It can be said that there are few people in this era who can match Wolong Zhuge Liang's talents.
Now some people claim to be a combination of Jiang Ziya, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang.
Such arrogance.
Ma Su almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.
Everyone came to the main hall of the Qu family and sat down respectively.
Thinking of the current crisis facing the Qu family, Qu Yun felt restless and wanted to get to the point right away, and the two families would join forces to kill the bald Xianbei.
Let the bald Shoutian know the consequences of provoking his Qu family.
But the old man Ma Di was sitting in the guest seat, chatting with him casually, without any rush.
Depending on the situation, Ma Su will not rashly bring up the alliance before the atmosphere is established.
After drinking one bottle of wine after another, Qu Yun soon became a little tipsy and couldn't help but bring the topic to the main topic.
"Mr. Ma came all the way, maybe not just to ask for a drink of water, right?"
of course not!
Ma Su stopped the wine bottle, looked directly at Qu Yun, and said straight to the point: "What does Lord Qu think of Xu Miao?"
Xu Miao?
A great talent in governing the country, he was a minister highly regarded by the three emperors of Cao and Wei.
But obviously, this is the standard answer, but it is not the answer Ma Su wants to hear.
"Sooner or later I will capture the minions who usurped the Wei Dynasty!" Qu Yun made a sonorous statement, and then asked: "What do you think of Mr. Ma, the bald Shouchan?"
At this time, Dai Ling suddenly took over the conversation: "Could it be that the person you are talking about is the bald Shouguan, the son of the bald Xianbei leader Tuoba Pigu?"
"It's him." Qu Yun nodded: "Tuoba Pigu died this autumn, and suddenly the leader of the Xianbei tribe turned out to be Shouchan."
Ma Di understood: "It seems that these aliens who invaded the Han Dynasty are not killed and kept to celebrate the New Year?!"
The two looked at each other and laughed tacitly.
In the hall, those members of the Qu family who understood the hidden meaning in the words all nodded in understanding; those who did not understand were confused, and their heads were full of questions.
Just laugh.
Qu Yun first waved his hand to screen away the crowd, and then raised his hand to Ma Su: "To be honest, my Qu family is in big trouble, and I hope General Ma can help me!"
Now let’s briefly describe the whole story of how Bald Shoutian besieged Linqiang’s family.
After hearing this, Ma Su said sternly: "Easy to say, easy to say, if Shouchan dares to attack Changning, I will make him never come back!"
This is not done casually.
Although the tentacles of Bald Xianbei have just entered the three eastern counties of Liangzhou, they have actually occupied Xijun and Xihai counties in northwest Liangzhou for ten years.
If Ma Su wants to conquer Liangzhou, he will definitely confront them.
Since we are enemies sooner or later, there is no need to be merciful.
Qu Yun sighed, with a worried look on his face: "The Khotan soldiers have been surrounding my Linqiang Qu family for seven days now. The situation is very critical now. We must first resolve the Linqiang crisis before we can think about anything else."
"If the general is willing to join the battlefield at this time, and attack Xianbei from both sides with our soldiers, and attack Shouguan by surprise, he will be able to succeed in one attack! That Shouguan is the supreme leader of Bald Xianbei, if he dies, Xianbei will be defeated!"
"I wonder what the general thinks of this strategy?"
When saying this, Qu Yun looked specifically at Qu Shang, who looked proud.
Obviously he thought the plan he came up with was very clever.
I have no soldiers in my hands, how can I attack? Ma Su waved his hand slightly, and said carefully: "No, this plan is very wrong. If Shouguan dies, his tribe will scatter in all directions. If there is a hero in Xianbei one day, he will come back."
Liangzhou, what can Ruzhi do?"
"Moreover, your Qu family has repeatedly rebelled against the Wei State, but it is still able to stand in Liangzhou and not fall. It is because of the strength of Shouchan, Xianbei and Qiang Di."
"If Qiang, Di and Xianbei are removed now, your Qu family will be in great trouble soon."
Is there such a thing?!
Qu Yun was startled, and looked at each other with Qu Shang. Seeing the look of surprise in the latter's eyes, he suddenly realized that if there were no Qiang people and Di people making trouble in Liangzhou, and no Xianbei rampage, the Qu family would have been around ten years ago.
Before that, he was killed by the Wei State.
It is precisely because there are so few Han people in Liangzhou that the Wei State tolerates the Qu family's many rebellions again and again without pursuing them.
After thinking about this, Qu Yun immediately stood in awe of Ma Su: "In the general's opinion, what should we do now?"
Ma Di pondered and said: "In my opinion, this Shouguan can only be planned slowly, not rushed."
"It would be better to send someone first to tell him to stop fighting for the time being, and then you and I will join forces to plan for Liangzhou first, and then for Shouguan."
The whole plan is clear.
It sounds much better than Qu Shang's plan.
"Okay!" Qu Yun was cheered, "Listening to your words is like clearing the clouds and seeing the sun!"
Qu Shang lowered his head in annoyance and raised his glass to cover up his embarrassment.
After listening to Ma Su's eloquent remarks, he suddenly felt like a frog at the bottom of a well.
How little knowledge!
Being ignorant is not scary; what is scary is being self-righteous.
Qu Shang's whole body was in bad condition.
During the banquet, Qu Yun and Ma Su exchanged cups and made an agreement to form an offensive and defensive alliance, and then arranged for Ma Su to stay in the Qu family courtyard.
Conspiracy to do great things together.
In an antique courtyard.
Ma Su stood with his hands behind his hands and looked at Zhang Xiu calmly.
Zhang Xiu suddenly panicked and waved his hands repeatedly: "General, I'm a clumsy talker. If I go to Shoutian to lobby, I might ruin something big..."
Ma Su was noncommittal and turned to Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yunfeng lightly stroked his beard and said: "Youchang, if I go, then Shoucheng will agree to stop the army; if he doesn't agree to stop the army, I will make his blood splash five steps!"
Ma Su quickly shifted his gaze and landed on Dai Ling.
Dai Ling looked left and right, and saw no one else on either side. He reluctantly held up his hands and said, "General, I am willing to go."
Usually, after a general defectes to a new force, he needs to make some achievements to show his loyalty, otherwise it will be difficult to establish a foothold in this camp.
Therefore, Dai Ling had no choice but to refuse this trip.
I just had to bite the bullet.
When it comes to mediating conflicts between two families, Ma Di is quite good at it.
He never fought in his life, but liked to resolve fights.
Before setting off, he did not forget to tell Dai Ling to convey a message to Bald Shouchan.
Come to negotiate quickly, if you don't come, you will be responsible for the consequences!
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Three days later, thirty miles northwest of Linqiang County.
An agreed place.
More than a dozen people from the Qu family, Xianbei, and Ma Di gathered here.
From the side of Bald Xianbei, came the leader Shoutian and five strong and powerful personal followers;
As for the Qu family, here are the patriarch Qu Yun, the fierce man Qu Bu, the first counselor of the Qu family Qu Shang, and the head of the Linqiang County family Qu Ping;
As the mediator, Ma Su stood between the two families, flanked by Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiu and Dai Ling.
Stand ready.
The Qu family and the people brought by Shouguan almost started to fight each other as soon as they met. Qu Ping was especially excited, and he burst into flames every second, and there were a lot of questions and accusations against Xianbei.
Unexpectedly, the bald Shouchan denied all the accusations, claiming that it was the Qu family who first killed their tribesmen and robbed their cattle and sheep, and they were forced to fight back in self-defense.
At the same time, many witnesses and physical evidence were given, and many tribesmen who died tragically were carried out, as well as some standard armor and weapons of the Qu family - proving that they were indeed fighting back in self-defense.
Therefore, Xianbei the Baldhead besieged the Qu family this time not because Xianbei was belligerent and unreasonable, but because the Qu family was at fault in the first place.
After hearing these sophistry, Qu Ping became furious and cursed the bald Shouchan for being cunning and insidious.
Yes, the evidence provided by Tufa Shouxian is indeed true, but there is a premise that Tufa Xianbei first drove the cattle, sheep and horses into the Qu family's crops and gnawed them. The Qu family had to take measures because they could not drive them away.
Violent means.
As soon as this statement came out, both parties were immediately a little out of temper.
The situation is about to get out of control.
Zhao Yun pulled out his sword with a "cang clang" sound, his tiger eyes widened and filled with murderous intent.
Both sides fell silent for a moment.
Ma Su was too lazy to talk nonsense, looked at the bald Shouguan with burning eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Your clan must immediately call off the troops and make a truce!"
The bald Shouchan is about thirty years old. He has a rough appearance and a strong build. His long hair is scattered in all directions. He looks particularly powerful, but in fact there are some fines in the thickness.
Hearing this, he quickly nodded and bowed his head and expressed his stance: "Don't worry, general, I will withdraw my clansmen immediately."
Ma Su turned to Qu Ping: "Are you satisfied with this result?"
Qu Ping was obviously not convinced, but the situation was like this. Xianbei was strong and the Qu family was weak, so he had no choice but to swallow his breath first.
The current situation in the three eastern counties of Liangzhou is very interesting. Even if the bald Xianbei invasion from the east is not included, there are still several forces and soldiers entrenched here.
The guards of the three counties of Wei each have a troop of soldiers and horses. The Youjia of Wuwei, the Qu family of Jincheng, and the Qu family of Xiping each have a troop of soldiers and horses.
There are also scattered Qiang and Di people, and they all have clan soldiers.
Normally, they all stay within their own sphere of influence and obey the control of Wei State on the surface. In fact, in most matters, Wei State's words are not effective at all.
This can be seen from the repeated rebellions in Liangzhou.
The Wei State's control over this area is extremely weak, far less strong than the five counties of Longyou. And its control over the five counties of Longyou is far less strong than that of Guanzhong and the Central Plains.
This is the current situation in Liangzhou.
This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang likes to send troops out of Qishan - to take advantage of Wei's weak control to encroach on Longliang.
Of course, this is only the situation in the three eastern counties.
Looking at the whole of Liangzhou, especially the five counties in the west, the situation is more complicated, with various forces intertwined. There are not many tribes in each tribe, but they are extremely aggressive. They fight to the death in the morning, and in the afternoon they can sit together and drink and call each other brothers.
They have different views and interests when facing different issues.
Therefore, there are frequent fights between various ethnic groups, and even a small incident may trigger a war with a wide range of effects.
Faced with this chaos, Ma Di could only proceed step by step, starting with the three eastern counties to cut off the connection between Wei State, Liangzhou and the Western Regions, and then develop westward.
Then step by step, Liangxi and the Western Regions were conquered.
Of course, there is no need to go through so much trouble in the dungeon. As long as you defeat the three cities, you will be considered cleared.
Therefore, just contacting the Qu family is not enough, you must also add the You family.
Because Youjia has a large number of cavalry.
Although the Qu family also has cavalry, they are mainly half-step and half-horse, while the You family are all cavalry.
In this era, cavalry relied on cavalry. In the plains, without cavalry, everyone would die. The most obvious example is the Western Han Dynasty. In the early Han Dynasty, if there were no good horses, they would not dare to fight the Huns. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that there were enough horses.
He spoke highly of the Xiongnu and other nomadic peoples.
Moreover, the three major defenders of Liangzhou all have cavalry, but they cannot bring their own troops in the trial map. Only by obtaining cavalry can Ma Su implement targeted strategies against the three major defenders and lure the Wei soldiers from the three cities out of the city.
, annihilate them all.
Otherwise it will be wasted effort.
Just imagine, if there are not enough cavalry, even if the soldiers and horses from the three cities are lured out, Ma Su will not be able to defeat them, let alone retain them.
Wuwei County, Youjia.
You Fang, the current patriarch of the You family, is very troubled. He has been having nightmares recently. In his dreams, he often dreams of thousands of horses rushing towards his face and trampling on him indiscriminately. Every time he wakes up, he is frightened.
As a last resort, he had to ask the alchemist to interpret his dream.
After some divination, the alchemist said that "the nomadic Qiang and Hu in Liangzhou will be a serious problem for You family" and advised You to prepare as soon as possible, or join forces with the Qu family to kill all the Qiang and Hu in Liangzhou. If you are too late, you will regret it too late.
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You Fang thought about it and felt that what the alchemist said was reasonable, because only the Qiang and Hu in Liangzhou could have thousands of horses and horses.
However, after you contacted Xu Miao, the governor of Liangzhou, you did not get a positive response as expected.
In Xu Miao's view, not to mention that it was impossible to kill all the Qiang and Hu tribes in Liangzhou, I was afraid that as soon as Wei took action, the good relationship with the Qiang, Hu and Di tribes would immediately break down.
Moreover, what Wei wanted was a Liangzhou where multiple ethnic groups coexisted harmoniously, not a desolate Liangzhou.
Furthermore, Confucianism since the Han Dynasty has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and its core proposition is: benevolence is the basis, governance is based on virtue, self-denial and propriety are restored, and there is no distinction between education and distinction.
The Han people have always been tolerant and tolerant towards foreigners.
Rather than resorting to violence or killing whenever they disagree.
Therefore, Xu Miao flatly rejected You Fang's request without even thinking about it.
Since the Qiang and Hu could not be attacked, You Fang had no choice but to send someone to contact the Qu family, planning to unite to protect themselves.
As soon as the people sent to the Qu family left, Ma Su came back.
Although You Fang was surprised that Ma Su was so courageous and dared to go to Wei alone, he was not rude on the surface and welcomed the latter into the house politely and entertained him with good wine and food.
As a qualified clan leader, You Fang is very aware of Ma Su's energy and the purpose of his trip.
Originally, he had hesitated whether to capture this man and claim credit from the Wei State, but after seeing Zhao Yun, he quickly gave up the idea and his attitude instantly became a little more enthusiastic.
After some smooth talk, Ma Su quickly convinced You Fang to side with Shu Han.
You Fang generously allocated half of the You family's troops, that is, two thousand clan soldiers, to help Ma Su.
When Ma Di paid the necessary price: after taking Liangzhou, he gave the You family no less than the treatment at this time, and at the same time, he dealt with all the Qiang and Hu tribes entrenched in Liangzhou.
Otherwise, You Fang will feel uneasy.
Jincheng County, Changning County.
Ma Su looked at the miscellaneous cavalry composed of two thousand cavalry from the You family and two thousand cavalry from the Qu family, and he couldn't help but feel a little high-spirited and occasionally a little puzzled.
Everything went so well!
To be honest, this wave of empty-handed tactics are actually not very clever.
But both the Qu family and the You family readily chose to form an alliance with him.
Ma Su frowned and thought for a long time, and probably realized that the aggressiveness of the bald Xianbei was a big help.
Although the war has not yet started, Ma Su, who has four thousand cavalry, already feels that victory is within his grasp.
Half of Liangzhou is already in your hands!
He just has this confidence.
Zhao Yun looked at the cavalry put together by the Qu and You families, shook his head and sighed, and couldn't help but said: "You Chang, this battle is not optimistic."
Ma Su instantly understood what Zhao Yun meant.
The cavalry put together by these two families has uneven combat effectiveness. I am afraid that they cannot defeat any of the three guards of Wei.
