Chu Tianya packed up at home, packed up some daily necessities, and prepared to go to the barracks to settle down. At home, it will be handed over to Uncle He to take care of the family and nursing home. Anyway, he also knew about Bai Xu and the others, so Chu Tianya told him that if Qixing Mountain sent someone to contact him, he would ask him to go to the military camp of the county king's mansion to inform him.

Originally, a place like the county king's mansion was not something that ordinary people could enter. But the city of Taiyuan couldn't hold Uncle He, and Chu Tianya didn't worry about what method he would use to enter the county palace.

When he went out, Chu Tianya walked to the county king's mansion with a burden on his back. When I walked to the head of the stone steps, I saw a person at the top of the bridge standing on the side of the bridge railing with his hands on his back and looking into the distance, and his eyebrows were depressed.

It was Ma Kuo.

Chu Tianya's heart moved, and he couldn't let go of this great opportunity to get close to Ma Kuo. So after thinking about it in his heart, he stepped forward to talk.

"Eunuch Madu."

"Well, it's you?" Ma Kuo came back to his senses and glanced at Chu Tianya, "Is there something wrong with me?" ”

"The last general lives not far from the front, and he has just returned to get some things after giving an account of the prison city, and is ready to go back to the barracks." Chu Tianya hugged his fists and said, "It's just that when I was passing by here, I happened to meet Ma Dujian." ”

"Oh......" Ma Kuo replied absentmindedly, "It's okay, let's go back to camp early!" ”

"Yes." Chu Tianya answered, but did not leave.

Ma Kuo frowned, "Do you have anything else?" ”

"The last general seems to be worried when he sees that Ma Dujian is worried, why don't you let the last general do the east, and ask Ma Dujian to go to the Star Picking Tower for a drink to relieve his sorrows?" Chu Tianya said, "The previous time I had to be supported by the great grace of the Metropolitan Eunuch of Mengma, and the last general could not thank him, so he had the right to do it with a few glasses of thin wine." ”

Ma Kuo frowned slightly, seeing that his expression didn't seem to be very happy to deal with Chu Tianya, but he didn't stretch out his hand to hit the smiling person, and Chu Tianya was extremely affectionate, so he nodded indifferently, "It's okay." ”

"Ma Dujian, please!"

The two went to the Star Picking Tower together and called a quiet Accord. Chu Tianya just asked for the best food and wine in the store and set a full table.

Ma Kuo has always been silent, and when the wine and food were served, he was slightly touched by Chu Tianya's persuasion. At first, Chu Tianya poured wine for him and paid tribute to him little by little. But he seemed to be really depressed, so he asked Chu Tianya to put down the wine jug and drag it himself, and poured the best Du Kang wine into his stomach one after another.

"Ma Dujian, why is it so boring, can you tell the last general? Perhaps, the last general will be able to help the capital eunuch solve his troubles? Chu Tianya asked tentatively.

Ma Kuo drank a few glasses in a row, but it was already a little light, and at this time he took a long breath, shook his head again, and continued to drink the sullen wine cup after cup.

Chu Tianya pondered in his heart, I was born as a lowly and vulgar official, he was a full-fledged general from the military, and he looked down on me from the beginning. It's really hard to get close to him. But if I could say what was in his heart, he would be impressed with me!

After thinking about it, Chu Tianya thought that a person like Ma Kuo would definitely not be so troubled and unwilling to confide the truth for the sake of his children's personal affairs or for his promotion and wealth. What can annoy him a lot should be mostly related to the military!

Chu Tianya had the attitude of giving it a try, and said tentatively: "Ma Dujian is worried about the Jurchens? ”

Ma Kuozheng dived a glass of wine to his lips, and then his movements froze, "What did you say?" ”

"The last general has spoken nonsense, please forgive your sins!"

"Go on."

Chu Tianya hugged his fists and said cautiously: "The last general is also hearsay. It is reported that after the Jin people destroyed the Liao State, they continued to recruit and mobilize soldiers and horses in the border area in the name of searching for the remnants of the Liao State, arranging soldiers and horses, and looking for livestock pastures. In the Yanyun area, the army of the Jin Kingdom is quite frequent...... Could it be that they are going south to invade my Great Song Dynasty? ”

"Smack!"

Ma Kuo slammed the wine glass on the table and said sharply, "This is a military matter, you are a little official...... Wei Mo general, dare to speak falsely? ”

Colonel is the general name of all mid-level military attaches in the army in the Great Song Dynasty. There are three major grades of military attachés in the Great Song Dynasty, each with its own title, from high to low, which are the capital school, the general school and the section level. In fact, Chu Tianya and Ma Kuo both belong to the level of "generals", but Chu Tianya is only the lowest level of the head military envoy, and he is at the bottom of the first level of generals.

"The prison is angry." Chu Tianya was not panicked, and hugged his fists and said, "The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband." Although the last general is a small general, there is nothing wrong with caring about state affairs. Moreover, the last general will only talk to the governor at this wine table, and will not go outside to preach demagogy. ”

"Where did you hear these words?" Ma Kuo's eyes became sharp, staring at Chu Tianya.

"Honestly, I guess!"

"Guess?"

"That's right!"

"Then guess again, do I believe you?" Ma Kuo looked at Chu Tianya with great surprise and suspicion, and suddenly became angry, slapped his palm on the table and shouted: "If you don't explain the truth today, I will take you down and punish you for the crime of stealing into the yatang and stealing military aircraft!" ”

Chu Tianya was stunned, "Stealing into the yatang and stealing military aircraft? …… So, did the Admiral guess right? ”

"You're still quibbling?" Ma Kuo glared angrily, and habitually wanted to pull out the knife at his waist, but he touched it but felt empty, it turned out that he had changed into flat clothes and traveled today, and he did not wear a knife.

"Why didn't Ma Dujian ask about the innocent and want to take the last general?" Chu Tianya was not surprised, poured a glass of wine and raised it, and said, "If the last general really stole the military plane, how could he deliberately leak it to Ma Dujian to know, wouldn't that be self-defeating?" ”

Ma Kuo was obviously stunned: This makes sense!

"Why don't you sit down and talk calmly?" Chu Tianya still held the wine and said seriously.

Ma Kuo looked at Chu Tianya carefully from head to toe, this was probably the first time he looked at Chu Tianya squarely. Although he was full of doubts, he sat down, poured a glass of wine, and drank it at Chu Tianya's invitation.

Chu Tianya secretly sighed: What I just said are all historical events that I learned from books and the Internet in my "previous life". Before the Jin State invaded the Song Dynasty in the south, it did have these moves. In order to catch the Great Song Dynasty by surprise and strive to win with one blow, they secretly gathered troops and horses on the border and strictly blocked the news. In the end, a large number of elite cavalry were mobilized to raid the killers, and the "blitzkrieg" invaded the south to directly attack the Kaifeng Mansion in the Great Song Dynasty and Tokyo -- these are undoubtedly highly military secrets from the present point of view. But judging from Ma Kuo's appearance, he seems to have already known?

"I seem to be underestimating you?" Ma Kuo's eyes were like knives and he did look at Chu Tianya, and suddenly said, "I sent someone to investigate your details, although you are from a scholarly family, but your reputation in Taiyuan City is a pranky who is used to being idle and unlearned, known as 'Dragon City Taibao'." Now it seems...... You're not! ”

With Ma Kuo's status and status, he can indeed speak directly to Chu Tianya, and he doesn't have to be polite or tactful. Therefore, Chu Tianya didn't care, just smiled indifferently, "Perhaps, people will change." ”

"Then your change is too big!" Ma Kuo suddenly sighed, "Say, who are you instructed by?" ”

"No one." Chu Tianya looked at Ma Kuan's face and looked at him, and while the eight winds did not move, his expression was even more silent, and he said, "There is no need for the eunuchs to interrogate left and right, I am not a spy of the Jin State." If I were, I would have asked you about the situation of the Shengjie army, not told you about the movements of the Jin soldiers on the border. ”

Ma Kuo was slightly stunned, and said in surprise: Can he have insight into people's hearts, why do I know what I think in my heart?

"And what are you trying to do?" Ma Kuo stared at Chu Tianya, and felt more and more that the person in front of him was very mysterious. In front of him, he is already the same as the prison official who "flattered Xue Yu and conspired to harm Xue Yu"!

"It's very simple, I want to save Dragon City!" Chu Tianya said half-seriously and half-jokingly, "I am known as the 'Dragon City Taibao', shouldn't this be?" ”

"Then you approached us purposefully and premeditatedly?" Ma Kuo's eyes narrowed, and there was a faint flash of anger in it, and he said in a deep voice, "Who are you?" ”

"Didn't the Metropolitan Prison already investigate my details, so why ask?" Chu Tianya paused the wine glass in his hand on the table, sighed lightly, and said, "Could it be that as a member of the Great Song Dynasty, it is wrong for me to care about state affairs?" I just said what I was thinking, and the prison was suspicious and interrogated. Is it necessary for people all over the world to stop talking about state affairs, so that the Great Song Dynasty can have long-term peace and stability? What's more, I used to be a small official, and now I am a general in the Great Song Army, and I have been fed by the Great Song Dynasty before and after, shouldn't I care more about military affairs? - I repeat, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband! ”

"I didn't think your eloquence was not bad." Hearing this, Ma Kuo seemed to relax his vigilance a little, and said, "The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and the words are good." But I'm still very skeptical, how did you learn about the movements of the Jin soldiers on the border? ”

"So, my guess was correct?"

"Even if it's -- you sue me, how do you know?"

Chu Tianya couldn't help but smile, recalling the words that He Bo analyzed that the Jin Kingdom would inevitably invade the south not long ago, as if it was especially in his ears. This saves you the trouble of searching for dry intestines and organizing discourse.

So, Chu Tianya told Ma Kuo what he had said, plus the recent historical knowledge he knew, and the tirade was like a surging river, and he talked for half an hour.

During this period, Ma Kuo did not interject and listened attentively. It can be seen that this man who has experienced the baptism of war is not an ordinary calm breath.

"I'm done." Chu Tianya said, "The above is just a humble opinion. I once put myself in the shoes of the Jin State, if I were the monarch and general of the Jin State, when I planned to invade the Song Dynasty in the south, I would definitely secretly deploy troops and horses when the war horses were strong after the summer and autumn, and then in winter, taking advantage of the season when the rivers were frozen and the Yellow River was dry, I would quickly attack the south with lightning speed. Although the combat strength of the Jin soldiers was strong, after all, they had not been established for a long time, and the total population was only seven or eight million, among which there were many people who had been taken captive from the Liao State, and the people's hearts had not yet stabilized, and the grain and grass materials were not very sufficient, so they could not withstand a long-term confrontation and fierce war -- therefore, while I was not prepared for a lightning attack, it was their best strategy and tactics! ”

"Taiyuan, it really lives up to the name of Dragon City, the earth spirit is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!" Ma Kuo groaned this sentence, and he didn't know whether to praise Chu Tianya or be strictly wary. His eyebrows sank, and he said, "Why don't you say these words to Master Tong?" ”

"There are three reasons for this." Chu Tianya had already made a bamboo in his chest, so he replied fluently, "One, I can't see him; Second, even if I met the Grand Master, Ma Dujian had the patience to listen to my tirade as a small general, but he may not; Third, even if I finish talking to Master Tong about the above words, it will be useless! Not only will he not believe it, but he will also kill me with a resolute and decisive sword! ”

"Why did the Grand Master want to kill you?" Ma Kuowei squinted at Chu Tianya.

"Because Taishi was sent by my Great Song Dynasty court to discuss with the Jin people and hand over the land of Yunzhong Prefecture occupied by the Jin State. Now that the city has not been obtained, the two countries are about to go to war, and the Taishi has failed the trust of the imperial court and caused a military disaster, isn't it panicked? Chu Tianya said, "It's just that this kind of thing is broken by my little general, and Master Tong has no room to hide his prevarication - how can he tolerate me?" ”

"Then why do you dare to tell me? Aren't you afraid that I will inform the Master of Justice? "There is a very threatening element in Ma Kuo's words.

Chu Tianya smiled indifferently, "If that's the case, I only complain that I'm short-sighted and short-sighted, and I mistakenly think that Ma Dujian is a righteous and generous person." Chu someone has the heart to serve the country, but he has no power to return to heaven; Providence is like this, how can it be helped? ”

Ma Kuo stared at Chu Tianya for a long time, and finally nodded slowly: "You are really smart." Your speculation is correct, today our army received a simultaneous express report from many states and counties in the front, saying that the Jin soldiers are frequently active on the border and have the intention of invading the south. But the Taishi didn't accept it, and still sent me to meet with Wanyan Zonghan, the marshal of the Jin State, in Yunzhong at a later date, and urged the handover of the state and county seats, so I was aggrieved and depressed! -- Seeing that the Jin people were about to be defeated, the Taishi not only did not transfer troops to fortify, but also looked forward to the Jin people giving me the city! …… Chu Tianya, what other high opinions do you have, let's hear it all! ”