After Liang Xu and Jiang Ji finished planning, they immediately made a division of labor.
Liang Xu stayed in Xixian to welcome the Northern Expedition of the King of Hanzhong, while Jiang Ji hurried back to Hebei County, pretending to go back to Hebei County to report the enemy's situation, but in fact he really wanted to persuade the aristocratic families in Hebei County to rebel against Cao Wei and join the " Kuangfu Han room" ranks.
In this case, the Tianshui family will occupy Ji County in advance. Even if they face Guo Huai's Liangzhou Army, as long as the Northern Expedition army of the King of Hanzhong comes fast enough, it is not impossible for Ji County to hold on.
Doing this is actually to compete with Ma Zun to see who can run faster.
Ma Zun fled to Pingxiang County, and the journey was one-third farther than Jiang Jiong's flight back to Ji County. It took at least eight or nine days. Even if Ma Zun arrived in Pingxiang County, Guo Huai would not know the war situation after he learned about it. , in order to organize his army to move south and reach Ji County, it would take at least seven or eight days. This was more than half a month, enough for Jiang Ji to persuade the wealthy families in Ji County to rebel together.
After all, Jiang Ji and Liang Xu have already made their choice, which means that the Liang family and half of the Jiang family have already made their choice. The only thing left is to convince the Zhao family and the Yang family.
Jiang Ji is sure of this.
The Jiang family alone may not be able to fight against the Zhao family and the Yang family, but if the Jiang family and the Liang family join forces, the Zhao family and the Yang family may not be willing to die together. If they cannot be persuaded, it is not impossible to coerce them.
Once Ji County rebels against Cao Wei in advance, it is not impossible to rely on the defense of Ji County to defend it.
Although the county seat of Tianshui County is in Pingxiang County, the strongest city in the entire Tianshui County is definitely Ji County.
Ji County was guarded by more than 5,000 soldiers, and Guo Huai's Liangzhou regiment was mostly composed of Liangzhou cavalry. It would be foolish to expect these cavalry to attack the city.
If you are lucky, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the King of Hanzhong may have already entered Jixian before the Liangzhou Army reaches Jixian. Even if you are unlucky, as long as Jixian can hold on for a few days, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the King of Hanzhong will arrive. Guo Huai's Liangzhou Corps will definitely be blocked in the northern part of Tianshui County and unable to advance.
In this way, at least the Jiang family and Liang family business will be saved.
Therefore, Jiang Ji worked hard and spent five days running back to Hebei County from Xi County.
The first thing after returning to Ji County, Jiang Ji went directly to see Jiang Xu, the Prime Minister of Tianshui County, who was also Jiang Ji's clan brother, and discussed with him about raising an army to rebel against Cao Wei.
This is the reason why half Jiang agreed.
The Jiang family is divided into two branches, one is the first family represented by Jiang Xu, and the other is the second family represented by Jiang Ji.
These two groups may have disagreements on internal matters within the family on weekdays, but when faced with family life and death matters, the interests of the family are always the top priority.
What's more, Jiang Ji and Jiang Xu had a very good personal relationship. Historically, Jiang Ji wanted to cover Jiang Xu's retreat, but he preferred to stay and hold on for a while, and eventually died in the battle.
Jiang Ji told Jiang Xu the plan between himself and Liang Xu and sought Jiang Xu's support.
Jiang Xu, on the other hand, was actually a little hesitant.
"Did you know that during this Northern Expedition, the Han army would definitely win?!" Jiang Xu asked Jiang Jiong, "If the Han army cannot win, wouldn't it be causing disaster for the family?!"
But Jiang Ji smiled slightly and said, "Brother, do you think that if the Wei army wins, what good will it do to my Jiang family?!"
When Jiang Xu heard what Jiang Ji said, he immediately understood what Jiang Ji meant.
In the past few years when Cao Wei ruled Liangzhou, his management of Liangzhou was actually quite good, but it cannot be said to be that good for some of the wealthy families in Liangzhou.
Although Cao Wei sent ruthless people like Guo Huai, the governor of Liangzhou, to suppress the surrounding Qiang and Hu tribes and bring a peaceful environment to everyone, to deal with the powerful Han people in Liangzhou, Cao Wei used a group of people to attack them. batch strategy.
Unfortunately, the former Jiang family was considered an unstable factor in Cao Wei's eyes because of its dominance in Tianshui County, so it was the group that was suppressed.
Seeing that the second-rate aristocratic families in the same county, the Zhao family and the Yang family, were slowly growing in power because they all turned to Cao Wei, the Jiang family's power was slowly shrinking. Neither Jiang Xu nor Jiang Ji wanted to see this happen.
Therefore, even if my family is obedient and does not rebel, it seems that they will not have a good life under Cao Wei's rule.
A good opportunity is now in front of you.
The Jiang family and the Liang family have been Han ministers for generations. Regardless of whether the Han ministers in Liangzhou really care about the Han Dynasty, at least compared to the King of Wei, the Jiang family and the Liang family still prefer the Liu family dynasty. of.
Therefore, what they want to do now is not to rebel, but to "eat the pulp in the pot to welcome the king's master", which is reasonable and legal.
But Jiang Xu's only worry was what Ma Chao's reaction would be.
When the powerful forces in Liangzhou joined forces to trick Ma Chao, almost all the powerful people in Liangzhou participated, and Jiang Xu was one of them.
It was Jiang Xu who, together with Yang Fu of the Yang family, was the first to rebel against Ma Chao in Lucheng, which eventually led to Ma Chao being expelled from Liangzhou. What if Ma Chao used this northern expedition to Yongliang to counterattack the powerful Liangzhou? Jiang Xu Xu will not have a good life.
But Jiang Jiu persuaded him, "We are obeying Master Wang and serving the Han Dynasty. We have heard about the benevolence of the King of Hanzhong for a long time. How can we let Ma Chao do whatever he wants?!"
Jiang Xu glanced sideways at Jiang Ji and said to himself that you are not afraid. After all, your wife Yao can still call Ma Chao "brother" when it comes to their relationship.
Jiang Jiong's father-in-law was once Ma Teng's general. Jiang Jiong's wife, Yao, grew up in the Ma family. She has always had a close relationship with the Ma Chao brothers and is considered half a member of the Ma family.
But Jiang Xu did not have such a good life. He originally raised an army against Ma Chao.
"Every family in Liangzhou responded to what happened in the past, and I was not the mastermind of the Jiang family!" Jiang Jiu saw Jiang Xu's hesitation and continued to persuade, "I can't wait to be coerced and bewitched, and I have never had anything to do with Ma Mengqi. What should we fear about private grudges?!"
What Jiang Ji meant was that the people who opposed Ma Chao at the beginning were all the families with big surnames in Liangzhou. Isn't it true that only the Jiang family and Ma Chao have the energy to counterattack one by one? !
And even if Ma Chao had this idea, for the sake of the stability of Liangzhou, would the King of Hanzhong really let him do this? !
Another thing is, the person who killed Ma Chao's wife and children after he deceived Ma Chao into going beyond the city was not our Jiang family. Even if Ma Chao wanted revenge, he shouldn't have come after our family.
The Zhao family next door is the culprit, okay?
Jiang Xu thought about it carefully and felt that this matter was also a matter for the wealthy family. Is it a personal grudge? !
As long as there are no personal grudges, they can naturally find ways to make up for it. What's more, the Jiang family and the Ma family have been friends for decades. Starting from Ma Teng's father's generation, the two families have been family friends. Later, Ma Chao did too much. Otherwise, Jiang wouldn't have opposed Ma Chao.
Jiang Xu immediately felt at ease and agreed to Jiang Jiong's proposal.
However, there is another problem. The current Tianshui County is not decided by the Jiang family.
"What about the Yang family and the Zhao family?!" Jiang Xu asked again.
Needless to say about the Zhao family, Zhao Ang and his wife were the most ruthless people who tricked Ma Chao. They didn’t know what grudge this family had against Ma Chao, so they insisted on killing the whole family.
Is it really that big of a deal for Wei Kang? !
As for the Yang family, Yang Fu was the first to contact various wealthy families and raise troops to rebel. The Yang family also put a lot of effort in the process. I'm afraid Ma Chao's hurdle is not easy to get around.
But Jiang Jiong felt that the Zhao family really had no choice, and there was no way around the hatred of killing his wife and son. But it was not that the Yang family had no reasons to convince them.
Again, when Ma Chao was expelled, Liangzhou's wealthy families participated. Whether the Yang family initiated it or not, it didn't really matter. After all, everyone was just for the survival and continuation of the family.
As long as Ma Chao is not offended to death like the Zhao family, then the Yang family may not be unable to convince him.
Another thing. The relationship between the Yang family and Ma Chao was originally closer than the relationship between our Jiang family.
Don't forget, Ma Chao's first wife was the one who was killed by the Zhao family. Her surname was Yang!
Ma Chao and the Yang family were originally related by marriage.
As for Yang Fu, it was right for him to serve as an official in Yecheng, but the Yang family did not surrender voluntarily. They were "coerced" by the Jiang family and had to surrender.
As long as this is agreed with the Yang family, Yang Fu in Yecheng will not be implicated.
After all, this is the unspoken rule these days. Your Cao family cannot hold on to its foundation, leading to the surrender of local noble families. If you still want to anger officials from noble families in the court, then who will dare to contribute to the Cao family in the future.
What? ! Ma Teng? !
That was different. Ma Teng was a prince, and the Ma family took the initiative to rebel after surrendering. Ma Teng was completely tricked by Ma Chao.
Moreover, Cao Cao did not behead Ma Teng immediately. Instead, he beheaded Ma Teng only after he defeated Ma Chao and had no worries. This shows that even Cao Cao has to worry about some unspoken rules in this regard.
If Ma Chao has always been very powerful in Liangzhou and may invade the Central Plains at any time, then I guess Cao Cao would not dare to kill Ma Teng easily.
This is why Jiang Ji feels confident that he can convince the Yang family.
As long as the Yang family is given enough face and dignity and does not involve Yang Fu in Yecheng, then the Yang family will not mind betting on both ends. Anyway, no matter who wins, the Yang family has the capital to survive in Liangzhou.
In fact, the Liangzhou aristocratic families basically have similar ideas to the Yang family.
In history, Zhuge Liang's attack shocked Liangzhou and all three counties surrendered. But when Zhuge Liang's attack failed and retreated, all three counties chose to submit to Cao Wei again. With such repeated surrenders, Cao Wei had nothing to do with Liangzhou's powerful men. .
After all, neither the previous Eastern Han Dynasty court nor Cao Wei had a good solution to Liangzhou. This place had been disobedient for more than a day or two.
Even later, with the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty and the endless wars in the Central Plains, Liangzhou became a pure land. Even the so-called unified regime of the Western Jin Dynasty had no way to directly and effectively govern Liangzhou.
Therefore, Jiang Ji felt that he could convince the Yang family to at least let the Yang family sit back and watch this matter.
Even if you don't agree, you don't have to object.
As for the last aristocratic family in Hebei County, the Zhao family, Jiang Jiong felt that it would be better to send their whole family to the battlefield to meet the army of the King of Hanzhong.
First, the Zhao family fully supported Cao Wei. They were also the first to advocate leading Xiahou Yuan's army to intervene in Liangzhou's internal disputes, and it was impossible to persuade him.
Both. Even if the King of Hanzhong could persuade Ma Chao to forgive the other Liangzhou families, he could not persuade the Zhao family alone.
After all, the Zhao family killed Ma Chao's entire family, including his wife and children.
This approach is indeed a bit underhanded. Even other Liangzhou aristocratic families do not think highly of this Zhao family.
(End of chapter)
