Zhao Shu stood behind Wei Yan, looking at the two of them and couldn't help but feel funny, what kind of person is Wei Yan, who is still afraid that Yan Zhi will not succeed in stealing from him? Yan Zhi really has the heart of a villain and spends the belly of a gentleman. Hu Du originally stood next to him, watching Yan Zhi speak more and more numbly, it was really unbearable, and he stepped forward and said, "The two adults use it slowly, there are still some trivial things in the humble position, please retire first." ”

Yan Zhi looked at the face of the fox and knew what he meant, and he was afraid that Wei Yan would be displeased if he stayed, so he said, "Since this is the case, you can retreat first." When Hu Du walked away, Yan Zhi pleaded guilty to Wei Yan and said: "This person is a subordinate official in Xiaguan County, and he also has some talent, but he is a little stubborn, if it weren't for the prime minister's repeated teaching of Xiaguan and others to treat talents well, he would have gone home to farm." If there is any offense to the general, I hope the general will not blame him. ”

Wei Yan had already seen the displeasure on Hu Du's face, and when he heard him say this, he had no choice but to say: "Although you are talented, you still have to be polite to your superiors, otherwise you will offend many people, and Yu Ru will also have a lot of disadvantages." Yan Zhi hurriedly agreed. I stepped forward and poured a full cup for Wei Yan, and said, "I don't know if the camp is appropriate, can my subordinates go to inspect and supervise first?" ”

Wei Yan looked at Zhao Shu's eyes, and also knew what Zhao Shu was thinking, so he nodded in agreement. Zhao Shu saluted and retreated, and the ten guards who came with Zhao Shu in the White Emperor City hurriedly followed. Yan Zhi was greatly surprised, how could a family general bring more guards than Wei Yan? I heard Wei Yan pointing to Zhao Shu's back and said, "This is also a great talent, and he needs to be protected." Yan Zhicai agreed "oh", but he still felt that something was wrong, but where did he dare to ask more?

After Zhao Shu came down, he looked at the fox from a distance and shouted, "The general walks slowly." "I shouted a few times in a row, but there was no response, could it be that this great talent is not deaf? Zhao Shu had no choice but to chase after him quickly, and only when he ran in front of Hu Du did he stop him and said, "The general walks slowly." Hu Du looked at Zhao Shu for a while, and saw that it was Wei Yan's general, his face was still unhappy, and he said coldly: "It turned out that he was calling so-and-so, and the word 'general' was categorically undaring." ”

"The general is too modest." Zhao Shu hurriedly smiled and said, "Yan Taishou has great respect for the general, and he will definitely be promoted in the future." Hu Du was noncommittal, but asked, "Your Excellency shouted to stop you, could it be that you are saying these words?" "Of course not, Zhao Shu came to chase you in this bulky armor, and it was definitely not to say these empty words, but said with a smile: "I see that the general is extraordinary, and he will become atmospheric in the future, and he has the heart to make friends, I don't know if the general will abandon him." ”

Hu Du sneered a few times and said, "Your Excellency has already followed the big tree of General Zhenbei, what is the use of making friends with such a villain?" After that, he turned around and left, Zhao Shu hurriedly reached out to stop him, but he was pushed away with his backhand and almost fell to the ground. The generals behind him were not happy, two people supported Zhao Shu, and the other eight people immediately dispersed, surrounding the fox in the middle. Hu Du looked at these eight powerful generals, sneered, looked at Zhao Shu and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Zhao Shu waved his hand to let everyone retreat, and asked, "The general seems to have a lot of dissatisfaction with Wei Zhenbei in his words, but there is an old grudge?" I can say a few words in front of General Zhenbei, I can explain to the general, and I can still find a good errand. Fox Du was even more displeased when he heard this, and said: "General Zhenbei and I are meeting for the first time today, why do you have a grudge?" It's just that as a national general, he didn't think about reporting the country's favor and comforting the people, but he left his post without permission with his soldiers and horses to participate in the power struggle in the court, isn't he ashamed? ”

Zhao Shu didn't expect him to say such a thing, he was taken aback, and said after a moment: "You dare to say such disrespectful words?" The fox laughed for a while, and said, "Didn't Your Excellency bring people here to arrest me by order?" A certain self-aware party is disrespectful, but with the strength of General Zhenbei, what can he compete with Zhao Shu? ”

This sentence is not clearly praising Zhao Shu, does it mean that Zhao Shu is very angry? Zhao Shu also laughed and said, "The general is quite knowledgeable. Hu Du naturally didn't understand what Zhao Shu meant, seeing Wei Yan scolded like this, Zhao Shu actually laughed, and he was confused. Zhao Shu said suddenly: "Yan Taishou has 5,000 soldiers and wants to go with General Zhenbei, why don't I make a statement, how about the general's soldiers?" The day of success is the time when the general is promoted. ”

"No, no." Hu Du categorically refused, and said: "Such an official who relied on the blood and life of his brothers in his country, don't want it." This person is too bold, Zhao Shu feigned anger and said: "I don't know how to lift." Pointing to his nose, he said, "You wait for me." Then he turned around and walked towards the place where Wei Yan and Yan Zhi were drinking. There was still a cold voice from behind him: "I am here to greet Your Excellency." ”

Seeing Zhao Shu come back angrily, Wei Yan and Yan Zhi were very surprised, Zhao Shu stepped forward and said to Wei Yan: "Lord Yan's good people dare to speak disrespectfully and insult the general. As soon as these words came out, Yan Zhi immediately lost his color and hurriedly said, "Who is so bold and offending the general?" You can catch it quickly. Zhao Shu turned his eyes to look at him and said, "It's the fox Du, the adults can quickly order someone to arrest him and ask the general for the crime." Yan Zhi turned to Wei Yan and nodded, for fear of offending Wei Yan, he hurriedly called someone forward and said, "Quick, go and arrest Ma Zhong to this official." ”

Ma Zhong? Having trouble hearing your ears? Looking at Wei Yan's face again, he was also a little puzzled, so Zhao Shu reminded Yan Zhi and said, "It's the fox that the humble position said. Yan Zhi glanced at Zhao Shu, as if he felt that this family general was too annoying, but he looked at Wei Yan's presence, he didn't dare to be angry, and still carefully explained: "Ma Zhong is the real name of Fox Du, just because he was raised in a foreign family, so he changed his surname to Fox." ”

That's right, Zhao Shu said that the name Hu Du is a little familiar, it turned out to be Ma Zhong. Ma Zhong was the pillar of the south in the late Shu Han Dynasty, as famous as Wang Ping and Deng Zhi, and slightly higher than Zhang Wei. Liu Bei also compared Huang Quan, which is really "stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, and it takes no effort to get it". Liu Bei will die soon, God knows if there will still be a rebellion in the southern counties, if Kong Ming is eliminated by himself, who can pacify Meng Shu and others? Isn't that just where Ma Zhong comes in?

Wei Yan and Yan Zhi didn't know why Zhao Shu was so happy at the moment, but they didn't ask. After a while, Ma Zhong was really brought up, and seeing Zhao Shu standing behind Wei Yan, it was estimated that when Zhao Shu was stirring up right and wrong and telling the villain to please him, he glared at him fiercely, and then only stepped forward to salute Yan Zhi of this county, and said, "My lord called the lowly post to come, I don't know what to order?" Yan Zhi wanted to show Wei Yan an appearance, and immediately shouted: "Why don't you salute General Wei and ask for guilt?" There are only people who say that morality is disrespectful to the general, but can there be a justification? ”

Yan Zhi originally wanted to give Ma Zhong a chance to defend himself, not that he cherished talents, but he was afraid that after he offended Wei Yan, Wei Yan would be angry with himself. But Ma Zhong didn't appreciate it, and said proudly: "General Wei is in Hanzhong, and now that the country has changed greatly, everyone is afraid that Wei and Wu will take the opportunity to enter, but the general will leave his post without permission, do you still want to praise the general?" ”

"Shut up." Yan Zhi didn't expect that he would dare to say it in front of Wei Yan, so he hurriedly shouted, and turned to Wei Yan to apologize. Wei Yan turned to look at Zhao Shu, unable to guess what Zhao Shu was thinking, because he didn't know how to answer Ma Zhong's words. There were mostly Wei Yan's subordinates around, so Zhao Shu didn't care, looked directly at Ma Zhong, and asked, "Then in your opinion, what should General Zhenbei do?" ”

Ma Zhong looked at Zhao Shu strangely, he really didn't understand, how could a personal guard be so presumptuous in front of the main general? But he still replied: "General Wei's return to Hanzhong at this moment is the best policy. If Hanzhong is not guaranteed, it means that the prime minister has the power, what is the benefit? Under the current situation, it is rare to have such a person who takes care of the overall situation, Zhao Shu looked at Ma Zhong with a smile, and suddenly said: "Isn't it a pity that the general has such a vision and only wants to be such a small official?" I think this Brazil is too guarded, how about the general acting for the time being? ”

When Zhao Shu said this, not only Ma and Yan were surprised, but even Wei Yan was taken aback. Zhao Shu said to Ma Zhong again: "When General Wei left Hanzhong, he had already deployed and stopped, but if the situation in the White Emperor City remained unchanged for a long time, I am afraid that it would be lost. The general of Zhenbei has been stationed in Hanzhong for a long time, and this method of treating the symptoms, if you want to cure the root cause, you still need to decide the winner among Kong Ming and Zhao Shu as soon as possible, so that the country is stable, and naturally not afraid of Wei Wu. ”

Ma Zhong was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then sighed: "It makes sense, but Zhao Shu occupies Jingxiang, and he serves His Majesty in the White Emperor, how can he get rid of it in his eagerness?" Zhao Shu laughed and said: "Since this is the case, why do you have to get rid of Zhao Shuye?" Nai said in a deep voice: "Brazil is too shou Yan Zhi wants to rebel, and quickly take it with me." The guards on the left and right answered the promise, and rushed forward to capture him. Yan Zhi also had a lot of henchmen present, but he never expected such a change, and before his sword was unsheathed, he was surrounded by Wei Yan's subordinates, and those who resisted a little were killed on the spot. After a few people died, everyone else abandoned their weapons and fell to the ground, Yan Zhi couldn't stop shouting that he was wronged, and said to Wei Yan: "The lower official doesn't know where to offend the general, and I hope that the general will not remember the villain and forgive the lower official." ”

Although Ma Zhong was not captured, there were several people fighting on the left and right, but he was much more sober than Yan Zhi, looked at Zhao Shu and asked, "Who is Your Excellency?" Zhao Shu sat down slowly and said with a smile: "Didn't General Shicai say it?" Jing Xiang Zhao Shu. After so many years, Zhao Shu first felt that his name was so scary, and after Yan Zhi heard it, he fainted on the spot. Ma Zhong looked at Zhao Shu from head to toe again, and finally said: "The general is really bold, he actually abandoned the White Emperor City and came to Sichuan to act. ”

Zhao Shu smiled: "If it weren't for that, how could I meet such a talented person as a general." Zhao Shu had the heart to win over, and what he said naturally sounded better. Ma Zhong hurriedly humbled and said: "The general can say that if Wei Zhenbei is moved, Prime Minister Zhuge will definitely be defeated." So far, Zhao Shu didn't see that Kong Ming still had any chance to turn over, so he asked, "Is the general willing to help me?" As I just said, settle the country early, and then try to Wei Wu. ”

The reason why Ma Zhong didn't want to see Wei Yan to help Kong Ming was that he felt that the two sides were evenly matched, and if they held each other for a long time, it would be useless to the country, and now that Zhao Shu has an absolute advantage, how could he refuse? At the moment, he hugged his fists and said: "Since the general will not give up, he is willing to serve the saddle horse." In the future, Wei Yan will be in the north, Guo Huai will be in the east, and Ma Zhong will be in the south, even if Zhao Shu can't destroy Wei and Wu, he will always be able to live in Shuzhong and live a comfortable life for a few years.

Zhao Shu looked at Yan Zhi, who was unconscious on the side, and wanted to order a killing, but Ma Zhong advised that killing would be useless, but it would make everyone feel in danger in their hearts, so as to calm the hearts of the Brazilian army. This statement is very reasonable, Zhao Shu made people wake up Yan Zhi, a person like him who is greedy for life and afraid of death, only needs two or three sentences, and swears to the sky, what will follow the general all his life, what will go to the soup and fire, and will not give up a lot of nonsense. Zhao Shu only thought he was farting, and he was more concerned about recruiting the 5,000 soldiers and horses, and immediately let Ma Zhong temporarily lead the lieutenant of the county and command the army. Yan Zhi didn't dare to disobey in the slightest, and immediately handed over the soldier talisman and Ma Zhong.

Zhao Shu's identity was only known to everyone present, and Yan Zhi and his entourage were all imprisoned in Wei Yanjun's army. still threatened that Yan Zhi would go with Wei Yan to help Kong Ming and leave Ma Zhong as the governor of Bashi County, but because most of the soldiers and horses in the army were newly recruited, they would have to wait for Ma Zhong to practice for a while before being recruited. Ma Zhong has been in Brazil for a long time, and in the process of training, he can naturally slowly exchange the army for blood, remove Yan Zhi's cronies, and replace them with usable people.

Pasir County and Padang are close to each other, and Wei Yan once said that he would wave his army to the east, and form a siege with the army and horses of the White Emperor City against Kong Ming. Although the plan was good, Zhao Shu did not agree, now it is not necessary to fight with Kong Ming, but to appease all places. Zhao Shu still felt that the west would occupy Chengdu and grab the prince Liu Chan in his hands, so that Kong Ming would no longer have anything to rely on, and then besiege Badong when he started. Wei Yan's plan was useless, but there was a lot of displeasure in his expression, so he had to use all his kind words to appease. But Zhao Shu couldn't help but be a little worried in his heart, such an arrogant personality may be difficult to control in the future.

Wei Yan finally didn't argue with Zhao Shu, and the military horse left Pasir County, and went straight to the southwest, through Guanghan County in the east, Guanghan County, and directly into Chengdu. It has long been clear that Kong Ming has been transferred westward due to the frequent transfer of soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, and there are already a lot of soldiers and horses in Baidi City, so he has already ordered the Chengdu garrison to go, and only Li Yan has left behind with a few Praetorian Guard horses.

Since Liu Bei became the ruler of Chengdu, although the situation has changed several times, he has not moved again, and Huang Yuan's rebellion has only arrived in Qionglai, and there is still some distance from Chengdu. This time, Wei Yanjun's horsemen approached the city, which was the first time in nearly ten years. Although Wei Yan was under the banner of helping Kong Ming, the city guards did not dare to be sloppy, and hurriedly closed the city gate and pulled up the suspension bridge, so that people could repay Li Yan. Wei Yan saw that the other party dared to close the door, and he was furious in his heart, and he immediately stepped forward and scolded, and ordered Kaicheng. Although the city guards knew Wei Yan, they had a lot to do and didn't dare to be specialized, so they had to apologize and dare not open the city until they were ordered. Wei Yan felt bored after scolding a few words, so he had to wait for Li Yan to come.