The Three Kingdoms of the Lu family

Chen Gong was in charge of the military situation, and intelligence from all over the Han Dynasty would be sent to Lu Yi's desk every once in a while.The latest information came a little late because of the battle between the Bingzhou Army and the Ma Teng Allied Forces, and the time was tight.

As usual, the first information Chen Gong sent was about the Guandu battle.

It was already April at this time, the weather was getting warmer, and the fight between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao gradually subsided.After the victory at Guandu, [-] of Yuan Shao's [-] troops were killed by Cao Cao.Another [-] surrendered.

But Hebei is a rich land with a vast territory and a large population. Even so, under the firefighting of general Wen Chou, there are still nearly [-] elite soldiers. With Yuan Shao retreating to the land of Liyang, they are ready to counterattack at any time.

However, following Yuan Shao's sudden defeat, there were signs of many people defecting to Cao Cao in the land of Hebei, including the Ruying scholars, and there were also many rebellions in the cities of Jizhou.There were even rumors going around that Yuan Shao had already died in battle, and people in Jizhou were suddenly panicked.

Faced with such a situation, Yuan Shao had no choice but to personally raise troops, return to Jizhou, and conquer the rebellious counties and counties everywhere, while the remaining general Wen Chou was in charge of guarding Liyang and resisting Cao Cao's invasion.

In the previous situation where Yuan was strong and Cao was weak, the situation was instantly balanced for both sides. Cao Cao did not dare to withdraw the army from Guandu, but ordered all the counties in the Central Plains to quickly allocate military rations.

For this reason, Cao Cao even acquiesced in Sun Quan's "joint defense" against Yuan Yao in Huainan, and even played Sun Quan as Yangzhou shepherd, thinking of appeasement.The Jiangdong soldiers and horses of the brigade also proceeded to Lujiang and Shouchun, emptying all of Yuan Yao's military and political power.

Even Yuan Yao himself was forced to move to Moling by Sun Quan in the name of marriage. Since then, Chengguo, which has been restored for several months, is completely finished. [

After watching the battle situation in the Central Plains, Lu Yi also sighed. The situation of the big man is almost beyond recognition now, and the advantages in his hands are getting less and less, and there will be more in the future, and he can only rely on himself.

In addition to the bad news from the Central Plains, this time Chen Gong also brought a piece of news, that is, the war situation in Jingzhou has finally developed towards a better side.

Liu Biao, who received his own assistance, finally stabilized his position completely, and with Li Yan, Wen Pin, and Huo Jun, three good generals, and with the help of Gan Ning's navy, Liu Biao finally regained the north bank of Jiangxia.

Liu Bei's water army lost to Gan Ning, and was forced to abandon Jiangxia in the end, and turned to retreat to Changsha. Changsha was the foundation, with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan, and Huang Zhong as generals, and they attacked everywhere, completely capturing Changsha, Guiyang, Lingling three places.

In the land of Wuling, also lured by Zhuge Liang's huge sum of money, Gong Zhi, the chief bookkeeper of the Wuling prefect's account, betrayed him, opened the city gate one night, and let Guan Yu's army enter the city.

The prefect Jinxuan died on the spot, and Li Yan and Huo Jun retreated to the Youjiang River, firmly occupying the last stronghold in Jingnan.

As for the Youjiang River, Lu Yi couldn't figure it out for a long time, and finally ordered Liu Ye to compare it with a map, and then vaguely recognized that the stronghold that Li Yan and others were defending was most likely the police!

Although he was very upset that Liu Bei had seized the land of Jingnan, as long as Jingbei did not fall into Liu Bei's hands, Lu Yi could still accept it.

After all, in the land of Jingzhou, most of the population and wealth are concentrated in the Jiangling area of ​​Xiangyang, while Jingnan seems a bit deserted.

And even if he doesn't want Liu Bei to develop, after all Jingzhou belongs to Liu Biao.He could send a small number of troops into Jingzhou to fight, but if there were too many troops, Liu Biao would inevitably become suspicious.

Besides, the Bingzhou Army has no extra energy to pay attention to Liu Bei now.

"Liu Zhang from Nanzhong, Ma Teng from Xiliang, and Zhongyou from Chang'an! These three people are my deepest worries!"

After reading the military situation, Lu Yi rubbed his head. The more his strength grows, the more he feels that he has more things to worry about.

The most important thing at present is how to take advantage of Ma Teng's vital energy to quickly capture Xiliang.It's enough of a headache for Liu Zhang to separatize Nanzhong. He doesn't want to have another Ma Teng in the Western Regions!

It is even more decided that once the soldiers and horses rest for three days, they will immediately enter Jincheng and not give Ma Teng a chance to regain their strength! , [

at the same time,

Just as Lu Yi was flipping through the information and thinking about how to attack Ma Teng.

In the land of Jincheng, within the Ma Teng coalition forces, the atmosphere is also tense and tense!

In the battle outside Tianshui City, Ma Teng's allied forces were defeated, they threw away their helmets and armor, and dared not defend the barracks, so they hurriedly returned to Jincheng with a group of defeated soldiers.

The rest of the soldiers of the allied army who were scattered came to Jincheng one after another after hearing that Ma Teng was still alive.

According to Ma Teng's statistics afterwards, there were only more than [-] soldiers and horses who fled back to the coalition army.

Seeing such a result, Ma Teng's face turned livid with anger, and he wished to bump his head to death. He even gave Han Sui who was sitting fiercely a look, and said angrily, "Come on, give this person to me!" I dragged it out and chopped it off!"

Han Sui originally fled back to Jincheng with Ma Teng, and he was worried. Seeing that Ma Teng was going to kill him, Han Sui was even more shocked, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother, I am guilty! If you kill me, you will let me die too." Have to rest in peace!"

Cheng Gongying also stood up with his sword, and the guards were around Han Sui. He said in a deep voice: "General Ma, now that the strong enemy has not gone, how can we kill the resourceful man? Besides, Yan Xing's rebellion, we didn't know about it!"

"You don't know? Isn't Yan Xing your son-in-law!"

Ma Teng glared at Han Sui, and roared likewise, pointing at Han Sui with one hand, trembling with anger.

Ma Chao's face was also frosty, he gave Han Sui a cold look, and said in a hateful voice: "If Yan Xing hadn't turned his back on the battlefield, how could our [-] soldiers have been defeated so far!"

"I am also angry! I am also angry!"

It was fine if Ma Chao didn't say it, but when he said it, Ma Teng had the urge to vomit blood again. Xiliang was already barren.

Now that they collapsed in the first battle, it will be extremely difficult to gather them together again!Thinking of all this happening because of the betrayal of Han Sui's son-in-law, Ma Teng was about to vomit blood.

How can he still listen to Cheng Gongying's words, he thumped his thigh and shouted: "The soldiers, where are they all dead, let me detain this man quickly, and kill him quickly!"

"General Ma, no! Now our enemy is Lu Yi. If we kill General Han, it will hurt our loved ones and make our enemies quick!"

Seeing that Ma Teng was going to kill Han Sui, the candidate Li Kan inevitably felt sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox. At the beginning, there were more than ten princes in Guanzhong, and now they are dead and surrendered. They don't want to be killed by Ma Teng for no reason. Come out to intercede for Han Sui.

At least with Han Sui around, Ma Teng can be restrained.

The Ma family didn't have any plans, but they could see some clues about the careful thinking of the candidates and others. Ma Teng became more and more annoyed, so he sat up and drew his sword, intending to kill Han Sui with his own hands.

"If you want to hurt my lord, I will lay down my sword first!" Cheng Gongying loyally protected the lord, protecting Han Suidao with his body, and a dozen Qiang guards, also staring, came to Han Sui's side.

"This general is here, who dares to act rashly!" Seeing this, Ma Chao snorted coldly, and without drawing his sword, he went forward empty-handed, but was so frightened that the faces of a dozen Qiang guards turned pale, and they backed up again and again, not daring to look up.

Seeing that Han Sui and Cheng Gongying were about to perish in the military tent, suddenly, Han Sui, who had been kneeling silently, burst out laughing with confidence and calmness.

Ma Teng was taken aback, pressed his sword and raised his eyebrows and said, "Wen Yue, you are dying, why are you laughing?"

"Hahaha...Brother, the reason why you blame me is that I chose the wrong son-in-law, so that Yan Xing betrayed and the coalition army was defeated! But if I can turn the coalition army from defeat into victory, and even very likely to kill Lu thief, what should you do? ?”

"Oh? Wenyue has a clever strategy to defeat the enemy? If you can really turn our defeat into victory, the old grudge will be wiped out, and we will still be brothers from now on!"

Ma Teng's reaction is also very fast, Xiliang is bitter and cold, of course he values ​​promises, but he also values ​​profits. Unless there is an irreconcilable hatred, he can usually let go in the face of interests.

What's more, Han Sui is a famous scholar in Xiliang, and now he still has a good strategy to defeat the enemy. Ma Teng hesitated, but took back his sword, and ordered everyone to sit down, and then motioned for Han Sui to speak.

Han Sui smiled confidently, with a hint of cunning in his eyes, and said calmly: "Brother is worried, although the Bingzhou Army has won consecutive victories, it is not without flaws. Lu Yi is always seeking talents, so we might as well do this, even if we can't Killing Lu Yi will also defeat the Bingzhou army for a while!"

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In the twinkling of an eye, three days have passed since the Tianshui War. During these three days, Lu Yi was too busy to touch the ground. He wanted to reward the soldiers who made great contributions in the battle, and those who performed outstandingly had to be interviewed alone as a token of appreciation. Encouragement, but also to interview the surrendered coalition generals and appoint them according to their ability.

Although he wished to attack Jincheng immediately with his soldiers and horses, but after all, there were too many coalition soldiers who surrendered this time. If one is not good, it will cause chaos and ruin the good situation of Xiliang.

On this day, Lu Yi appeased a group of captive soldiers who had surrendered and ordered them to serve in the army.By the time he walked out of the barracks, the smile on his face was almost stiff, and he wished he could learn the avatar technique. ,

I envy Cao Cao even more, the [-] elite soldiers from Hebei, who say that if they are killed, they will be killed. It is easy and convenient. I envy the dead, but Lu Yi dare not do that. I can't afford so many people, so I have to do it.

If the Bingzhou army did that, Xiliang would not be able to win the hearts of the people. It would be good if these people didn't hate themselves to death.

Fortunately, after three days of vacation, Yan Xing has returned to the barracks and formally joined the Bingzhou Army. With Yan Xing, a general second only to Ma Chao, and the help of Han Dechengyi and others, the soldiers of the coalition army who surrendered were not too big. mess. ,

However, Lu Yi was also a little worried. After all, letting a group of surrendered generals command an army of tens of thousands was a hidden danger, and some checks and balances were still needed.

So not long after he walked out of the barracks, Lu Yi hurried back to Tianshui City to find Jia Xu Fazheng and others, and inquired about how to deal with the surrender.

"My lord, if you want to win the hearts of Xiliang people, you'd better use a large number of Xiliang people to lead the army, so as to win the hearts of Xiliang soldiers and people!" Jia Xu was very direct, and expressed his suggestion.

Liu Ye also nodded, but frowned again: "Although so, Yan Xing and the others are newcomers, and their hearts are not attached. If they are restrained, it is inevitable that they will have different ideas!"

"What's the matter, in my Xiliang land, apart from Yan Xing and others, there are many outstanding civil and military personnel! Just use a group of civil and military personnel with good family background and no connection with the generals in Guanzhong!" Fa Zheng was originally from Liangzhou. Naturally, head towards Liangzhou.

"Yang Fu has lived in the west for a long time, and he has outstanding talents. My lord can order him to send a few people to join the army, and they can also check and balance Yan Xing and other generals!" Zhang Song also spoke eloquently.

It's just that before he finished speaking, Lu Yi didn't bother to listen any more, and ran out in a hurry, ordering his personal guards to send Yang Fu to see him.

Yang Fu was arranging military affairs in the army. Hearing that Lu Yi had sent an urgent report, he thought that there was some serious matter and he lost his military affairs, so he rushed here on horseback in a hurry.When he heard that Lu Yi just wanted to ask the sages of Xiliang, he couldn't laugh or cry.

But Yang Fu didn't dare to be negligent about trivial matters, he thought about it seriously, and said in a deep voice: "If you want to talk about talents, subordinates in other places dare not talk about them, but in the land of Tianshui, there are still a few people. He has talent and is willing to use it for the lord!"

"Whoever it is, I will never refuse anyone who will come! I will only be appointed according to my ability!" Lu Yi was even more happy when he heard how many there were, and promised, patted his chest.

Yang Fu smiled slightly, stretched out a slap, and said solemnly: "Yan Wen, Jiang Xu, Jiang Jiong, Liang Kuan, Zhao Qu, these five people are all capable of writing and martial arts, and they are talented people in Tianshui!"

"Since you are talented, call them all! By the way, why are there two named Jiang? One of them has a son named Jiang Wei?" Yang Fu didn't say anything, and Lu Yi almost forgot. It seemed that Jiang Wei seemed to be the same Tianshui people.

"Does my lord know Jiang Wei? That is the son of Jiang Jiong. It is said that he is quite intelligent. He is a child prodigy in the village. He is just four years old now!" Yang Fu looked at Lu Yi in shock, not understanding how Lu Yi would treat Jiang Jiong. I know so much about family affairs.

Only four years old?

Lu Yi also couldn't laugh or cry, isn't this just a little kid?But anyway, he will be a great talent in the future. Based on the principle of not letting go of mistakes, Lu Yi still decided to bestow Jiang Jiong with a partial general position to win him over.

The rest, Jiang Xu, Liang Kuan, and Zhao Qu, were all the governors of the capital, and they were employed by the surrendered army in Xiliang. They also sent people to discuss with the governor, Wei Kang, and decided to promote Shangbang Ling Yan Wen to be the prefect of Longxi. Send a friendly signal to the scholars in Xiliang.

In this way, Lu Yi was finally relieved of those Xiliang soldiers who had recently surrendered, and urgently appointed Yan Xing as General Huben to lead the surrendered soldiers.

After doing all this, another day has passed.After the army has been reorganized, it can send troops to Jincheng at any time to attack the remnants of Ma Teng.

However, at this moment, the spies in the direction of Jincheng sent an urgent message that the general candidate, with dozens of personal guards, came to surrender!

Hearing this news, Lu Yi was taken aback. Calculated, this candidate is also a big shot in Xiliang, with a crowd of [-] before, he is the most powerful person among the generals in Guanzhong.

It's just that the unlucky candidate met him, was defeated in the first battle, and left most of his troops to flee for his life, but it was easy for him. Among the current Xiliang troops, thousands of people were originally candidates' subordinates.

During the battle of Tianshui, the candidate fled quickly and fled back to Jincheng with Ma Teng. Unexpectedly, he came to surrender now. ,

But after all, he was the first Xiliang prince to surrender voluntarily. Lu Yi wanted to show his dignity to the people of the world, so he ordered Zhang Liao to lead the army to welcome the candidate into the city.Afterwards, they even met the candidates in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Many civil and military people gathered together, and the guests and hosts were seated separately. Even Wei Kang, the governor of Liangzhou, also came to join in the fun and kept saying congratulations.

It was just that Wei Kang's position stumped a large number of people when they were arranging seats. It was Wei Kang who was good at observing words and demeanor, and also wanted to curry favor with the Bingzhou Army, who claimed to be old and unattractive. After Xu and others, before Yang Fu and Yan Wen.

This made Lu Yi nod secretly, sighing secretly that no wonder this person has been governor of Liangzhou for several years, and none of the generals in Guanzhong objected.

But the most important thing at the moment is to meet the candidate, Lu Yi coughed a few times, and waited quietly for the candidate to come to meet him.Now that his status is different, it is impossible for Lu Yi to surrender personally, so he has to go out to meet him in person.

The candidate didn't have such a big heart. He dared to bear the personal welcome of the dignified general Zhenxi. I met General Zhenxi!"

"Hehe, what is the crime of the general waiting for abandoning the dark and turning to the bright? Come, help the general to stand up and watch!" Lu Yi smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, pretending to be majestic, and immediately his personal guards ran to help the candidate, Please sit down on the seat prepared earlier.

But it was under Han De Yang Qiu and before Cheng Yi.

The candidate immediately burst into tears of gratitude, whimpered and said a lot of words of thanks before sitting down on his knees.

"General Hou, aren't you in Jincheng? Why do you suddenly want to surrender?" Lu Yi asked curiously when he saw the candidate sitting down.

The candidate choked up a bit, made a gesture of being moved, and then replied solemnly: "The lord is famous all over the world, and there are thousands of generals under his subordinates, and there are many counselors. The subordinates know that they are not the lord's opponent, so they come here specially, hoping to be effective!"

"Just that?"

"Of course it's more than that. To be honest, Ma Teng has been waiting for a long time to annex me, but Han Sui is ahead, and he has scruples! Now that Han Sui has been defeated, he has been swallowed by Ma Teng. Recently, he wants to annex our private soldiers. Xia Nai, I can only escape from Jincheng ahead of time and go to General Zhenxi!"

"So that's it! Is it just the general? You escaped, what should your family do?"

When the candidate heard the words, his complexion darkened instantly, showing a look of pain, and wept: "We are poor and alone, and Ma Teng persecutes me even more. My subordinate Nai fled. I am afraid that my family has already been punished by the Ma family!"

"My condolences to the general!" Lu Yi's eyes flashed, he comforted the candidate, and then ordered someone to take the candidate down, wash up first, and then prepare for the banquet.

At the same time, Lu Yi also got up and let all the civil and military soldiers go to the city to have a banquet, leaving only Jia Xu and four other military advisers behind, asking: "According to what the military advisers saw and what the candidate said, is it true?"

Jia Xu's eyes flickered coldly, and he sneered, "This is a false surrender!"

Zhang Song's ugly face was also contemptuous, and he said disdainfully: "The acting is not bad, but how can it be hidden from the master's eyes! Why don't you order to kill him, and pass his head back to Jincheng, and you can humiliate Ma Teng!"

"No, no! This person is still very useful! Why don't we do this!" Jia Xu quickly waved his hands, and leaned closer to Lu Yi, whispering a few words in his ear.