Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1196 Who can understand who is right and who is wrong

   Today is not considered a good weather, although there is no rain, but the wind is very strong. The strong wind blew the banner of the Chinese army, and it was pulled straight, as if the entire banner was about to be torn off the flagpole.

Han Sui still had a smile on his face, but there was something hidden in the smile, which was not pure, and his tone was gentle, and he said slowly: "...Those war horses...maybe they were bought by King Di Ren... We have been friends for many years, so how could we go back on our promises and waver our mind at such a critical moment? This is unlikely..."

   "Uncle, do you think my nephew is acting on his own will..." Ma Chao looked at Han Sui, cupped his hands and said, "If it's a lie, my uncle will find out if it's a lie, why should my nephew be a villain in vain? And..."

  Han Sui waved his hand, interrupted Ma Chao's words, and said, "Nephew, that's not what I mean, don't think too much... It's just Diren Wang's nest... this... doesn't make sense..."

Ma Chao was silent for a moment, then said: "Uncle, this statement is wrong. We think it is unreasonable, but it does not mean that King Di Ren also thinks it is unreasonable... Uncle is naturally broad-minded and tolerant of the world, but King Di Ren only ruled the roost in Xiabian Mountain. Is this vision...not to mention..."

"...What's more," Ma Chao looked at Han Sui and said in a low voice, "The Di people are good at mountainous areas, so what's the use of buying war horses? Could it be that the Di people Wang Ke also wants to form a cavalry team? There must be some problems... Before my little nephew was in ambush, he saw that the soldiers of Zhengxi were all over the mountains and plains... Now that I think about it, how could the reinforcements from Zhengxi arrive so soon?"

  Han Sui lowered his eyelids, stroked his beard, and said in silence for a while, "What does your nephew mean to say that the Di people also participated in the expedition to the west that night?"

Ma Chao said: "Uncle and Di Ren Wang had some friendship before, but after all, people's hearts are separated from each other, we treat each other with sincerity, but who can know what Di Ren Wang Ke is thinking? Zhengxi stationed at the Qingni Riverside For many days, if there is any contact with the King of the Di people, there must be envoys, and there will always be someone who will see it..."

Han Sui was stunned for a moment, then he said haha, waved his hands and said, "My nephew is too worried... If there is really a conspiracy, I should try my best to cover it up. How can I let my nephew see the horse and stay behind?" Are there any clues for people to check?"

   "What my uncle said is also reasonable..." Ma Chao cupped his hands and said, "Since my uncle believes in Di Renwang's nest, my nephew has nothing to say... It's just good to be more careful..."

Han Sui nodded with a smile and said, "What my nephew said is... ah, is nephew Tie better? Yesterday someone went to the surrounding area to pick some herbs, and my nephew will bring them back soon. If you have any other needs , let people go to the back camp to get it..."

   Ma Chao thanked Han Sui and withdrew.

  Han Sui smiled, and after Ma Chao left, his smile shrank a little bit, until it shrank into the wrinkles of his face. The darkness between the deep wrinkles is like ink.

"Come here!" Han Sui huddled in the shadows, only showing his mouth and beard, his eyes shone brightly in the shadows, and ordered to the guards who came in, "... take two people, dress up, pretend Look like a Qiang man...then, go to Xiabian City..."

  ………………

  Duan Yan and others arrived in Tianshui with the army two days ago. Naturally, it is impossible for the army to enter the city, no matter how good the relationship is.

  The various tribes of Xiliang came from Wuwei. Although they were cavalry, it was hard work to travel long distances. Of course, they needed to be repaired, so they set up several camps, large and small, on the outskirts of Tianshui Ximen.

  Zhao Rong is a celebrity in Tianshui, more famous than Jiang Xu, Jiang Jiong and Yang Fu. What about fame? On the one hand, one must have talent, but more importantly, one must have wealth. If you have money, you will be able to support a group of sailors. Well, that’s wrong. They are rangers and **** who spread their reputation and influence around them. Those without money, no matter how talented they are, are just poor scholars. …

  Furthermore, the ancestors of the Zhao family were also persons who served as Sangongs, and the family was large, so when Zhao Rong brought Jiang Jiong to visit Duan Yan, Duan Yan even went out of the camp directly to meet him at the gate of Tianshui City.

Zhao Rong was a few years older than Duan Yan, and Duan Yan naturally called him brother. When the two met, they held hands very affectionately and chatted for a long time. After a while, Zhang Heng and Liang Xing also came, surrounded Zhao Rong greeted each other again, and they were all smiling at each other.

   A group of people wandered to Duan Yan's camp, leaving behind the rest of the camps in Xiliang with puzzled or dazed eyes...

"Brother Zhao! You don't have to be polite!" Duan Yan laughed and pushed Zhao Rong to the main position, then sat down by himself, and said, "No matter where it is, even if it's in the little brother's camp, this Brother Zhao still holds the main seat! Hey, don’t talk about it, that’s it, Brother Zhao, you’ll be in a hurry to turn your younger brother away again!”

  Zhao Rong smiled helplessly, bowed to the crowd, and said, "Ashamed, ashamed, so today you will overstep?"

   Duan Yan clapped his hands and said: "What is there to do? It should be like this!"

  Zhang Heng and Liang Xing also echoed.

   "Zhongming, I haven't seen you for a while, why do you look thinner again? Brother Zhang Xian has gained a little weight..." After Zhao Rong sat down, he looked around and said with a smile.

  Zhang Heng laughed loudly, and said: "Ah, Brother Zhao is laughing at me! I'm a rough person, I don't think about eating, drinking, and drinking, and I leave all my troubles to Brother Duan. It's my brother's fault, Brother Duan, thank you for your hard work..."

"Hey, it's all brothers showing love, how can you say hard work..." Duan Yan waved his hand and said, "It's just that I feel really old these days, eh, don't laugh, I really think so, look at me Both temples have turned white..."

   Everyone looked at it, and it was indeed the case, and they couldn't help but sigh.

   "Oh, time is not forgiving..." Zhao Rong sighed with emotion, "I think of when I was young, I was full of ambitions, and I thought I could accomplish something and serve the court, but I never thought... Sigh..."

  Duan Yan quickly said: "It's my brother's fault, which caused everyone to feel sad! Today is a happy gathering of brothers, let's not talk about this, come here, serve the food and wine, if you don't get drunk today, you won't return!"

   After drinking three rounds and eating five flavors, the topic gradually shifted to the entire battle situation in Xiliang. After all, this is the most important thing at the moment, and there is no way to get around it.

   "Ahem..." Zhao Rong cleared his throat, and said, "No matter what, first of all, the west of Longyou is our territory, and it should be our territory no matter what. You don't have any problem with this, right?"

   "This is natural!" Everyone said in unison.

   "Brother Wenyue is very talented, and intends to enter the Sanfu..." Zhao Rong glanced at everyone, and said slowly, "My brothers in Xiliang, we are brothers and sisters. Naturally, everyone will be hurt, and everyone will be prosperous. It is our duty to help each other..."

  Jiang Jiong suddenly cupped his hands and said, "What Brother Zhao said is true, but my younger brother also has something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not..."

  Zhao Rong said with a smile: "They are all brothers of our own family, so there is no restriction, just say it."

Jiang Xiong thanked him with his hand, and then said: "I'm not talented, I just thought of one thing. Please explain to me, brothers... that is, what is the benefit of marching into Sanfu now? Are we going to plunder food and grass? Or population? Or just stay in Sanfu for a long time and never return to Longyou?"

   "..." Everyone fell silent suddenly.

  It’s not that everyone has never attacked Sanfu before, but under normal circumstances, Xiliang was in war and lacked food and clothing, while Guanzhong was relatively affluent. They attacked Sanfu and robbed food and grass to save themselves.

  However, Guanzhong has experienced several wars at present, and has just survived the plague not long ago. Besides, it is inevitable to exaggerate how rich Guanzhong is and how much food and grass there is.

   As for looting people...

  Does this still use looting?

  Some time ago, especially during the war in Youfufeng, a large number of refugees fled around with their families, and some of them went to Longyou. This population has been sent to the door spontaneously and automatically, and it still needs to be plundered with great fanfare? Besides, these people also cost money and food, and there are not many products in Xiliang. Could it be that the looted population came here just to watch these looted people starve to death?

  Who has this spare time?

   Therefore, the biggest and almost the only benefit for the various ministries in Xiliang is to occupy the territory within the Sanfu and enter the main Guanzhong.

  But at this stage, is it really appropriate to enter the main level?

   It’s not that the land in Guanzhong is not attractive enough, but that such a land, even if it can be taken, can it be defended?

   And the most important point, although Jiang Jiong didn't say it, but everyone knows in their hearts, how to divide it after taking Guanzhong?

   You can't just give it to that corner of the site and it's over, right?

"Now is a good time to attack the three assistants..." Zhao Rong said, "...the imperial court has been unable to manage. Zhengxi has won the three assistants for the first time, and people are now retreating to Hanzhong. Even if Brother Wen Yue can't capture and kill Zhengxi, For a while, Zhengxi couldn't return to Guanzhong..."

"Besides, Zhengxi has to defend such a large area from Bingbei to Hanzhong, and the troops are naturally scattered. Therefore, we only need to attack Longshan, and then we can directly take Sanfu. This is not a problem..." Zhao Rong continued, Then he glanced at Jiang Jiong, "But I know what Zhong Yi said, that is..."

  Zhao Rong stopped talking.

   After a moment of silence, Jiang Jiong said: "Zhengxi is good at using soldiers. Although he has not formally fought against him, Zhengxi has come all the way and made great achievements in battle...not to mention, Brother Wenyue before...that..."

   Then Jiang Jiong stopped talking.

  Jiang Jiong doesn't need to say much about this kind of thing, just click on it.

Han Sui and Ma Teng know how to fight better, everyone admits this, but the combination of these two people has been defeated again and again in Guanzhong. It’s okay to be weak, and it’s okay to say that Zhengxi General Fei Qian is too strong, but one thing is the same, that is, the Han and Ma families have suffered successive defeats, and together with them, the Western Liang tribes, they can reverse the situation in one fell swoop , Is the victory set?

Those who were present were those who were from Ban Ke, or who had read some military books and understood some military art, namely Zhao Rong, Duan Yan, and Jiang Jiong, while Zhang Heng and Liang Xing just happened to be by chance and hadn’t read books for a few days , without a teacher's inheritance, he was just a horse thief at first, and then he is today.

If it wasn't for Zhao Rong, Duan Yan and others who took care of Zhang Heng and Liang Xing's face to some extent, and spoke in the most plain manner, they might wait for others to finish talking, and Zhang Heng and Liang Xing, who have never read scriptures, would not know others What does the first sentence you say mean...

  Duan Yan was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Brother Jiang, we know that you are helping General Zhengxi to transport food...Is it because of this..."

Jiang Jiong shook his head with a smile and said, "I'll talk about this later...Let the little brother finish first... If we don't count this time, we should have marched into Sanfu three times. Leaving aside the previous time when we were defeated by Zhengxi, could it be that there is no Zhengxi?" West, will we be able to capture Sansuke? Maybe we can say that we had no choice but to return because of the snow and cold the first time, but the second time is also a disastrous defeat... What does this mean? Our soldiers are not brave enough? There is no one in our Jiang family! This only shows one thing, that is, we have a problem in Xiliang..."

  Duan Yan looked at Zhang Heng and Liang Xing, then at Zhao Rong and Jiang Jiong, and asked, "Dare to ask Brother Jiang, can you tell me more about it?"

   "Brother Zhao?" Jiang Jiong cupped his hands towards Zhao Rong.

  Zhao Rong sighed, waved his hands and said, "Hey, since we've talked about this, it would seem that we're born if we don't talk about it. Let's talk, talk, let's talk about it..."

"Wei." Jiang Jiong cupped his hands, then looked at Duan Yan, Zhang Heng and Liang Xing, and said, "The problem is with us, and it is not with us... Don't worry, don't worry, listen to me, we are all Xiliang people have lived here since their ancestors. Although they are from different counties, in the eyes of those people, we are always the same kind of people... We are Kansai people, no, we are not even Kansai people. We It's a group of people who work with barbarians, and in the eyes of the Kanto people, they may be no different from barbarians..."

"Huh!" Zhang Heng slapped the table, and then came to his senses, stood up and apologized to Jiang Jiong, and said, "Ah! Brother Jiang, I am not targeting you, you are right! I just think of those Kanto People's faces are a little angry..."

  Everyone laughed.

   "Hmm..." Duan Yan signaled Zhang Heng to take his seat again, and then said, "Brother Jiang, you said it was very interesting, this is indeed a problem, please continue..."

"The current situation is not the same as before..." Jiang Jiong cupped his hands towards Duan Yao to express his gratitude, and then said, "In the past, we raised our troops against the imperial court, fighting to eliminate traitors and return the banner of Anping in Liangzhou. Strictly speaking We are not betraying the big man, we are just fighting for our due interests, for the stability of the people in Xiliang, don’t you think so?”

"...We rebelled together in the beginning, just to make a living, not to be angry, to live like a human being, and not to be bullied by the Kanto people. We united and made a covenant to raise troops, and we did it. ..." Jiang Jiong continued, "It's just that there are people who are not. Some people amass wealth and seek high positions when we are desperate. Then our people die and get nothing. On the contrary, they get rewards and become captains. , even a general... Excuse me, we have paid so much, what have we gained? Brother Zhao has learned from ancient to modern times, and is proficient in strategy. When the late emperor was here, he was already the eighth captain of Xiyuan, what is his position now?"

   Zhao Rong waved his hand and said, "Don't mention this, don't mention this..."

"Look at brother Duan again, a brother from the Sanming clan in Liangzhou, how bad is it in terms of knowledge, reputation, and talent? What position is it now? Did we contribute less before? Or did we not do well before? "Jiang Jiong turned to Duan Yao and said.

  In fact, there is no need to name names, everyone knows who Jiang Jiong is talking about, and what Jiang Jiong said is not wrong.

  Duan Yan stroked his beard, remained silent, and did not answer.

  Everyone fell silent.

Jiang Jiong paused for a moment, and then said slowly: "The most important thing is, now it is two thousand stones, and I still want to attack Sansuke and take Guanzhong. What do we want to do? And we, should we, or , can you, is it worth continuing to be together?"

  Duan Yan raised his head suddenly, and then saw the indescribable eyes from Zhang Heng and Liang Xing...

  (end of this chapter)