Guo Huai doesn't understand what it means that there is a market when there is demand, but he knows that if there is a benefit, someone will do it.

He went to Longyou to inspect at the beginning of spring this time, one is for spring ploughing, and the other is to knock on the Longyou family, so that they don't be too blatant.

However, Longyou is sparsely populated, and it is a good place for grazing, and the family encloses the land for profit, as long as it does not cause the Qianghu Rebellion, in Guo Huai's view, it is actually not a big deal......

He was thinking of this when he suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing up in front of him, and a group of men and horses were galloping towards him.

Seeing this, the guards of the Assassin's Mansion hurriedly stepped forward with their blades, and at the same time, the soldiers next to them suddenly rushed up, took bows and crossbows, and surrounded everyone in the middle.

Not far away, the cavalry that roamed around gathered together and met them.

If a small group of ordinary merchants dare to walk on the open land, they will come out of nowhere to loot.

Although he was accompanied by a local magistrate on this trip, it was always right to be careful.

In case you meet someone who doesn't have long eyes, who will you cry to?

The team that came was intercepted in front, and after a while, another rider came, and before he could get ahead, he turned over and dismounted, and his pace staggered, and it was obvious that he was in a hurry.

After seeing it clearly, Guo Huai found out that this was his cronies who left in Shangtai.

The cronies had a look of worry and anxiety on their faces, and they breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Guo Huai's peace, "Junhou, it's not good, the puppet Shu Prime Minister Zhuge Liang led an army of 300,000 to invade Guanzhong Longyou." ”

"Now there are many responses from the counties and counties of Longxi, the rebellion continues, this place is dangerous, it is not appropriate to stay for a long time, please get on the horse and return to the city quickly!"

Guo Huai was shocked when he heard this, and said, "How could Shu Yu suddenly be Koubian?" ”

Remembering that there are not many troops in Guanzhong, and as the assassin of Yongzhou, he is far away in Longyou, if Zhuge Liang really leads the army to suddenly enter Guanzhong, Guanzhong is in danger!

The law of the Great Wei, those who fail to defend the city are guilty of a felony.

As soon as he thought of this, Guo Huai's heart was in turmoil, and he asked urgently, "Where is the Zhuge thief now?" ”

"is attacking Qishan City, saying that there are 200,000 soldiers and horses, and another 100,000 are walking from Hanzhong to the valley, and now General Cao has arrived in Guanzhong and is leading the army to Yicheng."

When Guo Huai heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, "With the general here, Guanzhong has no worries, and I have to guard Longyou." ”

Zhuge thieves said that there were 300,000, which must be false, but nearly 100,000 should be there, and the soldiers are divided into two routes, so there must be one road to the army and one road to the division.

I just don't know which way is true and which way is false?

If you are alone, you are afraid that it will be difficult to support.

Fortunately, the imperial court reacted quickly and sent General Cao to sit in Guanzhong.

Thinking of this, Guo Huai hurriedly shouted, "Come on, bring my mount over." ”

Then he turned to Ma Zun and said, "Ma Taishou, the pseudo-Shu prime minister led the army on a blind date, and he didn't have good intentions. At this time, the situation is critical, you wait to return to the city as soon as possible, prepare the soldiers and horses, guard the city, and strictly prevent the Shu captives from attacking. ”

"Shangqi is an important land, but along the Weishui down to Chencang, and there is grain and grass, there must be no loss, I will go to the town myself."

Ma Zun was about to speak, but Guo Huai didn't want to wait for a moment, so he got on the horse directly after speaking, and galloped away with his subordinates in a hurry.

The words of the two had long been heard by the Tianshui officials who followed behind, causing a flustered commotion.

Jiang Wei, who joined the Tianshui army, walked up and said in a low voice, "Ming Mansion, the situation in Tianshui counties is unknown at this time, we should return to Ji County as soon as possible......

Ma Zun glanced at Jiang Wei with some panic, and then looked at the people behind him, Wei Wei nodded, "Okay, let's go back to Ji County." ”

Guo Huai and his entourage rode most of the horses away, and the rest of the men and horses were insufficient, and the speed of the journey was not fast, so they stayed in a small county that was still relatively stable that night.

In the middle of the night, someone suddenly knocked on the door of Ma Zun's wing.

The door creaked open, and someone flashed in, followed by a light and candle in the room.

"How?"

Ma Zun asked the person who came urgently.

"Yuming Mansion, not only the counties of Tianshui County have rebelled, but also Nan'an County has rebelled, and now Longyou is full of people who respond to the pseudo-Shu, and many county orders are even coerced and enslaved."

The cronies hurried back and forth, panting so tired, that they said to Ma Zun.

"Coercing a thief?"

When Ma Zun heard this, his face turned a little pale.

The county order is good to say, there are many locals in Longyou, at most people from other counties in Longyou, but the family members are all in Longyou.

But I'm different, I'm a Kanto person.

If they are coerced and enslaved, the wives and children and parents of the family are afraid that they will be implicated.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked, "What about Ji County?" How's it going? ”

"Ji County is too far away, and the villain has no time to investigate, but there are rumors that Ji County has closed the city gate and does not allow people to enter or exit, I don't know what the situation is."

"I'm afraid I want to be a thief."

Ma Zun muttered.

The more he thought about it, the more likely it was that in the past few years, things from the south have become more and more popular in Ji County.

The reason is that several major clans in Tianshui have close ties with the south.

This Ji County is the governance of Tianshui County, if all the counties of Tianshui are opposed, then how can the thieves let Ji County go?

Therefore, Jiang Wei persuaded him to return to Ji County, but I am afraid that it may not be a good heart?

Thinking of this, Ma Zun struck a spirit, and hurriedly said, "Quick, quickly call our people, take all the horses, go immediately, leave immediately, you can't stay here for a moment." ”

"No!"

The army from the south is coming, not only Ma Zun can't sleep, but Jiang Wei and the others are also worried, how can they sleep peacefully? Many people simply can't untie their clothes, for fear that something will happen.

In the middle of the night, he suddenly heard the noise of people outside and the neighing of horses, Jiang Wei was the most awake, and he got up with a bone, grabbed the long sword at the head of the bed and rushed out.

But I saw that in the courtyard, the torches were swaying, and Matthew Shou was walking out hurriedly under the support of his entourage.

"Where are you going in the middle of the night?"

Seeing this, Jiang Wei suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly called out.

Ma Zun saw Jiang Wei coming over with a long sword, took a few steps back vigilantly, and shouted, "Someone!" ”

And all the attendants came up with huladi.

Ma Zun was protected by the trilogy, and his heart was a little calm, so he was bold, pointed at Jiang Wei and said, "You don't want to come over!" ”

Jiang Wei had to stop and asked again, "In the middle of the night, where is the Ming Mansion going?" ”

"Tianshui counties are all opposed, you wait for me to go to Ji County, but there is something else?"

Ma Zun's eyes flickered, and he looked at Jiang Wei and asked.

Jiang Wei was anxious when he heard this, "Why does the Ming Mansion have such thoughts?" I asked the Ming Mansion to return to Ji County as soon as possible, just to prepare for the attack of Shu, where is the intention? ”

Ma Zun didn't believe it at all, he sneered, "I can't believe you!" Others don't know, don't I still know the situation in Ji County? ”

"Jiang, Ren, Yan, Zhao, Tianshui four surnames, your Jiang family is one of them. In the past few years, which of the big clans in Ji County has not privately cooperated with the southern Yi City? The woolen cloth alone is a lot of profit. ”

As he spoke, he lit the fire and saw that many people came out of each room one after another, it was Tianshui Gong Cao Liang Xu, the chief bookkeeper Yin Xian, the chief secretary Liang Qian and others, all of whom were from the Tianshui Hao clan, and they were even more firm in their hearts at the moment.

"In order to get woolen cloth from the south, you did not hesitate to exchange food for it, and I really don't know about such a thing as an enemy? I'm just afraid that you will wait, looking forward to the arrival of the Ji Han army night and night, right? Otherwise, why are all the counties in Longyou rebelling now? ”

He can know so clearly because in the past two years, he has received a lot of benefits from these families.

It's just that now he regrets it a lot, if he had known that these big clans had the heart of rebellion, how could he dare to get involved in such a thing?

When Jiang Wei heard this, his heart was even more anxious, and he wanted to step forward to explain, "Mingfu is too worried!" Is Wei such an unfaithful person? ”

"Stop!" Ma Zun snorted, pulled out the long sword at his waist on the spot, pointed at Jiang Wei and shouted, "Jiang Boyo, you and I have known each other for a long time, do you really want to meet my sword soldiers?" ”

Jiang Wei had to stop again and sighed, "If the Ming Mansion doesn't return to Jicheng, where else can I go?" ”

"Where I go has nothing to do with you and others. If you are really innocent, you will take people back to Ji County, defend the city, and wait for the Shu captives to retreat, and you will be proven innocent, and I will personally ask you for guilt. ”

"But now, I don't believe you! Let's leave it at that! ”

After Ma Zun finished speaking, he wanted to take another step and prepare to leave.

Jiang Wei persuaded bitterly, "The Ming Mansion is the Taishou of Tianshui County, so abandon the county to govern Ji County, and the court will investigate it in the future, it will inevitably be the crime of losing the city, and the Ming Mansion will be severely punished?" ”

Ma Zun wanted to follow Guo Huai, where could he listen?

sneered at the moment, "The city has long been lost, it is not my sin, the sin is in you!" ”

After speaking, he took his cronies and entourage, walked out of the yard, turned over his horse, and galloped away in the direction of Shangqi overnight.

Taishou left with his cronies, and even the prefectural ordinance that arranged for them to live disappeared at some point.

Everyone in the guest house was at a loss, not knowing what to do, and they didn't know how much was true or false in what Tai Shou said.

"What shall we do, Beryo?"

Liang Xu walked over and asked in a low voice.

Jiang Wei didn't answer, but stared at Liang Xu and asked a question, "Lehe, what kind of situation did you say was there in Ji County?" Could what Matthew Shou said be true? ”

"Probably not. I heard that Zhuge Liang is still attacking Qishan now, and the soldiers and horses of Shu have not really entered Tianshui, how can Ji County hear the wind and surrender? ”

Liang Xu shook his head and said.

In fact, before there is a real situation, how could the Ji County clan bet so easily?

If the news is fake, wouldn't it be a big joke?

Jiang Wei didn't care about the careful thinking in Liang Xu's words, he nodded and said, "But at this time, Taishou has already decided that Ji County is rebelling, and we are also complicit." If my guess is correct, he must have gone up to dodge, after all, there is General Guo there. ”

"When the time comes, I am not afraid that the Shu people will not come, I am afraid that the Shu people will not come, or just harass and leave, but Ma Taishou told General Guo that we are anti-thieves. When it really comes, I'm afraid we won't be able to argue. ”

Liang Xu was shocked, "I didn't expect this layer!" ”

"So we can't just let Ma Taishou talk nonsense to General Guo at will, we have to explain it clearly." Jiang Wei looked around at everyone and said firmly, "We'd better divide the soldiers into two routes, one way to Shangqi, and the other way, to go back to Ji County to report the news." ”

"Okay."

Everyone found the last few remaining horses in the county, Jiang Wei and Liang Xu followed Taishou with people, and the rest rushed back to Ji County.

After the news of Zhuge Liang's invasion of the army reached Luoyang, the Luoyang Palace had been lit up for several days.

Cao Rui, whose eyes were bloodshot, sat on the main seat of the East Hall, staring at the door, and if there was a slight movement outside the door, he would sit up straight with urgency and hope.

Chen Qun, Liu Ye, Sun Zi and other important ministers below were all sitting, but everyone was silent, and there was a heavy atmosphere in the hall.

Everyone has mixed tastes in their hearts.

In fact, Zhuge Liang trained in Hanzhong and talked about martial arts, they had known about it for a long time, but after everyone discussed, they all felt that now that Shu was tired, it would be good to be able to protect itself, and An had the ability to attack?

If it weren't for the Qinling Mountains, Great Wei would have directly waved his army west, how could Shu survive to this day?

Therefore, Zhuge Liang's arrival in Hanzhong did not attract much attention.

Now that I suddenly heard that Zhuge Liang led the military to commit crimes, everyone felt that their faces were gloomy, and at the same time they were a little annoyed and angry: This Zhuge villager really doesn't act according to common sense!

I don't know how long it took, but I heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, and at the same time, there was a sound of nail leaves rubbing, Cao Rui's eyes burst out, and he couldn't help but stand up.

A thin old general in his fifties walked into the hall wearing armor and a gust of wind, hugged his fists and said, "Minister Zhang He, I've seen ......."

"General Zhang is exempt!"

Cao Rui stepped down from the main seat, hurriedly stepped forward, supported Zhang He, and said excitedly, "I can look forward to the general!" ”

"The Minister ...... Late"

"Not too late, not too late! Jingzhou to Luoyang, more than 1,000 miles, the general can arrive so quickly, it is really unexpected. Cao Rui held on to Zhang He, like holding on to a life-saving pillar.

"Now that the country is in danger, Shu is in danger, I look inside and outside the Great Wei, only General Zhang can be the country's dependence, so I invite the general to lead the army westward and wipe out the Shu captives."

As he spoke, Cao Rui bowed deeply.

Emperor Wu's foreign surname at the time of the five generals, Le Jin was the first to die, Yu Ban was humiliated by the first emperor and died, the rest of Zhang Liao also died of illness in the third year of the early Huang Dynasty, Xu Huang just died of illness last year, and now only Zhang He is alive.

So this time it was nominally the general who led the army to fight against Zhuge Liang, but in fact, the most important thing was to look at Zhang He.

Zhang He hurriedly knelt down on one knee, "The minister is deeply favored by the country and driven by His Majesty, that is where the righteousness lies, how can it be said that His Majesty asked the minister?" ”

"General Zhang is really the pillar of the country! It is a great blessing that I have a general to guard the frontier. ”

Cao Rui said again and again, stretching out his hand to help Zhang He up, "Now that the Luoyang Chinese army has 50,000 foot cavalry, it has been assembled, and the general can lead the army first, and I will summon foreign troops again and follow the general." ”

At the same time, he asked with some concern, "What I'm afraid of now is that Zhuge Liang raided Guanzhong and Longyou, and the reinforcements did not arrive and the Guanxi armies were powerless to resist." ”

Zhang He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, if Zhuge Liang is hindered by the danger of the mountain, Great Wei can't do anything to him." Now that he has abandoned his geographical advantages and led his troops out, which is in line with the art of war, he will definitely be defeated this time. ”

When Cao Rui heard this, he seemed to have been reconciled, "That's right, I think the same way." Now Longyou, Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding all have people echoing Zhuge Liang. ”

"According to the latest news, now he has scattered the army, preparing to take over the land of the three counties, and even Qishan City has only just been captured, this is too greedy, he knows how to advance but does not know how to retreat, he knows how to attack but does not know how to defend, and the general will be able to break it!"