Chapter 90: Raising the Army
In Jixian County, Youzhou, the three horsemen went straight to the bad department's office, and the horses' hooves raised dust. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The pedestrians on the info road ducked to the side, wondering what was going on. The three were covered in dust, their lips were chapped, and their legs were shaking from the long hours they had been riding. Youzhou bad general Liu Fei asked the three of them to rest for a while, this must be an emergency military situation, otherwise the three of them would not be so embarrassed because they were in a hurry.
"General Qiqi, several tribes outside the Saiwai Xianbei have taken action and begun to gather." One person poured two sips of cold water and hurriedly reported it. These three people are the spies who are responsible for finding out the news outside the Saiwai, and in recent days, the Xianbei tribe has been moving more and more, and the three spies left a few people, and they hurried back to Jixian County to report.
The Xianbei tribe is entrenched in the north of Youzhou, and after Cao Cao's expedition to Wuhuan, the Xianbei tribe is attached. For many years, the border was relatively stable, but in recent days, the tribes scattered in Xianbei have begun to converge. After listening to the report, Liu Fei immediately asked people to report the situation to the governor of Youzhou, and at the same time report it to the bad government.
"True or fake?" Jia Xun listened to Cao Shuang's idea of printing books and selling books, and his eyes were full of golden light, bright and bright. Jia has been in business for many years, and the paper book market is blank, once it is put into the market, it will definitely be very sought-after, just like the original blank paper.
Cao Shuang filled himself with tea and nodded, "Lu Ling is already printing the Spring and Autumn Period, and after the book is completed, I will be the first to show you." ”
After sending Cao Shuang away, Jia Wan gathered the ledgers together and began to liquidate his liquidity. Just like at the beginning, he wanted to use all his net worth to start a book business. Since starting a blank paper business, Jia Wan's net worth has increased several times. Therefore, this time he chose to believe in Cao Shuang unconditionally.
With the help of Han Sui, Fei Ke's burning He Qiang tribe annexed many Qiang tribes near Jincheng and became the largest Qiang tribe in Jincheng. Han Sui recruited troops, and the army was expanded. Han Sui felt that the time had come, so he took Yan Xing and his party to Huaili. After Ma Chao's defeat, he was stationed in Huaili.
"I didn't know that my uncle was coming, Ma Chao was disappointed, and I hope my uncle won't blame him." Ma Chao had a smile on his face and led a group of people to wait outside the mansion to greet Han Sui.
Looking at Ma Chao in front of him, he was a little less angry and much more sophisticated, and Han Sui was still a little uncomfortable. Since Chang'an came back, Ma Chao is like a different person, his temper is not as hot as before, and he thinks twice before acting.
Han Sui got off the horse and hurriedly stepped forward to shake Ma Chao's hands, "The virtuous nephew has seen the outside, I don't know what happened to the injury on the virtuous nephew's body?" ”
"Thank you uncle for your concern, it's been well for a long time." Ma Chao smiled slightly, expressing his gratitude to Han Sui, and then his face drooped, "It's just that my father is still imprisoned in Yecheng by Cao Thief, and my nephew is very worried." ”
"This time the old man is here for this." Han Sui patted the back of Ma Chao's hand and said the purpose of his trip.
Ma Chao looked up at Han Sui, without any change on his face, and invited Han Sui and the others into the hall.
Ma Chao sat on the main seat and drank, eating lamb meat, just entertaining Han Sui and others to eat meat and drink, and did not mention what Han Sui had just said. Han Sui was secretly surprised in his heart, Ma Chao's change was too great. If it had been put in the past, he would have asked Han Sui about the purpose of this trip a long time ago.
After a long time, seeing that Ma Chao didn't ask, Han Sui couldn't hold his breath for a long time, "Don't you want to know what the old man is here for?" ”
"Ao~ I don't know why my uncle came?" Ma Chao pulled the cloth and wiped the oil on his hands, and turned sideways towards Han Han.
Han Sui smiled, I don't know what Ma Chao has gone through to become so old. Han Sui asked someone to send a piece of cloth to Ma Chao, and continued, "The old man came here this time for the eldest brother who was imprisoned in Yecheng. The eldest brother in Han Sui's mouth is Ma Chao's father, Ma Teng, who was imprisoned in Yecheng by Cao Cao.
"I didn't expect my uncle to invite Song Jian to help." Ma Chao carefully read the text on the cloth, which was a letter from Song Jian promising Han Sui to send troops. It turned out that Song Jianken sent troops to help Han Sui and went south to the Central Plains. As for Han Sui's purpose, Ma Chao also guessed one or two.
In his early years, Song Jian followed Bian Zhang, Han Sui and others to start an incident in Xizhou. Later, he gathered his subordinates in Yuzaohan, proclaimed himself the king of Heshou Ping Han, changed the yuan, and set up hundreds of officials. Compared with the princes of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Song Jian did something a higher level, crowned himself king, and fought against the Han court. Only Yuan Shu did this kind of thing, but unfortunately Yuan Shu was destroyed by the group, and Song Jian ruled Caohan for thirty years.
"Uncle means to raise troops again?" Ma Chao put down the cloth in his hand and said lightly.
Han Sui nodded and talked about his thoughts with Ma Chao in detail. Han Sui's intention was to gather the troops of the remaining eight divisions of Liang Xing plus the help of the Qiang people, and go south to the Central Plains with Song Jian, and take Cao Cao by surprise. Once Cao Cao loses, they can also oppose Cao Cao in the world and attack Cao Cao in groups.
After a long time, Ma Chao threw down the dagger in his hand and arched his hand towards Han Sui, "Chao is willing to raise troops, but as for the others, Uncle Lao will go." "After returning from Chang'an, the relationship between Ma Chao and Liang Xing has not been good, although there have been no major fights, but small frictions have continued. Ma Chao is willing to raise troops, but he has no choice for others.
"This is on the old man." Han then brushed the gray beard under his chin and took it down.
Ma Chao thanked Han Sui, and then the dancer came to help, Ma Chao had a faint smile on his face, but his eyes were not shocked.
"Big brother, is there something strange here?" Sending Han Sui away, Ma Dai said to Ma Chao. Pound sat on one side and nodded, expressing his praise.
The corners of Ma Chao's mouth twitched slightly, and he wiped the mutton fat on the dagger, "Song Jian sent 100,000 troops, and Han Sui contacted many Qiang tribes, and the strength is so strong, we are no longer opponents." Since he wants to fight Cao Cao, I will naturally accompany him. ”
"Big brother is wise." Ma Dai gave his hand to Ma Chao in a daze, Han Sui's power was strong, and it had already posed a threat to Ma Chao, but Ma Chao could not clash with Han Sui head-on. And Han Sui fought with Cao Cao at this time, and the two tigers must be injured, and Ma Chao met left and right, and reaped the benefits of the fisherman. Ma Chao's changes made Ma Dai start to recognize him.
Originally, Liang Xing and others didn't want to follow Ma Chao to join in the excitement, and it was enough to manage their own one-third of an acre of land. In the end, under Han Sui's multi-faceted movements, Liang Xing and other eight troops joined forces with Han Sui and Ma Chao, with a total of 250,000, approaching Guanzhong.
Xiliang Ma Chao and other troops raised 250,000 troops, and Song Jian raised 100,000 troops and went straight to Guanzhong, and the news shook the entire government and the opposition. Cao Cao, who was recuperating in Yecheng, also hurried back to Xuchang to dispatch troops and horses to reject Ma Chao.