Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 512

In September of the 14th year of Jian'an, Duan Muling, still under the alias of Mu Ling, and Deng Ai, whose alias was Mu Ai, set foot on the road to the west.In order to facilitate things, he fabricated his identity as a big family in Liaodong. The two brothers traveled around the world under the order of their father. Mudong and Munan were the followers of the family. Only then went to Xiliang to seek opportunities.After several years in Liaodong, Duanmuling could speak authentic Liaodong dialect, and Deng Ai could also speak a few words, so along the way, Duanmuling taught Mudong and Munan Liaodong dialect, and the two talked in this way.

Non-stop along the way through Luoyang, Hongnong, arrived in Chang'an.After more than ten years of hard work by Zhong Yao, Guanzhong has gradually recovered its former appearance.The destroyed city wall was rebuilt, and it was more than three feet high and one foot wide. There were many shops on the street, showing a bit of prosperity.The cavalry team from Xuzhou Commercial Bank had arrived a few days ago, and Duanmuling decided not to join them, but went their separate ways in case of emergency.

After staying here for a few days, the two had a general understanding of the western form. There are three counties in Guanzhong, namely the three auxiliary: Jingzhao, Zuo Fengyi, and You Fufeng. Li, separated from Chang'an by the Wei River.

When Emperor Xian was in Chang'an, under the coercion of Li Jue and Guo Si, he divided Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, and Xihai in Hexi, Liangzhou, and established Yongzhou.At this time, Liangzhou was basically in chaos, divided by nine ministries including Han Sui, Zhang Heng, and Liang Xing from Jincheng, Yang Qiu from An Ding, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Ma Wan, and Cheng Yi from Hedong. Tens of thousands of people, at least thousands of people, are desperadoes.Because Han Sui was the most powerful, he was promoted as the leader of the alliance, and together with Ma Chao, they were called the Ten Divisions of Xiliang.

The two looked at each other, not only took a breath, but never expected that the situation here is so complicated.The ten fragile alliances are the result of compromises between all parties, and they will annex each other at any time. Ma Teng's return to the east may be caused by his failure to compete with Han Sui for the alliance leader.The lord's strategy of relying on Ma Chao to invade Guanzhong may not work, so what should we do?
Take a look at Chang'an City, it has high walls and thick walls guarded by Xia Houyuan, even if ten armies and hundreds of thousands of troops marched together, it would be difficult to break through this fortified city.How could Han Sui and Ma Chao take such risks?
The two were preoccupied, wandering aimlessly outside the city, each thinking about their own concerns.Suddenly he heard someone shouting in front of him, Duanmuling ordered Mudong to go to inquire, and after a while Mudong reported that Liu Mingxiong from Lantian had just passed by. It is said that when he was young, he made a living by collecting herbs and hunting. Among them, he never lost his way. People said that he could make clouds and fog. When Li Jue and Guo Si made troubles, many people fled to Lantian County to attach to him, and there were thousands of people under him.

"Swallowing clouds, isn't that a fairy? It's a liar, it's ridiculous." Duanmu Ling laughed.

Deng Ai's eyes lit up. "Lantian is in the south of Chang'an. Passing through Lantian, you can bypass Chang'an and go directly to Tongguan via Huayin."

Duanmuling got off his horse, pulled Deng Ai to the river, and ordered Mudong and Munan to stand guard. "I've been thinking hard for the past few days, and I've come up with a plan."

"Tell me quickly."

"The chaos in Guanzhong is definitely not what Cao Cao wants to see. He summoned Ma Teng to Yedu, but Han Sui refused to go. How can Cao Cao let him go?"

"However, Han Sui has surrendered to Cao Cao on the surface. In what name did Cao Cao send troops to crusade? If he sends troops, the ten tribes will surely form a group, with Qiang Hu as support, and geographical advantages. Cao Cao would not have imagined the difficulties."

"This is my first strategy, to destroy Guo by false means. Someone needs to offer advice to Cao Cao to send troops to attack Zhanglu in Hanzhong, and the troops must go through the various places in the east of the river. When Ma Chao and others learned that, they must have thought that Cao Cao was to destroy Guo by false means. Because Hanzhong is actually Yongliang, what do you think they will do?"

"Rise up troops to stop."

"That's right. This is the second strategy, to confuse the real with the fake. Ma Chao and Han Sui raised troops, which gave Cao Cao a pretext to attack, and not everyone among the ten would believe it, so Cao Cao could attack." Duanmu Ling swallowed. . "The third strategy is to move the tiger away from the mountain. At this time, someone needs to offer advice to Ma Chao, and go directly to Tongguan through Lantian to fight Cao Cao, thus losing the geographical advantage."

Deng Ai thought for a long time and said: "Although this strategy is clever, but Ma Chao and Han Sui lose their geographical advantages, so they can't be defeated?"

"Haha." Duanmuling threw a pebble into the river, quietly watching the ripples disappear. "There are [-] people in the ten divisions. The Xiliang soldiers are brave. How can there be any results if we don't fight for a year or so? Moreover, there are many cavalry in Xiliang, and they come and go quickly. Even if they lose, Ma Chao and Han Sui will escape. If Cao Cao wants to keep the pass safe We will definitely lead our troops to pursue them, and the location is good for Ma Han at this time, and it will take another year to completely wipe them out, so we can drag Cao Cao to Yongzhou!"

Deng Ai clapped his hands. "Brother Duanmu's clever calculations, Deng Ai is ashamed of himself."

"It's thanks to your reminder." Duanmuling was also ashamed, he was twice as old as Deng Ai, and if he was not as good as Deng Ai after many expeditions, it would be better to go back and be the chief bookkeeper. "There is still a variable: will Ma Chao take Chang'an by force?"

Deng Ai looked at the tall Chang'an city from a distance. "There are only [-] to [-] defenders in the city. They are definitely not the opponents of the Xiliang army in field battles. They can only stick to it. I think there will be two possibilities. One is that Ma Chao sends a group of troops to surround Chang'an and attack Tongguan. Chang'an will be an isolated city and can be captured at any time." The second is to launch a surprise attack. Huaili is so close to Chang'an, a surprise attack is also possible. In any case, you can't be fettered in Chang'an."

"I would rather be able to encircle rather than attack. If Tongguan can be captured first, the battle will drag on even longer."

"It's too late to go back to Xuzhou at this time, I would like to go to Xudu." Deng Ai was extremely bold, remembering the words "will be away", the opportunity came so soon.

With more guts than me, Duanmuling looked at Deng Ai in surprise, "Is this appropriate?"

"What's inappropriate? I have already arrived in Chang'an and then returned to Xuzhou. I don't know how much time it will take. The teacher gave us an order to find a way to get Ma Chao and Han Sui to raise troops. He didn't explain the countermeasures. Now that we have countermeasures can be implemented.”

Seeing Deng Ai's eagerness to try, Duanmuling also began to feel a little distracted. "You go to Xudu, I'm a little worried..."

"You can rest assured that I will not show up in person. I have made up my mind to give Yang Xiu this opportunity, so that Yang Xiu will also be favored by Cao Cao."

Duanmuling thought for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement. "It's not impossible for you to go to Xudu, but I have to make three agreements with you. One is that Mu Nan wants to go with you, and let him take the lead; the other is that you must not be aggressive and aggressive, and seize the right time; the third is that you return to Xuzhou immediately after the matter is completed. Report to the lord."

"Ah, so I can't go west?"

(End of this chapter)