luoyang.

The city was empty, and all the soldiers and people had already left, and they had left in a hurry, leaving behind a lot of things.

Ma Wei was the first to enter the city, and Xu Ji followed, in order to show bravery to the soldiers, but the two were too inexperienced in leading the troops, and made serious mistakes, neither of them thought of strictly restraining the troops in advance, and the soldiers who entered the city one after another only maintained order for less than a quarter of an hour, and then scattered and ransacked the entire city.

Ma Wei didn't stop it, and smiled at Xu Ji: "Raising soldiers by plundering is a common thing, but it's a pity that there are many well-dressed warriors of the Liang Dynasty among the people, and they have actually fallen to this, so let's slowly establish rules in the future." ”

Xu Ji felt that Ma Wei should make rules now, even if he couldn't stop the looting, he should make a little arrangement, so as not to make a mess like now, not far away, several soldiers were fighting for clothes on the street, regardless of the gaze of "King Liang".

But he didn't open his mouth in the end.

Ma Wei took Xu Ji to climb the city tower and looked at the direction of Luoyang, the mountains covered the eyes, but the two of them could imagine the prosperous scene of the eastern capital.

"Whoever wins the eastern capital wins the world." Ma Wei sighed.

Xu Ji must speak, "The Central Plains is a place of four wars, the world can control the eight directions in peacetime, and it will also be attacked by the eight sides when the world is in chaos, not a foothold, let alone a winning asset." ”

Ma Wei smiled and nodded, "Understood, I understand this truth." But Luoyang is the eastern capital after all, if it can be taken in one fell swoop, and the Zhang Emperor is coerced to command the world, at least half of the country can be obtained. ”

Ma Wei's imagination was boundless and asked, "Why doesn't Brother Brother speak?" ”

"There is nothing to say."

"Hehe, I understand my brother's intentions, I must think that I am too anxious, and I think that the Liang Dynasty has been destroyed for a long time, and there is no possibility of recovery, so I should honestly be a strategist and assist others to be emperors, right?"

Xu Ji sighed and said: "Strategists have been advising all their lives, and when they are lucky, they can have one or two sentences to be adopted, but if they are unlucky, they don't even have a chance to speak." From this point of view, it is better to be full of reason than to persuade others but not to. ”

Ma Wei immediately said: "That's it, since you have the ability to persuade others to be emperors, why can't you be emperors yourself?" Persuading people often cause the disaster of death, and it is inevitable to die with the wrong person, winning the championship or nine deaths, compared to it, it is better to strive for the championship, at least die well. ”

"It's just that the timing is wrong."

"Haha, the younger brother is still a strategist mentality, thinking too much, doing too little, the time can't wait, you have to catch it yourself. The king of the world is only the material of the middle and the bottom, and he has become the head of the rebels, and the king of Wuyue is brave and deep, and he is considered to be the material of the upper and middle schools, just for a king, and he took twenty people to Jiangdong thousands of miles away. If these two people wait for the opportunity, I'm afraid they are still farming in Qinzhou now, right? ”

Xu Ji arched his hand and said: "Brother Ma has lofty ambitions, which is beyond the reach of the foolish brother. Seeing that Brother Ma is safe, my wish has been fulfilled and I will leave tomorrow. ”

"Farewell? Where are you going? Ma Wei asked in surprise.

"Yingcheng, there are hundreds of Jinyang soldiers who escorted me south......"

Ma Wei grabbed one of Xu Ji's arms, "Brother Wu is the grandson of Emperor Wu, who bears the revenge of destroying the country and destroying his mother, assassinating the faint monarch, and is famous all over the world, why is he willing to be a guest of the Shen family?" Stay, I will share the world with you equally, divide the river and rule, forever call brothers, Ma and Xu clans, the world is good, is it better than being a minister for life? ”

At least in terms of daring to promise, Ma Wei is not inferior to any hero, there are only more than 200 soldiers at the moment, and there are only two cities, and he can also divide half of the world.

"I have to go back and persuade the Shen family to do it as soon as possible. There are still more than 100,000 elite soldiers and strong generals in the eastern capital, although Lan Sui is incompetent, there are still generals in the DPRK and China, and the war is together, and the Hebei armies can only compete with them if they join forces. Xu Ji paused, "For Brother Ma, the alliance is especially important. ”

"Haha." Ma Wei let go of Xu Ji's arm and patted him twice on the shoulder, "You, you still can't forget the strategist, you can come and go freely, but you must promise me one thing." ”

"Brother Ma, please speak."

"If you are ambitious, I will divide the world equally with you, and if you insist on being a strategist, it is easier to persuade me than to persuade others, right?"

Xu Ji was about to answer, when there was a sudden noise in the city, obviously there was a commotion, Ma Wei shook his head, "We can't go on like this, it's time to make rules." ”

When Ma Wei went down to the city, he found that the rules could not stand up for the time being.

Luo Hanqi slept for more than half a day, was woken up by his subordinates, and heard that Ma Wei had occupied the big city and was looting property, so he couldn't help but be furious, and immediately led his troops across the bridge, demanding that Ma Wei's subordinates hand over the property and everyone share it equally.

Luo Hanqi had many soldiers and soon had an advantage, Liang Bing felt that the property was first-come, first-served, so he did not give an inch, and when Ma Wei arrived, the two sides were facing each other with swords and guns, and they were about to fight.

Ma Wei laughed and walked through the crowd of Liang soldiers and came straight to Luo Hanqi, "General Luo, what's wrong?" Is alcohol bad? ”

"Bah, you deliberately drunk me so that you could monopolize the property of the city." Luo Hanqi was filled with righteous indignation, and the long lance was horizontal in his hand, and with just a little more stimulation, he would poke the "King of Liang" into a hole.

Ma Wei didn't show timidity, and said with a smile: "General Luo can ask your people, the withdrawal of troops in Dacheng is a matter of noon, and we have crossed the river for less than half an hour, how can we say 'deliberately drunk' and 'monopolize property'?" ”

"Then you should have woken me up earlier, I shouldn't have lost a share of the spoils, Lao Tzu took the risk to help you defend the city, not just for two drinks."

The soldiers around Luo Hanqi nodded in agreement.

Ma Wei turned his head to look at Liang Bing, these people were angrily waiting for King Liang to call the shots, if he showed weakness, I was afraid that even these two hundred soldiers would fall apart.

Ma Wei had just divided half of the country, and in the blink of an eye, he had to worry about the distribution of property that he couldn't look down on at all.

Ma Wei dragged Luo Hanqi out a few steps and whispered, "General Luo, what's the matter?" There are ready-made belongings in the North City, and you don't want to come here to compete for a few pieces of clothing that the brothers have worked so hard to collect? ”

Luo Hanqi was stunned, "Can you rob the small city?" ”

"It's like a snack for the general."

"The city is small over there, but the city is big here."

"This side of the city is big, the retreat is clean, there are not many things left, the city over there is small, it was taken by you and me in one fell swoop, and there are still a lot of property."

Luo Hanqi pondered for a moment, "You occupy the big city, I occupy the small city, and do not interfere with each other?" ”

"Only tonight, early tomorrow morning, I still have to send troops to defend the city."

"Okay, you're interesting." Luo Hanqi smiled, punched Ma Wei in the chest, turned to his subordinates and said, "Let's go, let's go back to the small city, dig three feet into the ground, and I will find something to give to you." ”

Luo Hanqi led people away, and the Liang soldiers recaptured their property, but they were still not satisfied, and they came to complain to the king of Liang.

Xu Ji saw everything in his eyes, admired Ma Wei's improvisation, and learned a lot from it.

Liang Bing dispersed and continued to search for belongings, Ma Wei said to Xu Ji, "Do you see some changes?" ”

"These soldiers used to loot property indiscriminately, and there were often disputes, but now they are in order, and it is obvious that someone has made arrangements."

Ma Wei nodded with a smile, "That's right, the Liang Dynasty is romantic, even among these two hundred people, there are also generals, I have noticed him a long time ago, look, it is that person." ”

Dozens of steps away, someone on the street came with torches, followed by more than a dozen people, all holding things in their hands.

When the people came to Ma Wei, they put down the cloth and utensils in their hands, and the person holding the torch said, "The search of the city has been completed, and this is what the king deserves." ”

Ma Wei nodded slightly, neither joy nor annoyance, and said flatly: "The soldiers are hard, please give these things on my behalf." ”

"The king is selfless and cherishes his soldiers, and I am grateful, so I ask the king to choose a few to comfort my allegiance."

Ma Wei picked out an old coat and draped it on his body, "full of hospitality." ”

Team Pan was thanking, so they left with people and things, and they were redistributed not far away.

Ma Wei whispered: "This person's name is Pan Kai, his father was the champion general of the Liang Dynasty, and he can be described as a general, in two days, I will make him a general and lead the whole army." ”

When Ma Wei talked about the whole army, it seemed that there were tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command.

Xu Ji recognized that this Pan Kai was the soldier who worshiped him on the city tower yesterday, and nodded: "Brother Ma has a good eye. ”

"Instead of being chosen, it is better for me to choose people, and think about it, this is the time when heroes are born, just pay a little attention, there are pillars everywhere."

Xu Ji's heart was pounding.

Early the next morning, Ma Wei took a hundred soldiers back to the small city on the north bank, Luo Hanqi's people had looted the city, and General Zhang and others, who had been guarding the city, were locked in a cell.

Luo Hanqi was very satisfied, invited Ma Wei and Xu Ji to drink, and wanted to get drunk again.

Ma Wei said goodbye halfway through drinking, he had already written the inscription, and sent people out to go to the place where there were still people, hoping to recruit some more soldiers.

Soon after the afternoon, someone really arrived, not the people who had been recruited, but Wuyue Wang Ning Baoguan.

Ning Baoguan came too quickly, and it only took a little more than a day from the time the messenger returned to deliver the letter to the time he appeared.

Ma Wei's subordinates guarded the city gate, but as soon as they saw the banner of King Wu Yue, they immediately opened the city gate, not daring to say a word, and they didn't even have time to report.

Ning Baoguan drove straight into the city, and when he arrived downstairs in the city, Luo Hanqi, who was drinking, was shocked, and hurriedly ran down to greet him, his feet were weak for a while, and he rolled down the stairs, regardless of the pain, and rushed to the street to meet the lord.

Xu Ji then went downstairs, and saw that Ning Baoguan was only followed by dozens of horses, knowing that he must have marched overnight, and it was too late to bring the army.

Seeing Luo Hanqi's drunken face, Ning Baoguan frowned slightly, and said to Xu Ji: "What about the Ma Wei people?" ”

"Defend the big cities on the South Bank."

"Ayutthaya has been taken too?"

"The imperial court recalled all the defenders, and the big city was abandoned."

Ning Baoguan drove his horse through the downstairs and led people straight to the big city in the south.

Luo Hanqi staggered to his feet and muttered, "Why can't I control my mouth?" I thought King Ning wouldn't be so fast......"

Xu Ji chased to Nancheng, he wanted to see how Ma Wei, who had a favorable location and people, could deal with Ning Baoguan, who had just arrived and had only dozens of soldiers.