Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1181 Many people and mixed thoughts

Stars twinkled in the dark night sky. The moon didn't know whether it was shyness or some other reason. Anyway, it didn't come out at all, and there was no trace of it. The sky in Xiliang was always clear and bright, so tonight, the stars all over the sky, Whether it is bright or dark, yellow or blue, they are all incomparably gorgeous, enough to make anyone in the future generations see them, and they will be fascinated and envious.

  When the sun is absent, the moon has its brilliance.

  The moon does not come out, the stars can rule the roost.

  Now, in the land of Xiliang, there is neither the sun nor the moon. There are many stars, Han Sui is the biggest one, and some of them are gradually becoming the moon...

In Dong Zhuo's era, Xiliang was generally regarded as the three kingdoms, Dong Zhuo was the biggest, and then Han Sui and Ma Teng, but Han Sui or Ma Teng alone could not compete with Dong Zhuo, so they had to unite instead. Now Dong Zhuo is dead, and Ma Teng is also dead, so naturally Han Sui's family is left alone.

  Of course, there are other little stars on the ground in Xiliang, but now, these little stars have gathered together and gathered outside Wuwei City.

  Han Sui and Ma Chao joined forces and summoned all the warlords in Xiliang.

  The Xiliang people, after staying with the Qiang people for a long time, basically have the same habits. As long as there is wine and meat, they can celebrate around the campfire all night long.

There are countless stars in the sky, and countless bonfires underground. Anyway, it has entered midsummer. Although it is a bit cold in the wild at night, it is not a big deal for such a rough-skinned and thick-skinned man from Xiliang, let alone wine and meat. It's just light wine, and the meat is just some bones of beef and sheep, but for these ordinary soldiers, it is already quite good.

  The banquet began this evening and continued until late at night.

Except for Han Sui and Ma Chao, the other nine Xiliang warlords all came. They seemed to be in harmony. have their own ideas...

Duan Yan was holding the wine bowl, and his footsteps seemed a little erratic, and he came to Zhang Heng. The two drank the wine, and then danced around the campfire for a while. The dancing posture, let's imagine Two big men with a height of eight feet, big arms, round waist, and beards jumped into Swan Lake, and they were almost the same.

Perhaps it was because of his inability to drink, Duan Yan was jumping and jumping, almost staggered to the ground, and the guards who followed quickly came to help him, but Duan Yan pushed him away, and shouted staggeringly: "I am not drunk ! That one wants you to help! Get lost!"

  Zhang Heng also seemed to have drunk too much. He stepped forward and hugged Duan Yan, and laughed loudly: "Yes, I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk... Drink again, drink again..."

  The two of them put their shoulders on each other, and walked out for a while staggeringly. Suddenly, one of them became unstable, and the two of them fell to the grass with a thud. The guards of the two hurried forward, crossed hands, raised feet, dragged and resisted, and finally resisted the two people who were waving their arms and yelling and not drunk into their respective tents.

After entering the tent, Duan Yao yelled a few more times, then stopped shouting, pushed away the guards, staggered to the stool in the tent and sat down, closed his eyes, and took the heat handed over by the guards. The steaming cloth covered her face and rubbed it vigorously.

After the heat of the cloth towel dissipated completely, Duan Yan let out a long breath of alcohol. Although the skin on his face was not known to be caused by the alcohol or the hot cloth towel, some of it was dark and red, but his whole body There was still obviously no trace of drunkenness.

  Duan Yan threw the cloth towel to the guards, and said in a deep voice, "Go get some hot soup, and get some lamb legs too... I was only too busy drinking, and I didn't even eat a few bites of meat..."

Wuwei is the site of Duan Yan, and also the gathering place of Duan's surname, but unfortunately, not all Xiliang warlords who came here obeyed Duan Yan's orders, and only Zhang Heng and Liang had good friends with Duan Yan Xing two people.

  Although Duan Yan was under Dong Zhuo’s command before, he didn’t actually have much direct affiliation with Dong Zhuo. In fact, it was similar to the vassalship between the Qiang people. Small tribes attached to large tribes, assumed certain responsibilities, and enjoyed certain protections.

After Dong Zhuo died that year, Duan Yan almost didn't think about it, and immediately turned around and surrendered to Wang Yun, but he knew that Wang Yun would not believe him, he just wanted to control the troops in his hand, and he also noticed that the situation in Chang'an seemed to be getting worse. It got worse, so soon after, he managed to escape from Chang'an and returned to Wuwei.

  Speaking of which, Duan’s surname is still Gaomen, which was derived from Duan Huizong, the governor of the Western Regions during the Emperor Han Yuan’s time. After about two hundred years of migration and development, he has now become a master of Xiliang.

If it weren't for the second year of Guanghe, when the crimes of the powerful **** Wang Fu were exposed, and Duan Jiong of the Duan family in Wuwei was implicated and imprisoned, and then died of drinking poison in prison, the development of the Duan family would have been even better. After all, Sanming, Liangzhou , Huangfugui is dead, Zhang Huan has only served as the chief minister, and Duan Jiong has served as the Taiwei twice...

   Duan Jiong is Duan Yao's elder brother. Although Duan Jiong is much older than Duan Yan, but in the big family, there is really no direct and necessary connection between age and seniority.

At that time, Duan Yao also followed Dong Zhuo because he felt that Dong Zhuo had a chance to enter the court, but he didn't expect that Dong Zhuo would disappear in smoke not long after he took power. This also made Duan Yan very depressed. After all, he invested in it A lot of people, money and food were wasted like this, without any return.

   "Brother Duan!" Zhang Heng entered the big tent, bowed his hands and saluted, and he didn't look like he was drunk before, and he was on the verge of falling.

Duan Yan was not surprised, pointed to the seat beside him, and said, "Come on, brother, sit down, let's wait for Brother Liang... Let's have some hot soup first, and lamb leg, would you like some ?”

   "Medium! These **** are lined up to toast, and they can't do without drinking! This stomach is full of wine, and they walk swaying..." Zhang Heng was not polite, and after sitting down, he grabbed a leg of lamb and gnawed on it.

   Duan Yao laughed, and also grabbed a leg of lamb and started to chew.

   Before the two of them had eaten halfway, the guard outside the big tent reported in a low voice: "Master Liang is here." In Xiliang, the high-ranking person is also called an adult.

   "Please!" Duan Yan put down the leg of lamb, and said to Liang Xing who walked into the big tent, "How about it, Liang Xiandi, don't drink too much, do you want some hot soup to sober up?"

  Liang Xing took the hot cloth towel handed over by Duan Yao's guard, wiped his face vigorously, and said in a muffled voice, "Well, let's have a bowl..."

   "Where are those guys? Are you still drinking?" Zhang Heng threw the gnawed lamb leg bone aside, grabbed another one, and said while gnawing.

  Liang Xing drank the hangover sour soup in one gulp, then sat down, nodded and said, "Those guys are still drinking, but when I came over, I didn't see Cheng and Hou..."

  Cheng is Cheng Yin, Hou is Hou Xuan, each has more than a thousand cavalry under his command, and the others add up to three or four thousand each. They are all local warlords of moderate size.

   There are also four Xiliang warlords who were separated from each other, namely Li Kan, Yang Qiu, Ma Wan and Cheng Yi.

  Nine warlords, but the composition is very complicated, some are from Xiliang, some are from Hedong, some are partial to the Han family, some are partial to the Ma family, and some are neutral...

Cheng Yin, Candidate, and Li Kan are all from Hedong, and they are relatively close, but these three people are relatively neutral, and Ma Wan is also from Hedong, but Ma Wan may be because of his surname The reason is that it is relatively close to the Ma family.

The others are all from Xiliang. Among them, Yang Qiu and Yan Xing have a good relationship, so they are more inclined towards Han Sui. Cheng Yi is a solitary and not very gregarious. It was attached to Dong Zhuo before, and later became independent after Dong Zhuo was defeated. Relatively speaking, these three people are also difficult brothers, so they hugged together to keep warm.

"Ha..." Duan Wei let out a voice that I don't know whether it was ridicule or emotion, then waved his hands and said, "It doesn't matter about them... The Ma family boy said that everyone should enter the customs together. For this trip, are the two virtuous brothers ready? what idea?"

   Zhang Heng's mouth was full of meat, and said: "The sea oil is sprinkled first, and everyone breaks the short bear wine for four..."

  Duan Yan seemed to understand what Zhang Heng said, and couldn't help laughing and shaking his head: "I said Brother Zhang Xian, you need to use your brain more or less, help me think of some ideas?"

  Liang Xing said from the side: "I think... this matter is not only about whether we have any ideas, but also whether they have any ideas..."

Zhang Heng swallowed the meat in his mouth and said: "Damn it, these **** are full of gossip, and if they don't enjoy themselves, they don't have a good thing! If you want me to say, just follow Brother Duan! That guy from the Ma family has no hair yet, so he directs this and that, who should he be? Han Wenyue, that old fox, it’s no fun to follow him, he eats meat every time, we can drink some soup at most, he Damn! Brother Duan is better!"

  Duan Yan waved his hand and was a little humble, but he didn't express any disagreement with Zhang Heng's comments about Han Sui and Ma Chao.

"But General Zhengxi took Hanzhong..." Liang Xing was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "...we must take Longyou again, otherwise why would we take Hanzhong? At that time, we will go all the way from Xiabian to the north, and go all the way to the west of Tianshui Entering, echoing left and right, and about Zhong Hanzhong as backup...It is right to act first, otherwise we will be difficult to deal with when Zhengxi gathers an army..."

  Zhang Heng said carelessly: "What are you afraid of? Xiliang is our world! How many people are there in Zhengxi? How many people were there in the imperial court back then, and they were still beaten to the **** by us?"

Liang Xing shook his head and said: "...This is really different... Sometimes there are too many people, it may not be able to do good things... Although the imperial court sent a lot of soldiers and horses back then, we only needed to fight against the Central Guards, and You don't need to fight all of them, if you win a small part, the rest will naturally retreat...And Zhengxi..."

Duan Yan nodded and said: "Although there are not many soldiers in Zhengxi, this guy was fought all the way from Bingbei, Baibo Heishan Xiongnu Xianbei, which one is soft? Which one is easy to fight? But Zhengxi They all won the **** battle! Not only that, but this Zhengxi is getting stronger and stronger. Now that Guanzhong and Hanzhong have been annexed, the next one is either Sichuan or Longyou! So, this Zhengxi should not be underestimated. You must guard against it!"

  Zhang Heng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "So, we can only listen to that old fox from the Ma family boy and Han Wenyao? Send troops to attack Guanzhong together?"

  Duan Yan laughed twice, and said: "Brother Zhang Xian, what you said is also right and wrong."

In fact, Duan Yan really wanted to take the lead by himself, but Duan Jiong had to pay a lot of material resources and manpower in order to become a captain, but he didn't get much back. Not much, money or something is okay, if there is a chance to get a few votes, some will come back, but the manpower consumed will not be replenished in a short time.

In addition, the Duan family made their fortune by suppressing these Hu people in the west. From the Western Regions to Xiliang, there are not a few Hu people who died under Duan's hands, and there are also some who directly wiped out their families. Like Han Sui and Ma Chao, they were so close to the Qiang people, even if Duan Yan was willing, the Qiang people might not be willing...

  Duan Yan is relatively better in terms of reputation, but in terms of manpower, he is not as good as Han Sui and Ma Chao.

  Zhang Heng was puzzled, and asked in doubt: "What is right and wrong?"

  Duan Yao laughed, and did not answer the question directly, but said: "I heard that Han Wenyue, that old fox, sent Yan Yanming back to Jincheng..."

Han Sui also has a son, but his son is thin and weak, and he doesn't like to fight. He only likes to read, so basically he doesn't fight at all, and stays in Jincheng. On the contrary, he is Han Sui's son-in-law. Yan Xing has some military skills. Therefore, it is also quite valued by Han Sui.

   "This old fox..." Liang Xing said, "...Why don't you let Yan Yanming sit behind...to guard against us..."

   Duan Yan slapped his hands and said: "Liang Xiandi is still smart! Then you might as well think again, why is this old fox guarding us?"

  Zhang Heng said: "Brother Duan, just say it straight, this twists and turns makes your brain hurt..."

Duan Yan laughed a few times, then stretched out three fingers, and said slowly: "Jincheng is Han Wenyue's lair, with Yan Yanming in charge, Jincheng will not be chaotic, and it can also be used as a backup, this is one of them; Two, just like what the two virtuous brothers said, letting Yan Yanming come back first is also to prevent me from doing anything; the third..."

Duan Yan looked at Zhang Heng, then at Liang Xing, and then said: "...the pass has not advanced half a step, and the people who marched to the west have not encountered a single one. Han Wenyue, the old fox, withdrew Yan first. Yanming, what does this mean? It means that this old fox intends to let us go to Zhengxi's people to fight to the death first, and he will pick a bargain later... It also means that Han Wen asked this old fox not to want to put in all his strength at this time! Hmph!"

  Liang Xing said: "Then, Brother Duan, what do you mean..."

   "Hehe, you don't think there are so many people in such a desolate place..." Duan Yan's eyes flickered, "Is it too noisy? This time, it should be quieter..."

  (end of this chapter)