Chapter 9, Liangzhou room
Yan Yanming, a native of Jincheng, is also known as Xing, and Ben Han is a strong general under his command. At the beginning, Han and Ma fought, and it is said that he fought against Ma Chao in front of the battle, "the spear was broken, because the spear was broken (beaten) and killed." In the end, Ma Teng was defeated and retreated to Guanzhong, expressing his willingness to accept the leadership of the imperial court.
At that time, how could Cao Cao have time to study the Liangzhou issue? Anyway, Liangzhou has already been handed over to Lu Bu. But on the one hand, he wanted to restrain Han Sui, so as not to cause trouble for himself, and on the other hand, he also hoped that Han Sui could contain Lu Bu, so he received Yan Xing ceremoniously. Yan Xing's attitude was also quite deferential, and he also said: "My father's capital is filial piety in Jincheng, and he once entered the court as a lang, although he is old now, he also thinks of reporting to the court, please allow Su Wei." ”
Ah, I deliberately want to send my father to Xu Dulai, which means to lose sincerity and send quality. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, that is, he was acting as a Taishou for Qianwei - of course, it was just a table, and Qianwei County was still in Liu Zhang's hands at that time, and it was impossible for Yan Yanming to go to Yizhou to take office.
After Yan Xing returned to Jincheng, he persuaded Han Sui to submit a request and send a son to Xudu as a hostage, saying that in this way, Lu Bu would not dare to attack. Han Sui listened to Yan Xing's words, and sure enough, he let his youngest son follow Yan Xing's parents, go east, and move to Xudu.
But who would have thought that Han Sui showed a certain amount of sincerity, but Lu Bu was unmoved at all. According to Lu Bu's meaning, if you are willing to submit to the imperial court, it is a good thing, but now that I am the pastor of Liangzhou and you are the guard of Jincheng, you should first go to the state office to pay homage to yourself. But where did Han Sui dare to see Lu Bu, didn't that send sheep into the tiger's mouth? The war resumed. Lu Bu played the impeachment of Han Sui, saying that the old thief would not change his life. He's rebelling again. Meng De...... The prime minister should immediately execute the proton. Cao Cao had no choice but to do so. had no choice but to slaughter Han Sui's youngest son, but left the lives of Yan Xing's parents.
When Han Sui got the news, he began to suspect that Yan Xing was colluding with Cao and Lu Ju, but he was in a fierce battle with Lu Bu, and it was impossible to lose Yan Yanming, so after thinking about it, simply, I will marry my daughter to Yan Xing. Take him as my son-in-law, and try to marry him with kindness and righteousness.
Yan Xing was in Han Ying, and he didn't dare to disobey Han Sui's intentions, so he had to pinch his nose and admit this family business. However, in this way, Cao Cao was dissatisfied again, and felt that Yan Yanming had failed my trust, so he was completely in cahoots with Han Sui. Cao Cao came up with this fire, and even though he wanted to order the execution of Yan Xing's parents, fortunately Xun Hao stopped him with bad words.
Shi Xun said: "Everyone takes the son as a hostage, but there are those who take their parents as a hostage? The sincerity of the Yan family can be known. It is in the west corner. Xiangzi is here, and I can't bear to abandon it. also knew that Han Sui would betray the court, so his parents were afraid of being coerced, so he returned to the dynasty and entrusted him to the lord. If it is harmful, it is not only a burden, but also a filial piety, how can it be? ”
Yan Xing sent his parents to Xuxia, not to be hostages, but for fear that Han Sui would rebel again and hold his parents hostage at that time, so he specially came to entrust it to the lord, how can you bear the trust of others and harm his filial piety? "I know that the Yan family will be the help of the imperial court, not a thief in the western corner, and this marriage is also a last resort."
Why did Shixun help Yan Xing speak? That's because he knew very well that in the original history, Yan Yanming finally returned to Cao - although his subsequent deeds were not obvious and the end was unclear. And even in the original history, Cao Cao didn't kill his parents, how could I kill two innocent old men because of the instigation of my little butterfly wings, and maybe force Yan Xing to Han Sui's side completely?
But although he was persuaded by Shi Xun, Cao Cao was left with a pimple in his heart after all, so this time he heard that Yan Xing came to see him on the order of Han Sui, and he couldn't help but burst into flames, and sneered: "How dare you come to see Lone?!" "He even has the face to come to me!
However, in the end, he summoned Yan Xing, looked at him coldly, and asked him, "Do you want to enter the court?" "I think that Han Sui was forced by Lu Bu to be anxious, and sent Xu Du, and then Lu Bu attacked again, Han Sui sent someone to shout grievances, Cao Cao said, just give up Jincheng and enter the court to come to the Hajj, then I will be able to save your life. It's a pity that Han Sui just wanted Cao Cao to stop Lu Bu, and even sent troops to reinforce him, and he didn't give up the idea of building a foundation for many years, so the matter was over.
Now Cao Cao asked again, and Yan Xing replied: "If General Han is willing to enter the court, the son of heaven in the past is in Chang'an, that is, he will live, why wait for today?" "Han Sui was held hostage by the rebel army at the end of the first year of Zhongping, and embarked on the road of no return to rebellion. In the third year of Chuping, Dong Zhuo was killed, and then Li Dao and Guo Yan took control of the government, recruited An Han Sui and Ma Teng, and ordered the two to lead their troops into the court, and worshiped them as the general of Zhenxi and the general of Zhengxi. Ma Teng stayed in Tunyi County, and then fled back to Liangzhou because of the failure of the plot to attack Chang'an.
So Yan Xing said, if General Han is willing to give up his old business and become an official in the court, he can stay for three years in the early peace, so why wait until today? The implication is that Han Sui refuses to come naked and send people under the fence.
Cao Cao pouted: "This time, that time." Ma Shoucheng is still willing to enter the Hajj, why not come to Hanwen? "Han Sui refuses to bend under Li Kui and Guo Yan, that's normal, but now that I am in power, does he still look down on me? You see that Ma Teng also opposed Li and Guo that day, and later didn't he also come to Xu Du to take up the post of guard lieutenant and stoop to me?
Yan Xing asked quietly, "Where is General Zema?" Cao Cao was furious and slapped the table: "He sits on his son, this country's law and discipline, how can he be lonely?!" "Ma Chao rebelled, so Ma Teng was implicated and lost his head, did I kill him because I remembered my old hatred?
Yan Xing waved his hand again and again: "If you don't blame Wei Gong, but the so-called 'rabbit dies and the fox is sad', General Han is not entered, and it is clear." "Youma Teng's fate is in front of you, how dare you say Han Sui comes?
Cao Cao laughed back with hatred, but asked: "Trapped in Jincheng, do you have to die?" "Does he think that if he refuses to enter the court, he can live steadily? Yan Xing shook his head: "If Jincheng can be defended, General Han has to make an envoy to come to Duke Wei?" Today, General Lu is forced to be outside, and the Qiang is chaotic inside, and he is afraid that he will die. ”
Cao Cao said that in this case, "Do you want to die for him?" "Are you going to be martyred for Han Sui? Yan Xing smiled bitterly: "Although forced to marry, the husband and wife are still harmonious, and they are not strong people, so I can't bear to see their dead ears." Cao Cao snorted lightly from his nose: "If Lu Bu has a literary appointment, is he willing to indulge?" The sin of rebellion will be punished by all three tribes, and your wife will not be avoided. However, if you are willing to surrender, the law of the country will marry her husband, and she will be able to live. ”
If Lu Bu breaks through Jincheng, none of your sons-in-law, husband and wife, will survive. But according to the Han law, the so-called rebellion against the three clans is to kill the father's clan, the mother's clan, and the wife's clan, not as much as the married daughter, if you are willing to submit to the court, your wife may still survive because of your relationship.
Yan Xing bowed his head and said: "Yes, because of this, please ask the Duke of Wei." However, you can descend to the Duke of Wei, but not to General Lu. "I really don't want to be martyred for Han Sui, my wife and subordinates are still in Jincheng, and if I want to surrender, I can only surrender to Lu Bu in person, which is also what I don't want to do - the implication is that I hope Duke Wei will show me a clear way."
When it came to this, Cao Cao also lost a little bit of anger, hung his head and twisted his beard, muttered for a while, and suddenly asked: "Surrendering to the orphan is to descend to the imperial court, and Lu Bu is also ordered by the imperial court to be the general of Liangzhou and Zhengxi, and he can't be surrendered?" ”
Yan Xing immediately expressed his thoughts: "General Lu has the same temperament as General Han, and if he is good, he can be a court court, and if he is evil, he will be more harmful than General Han......" Lu Bu is very similar to Han Sui, and he has the temperament of being self-righteous and unwilling to condescend to others, so he is in Liangzhou, if he is always loyal, he can be the western part of the imperial court. ”
Cao Cao nodded, then stood up, approached Yan Xing, held his hand, put on a sincere expression, and changed his title: "Yanming, Qing's loyalty, lonely and now knowing." Ran Qing thought, why did Lu Bu think of it? Could it be that Chen Gong is on its side? ”
Yan Xing hurriedly replied, "What Duke Wei saw is also. Cao Cao lowered his voice: "Liangzhou is vast, leading to the Central Plains and connecting to the Western Regions, and the former imperial court had no choice but to make Lu Bu herd, like a tiger in the deep mountains." Now I want it to go west, and set up a far-reaching achievement, so that it will not harm the Central Plains. However, Chen Gong joined Liu Bei in the south to invade Guanzhong, if Lu Bu could not be separated from it, he would be coerced in the next day, and Guanxi would be in chaos again. Qingxi people, do you bear to see this? Now, if the Qing is surrendered, it is not for Lu Buye, but for the court inspectors, restricts, and guides, so that they are not bewitched by Chen Gong, then the small and the big will be safe. What would you like to do? ”
I don't want you to surrender to a separatist Lu Bu, I just want you to surrender to the Liangzhou pastor appointed by the imperial court, and try to stabilize the situation in Liangzhou for the sake of the imperial court, so as not to have a separatist tendency. There is a long way to go, I hope you don't live up to my expectations for the sake of temporary glory and disgrace.
When Yan Xing heard this, he immediately bowed to the ground: "Duke Wei is deeply gracious, and he dares not to repay him!" ”
Cao Cao originally didn't have the idea of letting Yan Xing leave Han Sui's camp at once, because he also hoped that Han Sui could continue to tie up Lu Bu, so that Lu Bu's energy could not be vented to the east. Recently, the intelligence has been summarized, and it is said that the situation in Jincheng is precarious, and Han Sui has been relying on the Qianghu cavalry to fight, but recently even the strength of the Qianghu is about to be unable to grasp it. One is that because of the successive defeats, Baima and other Qiang species do not want to bet on this old thief anymore, and the other is said that Liu Bei has sent Ma Chao to lead the army into Wudu County, and wants to continue Qianghu, which is equivalent to indirectly digging the corner of Han Sui. And Yan Xing also said just now that Han Sui was afraid of dying because "General Lu forced him outside, and the Qiang clan was chaotic inside".
So since Han Sui's power is about to fall, it would be a pity to let Yan Yanming tie up with him and die. It's better to let Yan Xing descend to Lu, take the opportunity to wedge a nail in Liangzhou, and prevent Lu Bu from completely falling to the side of Chen Gong - this is also useful!
After sending Yan Xing away, Cao Cao's irritable mood for many days was finally slightly relieved, so he personally led the tiger and leopard to ride west to see the front line. At this glance, the shape is really bad, and the Wei army on the east bank of Yongshui is just beaten with their heads down, and they have no power to fight back...... (To be continued......) R1292