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Chapter 33 Wave the army to the west

In the vast wilderness outside Jincheng, Ma Chao knelt in front of Guo Jia. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

What this move means, everyone present is tacitly understood.

Guo Jia didn't look overjoyed, but looked calm, he didn't help Ma Chao up, but frowned and asked, "Meng Qi, what do you mean by this?" ”

Ma Chao, who hung his head, said in a deep voice: "I am no longer able to take the northwest counties, so that Jun is the lord of the world's cultural governance and martial arts, no one can match, please accept me, from now on, I am willing to go to the soup for the king." ”

Guo Jia stretched out a hand and stroked Ma Chao's shoulder, raised his head slightly and said with a slight reminiscence: "Thinking back then, I worked side by side with your father to eliminate thieves for the country, six or seven years have passed, you should know that I regard you as a relative and friend, what difficulties have you had over the years to open up to me, I have never refused, it was, and it will be, now you want to abandon the foundation of Shou Cheng's brother, I dare not accept it rashly, or think carefully and then make a decision, if you want food, I can give it, you have a strong enemy attacking, I naturally will not stand idly by." ”

In any case, Guo Jia is under the banner of helping Ma Chao, if he accepts Ma Chao's surrender so readily, not to mention how outsiders will talk about this matter afterwards, at least if Ma Chao wants to be crooked, or blame Guo Jia for the situation that he can only send people under the fence, then it is a big hidden danger to accept Ma Chao's surrender now.

Guo Jia's resignation is to let Ma Chao figure it out for himself, and to get to this point, it is not someone else who pulled you down from the position of the monarch, but you Ma Chao himself sat on it and fell down.

It's time to wake up!

Ma Chao, who was kneeling in front of Guo Jia with his head bowed, moved his lips slightly, and his words were bitter.

"Since I inherited my father's inheritance, the people under the rule of the day are precarious, the situation is difficult, there are Han Sui dog thieves watching on the side, and there are disasters from heaven are unspeakable, although I am conceited to protect the land and the people, but I have no talent to govern the world, so that the king is benevolent and benevolent, can save me for a while but can not save me for a lifetime, rather than let the people of this side survive under my rule, it is better to ask the king to clear the northwest, I can also really do a modest contribution to the benefit of the people."

Ma Chao is talking about the people, but in fact he is talking about himself.

He would rather go from the lord to Guo Jia and continue to be a majestic general than to be a monarch who constantly wags his tail and begs for mercy to Guo Jia in the future.

Ma Chao's words made Guo Jia fall silent.

Since he can say that, it seems that Ma Chao has calmed down and thought about it carefully.

The population of his territory has decreased sharply, and his soldiers and horses have been completely damaged, the imminent crisis is food, this year's agricultural production has been destroyed by Han Sui's soldiers, there was a famine last year, and this year's production has been destroyed, even if Guo Jia helped Ma Chao to let him survive this winter, in the coming year, there is still not enough food to survive the predicament, can Ma Chao really lick his face and go to Chang'an every month to find Guo Jia for help? And as soon as Guo Jia leaves, if Han Sui comes again, Ma Chao will lose his home again.

Guo Jia helped Ma Chao up, showed a gentle smile and said: "In terms of age, I am only a few years older than you, in terms of seniority, I should treat you as a nephew, Meng Qi is willing to assist me to benefit the common people, this is the luck of the world, since this is the case, then I will be open and honest, Meng Qi sincerely repay me, I will live up to the Ma family in this life." ”

Guo Jia's words are not to support the great, the generation is the generation, Xun You has to call his uncle in front of Xun Yu, who is younger than him, Guo Jia and Ma Teng are equals, and they are naturally Ma Chao's elders.

"Thank you, lord!"

Ma Chao bowed and clenched his fists, his tone was firm, without the slightest hesitation.

Perhaps at this moment, he also felt relief in his heart, and there was no longer that heavy pressure.

"I don't know how the lord plans to deal with Han Sui?"

Ma Chao was still a little impulsive after all, he took refuge in Guo Jia one second, and wanted Guo Jia to destroy Han Sui the next moment.

The hatred in his words was palpable.

Ma Chao didn't vote for Guo Jia, Guo Jia didn't fight Han Sui, Ma Chao took refuge with Guo Jia, and Guo Jia at least had a very far-fetched reason to attack Han Sui.

"It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, why should Meng Qi be anxious? If you want to slash Han Sui, I'll give you a chance. ”

Guo Jia turned around and walked towards the city, and when he passed by Gan Ning, he asked, "Who is sent by Han Sui?" ”

Gan Ning immediately replied, "Liang Xing." ”

Guo Jia smiled lightly.

I really don't know where Liang Xing came from and dared to come to Jincheng.

Perhaps it was because he called Zhang Liao a brother in Chang'an before, which made him think that if he came to Jincheng to deal with Guo Jia, even if the conversation collapsed, there would be no death.

"Where is he now?"

Guo Jia asked as he walked towards the city.

Gan Ning and Ma Chao both followed behind Guo Jia, one left and one right.

"At Wenyuan's residence, he visited Wenyuan as soon as he came to Jincheng."

Guo Jia turned his back to the two and smiled silently.

"Kill him, bring the head to the flag, rest the whole army for five days, and then wave the army westward, and be sure to kill Han Sui before winter."

Gan Ning clenched his fists to receive the order, Ma Chao showed a relieved look, and his fists clenched tighter.

Walking to the gate of the city, Guo Jia called Fei Shi to his side and said, "Write an essay, crusade against Han Sui, how to write and scold, you are free to play." ”

Fei Shi was originally a grain transportation officer, but she didn't expect to receive such a pen errand.

A wry smile appeared on his face.

He is a literati, and it is easy to write an essay, but in terms of talent, there are few people who can compare with Chen Lin today, and Chen Lin's essay on begging thieves has passed for two years, but it is still an article that literati can't put down.

Cao Cao was criticized and despised by the literati, and even had a far-reaching impact, with a wide impact, and was more or less affected by the writing of the thief, which shows how great the lethality of the literati's pen was.

Guo Jia wants to fight Han Sui and subdue the northwest in one fell swoop, he can't fight if he wants to, he should always give an explanation to the onlookers in the world, why does Guo Jia want to crusade against Han Sui? And did his crusade against Han Sui cater to the people?

This depends on whether Fei Shi's essay can push Han Sui into the abyss of human and divine anger.

Liang Xing came to Jincheng as Han Sui's envoy, and there was a very high risk factor for his personal safety.

Ma Chao wanted to kill him.

The soldiers of Jincheng wanted to kill him.

The people of Jincheng also wanted to kill him.

So after Liang Xing came, he lived in Zhang Liao's temporary residence in the name of reminiscence.

He and Zhang Liao had a heroic past in Chang'an, and he didn't dare to say that Zhang Liao would never sit idly by and watch him be in trouble.

Living in Zhang Liao Mansion, Liang Xing was extremely bored, there were no beautiful women here, and he didn't dare to go out of the house at will, so he had to eat and sleep, wake up, wake up and drink, eat again when he was hungry, and sleep again after eating......

In the evening, Zhang Liao returned from the barracks to the humble mansion and went straight to the guest room where Liang Xing was.

Pushing open the door, a strong smell of wine mixed with the pungent smell of sweat came from me, which was like a miasma.

The room was cramped, with empty wine jars, clothes, plates, dishes, chopsticks, etc., arranged on the floor of the room, a mess.

Liang Xing lay on his back on the bed and fell asleep, snoring like thunder.

Zhang Liao walked to the bed and looked down at Liang Xing, who was sleeping unsightly, for a long time, whether it was the sound of pushing the door or the sound of footsteps, Liang Xing did not react, and his eyelids did not move.

Zhang Liao slowly drew his saber, and at this moment he couldn't help but laugh.

"Brother Liang, at least you are a full ghost on Huangquan Road."

The hand rose and fell, and the blood splattered like a waterfall.

Liang Xing's head rolled to the ground, staring at each other.

Outside the door, Zhang Liao's guard walked into the room, lifted Liang Xing's head and went out.

Killing Liang Xing can at least make the people of Jincheng happy for a while, which is a very happy move.

Five days later, Guo Jia swore an oath in the Jincheng military camp, appointed Zhang Liao, Ganning, and Ma Chao as the commanders of the three armies, and the troops marched west in three ways, and read out the text of the crusade against Han Sui.

Fei Shi's essay is written in a decent manner, listing Han Sui's crimes, not only in recent years, but also from Han Sui's actions since the rebellion are written into the text, which naturally describes Han Sui as a heinous person and a thief.

Yinling flying cavalry will be handed over to Ma Chao for the time being, after all, Ma Chao dare not say anything else, leading the cavalry is absolutely unparalleled, Gan Ning with 10,000 archers, Zhang Liao with 10,000 crossbowmen, Wu Yi with 10,000 foot soldiers, Meng Da with 10,000 new saber and shield soldiers, a total of 50,000 troops on the expedition.

Guo Jia had little interest in crusading against Han Sui, so he asked Fei Shi to stay in Jincheng to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and after ensuring that the rear was worry-free, Guo Jia began to prepare to return to Chang'an and wait for the results of the battle.

The 50,000-strong army has already set out for the expedition, and Guo Jia has also embarked on a journey back to Chang'an after arranging the follow-up deployment.

Fei Shi went out of the city to see him off, and at the moment of separation, Fei Shi suddenly hesitated, and only asked after a while: "Lord, aren't you worried about Ma Chao's rebellion?" ”

Guo Jia rode on the horse, looked at the blue sky and white clouds, and said softly: "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, he is still a child who hasn't grown up, give him some vanity and glory, he will be satisfied, if he doesn't give anything but let him die, the arrogant Jin Ma Chao must be full of resentment, so be it, I should give him the trust I should give him, and I will not be stingy with the glory I should give him, if he will take revenge, then I hope to think about the consequences." ”

Fei Shi listened to it and said nothing.

Guo Jia explained Fei Shi's words before leaving.

As long as Han Sui is exterminated and the entire northwest is subdued, then on the day of the triumph of the three armies, Fei Shike personally informed Ma Chao.

Guo Jia will personally go to the court and ask the Son of Heaven to add an official to Ma Chao, and when the time comes, as long as Cao Cao does not get in the way, then Ma Chao will be the assassin of Liangzhou and the governor of the northwest war!

There are two reasons why Fei Shi does not agree with Guo Jia's decision, the first is Ma Chao's loyalty, and the second is that Guo Jia suddenly praised Ma Chao so highly, how can he use the celebration reward to further win over Ma Chao in the future?

Guo Jia has two considerations, whether others betray or not, Guo Jia can't control it, but betrayal has two sides, you can't just consider success, the first thing you should think of is failure.

If Ma Chao is not satisfied with Guo Jia's arrangement, and still wants to set up his own door, then in the future, when the three clans in different places are destroyed, don't complain about the sky.

Ma Chao was arrogant, Guo Jia gave him an official, which would make him resentful when he was small, but fortunately let him sit in a higher position at one time.

In fact, Guo Jia knows very well that the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked, and the bird is hidden with the bow is a road that an emperor must take.

Now the Ma family is given the greatest glory, with the passage of time, if Guo Jia can sweep the four seas, then the Ma family will be gradually suppressed, cut off real power, and give vanity, so that all heroes can be truly prosperous and rich for a lifetime, but the ruling imperial power must be reconcentrated in the hands of the ruler.