Chapter 179 Is Shu Han already so powerful? (Please ask for everything!
Chapter 179 Is Shu Han already so powerful? (Please give me everything!)
The Taishou Mansion is located in the middle and south of Jincheng, next to the south gate. It was built during the Liu Hong period. Liangzhou was devastated by wars during the thirty-year rebellion. After Cao Pi ascended the throne, Zhang Ji was appointed governor of Liangzhou, and Zhang Ji spent a lot of time
A lot of money and food were spent to rebuild the city, so the city wall of Jincheng is the highest among the three counties in Liangdong and is extremely difficult to capture.
Ma Di was sitting on his knees at the side of the main hall with a thick blanket under his knees. He looked at Guo Huai who was looking up and said loudly: "Brother Boji, the Guo family has been favored by the Han. Why are you helping Wei to abuse and resisting the Han?"
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This question is not unwise, it directly occupies the high ground of justice and morality.
Everyone knows that Liu Bei is a descendant of the royal family and the orthodox heir of the Han Dynasty, while Cao Wei is a traitor who usurped the Han Dynasty.
Guo Huai is old and slightly dark, and his cheeks reflect the oily shine. It can be seen that he pays attention to nutritional intake in his daily life. When faced with Ma Di's fierce questioning, he said calmly:
"If the prince comes here to say surrender, then there is no need! Not to mention that I have just killed Dai Jun, the son of Dai Ling, the rebellious minister of the Wei Dynasty. He must regard me as his mortal enemy. My Guo family has been greatly favored by the Lord of Wei, and Guo has decided to do so.
There is no such thing as abandoning one's country and one's family."
You make it!
It’s just that the time has not come yet. When the time comes, you, Guo Huai, will jump against Wei higher than anyone else!
Ma Di shook his head and laughed: "People in the Ming Dynasty do not speak secretly. Brother Boji, I am here to ask for only one thing. In the next month, you and your three thousand soldiers will remain neutral to anything that happens in Liangzhou. Of course, considering that
This request is very embarrassing for you, you can make a condition."
"Any conditions?" Guo Huai looked surprised. This bargaining chip is not light.
"Any conditions!" Ma Di said.
Anyway, we are on the experience map at the moment, and I won’t lose a single hair by making empty promises.
Why not speak louder?
To be honest, Ma Su was 90% sure of convincing Guo Huai to be neutral.
Guo Huai was born in Yangqu, Taiyuan. His great-grandfather Guo Zun was the governor of Yanzhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty and served as the official Shouguanglu. His grandfather Guo Quan was a great agricultural officer in the Eastern Han Dynasty. His father Guo Jian was the prefect of Yanmen County in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. During the Jian'an period, Guo Huaiyin came from a noble family.
Therefore, he was elected as Xiaolian and was appointed as the Prime Minister of Pingyuan Prefecture. When Cao Pi was appointed as the Wuguan Zhonglang General, he summoned Guo Huai as a thief under Cao Cao. Guo Huai later became the Prime Minister and served as Cao Yiling Shi. After that, Guo Huai served in Cao's army for a long time.
Served. After the 20th year of Jian'an (219), Hanzhong rejected Liu, quelled the Hexi rebellion, etc., and was promoted to general Anxi, prefect of Jincheng, and captain of the Qiang Guard.
For such a person who comes from a prominent family, the first priority in his heart is always the interests of the family, not the interests of the court.
Throughout his life, he first served as an official in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Later, the world changed and the imperial power fell into the hands of Cao Cao. He did not hesitate to throw himself into the arms of Cao Wei. After serving in the Wei Dynasty for forty years, he did not hesitate to throw himself into the arms of the Sima family.
The lifeline of Wei State.
From this point, we can see that although Guo Huai is a capable minister, he is also a refined family-oriented person, just like many representatives of aristocratic families in this era who "family interests come first".
What is the country to him?
Such people, no matter how powerful they are, are easy to deal with.
If the current situation is that Shu is weak and Wei is strong, Guo Huai will definitely reject Ma Su's proposal without hesitation.
But the current situation is that the Shu Han has grown to the point where it can confront the Wei State head-on. If it is not worried that the second-fifth son of the Wu State will stab him in the back, even if it immediately starts an all-out war with the Wei State to compete with the national power, it will not be
Something too difficult.
Therefore, Ma Su confidently asked Guo Huai to propose conditions.
Just mention it.
As long as the latter dared to mention it, he would dare to agree.
As expected, after receiving Ma Su's affirmative reply, Guo Huai remained silent for a long time.
After a long time, he asked with some emotion: "One month, I will only give you one month. If within one month, I take over the other two counties in Liangdong, I can lead my troops eastward and give up this city. If
If you can't take it, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Wise choice!" Ma Su praised, stroking his palms: "Brother Bo Ji is so generous!"
Guo Huai did not directly state what he wanted, but asked some irrelevant questions.
Because there is no need to ask this kind of question.
Whether the two of them can survive until the Shu Han Dynasty can unify the world or the Wei Kingdom can unify the world is a question.
Therefore, rather than getting an empty promise from Ma Su, it is better to say that it has left a way out for his family.
After Ma Su answered one by one, the two strangers soon fell into the dilemma of having nothing to say.
Guo Huai picked up the wine glass, brought it to his mouth and took a sip, as if seeing off guests.
Ma Su stood up slowly, suddenly leaned forward, and looked down at Guo Huai very seriously: "I hope Brother Boji will keep his word."
Guo Huai lowered his head and did not reply.
So Ma Su knew that whether this agreement could take effect depended on whether he was ruthless or not.
If he strikes hard enough and wipes out the other two counties in Liangdong with a thunderous force, then even without this agreement, Guo Huai will definitely lead his army to retreat and give up Jincheng.
If Liangzhou cannot be defeated within a month, then the only solution is to win on the battlefield.
Ma Di said goodbye, took Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu out of the city and left.
As soon as he came out of the city gate, Zhang Xiu couldn't wait to ask: "General, why don't you save General Dai Ling's son?"
When lobbying Guo Huai this time, considering that Dai Ling was a Wei general before, Ma Di did not ask him to follow him and only brought Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu.
This was to prevent Dai Ling from going crazy after seeing his eldest son being killed and ruining the good thing.
In fact, before Guo Huai ordered Dai Jun to be killed, the three of them had already arrived at the execution ground, but Ma Su did not choose to stop Guo Huai.
Because only by letting Dai Jun die at the hands of Wei, will Dai Ling serve Shu wholeheartedly.
The times are like this, no wonder people are cruel.
Ma Su looked straight at Zhang Xiu without saying a word.
Zhang Xiu probably realized that he had made a mistake. He scratched his head in embarrassment and changed the topic: "General, where should we go next?"
Ma Su turned to look northwest and said in a deep voice: "Go to Xiping, we will spend a while!"
Zhang Xiu couldn't help but ask again: "Fei Yao is from a small clan in Liangzhou, not a descendant of an aristocratic family, General?"
"It was indeed not the case before. Now that he is a general and the governor of Xiping, he is already a new rich man."
Ma Di's eyes returned to Zhang Xiu from a distance: "Xiu, you have to remember that there are two types of aristocratic families in this era, one is the old aristocratic family, and the other is the new aristocratic family. Guo Huai's family is the former.
Feiyao’s family is the latter.”
"That's right!" Zhao Yun stroked his beard and echoed: "Could it be that You Chang wants to persuade Guo Huai and Fei Yao to remain neutral, and then concentrate their superior forces to attack Wuwei City where Xu Miao is stationed?"
"The one who gave birth to me is... my parents; the one who knows me is Zilong!" Ma Su praised.
Zhang Xiu thought for a while and asked again: "General, why don't we directly lobby Xu Miao?"
"Xu Miao is also a descendant of a wealthy family. He has both civil and military skills and is difficult to deal with. In comparison, I think Fei Yao is easier to deal with. If we convince Xu Miao, won't Liangzhou be just around the corner?"
Ma Su nodded: "Not only can we attack Liangzhou, we can even counterattack Longyou and drive Sima Yi out of Xizhou!"
Zhang Xiu's eyes bulged and he suddenly said: "That's right!"
"What a shame!" Ma Di glanced at him angrily: "Xu Miao is the governor of Liangzhou!"
If the governor of Liangzhou was so easy to instigate rebellion, the Shu Han would not have been stuck in Shu until now.
Furthermore, Xu Miao is an old man and has always wanted to kill him. If Ma Di dared to enter Wuwei City alone, he would be killed.
What's the difference between that and express delivery?!
Ma Su didn't bother to explain the twists and turns to Zhang Xiu, so he took the lead and galloped towards Xiping.
Zhao Yun glanced at Zhang Xiu, shook his head and laughed, then rode his horse to follow.
Zhang Xiu scratched his head in confusion and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"
"That's right!"
"The reaction of the general and General Zilong is so strange..."
"General, General Zhao, wait for me!"
After regaining consciousness, Zhang Xiu whipped his horse several times and chased after the two men who had walked away.
Xiping County.
Fei Yao sent Ma Su and the others away and stood at the gate of the city, motionless for a long time, his thick eyebrows unnaturally knitted together, and his heart was filled with waves.
Without much hesitation, he agreed to Ma Su's request and remained neutral for a month.
The reason for standing still in the city was not that he was about to remain neutral, but the information that Ma Su inadvertently revealed.
Ma Su said that Yizhou is now stable and prosperous, with a population of more than three million, 300,000 capable warriors, and 50,000 elite cavalry. They can drink from the Yellow River at any time and march troops to the city.
This news really frightened Fei Yao.
If it were changed to when Liu Xie succeeded to the throne forty years ago, this population and military strength would be nothing. At that time, Guangyi Prefecture had a population of more than five million and two to three hundred thousand troops.
But this was the Three Kingdoms era after forty years of war. It was as powerful as Wei, but it only had a population of 6 million and 500,000 troops.
Is the Kingdom of Shu already so powerful?
Fei Yao fell into deep thought.
It seems that it is time to reconsider the issue of family alignment.
The local families in Liangzhou are different from those in the Central Plains.
The threat that a powerful Shu Han brings to the local wealthy families in Liangzhou is intuitive and comes early and late.
