Among the Yongliang generals, Guo Huai was Sima Yi's old friend, but Deng Ai was Sima Yi's best friend.

Nan'an is blocking the road to Shanggui. Three hundred cavalry are passing through its territory and must be reported.

Xiahou Ba was arrogant and would rather go around the mountain road in the north than take the traditional Longxi Road, so he took a detour of more than a hundred miles.

This place is still more than forty miles away from Jieting.

Li Mi was just looking for something to say.

Seeing Xiahou Ba's attitude, he lost interest in continuing the awkward conversation.

Yang Zheng led his forty soldiers to cut down the trees and set up camp.

At this time, the Longyou area was quite desolate, with barren mountains and wild ridges, and wild beasts everywhere. The Han people and the barbarians were all fierce in character, working for the people during the day and bandits at night.

So basic precautions are necessary.

After setting up camp, it was already dark.

The wind howled in the wilderness and the howls of wolves came and went.

Yang Zheng always felt that something was going to happen, or expected something to happen, but until dawn, nothing happened.

Li Mi is still alive and kicking, with no illness or disaster.

Maybe it was because he was approaching Shanggui and Xiahou Ba seemed worried.

Shanggui is the gateway to the two counties of Tianshui, Guang and Wei.

In the fifth year of Taihe, Zhuge Wu went out from Qishan and occupied Lu City. He defeated Guo Huai in Shanggui with inferior troops. Sima Yi refused to go out and defended the wall. The Shu army ran out of food. When he retreated, he shot Zhang He at Mumen Road.

At this time, Shanggui was also very lively. There were camps everywhere outside the city. People were shouting and shouting, and there were many Qiang cavalry among them.

Guo Huai had already ordered that all the generals' soldiers should be stationed outside the city.

There was a lot of traffic in the city, and it seemed that all the prominent people from Longyou counties were here.

The mansion was also full.

However, Xiahou Ba obviously could not be compared with ordinary generals. He was considered a prominent figure in Yongliang, so he was directly assigned to a courtyard.

There were quite a few people who came to visit, some of whom were closely related to the Xiahou family.

Xiahou Dun's heirs were not good enough. When his son Xiahou Dun was in charge of Chang'an, he kept many concubines and indulged in drinking and sex. Later, he and several brothers attacked each other, which made Emperor Ming disgusted.

However, Xiahou Yuan's sons were quite capable, and Xiahou Ba was ignored for the time being. The third son, Xiahou, said he shot a tiger at the age of sixteen and was a powerful weapon for Wei, but it was a pity that he died young.

The fourth son, Xia Houwei, successively served as the governor of Jingyanzhou.

The fifth son, Xia Hourong, was able to write at the age of seven and had a photographic memory. When he was thirteen years old, he was with Xia Houyuan in Hanzhong. When he heard that his father had been killed in battle, he drew his sword and went into battle, but died in the battle.

Xia Houhui and Xia Houhe were also talented people for a while.

The Xiahou family is a top-notch family in Cao Wei. It has a large tree and deep roots, and is intertwined with many wealthy families.

In his early years, when Xiahou Wei was the prefect of Mount Tai, he arranged a marriage between the Xiahou and Yang clans and married Xiahou Ba's daughter to Yang Hu.

If we go by generation, the famous Shu Han general Zhang Fei is also the son-in-law of the Xiahou family, and Zhang Fei’s daughter married the Shu lord Liu Chan...

Yang Zheng felt like his head was in a mess.

I met a lot of people with Xiahou Ba in the past two days, and I have a clearer understanding of the Cao Wei family.

Cao Shuang used him to guard Longxi, and it was a good move to divide Yongliang's military power, and cooperate with Xiahou Xuan on the left and right.

If there had not been a disastrous defeat in the expedition against Shu, within a few years, the hearts of Yongliang would have returned to the Xiahou.

On the third day, Guo Huai finally opened the meeting to discuss matters.

More than a hundred generals and officials gathered together.

Yang Zheng saw two acquaintances, Pang Hui and Hu Fen.

The two of them also saw him.

Pang would hide away for fear of getting involved with him.

Hu Fen, on the other hand, smiled and nodded.

Guo Huai was not only a general before the festival, but also the governor of Yongliang. He was in charge of military and political affairs, and he was no different from the military governor of the Tang Dynasty.

If we talk about it, at that time Guo Huai was still Xia Houyuan's old subordinate, and he participated in the Battle of Hanzhong as a marching commander. When Xia Houyuan fell at Dingjun Mountain, it was Guo Huai and the governor Du Xi who gathered the scattered soldiers, ordered the troops, promoted Zhang He as commander, and stabilized the situation.

It won the hearts of the Wei army.

"After the defeat of Shu, seven out of ten of Yongliang's elite troops were wiped out. Guanzhong was empty. We will investigate carefully. Jiang Wei's troops stationed in Hanzhong must have the intention to invade us!" Guo Huai said solemnly in the hall.

When Yang Zheng heard that it was not a criticism meeting, half of the stone in his heart fell.

Think about it, how can a big man like Guo Huai care about an ant like himself?

People may not still remember themselves.

Besides, by attacking the Qiang land, it was indeed the fastest way to quell the Qiang rebellion and stabilize the situation. Calculating it this way, I still have some merit, not to mention the reward, but it won’t hurt me, right?

The generals in the hall were talking a lot.

It did not surprise many people that the Shu army did not take advantage of the victory to attack Longyou.

On the contrary, it is strange that they have no action.

After the death of Zhuge Wuhou, Jiang Wei, the son of Tianshui Qilin, took over the mantle and was determined to expedition to the north to revive the Han Dynasty.

The current situation in Longyou is not optimistic. While Guanzhong is still recuperating, Chang'an cannot provide reinforcements, and the total number of troops in Longyou counties is only about 20,000.

We also need to suppress the barbarians who are ready to move.

During Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition, he had to either direct his troops towards Longxi, or go out of Qishan Fort and attack Gui, so Guo Huai appeared here.

Cao Wei nominally controlled Wudu County, but in fact Wudu was in danger of being captured by the Shu people long ago, and Cao Wei only occupied some superficial territory.

It is not difficult to predict that the Shu army will attack Longxi. Jiang Wei is familiar with barbarian sentiments and has a certain reputation among the Qiang people.

Since the second year of Jingchu, Jiang Wei has repeatedly entered the Qiang to fight and formed alliances with the Qiang tribe.

In the first year of Zhengshi, Jiang Wei and the Qiang invaded Longxi, but were repulsed by Guo Huai.

During the previous Qiang chaos, the Qiang people did not look for Nan'an, did not touch Jincheng, and did not disturb Tianshui. Instead, they focused on a county in Longxi, which was probably a test.

Moreover, Jiang Wei was also the general who controlled the west of Shu and led the governor of Liangzhou.

"General Xiahou, do you have any good ideas?" Guo Huai named Xiahou Ba.

The hall suddenly became eerily quiet.

The first level of officialdom crushes people to death.

No matter how senior Xiahou Ba was in Cao Wei, he could not be higher than Guo Huai's holiday.

What's more, Guo Huai is about ten years older than Xiahou Ba. He has been in the army all his life and has much higher qualifications than him.

Xiahou Ba stood up and said: "Jiang Wei could not raise more than ten thousand troops before, and the harm was due to colluding with the Qiang people. It was difficult for Longxi County to defeat Jiang Wei, but he was able to protect himself."

"Qiang people, Qiang people!" Guo Huai raised his head and chanted softly, suddenly seeming to remember something, "Last time the Qiang people were in trouble, I heard that you had a captain under your command, Yang Zheng, who came to help you pacify the Longxi Qiang people. Did he come with you today?"

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Yang Zheng's heart skipped a beat, it was his turn to appear so soon?

Xiahou Ba winked and came over. Yang Zheng hurriedly stepped out of the queue, half-knelt on the ground, clasped his fists and said, "My subordinate, Yang Zheng, pays homage to General Guo."

Although he was stationed in Longxi, his organization was still that of a Chinese army.

Therefore, I only dared to address myself as a subordinate and did not dare to introduce myself as a family member, so as not to arouse the hostility of the Yongliang generals in the hall.

"But Yang Zheng, the commander of the Wuwei camp?" Guo Huai said calmly.

With an understatement, you put yourself at the forefront of the storm.

I felt that the eyes looking at me suddenly became unkind.

"That's right, my subordinate." Yang Zheng couldn't pretend anymore.

"Come here, enjoy the wine!"

Yang Zheng was stunned and looked at Guo Huai in surprise.

Guo Huai's face was calm, his face in his fifties was as hard as a rock, and his eyes were so deep that one dared not look directly at him.

After a while, a soldier brought a wine bottle and handed it to Yang Zheng.

Looking at the light yellow color of the wine, Yang Zheng had a thought in his mind, wouldn't this wine be poisonous?

However, he immediately felt ridiculous for his own thoughts, but Guo Huai was not like that.

In fact, he picked up the wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp.

The strong wine from the northwest is like fire when it enters the throat.

Yang Zheng drank so hard that he couldn't help but choked and his face turned red.

"How do you like this wine?" Guo Huai's face seemed to be expressionless forever, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

This may also be a technique used by famous generals to control their subordinates.

"This wine is like fire, like drinking the northwest wind."

"Well said!"

"Good boy!"

The hall burst into cheers.

Yang Zheng secretly thought that his flattery was just right.

Although the Yongliang Army and the Chinese Army are on two different fronts, heroes will be recognized everywhere.
Chapter completed!