Nan'an County is located in the northeast of Longxi County, and its area is not large, only half the size of Longxi. At the northernmost border of the two counties, there is a Niubei Mountain, which was originally a wild mountain barren mountain, but a few months ago, a group of people occupied here, cut down trees, built camps, built passes, and dug mountain roads, which gradually added a lot of human vitality to Niubei Mountain, especially at the top of the mountain, a wide hall was built with huge logs, which was more imposing, rough and simple.

On this day, the hall on the top of the mountain was crowded with people, but they were silent, only looking at the first person. The man was very young, ordinary-looking, and only had a pair of narrow triangular eyes, which made people unforgettable. The man sat upright on a broad chair covered with a blanket of felt and was looking down to read a thin piece of letterhead in his hand. After a while, he finished reading the paper, frowned slightly, closed his eyes and leaned back, meditating on himself.

Someone below finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Duwei Chen, what did the king of Nanyang say in the letter?" As soon as these words were asked, everyone in the hall responded to them. These people are the horse bandits who attacked Lei Qizhi not long ago and attempted to rob the horse. At this moment, everyone was gossiping, eager to know what the contents of the thin paper were, after all, it was related to the future and fate of the two hundred people on this mountain.

"Don't even make any noise."

Chen Duwei bounced up, his voice was not loud, but it was like the sound of gold and stone hitting each other, which was very unique. He lifted his eyelids and glanced at a pair of triangular eyes for a moment, but there was an emotionless calm look in his eyes.

None of the people below spoke, staring expectantly. Chen Duwei said slowly: "The king of Nanyang has made it clear that he is willing to accept the old times of our troubles. ”

"Great!"

A group of soldiers who were looking forward to it jumped for joy when they heard this. Before he could laugh a few words, he heard Chen Duwei come up again: "But King Nanyang still has one condition." Everyone hurriedly collected their reputation, but saw Chen Duwei shake the letter paper, and then slapped the paper heavily on the table.

"We followed the old prince back then, and now we plan to defect to the little prince, this is a matter of course, what conditions do we have to talk about?"

"That's it, the old prince is gone, we are like a lost dog, running around for several years, it is easy to unanimously decide to go to the little prince, I didn't expect this little prince to be too cool compared with his old son!"

"Chen Duwei quickly said what conditions, we don't have any money, but there are two hundred."

It turned out that the two hundred or so people on this mountain used to be soldiers under the tent of the former king Sima Mo. After Sima Mo's defeat and death, his subordinates went to the east and west, and these soldiers, under the leadership of Chen Duwei, avoided the edge of the Xiongnu army, ran all the way to the west, and passed through Longxi to the area of Jincheng County, Liangzhou. After wandering for a long time, he accidentally found the location of this Niubei Mountain, and set up camp here, lacking food and clothing, so he had to demote himself from officers and soldiers to bandits, and did some business without capital.

After the New Year, Chen Duwei heard that the prince Sima Bao had already taken the throne, and now he was also considered powerful in Qinzhou, so he was wandering like this, like a rootless duckweed, and it was not a way to make a living by plundering, so he planned to return to Sima Bao in the east. Because Captain Chen usually treats his subordinates very well and can share weal and woe with them, so the two hundred people are also willing to listen to his orders, advance and retreat together, and those who are accustomed to the life of horse bandits feel happy and tight, and they are also persuaded by others for a while, so they also nodded in agreement, so they unanimously decided to change their ways and return to the camp of officers and soldiers.

Chen Duwei repaired a letter and sent someone to Shangqi, explaining in detail the origin of himself and his two hundred subordinates, sincerely expressing the eagerness of a group of people like wanderers eager to return to the arms of their parents, euphemistically revealing the current predicament, and finally said that as long as the king of Nanyang is willing to accept it, he will follow him to the death from now on, and he will never have two hearts.

Sima Bao was very surprised to receive such a letter inexplicably. After reading the content, he suddenly remembered this Chen Duwei. Chen Duwei's name is Chen An, there was indeed such a number one person under his father's account back then, although he was young and just a small captain, but he was said to be brave and champion of the three armies, and he was extremely strong, and his father often used him as a shock striker or surprise soldier. I have heard of this person, but I have not met, I didn't think that Chang'an City was broken by the Huns, this Chen An actually has the ability to break through successfully, and has been alive, and now he still asks to come and attach, which makes people feel a little emotional.

Chen An and Gao Yue are different. Chen An is a subordinate of the old prince, and he is also a descendant, and he knows the roots, there is no complicated involvement, and in today's difficult situation, he will definitely be grateful to Dade and swear allegiance. Sima Bao was neither wary nor hostile to Chen An, on the contrary, he recalled some past events, but felt cordial. Even if he asked the chamberlain to come close to the pen and ink to serve, he would dictate the reply, and immediately grant it.

It was Pingxi General Zhang Chun who spoke out to obstruct him. Zhang Chun's mentality is different from Sima Bao. Sima Bao was hostile to Gao Yue because Gao Yue was not a direct lineage, and he might be a potential threat and hidden danger. Chen An's mentality is much better, he thinks that this is the old one, just wandering outside, and now he is re-recruited without any problems.

But Zhang Chun was not only hostile to Gao Yue, but now also hostile to Chen An. In other words, in the future, he will be hostile to Wang An, Li An and so on. Zhang Chun's hostility is instinctive and subconscious. On the one hand, it stems from his narrow-mindedness and domineering temperament, and more importantly, Zhang Chun will not let anyone who might threaten his position appear under Sima Bao's account to be a minister in the same palace as him. Gao Yue has the ability, otherwise he would not have risen rapidly in a short period of time; Chen An is also capable, otherwise he would not have been quite famous with the title of a small captain.

He Zhang Chun has finally gotten into this position now, Sima Bao is basically obedient to him, and most of his colleagues and subordinates are all respectful and even flattering when they see him. Zhang Chun enjoys this state very much, so he will never allow anyone to destroy or share his state.

In today's troubled times, one more talent will have more support, especially the generals who can lead the troops to fight bravely. Gao Yue would not have been taken seriously by Sima Bao, and Zhang Chun only needed a few words of oil and vinegar to consolidate Sima Bao's hostility. But Chen Anzhen is coming, Sima Baoding will be courteous, and even promoted by leapfrogging, in case it develops enough to fight against the court, wouldn't he regret it.

As soon as Zhang Chun thought of this, his heart was like a cat's claw scratching. Only by taking precautions and taking measures in advance can we better avoid failure. Even if Zhang Chun said something to stop him, he directly called the waiter who went to prepare the pen and ink out, and when he came up, he said to Sima Bao, don't accept this Chen An.

Zhang Chun was used to it, and he didn't realize that his behavior was inappropriate. Sima Bao is classified as a vassal king, and there is some dignity and majesty of the heavenly family. In front of himself, Zhang Chun always spoke directly again and again, ordering others to do this and that instead of himself, or often interrupting bluntly, not reporting in advance, and not making amends afterwards, which made Sima Bao's heart very unhappy.

Some people, you are good to him, he says this is normal, you are polite to him, but he is used to it, and he should not take it seriously. You give him 1,000, and he asks you for 10,000, and he gives 10,000, and he takes it for granted, so he asks you for 10,000. In today's words, Zhang Chun is a typical ignorant pet, a little more elegant, or it can be said that his emotional intelligence is too low.

In addition, in dealing with the matter of Longxi County, Sima Bao listened to Zhang Chun's words, ordered Gao Yue to fight the Di people, defeated the Di people, and did not fulfill the promise of reward, but turned his face but asked others to offer Yinping County, which was really a backsliding behavior, which was morally untenable and caused a lot of criticism. In the end, the six thousand Jin army was killed by an inexplicable Qiang riot in Yinping, and only about 300 people fled back. Sima Bao's imprisonment of Yang Tao is actually a kind of anger, and deep down, he is very dissatisfied with the initiator Zhang Chun.

In fact, Zhang Chun himself has nothing outstanding, but he has only relied on the master-slave relationship with Sima Bao for many years to reach his current status. But he didn't pay attention to it, no matter how intimate the relationship is, a 'master and slave' must be added in front, in the feudal era, if the master and slave relationship is not smooth, or if it is not willing to be straightened out, it will often lead to death. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, fought the world together, and I don't know how many people he killed.