Chapter 140: Returning to the Teacher
The siege of Chang'an has been lifted, and the Xiliang army has been trapped in the city for several months, the food and grass are scarce, the army is unstable, and after retreating from Weishui, it is no longer able to besiege the city.
Hua Wenxuan and Cao Hong have been stabilizing the situation in Chang'an for several days, contacting the prefectures and counties to supply grain and grass, and they are also busy.
On this day, a messenger from outside the city came to report that Ma Chao and Han Sui of the Xiliang Army made an appointment to meet Cao Hong and Hua Wenxuan, the chief generals of Chang'an, and Xu Yi rode alone without a servant to meet on the bank of the Weishui River in the west of Chang'an.
Although Cao Hong's injury has stopped, Ma Chao's divine power is still vivid, and there is some prevarication, Hua Wenxuan is not reluctant, so he can only propose to replace him.
On the bank of the Weishui River, Hua Wenxuan rode alone to the agreed place, Ma Chao, Han Sui, and Jia Xu were already waiting here, and a flat boat stopped on the shore to answer.
Hua Wenxuan came down to see him, exchanged names with Ma Chao and others, Jia Xu met him at this moment, and both of them had mixed feelings in their hearts.
"Wenxuan Gongzi is now famous all over the world, what a gratifying congratulations!" Jia Xu smiled and arched his hand.
Hua Wenxuan looked at Jia Xu and thought of the matter of Runan, and he also had mixed feelings, "Wenhe is good for public security!" ”
Ma Chao didn't know Hua Wenxuan, but he knew that it was the Huns he attracted who ruined his own good deeds, and stared at Hua Wenxuan with an angry face, "What a heroic character I am, dare to harm my good deeds, when I see it today, it turns out that he is just a weak scholar!" ”
Hua Wenxuan didn't argue, smiled and looked at this Ma family Qilin'er in his early twenties, but he fantasized in his heart that this Ma Chao also used a gun, and they were also silver-armored and white horses.
Jia Xu smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Meng Qi don't underestimate this Wenxuan son, the Cao family can now compete with Yuan Shao, and he has made a big deal in Guandu, so I have to thank him more!" I heard that the recent death of Jiangdong Sun Ce was also due to the son of Wenxuan! ”
Ma Chao raised his eyebrows, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is a hero in the world, so he only heard that Sun Ce is the fierce tiger of the Sun family, and Xu Chu of the Cao family can fight with him, this Hua Wenxuan can actually get Sun Ce alone? It really surprised Ma Chao.
Han Sui didn't think as much as Ma Chao, arched his hand and said, "Today, I asked the head of the Cao family to meet Cao Hong, why didn't he come in person?"
"The injury is too bad, please forgive me!" Hua Wenxuan smiled slightly, "But General Han don't worry, Wenxuan is just one step ahead, the Cao family Xiahou Yuan asked General to arrive later, General Han can ask him on his own in a few days!" ”
Han Sui's face changed, "Xiahoudun is coming?" Jia Xu also frowned, this Xiahoudun is the first good general to follow Cao Cao to conquer the south and the north, if he comes to Chang'an, it will be really tricky.
Hua Wenxuan looked at Jia Xu with a smile, "This Chang'an is an important town in the northwest, before Zihuan Gongzi stabilized the eastern border and had no time to take care of each other, but now that he has free his hands, he will naturally lead the army to the west to meet you!" ”
Jia Xu turned his head to look at Han Sui, they entered Chang'an, but they took advantage of Cao Pi's concentration on rejecting Yuan Shao in the north, and took the opportunity to take Chang'an as the foundation of eastward expansion, and they didn't want Yuan Shao to retreat to Hebei in a few months. If it is really the main force of Cao's army advancing westward, it goes without saying that the frontal confrontation is defending, and the Xiliang soldiers will not be able to take Chang'an.
Han Sui also silently calculated in his heart, although the siege of Chang'an this time was a little cheap, but it never shook the foundation of the Cao family in Guanzhong, Chang'an could not be taken, and the Xiliang soldiers were always untenable in Guanzhong, and now the top priority has become how to prevent Cao Hong from instigating Cao Pi to go west with all his strength in order to avenge the revenge of an arrow.
Hua Wenxuan saw that everyone was speechless, and he knew that they must have concerns in their hearts. He took advantage of the situation and continued: "Now the Southern Xiongnu have sworn allegiance to our Han Dynasty, listen to orders, and the northern border is peaceful, but the Huns have always been rebellious and warlike, and they do have a headache, and Cao Pigongzi is afraid that he doesn't know how to deal with it!"
Hua Wenxuan's words pierced the hearts of the three of Xiliang like needles, and the naked threat made the three of them feel a lot of resentment, but they couldn't say anything.
Han Sui arched his hand towards Hua Wenxuan, "Although there are few soldiers and horses in Xiliang, they are all elites who can fight well, and they are also the help of Qiang Hu, I am afraid that Cao Pi will come in person, and he will not be close to Xiliang!" ”
Hua Wenxuan sneered and replied: "The original intention of Prince Zihuan is to compete with Yuan Shao for the glory of Hebei, if it weren't for your Xiliang soldiers to enter Chang'an in the east, how could the soldiers meet!"
Jia Xu was speechless, it was his idea to use Ma Chao to avenge his father's revenge against Cao Xinea, and he poured Xiliang's full strength to besiege Chang'an, which was also instigated by his Jia Xu, this Han Sui is Ma Teng's sworn brother, according to his generation, he is Ma Chao's false father, and Xiliang's second person, but because most of the military power is in the hands of the Ma family, he has always held an ambiguous state about attacking Cao.
Now there is no intention to win the war, and the matter of backup should not be taken lightly, listening to Han Sui's words, the outside is strong and the middle is dry, it seems to have the intention of calming things, Jia Xu secretly pinched a handful of sweat, but don't push him out of Jia Wenhe as a bargaining chip.
Although Ma Chao is not angry, he is helpless, after all, the siege of the city for several months, the Xiliang army has also weakened, and it may be disadvantageous to fight again, it is better to return to Xiliang and make the next picture.
Han Sui saw that everyone was speechless, so he arched his hand, "If that's the case, I'll personally repair a book in the next place, and bring it to Gongzi Wenxuan to Gongzi Cao Pi." Although my Xiliang is a martial artist, it is not a place where there is no training, and I am willing to make a contract with the Cao family to recuperate! ”
Hua Wenxuan was naturally secretly happy in his heart, but he didn't want to show it, and said indifferently: "Then please ask Zihuan Gongzi to decide!"
Hua Wenxuan returned to Chang'an and told everyone about the situation, and everyone was overjoyed.
Cao Hong couldn't hold back his excitement, stroked his palms and laughed: "Guanzhong is far away from Xiliang, if the Ma family retreats, they will not dare to occupy it for a long time, sooner or later it will be ours, in this way, the battle will be fruitless, then Xiliang will inevitably need to recuperate for a long time, and Guanzhong will be safe!"
As soon as things were peaceful in Chang'an, Hua Wenxuan discussed with everyone about returning to Xudu. More than 10,000 elite soldiers of the Southern Xiongnu and their tribes totaled tens of thousands, but they could not be taken away, so Hua Wenxuan worshiped Cao Hong to divide the north bank of Weishui to the east of the river as his nomadic habitat and defend Chang'an.
Hua Wenxuan asked Gan Ning to select five hundred strong people from among the Huns to serve as Yulin cavalry, mixed in the original team, and a group of thousands of people looked at Xu Du and returned.
Along the way, the state and county received Cao Hong's military order early, prepared the grain and grass early, did not dare to slack off, and went to Hongnong, Cai Wenji led Hua Wenxuan and others back to the Cai family's old house to hang, and asked for filial piety, Hua Wenxuan was inconvenient to stop him, so he had to let it go, and asked someone to find the two sons born to Cai Wenji during the Southern Xiongnu period and handed them over to Cai Wenji to raise.
When he arrived in Luoyang, Han Sui's handwritten book was sent by Cao Hong's fast horse, Hua Wenxuan knew that it must be a request and a document, and he didn't take it to heart, and returned with the brigade looking at Xu Du leisurely.
When he was about to arrive at Xudu City, the former army came to report, and Prime Minister Cao Pi's envoy came to see him.
Hua Wenxuan hurriedly came out to see him, arched his hand solemnly, stared at Hua Wenxuan and asked, "Prime Minister ordered Gongzi Wenxuan to garrison thirty miles outside the city, and enter the city alone to receive the crime!"
Hua Wenxuan was stunned, what the hell? After relieving the siege of Chang'an, you still have to accept the guilt?! Still going into the city alone?!