Chapter 57: Liwei

Wu Wei Yan Jun, Zhang Ye and Luan, Jiuquan Huang Hua, Xiping Juyan and others were all once under Ma Chao and Han Sui. After the defeat of Ma and Han, these four people each based on the counties of Liangzhou, called themselves generals, and attacked each other. He Luan killed Yan Jun, and Wang Mi killed He Luan again. Liangzhou let them kill in a mess.

When Cao Cao attacked Jincheng, Yan Yan surrendered to Cao and counterattacked his father-in-law Han Sui, Han Sui could not resist Cao's army, fled to Xiping, cut off the head of this subordinate, and dedicated it to Cao Cao. But Ju Yan has different ambitions and just wants to establish himself as a king, and he will rebel within a few years. As soon as the officers and soldiers arrived, they surrendered and fled, and as soon as the officers and soldiers retreated, they immediately rebelled again. Before Cao Cao could free up his hands to clean him up, his father broke through Chang'an, and since then he has been out of reach.

Ma Chao stood up: "Young master, this kind of villain, why do you want to see it in person, just leave it to Ma Chao to deal with." ”

I thought about it, nodded and said, "It's okay, let him understand who is the real master of Liangzhou." ”

Ma Chao swept away Shicai's drowsiness, shook his clothes and armor, and the familiar snow-capped mountain-like cold came out of his body. It seems that the temperature in the tent has dropped immediately.

I asked You Chu to send Su Ze back to the camp, and I hid in the back tent to watch Ma Chao's performance. Thinking of the five strategies of Liangzhou set by Shicai, he had a thought, and then quietly told Ma Chao.

As soon as Ju Yan entered the camp, he was a little frightened, although he had dominated Liangzhou for several years since Han Sui, but where had he seen the camp tent discharged by Mr. Kong Ming. This camp tent is not said to be a Qiang man like him, a Han general who is well versed in the art of war, no one to guide him, and he will be dizzy when he comes in for the first time. I tried to instill fear in him, and every battalion and outpost entered their battle positions, their bows wound, their swords unsheathed, and the white-eared elite soldiers lined up, all with round, bloodshot eyes like bloodthirsty tigers.

Guan Ping led the way, but first took him to see the two thousand stones and ten giant crossbows with the same fire. The Qianghu tribes are most afraid of crossbow arrows, this kind of thing has too long a range, and they don't have solid armor, so they can only wait for death in front of it.

Then there is Wei Yan's chariot and horse drill, those horses are all northland horses, although they are small, but they have long strength, do not choose food, and are not inferior to Xiliang good horses, and when these horses are connected into a chariot formation, the external iron thistle terrestris, the sergeant hides in the middle, attack the enemy with crossbows, on the flat ground, set up into a castle that can be attacked and retreated, and the Xiliang departments that lack the ability to attack the city are naturally difficult to resist.

Finally, when I entered the tent, I saw that the old master Ma was overtime, and his face was already as earthy.

Ma Chao bowed and didn't say a word, but suddenly pulled out his sword, the cold light flashed, and the sound was loud. I didn't even see Ma Chao's movements clearly, but I saw that Ju Yan was still standing still like a wooden chicken, but the helmet fell to the ground and was divided into two pieces.

Ju Yan threw himself on the ground, with tears streaming down his face: "Young General, are you going to kill me?" I killed Han Sui, but he didn't have the same heart with you, and I killed him to help you. ”

Ma Chao looked disgusted, walked back and forth around Ju Yan, and looked at him coldly.

Ju Yan was so frightened that his whole body trembled, but he just begged for mercy.

Ma Chao said: "Get up and speak." Others don't know that you are bowing, can I still not know Ma Mengqi? Are you timid? Joke, a cowardly person dares to murder Han Sui? Dare to claim to be too shou to occupy Xiping? Ma Chao is ordered by His Royal Highness Liu, the prince of Hanzhong, to give you a life today, but you have to give me a ghost's eyes, and you are still planning to establish yourself as a king, what is the hegemony of one side, don't say that Ma Mengqi knows you, Ma Mengqi's silver spear does not know you! ”

Ju Yan said in a trembling voice: "Young General, even if I have the courage, I don't dare to make a ghost under your nose." I heard that you raised troops for the Northern Expedition, and I was the first to respond. I'm a little cautious, dreaming about something too guarded. But I don't dare now, I know how many catties and taels I have, and after that, I will follow you, the young general, before and after the saddle, and let me be dispatched. ”

Ma Chao said: "Don't say follow me, follow His Royal Highness the son of my family." With a useless look, get up! Write to Huang Hua and a few of them, and ask them to rush to Jincheng before August 15, if they are late, they don't need to come, I will personally lead the army to see them! Ma Chao bit the word "look" very hard, and his whole body shook when he heard it, "You know my prestige, and you have seen my skills, Ma Mengqi has left Liangzhou for a while, but this Liangzhou still can't accommodate a few of you to be kings!" ”

Ju Yan said yes again and again, sweating down his loose hair, but he didn't dare to wipe it.

Ma Chao shouted: "Get out, His Royal Highness the Prince is busy with official business today, so I don't have time to see you." On the fifteenth day of next month, His Royal Highness will meet in the Jincheng Taishou Mansion and the famous family heads in the county, and when the time comes, you will not be allowed to be absent! ”

Ju Yan responded in a row and went.

Ma Chao smiled: "Young master, how is it?" ”

I came out from behind the tent and raised my fingers: "Uncle Meng Qi, the general Huwei, how can you be a rat ant?" ”

Ma Chao smiled, and turned solemnly: "The young master, Ju Yan and other four people, full of cunning, greedy and insufficient, face to face, turn around and turn into ghosts, although he was afraid of me for a while, and when he returned to the lair in the future, everyone discussed it, but I am afraid that I have forgotten today's feelings, once our army leaves, it is not known that they will raise troops to fight back." Don't miss the ......"

I knew that what he said was the truth, thought about it, and shook my head: "No need, one Ju Yan and Huang Hua will be punished, and there will be a second and a third." I treat the Qiang people with sincerity, and I can't let this alone chill the hearts of everyone. On August 15, in the Taishou Mansion, I will meet all the departments of the alliance, so that Qiang and Hu all know that our army is mighty and benevolent, and from now on they dare not rebel, refuse to rebel, and cannot rebel! ”

Ma Chao promised.

At the time of the Three Kingdoms, there was no talk of the Mid-Autumn Festival. At this time, I will meet the Qianghu tribes, because the weather is cooler, the autumn is high and cool, the grass grows and the horses are fat, and it is a good season to use soldiers.

It's autumn in the blink of an eye. After a year of development, Yongzhou ushered in the first bumper harvest year in the difficult battle. The sowing of spring in exchange for the harvest of autumn, Kong Ming's letter to me did not contain a word, only a large full ear of grain.

I know what that means. With this year's harvest, our army will be much more comfortable next year, and the displaced people in various places will also settle down again, and they will have land to plant and food to eat.

Give the ear of grain to Zhao Zheng and let him give it to You Chu and Su Ze separately, so that they can use it as a seed and plant it in Jincheng and Longxi next year. It's just a symbol, but it's going to move a lot of people. Thinking about it, I seem to see the happy faces everywhere in Yongliang Erzhou.

At the same time as Kong Ming's letters, there were also a large number of civil and military generals, led by Huang Quan and Yan Pu, Huang Quan was both civil and military, and was the first-rate talent in Shu, and his official position was second only to Ma Chao's generals, and he had prestige. Yan Pu has the talent of the people, originally followed Zhang Lu, and Hanzhong prospered, during which he had many credits. And Yan Pu and I have known each other since Hanzhong and have always been regarded as my descendants. If I leave in the future, with them in Liangzhou, I can rest assured that - naturally, Ma Chao can't be stationed in Liangzhou, his prestige is too high. Unconsciously, I also had the same kind of worry as my father.

Seeing them, I was very happy, asked about the situation in Chang'an, and said that Cao Wei had recently moved troops and horses, Xu Huang and others led troops from Jingzhou to attack Shangyong, Kong Ming ordered Zhang Fei to support, and Xu Gongming was a small setback. Now that the two armies are fighting, Cao's army retreats to Xiangyang.

In addition, there is good news, that is, the father who is recuperating in Chang'an, his health has improved, and he has improved greatly!

"That's great news!" In front of Huang and Yan, my eyebrows fluttered and I sighed, "Now I can put down the burden of a thousand catties on my shoulders." ”

For me, that's not really good news. If my father is sick and he can govern, then the situation in which I will take power on my father's behalf will change. However, at this point, I am very conscious, and whether my father is sick or not has a great impact on me, but whether he is there or not has a greater impact on me. He's getting better, maybe it will affect my power. But if he is gone, he will directly shake the foundation of Shu Han. Those old ministers alone, with the power of me and Kong Ming, it is difficult to dispatch and straighten out. Meng Da of Shangyong and Li Yan of Ba County are not fuel-efficient lamps, not to mention that there are more than ten famous ministers and generals above Kong Ming - Kong Ming is only a military general in name so far.

His father's health was good, but he fought all his life, worked hard day and night, and took Chang'an a lot of energy, and the loss of Jingzhou and Guan Yu hit him hard, so he fell ill. I gave him the medicine, which was supposed to be a calming medicine, but it made him unable to lift his spirits, but in fact, it was still very beneficial to his body, so no doctor saw that it was wrong. Otherwise, even if I am the prince of the world and control the guard, if I want to harm the king of Hanzhong, I will definitely be exposed. These are just expedient measures for my temporary seizure of power. Moreover, after this medicine has been used for a long time, his body has become resistant to itself, and the effect of those medicines is getting smaller and smaller, and his body will naturally recover.

However, the purpose of my initial medicine was to win in the chaos, and when he had no choice but to use me, he would build up his merits, consolidate my position, and enhance my prestige; The second is that he is afraid that he will be angry for a while and lead the army to attack Wu. Now that these two purposes have been achieved, I went out on behalf of my father to take Yongliang, even if he is there, he may not do better than me, and no one can compete with me for the position of the son. And now that the situation in the world has changed greatly, even if he regains power, in the face of the newly determined Yongliang Prefecture, he will not give up lightly and go south to Jingzhou.

"Does my father have a will?" I asked Huang and Yan.

"No, the king's health is getting better, but there is no will for the Western Front. I only made an appointment with the military advisor, and after talking with the military advisor for a few days, he sent us. The king said that if there is no change of generals, the affairs of the western front are still under the sole responsibility of the prince, and the prince can mobilize the soldiers and horses of Anding, Tianshui, Jincheng, Guangwei, and Longyou counties as usual. The king was quite satisfied with the merits of the prince. The prince led an army alone, took the body as a bait, and conquered the strong enemy, and passed it on as a beautiful talk in Chang'an City, and the ministers all congratulated the king on having a son, so that his uncle Mi Fang also burned a book to comfort the second lady of Gan Mi and her deceased brother Mi Zhu. ”

I nodded, reassured.

My father actually reduced my power, and the lands of Yizhou, Sanfu, and Hanzhong were once again in his own hands. But these are all proper meanings in the question, and it is not surprising. This means that he doesn't know that he has slept for a long time.