Jiang Wei, courtesy name Boyue, was from Jixian County, Tianshui.
Jiang Wei's father, Jiang Ji, was a meritorious official in Tianshui County, and the Jiang family was also from a wealthy family in Tianshui County.
But the difference with history is that Jiang Ji is not dead now, he is alive and well. Jiang Wei in this era does not have the experience of his father's early death.
The reason is that Ma Chao was tricked by the Liangzhou wealthy families in Liangzhou and had to choose a retreat.
In the original history, Ma Chao first fled to Hanzhong to join Zhang Lu, borrowed troops from Zhang Lu, and then joined forces with the Qiang people to fight back to Liangzhou, causing a lot of commotion in Liangzhou.
In the end, he was repulsed by Xia Houyuan and had to retreat to Hanzhong, and later he took refuge with Liu Bei.
Jiang Wei's father, Jiang Ji, was killed by the Qiang people in order to defend Ji County and cover the retreat of Jiang Xu when Ma Chao returned to Liangzhou.
In this time and space, Ma Chao did not go to Zhang Lu, but directly took a detour south to join Liu Bei. Naturally, there was no such thing as Ma Chao borrowing troops from Qishan to besiege Ji County, and there was no such thing as Jiang Jiong dying in the battle to protect his brother Jiang Xu.
Therefore, the meritorious officer of Tianshui County at this time is still Jiang Jiong. Jiang Wei is only eighteen years old this year, and his actual age is only nineteen. He is just the son of the meritorious officer of Tianshui County. He is serving his mother at home and has no official career at all. .
At this time, Jiang Jiong was following Ma Zun, the new governor of Tianshui County, on a tour of Tianshui counties.
It's almost the end of the year, and it's normal for the prefect to inspect the place.
But not long after Ma Zun arrived in Xi County, he received news that the Shu army had left Qishan in large numbers and was heading to Xi County to kill.
Ma Zun was immediately frightened.
Ma Zun was not a courageous person to begin with. He was not even from Liangzhou. He was sent to Tianshui County to take office after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne. Up to now, Ma Zun has not even figured out the wealthy families in Tianshui County. internal relationships.
The large families in Tianshui County include the Jiang family, represented by the county meritorious Cao Jiang Ji, the Jiang Xu family, the Liang family represented by Liang Xu, and Zhao Ang, who is named the governor of Yizhou but actually remains in Tianshui County. The Zhao family, and the Yang family represented by Yang Fu, who was an official in Yecheng.
Ma Zun still can't figure out which of the wealthy families in Tianshui County are loyal to King Wei, and which of them have second thoughts.
Therefore, when Ma Zun heard that the Shu army general was leading his troops out of Qishan and came to Xi County where he was, he immediately panicked.
In Ma Zun's opinion, how could such a coincidence happen in the world? !
As the new governor of Tianshui County, I happened to be patrolling Xi County, and at this time, the Shu army was already rushing towards Xi County? !
If he had not been involved in the king's affairs, Tianshui County would still be leaderless and easily defeated by the Shu army.
Thinking about it again, who is this heartless person who said that as winter is approaching, the county magistrate should patrol the prefectures and counties to calm the people's hearts? !
Ma Zun thought about it and found that the people who said this seemed to be members of the four major families in Tianshui.
This made Ma Zun have to think more.
After all, Liangzhou has been in chaos for more than a hundred years. The people here, whether they are powerful Han people or Qiang and Hu barbarians, are not very respectful to the central court.
Although the Liangzhou wealthy family tricked Ma Chao and introduced Cao Wei's forces into Liangzhou, it was only because Ma Chao was really unreasonable and it was taboo to allow surrender and then kill him. In addition, Ma Chao only knew how to fight, so he could not do it at all. I don't know how to govern the place and can't bring benefits to these Liangzhou wealthy families, so the Liangzhou wealthy families united and cheated Ma Chao.
But it's not that the wealthy people in Liangzhou love the imperial court, they just hate Ma Chao more.
Liangzhou has been in constant turmoil for many years, and it is not completely stable. How do you know that when the Shu army comes, these Liangzhou aristocratic families will still stand firmly with the imperial court? !
Ma Zun didn’t believe it anyway.
Therefore, after hearing that the Shu army was killing Xiangxi County, Ma Zun's first reaction was to run.
It is not very safe to run back to Ji County, which is still the territory of the Tianshui County families. It is best to run back to Pingxiang County and find Guo Huai, the governor of Liangzhou, so that Ma Zun can have some sense of security.
But Ma Zun's decision seemed to Jiang Jiong and Liang Xu who accompanied the inspection to be completely brainless.
The Shu army has just come out of Qishan Road and has not yet reached Xi County. You, a county guard, patrolled Xi County, but you don't want to hold on to the city and organize defenses on the spot. Are you the first to take the lead? !
Is this something that a prefect of a county can do? !
If you do this, who among the counties in Tianshui County will seriously defend the city? !
Why don't everyone follow the same example and abandon the city and leave?
Besides, if Xi County cannot hold on, the next place to bear the brunt will be Ji County. This is the hometown of the Jiang family and the Liang family.
Therefore, Jiang Ji and Liang Xu quickly persuaded Ma Zun.
"Counter, now that bandits are invading the country, how can the Sheriff leave without fighting?!" Liang Xu quickly grabbed Ma Zun and persuaded him seriously.
And Jiang Jiu also talked to him and persuaded him, "Yes, even if the county guard wants to leave, he has to fight before leaving. If the enemy forces abandon the city and leave before the enemy arrives, it will be difficult for the county guard to argue in front of Governor Guo. !”
There is a saying that although Liang Xu and Jiang Ji also have selfish motives, their current suggestions are indeed for Ma Zun's sake. After all, Ma Zun is the prefect of Tianshui County. If he runs away like this, the chain reaction will be huge.
But Ma Zun didn't want to listen to these two people's nonsense at all.
Stay and hold on? !
Are you kidding me? Do you know how many defenders there are in West County? !
Only three thousand!
Do you know how many people there are in the Shu army on the opposite side? !
A detailed return would be at least over 10,000!
How to keep this? !
Well, if everyone is dedicated to the country and unites as one, it is not impossible to hold on.
But the question is, are you guys really the kind of people who would give up their lives for the country? !
Who doesn’t know the behavior of you Liangzhou wealthy people? Don’t look back and I will stay in Xixian to defend the city. You will open the door and surrender and sell me directly to the Shu army.
Anyway, Ma Zun couldn't trust Jiang Ji and Liang Xu, let alone the Jiang family and Liang family behind them.
Therefore, Ma Zun did not listen to the advice of Jiang Ji and Liang Xu at all, and insisted on leaving Xi County. In order to prevent his escape route from being detected by the Shu army, Ma Zun even ordered Liang Xu to be the guard general of Xi County. , Jiang Ji took his place, leaving two men to defend Xi County.
After making this arrangement, Ma Zun hurriedly took his personal guards, walked out of the North City Gate, and quickly fled to Pingxiang County.
Jiang Ji and Liang Xu were stunned. What should we do? !
What can you do? With the 3,000 soldiers at hand, even if you can hold Xi County for a while, so what if the prefects have run away. Do you still expect Cao Jun nearby to rescue you? !
Liang Xu and Jiang Ji looked at each other and saw the meaning in each other's eyes.
Anyway, the nobles in Liangzhou have never been very loyal to the central court. After all, the first people to abandon Liangzhou were these Central Plains people.
But Liang Xu didn't care, but Jiang Ji.
"There is no danger to defend in Xi County. It is better for me to wait until it is broken sooner or later," Liang Xu proposed half openly, half cryptically.
Jiang Ji frowned and said, "My wife and children are all in Ji County. If we surrender to Shu County."
This question also made Liang Xu hesitate.
Although Liangzhou surrendered to Cao Wei not long ago, Cao Wei's system has already spread here. If you surrender before holding on to the city for a certain period of time, the wife and children of the guarding general will be executed.
Liang Xu also hesitated about this, and asked tentatively, "We are all from the Tianshui clan, and our roots are in Ji County. Now that Governor Ma has fled to Pingxiang, everyone in Ji County is my in-law, so it may not be a problem."
What Liang Xu meant was that the Tianshui clan was basically from Ji County. Their ancestors had known each other for decades and were related to each other. And Ma Zun went to Pingxiang County. These aristocratic clans could not embarrass themselves. Human right? !
Jiang Ji still frowned and said, "I, the Jiang family, would never be like this, but the Yang family and the Zhao family."
After Ma Chao was tricked, Zhao Ang of the Zhao family was appointed as the governor of Yizhou by Cao Cao, and Yang Fu of the Yang family is still an official in Yecheng. If these two families are determined to follow Cao Wei, then the Liang family and Jiang The family's foundation in Ji County cannot be preserved.
not to mention.
"Pingxiang County is quite close to Hebei County. There may be something unexpected!" Jiang Ji emphasized.
The distance from Pingxiang County to Ji County is only one-third of the distance from Xi County to Ji County. If Guo Huai, the governor of Liangzhou, learns about the situation of the Shu army, he is likely to lead troops to station in Ji County.
If the two of them surrender to the enemy at this time, wouldn't it mean that the Jiang family and the Liang family will be completely destroyed?
Having said this, Liang Xu hesitated a little.
"If I had known this, I shouldn't have let that cowardly rat leave." Liang Xu said with some annoyance.
As long as Ma Zun doesn't leave, controls Ma Zun, contacts the Shu army, and rushes back to Ji County, there is no chance that the two families can be saved.
but now.
"I'm afraid we can only hold on to Xi County with such a force. How can we hold it?!" Liang Xu had no choice but to seek strategies from Jiang Ji.
And Jiang Ji thought for a long time, but there was no good solution.
When the gap in military strength is too large, tactics are useless.
The most important thing is that neither of them has the determination to defend Xi County for Cao Wei. Why should the people of Liangzhou sacrifice their lives for the people of the Central Plains? There is not enough benefit.
After the two people discussed it, they never came up with any good ideas, but in the end they returned to the original route.
"Brother Zhongyi!" Liang Xu suddenly said to Jiang Ji, "If we return to Ji County immediately, we will tell Governor Ma that he escaped from the battle."
Jiang Jiu understood what Liang Xu meant, but still shook his head and said, "In this case, aren't we the same guilty as that Ma Zun?!"
Ma Zun was running away from the battlefield, so wouldn't it be the same if we just ran back?
Liang Xu suddenly frowned again.
At this time, Jiang Ji narrowed his eyes and said, "It is not appropriate to run away from the battlefield, but if it is to help the Han Dynasty, it is not a bad idea."
Liang Xu was stunned for a moment, then thought about it for a moment, and suddenly understood.
"In this case, we have to compete with Na Ma Zun for time."
(End of chapter)
