Chang'an, in the Prefect's Mansion. Zhang Ji and Xia Houyuan were playing chess and discussing the recent situation in Xiliang. Both of them were superb at chess. The two dragons on the chessboard were twisted together, and the fight was particularly fierce. Xia Houyuan dropped a sunspot and defeated Zhang Ji.
The white piece on the corner was about to be surrounded. As soon as Xia Houyuan raised his hand, Zhang Ji's white piece fell down. When Xia Houyuan was about to make another move, he found that his big dragon had no way out.
Xia Houyuan smiled slightly: "Sir, you really set a trap for me. By the time I saw it through, it was already too late!"
Zhang Ji also smiled and said: "General, you're too polite. In fact, I took a gamble. If the general doesn't use this move to tie four or three, my trap will not work no matter how good it is."
Xia Houyuan nodded: "The move of tying four and three is just like the current situation of the people of Xiliang. They insist on defending Xiliang but lack of support. They want to break out but are reluctant to leave Xiliang. They hesitate again and again, and in the end they end up regretting it for the rest of their lives.
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"General!" Zhang Ji laughed and said, "That's why I set up a trap here. If the general gets tricked, I will close the door and kill people. If the general gives in, I will pursue him. The general is a great general. I bet that the general will definitely
Won't give in!"
"Sir, you are sure that you have seen through it!" Xia Houyuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If I were Long Fei, this trick would be useless!"
The two of them laughed loudly. There has been no fighting in Chang'an recently, and the Dragon Army pretending to be the Xiliang Army that often harassed them has disappeared recently. Chang'an seems to have returned to its former peace. The city of Chang'an is peaceful, and the people are focused on their own livelihood.
Busy.
Someone cleared the chessboard and prepared tea and snacks. Just as Xia Houyuan took a sip, a messenger hurried in, knelt down at the edge of the pavilion and saluted: "General, Lord Prefect, Tianshui City was attacked last night. Today,
Hang out our battle flag early in the morning and announce that we will join the army of King Wei!"
"Oh?" Xia Houyuan was surprised: "Can you find out whose soldiers and horses did it?"
The messenger shook his head: "The attackers are well-defended and it is difficult for our scouts to get close! One more thing, the detective horse came to report that a group of soldiers and horses rushed out from Tianshui last night and were heading towards Chang'an. The outpost asked if they would intercept them?"
"Stop! Ask clearly before speaking!"
The messenger agreed and turned around to go out. Xia Houyuan looked at Zhang Ji, but neither of them spoke. They could more or less guess who attacked Tianshui and why the Wei army's flag was hoisted. The reason was simple: to put the blame on them and let Han
Then he made trouble for himself. Before Xia Houyuan could speak, Zhang Ji said: "This matter should be reported to the lord as soon as possible. At the same time, I suggest sending someone to Xiliang to explain it clearly to Han Sui to avoid being tricked!"
Xia Houyuan nodded: "I don't think so. Since Long Fei captured Tianshui but didn't occupy it, why don't we send troops to capture Tianshui and gain a city without any effort. Han Sui only has a hundred thousand old and weak soldiers, and there are difficulties in the supply of food and grass."
, even if you want to attack, you have to think about it!"
"By doing this, we just fell into Long Fei's plan of driving a wedge between us!" Zhang Ji strongly objected: "Don't get too angry about this matter. Long Fei is in Hanzhong hoping that our two families will fight and the fishermen will benefit, so we
We must try to maintain this balance so that Chang'an can be truly safe."
The two of them had not yet agreed on how to deal with the Tianshui problem, but another letter was sent from the messenger. The letter was sent from Yecheng, and it was specified that Xia Houyuan and Zhang Ji should open it at the same time. Cao Cao said something in the letter that shocked the two of them even more.
The news. Han Sui's son, who was stranded in Yecheng, fell to death from his horse ten days ago. After investigation, it was determined that it was not an accident, but someone did it deliberately. There is no news about the perpetrator so far.
Zhang Ji and Xia Houyuan looked at each other and felt that these things were too coincidental. The dragon army captured Tianshui and blamed Cao Jun, and Han Sui's son was killed in Yecheng. It was obvious that Han Sui fought against them behind closed doors. Use
They could tell with their toes who did these things, but they didn't expect that Long Fei would use such a dirty trick.
"It seems we can only fight one battle!" Xia Houyuan ordered loudly: "Beat the drums and gather the generals, and blockade Chang'an from today on. No one is allowed to enter or leave!"
When the news came out, the originally lively city of Chang'an became even more lively. The people no longer cared about the things in their hands, and ran back to their homes when the noise was noisy. They rushed into the house in one breath, blocked the door, and trembled in the corner where they stood.
Jiang Wei took Jiang Wen and Jiang Wubing's two dozen brothers walking on the official road leading to Chang'an. They ran all night, and they were so exhausted that they found a place to rest. When they passed Meiwu, the castle that had been built in the past was still there.
At the foot of the mountain on the bank of the Wei River, tall stone towers and grass as tall as a person indicate the former glory of this place.
Under the leadership of Jiang Wei, everyone entered the castle for a short rest. Back then, Long Fei carried away all the gold, silver, jewelry, and grain and grass in the castle, but some furniture remained. Looking at the mottled shadows on the wall, Jiang Wen was amazed.
.It has been almost seven or eight years since Dong Zhuo's chaos, but this place has almost retained its appearance as it was back then. It can be seen that no one has ever been here.
Jiang Wei leaned against the wall, clasped his hands on his chest, and closed his eyes: "Leave two people on guard, while everyone else takes a rest and runs all night, and we will make food when we wake up."
Jiang Wei was sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt that something was wrong. A clever man hurriedly started to act, and there was a group of people wearing Wei army uniforms in front of them. They looked at Jiang Wei: "The bold Xiliang army broke into our territory. Everyone was killed."
I'm tied up!"
"Wait a minute!" Jiang Wei returned the sword to its sheath: "This brother has misunderstood. Jiang Wei is the captain of the Tianshui Prefecture, and he led his brothers to defect to General Xiahou!"
"Design to us?" Wei Jun disagreed: "You Xiliang people just don't attack us, but you still come to defect to us. You must be a Xiliang spy. Catch him!"
Behind Jiang Wei, Jiang Wu was about to take action, and Jiang Wen hurriedly hugged him. Jiang Wei shouted hurriedly, reached out and took off the sword from his waist, and threw it on the ground: "Brother, we are really here to surrender. I have important military information to report to Xiahou
General, I'm afraid there will be big problems if it's too late."
A corps commander whispered something in the captain's ear. The captain looked at Jiang Wei: "It's okay not to arrest you. Come on, confiscate all their weapons and horses and take them back to the camp!"
It was at least a hundred miles from Meiwu to Chang'an. I had just run all night and had to hurry. There was no water or rice all day and night. When we walked into Chang'an, everyone was almost paralyzed on the ground. Jiang Wei asked for some food.
He distributed it to dozens of his brothers, but everyone only ate a little and didn't even feel anything. They asked for more food and it was gone. Seeing Wei Jun gobble it up, Jiang Wei and others could only keep swallowing.
"Give them some food!" A tall man appeared in front of Jiang Wei on horseback. He looked at Jiang Wei and said, "Are you their leader? What's your name?"
"The villain Jiang Wei was originally a lieutenant under the command of the prefect of Tianshui, but because Tianshui was breached, he came to join the general!" Jiang Wei is neither humble nor overbearing, making him look experienced and steady.
The man jumped off his horse and looked at a scribe who followed him. The scribe walked around Jiang Wei several times and asked, "Are you from Tianshui? Where do you live?"
“Jiangjia Village, Longxi, Tianshui!”
"What's the surname of the governor of Tianshui? Who are his subordinates?"
"Ma Zun, the prefect of Tianshui, has many officials under his command. Jiang Jiong, the meritorious cao, is my father, and Yang Ji, the legal cao..."
Jiang Wei answered fluently, because these people were the people he saw all day long. While listening to Jiang Wei's answer, the man looked at Jiang Wei's expression and asked several questions in succession, ranging from Tianshui's government, customs, and geography.
Dabo: "The last two questions, how did you escape? Why did you come to Chang'an instead of Wuwei?"
Jiang Wei did not answer directly, but looked at the two people in front of him: "You are General Xia Houyuan, brother of the King of Wei, and Lord Zhang Ji, the governor of Chang'an, right? To be honest, I grew up with my father in Tianshui City since I was a child.
Mu Qing clearly knows that it is not difficult to escape a dozen or twenty people, so why go to Chang'an? It is the result of our careful consideration."
"Oh? How to think carefully?" Xia Houyuan became interested.
Jiang Wei said: "I expected that it was Long's army that attacked Tianshui, not Cao's army. They just wanted to provoke a war between Han Sui and the King of Wei and profit from it. Han Sui didn't understand the reason. Prefect Zhang and General Xiahou should have seen it. In addition, Xiliang is bitterly cold.
Once Long Fei sealed off Hanzhong, the people's lives became increasingly difficult. Xiliang will be destroyed sooner or later. Little people like us can't make any difference even if we go to Wuwei, so we might as well fight for our own lives!"
Xia Houyuan and Zhang Ji looked at each other: "Very good, it sounds like the truth. As long as you sincerely surrender, I promise to treat you like brothers! Since you are already a captain, then continue to be your captain and be responsible for being a guide.
, we are ready to go to Tianshui!"
"No!" Jiang Wei quickly clasped his fists.
The loss of Tianshui opened the gates of Xiliang, and also lost two generals and 20,000 troops. At the same time, the news sent from Yecheng made Han Sui miserable. He threw down the secret letter and cursed Yan Xing.
He harmed his child. If Yan Xing had not encouraged him to join forces with Cao Cao, he would not have sent his son to Yecheng. Now it is better, Cao Cao not only killed his son, but also took Tianshui. This revenge must be avenged!
Han Sui was so furious that he almost went crazy. With his breasts exposed in the cold winter, he got on his horse with his machete in his hand and said: "Assemble the three armies and set off immediately. We will not look back until we enter Yecheng!"
When he arrived at the teaching military field, there was no one in the teaching military field. Han Sui was furious, raised his hand and cut the boy who was sent to deliver the order in two: "Send my military order, the army has gathered, I want to kill him."
Kill Cao Cao!"
After waiting for another half an hour, still no one came. Han Sui turned his face and wanted to kill someone. The messenger hurriedly knelt down and said, "Lord, please calm down. I have spread the word all over the place, but they still don't come. I heard that today is General Yan's."
On my birthday, all the generals are drinking at General Yan’s house!”
"What? That's unreasonable!" The old man's beard bounced, and he turned around and ran towards Yan Xing's home. As soon as he reached the street, the melodious sound of silk and bamboo came from the alley, which almost drove the old man crazy. He slashed at Yan Xing's house with a knife.
Above the gate, the heavy wooden door fell down with a dull sound, attracting everyone's attention.