Sima Bao is in Shangqi, the talents are scattered, and his momentum is declining, especially when he can also suppress the surrounding Di, Qiang, and Zahu, and ask for tribute, but since the wanderer ran away, said that he moved all the families to assist Peng Lu, and Pei Gai rewarded the meritorious, those Rong people no longer put the king of Nanyang in their eyes. can barely perfunctory less than thirty percent of the above, and the rest will either ignore it, or directly beat the officials of Sogon out with sticks - for example, Tuyuhun.

Therefore, after Yang Ci heard about the dispute between the former Qiu Chi brothers, he suggested to Sima Bao, saying that we can send troops to help Yang Nan's enemy-the name of the general of the south of the country, but you gave it at the beginning-to pacify Yang Jiantou. In this way, Yang Nandi will inevitably attach himself to me, and if the imperial court sends troops to attack again in the future, he will be able to invite the attack from the side.

Besides, the momentum of Qiu Chi is crowned in Wudu, if Yang Nan can be subdued, then although the tribute of Longxi and Nan'an is extinct, the tribute of Wudu and Yinping may make up for it.

Sima Bao "ruled by hanging the arch", as long as he did not delay his sleep, it was all ignored, so under Yang Ci's repeated pleas, he finally sent 6,000 troops, with Yang Ci as the main general, to cross Qishan Mountain to assist in the defense. Yang Jiantou got the news, and hurriedly sent an envoy to Chang'an, insisting that since Sima Bao is a rebel, then his brother Yang Nandi is also an enemy of the DPRK - the enemy of the DPRK is coming to fight me, Da Sima, you have to be the master for me!

Pei should be played, that is, the generals were summoned to consult. Most of the generals have been idle for nearly half a year, and finally got such an opportunity, and all of them advocated sending troops to the military capital, and they asked for war one after another; However, there were many among the scribes who opposed the sending of troops.

The main reason is that the timing is not good, just as the autumn harvest is coming, the taxes of the counties have not yet been collected, and the government treasury is empty, I am afraid that there will not be much grain to support a large-scale expedition. Even Pei Wei said: "The Yang family is nominally attached to the imperial court, but in fact, if it is divided, Yang Maosou called himself the prince in Qiuchi, so he is an enemy and not a friend, so why save him?" And I have never heard that it is difficult to be a virtuous enemy and a strong head is stupid, it is difficult for the enemy to be brave and timid, and it is difficult for the enemy to be strong and strong, then I have few troops, which is not enough to save, and I have sent a large number of troops, and there is a lot of loss, but the gain is less. It was the old minister who thought that his brother could be on the wall, and the Ming Duke could be on the wall. ”

You Yao raised an objection, saying: "If the Ming Gong envoy protects Rong and encircles all the departments and Qiang, if Yang Jiantou can't get help, but is destroyed by his brother, it will make Di and Qiang suspicious of me, and the prestige of the Ming Duke will be quite damaged." And if Sima Bao helps Yang to be difficult to defeat and break Yang Jian's head, his momentum will be more powerful, and I am afraid it will be difficult to control. ”

Pei Wei shook his head and said, "It's okay." The dry bones in Sima Bao's grave were wiped out overnight, and the reason why he was still able to survive was that he was not strong and he had more than enough, because of the locusts last year, and the lack of grain and straw in Chang'an. This year should be a normal year, and the grain obtained by each tun is expensive, which is enough for a year, and then Qinzhou will be cut down after autumn, and it will be broken. Sima Bao is the martial capital, what can he do? ”

Pei Cai listened to everyone's different opinions, and finally turned his eyes to Xin Pan and asked him: "Qing is from Qinzhou, what is your opinion on this?" ”

Xin Huaiyuan had just entered the scene, and most of them didn't know much about the abilities and temperaments of the chief and his colleagues, so he adhered to the principle of seeing more and talking less, and respected the last seat, not daring to speak easily. It wasn't until Pei should ask him by name that he arched his hand and replied respectfully: "Ming Gong is graceful." The Yang family in Wudu has always been self-defeating and does not obey Sima Bao's orders, so Sima Bao wants to take this opportunity to restrain him and use it. If I don't save Yang Jiantou and make it broken by Yang's enemy, then Yang's enemy will be virtuous. It is true that, as Pei Changshi said, after the autumn, the army entered Qinzhou, and most of the enemies of Yang did not dare to save him, and Sima Bao would not be lucky, but what the Ming Duke wanted, was there only Shangqi?

"Wudu is based on the remaining veins of Nanshan, the key to the Long, Han lock, the territory is mountainous, hilly, the terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Yang is difficult to fight against the enemy, he will not obey the order of Ming Gong, and lead his army to conquer in the future. Privately thinking that it is the ambition of the Ming Gong to take Pingyang in the east, exterminate the slaves, restore the community, and pacify the world, it is bound to not be delayed for too long in this remote county. If you don't settle on Wudu, it may be difficult to go all out to the east; If you want to determine the military capital first, the Central Plains will change, and the opportunity will be lost, which is really a dilemma......

"If you go to help Yang Jiantou now, even if you can't win, you can also affirm the intention of the public attack to save the trouble, and it is expected that the military capital will be Jinrong, and there will be those who will lead the people who hope that the official army will come again, and it will not be useless for the future attack on the military capital.

"The minister was ordered to assist Pei Changshi to check the money and grain, knowing that although the Chang'an Mansion Treasury was empty, the food of the five thousand troops in January could still be supported, and after a month, the new grain should have been put into the warehouse, as long as the transportation channel was unblocked, there was no danger of no end to cooking. It was to implore Ming to grant Yang Jiantou's request and send a brigade west to Wudu to thwart Shangqi's plan and reduce Yang's arrogance. ”

He talked eloquently, heard Pei Gai nodding again and again, and finally decided: Yang Jiantou must be saved.

As You Yao said, I and Guanzhong pulled up the banner of "respecting the king", and the court also wanted to crusade against Sima Bao, and now the hostile forces with Sima Bao came to ask for help, if they don't save it, then what will the Jinrong tribes of Qinzhou think? Is it because you Pei Dasima is not strong enough, the soldiers and horses are too poor, or do you not have the heart to help the poor at all? Is this kind of person worth relying on? If you want to settle the matter as soon as possible, you will inevitably encounter many obstacles.

Pei Gai wanted to unify the army and save Wudu, but the ministers discouraged him. Pei Gai said: "I started the army from Huaishang, fought a hundred battles, and began to be related to Long, but now I am not enlisted, but I feel that my flesh has been reborn...... In ancient times, how could those who did not take the lead and fight the battlefield, but only lived in the rear to calculate some money and food? I want to be Wei and Huo for the country, not Xiao Xiangguo. ”

Pei Wei advised, saying that now is an important juncture to count materials and plan the post-autumn war, Ming Gong, you really shouldn't leave Chang'an lightly - "In the future, Sima Bao will be discussed, the military war will be easy, the political war will be difficult, the level will be easy, and it will be difficult to set Longxi, and the Ming Gong must go to the expedition." ”

Pei Xu also said: "As Xin Zhi said, Wudu is mountainous, the military behavior is difficult, and Yang Jian's head is outnumbered, and I can't send a large army to help because of the limitation of money and food, so this battle may not be won. If the general is sent to lead the division, he will not fall into the army, and if the Ming Gong goes in person, once he encounters a setback, he will lose his reputation. Please also think twice. ”

Pei had no choice but to announce the dismissal of the meeting, and discuss tomorrow whether to send a general to save Yang Jiantou. But he only left Pei Shu and Xin Pan, because one of them has been in Qinzhou for a long time, and the other is a native of Qinzhou, and there are still many things that need to be consulted in detail about the geography of mountains and rivers.

The meeting was late, and Xin Pan had just left Da Sima's Mansion and was about to return to his residence, but he was suddenly stopped by a carriage. A person got out of the car and saluted deeply: "Please engage in the banquet, the wine and food have been prepared, and I hope to go with a certain person." ”

Xin Pan felt strange and asked, "Who is the Venerable?" "Who is going to invite me to dinner?

The other party smiled: "Engage in it and know it as you go." ”

Xin Pan flicked his sleeves and said unhappily: "How can this be reasonable, if you don't know the name of the master, how can I go with you?" ”

Who thought that the other party suddenly jumped up, grabbed Xin Pan's arm, and then two more people got out of the car, dragged him with him, and pulled the car up. Xin Pan was shocked and was about to call for help, but the other party pushed it to his waist with something sharp and said, "The villain and the others are just following orders, and there is no malice on them." But if you refuse to go with the villain, you will be blamed for fear of being blamed, and the life of the villain will not be saved—I hope that you will have mercy on us, and don't refuse. ”

Xin Huaiyuan was frightened and inexplicably loaded into the car and drove away all the way. Fortunately, the carriage did not go far, let alone out of the city, and after a few turns, it drove directly into a large mansion. Before the car stopped, I heard a rough laugh outside: "Xin Zhen is really here, I have been waiting here for a long time!" ”

Xin Pan was no stranger to hearing this voice, and when he got out of the car, he saw that it was none other than Zhen Sui, the first fierce general under Pei Gai. He sank his face on the spot: "General Zhen, what do you mean by this?" If you have called me, why should you cause them to rob each other with swords? ”

When Zhen Sui heard this, his face changed instantly, and he shouted angrily: "I ordered you to invite Xin to come, who would dare to rob each other with a knife?!" A few people who had held Xin Pan hostage before hurriedly bowed to the ground and said: "I'm afraid that Xin Cheng won't come, it's just a few pushes and shoves - above the thoroughfare of Chang'an City, outside the Da Sima Mansion, who dares to hold a weapon?" There are no knives on the villains! As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and patted his waist continuously to show that he had no weapons with him.

Xin Pan couldn't help but wonder, and said in his heart that you didn't have a knife? What did you just use to push my waist? I heard Zhen Sui angrily reprimand: "Who taught you to be rude? Since I offended Xin, I will go out with me and behead him! ”

Immediately, several pro-soldiers rushed over, knocked them all to the ground, and dragged them out. Seeing this, Xin Pan had no choice but to smile at Zhen Sui and pleaded: "Since there is no weapon, I am afraid it is a misunderstanding - General Zhen cannot be killed, please forgive them." ”

Zhen Sui seemed to be angry, and shouted: "Since Xin is engaged in intercession, for the time being, send the heads of your and other items, and each go to receive twenty whips!" Don't you thank you for the grace of doing it? ”

As soon as the soldiers let go, those people kowtowed to Xin Pan again and again, thanking him for not killing, which made Xin Pan cry and laugh.

Xin Pan was not stupid, he quickly understood the situation, this was clearly a double reed played by Zhen Sui and these servants, just to trick himself into coming to the house - if you said that Zhen Sui invited me at the time, I wouldn't have come with me if I was killed!

Because of the fornication and collusion of officials, honesty is a taboo for the master, I am a newcomer, and I have no friendship with you Zhen Sui, if you rashly respond to your invitation, this matter will reach Pei Gong's ears, and it will inevitably be suspicious. You must know that, too, so you are vague and pretend to have something to put on my waist and kidnap me......

It is said that this General Zhen is reckless and reckless, and the rumors are true, and today's events can be seen.

But since he came, it was inconvenient to brush his sleeves away - after all, Zhen Sui was Pei Cai's favorite general, so he couldn't be offended too much. At the same time, Xin Pan was also very curious, at night, you General Zhen must see me, what is it for?

Thinking about it, although Zhen Sui is bold and reckless, he will not hurt himself - and I have no enmity with him in the past, and I have no grudges in the near future - since my own safety can be guaranteed, Xin Huaiyuan put his heart in his stomach, and his anger gradually disappeared. Looks like I'm done with today's drink, okay, and let's hear what he's looking for me.

Zhen Sui's banquet, the food is not very fine, but the meat is sufficient, according to him, it is a roe deer and two pheasants that he went out of the city to hunt two days ago. Xin Pan perfunctorily drank a few glasses of wine and ate a few mouthfuls of meat, and then asked Zhen Sui what was the purpose of calling him here. Zhen Sui didn't go around in circles, so he said bluntly:

"Xin is only here, and he may not know what Zhen is like. I have nothing else to do, but on the battle array, I am willing to die for the governor of the capital, so this time to conquer the capital and rescue what Yang Jiantou, since the governor of the capital is inconvenient to go in person, I have the heart to lead the army......"

Xin Pan smiled: "For such a thing, the general should invite Pei Changshi or Pei Peng (Pei Xu) to a banquet, even if it is Captain You, Xin is really unable to help." "I've only been here for a few days, how much say can I have? How did you think of asking me to help you speak well in front of Pei Gong so that you could lead the troops to the battle?

Zhen Sui shook his head and said: "No, no, it's not a big mistake - I didn't ask Xin to be the governor of Jinyan, but I saw that Xin was very familiar with Western affairs, so I just wanted to inquire about the situation in Wudu County." ”

Xin Pan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that if you have this purpose, as long as it is explained, you don't have to send someone to hijack it, and I dare to eat this wine. So he didn't hide his selfishness, and during the banquet, he carefully told Zhen Sui about his understanding of Wudu County and the Yang brothers.

Zhen asked questions from time to time, but he was always to the point, Xin Pan couldn't help but think to himself, people say that General Zhen is rude and unscrupulous, and it may not seem true. He may not be politically savvy, and he has shortcomings in getting along with his colleagues - the so-called "emotional intelligence" is almost - but he is really not completely brainless. Sure enough, on the battle array, it is impossible to achieve victory with the courage of the horseman, for the general must know the geography, understand the people, and in the specific operation of the army, he has much more experience than me.

Xin Pan explained, Zhen Sui persuaded him to drink again and again, and when he was almost done, Xin Huaiyuan was already a little drunk, his eyes began to blur, and the conversation became more and more intense. Originally, he was respectful to Zhen Sui, even if he was only halfway through his words, if Zhen Sui had a question, he would immediately cut off his words and answer them in detail; But later, he often allowed himself to play with his tongue, show off his knowledge, and even interrupted Zhen Sui's words many times.

Zhen Suixin said that the heat was almost over, so he found an opportunity to consult Xin Pan: "Under the command of the Metropolitan Governor, such a resourceful person as Xin is engaged, full of pits and valleys......"

Xin Pan smiled and pointed out the other party's language problem: "General, Zhuangzi's words cannot be used to describe people. ”

Zhen Sui didn't think it was angry, and went on to say: "There are also a lot of martial warriors. Therefore, if the lord wants to be the main general and lead the troops to the battle, there must be a good reason, why did the Metropolitan Governor send me instead of sending others? How could Xin help me find some reason to come out and convince the Governor that I might get what I wanted? ”

Xin Pan drank wine, and while tearing and eating pheasants, he smiled and said: "The general's brave name, Xin is also ...... I have also heard it, if the rumors are true, if the Ming Duke orders the general to be the commander this time, the benefits are ...... three"

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