The meeting hall was filled with cheers. Looking at the still excited people below, Xu Shu took the lead to calm down.
With a slight cough, he saw that everyone gradually stopped making noises, and then slowly spoke: "General Xu, you are responsible for treating the wounded, and also order the kitchen to make more meat for the brothers! You must do a good job in comforting the families of the dead brothers. The pension paid cannot be less than one tael!
Yang Ang, you need to sort out the arrangements for prisoners of war and trophies as soon as possible, and then discuss with Xu Rong how to distribute horses and armor! As for the property, it was distributed to the soldiers who went on the expedition. By the way, Brother Wenhou made a great contribution this time, so he gave an extra 20% to the Xiaoyue clan! "
After the two of them were ordered to retreat, only Marquis Li Wen was left in the hall. Xu Shu came closer, lightly hammered the opponent's chest, and said with a smile: "Brother Marquis Wen, we are all members of our own family, so I won't thank you for your kindness!"
"It's superfluous to say this. Whether you want to thank me or not, just like my lord said, it's all my own business! If you have any other instructions next, it doesn't matter, lord!"
"Brother Marquis Wen, please return to the Xiaoyue Clan. On the one hand, you are waiting for news from Beigong Boyu. On the other hand, you will continue to send people to investigate Han Sui's movements. When the army is in full swing, you must contain Han Sui's army. Remember, you only need to contain it. But, no need to attack!”
"Then here in Wudu..."
"Don't worry, Marquis Wen, we have countermeasures here."
After a while, looking at Li Wenhou's leaving figure, Xu Shu sighed inwardly: "Why don't you want to eliminate Han Sui directly?" But leaving aside Li Jue's army and the eyeing Cao Cao, Han Sui's deathbed counterattack alone is not something that the military capital at this stage can bear, not to mention Ma Chao who is watching from the sidelines. 'Thinking of this, Xu Shu had a flash of inspiration in his mind and murmured to himself: "Ma Chao... General Shenwei Tian..."
Juting County is located in the northernmost part of Zhangye County. The name "Juyan" originated in the Western Han Dynasty. It is thought to be the transliteration of the Xiongnu language, and it is said to be "Qilian". In the third year of Taichu (102 BC), the Han Dynasty established Juyan County to the north of Zhangye County, officially included this place in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and established a Duwei Mansion for farming. In order to avoid being involved in the Liangzhou Rebellion, Ma Chao was stationed here at this moment.
The next day, in the Juting camp, Ma Chao put down the two letters in his hands and asked, "What do you think?"
The subject of the question, one with thick eyebrows and big eyes, looks somewhat similar to Ma Chao. It is Ma Dai who has returned from Wudu. The other person with thick eyebrows and raised nose, with a black face and short beard, is Ma Teng's general Pang Dezi Lingming. , although his bravery is not as good as Ma Chao, but in terms of courage and strategy, he is still superior.
Pang De was the first to speak: "Han Sui... No, it should be said that Cao Cao allowed us to share control of Liangzhou with Han Sui. The price was that after Li Jue and Lu Bu were both injured, we would attack Wudu with Han Sui; and Wudu sent us The letter not only stated his identity as the governor of Wudu, Xu Shu also represented General Xu, the king of Hongnong, as the shepherd of Liangzhou. The price was that if Cao Cao marched into Liangzhou, he would join forces to encircle and suppress Cao Cao. On the surface, although King Hongnong's conditions were more favorable, But in fact it is very difficult, and according to the soldiers who came back..."
"Shut up!!" Before Pound could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Ma Dai on the side! The latter glared at Pound and said word by word: "Dai was also present when my uncle was killed. Although he was far away, the murderer who killed my uncle vaguely resembled Han Sui's dog thief general Yan Xing!"
Pang De bowed his hands to Ma Dai, and said in a hurry: "Bozhan (Ma Dai's word) must not be angry. If it is said by King Hongnong that the ambush of the late master was made, Pang certainly does not believe it, let alone say The First Lord originally thought that Taishi would follow suit, and his motives alone are quite suspicious, but after all, people's words are scary. Our Han Dynasty governs the world with filial piety, and there seems to be someone in the army who deliberately promotes it... Well, in short, Pang felt that now At this stage, we might as well not help each other and sit back and watch the situation develop."
"Dai disagrees with General Pang's opinion. My uncle's last wish during his lifetime was to promote the glory of my ancestors, help the generals collapse the building, and eliminate the traitors and sycophants for our great man. Now King Hongnong has just emerged, and we are at this moment. By standing idly by and even adding insult to injury, aren’t you afraid of being ashamed of your ancestors after a hundred years of death?!”
"enough!!"
Ma Chao kicked the table in front of him away with a sudden kick, then stood up and glared at Ma Dai: "Glory to the ancestors, glory to the ancestors! My father always kept these four words on his lips before he was alive, what the glory of the ancestors! Back then, Grand Master Dong devoted himself to waiting for us. Think about it, what's the result? Not only will he be cut to pieces, but he won't even be able to protect his family members!
Nowadays, only a few members of his family are still alive, and among the scholars in the Central Plains, he has become a traitorous official who has done all kinds of evil, and has even been infamy for thousands of years! And how much better could our current situation be?
Whether it's King Hongnong or Cao Cao, our status is there. To put it nicely, we are the Queen of Zhongliang, but to put it bluntly, we are just dogs in their eyes! A dog that bites! Come when you call it, go when you wave it! Since they treat us as dogs, we don’t have to treat them as humans. Let them bite each other. We will just wait and see what happens! "After saying that, he walked away. Only Ma and Pang were left in the tent, looking at each other, and then silently returned to their respective tents.
Coincidentally, at the same time, Hebei-Yecheng
In the general's mansion, Yuan Shao was rubbing his forehead and staring at the two letters in front of him. During the day, Yuan Shao was very annoyed by the quarrels in the meeting hall. At this time, a servant came to report: "General, Mr. Xu You is here. ask to see!"
Seven days flew by.
Liangzhou and Tianshui County!
After seven days of marching, Li Jue's army finally arrived in Pingxiang County. Looking at Tianshui City, which was vaguely visible in the distance, Li Jue let out a long sigh of relief. Since his vanguard army suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, its mobility was greatly reduced.
The other party valued this very much. In the past seven days, the team had been constantly harassed by Lu Bu's army, so Li Jue had to gather his troops, put the food, grass and baggage in the center of the team and move forward slowly to avoid being robbed.
In addition, news came from the sentinel that Dong Yue led 20,000 men to garrison troops in Zhang County, which forced Li Jue to station 20,000 troops in Xiangwu to prevent him from sneak attacks from behind. At this time, although Li Jue's army had less than 80,000 soldiers left, it still had an overwhelming advantage over the more than 10,000 defenders of Tianshui City.
On the wall of Tianshui City, Lu Bu looked at the overwhelming army in the distance, but he did not have any fear in his heart. Zhang Liao had indeed lived up to expectations and had used all the means he could use in this battle to the extreme. These seven days seemed to be very short, but not only did the morale of both sides decline. It was completely reversed and gave Zhang Liao enough time to arrange.
Seven days ago, in the Tianshui City Guards' Mansion, Zhang Liao was sitting in the main seat, Lu Bu was sitting beside him, and the others were lined up below on both sides, all with solemn expressions on their faces.
Zhang Liao was the first to speak: "After the previous battle, the vanguard camp of Li Jue's army was almost wiped out. All the captured troops were divided equally between our army and Dong Yue's army, which is equivalent to our army gaining more than 5,000 war horses out of thin air!"
Seeing that everyone looked happy, Zhang Liao cleared his throat and continued: "However, the real war has just begun. First of all, mobility is our greatest advantage. News came from Wudu that 10,000 horses were sent to divide the army into three armies. The two teams should cooperate with us to harass Li Jue's army, but this is not enough. We also need to send people to harass Li Jue's army together, making it difficult for them to take care of them! Which of you is willing to go?"
"The general will go where he wishes!"
"I have long wanted to kill Li Jue, leave it to me!"...
For a moment, shouts and shouts rang out in the hall! Zhang Liao and Lu Bu looked at each other with smiles on their faces.
Lu Bu was the first to put away his smile, clapped his hands and said, "Quiet! Quiet! Look what you look like!"
Seeing that the hall was quiet again, Lu Bu's serious face could no longer be tense, and he showed a smile and said to Zhang Liao: "Well... Wen Yuan, why don't you let me go?"
Hearing this, everyone had a dark look on their faces!
Zhang Liao smiled bitterly and said: "Marquis Wen is joking. Although you are as brave as the overlord of Western Chu, you are the backbone of all of us and need to be in charge of Tianshui. As the saying goes, swords have no eyes. Look at Lao Hua. Who else is there in the whole tent except Marquis Wen?" You dare to say that your force is higher than his, but the result is that you are recovering at home?"
Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter!
