But does it work? Any war is to serve strategic purposes, what does the Sichuan army spend here with Ma Teng? What's the use of winning a war?

Before Liu Zhang could continue, suddenly a soldier came to report: "Report to the lord, Ma Chao broke through." ”

"What?"

Liu Zhang stood up suddenly, frowned, and asked in a cold voice: "Our army has surrounded the valley like an iron bucket, and Ma Chao is seriously injured, how to break through?" ”

"Report to the lord, General Gao Pei heard the sound of thousands of horses' hooves, thinking that Ma Chao's whole army had broken through, so he intercepted, but found that it was thousands of war horses with their tails on fire that rushed over, General Gao's soldiers and horses were in chaos, and Ma Chao led people to take the opportunity to break through from the gap."

"Gao Pei, it seems that Ben Hou's clever plan has been ruined by this bastard." Liu Zhang said hatefully.

"What's the master's plan?" Fa Zheng asked.

"Alas, if Ma Teng goes south, he will be coerced by Han Sui, the two armies will go south, Tianshui is empty, I was going to lead the army to make a detour to attack Tianshui, but this can make the horse run away." Liu Zhang shook his head regretfully.

"The lord didn't mean it seriously, did he?" Fa Zheng looked at Liu Zhang in surprise, he couldn't understand Liu Zhang's thoughts at all, it was stupid enough to plan to continue fighting with Ma Teng on the Hanzhong front, and he went to attack Tianshui, yes, Ma Teng gathered Han Sui to go south, Tianshui was empty, and the Sichuan army would take a detour.

But does that work?

Hanzhong is in front of the mountains, with the mountain can be guarded according to the danger, but it is difficult to get out of the mountain, Tianshui is an enclave, if the Sichuan army really intends to fully conquer Yongliang, Tianshui must be taken, but now the army is in Sichuan and Shu, occupying an enclave, not only is it difficult to feed, the army inside may be raided by the Xiliang army at any time.

What a stupid strategy this must be, Fa Zhengxin said, fortunately Ma Chaoran away, otherwise, he really didn't know how to persuade him.

However, Fa Zheng did not believe that Liu Zhang would make such a wrong strategy, and the capture of Tianshui had nothing to do with the formation of a huge grassland cavalry. The lord should have something to say, but now that Ma Chao has also run, it is useless to say more.

…………

Ma Chao's thousands of troops fled in more than a dozen ways, and the Sichuan army not only captured thousands of horses with mutilated tails, but also captured thousands of people, but Ma Chao didn't know which mountain he had climbed, and he didn't cross the iron dragon. and disappeared without a trace.

Of the 80,000 troops in Xiliang, there will be no more than 20 people who will return with Ma Chao.

Leaving some troops to guard Shangguan Tielong Mutai and other dangerous points, the Sichuan army was divided into Hanzhong.

The whole army pulled out the camp and was busy, and the leaders of the Qiang cavalry of the various departments of Xiqiang reached a verbal covenant with the Sichuan army, and retreated to the Xiqiang grassland across the wooden platform.

The Qiang people have always had clear grievances, and if they can retreat safely this time, they will be grateful to the Sichuan army, but Liu Zhang has never believed in this kind of moral bondage.

The Qiang people have clear grievances. Also obey the power, now that Xiliang Han Sui is the only one, Liu Zhang will not believe that Xiqiang will risk confronting Han Sui and completely depend on himself, if he has no next move. The ownership of Xiqiang depends on Han Sui's attitude.

Liu Zhang canonized Pang Rou as a general, and his duty was to be responsible for the training of Huang Zhong's Han cavalry and Hu Che'er's Qiang cavalry.

…………

The sound of horses' hooves and wagons resounded inside and outside the camp.

Liu Zhang's daily sword practice is complete. I wiped a handful of sweat, and after the big battle, I was in a relaxed mood. Throw your saber aside and sit on a stone and watch the sunrise.

It was so powerful that he lifted a sledgehammer and stood behind Liu Zhang, sweating profusely.

It was already early winter, the sun was red like fire, but there was no temperature, the earth was cool, and Guan Yinping came over.

"Uncle Huang." Guan Yinping shouted.

Liu Zhang looked at her strangely and said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't you promise to change your words?" ”

"Shu Hou."

"You ......" Liu Zhang was greatly dissatisfied.

Guan Yinping chuckled and snorted: "Who told you to play me first, you deliberately lied to me, obviously you already planned to release Pound, and you still want to earn me, don't count." ”

"Are the people of the Guan family also unfaithful?" Liu Zhang said.

"Don't get involved with my father, okay?"

Guan Yinping bowed his head and stood aside. Liu Zhang moved his butt to the side and patted the position next to him, Guan Yinping hesitated and sat down.

Liu Zhang pointed to the rising sun in the east and said to Guan Yinping: "Look, is the scene beautiful?" ”

Guan Yinping looked over, the mountains in the north vein of Dongchuan were undulating, the green water and green mountains were golden under the light of the morning sun, and the lower part of the distant mountains was quietly hidden in the unawakened darkness, everything seemed quiet and beautiful, and he couldn't help but nod.

"Jingyi Erzhou is like this rising sun, it has just experienced a rebellion, and all kinds of ruins are waiting to be rebuilt, but the military and the people are united, military, agriculture, culture, and commerce are all developing steadily, and sooner or later it will be like the Japanese side, and I also believe that sooner or later it will shine all over the world."

Guan Yinping pursed his lips and said quietly: "The sun rises and sets, the sun sets and rises, the world is changeable, Uncle Huang, you are recuperating, Cao Cao is also expanding his territory, Sun Quan is also accumulating strength, even those Guanzhong warlords who are not eye-catching, are fantasizing about sitting big."

Uncle Huang thinks that he is the rising sun, and the other princes may not think so, everyone thinks that they are the rising sun, but there is only one rising sun, who will admit that he is the moon? Even the moon and stars are not as good, you may all be just fireflies in the night, twinkle and flash, and disappear the next day. ”

Guan Yinping said casually, the intoxicated expression on Liu Zhang's face disappeared, he lowered his head and pondered, Guan Yinping glanced at Liu Zhang, and said nervously: "Uncle Huang, don't go to your heart, I'm just talking casually." ”

"You're right." Liu Zhang said: "Throughout the ages, how many heroes and heroes feel that they are the rising sun that shines on the earth, but there are a few who really bring light to the people, it's not that they don't want to do that.

They're all fireflies, and so am I. ”

Liu Zhang turned his head to look at Guan Yinping, Guan Yinping's pretty face was dazed, he didn't know what Liu Zhang was going to do, Liu Zhang suddenly said solemnly: "Yinping, do you know why I always want you to serve the Sichuan Army?" ”

"Why are you so affectionate?" Guan Yinping is very unaccustomed to Liu Zhang looking at himself with this kind of look, guess why, you must not be bad, I guess what to do.

Liu Zhang let out a sigh: "Actually, I'm also afraid that I will forget my original intention one day, I have already compromised some things, for the prosperity of business, I forgave the corruption of the courtiers once, although I am determined, as long as there is a next time, I will definitely deal with it strictly."

But who can guarantee that one day I will not forgive again because I take care of others, so that I can't take care of it? I need someone to supervise me. ”

Liu Zhang said solemnly that after the last rebellion, in order to restore stability as soon as possible, Liu Zhang forgave those officials who were corrupt in business, but there was no rebellion.

This is both for the sake of the big picture and because in the early days of business, the law was not standardized, which was an inevitable add-on product of the reforms.

But Liu Zhang's heart is uncomfortable, which is completely contrary to his original intention, as a later generation, Liu Zhang deeply knows that once commercial deprivation is formed, it is a hundred times more cruel than the current deprivation of the world.

Invisible exploitation such as the uneven distribution of assets and labor, price exploitation, and local cumulative indirect taxes are all invisible.

Now the reason for curbing the Shi clan is because the land annexation of the Shi clan has reached its peak and has to be contained, and if commercial corruption is allowed to reach its peak, then he will become a sinner.

The ebb and flow of the tide, the rise and fall of the dynasty, are all laws and cannot be changed, but Liu Zhang thinks that after sacrificing a generation, at least a few more generations of Qingming politics should be continued.

Moreover, the rise of commerce can also promote the development of the Chinese nation, without thousands of years of social stagnation, after all, businessmen are much more creative and pioneering than the world.

The clan is now completely on the opposite side and can be cut off, but could it be that in the future, commerce will rise and business will be corrupted, and the merchant class will be cut off by itself? Aren't you just tossing around?

Because of this, Liu Zhang is even more afraid of uncontrollable corruption in the process of business development.

And to ensure this, we must first ensure that we have a clear mind, and in the future, if the new policy can continue, if a situation arises one day.

When the politics of Qingming conflict with the stability of the political situation and the prosperity of business, whether you choose stability and prosperity conservatively, or choose the politics of Qingming.

For a ruler, this seems to be a simple choice, but in fact it is difficult, and the vast majority of rulers who are in power and have no enemies will inevitably choose political stability and temporary prosperity, and tolerate corruption and exploitation, and compromise with the powerful and corrupt class.

After all, stability is more important than anything else.

Liu Zhang doesn't want to become such a ruler one day, if he doesn't have surgery, he will have cancer sooner or later, which is contrary to his original intention, and he is sorry for the sacrificed soldiers and the exhausted civil and military generals.

"What do you mean?" Guan Yinping looked at Liu Zhang vigilantly.

Liu Zhang looked at Guan Yinping and said clearly: "Yinping, you are kind by nature, you are kind to the people, you don't rub sand grains in your eyes, you are upright, and you have the benevolence of the best......"

Guan Yinping rubbed his head, afraid that he would be stunned by Liu Zhangkan and be deceived.

"If one day, because of all kinds of scruples, because of my power, I tolerate the officials, the powerful, and the powerful who harm the people, and you will use this scimitar to admonish me, and I will remember today."

Liu Zhang handed the Qiang scimitar he had collected to Guan Yinping, Guan Yinping looked at the bright scimitar, "You are good at everything now, dare to kill hundreds of thousands of people, dare to fight hard with tens of thousands of iron horsemen, have brains, means and courage, the only thing you don't have is scruples, will you have scruples?"

Besides, what do you care about me? Guan Yinping added sullenly.

"If you join the Sichuan Army, it's your business, and you don't want your lord to become a guardian of the corrupt class. If you don't work. Liu Zhang hesitated for a moment and said, "You can leave now, I am worried about the province." (To be continued.) )

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