Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 613 Han Sui's Hesitation

"My lord, it's you and me again this time?" On the spacious official road, Zhou Cang looked at the surrounding wilderness and mountains, and looked at Chu Nan with some concern.

"Dislike it?" Chu Nan asked with a smile.

"How dare the general, but if someone really assassinates him, the general may not be able to protect the Lord from danger." Zhou Cang said with a wry smile.

In the battle of Jizhou, he hardly showed any outstanding performance. Whether it was Qimen Tiandi or the battle of the army, he could only play the role of running errands beside Chu Nan. It seems that Zhou Cang is not ranked in the first place in this war. From the beginning to the end, Zhou Cang is more like a soy sauce player. Even the newcomer Zhao Yun is better than him, which makes Zhou Cang's confidence very frustrated.

"Under the rule of our army, how come there are so many powerful enemies?" Chu Nan said with a smile: "Although I didn't bring too many troops, how do you know that I have no other means of self-protection?"

Zhou Cang glanced at the demon ants and demon mantises on Chu Nan's shoulders. These two demon pets are only average in combat power. Even if there are other insects on Chu Nan's body, and the goshawks above his head will support them from the air at any time, but If you really encounter a strong enemy, a monster pet of this level will not come in handy.

"Let's go, don't miss the time." Chu Nan didn't explain, and continued westward with Zhou Cang. According to the planned route, he would enter Hedong from Luoyang and then go to Guanzhong, and then Xiliang, Bingzhou, and You State, and finally to Jizhou, Qingzhou and then back to Xuchang.

For this trip, the distance traveled and the cities they experienced are more than double that of the last time. Moreover, there are still many problems to be solved in Xiliang, and the estimated time... three years.

It is undoubtedly unreasonable for others to go out on inspections just after taking over as prime minister, but only the core members of Chu Nan know the significance of Chu Nan's departure for the court, not to mention that he still has to refine The luck of the six states is like its own dragon spirit.

As for the safety issue, Chu Nan has naturally thought about it. In addition to the monster ants, monster mantises, and goshawks that can be seen right now, there are twelve monsters within a radius of ten miles to explore the surroundings at any time. Once encountered, they may be harmful. If anyone who poses a threat to Chu Nan appears, he will give an early warning.

As for the accompanying soldiers, it would make Chu Nan an eye-catching target instead. It was impossible for him to bring an army by his side. Goshawk's job was not to guard, but to take him away when he was in danger.

The two masters and servants walked on foot like this. There was no need for Chu Nan to strengthen the cultivation. The grain seeds in the Central Plains were enough to be promoted to all states. Regardless of the type or quantity, they were enough to support the whole country. In fact, even for Jingzhou, Jiangdong, and Shu Well, Chu Nan has never restricted the sale of cultivation, but whether it can be cultivated is a question that they should consider.

If it is possible to make the cultivation of the Central Plains suitable for the four directions of land without Chu Nan's help, Chu Nan will be very happy.

For reference, maybe the Central Plains grain production will double.

Along the way, if the two of them hadn't refined their luck in the end, they would generally not go to the county to reveal their identities. Most of the time they would go wherever they went to eat, from Luoyang to Xiliang. Normally, if they traveled in an army formation, it would take up to ten days He can arrive there, but Chu Nan is obviously not rushing, what he wants to change is the land veins of the world. Every time he walks a certain distance, he must use earth dragons to change the land veins to increase fertility, and then send a letter to the Xiangfu with flying pigeons to inform them. You can start farming in one area before moving on to the next.

It took nearly seven months just to get to Xiliang.

Jincheng, Han Mansion, after Ma Chao came back from taking the position of Captain Hu Qiang, Ma Teng left Pound behind and went to Xuchang with his family, which was an agreement with Chen Gong before.

Back then, the coalition forces of Xiliang were ambushed by Xin Pi and Guo Yuan in Xihe County, and suffered heavy losses. After returning, Han Sui wanted to take the opportunity to seize Xiliang, but Pound came back to guard it, but even so, most of Xiliang was taken by Han Sui. The territory of the Ma family has not been lost, but Han Sui has already occupied the overall situation in Xiliang, and the momentum of the Ma family has naturally been suppressed by Han Sui.

However, the news of Chu Nan's final victory in the dispute between Yuan and Chu forced Han Sui to give up his plan to swallow the Ma family. After all, Ma Teng was the governor of Xiliang appointed by Chu Nan, and attacking Ma Teng at this time was to make an enemy of Chu Nan who was in full swing. , Han Sui was naturally unwilling, and even took the initiative to accept the surrender, in order to get a chance to continue to survive.

But soon, the new policy began to be promoted in Xiliang. Although Ma Teng left, Ma Chao still carried out the new policy of the imperial court and began to promote it in Xiliang.

No matter how powerful the gentry in the Central Plains are, they can't take down Chunan, let alone Xiliang. In the dilapidated scene of Xiliang and even Guanzhong, the gentry with some background are almost gone, and it is even more difficult to compete with Chunan. As for dealing with Ma Chao, Han Then dare not.

Not to mention that Ma Chao is standing behind the entire imperial court. Dealing with Ma Chao is likely to attract the imperial court's attention. The land of Xiliang is sparsely populated. In recent years, the generals have fought and lost a large number of people. There is not much population. However, the battle of Xihe severely damaged Xiliang's vitality. Even if Han Sui has integrated more than half of Xiliang's forces, he is far inferior to the imperial court's master of all battles.

Even without considering the attitude of the court, Han Sui has no confidence to defeat Ma Chao alone. After returning from the court this time, he can clearly feel that Ma Chao has grown a lot, not only in martial arts and military skills, but also in being a man who is not as reckless as before. He acted quite methodically, and he was quite a famous general.

Coupled with the prestige of the Ma family among the Qiang people, even if Ma Chao is currently in a weak position, Han Sui has no confidence in defeating Ma Chao.

But now there is a good opportunity, which makes Han Sui hesitate.

Chu Nan came to Xiliang, and there were not many guards around him!

When Han Sui heard the news, his first reaction was disbelief.

Although he has never met Chu Nan with his own eyes, he still has some understanding of his behavior. Although Chu Nan is young, Han Sui can be his father according to his age, but in terms of behavior, Chu Nan is quite stable, even if he takes risks. Never put yourself in danger.

How could such a person come to Xiliang alone?

"How did you know about this?" In the study, Han Sui looked at Cheng Gongying in front of him and asked with a frown.

"From the news from the old friends in Guanzhong, the prime minister left Xuchang at the beginning of the year and went all the way to the west. Everywhere he went, he wandered around and did not contact the local officials. He only went to the government office to inform him when he left. It's quite miraculous, as soon as he left, the local food immediately grew wildly, and it took only a month to grow, and everyone thought it was a god who came to the world." Cheng Gongying said.

"Now that Xiliang is nominally attached to the imperial court, the military power has always been in our hands. Could it be because of this incident that Chu Nan came here?" Han Sui frowned.

"This subordinate doesn't know, but I heard that there was a similar thing three years ago. At that time, Chu Nan newly acquired the land of the Central Plains. It took two years to travel the Central Plains. After that, the products of the Central Plains doubled and the people became rich. I thought it was a legend. , but now it seems that this statement is true." Cheng Gongying shook his head, it is difficult to judge this matter.

"If you really do what you did back then, Xiliang should really go there." Han Sui nodded. He still had some old friends in Xuchang, and this matter is clearer than Cheng Gongying. , but the explanation makes sense, and people don't have time to take care of themselves, just pass by, and improve Xiliang's products by their side.

Although Han Sui was very curious about how he did this, but now it seems that he didn't come here specially to deal with him, which made Han Sui heave a sigh of relief.

He took out a letter, frowned and read it for a moment, then put it down with some headaches.

"My lord, what is your worry?" Cheng Gongying looked at Han Sui curiously.

"This is a letter from Huangfu Li, just take a look!" Han Sui pointed to the bamboo paper on the table.

According to Cheng Gongying, the Huangfu family is a big family in Xiliang. Since Huangfu Song's death, the Huangfu family has gradually declined. When Li Guo was in charge of the government, Huangfu Li was more active. Later, Huangfu Li went to Xuchang with the emperor. , there is little news, only know that after Chu Nan came to power, Huangfu Li became an official due to illness, and because of this, he escaped the fight between Chu Nan and the imperial party.

But this time, Huangfu Li obviously got the news that Chu Nanxi was coming, and wanted to fight again, but the Guanzhong area had already been sorted out by Chen Gong. It was almost wiped out in Guanzhong, and it was obviously powerless to want to do something in Guanzhong, so I wanted to bring Han Sui together.

If Chu Nan died in Xiliang, his youngest son was just one year old and obviously unable to inherit his father's legacy, the power that Chu Nan has established now will inevitably fall apart, and the world will return to chaos.

But if the siege fails, then Han Sui will be unlucky, so Han Sui is worried about this matter.

This is indeed a great opportunity, but if it fails, there may be no place for him in the Central Plains.

"What do you want, my lord?" Cheng Gongying looked at Han Sui and lowered her voice subconsciously.

As Han Sui's confidant, Han Sui trusted Cheng Gongying even more than his son-in-law Yan Xing, so he discussed this matter with him.

"Nowadays, the new policy is pressing harder and harder. If the new policy continues, without the help of Ma Chao, the soldiers under him will fall apart." Han Sui said with a wry smile: "But such a big treasonous thing, some people really..."

Cheng Gongying understood.

In the past, the warlords in Xiliang used to raise soldiers by squeezing the people's power infinitely to support so many soldiers and horses, but after the implementation of the new policy, this road was obviously broken, and the Xiliang army and the imperial court were responsible for raising them.

This is not a free thing. When a soldier eats food, whoever gives the food will naturally follow whom, but with Ma Chao, it is obviously impossible for him to plunder the people to obtain supplies like in the past. Ma Chao is very sad about this matter, or Said that he only did this after he came to Xiliang.

The food was given by the imperial court, which means that Han Sui has lost his meaning in it, but the soldiers are used to following him, so they are temporarily stable.

But as time went by, the hearts of the people dissipated.

So from Han Sui's point of view, it would be in his best interest to kill Chu Nan, but Han Sui was also unwilling to take the risk, because once the matter failed, what he would face would be Chu Nan's pursuit. Kill, not to mention Xiliang, the Western Regions may not have a foothold for him.

"Can Ma Chao be designed to kill Chu Nan?" Cheng Gongying asked.

"Ma Chao knows Chu Nan, how could he fall into the trap?" Han Sui shook his head, but then paused and turned to look at Cheng Gongying.

(End of this chapter)