Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1191 People can't see humanity

  Tianshui counties.

   Zhao's Wubao.

  The prefectures with the Zhao surname mainly include Tianshui County, Zhuo County, Nanyang County, Xiapi County, Yingchuan County and so on. Among them, Tianshui County and Zhuo County are the most famous. As for Changshan Zhao, hehe, it is just a branch of the Tianshui Zhao family, and it is not in the mainstream.

  After the pre-Qin eradicated Zhao, the nobles of Zhao fled to Dai, and supported Zhao Jia as king, called Dai Wang. Later, the Qin army destroyed the dynasty again, and the state of Zhao perished. After the death of Zhao, the descendants of the Zhao surname were mainly divided into two branches, one was the Tianshui Zhao family in Tianshui County; the other was the Zhao family in Zhuo County.

  The leader of the contemporary Tianshui Zhao family is Zhao Rong. Zhao Rong, with a long character, was listed as the "Eight Captains of Xiyuan" with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, etc., and was the "Zuo Captain of the Assistant Army". However, with the death of Han Lingdi and the collapse of Jian Shuo, Dong Zhuo moved into Luoyang, The eight captains of Xiyuan fell apart, and the scenery was no longer there.

After Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he incorporated and adjusted the Luoyang Forbidden Army, and Zhao Rong delegated it to Dr. Guanglu, who was totally out of control. So when the capital was moved, Zhao Rong simply "moved" back from Luoyang. Tianshui.

It may not sound very good to say that Zhao Rong was in Luoyang. Although he once served as the assistant captain of the Zuo Xiaowei, his reputation was not high. In the eyes of many people, he was almost a fart. Scattered, and can not leave too many deep memories.

But in Tianshui, the prestige of the Zhao family is really strong. There are more than ten large and small Wubao, from Xixian to Xinyang, from Shangyu to Hanyang, from Xianqin to Chengji, all of which are Wubao of the Zhao family. , in each Wubao, the guests, tenants, disciples, old officials, disciples, etc. who were vassals of the Zhao family, or five or seven hundred people, or two or three thousand people, echoed and helped each other, forming a huge network of contacts. Even Jiang Jiong's Tianshui Jiang family, although also a prefect, is still far behind in terms of strength and cannot be compared.

In addition, Zhao's original family education had part of the military knowledge, so he knew some methods of deploying troops and training soldiers, and the private soldiers that were rectified were quite similar. Rebellion or surrender, there are constant turmoil, but for the Zhao family in Tianshui, the impact is not very great. How to live is still how to live. Even when Bianzhang Beigong Boyu was the strongest, the Zhao family was only superficial. Just obeyed, and didn't suffer much damage.

   Attack Zhao's Wubao?

Don't think too much, if you push the Zhao family into a hurry, you can still gather 20,000 to 30,000 troops. In addition, most of these private soldiers attached to the Zhao family have been for several generations. The dependence is extremely strong. If the Zhao family is really going to risk their lives, these private soldiers must follow their families and lead their mouths to fight together. Only after the loyal generation dies in the war will the Zhao family completely decline. .

   In this way, those who attack the Zhao family will also have to pay a considerable price, so unless it is absolutely necessary and it is really impossible to fight, most people will not easily provoke the Zhao family.

  The situation like Zhao’s is the same in many places in the current Han Dynasty China. As a result, even the emperor of the Han Dynasty had to repeatedly emphasize in the edict that local tyrants were not allowed to bully officials sent by the court. Emperor Hanzhi once issued an edict "...for those who are short-lived, the prefectures and counties will despise the constitutional defense...or expel the chief officials with joy and anger...", Emperor Hanheng also issued an edict requesting all places, "...the prefectures and counties shall not coerce and expel the chief officials...".

  Therefore, after the attack on the manors of Jiang and Yang in the southern suburbs of the water that day, Zhao Rong, although concerned, did not regard it as a major threat. He still drank wine and danced as usual...

  Of course, it is also possible that they danced on purpose for Jiang Jiong to watch.

   "Brother Jiang Xian..." Zhao Rong pointed to the spinning dancer under the hall, and said with a laugh, "Is this 'Fang Wu' okay?"

In the area of ​​Xiliang, because of the strong influence of the Qianghu and the Western Regions, the dance is not like the dance of the cloud sleeves in the hinterland of the Central Plains. In many cases, they also perform the dance of Hu Xuan, or call it Hu Teng, or Also known as Tuozhi and so on. A dance performed by one person is called "White Dance", and a dance performed by four people is called "Fang Dance".

Jiang Xiong stroked his palms and praised: "The skin is like jade, the light thong made of paulownia, the long elegant belt, fluttering up, picking up the skirt and sleeves, raising eyebrows and moving eyes, walking around hurriedly, wearing beaded hat, people are beautiful, and dancers are outstanding. , Brother Zhao is really elegant..."

Zhao Rong laughed, obviously a little proud, and pointed casually: "If you are interested, you might as well choose a warm quilt to sleep on... The **** the left hand has greasy and smooth skin, and has a special fragrance. When she is sweating red, she is Three points thicker..."

Jiang Jiong smiled slightly and said: "A certain view of these four women, although their boots are weak, toppled east and west, one after another, they are always unsteady, and they echo each other. , will mess up the beauty of these four people's brocade clothes?"

  Zhao Rong's smile did not change, but his eyes moved, and with a wave of his hand, all the musicians and dancers in the hall understood, and after bowing profusely, they slowly retreated.

   "Brother, what you say is that you don't care about the friendship of the four surnames?" Zhao Rong looked at Jiang Jiong with the same smile, but there was some coldness in his brows.

Jiang Jiong cupped his hands and said, "How dare you, little brother. Brother Zhao was a hero at the time, and his actions naturally followed God's will and responded to current events. How could such a common man be able to speculate. But... the book said, 'There is no such thing as tree virtue, and no cure for disease. ’, I don’t know if Brother Zhao is currently ‘building virtue’ or ‘removing illness’?”

  Zhao Rong stroked his beard, slowly put away his smile, and said sternly: "Young brother may as well speak bluntly, Brother Yu is all ears."

Jiang Jiong said: "In the past, I poured water and poured water, and later I was pregnant and gave birth to Shao Kangyan. However, in the cities of Zhulun, there are 10% of the land, and there are many brigades. Now the small officials in Xiliang are in the same land as us, cooperating with the people, ungrateful and plotting revenge, plundering and reckless, resisting the reckless orders, disobeying the will of heaven, and plotting to rebel. and also."

  Zhao Rong listened to Jiang Jiong's words, smiled indifferently, and then said: "I heard that Tianshui Nanjiao Manor was robbed by bandits? Could it be...hehe..."

Jiang Jiong didn't deny it either, but continued: "My little brother is stupid, he doesn't understand the scriptures, he only knows human reason. Although most of the adults in Xiliang started in the grass, the Jiang family has no shortage of etiquette. Spring gifts and autumn gifts, there is no omission. Now the Jiang family has no military support, no support to conquer the west, just transships grain and grass, and does some business business, just seeks the difference, earns some living money and grain... But the Xiliang officials are brazenly doing it, disregarding friendship, Kill my people, burn my Zhuanghe, dare to ask Brother Zhao, is there any reason for such behavior? It is unethical to kill Yang and Jiang today. If we all swallow our anger and let How could tigers and wolves not kill others in the old days?"

"Hmm..." Zhao Rong frowned silently, and after thinking for a while, he couldn't help but sigh, and said, "The people of Xiliang have gone too far in this matter... Brother, are you lobbying for Zhengxi?" ?”

"A lobbyist, haha..." Jiang Jiong smiled and said, "If it is beneficial to us and the four surnames of Tianshui, why not be a lobbyist? What's more, the Yan family is now attached to the Han family, spreading across the countryside. Brother, don’t you want to let Xian not succeed?”

The flesh on Zhao Rong's face twitched suddenly, he glanced at Jiang Jiong, and said, "Xiliang officials are old acquaintances, do you know Zhengxi...how do you know that he has no intention of going to Longyou? If the front door rejects wolves, the back door enters." Tiger, so what?"

"Haha, haha..." Jiang Jiong said with a smile, "Brother Zhao... people have dead people, sons of neighbors who care about them, depending on their steps, they are stealing; their colors are stealing; words are stealing; actions and attitudes , Doing nothing without stealing... Now that we are conquering the west and sitting in the north, taking over the Yin Mountains, setting Guanzhong, and taking Hanzhong, sitting on the world's wealth, how can we want to take the glory of Brother Zhao? What's more...hehe, there are tigers and wolves, why don't you drive the tigers away? Swallow wolf?"

  Zhao Rong smiled, nodded and said: "That's it, it's a prudent word. If you have any advice, you might as well talk about it in detail..."

  Seeing that Zhao Rong finally moved, Jiang Jiong leaned forward slightly, and said softly, "This... forgive me for overstepping my brother...Brother Zhao, it might as well be like this..."

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   "So-and-so suddenly thought of a plan... If so-and-so led the army westward, it might as well be like this..." Jia Xu smiled, moved closer, and said to Xu Shu and Pang Tong.

  Fei Qian, General of the Western Expedition, encountered an encounter, so he naturally needed to lead his troops there. After all, Xu Shu has been in Zuo Fengyi for a long time, and he is familiar with both Tongguan and Wuguan. In addition, these passes are very important, so to be on the safe side, he can't leave without authorization.

  Pang Tong is relatively young, whether it is in terms of how to command the soldiers to serve the crowd, or in terms of specific experience in arranging marches, there are some deficiencies, so the most suitable candidate must be Jia Xu.

  Before leaving, Xu Shu and Pang Tong sent Jia Xu to Shiliting. Unexpectedly, after only a few steps, Jia Xu patted his horse back and murmured such a passage.

  Xu Shu couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard this, and said, "This plan is a bit risky... If you are not careful, it will become a prairie fire..."

  Pang Tong laughed and said, "This is a great plan!"

  Xu Shu looked at Pang Tong, then at Jia Xu, and after thinking for a moment, finally nodded and said: "That's all, it's time for the autumn poem, and it can be paralleled..."

Jia Xu laughed out loud, and didn't continue to explain anything, because he knew that since Xu Shu and Pang Tong had understood his meaning, it would definitely not be a problem in terms of execution, so he cupped his hands on the horse's back and patted the horse. forward.

  Xu Shu looked at Jia Xu's retreating back, sighed suddenly after a long time, and shook his head. Jia Xu's strategy is aimed at the weakness of human nature every time, but basically it will receive miraculous effects, but people are often like this, even if they know their own ugliness, they don't want others to point it out, even for those who uncover the ugliness Jia Xu's plan is extremely powerful, but if these people find out that it was Jia Xu's plan in the future, it will inevitably cause hatred...

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   For those who dare to expose their own scars, they will naturally hate them, but if they see some scars on others, most people will often not be able to bear it...

   Night has fallen.

   Not far away, the gate of the village was tightly closed on the wall of the dock, and a circle of butter torches was inserted on the wall. The night wind pulled the flames long and long, reflecting the shadowy human figure.

The Wubao is too small and there are too many people here, so these ordinary soldiers from various tribes in Xiliang can't enter the Wubao to rest, but there are piles of firecrackers raised on the ground near the water not far from the wall. A bonfire, where you can cook soup and porridge, and add some meat and bones, it is already excellent.

  The large animals gathered in the distance, and they were naturally taken care of. The rest of the people sat around the bonfire, and the weapons were within reach.

  For these Xiliang men, the bitter cold may have become a habit for them.

  The scouts cruising outside suddenly heard a sharp whistle. The men from Xiliang beside the campfire were taken aback for a moment, then immediately grabbed their weapons and stood up one after another.

   "It's from the Ma family!"

   After a while, the sentry sent the news, and everyone relaxed. They thrust their weapons towards them, sat down and continued chatting, but this time, most of the topics turned to Ma Chao and the others...

   "You said it was Ma Jia Dalang... This guy looks good on weekdays, but he doesn't seem to be very successful in battle..."

   "Isn't that right, his Ma family is in blood mold, and the pillar of the Ma family will be gone if they say no, then this one, if it's a coward, it's really..."

   "Not necessarily, last time I hunted together with the Ma family, and it seems to be okay from a distance?"

   "Come on, you are hunting! Can hunting be the same as fighting? This man is not a rabbit, there is a guy, have you ever seen that rabbit come up with a knife and a gun to fight you desperately?"

   "That's true... Ma's family suffered heavy damage this time, and it is said that Ma's Saburo was also poisoned by fire, alas..."

  Most of the Xiliang men are cooking tonight's food with the bonfire. If they are idle, they are idle. Naturally, they are just talking nonsense. Regarding what happened to the Ma family, some people regret it, some people are happy about it, and their attitudes are different, but no matter which one is, it is almost the worst to uncover the scars in Ma Chao's heart, and then smear a handful of salt. That sleazy rock salt that has more sand than salt.

   Ma Chao dismounted in front of everyone's eyes, and arrived in front of his tent.

  The men from Xiliang from the other surrounding tribes were either talking, laughing, or even pointing at Ma Chao and others, full of contempt.

  Pang De, who came out of the tent to meet him, couldn't help being furious, and took a step forward, but was held back by Ma Chao.

   Ma Chao ignored the strange eyes of these people, just bowed his head and said: "It is not appropriate to cause trouble, it is important to take care of the third brother..." After speaking, he turned his head and entered the tent.

   Pound stomped his foot angrily, and also entered the tent.

  That day, Ma Tie rode his horse into the burning camp and rescued Ma Chao, but his shoulders and hair were burned by the flames. Now the fire poison broke out, and he was lying on the felt blanket in a daze.

   Ma Chao took a few steps forward, knelt down beside Ma Tie, and motioned for the guards to crush the newly collected herbs.

   "Water..." Ma Tie moaned in a daze.

   "Quick! Get water!" Ma Chao said immediately.

   Pound quickly handed the water bag to Ma Chao.

  Ma Chao carefully lifted the horse iron, carefully opened the water bag, and put it on the horse iron's lips.

   Ma Tie drank a few sips, seemed to be a little more awake, opened his eyelids halfway, glanced at Ma Chao, and said, "Brother...Brother..."

   "Third brother, I went to pick some herbs...you will be fine soon..." Ma Chao comforted Ma Tie.

   "Hmm..." Ma Tie didn't seem to have much energy. After answering in a daze, he closed his eyes again and stopped talking.

   "Young Commander, the herbs are ready..." Pound said, taking the herbs from the guards.

  Ma Chao reached out to take it and said, "I'll do it!"

  Pang De knelt aside, watched Ma Chao carefully apply the medicine to Ma Tie, sighed slightly, stood up and said: "Young Commander, I went to the surrounding area to find some food..." After finishing speaking, he took the guards out of the tent.

  Ma applied the herbal medicine on Ma Tie's burnt wound very finely. It seemed that the herbal medicine was cool and refreshing, and Ma Tie's originally frowning brows eased a little.

  Inside the tent, the torches flickered, reflecting the figures of Ma Chao and Ma Tie, staggering, big and small.

   "Third brother..." Ma Chao looked at Ma Tie, silent for a long time, "...Third brother, why did you save me? You...you should hope that I die early..."

  Ma Tie was dazed and didn't answer.

   "Third brother, brother owes you a life!" Ma Chao choked up and said, holding Ma Tie's hand tightly, "You must get better, you must get better..."

  A tear fell on Ma Tie's arm and splashed a little, like a transparent flower. Ma Tie's arm seemed to be scalded by this drop of hot tears, and it twitched slightly...

  (end of this chapter)