"Why don't you want to?" Wu Gu Duo tilted his neck: "Don't worry, you have the final say in the rest of the matter." ”

Cao Zimu smiled: "I am also angry about the failure of Great Xia, I hope we can live longer and truly be a good opponent with Yang Zhi." ”

Heroes are lonely, good opponents are hard to find, Cao Zimu has seen Yang Zhi's power in Yanzhou, since he returned to the court when the Western Xia fell, he naturally wanted to do what he had to do. Victory or defeat, Cao Zimu no longer cares, only to do his best.

Yang Zhi can't think like this, the battle in the clouds was fierce and abnormal, Jin Wushu recruited 100,000 troops to defeat Jincheng, Yang Zongmin and Han Tao, the generals of the Dingbei Army, died in battle, Han Tao died in ambush in reinforcements, and Yang Zongmin died with the city. It's just that Yang Zongmin has a tough personality, and Jincheng is Yang Zhi's former base camp, and the Song army was defeated in the street battle of the burning city, which made Jin Wushu pay the price of 40,000 casualties. Zhang San led 10,000 reinforcements to arrive, repelled the vanguard of the Jin army, collected the remnants of the Dingbei Army to hold the second line of defense in Daluo Town, and prepared time for the transfer of troops in Taiyuan.

After Han Shizhong captured Xiazhou in Quduan, he had no worries and attacked with all his might, not only defeating Wanyan Xiyi and recovering the area of Montenegro Prefecture, but also capturing the land of Baguan and the Tiande army in Jiuwuzhou, directly threatening Datong. After Jin Wushu learned that the 20,000 troops who had reinforced Xingzhou in Western Xia had retreated to Heishui City, and knew that it was impossible for the lone army to reach Taiyuan, he ordered the army to withdraw to Datong.

For this reason, Yang Zhi specially met with Ma Shen, the former governor of Suizhou, who had just been replaced, Suizhou did not belong to Shaanxi Province, and Yang Zhi did not have the right to appoint and dismiss Ma Shen, and the conversation between the two was relatively relaxed;

"Congratulations, Master Ma, you have returned safely from Western Xia! These days have suffered, this is a private banquet, light. Yang Zhi said with a smile, motioning to Ma Shen to take care of the wine and food on the table; Ma Shen still stood up, bowed and said: "Thank you Yang Shuai for the rescue, I wish Yang Shuai to take Lingzhou as soon as possible and reproduce the style of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Lend you auspicious words! Master Ma, sit, come, drink. Yang Zhi smiled, he knew that Ma Shen knew his predicament, and this capture would make Ma Shen's future in Taiyuan and Runzhou difficult, but for Ma Shen, it was a blessing in misfortune to be able to return to the Dingbei Army in ten days. In this regard, Yang Zhi could only sigh to himself, it seemed that he was in a high position, but in the eyes of the real magnates, he was an upstart, no different from Wang Shao, Chong Ge and others, and in those circles, he couldn't even compare with Cao Qianli.

Yang Zhi didn't have the idea of interceding for Ma Shen, not to protect himself, but to be afraid that as soon as he opened his mouth, it turned out that some people didn't have the idea of dealing with Ma Shen, but would embarrass Ma Shen because of themselves. Ma Shen is now much older than when he went to Qinzhou more than two months ago to announce the decree, Ma Shen was one of the first people to take refuge in King Kang Zhao Gou, but later because of the killing of Zhang Bangchang, the situation was almost the worst of the group of people at that time.

After a glass of wine, Ma stretched out a long breath, as if he was about to exhale the countless sullenness in his heart; Yang Zhi looked at Ma Shen who was sitting opposite and asked, "Are you very uncomfortable?"

Ma Shen put down his wine glass, smiled slightly, and said, "There is nothing uncomfortable." Yang Shuai, in front of you, I don't need to hide it, I remember that at the beginning, I criticized this and that in the court, I really didn't know the hardships and risks of the border pass, King Yun gave my old man such an opportunity, which is very good. ”

Some people retreat between life and death, and some people find it difficult to choose between success and failure, Ma Shen is obviously not such a person, and there is a rare clarity in his cloudy eyes when he speaks. Yang Zhi casually lifted the wine jug, poured wine into the wine glasses of the two of them, raised the wine glass again and said: "Fame and fortune, go with the flow, thank you Master Ma for your advice." ”

Ma Shen raised his glass and drank it all and said: "This time Ma witnessed the heroic death of the soldiers, and he still has palpitations, he is lucky to be alive, and he only hopes that he can live the second half of his life peacefully." However, Yang Shuai, I'm leaving, and I have a few words I want to ask you. ”

Yang Zhi nodded: "Master Ma, please speak." ”

Ma Shen took a deep breath and said, "You all actually know that the Western Xia army is going to attack Suizhou, why don't you set up an ambush in Suizhou in advance?"

Yang Zhi slowly finished drinking, gently put the wine glass on the table and said: "Master Ma, the battlefield is ever-changing, the defense line from Jingzhou to Suizhou is long, and it belongs to the two regions of Yunzhong and Hedong respectively, and it is difficult to coordinate the battle; ”

Ma Shenwei laughed and said: "Wu'er Siqi told me, Yang Shuai, your troops are limited, so the benefits of raiding Xiazhou are far greater than reinforcing Suizhou, and the facts have also proved that after Xiazhou was occupied, you gained an advantage on the battlefield, and forced Brother Richard to retreat, so that you could capture Lingzhou and let Wu'er Siqi give up Suizhou." But if you and Zhang Shen do this, will it be fair to the military in Suizhou?"

Yang Zhi said coldly: "On the battlefield, there has never been any fair saying, soldiers, treacherous ways, once the success is achieved, the war is fought by manpower, can the soldiers of Youzhou go to death, the soldiers of Suizhou can not die in battle." ”

Ma Shen is not a person who doesn't understand anything, and smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Even Yang Shuai has to judge heroes by success or failure, and the cat who wants to come here is tired enough." But Yang Shuai, what should Guanzhong Academy do?"

"That's my business, Lord Ma, this is on the Northwest Front, if you can't even pay the least price in exchange for victory, I can only say that you are not suitable here. Yang Zhi picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, ate the ribs and said: "You don't have to go to the head to break the blood flow when you fight, then more people will die, and you may not be able to win." Master Ma, do you want Wu'er Siqi to play us around, and then fight a tough battle in Xiazhou, and it is in line with justice to die several times like Yonglechuan? Justice is at ease in the hearts of the people, I can't control so much, what I can manage is to win the battlefield and die as few people as possible. ”

Ma Shen's chopsticks stopped in mid-air, speechless for a while, the battle of Yonglechuan has become a powerful reason for the border battle to refute the courtiers, if it was before, Ma Shen must have been furious, but now, Ma Shen only felt that his throat was full of bitterness.