Although Ma Yunluo was taken back to Ji County by Xiang Tian and Wang Yueying and placed under house arrest in the City Lord's Mansion, Wang Xu did not go to see her even once, which was also out of consideration for the current war environment.

The task of taking care of Ma Yunluo on weekdays fell to Wang Yueying, the leader of the Dragon Tiger Weifeng Group.

In the following days, the beacon fire of the battlefield on the southern front of the Chu State gradually dimmed, and almost all the departments of the front line held the defensive line steadily, and there was no chance to attack, but in the occupied area, from time to time you could see teams of soldiers patrolling back and forth, wandering on the roads of various cities and villages, they constantly preached the decrees of the Chu State, and at the same time it was a deterrent to maintain the stability of the occupied areas.

Only the Bird Clan is still facing the crazy attack of the main force led by Anding Ma Teng.

The Bird Clan is now not only the northeast gateway of the soldiers and horses on the southern front of the Chu State, but also a nail deeply inserted in the Liangzhou army, the threat is huge, and Ma Teng has to attack with all his might.

It's just that in the current situation, it is difficult for the Chu State to make further breakthroughs, but it is also difficult for the Liangzhou army to regain the lost territory, because both sides have made complete deployments, and each side is in a state of fierce confrontation. In a large-scale war between two great powers, it is easy to do so without the intervention of other additional forces. Sometimes neither side can afford to fight again, and if the conditions are right, the two countries are equivalent to redrawing the border, which is the norm.

Now that the state of Chu has gained a firm foothold, the position of the bird clan is even more steep and abnormal, Zhao Yun personally led his troops to hold on to various important places, and there are generals like Zhang Ren, and strategists like Xun Chen are all working to assist, where is it so easy to break it head-on?

After such a long campaign, Ma Teng couldn't even break through all the dangers on the periphery of the Bird Clan, and he couldn't attack the city at all. The two sides are engaged in a frantic battle for various strongholds and important roads. You take it down. I then fought back, in a state of intense anxiety.

The most important thing is that Zhao Yun and others are not fighting alone, he has a strong guarantee behind him, Liao Hua stationed in Ayang in the southwest can respond at any time, and Wang Xu, who is sitting in Ji County, has sent reinforcements twice to give him enough troops to guarantee, such a war. It can only be a war of attrition!

The battlefield that is really in full swing is actually the battlefield of the Northern Front, because Xu Sheng led 50,000 troops to guard Qi County, and Gao Shun actually only had more than 50,000 people in his hands, and the troops were the weakest, and at the same time they were facing the Qiang and Hu coalition forces, which acted fast, were aggressive, and liked to go straight, plus the battlefield on the Northern Front was vast and sparsely populated. A large area of open space, so that they had to fight.

Arguably. Gao Shun's task itself was not to attack, but to contain the foreign coalition forces in Liangzhou in the north, and the earliest goal set by the top leaders of the Chu State was to let them fight a sports war, not an offensive and defensive war, which was the most difficult and difficult battlefield to fight.

Wang Xu asked his eldest son Wang Zheng to accompany Gao Shun over there, just so that the young Wang Zheng could hone in the predicament.

Although he is also very worried in his heart, Wang Zheng is the crown prince of Chu after all, since he is already in this troubled era, if there is no outstanding cultural and martial arts, he will not be able to suppress this brilliant era at all, not to mention that he will be the emperor after the founding of the country in the future, even if it is the current king of Chu, he will not be able to sit steadily, the power will fall, and it is inevitable that the ministers will fall apart.

Therefore, no matter how dangerous it is, no matter how hard it is, you must go, Wang Xu has no choice, and his son Wang Zheng has no choice, this is already a doomed fate......

"Drive! Drive! Drive! ”

On the desolate Gobi Desert, a fast horse galloped wildly, followed by dozens of horsemen chasing closely, and the atmosphere was very tense.

Among the dozens of horsemen who were pursuing, shouts were heard from time to time.

"Guo Taishou, why did you leave in a hurry, my subordinates have something to report!"

Guo Zhi, who was running wildly, ignored it, and just rushed wildly, his eyes full of unbreakable eagerness.

This Guo Zhi is the Dong'an Taishou in the early years of the Wei State and Huang Dynasty in history, and he was friendly with Du Ji and others at that time, and now he is the Longxi Taishou of Liangzhou.

At this time, the two sides chased and fled, which seemed very weird, because the dozens of horsemen who were chasing closely behind Guo Zhi were obviously also from Liangzhou, and even his subordinates.

Guo Zhi only cared about riding his horse and running away at the moment, and did not pay attention to the terrain, he had just turned a corner, and suddenly, two people rushed out from behind the boulders on both sides of the road, and rushed directly to him, walking extremely fast, almost before Guo Zhi could react, he had already pounced.

I saw that the figure was as agile as an ape, jumping up, stretching its long arms, and falling off the horse with Guo Zhi in its arms, and the two turned over several times on the spot, which stopped the powerful inertia, and the war horse was still galloping forward!

Guo Zhi's reaction was not unpleasant, and after falling to the ground, he jumped up and wanted to run.

It's a pity that it's too late, Guo Zhi has just taken a step, a horse has already whistled past, the spear slapped on his back, knocked him to the ground again, fell a big heel, before he woke up from the short dizziness, countless knives and guns have been put on his neck, pressing him to the ground.

"Guo Taishou, you are in such a hurry, where do you want to go?"

"Phew!" Guo Zhi spit out bloodshot spittle fiercely, and scolded loudly: "Kong Xin, you shameless people, you have betrayed the lord!" ”

"Alas!"

Kong Xin let out a long sigh, with a little sadness. "Although the lord treats us well, but after all, he is the Qiang people, can not be unified, we serve him, but because he can unify Liangzhou, so that the people are exempt from the suffering of war, now the king of Chu is marching west, Xingren and righteous soldiers, to sweep the world as their own responsibility, treat the people of Liangzhou is also very thick, why can't you surrender? We are anti-lord, not for fame and fortune, just for good morning in the world, good morning in Liangzhou! You are also of Han blood, can't you really understand? ”

"Humph! Although the lord can't get the unification, but he is in Liangzhou, and he treats us very well, can An turn his back? Guo Zhiyi retorted rhetorically.

Before Kong Xin could speak, Li Jun next to him had already taken it in a hurry.

"Since the lord can't achieve unification, if the world is unified after all, will the lord descend sooner or later?"

"If Liangzhou achieves the general trend, why can't it build a country?" Guo Zhi said angrily.

"Confused!" Jiang Yin strode forward and reprimanded angrily: "Is the founding of Liangzhou the country of the Qiang people or the country of the Han people?" Nowadays, the Qiang people do not know how to educate, and they are ferocious, so it is good if there are constraints. If there is no constraint. The Han people will be slain by him. The ambition of the king of Chu. It is based on the Han people, allowing hundreds of ethnic groups to prosper China, and building an immortal cause, at that time, whether it is the Qiang people or the Han people, it can truly accommodate one. If based on the current customs of the Qiang people, how can the Han people still live? ”

"But the young master also takes the coexistence of all races as his own responsibility, why don't you support him!" Guo Zhi was apparently trying to convince a few people to change their minds.

Wang Ling shook his head. continued: "The lord has half of the Qiang bloodline, the young master Ma Yi, the son Ma Chao and others have seven layers of Qiang blood, and there are many Qiang people behind the Ma clan, the young master thinks like this, will his Qiang cronies think like this?" Liangzhou is barren, if you want to be strong, you have to rely on them, but how to control their people? As everyone sees, since the unification of Liangzhou. The Qiang people are becoming more and more domineering? When the Qiang people are strong, how can a single order make them obey their orders? ”

"yes!" Yin Feng looked at Guo Zhi with emotion. Persuaded: "Guo Taishou, look at the Beidi County, since the Qiang and Hu occupations, there is still the right of the Han people to speak, although the Qiang and Hu departments obey the orders of the young master, but the Beidi Taishou sent by the young master, can the Han people be the chief?" The Qiang people and the Hu people have a gap with the Han people, and with their current culture, they are extremely aggressive instincts. ”

Saying that, Yin Feng looked straight into Guo Zhi's eyes and said frankly: "If the Qiang, Hu, and clan people are rapidly strong, have you ever thought that with their customs, they will invade the Han realm on a large scale and divide up the territory, and then there will be no Han people in the land of China to speak, maybe it will be when the Han people are on the verge of extinction!" The young master is confined to himself and has to rely on the Qiang and Hu ethnic groups to rise, how can he control it? ”

"The Han people have been inherited for thousands of years, and they are broad-minded and can accept foreign races as one, but will the foreign people accept the Han people now? Many of their ethnic groups don't even have a written word now, if they don't teach by word and deed, and know the righteousness of etiquette, how can you reason with him and explain righteousness? When the Qiang people have nothing to eat, they will rob if they say they will rob, and when their strength exceeds that of the Han people, can you stop them from robbing? Guo Taishou, maybe you have indeed done your duty now, but you have lost your ancestral bloodline and the name of Yanhuang! Which is more important? ”

At this point, there is no way to continue, and the rest is only their own choice.

Kong Xin, as the one who took the lead, took one last look at Guo Zhi, and then waved his hand and said: "Guo Taishou, a few of us respect you, that's why we have said so much, how to talk to the king of Chu about it!" Brothers, tie up Guo Taishou for the time being, we still have important things to do! ”

"No!" The crowd responded in unison.

………………

Five days later, a quick horse news arrived in Ji County.

Guo Jia was overjoyed, and then hurriedly found Wang Xu, who was patrolling the city.

"My lord! Lord! Good news, good news! ”

"Huh?"

Wang Xu turned around and saw Guo Jia walking quickly panting, and immediately smiled: "Fengxiao, it doesn't seem to be an ordinary good news to make you so excited!" ”

"Great victory!"

Guo Jia approached and handed the secret report to Wang Xu. "Zhang Liao broke through Longxi Didao, Pang De was defeated and fled, and led the remnants to retreat to Yuzhong, Jincheng County! Due to the sudden change in the situation, the Liangzhou army had not had time to react at all, and Han Meng and Wang Ling had already taken advantage of the situation to march into Heguan, Caohan and other places in the northwest of Longxi, and they were defeated in one day, directly threatening Jincheng County. Zhang Liao ordered Wang Xiong to lead 10,000 soldiers to stay in Didao, and he himself personally led a large army to camp on the main road thirty miles north of Didao, facing the main force of Liangzhou with Yuzhong and the warriors. ”

Wang Xu was dumbfounded.

"How is this possible? Di Dao's position is dangerous, and there is a big general Pang De stationed in it, how could Zhang Liao take it so quickly, and let the Liangzhou army almost have no reaction? ”

"This matter can be done, Wudu is too guarded by Yang Fu and should be the first merit!"

Guo Jia replied with a smile: "Yang Fu personally risked his life to sneak into the enemy territory some time ago, and found the enemy general Kong Xin and others, they were originally fellow villagers, and they were playmates in the early years, and they had very strong feelings, and it was under their persuasion that they plotted against the enemy generals Wang Ling, Li Jun, Kong Xin, Jiang Yin, Yin Feng, Yao Qiong Six people, they led their cronies to respond to Zhang Liao, so there was this great victory, and at the same time they also arrested Guo Zhi, the Taishou of Longxi, and is currently on the way back to Ji County. ”

"I see!"

Wang Xu was relieved, and when he heard these familiar names in his mind, a flash of inspiration flashed.

Historically, Ma Chao took the Qiang and Hu people as the main force to form a coalition army, and the momentum was not small, and it was Yang Fu who could give him the final blow.

At that time, Yang Fu persuaded Jiang Yin, Yin Feng, Yao Qiong, Kong Xin, Li Jun, Wang Ling and others to make an appointment to lead Qu Xing's troops to fight, and defeated Ma Chao together, and finally forced Ma Chao to lead his troops south to defect to Zhang Lu. (To be continued......)