Chapter 189 The old enemy confrontation, Yongliang's rebirth (seeking the moon
Chapter 189: Old enemies show off, Yongliang storm rises again (please vote for me!)
Since Ma Su took charge of the army alone, his ruthlessness in pacifying the Qiang by any means left a deep impression on Zhao Yun.
From then on, he no longer dared to look down upon this Shu Han Yongzhou governor, general who conquered the West, and guard Qiang lieutenant who had a smile on his face all day long.
In Zhao Yun's more than sixty years of life experience, he has seen many heroes of all kinds, but he has only seen one person with a similar personality to Ma Su.
That is Dong Zhuo.
Both of them are kind-hearted and cruel, they treat their subordinates like brothers, they are both lustful and lustful, they both have excellent military capabilities, and even their armies are highly similar, they are both a group of elite cavalry composed of Han, Qiang and Di tribesmen.
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How could a person like Dong Zhuo not make Zhao Yun think too much?
Although Zhao Yun was always grateful to Ma Di for saving his life, he had always been a die-hard member of the Han Dynasty in his heart. He gave up his wealth and wealth to follow Liu Bei, who had nothing, and followed Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition regardless of his old age and frailty, in order to realize the highest ideal in his heart.
——Restore the old glory of the Han Dynasty.
Instead of settling for a corner, tearing apart the earth and becoming king.
So he named his eldest son Zhao Tong and his second son Zhao Guang, which means to unify Guanghan.
Now Ma Su hit the bottom line that he couldn't accept with one sentence, and he had to rethink what the former said: "If I want to be the King of Liang, can the general tolerate me?"
Although Ma Su explained that this was just a joke.
But Zhao Yun knew that many true words were said in a joking manner.
A joke may not necessarily be true.
Ma Su may not have such thoughts.
"...Youchang, you really didn't mean this?" Zhao Yun twitched his lips and finally decided to verify it again.
"Of course, I have declined Prime Minister Zhuge's proposal to confer a title." Ma Di waved his hand and changed the subject.
"By the way, General Zhao, I sent a document a few months ago, asking for the transfer of General Zhao Tong and General Zhao Guang to Liangzhou to guard the place with the army."
"???"
What are you going to do?
Zhao Yun was startled and looked straight at him with wide eyes.
"Has the Prime Minister ever agreed to this?"
Don't blame him for thinking too much. According to the Shu Han military system, when a general goes on an expedition, his family members and children must be kept as hostages in Shu.
Now Ma Su wants to transfer both of his sons over. Mingli, it seems like a normal arrangement because there are not enough people under his command; in fact, it is more like buying him and preparing to do something big.
If both sons can be transferred to Liangzhou, then there will be no worries even if they break away from Shu and become independent.
"Half agreed, Zhao Guang has been sent here."
Fortunately... Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief and asked tentatively: "Youchang, your family is still in Chengdu, right?"
Ma Su noticed that when Zhao Yun said this, his eyes became very sharp for a moment, so he swallowed the words "My family is all in the Qiang region" that came to his mouth, nodded and said: "Yes, they are all in Chengdu.
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Zhao Yun looked up and down suspiciously: "You Chang, you must tell me your ultimate goal. I think this is the basis for our continued trust in each other."
Ma Di nodded, took out the topographic map of Yongliang that he had drawn, spread it out on the desk, turned it around, and pushed it to Zhao Yun to see.
The map not only clearly marked the locations of the countries in the Western Regions, but also marked the approximate strength range of the numerous Qiang tribes on the West Sea Plateau.
"I think General Zhao will be able to understand everything after seeing this map."
Zhao Yun took the map and looked at it. He was horrified and quickly raised his head to look at Ma Di's face again.
"Youchang, what on earth do you want to do?"
"Purge thousands of miles away and unite Xizhou. Then go out to Guanzhong in the east and unify the world."
hiss--
Zhao Yun took a long breath and looked at the map carefully again.
But I saw that the large area on the map that was several times wider than Yizhou was densely populated by countless Qiang people, Di people, Huns, Xianbei tribes, and many small countries in the Western Regions.
In other words, Ma Su wants to conquer all here first, and then dominate the world with his absolute strength.
This is by no means a goal that can be achieved in three to five years.
In other words, because of the curve to save the Han people, from now on everyone in Liangzhou, Xiqiang and even the Western Regions, an area countless times larger than Yizhou, will follow Ma Su's orders for a long time.
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What's the difference between this and King Liang?
No wonder Zhuge Liang proposed to make Ma Su the "King of Liang". This was not only a test, but also an expression of helplessness after discovering Ma Su's intentions.
Because in the process of conquering the five Western Qiang tribes, Ma Su had deep control over these tribes. On the surface, his spokesperson was the Qiang King Axiu, but secretly, he used the army.
Zhao Yun suddenly remembered that although he was the commander of 50,000 Qiang cavalry, all Qiang soldiers regarded Ma Su as their faith.
Unknowingly, has Ma Su grown to this point? Even Prime Minister Zhuge can only use a combination of kindness and care to win over him.
After thinking about this clearly, Zhao Yunfu was dumbfounded and felt both happy and sad.
I am happy that Ma Su has grown so rapidly, but I am bitter about Ma Su's faintly revealed huge ambition.
This ambition was so big that even Shu Han could not contain it.
Zhao Yun was reluctant to believe his guess, but a voice in his heart told him: This is all true.
The young general Zhao Yun stayed where he was, speechless for a long time.
Ma Su reached out and patted his shoulder. After thinking for a long time, he came up with a sentence that was more suitable for the situation at this moment: "Old General Zhao, please rest assured that I will never turn my back on Han, and I will never be king..."
hehe……
Zhao Yun curled his lips.
Sun Quan did not betray the Han Dynasty before the seventh year of Jianxing (229 years), which did not prevent him from being a "famous minister and real king" for thirty years; Cao Cao did not become a king before the 21st year of Jian'an, which did not prevent him from becoming a king.
This did not prevent him from ruling the Central Plains for nearly thirty years.
Therefore, just listen to these remarks and do not take them seriously.
Zhao Yun smiled bitterly and shook his head repeatedly.
Ma Su said with a sincere face: "How about it, General Zhao, can you continue to trust me now?"
"Can."
Zhao Yun nodded, and at the same time solemnly stated as if to defend his behavior: "This is to help the Han Dynasty."
"That's right, in order to help the Han Dynasty."
Zhao Yun's slightly aged face regained its calm expression, making Ma Su unable to see the true emotions hidden behind those wrinkles.
But that's no longer important.
The important thing is that Zhao Yun compromised.
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Liangzhou, Xiping County.
Nine days have passed since Ma Su sent troops to Liangzhou.
During this period, Fei Yao, the empress general of Wei and the governor of Xiping, considered sending troops to sneak attack the Shu army's rear camp and grain road. But in the end, he hesitated again and again and stood still.
He has too few soldiers and horses under his command, so a forced sneak attack may not cause much harm to the Shu army. It is unrealistic to expect that this move will cause chaos to the Shu army.
With this hesitation, the fighter plane disappeared.
Immediately afterwards, news of the fall of Jincheng and Wuwei reached Xiping.
nine days.
It only took nine days for the Shu army to move hundreds of miles and capture two counties. The troops were so powerful that they looked at Longyou and shocked Liangzhou.
The speed of the siege greatly exceeded Fei Yao's expectations and caught him off guard.
After that, the Shu army stopped in Wuwei and did not come to besiege Xiping.
Fei Yao originally thought that Ma Su would arrive soon, so he ordered three thousand Wei soldiers to guard the city day and night to guard against the Shu army. As a result, he waited until the morning of the thirteenth day and found no sign of the Shu army coming to besiege Xiping.
However, he received an ultimatum from the Shu envoy to "surrender within ten days."
This condescending contempt made Fei Yao, who originally saw that the situation was not good and wanted to turn to Shu Han, develop some rebellious psychology.
Suddenly I didn't want to surrender.
After seeing off the Shu envoys, Fei Yao immediately sent dozens of scouts to investigate the movements of the Shu army. Soon he got the result he did not want to see: the Shu troops in Jincheng and Wuwei were all in good order and their morale was as high as a rainbow.
"It seems that Ma Su is on guard against Sima Yi and will not attack Xiping in the short term." Fei Yao nodded clearly. From the moment he learned that the Shu army was attacking Liang until now, he finally felt relieved a little bit.
He ordered the Wei troops under his command not to move without permission and to strictly guard their posts. Then he stretched himself for a long time and returned to the bedroom. Without taking off his armor, he just lay down and fell asleep.
Now he doesn't need to do anything, he just needs to wait and see what happens, wait for Sima Yi to defeat Ma Su, and Liangzhou can be regained.
If even Sima Yi couldn't defeat Ma Su, what could he, a small rear general, do?
We can only protect ourselves by surrendering to Shu.
It was as expected by Fei Yao. Three days later, Sima Yi left 20,000 troops to guard Longyou, and personally led 80,000 troops to attack Wuwei.
However, among the 80,000 troops, only 10,000 were cavalry.
In terms of overall combat strength, Ma Su's 40,000 elite cavalry and 10,000 auxiliary troops are stronger.
However, Ma Su did not choose to fight to the death with Sima Yi. Instead, he defended the city and refused to fight no matter how Sima Yi sent generals to invite him to fight.
At the same time, a large number of catapults were deployed in the city, and a large number of ballistae were deployed on the city walls. As soon as Wei soldiers approached the city, they would launch indiscriminate attacks.
Due to being at a disadvantage in terms of equipment and troops, Sima Yi had no choice but to confront Ma Di, who had an advantage but chose to defend the city. He could only engage in a stalemate with the Shu army outside the city.
At the same time, fighting resumed in Longyou.
Zhuge Liang personally led an army of 100,000 to attack Qishan Fort. The troops went directly to the five counties of Nan'an, Anding, Tianshui, Guangwei and Longxi.
You Chu, the prefect of Longxi, came to Qishan Fort to defend the castle in person. Cao Shuang, who was named a former general, led 30,000 troops to the ground and retreated to Shanggui to refuse to defend.
