Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 313 Ma Teng and Ma Chao
Changan.

Concerned about their wives, children and property in Chang'an City, Li Jue and Guo Si took the vanguard as generals and rushed back to Chang'an City without stopping. The news they received from the road was that there was no movement from the Shu army in Chencang, and at the moment Seeing Chang'an was like before.

Seeing this scene, the worries and panic in Li Jue and Guo Si's hearts calmed down a little.

Then Li Jue said goodbye to Guo Si and hurried to his own camp. When he arrived at the gate of his own camp, he saw his nephew Li Wu who had lost Chen Cang. Li Wu stood behind the crowd and secretly looked at his face. He was in a slightly better mood. , suddenly the wind and clouds surged and the waves became turbulent.

"You're such a bastard, Nai Gong will kill you."

Li Jue drew out the sword from his waist with a clang, raised the sword high with one hand, and pushed away the people in front of Li Wu with the other hand, intending to kill Li Wu at the camp gate.

He was very angry about Li Wu's loss of Chencang, so the first moment he saw Li Wu, his anger spurted out like lava from a volcano, and he was determined to kill Li Wu to vent his hatred.

"Brother."

"Brother."

Li Jue's younger brothers, Li Ying and Li Huan, stood in front of Li Wu and hugged Li Jue's body tightly to prevent Li Jue from committing the crime of killing his own children at the gate. The two kept saying: sound advice.

"Ten thousand deaths? Huh!" Li Jue snorted coldly when he heard this, and then he took steps towards the Chinese army's tent. The situation was complicated now, and he wanted to gather the crowd to discuss it.

After Li Wu withdrew from the tent, Li Ying attended the meeting and said: "Li Wu's words are not trustworthy. We still need to send people to investigate the situation in Chencang... But there is one thing. If we raise troops in winter and brave the wind and snow, the number of Shu soldiers will inevitably be insufficient." As Li Wu said, there are only about three thousand people."

"That means I don't have a fever." Li Jue frowned and sighed helplessly.

"The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered? The mountain is covered with heavy snow, and the soldiers of Shu are coming from Chencang Road. How many people can we have? How can we be outnumbered and outnumbered?" Li Jue was experienced in military affairs. He quickly noticed the flaw in Li Wu's words. When marching in the snow, Shu soldiers must use elite soldiers. Moreover, for a surprise attack, the number of soldiers will definitely not be too large. Only two or three thousand can hold up to the sky, and there are not even five thousand.

After a long while, after Li Ying and Li Huan's entreaties, Li Jue gave up the idea of ​​killing Li Wu.

Li Wu swallowed his saliva and attended with a nervous expression. He stood in the tent and said timidly to the crowd: "Shu soldiers crossed mountains and ridges and came in heavy snow. At dawn, the sky was not bright, and the soldiers could not see anything. At that time, they first raided and captured a city wall. After hearing this, my nephew led the crowd to drive out the Shu soldiers and take back the city wall. They fought hard and fought hard, but we were outnumbered, but we were defeated. My nephew wanted to fight to the death. , thinking that no one reported the news to my uncle, I had no choice but to take advantage of the opportunity and leave and return to Chang'an. "

Li Jue sheathed his sword and stared at the trembling Li Wu behind Li Ying and Li Huan. Faced with his anger, Li Wu did not dare to run away or step forward to beg for mercy. He glanced coldly. After looking at Li Wu for a few times, Li Jue scolded him indifferently: "Shuzi, if I hadn't remembered that your father was kind to me in the past, you wouldn't be able to chop off even if you have ten heads."

Over there, Li Huan said: "Brother, Li Wu is his own son. For the sake of his deceased father, please spare him this time."

"Promise." Li Wu was granted amnesty. He immediately accepted the promise, took two steps back, and walked out of the Chinese army's tent as if running away.

Here Li Ying said: "Brother, victory or defeat is a common matter for military officers. You should not kill strong men out of anger."

After being silent for a long time, Li Jue sighed: "Why did Nai Gong use a person like you to guard Chencang?" His brows were full of sorrow, and finally he waved his hand helplessly towards Li Wu: "Get out."

Then there was a period of silence in the tent, like a pool of stagnant water.

"Yes, yes, my nephew set a fire, but it was very cold in winter, but it didn't burn." Li Wu's head was like a quail eating rice, and he lit it quickly.

Li Ying and Li Huan hugged Li Jue to prevent Li Jue from having the chance to kill him. They kept saying words to calm Li Jue's violent mood, hoping to calm down Li Jue's anger.

"Hmph." Li Jue blew out a puff of air from his nose, feeling a little speechless. He originally wanted Li Wushi to tell the truth about Chen Cang's situation, but Li Wu actually started talking nonsense in order to shift the blame.

"Shuzi, you still haven't reported the details of how Chen Cang was lost to Naigong."

"This, this... my nephew doesn't dare to lie. The Shu soldiers are indeed very numerous. At that time, my nephew saw Shu soldiers coming from all directions. The position on the city wall was so narrow that the Shu soldiers could not stand and were squeezed. "Going down the city wall." Li Wuzhang spoke up and told a lie that everyone in the tent couldn't believe.

Although he had no intention of asking Li Wu for the details of the loss of Chencang, after the Battle of Chencang, only Li Wu escaped back to Chang'an. Now Li Jue had no choice but to ask Li Wu.

"My lord, let me ask you again, before you fled from Chencang, did you burn Chencang's treasury to the ground?"

At this time, Li Wu, who was frightened and stood still, finally came to his senses. He knelt on the ground and begged Li Jue for mercy: "Uncle, my nephew was not careful for a moment and was taken advantage of by thieves. He lost Chen Cang. He really deserves it." Ten thousand deaths.”

Not long after, Li Jue sat down at the head of the Chinese army's tent. Holding the sword on his waist with one hand, he glanced at the trusted generals who had entered the tent. After going back and forth several times to determine that no one was absent, his eyes fell on Li Jue. He was the furthest away, Li Wu, who was close to the door of the big tent, said scornfully.

Li Huan was also present: "The Shu soldiers captured Chencang, but no troops marched towards Chang'an. Instead, there was no movement. It can be seen that the Shu soldiers were either too tired from crossing the mountains, or it was inconvenient to transport food due to the heavy snow in winter. There was not enough food and grass, so no further action was taken.”

Li Ying and Li Huan knew Li Jue's thoughts, and after Li Wu left the tent, they spoke inspiring words.

"What the two younger brothers said is true. I have already predicted that the Shu soldiers were small in number and extremely tired. It was just a fluke that they won Chencang..." Li Jue affirmed after Li Ying and Li Huan's words. .

Just when he mentioned the word 'lucky', Li Jue's heart seemed to be bleeding, and his tone was a little weak. Chencang City was strong, and it was a well-known city. With a thousand people guarding Chencang, ten thousand people would be able to take it. However, because he placed Li Wu and other rubbish in Chencang, they were killed by Shu soldiers in one day. What a pain! What a pity!
"Now the Shu soldiers have just captured Chencang, so the situation must not be very stable. I intend to take this opportunity to take Chencang back. I don't know what your wishes are." Li Jue glanced around, made a decision, and consulted the generals in the tent. Views.

"But it depends on the general's orders." "Everything is decided by the general. We will just take the order."

All the generals in the tent spoke out one after another.

Seeing that everyone was united, Li Jue looked a little cheerful. He said boldly: "Shu people have always been mediocre and cowardly. We, Liangzhou, can fight fiercely. One of our Liangzhou cavalry can serve as a hundred soldiers of Shu. Although we are soldiers of Shu now." We took advantage of the opportunity to win a small victory, but after only one battle, the disciplined Shu soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor and retreated to Shu in embarrassment. Guanzhong is still our bed. "

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Tianshui County.

After being defeated by Li Jue and Guo Si in the first year of Xingping, Ma Teng returned to Liangzhou. In the second year of Xingping, he intended to march to Guanzhong, so he stated that the army's supplies were insufficient and requested to go to Chiyang. The army was reorganized into a garrison at Ping'antou.

But this time, generals such as Wang Cheng were afraid of being murdered by him, so they led their troops to attack him when he was off guard. Ma Teng had to flee westward again and returned to Longyou.

After recuperating for a year, in the first year of Jian'an, Ma Teng no longer had the intention to march into Guanzhong. Firstly, Li Jue and Guo Si were still in Guanzhong, and their troops were strong, which he could not easily contend with. Secondly, He and his brother Han Sui, who has a different surname, have recently had a lot of bad blood due to some small-scale conflicts in the following chapters.

However, although he had stopped thinking about marching into Guanzhong, Ma Teng was still very concerned about the situation in Guanzhong. Due to the Qiang and barbarian attacks in Longyou, there had been disputes for years. Although Guanzhong was also subject to constant disputes, it was slightly better than Longyou. If there was any Given the opportunity, he is still very willing to enter the land of Sanfu and run Guanzhong.

No, Ma Teng received several messages from the scouts who were sent to Guanzhong. It seems that there are some different changes in the land of Sanfu.

Ma Teng carefully looked at the silk cloth in his hand. After a long time, he threw the silk cloth on the table and sighed: "How come Yizhou is also involved, this Guanzhong is also a bit chaotic, it's almost... It’s almost a mess.”

Just when Ma Teng was meditating because of the chaos of the situation, a voice came from outside the door. The tone of this voice was pure, without too many impurities or hoarseness, making people feel fresh and natural.

"Father."

Ma Teng gave up his thoughts. He raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him. The young man was tall and straight, like a green pine, with splayed brows and a straight face. He was a bright young talent.

"Chao'er." Ma Teng smiled when he saw Ma Chao arriving. Although Ma Chao was his bastard, as the most outstanding son among his sons, he was talented in both civil and military affairs and was very brave, so he loved him very much. .

Ma Chao looked worried. He came closer and said to Ma Teng with annoyance in his words: "Father, a branch of Han Wenyuona's tent attacked one of our forts again and robbed us. There were hundreds of strong horses. I sent people over to negotiate, but they said that the guide pointed the wrong direction and thought it was someone else's fort, but they never thought it was ours. "

"Have you ever returned the horses?" Ma Teng asked Ma Chao as he cared about the hundreds of healthy horses.

Ma Chao immediately shook his head and said exaggeratedly: "Not even a single hair of the horse was returned... From what I've seen, they deliberately attacked our Wubao and took away the hundreds of healthy horses."

"It's too much to bully someone." When he heard that the horses had not been returned, Ma Teng gritted his teeth and cursed in vain: "What a Korean, I treat you like a brother, but you think I am a stupid pig who took away one of my horses before. Thousands of grains and fodder, they said it was a group of people who acted secretly and the leader had been killed, that's all. For the sake of my brothers, I will admit it. Today, they also took away hundreds of my strong horses, and they said they were guides. I pointed you to the wrong place, and you always gave me sweet words, but you were determined not to return my things... You and I, brothers, have broken all ties with each other today."

"Father, it should have been like this a long time ago. Han Sui is so ambitious. He claims to treat you as a brother, but secretly he robs our property from time to time and treats us as the treasury of the county." Ma Chao affirmed. Following Ma Teng's words, he was provoked several times by Han Sui's subordinates, and he had great resentment towards Han Sui.

Ma Teng began to think about it. As the saying goes, it is better to strike first. He planned to take advantage of the fact that the two sides had not completely broken up and Han Sui was unprepared to see if he could attack and kill Han Sui and end Han Sui's appearance. Brothers.

"Have the scouts in Guanzhong sent back a message?"

Ma Teng was pondering over it, while Ma Chao discovered the silk cloth on Ma Teng's desk. The words "Guanzhong" and "Sanfu" were revealed in the writing.

"Well, it's a message from Guanzhong. The scouts reported back that Chencang was captured by Gan Ning and Lou Fa, generals under Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang. Li Jue and Guo Si were so frightened that they led their troops back to Chang'an, leaving the emperor alone. Return east to Luoyang." Ma Teng explained the details of Guanzhong in a few words.

"Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang?" Ma Chao was puzzled. He picked up the silk cloth and looked at it carefully.

After a while, after understanding the details, he considered: "Liu Zhang has captured Chencang, so he must have the intention to march into Guanzhong. If Li Jue and Guo Si lose to Liu Zhang, won't Guanzhong have to be occupied by Liu Zhang? We must not Return to Fufeng County in the east."

"Yes, if things go as you say, I'm afraid you and I will not be able to return to Fufeng by then." Ma Teng nodded. He is from Maoling, Fufeng, You. In order to live in peace in his hometown, he occupied the same place several times. Li Jue and Guo Si in Guanzhong fought against each other, but he lost to Li Jue and Guo Si and had to live in Tianshui County.

"But it's hard to say. Liu Zhang just took advantage of Li Jue and Guo Si's strong soldiers to be in Hongnong and captured Chencang. Now Li Jue and Guo Si have led their troops back, and Gan Ning and Lou are currently guarding Chencang. I don’t know if I can withstand the attack of Li Jue and Guo Si... The best soldiers in the world are all from the border counties. The three prefectures of You, Bing and Liang are the most prosperous. The people of these three prefectures are very brave and hard to beat. The soldiers of Shu have always been known for their weakness, but they are no match for Li Jue and Guo Si."

"In short, the water in Guanzhong is getting muddier and muddier, and everyone wants to have a hand in it." Ma Teng shook his head. The world was becoming more and more chaotic, and there was no sign of any peaceful trend.

It is difficult to predict the future situation in Guanzhong. After all, the winner one second may become a loser the next second, and the loser one second may become the winner the next second. Who wins and who loses? Who wins and who loses, only God knows.

Still focusing on the present, Ma Teng and Ma Chao discussed: "Let's not quarrel with the traitor Han Sui for the time being. Let's deal with him for a while. When Han Sui's vigilance is lowered, we will seize the opportunity to get rid of the traitor."

Ma Chao nodded and looked forward: "Father, as long as we get rid of Han Sui, no one in the land of Longyou will be our opponent. When the time comes, the people of Longyou will be swept eastward. Who can stop it?" Going to my hometown in Fufeng County is a piece of cake.”

"Let Liu Zhang, Li Jue, and Guo Si fight for Guanzhong for now. We will get rid of Han Sui first, and then turn around and head east. Who knows, we can still reap the benefits of being a fisherman." Ma Teng smiled happily.

(End of this chapter)